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Thursday, February 6, 19?0
rORMtCK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, Soutn Ctfrtin*.
Page Number
McCormick High
School News
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Lonise Remsen
Assistant Editor Welbourne
Schumpert
Business Manager James
Blackwell
Stenographer Nina Edmunds
Special Editors
Sport Archie Langley
Socials Selma Walker
Fun and Humor Mabel Lyon
Clubs Ellen Bosdell
Features Lucille McGrath
Class Reporters
Eleventh Frances Lee Cowan
Tenth r __ Ruby White
Ninth Louise Vaughn
Eighth Elizabeth Lake
Reporters
Dollie Rankin, Pearl Whit6, Myrtis
Dillashaw.
Faculty Advisor Miss Atkinson
EXCITING SNOW FIGHT TAKES
PLACE AT HIGH SCHOOL!
Everyone was thrilled to see the
ground with its sparkling white
covering on Thursday morning.
Although snowballs were thrown
off and on all morning it was not
until recess that the real battle
occurred. Then both faculty and
student body turned out for a
free for all fight. For ten short
minutes snowballs came thick and
fast, for everyone wanted to hit
everyone else. Made out of snow
and sleet combined, packed until
hard, and thrown with all the
force one could command, the
snowballs were enough to make
anyone “stagger” around and
seek shelter. Though everyone re
ceived and pitched snowballs with
true spirit, the battle produced
an outstanding heroine. A cer
tain red-skirted figure was always
seen in the thickest of the fight,
giving and receiving the very
hardest ones. The bell rang all
too soon and everyone returned
to his room wishing to see the
snow soon again if it would mean
engaging once more in the de
lightful pastime of snowballing.
L. V.
At the regular Wednesday chap-
;1 program, Mr. Barfield spoke to
;he student body and faculty.
cCORMICK TEAMS
LAY IN ABBEVILLE.
On January 29, two teams, from
ie McCormick High School as-
sted by players from the faculty
id town at large motored to Ab-
iville for an engagement to play
ie Abbeville mill team. In spite
the fierce conditions of the
iowy weather and the slick roads,
tey arrived on time at the Corn-
unity House in Abbeville where
ie games were to be played. The
rls’ team was composed of the
llowing: Rucia Abercrombife and
athryn Brown, forwards, Mary
incaster and Lucile McGrath,
nters, Sara McGee and Eliza-
;th McAlister, guards. Rucia
ayed with her accustomed skill
id threw all of the goals for Mc-
jrmick. Litle Kathryn Brown of
ie eighth grade, who is playing
,r McCormick this year for the
rst time, showed much skill and
>eed and was valuable to her
am in passing balls to Rucia. Al-
tough the local team had never
‘fore played together they al-
ost won and the final score was
i-32 in favor of Abbeville.
The game between the boys was
ayed immediately after that of
ie girls. Our boys played well
id showed a steady fighting
>irit but the Abbeville team de-
ated them with a score of 50-15.
Lie boys had the following line
i: Garvice Taylor and “Peanut”
mnings, forwards, Klugh Connor,
inter, Joe Sibert and O’Neal
trom, guards. Emory Bentley
ayed guard in the second half.
Sheriff Strom, J. B. MeCrory and
iss Bonita Atkinson accompanied
ie teams.
Supt. and Mrs. Lake and chil-
ren left McCormick Wednesday
>r Newberry to be with Mr. Lake’s
ither who was critically ill. Mr.
ake and his family have the
eartfelt sympathy of the student
ody of McCormick High.
PIG’S PEN
(By Mabel Lyon)
Miss White: “What’s the dif-
irence between the North and
outh pole.”
William Patterson: “All the dif-
;rence in the world.”
CHOICE FRESH FOODS
AT ECONOMY PRICES
We are headquarters for wholesome foods—
priced at substantial savings. We offer you a most
complete stock of nationally advertised brands of
groceries and fresh fruits, and vegetables, too.
You can get just what you want here every time
with no waiting or questioning about price or qual
ity. Our quality is always the best for the least
money.
USE OUR DELIVERY SERVICE
Just phone us and we will bring your order to
your door. You don’t have to brave the elements
or make a long walk, trudging a basket of groceries
when you are tired or don’t have the time.
J. T. MARTIN
Main Street McCormick, S. C.
