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* Thursday, February 13, 1930 MeCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. Some Facts About South Carolina (By H. N. Wheeler, Chief Lecturer of the United States Forest Service.) X The forestry problem in South Carolina is one largely of land use. • Of the 19,516,800 acres of land in the State there are only 5,035,956 acres classified as crop land and 1,637,431 acres as pasture land. This leaves in the State 12, 843,- 413 acres neither in crop or pas ture. It is true that some land is now in swamp, other acres in highways, and in cities, but the fact remains that more than half of the State is either producing timber or is idle. As a matter of fact the land actually producing crops is considerably less than the figure given above as worn out farm land is being abandoned every year: There is a constant need for wood products for lumber, fire wood, paper pulp, furniture, and even for our clothing made from rayon. In fact every citizen uses v wood in some form every day. The farmer is especially in need of a good supply of timber, not only for his own use on the farm but so that he can harvest some and sell it for railroad ties, telephone poles, fire wood, and other uses He can not afford to have land that is not producing something, and if it will not produce the ord inary crops it will raise timber. There is land on every > farm that is better suited for the production of wood than for any other pur pose and should be kept constant ly in production. Much land in South Carolina is just as. valuable for watershed protection as for the actual pro duction of wood- products. There are hillsides too steep for farming that are badly eroding from which the top soil is gone and the land is rendered useless for farming purposes. It is true that it is nec essary to contour plow and pre vent this washing as much as pos sible, but there are areas where even this will not make it suitable for farming purposes. In fact the ^-^jireau of Soils of the Department 61 Agrciulture has found one county in South Carolina so badly eroded that 90,000 acres will never be farmed again. All such land should be kept in timber for sev eral reasons The farmer needs the products from this lajfd, the soil ^should be retained in place so it ’will do no further damage to the farm and will not go down stream and clog reservoirs and water courses. .Reservoirs are being built for the development of wat er power, but the silt is so great coming into them that they are sometimes filled in less than 50 years’ time and much of the money expended in their construc tion is wasted. While this erosion problem is serious to the individ ual farmer, it is a stupendous problem to the State and Nation as a whole. JSvery individual in the State is concerned about it. Tou can see this erosion as you ride along the railroad or travel along the highways. # Timber has another value in its relation to water .since the roots of the trees pull water from deep in the ground and .throw it off in the leaves into the atmosphere. This comes down egain as rain. In fact a considerable amount of the rainfall of the interior part of the country is the water evaporated after rains, transpiring from the leaves, shrubs, and other growing things. Therefore, the forest acts as a regulator of rainfall £nd a modifier of the climate. As we approach desert , conditions the storm periods are more violent and the droughts more extended. No one can afford to own and pay taxes on land unless it pro duces some sort of an . income. This is as true to the individaual as to the State and Government, There are undoubtedly many areas in South Carolina that should be handled as State, coun ty and city forests. The City for est particularly will protect the city water. supply and will event ually bring in a fine monetary re turn to the city. The State of South Carolina now has a State Forester and As sistant and other men employed. This State Forestry Department is so far largely concerned with the keeping of fire out of the woods nince that is a great enemy of the forest. Fires in the woods are always detrimental and therefore, should be prevented. They start almost entirely in South Carolina cigarette and cigar stubs and matches with which they lighted them. Hunters build a little fire to warm themselves, then go away and leaves the blazes which later may bum over thousands of acres of woodland. Some people burn purposely to “green up” the woods on the false assumption that it will improve grazing. Such fire is injurious to grazing, destroying the good grasses and permitting the poor, deep-footed grasses to live and crowd out the better grasses. Cattle and sheep do not put on the flesh when feeding on btirned over areas that they do on urtburned tracts. Turpentine operators after scraping the needles away from the trees often set .fire to the woods as against future fires when conditions are not so favorable. This reduces the crop of turpen tine by fully one-fourth, kills the young trees and injures the old ones and causes more damage per acre than if protective measures were takep to keep fire out. For est