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$jp8 m Thursday*. September 4, 1930 virCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SouiK Carolina Page Number Fouf . of Preparatory work. regular courses. . There was no commg session. As an indication o t rp tCMRUL/l ' | The student body at the Metho- coaching .school this "year, wVftSli of theT satisfaction that the new ^ • ^41LI"r Fanil Calendar dist institution is expected to reach added to the enrollment a year program is meeting is the fact that ^ the usual total of between 400 and ago, and there were 48 fewer spec- the Registrar states that the larg-! ials in music, art, and physical est number of former students ever * training than in 1929. - recorded have registered, and an' GREENWOCO. Aug. Dies Suddenly THINGS THAT SHOULD HE DONE THIS MONTH Agronomy Vetch ,and Austrian peas are 450. The faculty of Wofford re mains the same for the coming school year, with Dr. H. N. Snyder as president and A. M. DuPre as dean. The list of faculty members A new type of extension work, unusual number of honor gradu- Traynham Miller, superannuate • one which v/ill make available to ates in the freshman class. All Methodist minister 'd the Tipper school teachers courses in which buildings and dormitories are un- South Carolina conference, dropped h U th m to row our ^ t5ie same as * inish ed the 1929-30 they can obtain credits toward col- dergoing renovation and the Alum- dead while preaching a sermon at c eap. ^ se cm grow yo j n j une# a successful year lege degrees, will be inaugurated nae are raising funds for the re- Tranquil church, icar Greenwood, nexu yeai s er zer. ^ eX p ectec j as Wofford looks for- by Furman University on October furnishing of student parlors and this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Tne p’ w a i" ^ 111 t C ° ° n W . f if ward to many new accomplish- 1st of this year, Dr. W. T. Me-! reception halls to more truly re- church was celebrating home-eom- C d c ean ’ s ore gm caie U y ments, both on the athletic fields Glothlin, president, announced fleet the real G. W. C. atmosphere., in 3 day, and Rev. Mr Miller was Sn Th .^nh^nhoriis onri notash and ln the classrooms. Monday. The student-secretary, Miss Eula one of the orators of tho o'.easion. , P ff ' 1 Teachers may enroll for the May Carlisle, is now making reser- Mr - Miller was in the octive .service oyer your co n e , Facing the hardest schedule a courses and receive instruction vations for the G. W. C. Student. tbe church for about 30 years .an oa s an ° ia e use ° j Wofford College football team ever without interrupting their own Camp—a feature unique amon^ an d \yas one of th® b^st io^rvi and HMeot and° r ^nire land for att * mpt ® d ’ the 1 f 30 ® quad of Ter * work. coUeges, in the Blue Ridge Foot- Wghly honored of its ministe-s select and prepare lanct tor rler gridlron aspirants begin work The arrangement for instruction hills, forty-five minutes from the For the past five or six years ho * cJL ' tQ „ h „_ 9ft Monda y morning, September 1, for w m be to form groups of students campus, to be held September 3r«- has not been so active but nre?.c’->- K-ccr. th^ 'foil P „„rH»n P weU o„i*u the long and gruelling autumn hi t h e county seats or other con- 8th, student leaders attending, and ed on special occasion- by request. . p g campaign. venient communities. The groups all students eligible for a nominal He served the followme: chafes ini ^Pian-to set trees in the-orchard ' ^ *!“? to the new stadium Is wlll have regular meeting periods, fee, $5.00, where improved campus his conference: Pavksvl’le. Kinards,, . . f ,. expected to see 45 candidates for a t which time Furman instructors citizenship is considered. The camp Oneal Street. Newberry. Starr. | ^nvsenarate and transnlant tu : ^ he varslt j' team report to Coach wlu be hi attendance to direct the is open at intervals throughout the Saluda. Waterloo, McCormick, Sti-j D.g, separate and transplant tu Scaffe and begin work. Eight let- work _ year. ores, Pendleton and Richbu'-e. iiw narcissi, gladioli and other ter-men were lost by graduation in Subje cts to be offered first will; X I He is survived by the following bulbs, setting them five inches June, but ten veterans will report be in the fle!d of education, but ’ jy- , , T T 1 ! sons and daughters, W. Miller,! .. . , - . , to the Terrier mentor and the the course will be enlarged to em- *vlKlZU § ValUC jBennettsville, S. C.; D. N. Miller, Prepare the land for orchard p laces 0 f the missing men will be brace other sub jects as rapidly as I \ T I / - | Washington. D. f .: W. E. Miller. 