Cream Station Paid j
$9,326.98 To Farmers
Butterfat Last Year
miR AMBITIONS MUST BE
BACKED WITH READY FUNDS
During the year 1929 the McCor
mick Cream Station bought from
the farmers of the county 22,207
pounds butterfat, for which $9,326,-
08 was paid to the farmers in cash,
i according to an announcement by
Thos. W. Morgan, county agent,
under whose supervision the sta
tion was operated.
This represents a substaintial in
crease over the receipts of 1928,
during which year 19,544 pounds
butterfat was bought for $8,613.36,
and shows the increased interest
that is being taken in the produc
tion of butterfat in the county.
The average price paid per pound
for butterfat in 1929 was 42 cents,
which is lower than the average
for 1928, which was 44 cents per
pound. An average of 43 cents
per pound has been paid for all
butterfat bought since the open
ing of the station in June, 1927. An
average of 74 farmers brought
cream to the station each week
during 1929 ,as compared to an
average of 67 each week during
1928.
A summary of the receipts at
the cream station each month is
shown as follows:
No matter what ambition you may foster or how
well organized your plans may be you 11 find that it
will take money to realize its fulfillment.
Many an opportunity has been lost when the fav
ored person did not have the ready funds to develop
it.
SAVE YOUR SURPLUS EARNINGS
You can save regularly if you will start an ac
count at this bank, your money drawing interest.
You run no risk our bank has adequate capital
and excellent experiepce behind it that make it a
sound, reliable institution with which you will be
proud to do business.
Let us be your financial advisers.
THE PEOPLES BANK
McCormick, S. C.
me who made you, Ryan?”
Ryan Deason: “God made part
of me.”
Mrs. Hendrix: “Why, what do
you mean by that?”
Ryan Deason: “Well, he made
me little and I just growed the
rest myself.”
awhile, .Miss Johnson arose and
said, “Of course there will be no
faculty in heaven for there will be
| no students there.”
He that can not think is a fool;
He that will not think is a bigot;
He that dare not think is a slave
Miss Ramsey: “James, can you
tell me what a hypocrite is?”
James Gibert: “Yes, ma’am.
| It’s a boy that comes to school
with a smile on his face.
Advice For Co-eds
1. Keep away from track men;
they are usually fast.
2. Never make dates with bi
ology students; they enjoy cutting
up too much.
3. The football man is ah right;
he will tackle anything.
4. You can trust a tank man;
he will dive in and do his best.
5. The tennis man is harmless;
but he enjoys a racket.
6. Watch out for the baseball
man; he hits and runs.
7. Be careful of the dramatic
member; they usually have sev
eral good lines.
8. Don’t play cards with a civil
engineer; he is bridge specialist.
9. Always let the members of
the band talk about themselves;
they enjoy blowing their own
horns.
As I was passing by a lake in
Florida I saw an Alligator swallow
a small negro child, who was wad
ing in the water. I ran to a near
by cabin and told a negro woman
that I saw an alligator down there
swallow a small child. She replied
dryly, “My Lawd! I’s been tell’n
Mose dat somethin’s been gwine
wid our chilluns.”
Miss Atkinson (sternly): “This
essay on ‘Our Dog’ is identically
j the same as your brothers.”
Milton Strom: “Yes, ma’m, but
it’s the same dog.”
Bill’s girl is tall and slender,
My girl is short and low.
Bill’s girl wears silks and satin,
i Mine wears calico.
1 Bill’s girl is fast and sporty,
My girl is kind and good.
■ Would I swap my girl for Bill’s?
You’re mighty right I would.
The McCormick High School
i had gathered. The members of
1 the faculty were seated on the
| platform and the students were
having a lively time singing peppy
songs. With great enthusiasm
they joined in the song:
•Tn heaven above where all is
love,
There will be no faculty there.”
s. Hendrix: “Can you tell Alter enjoying the fun for
“Daddy, you
11 Jones: “Well, here’s a dol-
for you my poor man.”
amp: “A dollar. Lord bless
lady; if ever there was a fall-
ingel, it’s you.”
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Howard Bradley:
are a lucky man.”
Mr. Bradley: “Why is that?”
Howard Bradley: “You won’t
have to buy any new books. I’m
left in the same class.”
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The big trouble today is that
many automobile drivers believe
.that the right of way belongs to
the one who gets there first.
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Av.
No.
Month Pat.
Lbs. B. F.
Amt. Reed
Dec. ’28
63
1,509
$662.70
Jan. ’29
76
2,084
906.20
Feb.
63
1,360
620.04
March
69
1,529
656.38
April
73
1,785
706.91
May
78
2,609 •
1,090.06
June
84
1,989
800.66
July
83
2,487
976.65
Aug.
