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c ' TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Eighth Year Teachers To Meet Here April 26 LAST REGULAR MEETING OF ASSOCIATION FOR THIS SES SION. DR. EDGAR LONG TO BE THE SPEAKER The last regular meeting of the McCormick Teachers’ Association for this school session will be held in the McCormick High School building on Saturday, April 26, at 10:30 a. m. Doctor Edgar Long of Erskine College will be with us at that time and deliver the address April 1, survey, which com- 8 Pages — All Home Print April 1, Crop Report ' COLUMBIA, April 14.—Cold weather in March held back fall- sown grain and pastures and dam aged peaches, so that these crops were below average on April 1, oats being reported at 72 per cent; Wheat, 67; Pasture, 65; and Peach es, 59 per cent. The yield of grain, however, is largely determined by weather in April and May and it is yet too early to tell just how these crops will finally turn out. For the United States a probable Winter Wheat crop of about 530,- 300,000 bushels is indicated from McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, April 17, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 46 Mayor Proclaims 21 to 28 As Clean-up And Paint-up Week That we may safeguard health, promote thrift, further fire pre vention, stimulate civic pride, and make the homes and city beauti ful, now, therefore, I, C. K. Epting, mayor of the City of McCormick, do hereby proclaim the week of April 21 to 28 as clean-up and paint-up week. This date marks a real campaign of persistent and constructive ef fort in cleaning up our town and oares with a crop ot 578,336,000 keeping It up. In this worthy There will also be a very import- bushels harvested last year. Con- movement of cleaning, painting, ant business meeting. The de- dit i 0 hs in the Plain States as a Planting shrubbery, repairing and partmental groups are planning w hc>le are about average, but in seneral rehabilitation and beauti- excellent programs. Let me urge j Ohio and upper Mississippi fixation, I arge and request each every teacher to be present. We j valleys conditions are below aver- certainly shall look for you and we a g e in all states except Kentucky and Pennsylvania. In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States “The Town Doctor” DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS: SPRING HAS COME! This is the time of year when to the teachers. certainly shall miss you if you are absent. Don’t forget, the last Sat urday in April. W. E. LAKE. President. X and every citizezn and every civic service fraternal or patriotic or ganization, the^ schools and churches to co-operate with the Democratic Clubs Under the rules of the Democratic party, each Democratic Club in the County shall meet on the Fourth Saturday in April of each election year for the purpose of re-organ ization and the election of officers and delegates to the County Con— conditions are below average, par- c ^y officials in their efforts to ticuiarly in Washington. ! ma ^ e ° ur c ^y clean, healthy, In ten Southern States Oats av- thrifty, safe and beautiful. Poison Boll Weevil To Save Cotton Croj) CLEMSON COLLEGE, April 16.— t , The boll weevil is already emerging most P 60 ? 1 ® th f ^ \° spruce from hibernation in South Caro- U P- G ° mt0 ’most any store and lina to attack the 1930 cotton crop, y ° u ® U1 s< f pe0 P le ?“ ylng a11 sor .; 5 declares M. H. Brunson, extension of th n « s ‘° ™ ake th f lr sarr0UM '- entomologist, who says that most “ g ? look better-yard and garden weevils emergmg now will die be-, tools ; sead ? of al * descriptions, fore cotton becomes available but P aln >; anc ' lacquers, wall paper and that their emergence is sufficient P orch furniture-everything to evidence that the insects wll i be clean up and brighten up. with the cotton farmers in consid- 1 , The )ad, “ are talking house erable numbers this season. . cleaning. The men who not “Every cotton grower,” continues talking and thinking gardens are Mr. Brunson, “should prepare now anxiously watching to see how the to fight the weevil by purchasing ^cens and fairways are coming calcium arsenate, dusting ma- f 10 ?