fires do great harm in baking the soil, increasing the surface run off of water, starting erosion, and in the actual burning up of fert ilizers. The ordinary pine forest drops a ton of straw to the acre each year and this ton contains about $3.27 worth of nitrogen, which is needed as a fertilizer if the timber is to continue to grow or if the land is to be cleared for farming. Land burned yearly can never produce timber continuously of any value, but if fire is kept out the young trees come on quickly and soon bring a fine return to the owner. If it is in the long leaf pine belt turpentine can be har vested from unscorched trees in 15 years or so, and in the loblolly and shortleaf sections, t the young timber comes on quickly and can in 25 or 30 years be thinned for pulp wood purposes and later still be used for saw timber. The main purpose today in growing timber in South Carolina then is to keep out the fire and allow the denuded acres to reforest. One great value of the forest is the protection of game. Big game animals and most of the small * ones can exist only where there is a forest cover to protect them. It Is very desirable that there be pub licly owned forest lands a part of which can be set aside as game refuges where no one hunts. This is absolutely necessary if the coun try is to be restocked with deer, bears, and a plentiful supply of squirrels and other game and fur bearing animals. Game is a won derful asset to any State, not on ly for the production for food and fur, but in the opportunity it gives for the people of the State and' those from the outside to enjoy recreation. Fire destroys the small animals and even the birds by the countless thousands and often even the larger game animals as well. It destroys the food and shelter also. Forests Campaign Waged To Reduce Illiteracy WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.— Short courses in reading and writ ing are being made available as part of an intensive campaign to reduce the number of illiterates in the United States before the cen sus is taken next Spring, accord ing to an announcement by the National Advisory Committee on Illiteracy. The committee, which was created with the approval of the President, is sending out calls j’ daily to state and local authori ties, urging them to speed up pro grams against illiteracy, and is furnishing to those states that wish it the method of ptocedure for such a drive and all possible information, that the forthcoming census may show illiteracy so re duced that the Nation will not feel humiliation when its figures are compared with those of England, Denmark, Japan and other coun tries that now lead it in this res pect. State superintendents and com missioners of education have been asked to confer with their govern ors with a view to the appoint ment, when such an agency does not already exist, of a state illit eracy committee of not more than twenty members with which the national committee ' may co-oper ate. The county superintendents of education, 3,000 of them in number, will be asked to join .with the state and national commit tees in this drive, to contribute whatever information and exper ience they have acquired and to assist the state committee in de veloping the local program. A course of lessons has been prepared based op the experience of various state administrations, which are intended to lead the in dividual to literacy by the short est possible road. These lessons will be made available to all com munities that have not already organized their illiteracy cam paigns. X SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, In the Court of Common Pleas. The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, S. C., Plaintiff, against G. C. McDaniel, Mrs. Mamie Mc Daniel, Warren McDaniel. Win chester McDaniel, Jr., Patrick McDaniel, Mrs. Nettie Bimey, Joe McDaniel, Jasper McDaniel, Mrs. Loree McDaniel Davis, Lu- cile McDaniel, Janette McDan iel, George Ella McDaniel, Juli ette McDaniel, W. I. & J. Cohen, doing business under the name of, Edinburgh Manufacturing Company, Leesville Coffin & Casket Company, The Citizens & Southern National Bank, The Bank of Parksville, R. M. Hughes & Company, The American Bank of Greenwood, and The Bank of Edgefield, S. C.. Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Com plaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint oil the Subscrib er E. H. Folk at his office in the City of Edgefield, S. C., within Twenty (20) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time afore said, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the re lief demanded in the Complaint. E. H. FOLK, W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. January 23rd, 1930. To Janette McDaniel, George Ella McDaniel and Juliette McDan iel. infant defendants in the above entitled action, above the age of fourteen years: YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE That if you fail to have a Guardian ad litem appointed to represent your interest in this action within Twenty (20) days from the date of the service of the copy of the Sum mons and Complaint upon you, that then, the Plaintiff will make application to