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I csscnncr TRUK TO OURSELVKS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year Crop Prospects In County Are Good EXTENSION AGRONOMIST SAYS THEY ARE THE BEST HE HAS SEEN HERE IN PAST EIGHT YEARS 8 Pages - All Home Print McCORMICK, S. .C. Thursday, August 7, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 10 “McCormick county has the best prospects for a good crop that I have seen in the eight years X have been coming to the county,” says R. W. Hamilton, Extension Agron omist, from Clemson College, who spent Tuesday of this week with county agent Thos. W. Morgan, visiting a number of farms in the county. Mr. Hamilton is in charge of the State 5-Acre Cotton Contest, and jjs very well pleased with McCor mick county’s prospects for a good cotton crop. / Several fields visited showed promise of high yields, and the crop is very good througlfbut the county. He was also very much struck with the appearance of the Com crop, and the abundance of cowpeas, soy beans, and velvet beans planted in the county. According to Mr. Hamilton, com and hay bid fair to bring the high est price this fall that these crops have brought for a number of years. The excessive drought through the com and hay country has reduced the crop to almost no thing in many places, and the price of both com and hay have already advanced sharply. All farmers in McCormick county should save all the good hay possible, he says. The same drought is at the save time seriously affecting the cotton crop in the Mississippi valley states, and in Texas, and it may be that this situation will bring the price of cotton higher than many farmers are -expecting at the pres- Jg&.tfeK' ^ - . ' * tXl Number Of Boys Will Go To Cam p WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL ROTS LEAVE FOR FUTURE PALMETTO CAMP AUGUST EIGHTEENTH Campaign Meeting At • Washington School Tomorrow NEXT MEETING IS AT WILLING- TON TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH A number of boys of the'Wash ington school district are planning to take a week’s vacation the eighteenth of August in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The State Vo cational Agricultural students have a fine camp in the mountains at Tamassee, S. C., which has been built on grpund donated to them by the Rotary Clubs of Walhalla, Seneca and Westminster. . Recreational plans for the Camp include swimming, mountain climbing, hikes, athletic contests, and sight seeing tours. Part of a day will be spent at Clemson Col lege. Meals will be furnished at a nominal price by the D. A. R. Girls’ School near the boys’ camp. The following boys are planning to make the trip with W. H. Woot en, Agricultural Teacher: Robert Gilchrist, Floyd Drennan, Harold Bussey, Davis Bussey, Albert Howie, Ray Bailey, Herman Bus sey, Jack Wells, Pickens Wells, Pat Robertson, Watson Parks and W. P. Parks, Jr. Others wish to go but have not definitely decided. X Audit Of County Books Completed COPT ON FILE IN CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE Weevil Infestation Is Very High DAMAGE MAY BE GREAT, ES PECIALLY ON UNPOISONED Helds CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 4.— One hundred and four cotton ty offices will address • voters at ftelds were examined in last week’s tour of nine counties by members of the Pee Dee Experiment Sta tion staff. The average weevil in festation on about half of these fields which had not been poison ed was 36.8 per cent, while on 26 fields where calcium arsenate dust has been used throughout the sea son the average infestation was 11.9 per cent. Average infestation on all poisoned fields (mbluding the dust and the molasses-arsenate mixture) was 20 per cent. The damage to the crop, particularly on unpoisoned fields, will be very great, in the opinion of Director H. W. Barre, of the South Caro lina Experiment Station. It is quite common in the coast al counties to find instances of 140 to 50 per cent infestation. Six- . teen fields were found in Bamberg, Darlington, and Florence counties j in which the punctured squares ex ceeded 60 per cent, eight of these Dies In Greenwood fields showing above 70 per cent ' infestation. Candidates for the various coun- Washington Consolidated High School building, midway Parksville and Modoc, tomorrow, Friday, Au gust 8th. The meeting, which will open at 10 o’clock, will