*- and everywhere there seems chines, molasses and other neces- ‘° oe a sort of taking-on of a new sary equipment. It is a certainty lea f. e on Ilfe ' that poisoning pays when done I J ne P^ TS are carrying column right. It is imperative that pois- ! after colum n of copy on “Clean-up oning be done right or not at all. | Campaigns. Yard and Garden “Favorable results from poison- ! contests will be started and on ing have been obtained in South cvery hand there will be a fresh Five Farmers Join The ( -ora Contest THREE McCORMICK COUNTY FARMERS MADE MORE THAN 40 BUSHELS PER ACRE LAST YEAR Carolina for many years. Six ex- ness. light-heartedness and gener- The scavenger truck and crew- will be at your disposal all of next eraged 71.1 per cent, compared with 81.2 per cent a year ago and 77.4 per cent for the past six years, j week, and I ask that all tin cans, QotiiivW 9^'while the condition is below aver- rubbish and scavenger in general lUeei ^aiuructy, age in all of the Southern States, be put near the streets that the it is especially low in Mississippi, scavenger crew can get same and Louisiana, Oklahorha and Texas, j baul 'away. The spring weather to date has ! During the last week of April the been favorable to Peaches in all of i state board of health inspector the ten Southern States from j will be here to inspect all premis- which reports have been received, j es - Let’s see if we can t have one Arkansas and Oklahoma report the J ^lie cleanest towns in the state, crop to be nearly a failure, and the j D. K. EPTING, other States report prospects poor- Mayor, McCormick, S. C. periments at the Pee Dee Station f ° r Spring in 1929, using 1-1-1 mixture once, come. That’s fine for everybody, busi ness included. Too bad we don't have spring more often; but then if we did it would be like a lot of Five McCormick, county farmers have entered the South Carolina Five-Acre Corn Contest for 19 D, according to an announcement by Thos. W. Morgan, county agtnt, and others who are interested in. the contest are urged to get in touch with Mr. Morgan as soor as possible and make entry. The 1929 contest,'in which 3 Mc Cormick county farmers made an’ average of over 40 bushels of com per acre on upland was proof ‘ enough that we can grow com at a, profit in McCormick county. ^Tie cost of the corn grown on these plots averaged around 50 cents per bushel, including all laboi aid other costs in connection with the production of the crop. The names of the farmers en tering the 1930 contest are listed as follows: J. M. Gibert, D. M. iWardlaw. R. W. Cowan, W. E.. Sheppard, and H. T. Christian. -IXI- gave a profit of $8.86 pen care, seven experiments using four ap plications of 1-1-1 mixture gave a profit of $12.52 per acre, 11 experi-. ,, , * ' ^ rvr. ^ iinents using calcium arsenate dust p ther J- hi ngs—we would get used ^ i Ctt'IlSllS To Affect after 10 per cent of the squares ^ whlch we ^ ct ' were punctured gave a profit of fai1 a P pre ^ iate - $33.42 per acre; and eight experi- i The clean "Up Campaigns of ments using one application of man y communities always remind 1-1-1 mixture and calcium arsen- ” ie 0 * a bttle boy taking a bath | ate dust after 10 per cent of the! b e mi sses so many places. And a House Membership vention. The County Convention shall ! er than at this date in either of meet on the First Monday in May | the last two seasons. In the ten ^ ^ c 1 1 at the County seat and shall be states as a group, the condition of !^|)ellin^ 15ee oellOOl cojnposed of delegates elected from the peach crop on April 1, aver- squares were punctured gave profit of $46.70 per acre. town is just as clean, just as at- the Clubs in the County, one dele gate for every twenty-five mem bers or a majority fraction there of, based upon the number of 1927. aged 52 per cent, compared with 83.3 per cent last year; 83.5 per cent in 1928; and 55.6 per cent in votes polled in the first pripiary of the preceding election. Every Club in the County is urg ed to meet and organize on Satur day, April 26th, 1930 and appoint delegates to' attend the County Convention, which will be held at the County seat on May 15th, 1930, at eleven o’clock. _ # W. K. CHARLES, * * County Chairman. tAl‘ W. L. White Makes Profit On flop’s date last y ear - ° n the same farms x lUAxt wii 49 cent of the hens were lay _ Reports on the condition of early Potatoes in ten Southern States show tha^ prospects are no better than they were a year ago, the condition averaging 75.3 per cent, compared with 76.0 per cent last year