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Thursday, July 3, 1930
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, So util CuroJlnm.
Page NumEer TEf9|
99
Oppoi'tunity School
Proving Successsful
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1.—
In the quaint little mountain town
of Due West, far baek in rural
South Carolina, the tenth summer
session of an “Opportunity School”
which has attracted national- at
tention, has begun. The Office of
Education, Department of the In
terior, is watching the results ob
tained by using a college plant
when it is idle for getting a bit of
education to these who have little
of it but high ambition for work.
The department is wondering if
thousands of such plants, scat
tered throughout the country,
might not be doing likewise.
Erskine College, in Abbeville
County, a devout community of
Covenanter origin, is a co-educa-
tional institution with a capacity
of 1,000 students. It is located in
that Southern Appalachian region
where the people are poor and ed
ucational opportunities limited. It
is a farming section in which mill
towns recently have grown up.
Contributions
The Opportunity School has been
developed through the leadership
of Miss Will Lou Gray, of the State
Department of Education, who has
specialized since 1918 in adult el
ementary education. The college
contributes its plant, which is cap
able of taking care of 500 men and
500 women. The state provides
guarantee funds for teachers, but
voluntary contributions for the
support of the school usually make
this up and take care of incident
als. Those atteilGing bring their
own linen. Other costs to the
students, including board, amount
to about $20 for the term, which
las{s but a single month.
Those who come to the Oppor
tunity School aye mostly people
who have missed their chance for
education. They range in age from
16 to 70. Many of them are ambi
tious young people froirf the cotton
mills. Many others are mountain
youths from the vicinity. Farmers
and their wives of middle age come
and are assigned to their respective
dormitories, and take their first
steps toward literacy. Old people,
treading the lonesome, sundown
road, with little time left to use the
smattering they may get, present
themselves and no one has the
heart to turn them away.
The students who come here are
intensely in earnest. They grasp
at every straw of learning. The
experience of a month of the sort
of community life they live here
may well be more educational than
what they get from books. Much
stress is laid on food, its proper
preparation, and on sanitary ^liv
ing. A thread of citizenship train
ing runs through it all.
X —
More Traffic Needed
(A. C. L. Ry„ Bulletin.)
In the first four months of 1930
the Class I railroads of the coun
try had a net railway operating
income that was at t he annual
rate of only 3.56 per cent on their
property investment, according to
the Bureau of Railway Economics.
The earnings of the roads of the
South were at the ra^te of 2.94 per
cent on their property investment
and were next to the lowest of any
group of roads in t he country.
Thirty-one Class I railroads op
erated at a loss during the four
month period.
In spite of the d ecrease in their
business, which amounted to 10.7
per cent as compared with the
same period in 1929, the railroads
paid $118,479,946 in taxes—rather
a substantial contribution to the
cost of government.
What the public is most directly
concerned with is the fact that the
railroads have maintained their
service at the top notch of effi
ciency, and that freight shipments
move with a speed and certainty
never excelled, while passenger
trains uniformly run on time.
Right now the railroads, like so
many other industries, need an in
creased volume of business. They
have hundreds of locomotives
stored because they are not need
ed, and hundreds of thousands of
idle box cars waiting on
grown sidings for traffic to de
velop.
For many years some people
have preached the doctrine
The Valve of
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Sound Design
New Ford engine gives outstanding
acceleration speed and powver without
sacrificing reliabilitg or economg
THE good performance of the Ford car,
so apparent on every highway, is due
largely to the sound mechanical design
of the engine*
It has outstanding acceleration, speed
and power, yet that is only part of its
value to you* Greater still is the fact
that it brings you all these features
without sacrificing either reliability or
economy.
That is the reason the Ford car has
given such satisfactory service to mil
lions of motorists all over the world
and has been chosen by so many large
companies that keep accurate cost fig
ures. In every detail of construction it
has been carefully planned and made
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for the work it has to do*
The design of the compression cham
ber is an important factor in the effi
ciency of the Ford engine. It is built to
allow free passage of gases through the
valves and to thoroughly mix the fuel
by producing turbulence within the
cylinders during compression. The spark
thus flashes quickly through the whole
fuel charge, resulting in quieter and
more effective engine performance.
Other factors are the direct gravity
gasoline feed, the specially designed
carburetor, the new hot-spot manifold,
aluminum pistons, chrome silicon alloy
valves of larger diameter, statically and
dynamically balanced crankshaft and
flywheel, the simplicity of the electrical,
cooling, lubrication, and fuel systems
and accuracy in manufacturing.
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PRICES
Roadster •
Phaeton • •
Tudor Sedan
Coupe • •
Sport Coupe
De Luxe Coupe
Three-window Fordor Sedan
De Luxe Phaeton •
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Convertible Cabriolet
De Luxe Sedan • • «
Town Sedan • • •
All prices f.o.b. Detroit, plus freight and
delivery. Bumpers and spans tiro extra, at
lets cost.
