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» es&mgev THUS TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. .C. Thursday, July 17, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 7 Lions Glob Elects Officers For 1930-31 The newly elected officers for 1930-31 of the McCormick Lions Club were installed with appro priate ceremonies at the regular meeting on last Tuesday night. J. A. Talbert succeeds W. K. Charles, who has served for two years as president of the club. Other of ficers installed'are listed as fol lows: W. E. Lake, first vice-presi dent: Wistar Harmon, second vice- president; J. S. Strom, third vice- president; Thos. W. Morgan. Sec retary and Treasurer; C. K. Epting, Lion Tamer; and Paul R. Brown. Tail-Twister. Members of the board of directors are W. K. Charles, chairman and P. G. Fooshe, W. M. Strom, J. L. Bracknell. Standing committees announced by President Talbert are listed as follows; Program committee, W. E. Lake, C. K. Epting and W. K. Charles; Membership committee, W. T. Strom, Wistar Harmon, and E. B. Brown; Finance Committee, P. G. Fooshe, P. R. BroWn and J. L. Caudle; Activities Coriimittee, W. M. Strom. R. L. Faulkner, J. T. Mc Grath; W. K. Charles and J. J. Dorn; Atterfdance Committee, J. S. Strom, J. L. Bracknell, L. N. Brown, J. B. McCrorey and H. Drucker. The McCormick Lions Club has had a very successful year, and is looking forward to even greater success in 1930-31. The member ship of the club at the present time Is 27 men. • txt Hot, Dry Weather . Helped Put Check On The Boll Weevil Legionnaires State Convention 23-24 The State Convention of the American Legion will meet in Co lumbia July 23-24. This is the twelfth convention in the history of the legion and promises to be the best convention ever held. The city of Columbia, in co-op eration with Richland post, will spare no effort to give every leg ionnaire a good time. They are spending lots of money on fire dis plays and other things to add to the amusements and to insure the success of the meeting. All picture shows in Columbia will be open to the legionnaires from 3 to 6 p. m. free during the convention. There will be a mid night show at the Columbia Theatre Wednesday night, which wiU be one of the best features of the convention. It will be free also. It win be absolutely necessary for each legionnaire registering to present his 1930 card. Bear this in mind, legionnaires. All legionnaires are eligible to attend the convention and have a seat 'in the convention hall. Thomas J. Lyon Post will be en titled to six delegates; this is our voting strength; and the follow ing have been elected: Y. E. Seigler, W. H. Barfield, J. W. Cox, W. N. Edmunds, F. A. Wise and C. K. Epting. Alternates: J. B. Harmon, Jr., T. W. Morgan, J. M. Gibert, Paul Dow- tin, G. E. Campbell and R. L. Dendy. As many legionnaires as possible are urged to attend the convention I am sure they will enjoy the meet- C. K. EPTING. Commander. X The past-two weeks of hot dry Death Claims weather has to a certain extent slowed up the activities of the boll weevil, according to Thos. W. Mor gan, county agent, who states that around 25 per cent of the grubs found tn fallen squares have been dead: and fewer punctured squares Mrs. Walker (Greenwood Index-Journal of July 10th.) Mrs. Bessie Walker, wife of F. B. are found InYieiSs that have been Walker, of McComlck died at the ■heavily infested before.... i Greenwod Hospital this morning —Hi many cases, however, the in- at 5:15 o’clock after a brief illness, festation is still heavy, and sever-* Mrs. Vialker was 36 years of age. al fields have shown from 30 to Besides her husband, she is sur- 40 per cent infestation during the vived by four children Maybell, past week. This is especially the Thelma, Bennie and Lloyd; her case where the early poisoning wa': mother, Mrs. William Cothran, of not applied early enough In the Rock Hill, one sister, Mrs. W. A. seasoff Several fields tfhere the Morgan, of Edgefield, and two poison was applied just before the brothers, W G. Cothran, of Char- cotton began to fruit, and this ap- anc ’*• Cothran, of Rock plication followed with at least Um. two more, have been found to have, funeral services will be con- less than 2 per cent infestation, i ducted at thp McCormick Baptist Mr. Morgan wishes to urge the church tomorrow momtog at 11 tanners not to put too much reli- o clock by Rev. Mr. Barfield and ance in the effects Of the hot Rfy. j a. Bledsoe and interment weather, and to keep up the watch Y* 11 follow in the McCormick on the fields for in many cases Cemetery with the following serv- the infestation is heavy enough to ^ pall-bearers. W. W. Strom, ruin the crop in spite of the