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TTlijuir.sday, April 10, 1930 WILLINGTON NEWS ITEMS McCURMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SoutTt Carolina. Page Number Poof Although'all nature is assuming a spring-like appearance, the aeather is still cold, and causes us to ( cling to our late winter wraps. Some of our farmers have planted com, but haven’t heard of any cotton being .planted. * Mr. and Mrs. Walter Andrews, Mrs. Daisy Hemminger of Willing- ton and Mrs. Milton LeRoy of Mc Cormick spent Friday afternoon shopping in Greenwood. On their irtiun home they enjoyed a pleas ant stay in Abbeville. . Mr. and Mrs. John Schrimp and son. Watt, of Iva, were gladty wel comed Monday afternoon, by friends in this, their old home town. Mr/'Schrimp said he suf fered an attack of nostalgia on Saturday and. realizing the only panacea for his trouble would be a home-coming,' he made his plans, and Monday morning he set out foi a visit to his old home and old er and sister, the children and the large number of grand-children, who so dearly loved her, we ex tend our sympathies and entreat them to follow her example, so when the summons comes for them, they too may go. “Like one who wraps the drap ery of his couch. About him and lies down to pleasant dreams.” . • “Mar.” I-v Road Construction Soon Will Begin MeCORMICK COUNTY ONE OF FIRST TO GET BENEFIT Chairman C. E. Jones of the state highway commission has out lined what the $65,000,000 highway paving program will mean for the section of South .Carolina contig uous to the Savannah River and the southwestern portion of the State. His statement is as follows: “The state highway commission friends. He seemed quite" well” and ' has not ^approved a defmite liappy whlli# here. chronological program of construe- Mr. and Mrs. P. t>. Rush and I tion work to be finan " ed b V the «tenghter, Miss Francis, motored to 'S65.000.C00 bond Issue, but it is Troy 'Friday morning, where they ! nevertheless ot considerable inter fere joined by Mrs. Jasper Rush i est t0 consic * cr tbe changes that cm a motor trip to Greenwood. They enjoyed several hours shop ping and viewing the display of pretty spring goods. Mr.' and Mrs. Will McNair enter tained at dinner Sunday, the lat ter’s “preacher brother,” Rev. R. B. Frith of'Camden, S. C., Mr. J. F. Black of Calhoun Falls, Mr. Evans of Anderson and Mr. Ashworth of Iva. Mrs.. McNair informs us that Mr. Ashworth favored them with several sacred songs of his own composition—both words and music, which they greatly enjoyed. We are glad to welcome home little Mattie Giles, after a stay of some days, in the Greenwood hos pital. Although her condition is improved, she is still confined to bed and is kept on a strict diet. We hope for her a speedy restora- tfon to health. Capt. and Mrs. Sam McBride are receiving congratulations of their friends on the birth of a little grand jbxf, who has recently come to brighten the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Rich of Clarks Hill, 8. C. Mr. • R. M. Rush motored to Oreenwood Saturday afternoon to hpve some repair work done on his planer. Mrs. Susan LeRoy and daughter, Willie., and Mrs. Jim Hemminger were shopping visitors to Green wood last week. Mr. James Gibert and family were visitors Sunday to relatives in Tignal, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Qllie Watson of Mt. Carmel, and Mr. Warren Cowan of BeUvue were callers Sunday after-* noon in the home of their relatives, Mrs. Ada Kennedy, Misses Carrie and Sudie Cowan. The McCormick County Home Demonstration Clubs convened Saturday in the High School build ing’ where they enjoyed a most pleasant day. Our Demonstration Agent had prepared a very full program for our entertainment and every feature of it was carried out In a most pleasing manner to &U present. The addresses were both interesting and instructive, but for lack of space we cannot make any comments. The dinner Which had been so carefully plan ned and was so bountifully served d'vt next few years will biJng in i the highway situation. In the Southwest portion cf the state ad jacent to the Savannah River, for example, the contemplated paving will prove almost a new aspect of communication amftng the popula-- tion centers. “With the completion of the con struction program, McCormick will have a hard surface or other de pendable type highway to the State of Georgia over the Furey’s Ferry Bridge and to the adjacent county seats of Abbeville, Green wood and