1 lettuce r-duh I CapaWy fUleCl - A mUChly impr ° V ' a de mand for the work iustifles. e,^Inoeh ffn eui’nnfuet " ” 1929 aggrega -! Work in this new department cs spinach and onions now. t lon is expected by the Wofford wilI be acc eptable to Furman and Entomology I, ,, Q (t0 other standard colleges and un clean out the grain bins and j The varsity forward wall already iversities as creditable on colleee fumigate to kill insects. • ! looks to be a huskv line with Car- •!, t college rUrintr MnUe De a nusKy line witn <-ar- , degrees It will also be accredi t od Rfemove dead an dying limbs ro n and Speake, both veterans, on bv o rt „th rnmiina nprmrfmo«f on trees from the orchard and the flanks; Captain Gle^ton and of Education P burn to destroy shot-hole borers. 'Kina will be at the tackle noatfi* f ^ ^ Plow nnrier tnhnreo stubbie to f; 111 * WU1 at tn f ta - Kic Posts, Fred w Alexander, orofessor Plow under tobacco stubble to Rushton and Nantz loom as guards, 1 of education t p will h destroy food for tobacco Insects; and Curtis Jackson as center.' ° at Furman, will have OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. T, ^??r DAY ’ S^tember 4th JOAN CRAWFGRD and .ROBERT MONTGOMERY OUR BLUSHING BRIDES” Don t miss this picture. FRIDAY, September 5th GEORGE SIDNEY and OHARL ES MURRAY m AROUND THE CORNER” A laugh from start to fin ish Added Snapshot and Cartoon. If left standing spray with kero- coach Scaffe, former All-American sene to kill the insects. -guard at The Navy, will coach the Lock for queenless colonies. jline. Jack Frost, former- Citadel f ^ . ^ , d ,; nte f rest a « d that all hives have young stari wlu handle the backfield and 'f p r iT P ,.ri 1 n Ch n i r PPOrt fr ° m the ' burg last week - While here he was tmeens in them. fKo i LeclcIieis m Agricultural Engineering Historic Greenville a Tx ^ j wasmngton. j.t. i w. ti Muter.* zxS XXHV l ^FOp Augusta, Ga.; M. T. Miller, Atlanta. | joa.; Mrs. W. E. Henderson, Verd-I DR. SAMS HOLDS LEGUME IN cry, S. C.; Mrs. H. G. Herriot, j HIGH ESTEEM AS FEED CROP i Greenville, S. C. Besides them Mr. j : Miller has a large number of nieces j From Spartanburg Journal. ! and nephews and ether close rcla-j Dr. J. R. Sams, farm agent a t | tives in Greenwood aild Laurens, large, of Polk County, N. C., one 0 f l counties * Mr * Miiler was in his 80Ul | the leading hay specialists of “the y ear having been born February department of agriculture station-1 18 » 1851 * ed in the South, who has made an! Funeral services will be conduct- exhaustive study of kudzu, the ed at Blythe’s funeral parlors Japanese legume, was in Spartan-!'^ ,uesda y afternoon at 5 o clock, in terment following m Magnolia upper part of the asked what he thought of kudzu cemetery^ with Rev. V, r . F. Johnson as a hay crop. He at once went and Bev. Pierce Kilgo, of Graen- to his brief case and pulled out a W0C)d * and Rev. Marvin T. Wharton, sheet of paper, saying ‘T have put Greenville, S. C., in charge, down in brief what I think of kud- I x SATURDAY, September 6th WILLIAM POWELL . MARION SHU,LING m “SHADOW OF THE LAW” Two women wanted him— one for his money—one for his love. Added Snapshot, Cartoon and Comedy. MONDAY and TUESDAY September 8th-9th CHARI.ES fBuddv) ROGERS in “SAFETY IN NUMBERS” Oi r 15!—RINGING—Music. Added News and Comedy. WEDNESDAY and THURS. September lOth-llth WARNER BAXTER and CATHERINE DALE OWEN in “SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS” Recommended as one of the best pictures of the season. charge of the new extension w T ork. It is expected by Furman authori- the prospects are bright for a fast- state partIcu i ar , y . gravelling set of ball-carriers. Fox Clean and put cultivating ma- and Willis will be at the halves chmery under shelter. ^with Leland Jackson at fullback. Get the mower and other hay ah are veterans. And a flashy set tools ready for the hay harvest. 1 0 f sophomore backs in Monroe, New sections, guards, and proper Rogers> Scott Alexander and oth- ^iigned cutter bar saves time, wor- ers w m fight f or the other berth ry, and insures a more satisfactory and f or substitute positions. ( job. j xhe Wp|ford schedule for the the oldest college for women in the * Briefly the kudzu plant is a bean. Heavy growth of forage may 1930 season is as follows: Shows—3:15; 7:00 and 9:00 Treasurer’s Notice —. farmer.” The Greenville Womans College,! Here is what ho raid cause clogging; use the extension | Sept. 20 Newberry at Spartan- and eleventh year as an education-| God t 135 'given to man, and like al institution, and its seventy-sixth ! re ligi° n m an refuses to accept it