Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, July 3, 1930 Sic COR MICK MESSENGER. MrCORMICK. South Carolina. T^a**#* IWmn^oT You may want to vote in the primary this sum mer, but it can’t be done unless you write your name ©n your club book before July 22nd. Better do it now. Little Talk On Thrift WIDE-SPREAD THRIFT BEST METHOD OF STABILIZING BUSINESS (By S. W. Straus, President Ameri can Society for Thrift.) Insecticides Should q U it3 apparent that the tide Tic* In Plnrv* of popular thrift in America is lie Jvept in Sale i^iace steadily rising R e P orts show a I constant gain in savings bank de- A clerk’s error in selling a sul- posits.'' Less money is being spent phur-arsenic insecticide instead of on needless extravagance; less ex sulphur resulted in the death of a pensive forms of luxuries are gain- number of hogs and caused the ing in popularity; greater labor dangerous illhes of two persons on ! efficiency has developed; a more a farm in New York, an investiga- cautious and conservative attitude tion by an official of the Food and is being shown in the matter of Drug Administration, United States investments. The blue sky pro- Department of Agriculture, has re- moter and the get-rich-quick type vealed. of financier are not having it as Tile supposed sulphur was used easy mow as during the last four in preparing a sulphur and mo- ; or five years. There is a growing lasses mixture as a home remedy for a cold. This resulted in the critical illness of one person. Then the drug was burned and the fumes were inhaled by another, also as an attempted treatment for a cold. This person became unconscious tendency to eliminate all forms of waste. People generally are striv ing to make every dollar go as far as possible and utilize every day to the best advantage. There is, of course, nothing un usual in these manifestations. Dur and for some days was severely ill. I ing periods of depressed business Investigation by a Federal food and unemployment there has al- official revealed that this same sulphur had been used last fall in an attempt to cure hogs thought to be suffering from cholera. The preparation was mixed with the feed of 60 hogs, and a majority died. It was thought at the time that the deaths were due to chol era. The sulphur used in the three cases was analyzed by the , Food and Drug Administration and was found to contain arsenic. Fearing that others would buy this same product and use it as sulphur, the food officials traced it to its source. Investigation showed that the mixture supposed to be sulphur, had been bought at an implement store. This store had a bag of sul phur and also a bag of sulphur-ar senic insecticide. Both were in a dark attic. A clerk had sold the poisonous mixture thinking it was sulphur. Officials of the Food and Drug Administration point out three er rors in the situation. A poison should never be kept where it may be mistaken for a non-poisonous ways been an increase in thrift. To a great degree it represents necessary economies. To some ex tent it is psychological. It is indeed an eloquent tribute to the value of thrift as a means of bringing about economic read justments. As popular savings grow and as day by day economies and personal efficiency become more widespread, there will grad ually develop an era of increasing prosperity. Fundamentally prosperous con ditions can only exist on the solid foundation of popular thrift. In flation, unsound activities, popu lar ever-spending and over-ex tended credit may bring the semb lance cf prosperity at times byt and i Too Many Victims The toll of human life exacted by motor cars in this country is increasing yearly. In 1929 the num ber totalled 31,680, and during the last ten years the number of deaths attributed to automobile ac cidents reached nearly 200,000. It has become so common to see in the daily papers accounts of persons killed and maimed in wrecks that one seldom stops to : cad the detdils. It is cnly when a member of the family or a close friend is involved that the seri ousness of the situation is brought home. Then the fact that a life has been extinguished, a person dis figured or made a permanent crip ple because of someone’s negli gence, seems horrible. It is then that one asks “Who will be next? What is to be done to decrease the large number of automobile wreck fatalities?” In an address over the radio on June 15, a synopsis of suggestions made at the recent meeting in Washington of thd National Con ference on Street and Highway Safety was given by an official of the Department of Commerce. It was pointed out that a serious congestion of traffic prevails on the streets and highways, and the speaker emphasized the need of a clear,view, for at least 500 feet, of approaching vehicles. It was thought that this could be attain ed, at least in part, by the control of advertising signs, by removing view-obstructing trees, shrubs and sloping banks, and by cutting down sharp hill crests. Grade crossings (and to these may be attributed a large per cent- age of the deaths) were seriously considered and the desire on the part of many drivers to “beat the train,” their carelessness in ap proaching tl>e crossings, and their gross negligence in failing to exer cise due caution were deplored. Another phase of the situation Nurse Tells How CARDUI Helped Her A Policy Of Land Utilization (A. C. L. Ry., Bulletin.) dealt with was that of requiring these conditions cannot last and i ijppr-icpq /-.