Edgefield and connect ing at thesp points with similar type highways leading to almost all parts of the state. • “Edgefield, in addition ta U. S, Highway No. 25, which is or will be hard surfaced for its-entire length from Augusta to the North Caro lina line, will also have a similar connection with Aiken via State Highway No. 19 and with Saluda via State Highways No. 39 and No. 19. To Connect With Barnwell “Aiken, in addition to U. S. Highway No. 1, which is already paved from Augusta through Co lumbia to Bethune and the con nection with Edgefield just men tioned, will have a hard surfaced connection to the Southeast via U . S. Highway No. 78 which is al ready paved as far as Montmor- enci and which will.connect at the Barnwell County line with about sixty miles of existing dependable type highways leading in various directions. The improvement as a soft surface type of State Highway No. 315 from Aiken East and State Highway No. 19 to the South will also facilitate traffic in those two directions. “Barnwell already. has connec tions leading to the adjacent coun ties of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg and Orangeburg via the existing dependable type State Highways No. 3 and 37, and U. S. Highway No. i8 and these connections will be adequately extended by high ways to be constructed in the ad jacent counties except to the Nojth 1 via State Highway No. 3. This route from the Barnwell-Orange- burg County line to its junction with state highway No. 6 near Swansea is designated as a sdft nection with the possible substi tution of a higher type of surfac ing. The further improvement of State highways No. 33, No.*36 and No. 63, which are all designated as soft surface highways south of their junctions with state highway No. 28, will further facilitate North and South bound traffic through portions of Hampton, Jasper and Beaufort counties. “With the increase of highway traffic to be expected with.the im provement of the state system, the need of an additional bridge over the Savannah River will become more pressing and its logical loca tion would seem to be on -state highway No. 331 in Allendale coun ty, which is about mid-way be tween the nearest adjacent bridges located near Augusta and Savan nah, Georgia. With the construc tion of such a bridge, the increase in traffic might warrant the state highway commission considering the construction of hard surface or other dependable type surfac ing'on state highway Number 331, which is designated in the act for soft surface and possibly, also, the advisability of improving with a higher type of surfacing than des ignated some more direct route between Allendale and Savannah than via U. S. highway No. 17 and state highway No. 28. , “The next few years will see a wonderful improvement in the state highways in the Southwest ern portion of the state.’ * X Sugar From . Straw And Meat From Cottonseed Richards May Oppose Blease GOVERNOR SAYS MORE EN COURAGEMENT THAN EVER RECEIVED In Tjie class rooms, was fit to sat- j surface type highway but the state late the cravings of an epicure., highway commission has authority We bow our thanks first to Rev. under provisions contained in the Mr. Bledsoe for so beautifully in- | bond issue act to improve it with * voklng God’s blessings upon us and a higher type surfacing and such a our work, to the trustees of the McCormick High School for allow ing, us the use of their attractive and spacious school building, to our H D. Agent who was instrumental change will doubtless be consider ed so as more adequately to take care of the needs of North and South bound traffic. Similar con sideration will doubtless be given in getting our clubs together for a ! als o to the advisability of placing * day so full of real pleasure, and | bard surface of other dependable last, but not least, to our noble j type surfacing on that short women who responded so liberally , stretch of state highway No. 4 west when requested to unite in making j c ^ Spungfield in Aiken County to the dinner a genuine success. We avc n c l what would otherwise be the are sure our agent, Mrs. Stallworth. j on ly stretch of soft surface on the feels proud of the rapid strides our, en tire length of this route, chibs are making towards the goal Will Need a New Bridge Over she has set for us. Savannah •’ The-hearts of many in Willing- “With the construction of state ten were deeply saddened Friday highway No. 28 from Yemassee to morning when it was announced