recess for dinner and then re-open for the afternoon session. A barbecue and hash pinner will be served on the grounds by Messrs. Blackwell and Percival. A large crowd is expect ed. next meeting is slated for Willington on Tuesday, August 12. Then the candidates go to Plum Branch on Friday, August 15th, and wind up in McCormick on Fri day, August 22nd. Senatorial candidates — Blease, Byrnes and Harris—speak at the court house here next Wednesday, August 13th. X John T. Cheatham John T. Cheatham, 50, popular citizen, died at his home in Green wood Sunday night, after a long illifess. Funeral services were conducted at the Residence Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock by his pastor, Dr. Charles F. Sims of the First Bap tist church, Dr. John R. Jester, Winston-Salem, N..C., and the Rev. Paul L. Grier, pastor of the A. R. P. _church there. ; Interment was made in Magnolia cemetery. Mr. Cheatham was bom in Edge- field, now McCormick county, blit had made his home in Greenwood for many years. He was a member of the firm of Rush Brothers com pany. He was one of the outstand ing Mascns of that city, being sec retary and past master of ’Green wood lodge, A. F. past high priest of Greenwood chapter No. 37, ft. A. M.; past illustrious mas ter of Maxwell council No. 21, R. and S. M.; past commander of Knights Templars and a member of Hejaz Shrine temple. Mr. Cheatham is survived by his widow, who was Miss Blanche Mar tin of Greenwood; two children, Virginia Lee and Nellie Blanche Chedtham; his father, W. A. Cheatham, Greenwood; three sist ers, Mrs. T. A. Robinson, Newberry; Mrs. F. I. Robinson, Greenwood; Miss Cora Lee Cheatham. Colum bus, Ga; one brother, Ed. C. Cheat ham, McCormick. txt The Man Who Wins (Waverly Oil Works.) The man who wins is an average man. Not built on any peculiar plan; JJot blessed with any particular luck: Just steady and earnest and full of pluck When a^ked a question he doe~ not “guess,” He Knows the answer’s “No” or “Yes.” When set a task that the rest can not do, He buckles down till he’s put it through. The paper is asked to state that so he works and waits, till one the audit of the county books has j fine day been completed and on Tuesday ( There’s a better job with bigger was filed In the clerk of court’s of- pay, flee. The audit covers a period And the men who shirked when- of practically seven years and was • ever they could made by A. C. Clarkson Sf Co., C. Are bossed by the man whose work P. A., of Columbia, at a cost of $1,- made good. 475.00. The delegation appropri ated $2£00.00 for this purpose at For^ t the last session of the legislature. > It is a voluminous and compre- Who neither labor nor trouble hen6fve document and, according shirks, to * member of the committee. Who uses his hands, his head, his shows the books and affairs of the | eyes—, various offices to be in good con- The man who wins is the man who tfttion.' : L * \ * ," y - • r^fye njan who wins is the ipan who*'works, In the Piedmont counties the highest infestation was 36.7 per cent in an unpoisoned field in Chester county. In the Piedmont generally the infestation remains relatively low. txt Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday, August 11th, 4 p. m., Bellvue H. D. C. at the home of Mrs. I. J. Hester. Tuesday, August 12th, 4 p. m., Mt. Carmel H. D. C. Wednesday, August 13th, 9:30 a. m., Washington 4-H Club. Thursday, August 14th, 3:30 p. m.. Dowttn H. D. C. Friday, August 15th, 9:30 a. m., Plum Branh 4-H Club. Friday, August 15th, 4 p. m., Mo doc H. D. C. Saturday, office. Mr. Wideman Would Oppose Pay Increase For the benefit of the voting public, I wish to state that as a member bf the general assembly, I would not vote to increase the salaries of its members. I further affirm that if there should be a majority vote in favor of the same, I positively would not accept one penny more than the salary pres cribed by law. Respectfully, D. LESTER WIDEMAN. A. R. P. Services Begin At Mt. Carmel Friday, August 15th Preaching at Mt. Carmel A. R. P. Church beginning Friday, Aug ust 15th, at eleven o’clock; at night at 8 o’clock; Saturday morn ing at 11 o’clock. No preaching Saturday night. Two services on Sabbath. The celebration of the Lord’s supper at the morning hour on Sabbath. You are cordially invited to all of these services. Rev. W. C. Kerr of Abbeville will do the preaching. LEON