and above 80 per cent in each of the previdus two years. On April 1, 59 per cent of the milk cows on South Carolina farms reporting were being milked and the average amount per cow for House Tonight tractive, as the places that are left It is important that cotton di ^y- 1 There are six places that most towns overlook in their cleaning— each of which costs thousands of GREAT TREAT PROMISED ALL WHO ATTEND. STARTS AT 8:30 ' I growers become acquainted With ithe poisoning procedure recom mended by the Extension Service. , „ . , 1 Such information may be obtained [free by writing ‘ the Division of Publications, Clemson College, S. .C., for Extension Circular 104.” -X- All persons who pride themselves on their spelling ability, from those who studied the old Blue-Backed spellirfg book on xlown through the more modern spellers, are in vited to attend the old-fashioned spelling bee to be held at the Mc Cormick High School Auditorium by the local Anne Carter Chapter FEEDS EIGHT SHOTES 41 DAYS ON BALANCED RATION AND PROVES THIS BEST WAY TO MARKET CORN of the U. D. C. tonight, Thursday, that day was 1.89 gallons, com- April 17, at eight-thirty o’clock, pared with 1.77 gallons on the same j Other features of the entertain ment will be a popularity contest, in which the most popular person ing, compared with 51 per cent on present will be selected; a cake same time lowers the morale of it’s people, which is equally costly. One of these is the highway en trances to the town, which are to , r . ^ i the community what the doorway Miss bneppam and show windows are to a store, wr 1 t» • l Every strange motor car that en- i w orks Prize Garden ters McCormick has a cash busi ness value of $5.20, and it takes only one car a minute each way during the traveling hours of the day to make this traffic as valu able to your community as a fac tory with a payroll of two million dollars annually. There are those who will refuse to believe this, but IS CHOSEN AS CHILEAN NIT- | RATE OF SODA GARDEN CON TESTANT McCORMICK CO. Miss Emmie Sheppard of the 1 Bethany Home Demonstration Club 1 has been chosen as the Chilean : Nitrate of Soda Garden Contestant j it is a fact nevertheless, and easily of this county. This contest is put proved. x / Mr. W. L. White of the Liberty Hill section of the county recently completed a hog-feeding demon stration in which eight shotes were more plentiful than in recent April 1, last year. Farm wages in the State are re ported about 5 per cent below last year. By the month, with board, the average is $18.50; without bo ard, $26.25; by the day, with board, 90 cents; without board, $1.15. The supply of Farm Labor is FRANK O. BLACK, Agricultural Statistician. HENRY L. RASOR, Junior Statistician. -1 Al fed for 41. days on a balanced ra- years, according to the reports, the tion of com and fish meal. During supply being reported as 12 per the 41 days the 8 shotes ate 38 cen t; above the demand, bushels of corn and 125 pounds £sh meal, and gained a total of | 647 pounds, or 1.9 pounds per pig | per day. Valuing the com at $1.00 • per bushel, and the fish meal at' $4.35 per 100 pounds the cost of o i i\/r* u this 647 pounds gain was $43.27. oaiHliel Milled The value of the grain at 9.5 cents, TV* T 11 A limi ota per pound, for which the hogs were in jrxugtr.ici sold at the farm, was $61.46, leav- ing him a profit of $3.09 per 100 Mr. Samuel Miner died at his pounds. Deducting the cost of the home ki Augusta Sunday morning fish meal fed the hogs, Mr. White following a long illness. He nad netted $1.55 per bushel for the been a resident of near McCor- 60m fed these hogs. This demon- mick all his life until last week stratkm was conducted in co-op- when he and Mrs. Miner went to eraiion with Thos. W. Morgan Augusta to make their home with county agent, and J. R. Hawkins, their daughter. He was 74 years Livestock Specialist. of age and had been a life long McCormick county farmers could member of Republican Methodist keep one or two brood sows per Church. farm and grow out enough hogs in Besides his widow, who, before this way every year to ship to the marriage was Miss Sallie Singleton, northern markets to pay cash for he is survived by two sons, W .J. the fertilizer used on the crops of Miner, Greenville, and Samuel the county, according to Mr. Mor- Miner, Jr., Abbeville; one daughter, gan. The limiting