Allendale, Beaufort, Hampton and that just after the darkness of the Allendale will have a dirdet hard night had passed and a new day surface highway connecting these was dawning, the spirit of Mrs. three county seats with extensions Emma Singleton of Bordeaux had to the Northwest and North via winged its flight to the home, state highways No. 3 and No. 33, where there is no night, neither to the North and Northwest via U. sickness nor sad parting with lov- S. Highways No. 21 and No. 17, ed ones. She had lived to a ripe and to the Southwest via the exist- old age and for some jnonths, had ing paving on U. S. Highway No. been standing on the shore of 17 through Ridgeland and Harde- time, only waiting for the angel- ville to Savannah, Georgia, and the boatman to bear her to the heav- needs of traffic on state highway enly shore. She passed away so No. 28 Northwest of Allendale will peacefully, it was like one going no doubt be considered « by the without dying. To the aged broth- 1 state highway commission in eon- ATLANTA, April 7.—Strawstacks and cotton seed are full of a new sugar secret of which was given to the 79th meeting of the American Chemical society here today. A formula for making it at about five cents a pound, a gift by the U. S. government to industry, was presented by Dr. W. T. Schreiber of'the bureau of standards. It opens one of nature’s greatest storeliouses, hitherto untouched by man because the sugar former ly cost $100 a pound. The sweet is xylose—pronounc ed zi-los. Trees and many kinds of plants abound with it. The chem ists were informed that xylose is probably the third most widely dis tributed organic compound in na ture. Little is yet »known of its food values. Possibly persons with a sweet tooth may eat all they wish, for preliminary experiments indi cate that it is not assimilated but passes through the digestive sys tem without apparent effect. A statement from the news service cf the society calls it a “non-fat tening” sugar. Even if food uses prove ‘small, xylose is an important commercial discovery. Dr. Schreiber calls it “a produce whose potentialities are still to be fathomed, from a vast annual supply of a very cheap raw material. It has been sought by industry for acid making and in some cases considered so useful that a price of 50 cents a pound was rated as economical. Xylose was discovered in 1886 when it was made from trees. In 1899 it was made from oat straw. A' meat substitute made from cotton seed was described by David Wesson of Montclair, N. J. “It is a sweet almost tasteless flour-like body,” he said, “which will keep as well as wheat flour. It carries 50 to 60 per cent pro tein, or 2 1-2 to 3 times as much £s is found in meat and available for human food. When properly prepared it is palatable and nutri tious . It not only can be eaten but has been eaten by many people. “When mixed with vegetable shortening and water to stimulate meat, a meat substitute costing about five cents a pound can be produced. It can be used in hash, croquettes, meat loaf, sausages, sandv/ich fillings, etc. Such a pro duct would be a boon to the poor. “The ‘ cotton crop contains enough protein to meet the needs of over 50 million people.” tXl P.-T. A. Meets * This Afte rnoon The Parent-Teacher Association ; will met Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at the high school building. A splendid program has been ar ranged, also several matters of business are to be brought before the organization for discussion. • All members are urged to attend. Friends and visitors are invited .o come and enjoy the program. &.1 In Bolivia all the useful miner als belong originally to the stale. COLUMBIA, April 5.—Governof Richards’ veto of approximately $108,000 in the annual appropria tions bill was sustained by the House today, the only item on which it was overriden being the farm bulletin published by the De partment of Agriculture.. Senator John F. Williams, of Aiken, said that if his business af fairs will permit that he will offer for governor on an educational platform this summer. Senator William L. Riley, of Bamberg, an nounced that he would offer for Lieutenant governor. Representa tive J. A. Harley, of Barnwell, has also announced his candidacy for this office. Governor John G. Richards, al though declining to make a defi nite announcement of his future political aspirations, said he tjad received “more encouragement to offer for the United States Sen ate than I ever received co run for any office.” Senator