83
1,708
i. 692.10
Sep.
83
1,581
668.83
Oct.
70
1,968
866.22
Nov.
67
1,598
680.23
Total
Total
Average
74
22,207
$9,326.98
Following is a summary showing
the receipts of butterfat and the
amounts paid out each year since
the station has been organized:
Year
Lbs. B. F.
Amt. Reed
6 m’th ’27 6,575
$2,690.09
1928
19,544
9,613.36
1929
22,207
9,326.98
Totals
48,326
$20,630.43
This summary shows that the
cream station has enjoyed a steady
increase in patronage from the
farmers of the county since the
beginning of operations, and also
that the station has paid out over
$20,000.00 in the county for a pro
duct for which there was very lit
tle market before the cream sta
tion was opened up.
The ready sale of butterfat of
fered by the cream station has
proved to many farmers of the
county that there is money in
dairy cattle as a side-line on the
farm, if they are properly cared
for, and fed on home-grown ra
tions. To date no farrper has dis
covered a way to buy feed and
make money selling cream.
The price on butterfat has been
slightly lower than usual for the
past six months, but it is expected
that the situation causing this
will soon right itself, that the aver
age price will remain about the
same that it has for the past sev
eral years.
There are hundreds of farmers
in McCormick county who should
be getting a year ’round income
from several good cows fed on
home grown feeds, according to
the county agent. The income is
not large, but, in many cases, as
it is doing at the present time, the
constant income from several good
cows will practically pay the run
ning expenses of the average size
farm family. The farmer not only
makes some profit from the cream
itself, but he is at the same time
marketing his home grown feed
for a profit through his cows.
The Cream Station has been
responsible for the starting of sev
eral small herds of dairy cows in
the county, and more will be start
ed during the year 1930.
Mr. Morgan states that the
cream station has not only helped
the cream sellers, but has also
helped the producers of butter and
whole milk. This has been brought
about through the taking of the
great surplus off the local mar
kets, and making room for every
one to sell some form of dairy
products. - *
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Many girls today feel that mo
ther should have plenty of exer
cise and leave all of the work for.
her to do.
Run-Down
"About seven years ago, I
was all run-down, worn-out
and never felt good," says
Mrs. Harry Cantrell, of ^
Cape Girardeau, Mo. "A
chair would be more welcome
any time than my
work.
"I was so tired
when I would arise
in the morning. In
stead of being rest
ed, I felt terrible.
"At last, mother
told me to take
Cardui, and I did.
After the first bot
tle, I could teU
a difference, and
when I had taken five bottles
the tired feeling was all gone.
I felt like a different person,
thanks to Cardui. I hope
that other mothers will try
Cardui I have been wonder
fully benefited by it.”
Try Cardui for your troubles.
Ford Finance
Effects Savi?:jr
UNIVERSAL CREDIT COMPANY
REPORTS REMARKABLE
GROWTH FIRST YEAR
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Take ThedfonPs BLACK-DRAUGHT for
Comtipation, In dilution, Micnaacta.
Coat* oak 1 cent • dote, s-io
IT PAYS TO KNOW YOUR
BUSINESS
Whatever you do to make a liv
ing is your BUSINESS. You may
call it employment, occupation,
profession, trade, work or job; but
regardless of what you call it, it is
your BUSINESS. At the same time
anything that takes money out of
your pocket, or keeps you from
making money in any way, also is
YOUR BUSINESS, your affair,
and as important to you as that
which brings money in or other
wise makes a gain or profit for
you.
The better a man knows his
business the greater his profit. The
more familiar a man is with those
things that cut down his profits
and earning power, the more pro
fit he makes. You know that, and
so does everyone else that stops
to think about it.
If your BUSINESS is making
something in a factory, and some
other fellow does that which may
cause your pay to be cut or low
ered, it is YOUR BUSINESS to see
that he does not continue to do it;
and that is just what you do.
If you work in a store and some
other employee starts some dirty
work which possibly will drive
trade to another store, thereby
giving the boss reason to lay you
off, you do not hestitate to make
it YOUR BUSINESS to protect your
job. That’s your BUSINESS and
that is what you should do.
In other words, it is YOUR
BUSINESS to do everything for
the good of your BUSINESS and
to take a stand against everything
that will hurt your BUSINESS.
That’s just plain, common,
everyday horse sense, and every
body knows it; and in your own
mind you say that any man or
woman who did not agree with it
would be foolish or in their dotage.