factor in hog Mrs. H. C. Miner, Augusta; one walk, in which gay couples will walk for a hidden mark to win a cake, a bean guessing contest for those with mathematical inclina tions, home-made candy, for sale for those with a sweet tooth, and music by the McCormick Orches tra for all. A great treat is in store for those who attend this event. It has been a long time since a spell ing bee was held in McCormick, and many good spellers have been waiting for a chance to try their ability in a contest of this kind. Remember the date, Thursday night. April 17, at eight-thirty o’clock. txt Skinner Steps Out At A Glance on by the Home Garden Depart ment of the Chilean Nitrate of ’Soda Educational Bureau, Atlanta, :Ga. This company furnishes free, 'one hundred pounds of nitrate of 1 soda, to be used in this demonstra tion. There will be only one con testant in each county and the ! prizes will be awarded to the three ! contestants having the highest ! records in the state. These gard ens will be under the supervision «f a representative of the Chilean ; Nitrate of Soda Educational Bu reau, and Mrs. Dora Dee Walker of the Extension Department at Winthrop College and Mr. A. E. Schlitter, Extension Horticulturist. Mrs. Walker and Mr. Schlitter will visit these gardens from time to William Henry Skinner's charm ing wife believes the sun rises and sets in her husband, and is ambi tious for his success. Skinner plays up to his wife’s idea of him, and tells her what an important man he is. at the office, where in real ity he is an unimportant employe with a small salary. His wife, distressed at his shab by appearance, makes him buy a dress suit. At a charity bazaar she forces him to the front, with the result that Skinner dominates The first impression .is often the lasting one, therefore, it is nothing more than good business to see to it that the highway entrances are cleaned up and KEPT clean. Go out on your highways and look at the entrances to your city. If you see a lot of unpainted, dilapitated. cheap-looking road signs scattered all along the road, make a list of them. Then write, telephone or go see those whose signs they are and ask them to either fix them up - or, better yet, eliminate them en tirely. Billboards and road signs are proper enough, I suppose, in their place; but they have no right to stand where they will spoil and clutter up an otherwise beautiful time to offer helpful suggestions' roadside, and certainly they havf and to watch the progress of them, j no right where they will detract Miss Sheppard’s garden has been (from the business of a community. well chosen, the soil well prepared and the best of seed planted in it. The young vegetables are begin ning to make a good show and if the seasons are favorable this garden bids fair to be one of the state winners. The public is invited to visit this garden and watch with interest 1 If there are any old tumble- down shacks, open city dumps, junk yards or other abominations, go to the proper authorities, call them up, write them a letter, and keep it up until they do something about it. Such things not only drive business away from a com munity, but actually cast a reflee- the results of Miss Sheppard’s ef-;fi° n 011 y 011 . your family and your production in the county is the sister, Mrs. Joseph Dillashaw of the affair and comes to the atten- corn crop and the number of McCormick and three grandchil- tion of important people, brood sows to raise the pigs. With drSn also survive. Skinner forces himself upon the a reasonable season and proper Funeral services were conducted attention of his employer, and of methods, we can grow forty bush- at McCormick Methodist Churchhis employer’s chief rival, whose els of com or better p%r acre at a at 3o’clock Monday afternoon by, admiration he wins when he bluffs cost of fifty cents per bushel, as the Rev. J. A. Bledsoe and inter- ! him out of a poker pot. Skinner was shown by last year’s corn con- ment made in the city cemetery, | blocks a consolidation of the two test, and with this and the brood G. P. McCain’s undertaking serv- firms — a consolidation which enws 'here is no reason why hogs ice ip charge. Pall-bearers were [should, and later does, go through. * i — —. i- . !