T. PRESSLY, Pastor. X Revival Meeting Starts At White Town August 10 A revival meeting will begin at White Town Sunday, August 10th, and will continue for at. least ten days. There will be three services Sunday and dinner On the ground. After Sunday there will be no day services. The services will begin at 8:15 o’clock every evening. We hope to make this the best revival we have ever had. Our pastor. Rev. C. A. Padgett, will car ry on the meeting. He expects Mr. and Mrs. Fowler from Meri wether and Mr. and Mrs. Casey from Augusta to help him. They are all good singers and Mr. and Mrs. Casey play the guitar and violin. We cordially invite all to attend our meeting. . ^ A Member. —$Xt— — Guillebeaux Reunion Well Attended Friday The Guillebeaux reunion held at the old home place midway Bor deaux and Willington last Friday was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by kinsfolk and connec tions of the Guillebeaux, Talbert, LeRoy and Bouchillon families. A well planned program, hi charge of Mr. Albert E. Guillebeaux, was car ried out. Judge C. J. Perryman, of Lin- colnton, Ga., was the principal speaker of the day. He gave the history of the colony from the time of departure from France, trip over and settlement near Bordeaux, and told of the activities of many descendants on down to the pres ent time. We hope to publish his address in full at an early date. X A few grains of pop com on top of a plate of corn: soup gives an attractive appearance. A spoon ful of whipped cream is a good garnish for clear and cream soups, and adds to the food value. Contractors Must Use Home Labor EFFORT TO HELP UNEMPLOYED OF STATE IN SERIOUS SITUATION COLUMBIA, Aug. 1.—The South Carolina Highway Commission will not “permit its funds to be paid for outside labor, out-of-state mater ials and foreign-owned services when willing South Carolinians can be hired. South Carolina products and materials can be bought, and South Carolina owned services can be secured at prices just, as reason able and just as equitable as those paid without the State,” said C. E. Jones of Batesburg, Chairman of the Commission, addressing road contractors, material and machin ery men, gathered here Tuesday of last week incident to the letting of $5,000,000.00 of highway contracts. The Commission chairman des cribed the present economic de pression and the unemployment situation, explaining in plain language the position of the group which he heads; that as long as South Carolinians are unemployed the practice of bringing labor in to this State and buying materials and products in other states must and will be stopped. He called at tention to clauses in all construc tion contracts requiring that pref erence be given to labor, materials and services of this state, showing, in the matter of hauling, thous ands of farmers* trucks are idle and ready for hire. In explaining how the highway establishment since 1928 had util ized every persuasion to have the General Assembly safeguard all highway activities, which checks the Commission voluntarily had applied by resolution, Mr. Jones went into the question of writing surety bonds and claimed that no person directly or indirectly con nected with the highway establish ment had ever been guilty of an infraction of the law or of any oth er unethical conduct. He paid his respects to the op ponents of the bond issue for per manent highways with the follow ing language: “During the past few months of controversy many implied charges and insinuations have been made against those connected directly and indirectly with the Highway establishment. Many of these charges were absurd; none of them was based on fact. The presence of you gentlemen here today to my mind is an ample refutation of those notoriety seekers and delud ed apostles of hate who would tear down a great constructive %eve- ment for personal power or because of petty, envious spite. Those of us against whom the attacks have been directed have borne with equanimity the ludicrous charges made because we know that we are right: we have looked with con temptuous pity upon our traducerr because we know that they are ^ , wrong, some of them repeatedly “The Town Doctor” DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS: BUSINESS LY A DEPRESSION LARGE- STATE OF MIND BARBECUE | We will serve a barbecue and hash dinner at Washington High School, Midway Parksville and