the Court for the appointment of such Guardian ad litem in the manner provided by law. E. H. FOLK, W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. January 23rd. 1930. • To Patrick McDaniel, Joe Mc Daniel, Mrs. Loree McDaniel Davis, Lucile McDaniel. Janette McDaniel, George Ella McDaniel. Juliette Mc Daniel. Edinburgh Manufacturing Co.. .The Citf^er* 5 ^nd -stnutvierri SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, In the Court of Common Pleas. Janie L. Callahan, Plaintiff, against Florence Callahan, Wiley Callahan, W. S. Tompkins, Will Henderson, Mandy Edmunds, Elizabeth Let- man, Willie Pinckney, Janie New, Mary Smith, George Dixon, El? Tompkins, William Tompkins, Eugene Tompkins, Ida Tompkins, Edward Tompkins, Thomas Tom pkins. Midas Tompkins. Elbert Tompkins, James Belcher, Mark Belcher, Evaline Belcher, Blanche Belcher. Joe Belcher, Ruth Bel cher, Wallace Belcher. John O. Callahan, Robert Callahan, E. Pressley Callahan, Mozelle Calla han, Maggie Callahan. Edgar Callahan, Essa May Johnson, Page Numbt-i Two Amended Summons STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, In the Court of Common Pleas The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, Plain tiff, against Mrs. Maggie King, Mrs. T. E. Mann, Mrs. T. M. Gillam, Mrs. Grady Simmons, Mrs. Roy Harling, Wallace King, Rayford King, William King, Ethel King, Mary Emma King, Virgil King, Ernest King, and David'King, substi tuted as party defendants under an Order of this Court, Defend ants. • TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in the .above . -w WM* ±JLX 1>AJLv3 _ Q l j. , v l Dether Callahan, Virdie Calla-j stated 'action,*'a^copy^of '"wlfich" "is han. Rosco Callahan, Marion herewith served upon you, and to Would Prevent Hiring 'National Bank, R. M. Hughes & ^ Company, non-resident Of Illegal Entrants have another great value in giving an opportunity for recreation to man by furnishing him a place to gpt away from the heat of the sun to enjoy the cool breezes of the forest. People are going by the millions every year to the National and State Forests to camp and rest. There were over 20 million visitors in the National Forests of the United States last year. When South Carolina has State Forests where camping priv ileges are arranged, they will be crowded with visitors also. Trees beautify the roadsides and our city streets. They also make, the landscape pleasing. Every thing possible should be done to protect the trees that are now growing and to^ plant more along ous roadsides and our city streets. It is difficult to estimate beauty of this kind in dollars and cents, but it does have a materiaU value in making contented and happy people. Trees and wateT in a level country make up the scenery of that region, therefore, let’s have more trees. The value of the forest might be summed up under four heads; economic, producing wood pro ducts; watershed protection, reg ulation of stream flow and pre vention of erosion; wild life pro tection; and recreation. Cattle lice flourish during the winter months and stock afflicted with these pests should be dipped before cold weather appears. Any coal-tar dip may be used. The treatment should be repeated within a week or ten days, to kill any lice that may have hatched from eggs or nits on the hair af- from the carelessness of people or j ter the first dipping. With a small by intent. Fires are started by, number of animals, the dip can smokers who while hunting or rid- | be applied with a small sprayer or 4ng in the automobile throw away j brush. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.— A bill providing a penalty for those consciously employing aliens who have effected an illegal en trance into this country has been introduced in the House of Rep resentatives by Representative Wright Patman of Texas. Such leg islation will discourage aliens from seeking illegal entry, Mr. Patman believes, in addition to prompting those already here illegally to sur render, return home and thereby qualify for an opportunity to re enter legally. “Our Government, through the Farm Board and the Agricultural Department, is telling the farmers to avoid over-production next year,” he added, “yet at the same time, our Government permits the Mexicans and other immi grants to come into this country without restriction as to number, to’ engage in agricultural pursuits and to take the jobs of American laborers who must turn to the farm as a mfcans of , supporting themselves and their families. “A high tariff is proposed and levied on foreign-made manufac tured goods on the theory that our laborers should not be compelled to compete with the cheap labor in the factories abroad. The same principle and reasoning that ex clude or tax foreign goods will support the theory that foreign laborers should not be allowed to ent§r our country in competition to American labor, and especially- is this true when there is so much unemployment as there is now.” X It’s a good idea to figure out the daily herd’s needs for feed for next year well in advance of planting time. Though of course the quant- oeiena- ants: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NO TICE That