Strom, L. M. Jordan, W. H. weather. The only solution of the Walker, W. H. Griffis, G. A. Byrd, problem is for every fanner to keep a watch on his cotton ,looking es pecially for the fresh punctured squares, and when these reach around ten per cent in his fields he should apply the poison. It is getting late for liquid poison on much of the crops in the county, but where dusting machines are not available, it will still pay to cover the stalks with a good supply of the 1-1-1 mixture, even though the cotton be old and large. The county agent requests all persons who wish infestation counts made, and advice on pois- onlng, to get in touch with him for this work. X- Use Of Cotton J. C. Morgan and Frank Strom. X Death Of Mrs. G. W. Wideman After an illness of two months. Mrs. G. W. Wideman of Calhoun Falls passed away in death at her home there Saturday afternoon at 3:40 o’clock. All that a faithful physician and loving friends and relatives could do was done, but to no avail, for the Lord has called her home and b* submissive to His will. She was in the thirty-ninth year of her life, a member of the Bor deaux Methodist church, a Christ- ‘ian lady, good wife, mother and SViowq Upr*liripi friend and b e sorely missed by OI1GW& L/GLllIlt;, all whQ knew her Fpneral services were conducted ^JtTARWTKY’VTO'M Tnlv Pnttnn j S.t 12 O Clock at the Bor- hTvw lrieaux Methodist church by Rev. SSSSSd d trvlav n hv th^rensus hn" C * B ' Garrett of Calhoun Falls, and ?eau as d having h^ei? 405 181 balei £ terment made in the cemetery in nf^lint and ^501 of linters the Presence of a large crowd of narld^th 47a Q17 rf liSt and 6?-I sorrowing relatives and friends. 770 of lint h ert 7 fn 9 Mav f th?s vea- and She !? su J7*ved by her husband, rln InH 77 91 ft incline • seven da ««hters, Elizabeth, Lee. Lottie, ollie) Mary> Sudi e an d ha d w 30 aS Cld Frances, all of Calhoun Falls; her -r. po"snmir>~ establishments. l.-'S^ rei lx S nn^ B *. fu 16 * 1, 357,394 bales of Jint and 231.942 of I Messrs P B PaAie^ Tr Jinters. compared with 1,531.3461^ ‘ C harne Parnell of Lownd^r and 237.505 on Mav 31 this ' r I vflte^nd Edd r ^ ^ ^ and 1.287,740 and 206,505 on June ho un ^“ one si^ Mrs Norwood of Calhoun Falls, two W CALL TO REGISTER! BOOKS CLOSE TUESDAY, 22 All men and Women who have not put their names on the enrollment book of their respective precincts this year are reminded that it must he done by next Tuesday, July 22nd, if they expect to participate in the primaries this summer. The books close next Tuesday, so if you haven’t registered this year, at tend to it right away. Claude N. Sapp, chairman of the State Democratic Committee^ appeals to the press of the State to urge voters to enroll, saying, “Will appreciate your con tinued effort to arouse voters of the State to impor tance of placing their names on club rolls on or be fore Tuesday, July 22nd. One of the most impor tant elections in the history of the State is to be held on August 26th, My information is that 250,000 citizens of the State have not as yet placed their names on the club rolls. Lack of interest on the part of the electorate is alarming.” Much interest has been shown in McCormick County the past week and reports are to the effect that many names have been added to the hooks du ring that time, but there are many not yet enrolled who should by all means attend to this matter today. F Mrs. R. D. Holt Offers Market Died In Greenwood For Cross Ties Mrs. Louise Holt, wife of R. D. Holt, died at her home in Green- July 1 Crop Report '“ l '' " " V COLUMBIA, S. C., July 12.— Aggregate crop acreage in South Carolina as of July 1, is slightly greater than the total harvested acreage last fall, but if the usual abandonment occurs between now and gathering time the total crop land harvested this fall will be a little less than that harvested in 1929. The cotton acreage has been reduced about 3 per cent; Cowpeas, 5 per cent; Peanuts, 8 per cent, • and Tame Hay, 1 per cent from last year. The Wheat acreage harvested this summer was 28 per cent below last year due to rain interfering with sowing oper ations last fall. Crops with larger acreages are: Corn, Oats, and Sorghum Sirup each 5 per cent more than last year; Irish Pota toes, 13 per cent; Sweet Potatoes, 4 per cent; and Soybeans, 30 per cent. Tobacco, Sugar Cane, and Rye are the same as last year. Com has the greatest per centage in crease since 1921. The unusually hot weather since the first of the month has caused some deterioration, but crop pros pects a? reported on July 1 were good to excellent for the State as a whole, the combined indicated yield per acre of all important crops being 8.3 per cent above the average yield during the ten years 1919 to 1928. The yield