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1 X: ■ V % ' 4 'J'lmrsday, June 5, 1930 McCOKMICK MESSENGER, McCORMJCK, SoufH CsrgJhi*. page NumKer TErW| SUFERVISOR’S MONTHLY REPORT Claims Paid April 1, 1930, by Supervisor, McCormick County Claim No. 10043 10044 10045 10046 10047 10C48 10049 P0050 10051 10052 10053 10054 10055 10053 10057 1CG53 10059 10060 10061 10062 10063 10064 10065 ' 1C066 10067 10068 10069 * 10070 10071 10072 10073 10074 10075 10076' 10077 .10078 10079 10080 10081 10082 10083 10084 10085 10086 10087 10C88 10089 10090 x 10091 10092 10093 10094 10095 10096 10097 10098 10099 101C0 10101 10102 10103 10104 10105 10106 10107 . 10108 ^ 10109 10110 iom 10112 10113 10114 10115 10116 10117 10118 10119 ‘ 10120 10121 10122 10123 10124 10125 10126 10127 10128 £ 10129 10130 * 10131 10132 10133 10134 10135 10136 10137 Payee Purpose Amount 50.00 70.00 25.00 J. O. Patterson, Salary — $ J. A. Talbert, Salary L. G. Bell, Salary 1 W. O. Graves, Salary —, 108 ^ W. T. Strom, Salary W. L. Brown, Salary Jesse Reason, Salary W. H. Parks, Salary J. B. Holloway, Salary G. P. Watkins, Salary Jno. Creswell, Salary W. R‘ McBride, Salary fcharlie Wall, Salary Emily Remson, Support Sallie Wideman, Support Amanda Blake, Support Mary Carroll, Support Sally Howland, Support Ella Stroud, Support Martha Turnage, Support Mary Ferqueron, Support , Julia Davis, Support — Mrs. Belle Holloday, Support . Miranda Holsenback, Support Jno* P. Wideman, Support C. D. Cowan, Support O. D. White, Support G. W. Willis, Support Miller Harmon, Support * Delsie Goode, Support Jim. Anderson, Support Amy Edmunds, Support Gulf Refilling Co., Gas and Oil • T. J. Price, Salary C. W. Pennal, Salary Commissioners of Pub. Works, Lights and Water —* McGrath Brothers, Supplies Gulf Service Station, Supplies W. T. Strom, Jail Expense , E. M. Morgan, Supplies F. E. Lesley, Labor L. G. Bell, Lunacy Exam. Holt Jones Co., Supplies R. A. Price, Ferryage W. R. Gilchrist, Wojk on Bridge 1 W. A. Winn, Road Work Stroms’ Drug Store, Supplies N. G. Brown & Son, Supplies G. W. Cade,'Lumber Happ Bros. Supplies Carolina-Georgia Service Co., Coal T. J. Price, Treas., Jury Tickets , J. L. Smith, Supplies ^ d. C. Morgan, Salary R."N. fCdmunds, Salary F. A. Wise, Salary H T. J. Price, Treas. Note and Interest 21,537.50 W. A. Neal & Son, Supplies 385.11 T. J. Lyon, Salary Coroner — 25.00 W. S. Wall, Meat 25.62 A. V. Morgan, Magistrate Salary x 25.00 W. A. Neal & Son, Balance on Note & Interest 1,861.67 108.33 100.03 35.00 75.00 50.00 100.00 80.00 75.00 75.90 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 107.70 55.55 55.55 12.88 435.46 30.70 39.25 3.50 15.00 10.00 44.54 12.00 27.70 12.00 27.45 19.29 309.87 60.85 93.30 36.60 16.70 37.50 12.50 16.68 Ben Spence, Hauling Lumber Mose Wideman, Milk and Butter G. P. Watkins, Supplies and Labor The Mt. Airy Overall Co., Supplies Merrett Grocery Co., Supplies McCormick Telephone Co., Rents Jack Bradley, Support Jack Norman, Support * Stantex Service Station, Supplies Carrie B. Freeland, Support A. N. Jaynes, Lumber F. C. Robinson Ins. Ag’cy, Premiums Officers B’ds. __ G. J. Sanders, Coal Creswell Garage, Repair Work The Bod^d of Equalization, Time Served R. A. Price, Operation of Ferry P. W. Roper, Work Moriah Bussey, Support Ann Marshall, Support Tildy Sheppard, Support Herbert Wideman, Support Milton Garrett, Support Caroline Green, Support Lucy Morton, Support Luke Morgan, Support Sue Price, Support Vic. Talbert, Support T. J. Price, Treas. Postage Gulf Refining Co., Gas and Oil The Standard Oil Co., Gas and Oil Stantex Station, Supplies W. T. Strom, Expense Account W. L. Brown, Expense Account TOTAL 16.00 8.20 6.00 31.73 175.46 27.60 4.00 4.00 9.50 5.00 162.18 120.00 29.31 23.50 600.Qf) 12.00 13.50 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 25.00 160.46 145.99 17.90 7.98 24.12 The Greatest Fire Menace $ 28,064.26 The arsonist is an acknowledged enemy of society. But arson might be, to a large degree, controlled by the judicial and police authori ties of the nation if citizens would co-operate with them. A far greater menace is present ed by those millions of Americans who might be termed “unconscious arsonists.” All of them have not started fires. But many of them knowingly take risks that may produce conflagrations. They are careless in disposing of cigarettes and matches. They throw piles of oil-soaked rags and rubbish in comers. They allow old wiring to go unattended. They use pennies or wire for blown-out fuses. They make hit-and-miss repairs to defective electrical con nections. They are careless with gasoline and other explosives found in the household. The list of offenses could be con tinued for pages. None of them are illegal. None of these people purposely start fires. Their faults are carelessness and ignorance. Mainly because of them, thous ands of lives and millions of dol-' lars worth of property are destroy ed yearly. Workers are thrown out of employment. Factories are shut down. And the result is a blot on our record of prosperity and progress. If each citizen would resolve to do away with the every-day fire risks existing in his home, garage and place of business, the fire menace would be conquered. x — Man .may be conquering the world with science, as stated the other day in an address, but there are still a few mysteries left he hasn’t solved. Weather Man Explain What “Cyclone” Mean A “cyclone” in the science of me teorology is not a violent and des tructive twisting windstorm or “twister” so greatly dreaded in some parts of the Jnited States. That sort of stoim is properly called a tornado. A cyclone, weath er forecasters explain, is an exten sive system of winds'* over an area of low atmospheric pressure as •measured by the barometer. It is representea on the synoptic charts published by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture by arrows showing the wind direc tions and a series of waving lines resembling the contour lines on a map. These lines pass through points having equal barometric pressure at the time indicated- by the chart. Other similar sets of lines represent areas of high pres- su*'e of regions of “anticyclones.” A cyclone may cover several States, and as a rule moves in an easterly direction across the country. “The reason why cyclones and anti-cyclones or the ‘lows’ and ‘highs’ of the weather chart have such an important bearing on weather forecasting,” says Alfred Judson Henry, of the Weather Bu reau, “is because of the pronounc ed contrast in the weather asso ciated with each. If it is known that a cyclone is advancing upon a region, it is 'assured within slight variations, depending on the sea son, that the winds will be strong er than the average, the sky will be cloudy and there will be rain or snow according to the time of year, and the temperature will be higher than usual. After the cy clone has passed and .the anti-cy clone has come on, precipitation of rain or snow ceases, the sky, as a rule, clears, the winds shift to a northeasterly or westerly qtiarter, and the temperature falls. The northerly component of the wind continues for several days and then shifts to an ^isterly or southerly quarter, thus indicating the approach of another cyclone.” x If It Were Possible To Magnify Pasture If it were possible to magnify a pasture several hundred or thous and fold—and all the parasites in the same proportion—so that blades of grass would appear as tall bamboos and small forage plants as great jungle trees, it would be easier to convince livestock grow ers of the desirability of cafeful attention to sanitation and of the importance of coristant watfehiul- ness in combating the ravages * of parasites that live in the pasture and attack the various kinds of livestock. Such a magnified pasture would stand revealed as a place of life— and of death. Many of the live stock parasites are tenacious of life and are able to withstand the most/ unfavorable conditions. Yet the great proportion of them die with out ever having the opportunity zo attack an animal. However, many of these parasites have powers of reproduction and multiplication that seem marvelous. Thousands of immature forms will come from a single adult parasite. Many live through complicated life cycles and may have one or more intermed iate hosts on which they live be tween their attacks on horses, cat tle, Mieep, or swine. Unlike the jungle hunters, many of the pests in this magnified pas ture would- seem sluggish and in ert—barel£ alive, perhaps. The stomach worm, that infests ths sheep, for example, emerges from the ground and finds a resting place in a tiny curl in a blade of grass. There it remains while the grass develops. If no sheep bites off the grass the stomach worm in time dies. If a sheep crops the grass, the stomach worm enters and becomes active within the sheep’s stomach, joins with other stomach worms, and preys on the sheep, which is likely to become unthrifty and unprofitable. Fortunately for the livestock growers, most of these parasites are able to live and reproduce only when they, are able to attack do mestic animals of the same or closely related species. The dan ger from parasite-infested pas tures is by no means so great if it is possible to use this year’s horse pasture for cattle or sheep next year and for hogs the third. X Everything may have its place in .the home, but it usually takes j mother to find it. Little Talk On Thrift FOLLOWING ONE’S NATURAL BENT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THRIFT (By S. W. Straus, President Ameri can Society for Thrift.) Sometime ago a survey was nade of men who had been out o f col lege for a number of years and i: was found that a large per centage of them drifted from one position to another for about ten years. At the end of this period they seem ed to “find themselves” and their real progress in life then began. One of those who made the survey commented as follows: “We were constantly impressed with their average low earning power in their first ten years after gradua tion.” It is likely that inquiry among general groups of young men would reveal the same tendency— that is that numbers of them waste many years before they finally set tle down to the line of work for which they seem best fitted. One of the worst forms of waste of time is to follow a profession or trade for which you are unfitted. The writer’s attention recently was called to the story