Cole L. Blease is expected to offer for re-election to this of£ice. Senator R. M. Jeffries, of Col leton county, who announced sev eral weeks ago that he had under consideration offering for the United States Senate, declined to make a statement tonight but said his preliminary statement had “brought encouraging comment from over the state.” Solicitor Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, has announced for this office. Lieut. Gov. Thomas Bothwell Butler, of Gaffney, who has been mentioned several times as a pos sible candidate for governor, would make no comment tonight but said that he would give out an announcement within a short time as to his intentions. Representative, Olin D. John ston, of Spartanburg, has an nounced for governor on an “an ti-road bond issue” platform. For mer Senator A. H. Williams, of Florence, has announced that he will seek this office and has in cluded in his platform a plank for modification of the prohibition law. Ira Blackwood, of Spartanbuig runner-up in the last gubernato- ial race, has also announced that he would offer again this year. Others who have announced their intention of seeking state offices in the primary this sum mer 'are Col. Harry D. Calhoun, of Barnwell, who will oppose W. B. Blackwell in his race for re- election as secretary of state and Louis A. Searson ,of Allendale an Columbia, who will oppose Comp troller General A. J. Beattie m race for re-election. sandy. branch NEWS Mrs. G. P. Watkins spent Satur- day with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Han Mrs. W. T. Walker spent Monday of last week with Mrs. J. L. Walk- / Mrs. W. S. Seigler is spending awhile with her daughter, Mrs. Milton May son. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Schumpert called to see Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hartline Sunday afternoon. Callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Deason Sunday were Mrs W T. Walker and children and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Dorn and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Clai- ence Owings. Misses Mary Ruth and Gladys Price of Troy visited their grand- narents. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Price, recently. Mrs. W. R. McNeill and little William McNeill and Miss Gladys Deason spent Monday afternoon of last week will* Mrs. W. T. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Owings spent awhile Sunday with Mr. and i Mrs. J. B. Holloway. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holloway of McCormick visited relatives in this . community Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walker and children of Greenwood spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Price. Mrs. John Creswell and -Miss Tommie Walker of McCormick spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. W. T. Walker. Mrs. J. B. Deason called to see Mrs. Will White awhile Sunday. Mr. W. T. Walker spent Sunday with Mr. J. B. Walker. Messrs. W. R. McNeill and J. B. s. c. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW The following record of indus trial activity lists items Showing investment of capital, employ ment of labor and business activ ities and opo<vtunities. Informa tion fron^ which the ^paragraphs are prepared is from local papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be considered general^- cor rect. as People’s Walteiboro—Mac Rivers, local contractor, received contract for erection of office for occupancy bv Peoples Water Service Comnany. Hartsville—M. & K. Stores. Inc., opened branch store on Carolina Avenue. Walterboro — Construction of A. J. Novit Service Station at corner of Bridge and W. Wichman streets completed and opened. Newberry — Central Drug Store opened for business in quarters formerly known as Haynie’s Phar macy. Bennettsville — Planters Nation al Bank opened for business Bennettsville branch of State Bank cf South Carolina. Sumter — Seventh carload of hogs shipped from here by Sumter County farmers. Ridgeland—Ridgeland ceftietery grounds greatly improved. Union — Construction underway on Meador Filling Station on Main Street. - Charleston—Fifth annual spring horse show of Charleston Horse Show Association held here re cently. Ridgeland — Construction un derway on Dr. A. Ritter office building. Greer — Business building under construction on North Main Street will be occupied by Edwards Tin Shop. Beaufort — Improvements to grounds of Carteret Street Metho dist Church and