-f Hrivpr^i nnd it must inevitably be followed by a poinTed out that only twelve states cycle of deflation and a let-down in business. In the iaudible efforts continual ly being made to bring business and industrial activities to per manent normal levels, eliminating boems and depressions alike, it should/be borne in mind that there can be no greater stabilizing influ- product. Sulphur is not recogniz- ence than widespread thrift by the ed by modem veterinary science as ; people. a cure for hog cholera. Modern medical science does not consider sulphur effective in the treatment of colds either as- a mixture of sulphur and molasses or as sul phur fumes. Fixed and prudent habits of sav ing, spending and investing by the masses of the people ,would do more to insure continued good times than any other influence that could be brought to bear. How often have yon heard local farmers say, “My cotton is ’going to pieces, 9 shedding excessively, leaves ragged and turning brown, drying up and dropping?” Such a condition is caused by POTASH HUNG ER, RUST, and LOW PLANT VITALITY. D© not let it happen to your crop again this year avoid this heavy toll that robs you of your PROFIT by SIDE-DRESSING your cotton NOW with from 50 to 75 pounds of Muriate of Potash along with the Nitrogen. Potash is a TONIC for cotton and it makes the BOLLS STICK and mature normally. This INSURANCE will cost less than $2.00 per acre and in 1929 it paid South Carolina farmers FIVE for ONE. Ask your fertilizer npm for potash or get- your lo cal mixer. to mix you a NITROGEN-POTASH TOP DRESSER. EXTRA POTASH PAYS. Mop your cotton NOW with the 1-1-1 Molasses, Arsenate-Water Mixture. require an examination before is suing drivers’ licenses. Of the oth er, twelve have no requirements “and anybody at all is, free to op erate a vehicle which, in incompet ent hands, can so easily maim or kill.” It was further urged that plans be made for some means whereby worn out and mechanically defec tive cars could be eliminated from the highways. Some manufac turers have adopted methods of buying in and scrapping used cars. This is beneficial both in increas ing the demand for new cars and ^decreasing the number of acci dents. There is, no doubt, a need for stricter and more uniform traffic regulations throughout the states, as in these days of so much inter state automobile travel the motor ist should be able to proceed from one state to another with a knowl edge of the regulations under which he travels. But, regardless of regulations, into the problem enters the human element. No matter how perfect the rules or how strictly enforced, if the driv er is negligent there is the prob ability of an accident, costing his life or that of another. It is only when every driver :’s made to realize and remains con stantly aware of the danger, not only to himself but to others, re sulting from careless driving and disregard of rules that the alarm ing number of automobile fatali ties will be materially reduced. Punishment for those who drive cars carelessly and without regard for the danger to human life can hardly be made too severe. II. X Mrs. W. A. Cox, a well-known pro fessional nurse, of Burnside, Ky., writes: *T was in very bad health, and only weighed 110 pounds. I read in the papers about Cardui, and thought I would give it a try-out. After I had taken one bottle, I could see that I was improving. After I had taken it a month or two, I began to gain, and 1 weigh at present 168, and Kave weighed that for/some time. I am now 55 years old, and can do as much work as the average middle-aged woman can. "I would advise any woman, who is weakly and in a run down condition, to try Car dui, but not to expect one bottle to make her W’ell. I take two or three bottles a year, now, and I feel fine.” CARDUI USED BY WOMEN FOR OVER 50 YEARS Take Thedfonl’s Black-Draught for Constipation, Indigestion, and Biliousness. the • the I will ! Whitewashing Cow stables are usually w r hate- washed once or twice a year. Al though many whitewash formulas call for the addition to the lime and water of other substances such as salt or skim milk; good white wash can be made with only lime and water. Ordinary hydrated lime mixed with water makes sat isfactory whitewash; or quicklime (ordinarily called lump lime) may be slacked with a small amount of water. Only freshly burned