Modoc, o n FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1930, county campaign day at this place. Come and meet the candidates and enjoy a good old fashioned barbecue and hash dinner. BLACKWELL & PERCIVAL Managers PARKSVILLE, S. C. There have been given a thous and on^ reasons by as many ex perts for the recent falling off of business. Twice as many articles have been written and published expounding and giving “reasons why” for this business depression, and easily three times as man? speeches and talks have been made before business organizations ex plaining cause and effect. All of these opinions admit and agree that there is a depression. In the face of, and irrespective of all this, I make so bold as to* say that all so-called “lack of busi ness,” this admitted “business de pression,” is 90 per cent mental; and that the elimination of the hazard lies in proving that it is mental, which requires nothing more than selling—“1930 Selling * Not selling as it is popularly con strued and thought of; not just the motions of one person making transfer of ownership of a pro duct, service or thing, in exchange for a consideration; but “1930 In fluencing.” There is no intent to make de- nial of the fact that as a whole the consumer is not consuming as he once did; that business is not as good as it once was. But the fault lies, not with “business,” but with the people who are in business ani those with whom they do business. Ninety-nine and a fraction per cent of all of us are naturally and instinctively lazy, especially when it comes to continued physical ex ertion. and more especially when it comes to that exercise common ly known as “fhmk^hg7 , We are constantly looking for an alibi t*> “let down” and an excuse to worry; which in itself is an alibi for fail ure to do real constructive think ing. We are not only lazy by nature, we are all more or less cowards—a bunch of ,scaredy cats, afraid t* disagree with the crowd—one rea son for which is that to be dif ferent requires brain work. Many who ’ read this will* say; “This fellow is crazy. He dont know what he is talking about. The idea of saying this depression, which is as plain as day—which everyone knows as an existing con dition—is a myth! ” Others will say: “You can’t tell me that I merely “imagine’ that, business is not what it used to be, when I see it every day, right be fore my eyes.” Well it is often the case that to many, what is, isn’t at all. Often that which seems to be, is not & reality except to those who refuse? to look for reality. Many a mirage is more plain than the real. You can’t make a crazy man believe you are Napoleon if he thinks hr is. This picture, which so many peo ple have of business, is a mirage; but it might as well be a fact uni the real thing, and it will be just that, as long as they refuse to look at anything but the mirage. There is just as much business as there ever was. And there is just as much money^as there ever was, too. You hayen’t heard of any catastrophe that has destroyed or obliterated the coin of the realm, have you? You haven’t read of any of the country’s money being burned up, and certainly thr people of these United States have not reverted to the customs and ways of doing things of those of the Stone Age. As long as there is money and people there IS plenty of business. This lack of business is all in our heads. It started in the head, continues in the head, and in thtr head lies the ending of it. Tr™ (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Re- ‘ • p ’ g ’production prohibited in whole or Sunday, August 10, and continuing throughout the week. Services at 11 a. m., and 8:15 p. m. daily. The pastor will be assisted by the Rev. j wrong for the bolstering of own selfish purposes.” their Pavement Open To Traffic In Town The half mile of pavement on Maiif Street was opened last Sat urday to traffic and the nearly jhalf mile on Gold Street, or Route 43 within the town limits, was op- jened up yesterday. The contrac tors are out about 9 miles on Route 43 paving back this way as fast as possible. Revival Starts At Troy August 10th There will be a revival at the W. H. Barfield. cordially invited. Tlie public is J. L. BOBO, Pastor. in part. This editorial published by McCormick Messenger in co operation with the Lions Club.) ( x- i Some people are so dumb they think Myrtle Beach is the name of a girl. / v * ;