Sunday School rooms being completed. Greer — Greer Lumber Company capitalized at $15,000, granted pa pers of incorporation. McCormick — Bids received for construction of bridge across Little River at' Chamberlain’s Mill site. Greer — Bailes-Collins Company, Inc., capitalizezd at $25,000, grant ed charter to operate general wholesale and retail department store. Pickens — Baptist Church edi fice dedicated recently. Greer — Road sign will be erect ed to advertise Greer at intersec tion of Hendersonville-Greenville highway leading into this city. Easley —- R. Sarlin will establish store in this city. Camden — J. C. Penney pany, Inc., opened branch here. X Officers Biding In Three Men And Car On the 3rd day of May, 1930, at 10:00 o’clock a. m., I wiU make a final settlement in the Judge of Probate’s office in McCormick and ask for a discharge as executor of /the estate of Green New, deceased. All persons holding claims against the estate should present them properly attested before that date, or be forever debarred. All per sons indebted to said estate should settle with the undersigned. JOHN NEW, Executor Estate of Green New, deceased. McCormick, S. C., April 8, 1930.—4t. Corn- store Sheriff W. T. Strom and Deputy Sheriff W. L. Brown on Sunday brought to jail three colored men they apprehended on the highway about 2 1-2 miles west of Mt. Car mel, charging them with trans porting whiskey. The men are George Mattox of Mt. Carmel, Samuel Morton of Greanville and Early Allen of Mt. Carmel. The Ford coupe hj which the men were riding is in custody of the officers. Mattox and Alleh have been re leased cn bond, while morton re mains in jail. The officers state that as soon as the men recognized them they began throwing bottles and jars of whiskey through the windshield and glass windows, barely leaving enough whiskey for evidence. X District Rural Carriers Greenwood # Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Greenwood, S». C. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE One fly killed in early spring means hundreds of flies fewer next summer. Stable manure * in which flies may breed rapidly should be hauled to tire fields every day, if possible, and spread thin so that it will dry. It is best to use a manure spreader. Manure that is not disposed of daily may be treated with hellebore, which 9 will destroy the fly larvae without reducing the fertilizing value of the manure. One-half pound of powdered hellebore to 10 gallons of water will treat about 10 cubic feet of manure. X— A It is sometimes claimed that lightning conductors on farm buildings “draw lightning” and are therefore undesirable, but the U.' S. Weather Bureau says that rod- . ded buildings are less likely ta be damaged by lightning than unrod- ded ones. Lightning near a rod- ded building is usually diverted to the conductors and passes to the ground without harming the building, whereas a stroke on an unrodded building generally causes damage. x All poisons in the home such as insecticides, antiseptics, polishes, and the like, should be kept se curely locked up when not in use to prevent accidental poisoning of food, the Food, Drug and Insecti- . cide Administration recommends. Many deaths a«e caused every year by accidental poisonings Meet At Greenwood j which could be avoided by sim : pie precautions in handling and Rural mail carries of the Third ^ ec ^ > ^ n ^-^ >0 ^ sons IXI- Congressional District will meet in Greenwood on Thursdav, *oril i A hi S er rate of seeding pota- 17th. according to announcement toes than is commonly used will by T. E. Wicker, of Newberry, dis- increase the acreage production of trict president. The convention crop. Use from 15 to 18 bush- will be called to order at 5 o’clock e i s seed to-an acre, says the U. in the afternoon, the place yet to Department of Agriculture, in- be announced. stead of from 9 to 11 as is the { J. R. Crawford, of McCormick, is usua i practice. X One of the best fertilizezrs for a lawn is a mixture composed of Dandelion greens are popular* three parts of cotton-seed meal with many people in the spring and one part sulphate of ammonia, time. For some tastes they are Apply 10 to 15 pounds to 1,000 better mixed with other greens, square feet in the early fall and such as mustard or kale or turnip again in the spring after the dan- or beet tops, using about one- ger of severe frost is over and the I fourth dandelion. grass is making good growth. secretary for Greenwod and Cormick counties. X Me-