lump lime should be used. Do not use air-slacked lime, as whitewash made from such lime will not stick. IXt Though cattle on the range should always be supplied with some salt, the amount needed de pends partly on the feed avail able. Cattle need from 2 to 2 1-2 pounds a month on average range when the feed is succulent or when browse plants form the bulk of the forage. For the remainder of the season 1 to 1 1-2 pounds a month is enough. A fair allowance for a year-long range is about 20 pounds a head. There is less salt in plants when fresh and green than when dry, and less in browse forage than in grass and weeds. txt A bird house on a pole or tree may be protected from cats by a sheet-metal guard, either in the form of a cylinder about 18 inches long tacked on closely, or a cone placed high enough to prevent cats from jumping and securing a hold above it. Iron pipes as nest ,sup- oorts are cat-proof in themselves. An overhanging and sloping roof over the nest opening is a partial protection against cats. Sometimes a wire screen of a mesh large nough to let the birds in but to keep the cats out is practical. I-.y According to economists of Department of Agriculture population of this country probably stationary when it reach es 160,000,000 people. Because cf increasing yields per acre to be se cured by modern ^agricultural prac- A tices, however, there is ample land i already in farms or readily avail- able for cultivation, to produce all the needed farm crops for a pop ulation of that size or even for 200,000,000 people. Indeed, the l economists say that “probably there will be continued decrease in crop acreage in the hilly or less fertile lands of the East and South.” Since increasing per acre yields, plus relatively small expansion of cultivated lands, will ipeet de mands for agricuitural crops it will be decidedly helpful to deter mine as soon as possible the use to which the various classes of land in the Southeast are best suited apd the industries that can most advantageously be established there. The Southeast will reach its best development when only those lands fertile enough to support a farm family in comfort are cultivated; when ample food stuffs to meet home needs are produced on every farm, and when all land not in cultivation is used for timber, beef and dairy cattle, and for game. While staple crops and fruits and vegetables will be grown in in creasing quantities and will at tract varied industries, only a small part of the total land available will be required for their production. Because of the enormous area not needed for cultivated crops timber growing is certain always to be of prime importance in the South east. An abundant and sustained sup ply of timber will enable the estab lishment of many industries giv ing permanent employment to large numbers of people. Sawrhills, plants for the manufacture of plup and paper and other forms of cel lulose, and scores of others will find profitable locations. By intelligent improvement of the forage on timber and cutover lands and the establishment of permanent pastures the Southeast can become an important producer of beef cattle and dairy products, and can look forward confidently to the establishment of additional packing plants, creameries and cheese factories; Adequate protectidn and care will result in material increase in the amount of game and this will attract numbers of sportsmen who will not only pay good prices for shooting rights, but will provide business for lodges and inns at l(ou need the protection "iven y q. Liability Insurance Policy. Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick MASTER’S SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, Court of Common Pleas. THE FEDERAL LAND BANK QT COLUMBIA, against F. V. DRENNAN, JOSEPH W, DRENNAN, ET AL. Pursuant to judgment of ths Court and a decree of sale in ths above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction on Salesday in July* 1930 (the same being the 7th da^ of July), in front of the Ccuit House Door, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid* during the legal hours of sale, 03k terms specified below, the follow ing described real estate, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing Eighty Two and Three-Sixteenths ' (82- 3-16) Acres, more or less, situate, lying and being on the New Cut Road, about nine miles East of thst Town of McCormick, in HiHer Township, County of McCormick. State of South Carolina, having such shape, metes, courses ani distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof,, made by S. E. Rosenswike, Survey or, 11th December, 1921, and being” bounded on the North by lands of John H. Drennan and Tom Mc Combs; on the East by Hinton Lands; on the South by lands of strategic locations and for private | Dr. F. H. Harrison and on the- families who provide comfortable j West py lands of Dr. F. H. Har rison. i Most gardeners discard