Universal Credit Company plan of time
payments offers another Ford economy.
The New Ford Town Sedan
Ask the nearest Ford dealer tor a demonstration
of the heaviest volumes of traffic ' taining the waterways. .
THINGS WORTH
KNOWING
Seven out of ten
Palestine last year
America.
visitors to
were from
Diamonds have been discovered
in thirty-five places in the United
States.
Chile now produces four times
as much copper as before the Eu
ropean war.
Club Women Back
Forest Service In Con
servation Of Timber
Resources of American banks
are five times as great as they were
in 1910.
Many wild animals swim across
the Mississippi river, according to
government Diclogists.
A queer cargo recently shipped
from. New York City was fifty tons
of live eels to be used in restocking
the Baltic sea.
All mines in Turkey
the government.
belong to
France is to have national school
of aeronautics.
A cubic inch of air taken as a
sample in London one morning
contained 340,000 particles of soot.
A fire bell has been abandoned
by Augusta, Ga., after seventy-
eight years of service.
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The Chicago river, for the first
time in several years was frozen
over this winter.
Nitrates used in making fertilizer
are among the‘Aost important by
products from coal.
Victoria, British Columbia, has
an annual music festival of com
positions dealing with fisher folk
songs.
Eiderdown ducks are strictly pro
tected in Iceland in order to main
tain the eiderdown industry.
The weight of the General Sher
man tree, in Sequoia National
park, in California, is estimated to
be more than 12,000,000 pounds.
It takes nature 10,000 years to
form a foot of fertile soil from the
rocks of the earth’s crust, accord
ing to H. H. Bennett, government
soil expert.
Argentina has wild horses that
are descended from Arabian steeds
brought to South America by the
Spaniards in the sixteenth cen
tury.
ever known without car shortages
or delays. Today the railroads
could handle every pound of traf-
“Both the political and business
propagandists of inland waterways
constantly give assurance that
Combines Increas-
i
ingly Popular
Pupils in big rural schools made
better arithmetic scores than chil
dren in one-teacher schools, in a
recent series of tests in a number
of states.
Women’s organizations are ac
tively interested in forwarding the
forestry movement, the Forest
Service, U. S. Department of Ag
riculture believes. This' is indicat
ed by the many requests from wo
men’s groups for information and
aid in developing forestry pro
grams.
Some of the outstanding nation
al organizations of women have
created and developed active de
partments devoted to the study of
conservation, according to reports
to the Forest Service, and have
worked for the organization of
State forestry departments. They
favor the securing and setting
aside of forest areas for public use,
md the general encouragement of
he national forestry program.
To aid the various women’s or-
•anizations in preparing programs
m forest conservation for club and
>ther meetings, the Forest Service
aas available Miscellaneous Cir-
;ular No. 91-M. “A Forestry Pro
gram for Women’s Organizations/’
The booklet; contains brief state
ments on Federal, State, municipal
and private forestry, which bring
out what has been done and what
remains to be done in forestry in
the United States. Other material
in prose and verse suitable for a
forestry program is included. Cop
ies of the publication may be ob
tained without charge while the
supply lasts uphn application to
the Office of Information, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C.p
X
Little Talk On Thrift
TWO MILLION AMERICANS
ABOVE 85 NOW OBJECTS
OF CHARITY
(By S. W. STRAUS, President
American Society For Thrift.)
Canadian airplanes have tripled
in the last year.
Nutmeg trees grow in only two
of our states—California and Flor
ida.
A potato peeling machine has
been adopted for use in French
army kitchens.
fic that moves by water or motor they do not wish to hurt the rail-
and still have surplus equipment ways, but railway . officers who
left. have studied the subject are unan-
The truth is that at times like
the present there is not enough
traffic to support adequately all
the transportation agencies that
are available. The railroads are i
certainly not earning a fair return
on their investment and the Gov
ernment barge service last year
showed a substantial loss, and
while the tonnage handled by the
trucks is, in the aggregate, large,
it is divided among many lines,
none of which are particularly
prosperous.
Neither the water lines nor the
motor carriers could have handled
the traffic of 1929. For that mat
ter they could not begin to handle
the present light traffic of 1930.