outlook for important crops in the United States is about 2.2 per cent below the ten-year average. Crops already harvested show fair to good yields. Grain was somewhat below the excellent yields of last year but, with the exception of spring oats, made yields slightly above the average. No information as to the condition of the cotton crop will be publish- |ed until August 8. Prospects for legumes are about average, but ; peach and apple production is con- jsilerably above last year. 1 CORN: The reported condition of 80 per cent compares with 73 per cent last year and an average of 76 for the ten years prior to 1928. This condition indicates a crop of 24,634,000 bushels, which compares with a production of 23,- 321,000 bushels last year and an average production of 20,780,000 bushels for the years 1924-1928. OATS: The average yield per acre was 24.5 bushels, compared Opportunities for farmers to ob- i with 27.0 last year and 22.9 the tain ready $ash for themselves and ten y ear average. The total pro- Good Rains And Cooler Weather wood at 6:30 o’clock Saturday af- their croppers by hewing oak and Auction is estimated at 10,486,000 temon after a lingering illness. Mrs. Holt was bom August 22, 1882, and was 48 years of age at the pine cross ties are being pointed bushels, compared • with 11,016,000 out by H. T. Barron, district for- bushels last year and 8,553,000 av- ester for the state department of erage 1924 to 1928. time of her death. She had been in i forestry, who recently established 1 WHEAT: Wet weather in the declining health for some tifne, but headquarters in Spartanburg to Piedmont last fall seriously inter- the end was unexpected, and her 1 serve 16 counties in the upper part fered with sowing operations so untimely passing brings sorrow to of South Carolina. I that only about 46,000 acres were by season now approaching. Before beginning to cut ties, he said, farmers should obtain specifi cations and prices offered at what ever shipping points they desire to load. These, he added, will be fur nished on request by the Taylor- Colquitt Co. Farmers should also, he warned, take precautions to see 30 last year. In public storage and at com presses, 3.104.989 bales of lint and 91.671 of linters. compared with 3 - 337,360 and 89.173 on May 31 this year and 1,376,704 and 71,224 on June 30 last year. Imports during June totaled 9,- 551 bales, compared with 53,328 in May this year and 26,113 in June last year. Exports during June totaled 185,- 053 bales of lint and 6,389 of lint ers, compared with 208,796 and 10,- 460 for May this year and 299,136 and 9,811 for June last year. Cotton spindles • active during June numbered 27.642.158 compar ed with 28,374,434 in May this year and 30,631,800 in June last year. txi a host of friends and relatives. Besides her husband she is sur vived by six children; Price L. Holt, of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. J. S. Wills, of Columbia; Mrs. R. M. Lathem, Miss Willie Holt, Ralph and Ruby all of Greenwood, and the follow ing brothers and sisters: E. M. Price and W. B. Price, of Troy; J. C. Price and Claude A. Price of Greenwood; J. P. Price, of Elberton, Ga., and G. A. Price of Atlanta; Mrs. W. H. Walker and Mrs. S. C. Christian, both of Greenwood, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Price of McCormick. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 5 o’clock at Troy cemetery, conducted by Rev. F. L. Bramblett. x Weather Aids In Fight Against The Boll W eevil CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 14.— ■ proper forestry methods, cutting The unusually hot weather pre- only the merchantable trees and vailing m all sections of the state j i eav j n g others to grow for fu- has had at least one good effect jture crops and all times keeping it has exerted some control over ! f j re ou ^ ^ ° the hcU weevil particularly in; suggestions on the best way to fields where cotton is small. How-i hand)e wood , ots and cut ties eco- ever, in spite of hot weathei, nomicaily will be gladly given any infestetion is stili high m many of farmers or timber land owners who the 83 fields in nine counties cov- ask for them Mr Barron said ered by last week’s survey and , xhe counties in which he is do- Jttere is no reason to reel that the i ng forestry work are Abbeville, has ye i been won l T * (Anderson, Cherokee, Chester. Fair- The weevil appears to be most fieldf Greenville, Greenwood, Lan- active in Bamberg county where , caster> LaU rens, McConnick, New- fiye out of six fields examined berry, Oconee, Pickens, Spartan- show infestation above 10 per cent, i b ur g. Union and York. ^ While the timber and lumber ‘ harv ested this summer, compared markets are depressed at