hyacinth bulbs after flowering, but this is not necessary, say horticulturists of the U. S. Department of Agri culture. All but the largest sizes i growin accommodations. Such a picture is not merely a pipe dream. All over the South east practical farmers and business men are finding that it pays to grow timber. In the past five years more progress has probably been made in forestry in the Southeast than in any other section, and this without elaborate and costly pro grams of land purchases by the State and Federal gove»nments. The production of live stock and game in connection with timbe r is receiving more and A Prayer The following prayer is said to have been offered by Rev. Jonah Talbert for a white friend. “O Lord, tie up his tongue with the plow line rope of the gospel, fasten his hands to the plow handles of the v gospel truth, ’nint him all over with the gasoline ile of thy salvation and set him on fire.” X— will last for several years before they split, and a*bulb dried off af ter flowering will blossom again the next year. Lay the bulbs out in thin layers in a well-ventilated place so that the surfaces will dry as quickly as possible. A good draft of air over the bulbs for the first week or ten days will insure their j keeping better. txt This being the same tract of lau<£ )iereto£ore conveyed to me by deeds: of Annie E. Drennan and Harriet:; E. Drennan, dated June 21, 1881 and March 23, 1911, recorded in. the Office of the Clerk of Court for Edgefield and Greenwood Counties, in deed Book 6 page 5$ and Deed Book 18 page 142, res pectively. As a condition precedent to th« consideration of any bid, the Mas ter shall require a deposit of Onfc Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dol lars before considering any bid. Terms of Sale: One-third of tlnr accepted bid to be paid in c'isb, and the balance on credit, payable Agricultural And Scientific Bureau 740 Hurt Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. though cows appear to be clean, they may be very dusty and may need to be brushed before each milking. If kept in the stable, they should have a thorough grooming at least o»ce a day. Clip the long hairs from the udder, flanks, and tail, so dirt will not Many farmers season lumber and I cling to them. Just before milking, then leave it lying around unpro- i wipe the udder, flanks and belly tected until they are ready to use i with a clean, damp cloth. Suffici- it. This is a mistake, says the U. lent bedding, and frequent removal S. Forest Service. No matter how , of manure, also help to keep cows carefully lumber has been season-; clean. i ed, it will reabsorb moisture unless 1 TXt s nrotected. Construction of farm • Automobile drivers are being A clean cow is tne first step in j cept those containing one half the production of clean milk. Even | ounce or less to carry a plain and more attention. The policy of land utilization the j Atlantic Coast Line desires to see become effective in the Southeast is merely the natural, constructive ' in three equal annual installments, development that will result in the Purchaser to pay for papers and highest permanent form of land stamps. use. L. G. BELL, txt 1 Master. , , , J June 16, 1930.—3t. The Federal food and drugs act requires every package of food ex- Buy bright-colored bathing suifcr and caps for children. Orange, conspicuous statement of the i y e ^ ow > re d, vivid blue, green, or quantity of the food in the pack-i v ^°^ e ^ are co ^ ors that can be seen, age. Do not be influenced by the rea dily from a distance along the shore. Neutral-colored suits blende with the background of trees cr rocks and the shades of the water. apparent size of the package; read the labels. It frequently happens that what appears to be a large container will actually contain less [ Should a child wander out of sighf. material than one that seems or k e y° n d h is depth his absence smaller. The first injunction to j 156 more Promptly noticed if the housewife, say Federal food of- wears a bright-colored suLi ficials, is to read the quantity of i w ^ c ^ 1 ma ^ es it easy to locate hira contents statements on labels— Quickly. that is, the net-weight or net i ^ volume statement, determine To remove grass stains froo* whether the quantity received is washable materials, treat theia, the same as expected, compare this j while fresh with hot water and. quantity with 'the quantity offered soap, rubbing vigorously. If trace: buildings with lumber that is not sued for running into trains, and dry enough results in cracks, loose- ( it is only a question of time, we j by other brands of the same qual- 1 of stain remain on white linen or fitting doors, and a variety of oth- suppose, until pedestrians will be ity, and buy the product which cotton fabrics, they may be bleach er structural defects. ( sued for damaging the bumpers, gives the best value for the money, ed out with Javelle water.