at or lifter guards which fit on the burg. regular ones as a prevention. Building materials are now low in price. It Is good to repair and burg, build new buildings for adequate storage of farm products. Sept. 27—Clemson at Clemson. CIATION DIVIDES STATE INTO SEVEN ZONES year as a chartered college, under Use large size turning plows to prepare deep seedbeds for grain and winter cover crops. Animal Husbandry Provide suitable quarters for the c : fen-od sows to farrow and care for ; the young pigs. After the pigs are 10 days old, ^feed the sow all she will eat of a well balanced ration. Supply fish meal where fields of * com are being hoggetf down. Wean beef calves when six months old. Keep salt before the herd. Change pastures every three or four weeks for sheep. Treat the ewes for sroims if infested. Dairying Sow rye for winter grazing; it in creases the milk flow. * Oct. 4.—High Point at Spartan- a new administration. Miss Rosa Paschal, for eleven years Dean of I Oct. 11—Wiliam & Mary at Will- the College, and previous to com- 1 iamsbur- Va. | (night game.) ing to the College Dean at Mere- Oct. 13—Presbyterian at Clinton, dith College for twenty years, was Oct. 25—Duke at Spartanburg, .elected Acting President of the Nov. 1—Auburn at Auburn, Ala. College on June 18th. She was in Nov. 3—Davidson at Davidson, N. Europe at the time of her election, .the Trustees not anticipating a stomach Furman University •/ News Notes The County Treasurer’s Office will be open for the purpose of re ceiving taxes from the 15th day 'of September, 1930, to the 15th day ZU * ^° U ^ nd ^ ere m y esti- TTq DptPFIllillP (ttTRcIp March, 1931. College .Developed mate of its value to the southern 10 Cl ^ ' | All taxes shall be due and pay- Of Cotton Seed able between the 15th day of Sep- ______ jtember, 1930, and December 31, „ 1930. State, 5s beginning Its one hundred ^ the greatest legume plant that GOTTONSEED PBODUCTS’ ASS0-1 when taxes char g,> d shal , not be paid by December 31, 1930. the County Auditor shall proceed -■■■■ ( to add a penalty of one per cent Following the recommendation for January, and if taxes are not of the crop marketing bureau of paid on or before February 1, 1931, the department of agriculture, the County Auditor will proceed to South Carolina has been divided add Two Per Cent and Five Per into seven zones for the purposes Cent from the 1st of March to the of determining the grads of cotton 15th of March, after which time seed sold in small lots, according unpaid taxes will be collected by to an announcement by.the South the Sheriff. Carolina division of the National | The tax levies for the year 1930 Cottonseed Products association. are as follows: “Each week.’’ says the announce- For State Purposes —5 mills ment “the grades of v/agon seed For County Purposes 16 mills will be determined :*n each sons For Bonds 8 mills and the premiums or discounts dn Constitutional School Tax 3 mills its face value. The kudzu vine came from Japan more than 50 years ago, as an ornamental porch vine to produce shade, and man has not yet descovered that in ad dition to its powers to make shade, that it is also one of the greatest if not the greatest acid land leg ume plant that we know anything about. As a pasture and hay plant per- Nov. 15—Furman at Greenville. ; change in administration at that Nov. 22—Erskine at Spartanburg, time until the end of session 1930-, haps it has no equal. It is well Nov. 29—The Citadel at Spar- 1931. On that date the Trustees suited to our Piedmoni stiff clay as tanburg. accepted the resignation of Dr. proven by Eugene Ashcraft of David M. Ramsey. Dr. Ramsay was Monroe, N. C.; Lex March at Char- perhaps the veteran college admin-| lotte; George Branscom, of Polk account of grade will be applied for 6-0-1 Law * 4 mills istrator in the State,’feeing in his county, N. C., and your own neigh- the following week. The average Mt. Carmel School seventy-fourth year. The Board bor, J. J. Gentry at Bird Mountain 0 f all samples in a zone shews a i District No. 1 2 mills passed resolutions of appreciation farm, who now has something like premium of 5 per cent that per Willington S. D. No. 2 5 mills of his nineteen years’ w r ork at the. ten acres growing on his ow r n farm, centage of the wagon seed price Bordeaux S. D. No. 3 2 mills GREENVILLE, Aug. 30.