the pres- ! wit h 64,000 acres harvested in 1929. ent, Mr. Barron said, a demand for The yield per acre was slightly bet- oak and pine ties has been found ter than last year, but the reduced at the Taylor-Colquitt Co., of acreage accounts for a crop of on- Spartanburg, a large wood preserv- 589,000 bushels, ccun pared with ing organization which is buying 768,000 bushels last year, them now in anticipation of fu-1 TOBACCO: The reported con- ture demands. Prices being offer- dition of 78 per cent on July 1 in- ed, he added, should allow farmers! dicates a crop of about 91,770,000 to add appreciably during the lay- ; pounds, which would be the largest A general rain over the county Monday night and frequent show ers and light winds since relieved the long drought and broke the spell of hot weather that was al most unbearable to humans and doing considerable damage to crops the past two weeks. The rainfall in the county since Mon day is believed to have amounted* to from 1 to 2 inches and the clay is getting wet for the first time in some sections since late crops were planted. Cfa all sides may be heard: “The rain is just in time to save old com and keep other crops growing ~ The mercury played between the 100 and 109 mark here several days last week, reaching the oeak a* 2 o’clock last Thursday. Now it is ranging around 70 to 80. txi Curing And Storing | Hay Is Important In Dairying CLEMSON COLLEGE, 9uly 15.— Hays that are allowed to bleach in the sunlight or exposed to rains lose much of their feeding value, says J. P. LaMaster, chief of dairy ing, who adds that because of the heavy rains in South Carolina, it takes considerable effort to care hay for daii^ purposes with a max imum feeding value. This loss is true especially of the vitamin and mineral content of the hays, an other form of loss being shedding of leaves which contain much of the feed value of the plant. Thirty to 40 per cent of the feed value of the hay crop may be saved by housing properly at ^ the right time, and Prof. LaMaster suggests that during the slack season before hay harvesting time, it is well to see that the hay storage room is properly roofed and large enough for the hay crop. Very serviceable storage buildings need not be ex pensive. The cheapest place to store hay is in a building which c&n be filled with hay from the ground up. If the hay is moved for storage from the field as soon as properly wilted and is spread out over a wide area, it will cure with its fresh green color and make hay of the highest quality. As to the amount of hay needed. Prof. LaMaster says that if there is no silage for the herd, it is ad visable to save at least two tons of good legume hay for each cow during the winter months, and one ton for each yearling heifer. With silage, one-half of the above amounts of hay, will be suffifcient I ■ * It used to be a treat to go down to the station to see he evening train come in. In a few years, the same thrill will return, because trains are getting fewer and few r - er. ever produced in the State. The condition on July I, last year was 70 per cent of normal and the final outturn was estimated at 82,- 992.000 pounds. The state has pro duced an average of 66,459,000 pounds for the five years 1924- 1928. TAME HAY: Prospects are for half sisters, Mrs. Tom Ollie Beggs of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Eva LaPiro of Tampa, Fla; one half brother, Mr. Will Parnell, of An derson, and a large number of oth er relatives and friends. You are gone but not forgotten Never shall your memory fade. Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger Around the grave where you are laid. ' x Officers Make Raid that the particular timber they i about 289,000 tons of tame hay, propose cutting will meet the re-' which compares with the produc- quirements of the company they tion of 313,000 tons last year and expect to sell to. j the five-year average of 234,000 A farm woodlot handled proper- 1 ^ ons - The reduction in the total ly, Mr. Barron declared; will be al- cr °P outlook from last year is due most like a bank which can be m °stly to a reduction in cowpea drawn on from time to time as the acreage. need arises. He emphasized, how- I LEGUMES: The acreage of cow- ever, the desirabilitv of following ; peas at 95 per cent of last year; Peanuts, at 92c and Soybeans, at 130 per cent refers to the acreage of these crops planted alone for all purposes, whether they are in tended for hay, forage, grazing, or allowed to mature for picking or threshing. The figures do not cov er mixed plantings of these leg umes with com or other crops. At the time this inquiry was made it was too early to obtain a definit' indication of the proportion o' acreage