But every pound of traffic that
grass-1 they get that would otherwise
move by rail, increases by that
much the overhead charges of the
railroads on the traffic thfey act-
that ually haul.
imous in the opinion that practi-
The “combine” has come into
such general use that last year
more than one-third of the hard
cally every ton the waterways take winter 'wheat, one-fifth of the
will involve a reduction in the traf
fic that otherwise would move by
rail.”
the railroads could not expand | As to costs, the Railway Age
fast enough to handle the normal points out that the railway can
growth of traffic in this country, transport freight cheaper , than
and have called for the develop- carriers upon almost any improved
ment of waterway^ and motor river or canal, if, in the cost of in
transport to help relieve the “bur- land water transportation there
den” on the railroads. Last year, are included the taxes paid by the!
however, the roads handled one public for improving and main-
Adults Contract Children's
Diseases
Adults can, and do, contract many
children’s diseases. And, usually, they
suffer from them much more than
children do. For instance, many adults
contract worms, an ailment usually
associated with children. Sometimes
they suffer intensely and take expen
sive medical treatments, without reali
zing that worms are the cause of their
troubles. Yet. tho symptoms are the
same as in children, loss of appetite
and weight, grinding the teeth and rest
less sleep, itching of the nose and anus;
and abdominal pains. And, the same
medicine that surely and harmlessly ex
pels round and pin worms from children
will do the same for adults — White’s
Cream Vermifuge, which you can get at^
STROMS’ DRUG STORE
hard spring wlpeat ,and a smaller
part of the soft winter wheat were
harvested by the harvester-thresh
er. Ripe, dry grain is one of the
essentials for successful operation
of the combine, says the U. S. De-
j partment of Agriculture. Green
or damp grain not only interferes
with the threshing and cleaning
operations but lowers the quality
of the grain. Sometimes the com
bine does a poor job of threshing
and cleaning because the machine
is not properly adjusted. A recent
Farmers’ Bulletin, 108-F, describes
the operation and care of the com
bine and contains a “trouble
chart.” It may be had by writing
to the Office of Information, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C.
. The mortality tables are said to
show that the United States navy
sailor is the healthiest man of any
in the world. *
X
Use Oil And
Common Sense
The best way to get the
kind of government you
want is to vote for the
kind of men who will help
make it, but you can’t do
that if you fail to register
before Tuesday, July 22.
Eyes examin
ed. Spectacles,
Eye Glasses,
and Artificial Eyes fitted without
Drugs, Drops or Danger.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
Optometrists
956 Broad Street Augusta, Ga.
Stop and waste cocks often get
broken or bent handles or are oth
erwise rendered useless because
people do not understand how they
are made. When bought, the nut
on the bottom of the plug is gen
erally screwed up tight, making it
difficult or impossible to turn the
handle and the plug. Long per
iods of disuse frequently cause the
plug to stick fast, but it may be
easily loosened by Slightly un
screwing the bottom nut and by
lightly tapping the lower end of
the plug with a hammer. From
time to time the plug should have
a drop of lubricating oil. Slight
leakage caused by wear of the plug
or by dirt around it may be rem
edied by cleaning the plug and
tightening the bottom nut. A plug
badly worn may be reground, but
it is usually better and cheaper to
get a new plug or a complete new
coc^.
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Wonder what has become of the
old fashioned mother who used
to pick the narpes of Tom and Jer
ry for her twins?
An authority on old age depend
ence states that there are now 2,-
000,000 individuals in this country
above the age of 65 who are whol
ly or partly dependent on others
for their support. After a survey
of the situation among the aged
poor in America the man respon
sible for these statistics says:
“Thrift and habits of saving on
the part of individuals constitute
one of the most important bul
warks against old age dependency
but in my opinion something more,
something over and above indi
vidual thrift is necessary if we are
to abolish old age dependency; I
refer to an old age insurance or
pension system which I believe,
would unquestionably raise the
general standards of living and
eliminate the fear of old age.”
Perhaps, as is here indicated, a
national old age pension law is ad
visable but it is not the purpose of
this article to go into this point.
We must not forget that society
has its obligations to the unfor
tunate individual. But what are
the obligations of the individual
to his own interests?
As long as people are taught that
thrift means merely saving money
and that all the individual need
concern himself about is putting
money in a bank, we shall con
tinue to hear the sorry stories of
old age dependents.
Manifestly, our greatest need is
for individuals to understand that
true thrift consists of planning an
economically successful life. This
means that in addition to saving
money, time must be employed in
the development of an increased
earning capacity; good health must
be conserved to prolong the years
of productivity; investments must
be made that will yield a depend
able income; insurance must be
carried to pi’otect one’s self in
case of accident or illness and to
safeguard the future of^pne’s de
pendents; and that when one’s
earning capacity is secure provis
ion must be made against the
time when old age or adversity
arrive.
When the public ceases to regard
thrift merely as saving money and
learns to appraise it from the
broader aspects as here pointed out
we shall have reached the period
in our national life when old age
dependency is much less a public
problem than it is today.
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Recent tests of the amount of
energy expended in different oc
cupations showed that washing
clothes required more energy than
any other household task.