—The College, appropriating to him full | Now what we need in all our W i]i b e added to the basis price. McCormick S. D. No. 4 first graduation exercises ever held salary for session 1930-1931. j Piedmont section is to make it a For instance, if wagon seed is | and Bonds 24 mills ns part of the Furman University j Miss Paschal returned to her du- great dairy and other livestock quoted at $24 a ton, the seed in a Buffalo S. D. No. 5 _I 10-mills Summer School were carried out ties on August 17th, the work dur- country. To do this we must grow zone showing five per cent prexn- Bellvue S. D. No. 6 10 mills Monday at noon when degrees j n g the summer having been done cheap feed, and feed it back to the ium would be worth $25. Similarly, 3. D. No. 7 00 mills were conferred upon nine persons. in an unusually satisfactory man- farm through livestock. The kudzu if the zone should show a discount Bethia S. D. No. 3 8 mills With the awarding of degrees at ner by other administrative officers vine fits into a livestock plan ad- for off grade of five per cert the Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 10 mills Feed some giain daily. Diy fall i the close of the summer school a nd a Committee from the Board. . m i ra bly; because it is an acid land price would be $22.80 for wagon Young’s S. D. No. 10 2 mills pastures lack nutrients.^ 'year, this department of the uni- Among the four thousand alumnae legume, and consequently grows se ed. All buyers and producers Wideman’s S. D. No. 11 — 2 mills Dry up cows due to freshen in versity’s work now becomes a reg- 0 f this historic college, there are well without lime. If anyone doubts should watch the zone gradings Milway S. D. No. 13 8 mills October to allow six weeks’ rest. j ular quarterly session, Dr. E. M. many throughout the County who this statement, visit Judge Gent- and govern their transactions ac- Robinson S. D. No. 14 10 mills Cull boarders that won’t make Highsmith, dean of the summer are interested in the new plans for ry’s Bird Mountain farm and if not cordingly.” Dornville S. D. No. 15 8 mills HKKKiey for you this winter. school, stated. jts development. The Alumnae As- satisfied with what you find there j The reporting zones as announc- Liberty Hill S. D. No. 16 — 8 mills Plan to plant frpm a half to one j Heretofore the summer session sociation formally expressed* its visit George Branscom’s Melvin e d will include the following coun- Lyon’s S. D. No. 17 8 mills acre of oats and vetch for each has been operated independently appreciation to the Board for thus Hill farm, Polk County, N. C., who ties: Hibler S. D. No. 18 8 mills cow. This is to be cut for hay next of the . regular school term of nine honoring . outstanding work of a has been growing it successfully for, z 0 ne No. 1: Oconee, Pickens, Vernon S. D. No. 21 4 mills months. woman educator who has so great- the last 15 years. Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Talbert’s S. D. No. 21, di vided, and part annexed to Plum Branch and the remainder to Washing- , . • Poultr >' I The summer school graduating i y contributed to the development Kudzu has many qualities not Anderson, Laurens, Union. Do not force pullets for heavy exercises were brief and rather in- of the college and to the work of possessed by any other legume. (1) zone No. 2: York, Chester, Lan- production unU well matured. formal. Dr. W. J. McGiothlin, setting up standards of education It is a great hay and pasture plant; caster, Fairfield, Kershaw. _ Select and band the desirable president of the university, pre- for women in the South. The Com- (2) a good set of kudzu will pro- zone No. 3: Chesterfield, Mari- ton School Districts, breeders for next year. s i ded> After the invocation by Dr. m ittee from the Board is canvass- duce from two to five tons of leg- boro, Dillon, Marion, Horny, Lee, Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 Make arrangements to secure E> j. Trueblood, a new member of i ng the field to secure for the per- ume hay per acre; (3) It defies Darlington, Florence. and Bonds 24 mills cockerels for next years matings. the Furman faculty, the address to manent president the highest type dry weather; (4> When once plant- Zone No. 4: Abbeville. Green- Consolidated S. D. No. 1, Sow crops for fall and winter the graduating class was delivered of man aV ailable in the education- ed it stays planted; (5) It does not wood, Newberry, McCormick, 3a- Parksville, Modoc and .... . ky Dr. R. C. Granberry, president a i world, one who is equipped in winter kill except the stem and luda, Edgefield, Aiken. j Clarks Hill, and Bonds __17 mills Put tie aymg ouse in ^oo 0 f Limestone college. every way to maintain and develop leaf; (6) When soil is deep to wa- Zone No. 5: Lexington, Richland, All male citizens betwen the* •ccnoltion. . l __ De ? r ® es were conferr ed by Dr. the high standards of the college, ter, its roots