which will be saved fo market but such an estimate wi? be made later in the season. Conditions of other crops cn July 1, this year and last, resoec- tively. follow: Alfalfa, 65 per cen< and 85 per cent; Pasture, 75 and -txt- Sheriff W. T. Strom and Deputy Sheriff W. L. Brown report the capture of 150 gallons of beer, 5 ad- gallons of whiskey and a steel The auto has at least one vantage over the airplane, ^t does drum used for a still at a point not need any special landing field about 2 1-2 miles, north of Mt. —Just any old ditch will do.V * .Carmel last Thursday. In one of these 73 per cent of the squares were found infested and in another 43 per cent. Other DRUCKER GOING o a . na 4-. highly infested areas were noted AFTER BUSINESS 74’ anT'ro^vJvet Beani C 7°s WP nnri in each of the counties visited: 32 | 74- Gratis 7? and m ^ per cent infestation was observed 0 n pages number 4 and 5 of this and H^eare 50 and 46 ADDles in a field in Aiken county, 31 per paper will be found many bargains 56 and 44* Pecans. 64 and 58• Sue- cent in Chester, 28 per cent m offered by the H. Drucker Store in ar Cane 70 Sorghum 74 Florence, 21 per cent m Calhoun, the Great Profit Sacrificing Mid- and 71 per cent ’ Sorgll um, 74 20 per cent in Darlmgton, 20 per summer Sale which bpein<? at thp i .j * . cent in Orangeburg, 19 per cent store here tomorrow Julv 18th ! h&ye ^creased some- in Greenwood, and 13 per cent in Se e the adv. for full particulars® 1 5?™’ Union. The average for 83 fields txt . in the nine counties was 10 per cent. This means, according to H. W. CORRECTION OF AN ERROR. County Agent Thos. W. Morgan Barre, Director of the South Caro- wishes to correct his mistake in an- lina Exneriment Station, who sum- 2 ou 5 cmg Mr * W- H. Britt of the marized these figures, that the §?!?n 0ver j S . wi ?J er strictest count should be made in ^.00 award offered by the Chilean all fields at regular intervals and Nitrate of Soda Educational Bu- control measures applied when and rea ^ fo . 1 : closest estimate on the whprp nrrrfpd production of the 5 acre oat dem- onstration contest by Messrs. W. E. T ~ ~ and T. L. Britt. This prize was won The fool killer never takes aiby Mr. W, W. Dowtin, Jr. t who made acation on Sundays or holidays. 1 the closest estimate. Rye, Rice, Beans, Soybeans, Cow- peas, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes. Tobacco, and Sugar Beets, and have sharply increased the acreage for flaxseed and broom com ac cording to the Crop Reporting Bo ard of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. On the other hand, decreased acreages have been planted to Wheat, Barley, Hay, Peanuts, and Cotton, so that the combined acreage of the prin cipal field crops, now placed I at 360,609,000 acres, shows an increase of less than 1 per cent over the acreage last year. Although large areas in the Northeastern and North Central States had favorable weather for getting in the crops, jthe spring has in many sections ibeen too dry for satisfactory ctop | growth, and crop prospects as a whole point to yields per acre about 1 per cent above those se cured last year and 2.2 per cent below the average during the pre ceding 10 years. CORN: The area planted to corn this year is about 3.6 per cent above the acreage harvested in 192S and 2.0 per cent greater than the 5-Year average acreage from joos-iqpq rY>~n acreage is esti mated at 101,531,000 acres, which is larger than for any year since 1923. An increase in acreage is in dicated for practically all import ant corn States. There appears to have been a shift from hay to com in the North and from cotton to corn in much of the South. I The July 1 condition indicates a production of about 2,832,000,000 bushels, as compared with 2,614,- 000.000 bushels harvested in 1929. If this production is realized it will be a gain of about 7 per cent over last year, and 1.5 per cent above the average for the 5 years, 1925- 1929. OATS: The oat acreage, vhich has been declining quite rapidly since 1925 has this year been in creased 4,2 per cent to a total of 41,898,000 acres, the increase being due principally to unusually favor able conditions for spring seeding and to a shift from barley. Grow ing conditions have been unfavor able in the Ohio Valley, North. Dakota, and Montana, offsetting in part the more favorable conditions elseivhere. The yield is expected to average 31.7 bushels* per acre, oompared with 30.8 bushels last year and an average of 31.0 during the previous 10 years. Production is forecast at 1,329.407,000 bushels, abont 7 yyer cent above production in 1929 and about 3 per cent below the average of the previous 5 years. FRANK O. BLACK, _ Agricultural Statist HENRY L. RASOR. Junior Statistician. ,