the Summons and Com plaint in this action, which is for the foreclosure, of a real estate mortgage affecting the lands des cribed in the Complaint was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for McCormick County. S. C.. on the 28th day of January 1930. E. H. FOLK, W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’js Attorneys. ATTEST: J. A. TALBERT, Clerk of Court for M. C., S. C. ORDER ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NIBI. On apnlieation of the Plaintiff herein. IT IS ORDERED, That J. A. Talbert be aopointed guard ian ad litem in this actibn for the infant defendants, Janette Mc Daniel, George Ella McDaniel and Juliette McDaniel, this appoint ment to be final unless within twenty days after the service of this Order uoon the said infant de fendants. which shall be'made by publication in the same manner as the Summons is herein ordered Callahan, Christine Long, Oretta, Callahan, Odessa Callahan. Man’*' Callahan. Aline Callahan and John Doe. as the Represen tative of all the unknown heirs at law and' distributees of the said Walker Callahan, Defend ants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amend ed Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to said Amended Com plaint on the subscriber at his of fice in the City of McCormick. S. C., wtihin Twenty (20) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. • W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorney. McCormick, S. C., January 28. 1930. To Elbert Tompkins, James Bel cher, father of and person with whom Mark Belcher, Evaline Bel cher,. Blanche Belcher. Joe Bel cher, Ruth Belcher, Wallace Bel cher, resides. Mozelle Callahan, to Maggie Callahan, mother of and person with whom reside Dether Callahan, Verdie Callahan, Rosco Callahan. Marion Callahan, Chris tine Long, Oretta Callahan. Od essa Callahan, Mann Callahan, Aline Callahan, and John Doe, as the representative of all of the re maining and unknown minor de fendants in the above entitled ac tion: YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE. That if you fail to have a Guardian ad litem appointed to represent your interest in this action within Twenty (20) days from the dav of the service of a copy of the Sum mons and Amended Complaint up on you, that then the Plaintiff will make application to the Court for the appointment of such Guardian ad litem in the manner provided by law. W. K. CHARLES. Plaintiff’s Attorney. McCormick. S. C., January 28, 1930. To Mandy Edmunds. Elizabeth Letman. Janie New. William Tom pkins, Eugene Tompkins. Ida Tom pkins, Edward Tompkins, James Belcher, Mark Belcher, Evaline Belcher. Blanche Belcher. Joe Bel cher, Ruth Belcher. Wallace Bel cher. John O. Callahan, E. Press- ley Callahan. Essa May Johnson. George Dixon and all other non resident defendanst, designated as John Doe in the above entitled matter: YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE, That! copy. serve a copy of your Answer to the same on the subscriber, W. K. Charles, at his office in the Town of McCormick, South Carolina, within Twenty (20) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the same within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the said Amended Com plaint. ROBT. S. OWENS, W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. McCormick, S. C., January 28, 1930. To Wallace King, Rayford King, Ethel King, infant Defendants above the age of fourteen years, Mary Emma King, and William King, infant Defendants in the above entitled matter under the* age of fourteen years, and Mrs. Maggie King, mother of said in fant Defendants: YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE, That if you fail to have a Guardian ad litem appointed to represent your interest in this action within Twenty (20) days from the day of the service of a copy of the Amended Summons and Complaint upon you, that then, the Plain tiff will make application to the Court for the appointment of such Guardian ad litem in the manner provided by law. ROBT. S. OWENS, W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys McCormick, S. C., January 28. 1930. To Mrs* Maggie King, Mrs. T. E. Mann, Mrs. T. M. Gillam, Mrs. Roy Harling. Wallace King, Ray ford King, William King, Ethel King, Mary Emma King, Virgil King and Earnest King, non-resi dent Defendants in the above en titled matter: YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE, That the Amended Summons and Complaint in this action, which is for the foreclosure of a real estate mortgage affecting lands located in McCormick County, S. C., and particularly described in the £ om - plaint. was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for McCormick County, S. C., on the 28th day of January 1930. ROBT. S. OWENS, W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. ATTEST: J. A. TALBERT, • Clerk of Cdurt for McCormick* County, S. C. McCormick, S. C., January 28, 1930. To Wallace King, Rayford King, William King, Ethel King, Mary Emma King, non-resident infant Defendants: TAKE NOTICE of the Order | herein, of which the following is a the Summons and Amended Com plaint in this action, which is for the partition and sale of the rea 1 estate described in said Amended to be published, they shall procure CmnD i aint was , Ued ln the office to be appointed a guardian ad lit em for said infant defendants. (Off. Seal) L. G. BELL. Master in and for the County of McCormick, South Carolina. (Off. Seal) McCormick, S. C. January 28, 1930. I hereby consent to act as Guardian ad litem of and for the infant Defendants, Janette Mc Daniel, George Ella McDaniel, and Juliette McDaniel, in the within entitled action as prayed for in the foregoing petition. J. A. TALBERT. McCormick. S. C., January 28. 