of a suc cessful lawyer who began studying law at the age of 41. He had wast ed fully twenty years before he finally* went into his natural pro fession. Almost every young person ej^ly in life has a definite idea of the line of endeavor they wish to fol low. As a rule, these aspirations are the result of natural aptitude for the work desired. Too often parental interference, financial limitations lack of educational backkground or some other cir cumstance of life make it seem impossible for the young person to carry out his desires. In most of such cases this means a serious waste of time. Year‘s go by before the young man or young woman finally gets around to the type of work for which nature seemed to have fitted them. Let us remember that herein lies What could (n of waste than to spend 'years in a type of *eihployment that does not har monize with one’s ambitions? Sel dom, if ever, is real progress made by thoee who do not love their work and loVe of work can spring only from a natural aptitude for the tasks being performed. If you have a worthy ambition for some particular line of work and are spending your years in come other form of employment, you are wasting time and oppor tunity. There can be no complete concentration and efficiency of ef fort where one has no heart for one’s work. The ingenuity, zest and indomitable determination necessary to great success conie on ly to those who are performing a service which they love and for which they were created by na ture. txt Two Cents For Power Hie Town Doctor a great thrift lesion, be a more serious,?« * Last year, average expenditure for candy amounted to slightly more than 2 cents per day per person. During the same period the 84,000.000 people living in electrified homes spent $604,000,000 for electricity, less than 2 cents per day each. This is graphic illustration of the fact that cne of our most valuable commodities is likewise one of the cheapest. Electricity lights the home, operates the washing ma chine and refrigerator, heats the iron and does a multitude of other tasks, great and small, which are necessary to maintain modern standards of comfort and effici ency in the home. Yet, at the end of the month, the bill for this ser vice is an infinitesimal part of the family budget. • The electric industry has made every effort, not only to improve j service, but to lower the cost to .the consumer. Its record is one of increasing economy of opera- | tion. During 1919 the average | steam generating station in this j country required 3.2 pounds of coal ! to produce one kilowatt-hour of j electrical energy. Due to the in- I creased efficiency of plants during jthe past ten years a kilowatt-hour I is now produced by the average steam plant with but 1.7 pounds of coal. Such technical achievements as this may seem of little interest to the general public. $et they bene- ‘fit every American home and busi ness by giving better and cheaper electric service. DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS: ABOUT “CASH DRAWER CASUAL TIES” In the conduct of a retail busi ness there is a term, “Cash Draw er Casualty.” 1 It means .something that is done on part of salesperson, or allowed done by the merchant, or left undone by either, that causes a loss of a sale: or some thing that drives business away from the store. If you gq into a store and the clerk stands in the back of the place with a face a mile long and finally, after you have walked half the length of the store says, “did you want somethin’?” and after you had bought and paid for what you came for (if you bought) the clerk says, “ya didn’t want any thing else did ya?” that's a cash 1 drawer casulaty. In Community Business—and your community is a business you know—there are cash drawer cas ualties also, the cause for which can be eliminated; and this is a good time of year to do it. Some day when you arc walking down a business street, look across the street to the second and third story windows of the building. If you see any number of these win dows that are dirty and cobwebbed any with lettering half peeled off; any others with panes broken and stuffed with paper or old clothes —if you find this condition, such is a cash drawer casualty for Mc Cormick. If weeds and grass are growing at the edge of the sidewalk or around electric light posts, or in old gratings in the sidewalks of the business district—that is a cash dcawer casualty. If at any time in the past some one said to you, “this looks like a pretty godh town you have here,” and you said “well, it used to be a pretty good burg;'” or “yes, I guess it’s all right, if a fellow likes it,” or something like that—YOU made a cash drawer casualty for Mc Cormick. If one of your policeman, being a little grouchy for some reason or other, bawls a stranger out for a minor traffic violation, with which said stranger is not familiar—that is a cash drawer casualty. If merchants and professional people park their automobiles in a space where customers’ cars could be parked; if there is a parking ordinance but not enforced; or certain people are given “priv ileges”—that is a cash drawer cas ualty that affects all business of the community. If the business district is scarred