■% TP r . v-% T XT V* r~\ i _ l A. _ —_ _ __ A. V_ i forts to have a garden of which our county will be proud. Miss Sheppard lives at the old ; historic home of her father, Mr W. E. Sheppard of Liberty Hill, i The setting of this beautiful old ihome and what it has meant to iour state gives a unique and in teresting back ground to both the garden and gardener. X Card Of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks to friends and relatives. Dr. C. H. Workman, our faithful physician, and nurse, Miss Frances McGrath, for the many acts of have in . t where canot smiments a: nv'db daily che p-.vrci tfrV't'* Richmond gi?./.. v 10 to 11 c£ntS p:r p:>uncL I -txt- Corrcct this statement: “My car is old, ana another dent won’t matter.” dated firm. Don’t miss this farce comedy of love and fun, at Dixie Theatre, Friday and Saturday at 3:15 p. m. business. You do not have to tol erate such things, but it’s up to you. If you stand for it, you have no one but yourself to blame. While out on the highways look to see if there are any “Welcome” signs. Welcome signs are all right if the community lives up to what they say, but very often the oppo site is the case. It is better to have no sign at all than to say to people who enter your community “Welcome to McCormick.” and then have them get a cold should er. r*know a town that spent sev eral Thousand dollars erecting beautiful arches with electric sign read ‘Blankville is a friendly town.” and you couldn’t get a kindness and sympathy extended to us during the illness and at the pleasant smile in the town if vou death of our darling baby, Jessie ;paid for it. Welcome signs that Mr. nid Mrs. T. C. Winn, i don't mean what they say had lurs. Kate May god. ib-t-er be taken, down if the com- WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16.— Under the reapportionment act the 1930 census figures will cause six teen states- to lose part of their representation in the House of Representatives, while twelve will secure additional members, acced ing to information from the Cen sus Bureau. ' Jt is estimated by the mechani cal estimator in the Census Bureau * that the present population of ihe United States is 122,187,533, and since there is to be no increase Jn - the membership of the House, eadi member will be representative of approximately 280,000 citizens Un der the present apportionment Lhe r- number of Representatives werdd . have to be increased to 536 to oafce care of the increase in populauon,- but since this has been held *0 be- undesirable, the reapportiqnment must follow, it was stated. Under the law this reapportionment wiH be done by the states themselves, through legislation, but in case any state shall fail to enact such leg islation, the new figures will be come effective before the seccad Congress following the reappar- tionment. California will gain more than any other state by the new figimas, it was stated, the increase in that state in representation being _ while Missouri will be the biggrsfe loser, having four less Represen tatives than at the present &ne.. The total number of changes wfll be twenty-four, which will be the number to be divided between ^.he states that receive increased rep resentation. Michigan will be the, second largest gainer, the repre- ^ sentation in that state being in creased by four. Other states that will receive increased representa tion and the amount of tbe in creases are: Ohio, 3; Texas, 2; : New Jersey, 2; Arizona, 1; Con necticut, 1; Florida, 1; Moritana,. 1; Washington, 1; Oklahoma. It North Carolina, 1.' The states that will lose by *he' new apportionment and the num ber of representatives lost ay t.cli. are: Indiana. 2; Iowa. 2; Kentucky, . 2; Mississippi. 2; New York, 2; Ala bama, 1; Kansas. 1: Louisiana, J; : Maine, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Ne- bvaska, i; North Dakota, 1; Ten nessee, 1; Vermont. 1; Virgink., 1. The other states remain the same it was explained. nunity can not be sokl on the ilea. . of really extending a cordial wel— come. Gee to it that your highway en trances are cleaned up—you aoi*t have to take a pick and shovel aiid do the work yourself, unless yiu personally are responsible. Use ' your influence—public ppimon can get anything done. Create pjbiie opinion to SELL McCORMICK to * the people who travel by motor. (Copyright. 1930. A. D. Stone. Reproduction prohibited in whete or in part. This editoria 1 publish ed by McCormick Messen cr in 'o- operation with the local Lions Club.)