I have repeatedly said that, re
gardless of what your BUSINESS
is, what McCormick is and what it
is going to be is YOUR BUSINESS
and on what McCormick is, de
pends whether or not you make
more money. Therefore, what
goes on for or against McCormick
is for or against your BUSINESS.
Maybe you eannot see it that
way. You may say that such talk
is a lot of hot air. But if you will
sit down and think about it, you
will see that it is just good, com
mon sense.
You can’t make money unless
your neighbor does; that is a law,
and you can’t get away from it.
Your neighbors are not just those
next door to you, but those next
door to them, and their neighbors
as well. If they do not make
money, neither will you; and if
they lose, you lose too, one way or
the other.
Two weeks ago I said a commun
ity was like a store, the citizens
being the clerks. If the clerks in
any store took the same attitude
toward the store as some people
do to their community, those
clerks would be fired immediately.
UnLF^e a store, and regrettably so,
sometimes, you cannot fire a cit
izen; but if you know your BUSI
NESS you will get busy and make
it YOUR BUSINESS to see to it
that such people are shown the
fallacy of their ways.
Know McCormick, for it pays
to know your BUSINESS.
(Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone.
The time sales financing opera
tions of Universal Credit Com
pany, which provide the AutL .,-
ized Ford Finance Plans for t^e*
purchasers of Ford Products w io
pay for their cars out of income,
has completed the first full year
of business.
An official of the Company irt
commenting on the progress of
the organization says—“Less thane
two years ago this business v:as
in the formative stages. During,
only eighteen months of opera
tion, Universal Credit Company
has purchased over $500,000 time
sales transactions on whicih the
deferred balances totaled $2ju,-
000,000.
UCC has twenty-five complete
branches in operation which serve
over 5,300 Ford dealers in the thir
ty-five states in which we a. e
now doing business. We arc en
joying constant growth and the
UCC Plans are rapidly becr .ning
familiar to motor car prospects
who recognize that the UCC Plans
provide lower cost, standard in
surance with courtesy and depend
able service.
There are several important
factors that contribute to the suc
cess of our operations. The pro
duct we finance on a time p r f—
ment basis for the public repre
sents low priced and practical
automotive transportation whicht
today undeniably belongs N to tb*»
class of necessities. The month
ly instalments required in the
transactions we finance are only
such that can be conveniently met
by the family budget of the maxx
of average earning ability*- -
It is our policy also > to keep our
financing costs to the purchasers
of Ford products in keeping the
actual expense of the services
rendered, plus only a reasonable
banking return on investment. Our
time sales contracts come frona
purchasers engaged in a variety oT
occupations and from widely scat
tered sections of the country. Tills
spread of location and occupatiort.
make for factors of credit stabil
ity and soundness from a hank
ing standpoint.
Our credit policy can be sum
med up in the words “extondL g;
credit at low cost to every deserv
ing person.” Our ' experi rt n«&
proves again that the inherent
honesty and morality of the every
day citizen contributes to the
success of time selling, which in
stitution in turn reciprocates in
that it makes possible the expan
sion of industry with increased
opportunity and incentive for the
‘budget minded’ American to worfc:
regularly and enjoy with his fam- <
ily the fruit* of opportunity, thrift
and healthy standards of living:.
We consider the cost of credit to-
be just as vital as the cost of a: y
other commodity. If industry is
to continue to create proi iucts.
they must be consumed. To irate
this consumption possible by ti-.e
wage earner who helps create the
product, the manufacturer makes
available low cost credit where
credit is due. A souud instalment
plan is now one of the necessary
elements of the modern busine^
distributing system and is so
recognized.
The viewpoint of Thomas a..
Edison is interesting. He recently
said “What we call instalment
buying is one of the methods by
which we are preparing to talre
immediate advantage of the op
portunities for a higher stam .ircT
of living through machine pro
duction. That is a method of
saving in goods instead of saving;
in money. In the old days a man
spent most of his life getting ready
to die. He saved against a rainy
day—against old age. Now, al
though it is a nice thing to have*
a fund to fall back on a family
thinks more erf living than dying.'
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Meat studies of more than 2,03»
slaughtered animals show that It
is desirable to market steers of in
ferior breeding while fairly young,
preferably under 14 months of
age. The meat of such steers fc>
of better quality at this age than
it will be later on, says the fed
eral Bureau of Animal Industry.
Cattle of good quality, however,
can be grown out for a year cr
and then fattened, with the as
surance that the meat will be oi
high quality.
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