1930. ■ ■ Jf— NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE of the Clerk of Court for McCor mick County. S. C., on the 28th day of January, 1930. W. K. CHARLES, Plaintiff’s Attorney. ATTEST: J. A. TALBERT, Clerk of Court for McCormick County, S. C. ORDER To Mark Belcher. Evaline Bel On reading and filing the peti tion of W. K. Charles, one of the Plaintiff’s Attorneys, and it ap pearing to my satisfaction that the matters and things therein stated are true. IT IS ORDERED That J. A. Tal bert is appointed Guardian ad lit em for. the non-resident infant Defendants above named, who up on information and belief reside in the State of Florida; to repre sent and defend said infant De fendants in the above entitled ac tion. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That cher, Blanche Belcher. Joe Bel-j the said order appointing the said cher. Ruth Belcher and Wallace Belcher, non-resident infant % De- f endants: TAKE NOTICE, of the • order herein, of which the following is a copy: On reading and filing the Peti tion of W. K. Charles. Plaintiff’s J. A. Talbert Guardian ad litem be made absolute unless said infant Defendants or someone in their behalf shall within Twenty' (20) days after the service of the Amended Summons and Complaint and Order, apply, for the appoint ment of a Guardian ad litem to represent said infant Defendants On the 28th day of February. 1930, at 10:00 o’clock a. m., I will AUnrnev and it aopearing to mv satisfaction that the matters and jin*said action, things herein stated are true. ; L. G. BELL, i IT IS ORDERED. That J. W. Cor- i Master for McCormick County, lev be appointed Guardian ad lit- S. C.. em for said non-resident infant j McCormick, S. C., Defendants who noon information ! January 28, 1930. and belief reside in Lincoln Coun- \ I hereby consent to act as make a final settlement in the --— , - ^ . .. Tndee of Probate’s office in Me-i ty. Georgia; to represent and de-: Guardian ad litem for said non- ”. udge , of , -XXf^nd said infant Defendants in the resident infant Defendants above ity of feed varies with the cov/’s • Cormic ^ and ask for a cllschaige 1 above entitled matter. named. as administrator of S. B. Strom, i IT IS FURTHER ORDERED. size and * production, the average . ,, sized cow that is on pasture in, deceased. All _persons holdmg, That the sa.d Order appointing nPPH-nlmort 2 tons of claims should present them prop-: J. W. Corley Guardian ad litem be summer will need almost z tons oi . . _ made absolute unless said infant rr. orTOz-tnir .Defendants or someone in their W. T. STROM, ; behalf shall within Twenty (20) Administrator. McCormick, S. C., January 28, 1930.-4t. J. A. TALBERT. McCotmick,. S. C., January .28. 1930. hay, or 1 ton of hay and 3 tons of | *ry attested before that date, silage yearly. High-producing cowr require annually from 1 to 2 ton of grain, or even more, accordin' to their production. The yearlin Jieifer needs small quantities t grain and about one-half as muc pasture and roughage feeds as : mature cow. It is well to plan to a little surplus of roughage feed' as any not consumed can be car ried over to next season. X ■ days after the service of the Sum- ; mons and Amended Complaint and ; Order, apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to repre sent said infant Defendants in said action. J. A. TALBERT, C. C. C. P. and G. S. McCormick Colmty. S. C. ! McCormick, S. C., Opens February 12; 10.000 j January 28, 1930. McCormick Hatchery NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE On the 24th day of February 1930, in Judge of Probate’s office at McCormick, S. C„ I will make a final settlement and ask for a discharge as administrator of the estates of J. Andrew LeRoy and Addie E. LeRoy. All persons hoM- Here’s a tasty and substantial; vegetable menu for this time of year: Corn fritters, glazed onions, scalloped tomatoes, pickle or sour relish or lettuce salad, and Jellied prunes with cake. Serve for luncheon or supper. . T > i . i I hereby consent to act as egg capacity Jiuckeye incuba- Guardian ad litem for said non- hig claims should present them be- • • tor; healthy White Leghorn | baby chicks $15.00 per 100; guaranteed 100 per cent live I January 28, 1930. delivery; custom hatching 4 cents per egg. J. L. Phillips, Manager, McCormick, S. resident infant Defendants above fore that date, named. •( MR LeROY J. W. CORLEY. 1 . ■/* . . VV McCormick, S. C., | Administrator. January 24. 1930.4t. The New Year is always scantily dressed by the cartoonist. He real ly ought to be an Eskimo. Even a self starter has to be. stepped on before it produces re sults.