go deep down; (7) It Sumter, Calhoun, Clarendon. ages of 21 and 60 years, except jxj McGiothlin. The Alma Mater was and to press to an early conclusion can be turned under and a crop of Zone No. 8: Williamsburg, those exempt by law, are liable to "wr re sung and the benediction was pro- the endowment campaign. Among com or cotton grown on the land Georgetown. a poll tax of $1.00 each. WOIIOru > nounced by R. N. Daniel, dean of the thousands of successful alum- and it will come back If desired; Zone No. 7: Orangeburg, Berke- The law prescribes that all male Jj0JTIS universit y* nae of the Greenville Womans Col- ^9) It is a soil builder when so ley, Barnwell, Bamberg, Dorchester, citizens between the ages of 21 and Following are the nine to re- lege are many in the County who used; H0> It is ravenously eaten Allendale, Colleton, Charleston, 55 years must pay $2.00 commuta- ceive degrees at the first Furman will be interested to learn that the by all livestock; (11) It does not Hampton, Jasper, Beaufort. ticn tax or vrork six days on the SPARTANBURG, Aug. 30.—The summer school commencement: election of Miss Paschal is part of bloat cattle; (12) When cut fgr hay Should it develop that a fewer public roads. of the 1930-31 school cal- Bachelor of science: Irving Gur- a new program, the plans for which ^t cures in half the time it takes number of zones can be establish- Commutation tnx is not included csidar at Wofford College this sea- witz, Brooklyn, N. Y.; James Boyd a j*e now being formulated and put other legumes; (13) It cures a dark cd satisfactorily, due to similarity in property tax, so ask for road tax son is divided into three acts. On Jefferies, Gaffney, S. C.; Clement into effect, by the Trustees, citi- green color which makes it attrac- of seed, it will be done, t he an- receipt when you desire to pay the September 1 the football squad re- Lee McEachern, Hazelhurst, Mias. zens of the Piedmont section, and tive and desirable; (14) It is easily nouncement says. same. ports for work and officially opens Bachelor of Arts: Leonard alumnae, for the further develop- grown when understood; (15) It is j tXt T. T. PRICE. Ibe new school year, and on Sep- George Elliott, Lyman, S. C.; Rob- me nt of the G. W. C. as one of the easily eradicated when desirable, ^ 4 j Treasurer, McCormick County. tenber 9 the freshman class ‘ re- ert A. Gentry, Jr., Greenville, S. really outstanding Senior Colleges but no sane farmer will want to i JJCcltll Alt A -l ; ' ■-■■■■ pOTts. On September 17 the three C.; Ralph Thomas Posey, Branch- i n the South. The College now has get rid of it when he learns how! ^’1 I \Y One thing about being poor, we xipper classes return and Wof- ville, S. C.; Truett Dwight Wako- the highest rating from Boards of to use 06) Our problem is to *-«OlOr0CI OTHHTI ti a ye a smaller chance of being lard's seventy-seventh year will be field, Greenville, S. C.; Merritt Education; and the income from learn how to grow it, and how to — bunkoed. I® progress. i Thurman ^Vare, Franklin, Ga. the large day patronage, with no ase it when grown, (17) Farmers AH freshmen will report a week A most successful summer school increased overhead, from the popu- should not be afraid to get it on ahead of the old men In order to has been held this summer, Dr. lous Piedmont section, has been their farms, because it is the east- go through a specially arranged Highsmith stated. The enrollment taken into consideration by the est of all plants to get rid of when standardizing agencies in the high desirable. program for the introduction of for the two semesters of six weeks new men ilnto ctAtege life. Regis- each w*f onty 72 ^tiort of the rec- tratfon and ftiamculatKm, i&ts in ord enrollment of 1929, but the an subjects, lectures, talk$ and rec- student body this year was made reation periods compose this week up of more men and women taking rating accorded the college for an indefinite period. TJX Sophia Morgan, aged 98, died at her home near here Tuesday and If everyone was as anxious to was buried at Mt. Moriah yesterday papy what they owe as they are to afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. collect what others owe them, this Already we hear of glider acci- The faculty has been added to dents. So the new machines have and greatly strengthened for the some of the qualities of the old Peterson conducting the sendees, would be a great world. She is .survived by sevairal children * — and a large number of grandchil-j one good fish story deserves an- dren. u. S. Strom's service in charge. other, but they seldom get better —only bigger. +4 r-*\ am.