and blemished by wall signs, bill boards and unrestricted store signs, people will be repelled by $5uch oppressive ugliness and auto matically will buy elsewhere. If the people of a community are not “soM” oh their town; if they stand back 'with a sgtjsfied-with- things-as-they-afe attitude and fail t6 get* tbgethet, pull together and work together—that is the worst of all cash drawer casual ties. If a community does pot grow and make progress It is very likely due in no little degree to failure to recognize cash drawer casual ties, and to do something to elim inate them. (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Reproduction prohibited in whole or in part. This editorial publish ed by McCormick Messenger in co operation with the Lions Club.) txt Kill The Barberry Unintentional Suicide Many people are slowly poisoning themselves just as surely as if they drank iodine every morning for break fast. They are daily absorbing the toxins, or poisons, created by accumu lated waste matter in their constipated digestive systems. Sooner or later disease will conquer their weakened bodies. If you have dizzy spells, headaches, coated tongue^ baa breath, insomnia, no appetite, bilious attacks or pains in the back and limbs, you are probably suffering from self poisoning caused by constipation. The surest and pleasantest relief for this condition is Herbine, tho vegetable cathartic which acts in the natural way. Get a bottle today from STROMS’ DRUG STORE Level The Cornfield Farmers in the corn-borer area who plan to use the newly devel oped corn stalk shaver and the side-delivery rake in clean-up work next spring will do well to remember the requirements of this machinery when cultivating the corn crop this season, say the ag ricultural engineers of the United States Department of Agriculture. The last cultivation should be ki the direction of planting to favor the best performance of the stalk shaver, and the field should be laid by with as little ridging of the rows as possible to make raking more satisfactory. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF O. A. TRAYLOR ESTATE Notice is hereby given to all per sons having claims against the es tate of Dr. O. A. Traylor, deceased, to present same, properly attested, within the time prescribed by law, to the undersigned, and all per sons indebted to said estate will please make settlement at once with the undersigned. DR. G. A. TRAYLOR, Augusta, Ga., J. O. PATTERSON, McCormick, S. C. Administrators of the estate of Dr. O. A. Traylor, deceased. McCormick, S. C., * May 10, 1930.-4t. Kill common barberry bushes with salt or kerosene and prevent the spread of black stem rust to small grains. The U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture is assisting farmers in the wheat-growing States of the upper Mississippi Valley and Plains Regions to re duce losses from stem rust. Twenty pounds of crushed rock salt or a gallon of kerosene properly applied at the base of a clump of barberry stems one foot in diameter will kill the bush and prevent sprouting which often occurs if bushes are •dug. Keep livestock away from salted bushes unless they have been getting plenty of salt. i\t In changing from old hay to new hay in feeding work horses, do it gradually, using only a small proportion of new hay at first and increasing the proportion gradual ly. The same advice is good in making any change in the ration. Quick changes may induce serious digestive disturbances. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF M. T. TRAYLOR E STATUE \ Notice is hereby given to all per sons having claims against the es tate of M. T. Traylor, deceased, to present same, properly attested, within the time prescribed by law,- to the undersigned, and all per sons indebted to said estate will please make settlement at once with the undersigned. DR. G. A. TRAYLOR, Augusta, Ga., J. O. PATTERSON, McCormick, S. C. Administrators of the estate of M. T. Traylor, deceased. McCormick, S. C., May 10. 1930.-4t. No other plant will furnish as much grazing as a good stand of sweetclover in its second season. It is important to , put enough livestock on second-year sweet- clover to keep the growth' down. Sweetclover that is not grazed enough blossoms and gets woody. If grazed closely the flowering stalks remain tender and palatable until the plant is nearly mature; Eyes examin ed. Spectacles, Eye Glasses, and Artificial Zyes fitted without Drugs, Drops or Danger. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometristi 956 Broad Street Augusta, Ga, A pale skin and pale linings of the mouth and eyelids of sheep at this time of year may indicate the presence of blood-sucking worms. Farmers’ Bulletin 1330-F, Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Sheep, which may be secured by writing to the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C., tells how to treat sheep for external and in ternal parasites. FORD BATTERIES $7.95 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE 622 BROAD . PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA, GA. Magicians can get a lot of things out of a hat, but nothing compar ed to the satisfaction a woman gets out of a new spring headpiece*,