Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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! Thursday, October 16, 1930 • 4 V/<;(,ORMlCK f South Carolina. Pa«?o Sn. e# dr*t - r 2 McCormick Public TV^wtt 3011001 days iaay seem gloomy andiuic vasUy formed k_CXlxJOJ.o liCWo studies vcrj r difficult, but “it!be l* * r uiid in t l WHY I WANT TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. tiKi'n ^ i h’>■ . -♦ longer break them,;there. Ther^ may ’oe times when high > .* t . to he child habits r.sliy formed and cannot the same way the « h.-*u shown that good habits are easily formed. We fr— new habits every day, Li.. come out in the wash” as we oicon say. Many boy* ard girls who are not *i >us, do .xot appreciate op-! 4-II CLUB NEWS. The 4-H Senior Club met a few days ago to reorganize. This meet ing began a new year's work for us. Mrs. Stallworth acted as chair- Cotton Report As Of October 1, 1930 v a,vU. lIj twld us that ii jmai; during* the election of officers. we would do a little act rt -jy'-i** t-> eva-/ boy's o- Girl’s Pbrtnnities, but I for one, am go-| . ,« y cay w aim to finish high school and if ^ uks advantage of these | of rmd ires it vrcnld soon become a oppovtunities that have bevn presented to us by our fathers sacri- possible obtain a college education ^ of some kind. ^ x ^ Some are contented with the ani »o^lathers, who have completion of grammar school, but so much to enable us to have worthwhile for a friend. There were several nominations for the different offices. We elected habit and would no longer be a]Aleen Arrington as our new presi- tesk, but would make us happy, .mewing ivu had done something ipie ; As by the good schools and colleges that we have today. W ELEQUHN2 SCIIUMPERT. i this ils a great mistake made many boys and girls. A person completing grammar school work only, is unable to de mand any kind cf employment ex- MR. BARFIELD LEADS CHAPEL cept manual labor, and is thus EXERCISES WEDNESDAY OCT- seriously handicapped through life. TOBER 8, 1930. My reasons for wanting to finish ! Mr Barfield gave us a most in- high school are many. 'jteresting and helpful talk at our One is required to finish high 1 usual morning worship from nine school before entering college. Fin ishing the four years work in high school is the preparation for col- until nine forty-five. He illustrated his talk with a lit tle story about a father and child. Lot us remember this little talk of Mr. Barfield's, taking it into our hearts and practicing it in our ev ery day school life. ELIZABEBTH LAKE. lege entrance and without this The father tied cords around his needed preparation anyone would, son beginning with one cord and be helpless in college or any insti- each time adding another, until the ARE YOU LOOM AHEAD Are you intent on succeeding in life? Do you have a definite goal toward which you are work ing? Ten years from now will you*be able to, say, with a clear conscience, that you have done your best to save and have something? Or will you still be among those that spend all they earn as they get it, with no thought of the future and saving for an estate and an oppor tunity? NOW IS THE TIME TO START SAVING A savings account is definite assurance of the realization of a business opportunity, a staunch friend in case of adversity and, above all, an actual estate which will make yon independent in old age if you have saved carefully and dili gently. A cordial welcome awaits you at this friendly bank. Start saving now if it is only a dollar and do it regularly. HIE PEOPLES BANK McCormick, S. C. Experience Service Facilities Those are the important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional eharge for service out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, S. C. StYS (sA (3Sf C-oX ft i m HAPPINESS. Happiness is a state of mind producing a permanent degree of satisfaction and peace with one’s self and the world. The best way to study this sub ject is to look at it negatively first. What is not happiness is not selfishness. We often think if we only had this or that, we would be happy. That is not true, for the more one has the more he wants. Follow this idea of getting what we want and it leads to greed, glut tony and misery, the very opposite of happiness. The world cannot stand too much of anything. We become satisfied, an excess which naturally produces wearisomeness or loathing. W? erronerously think otherwise, which goes to show that one’s thinking is too often wrong. Then the first great lesson we are to learn is, that any selfish gratification cannot possibly give a true person permanent joy and happiness. From this it follows that hap piness must come then, from some thing other than mere selfish grat ification of one’s personal whims or desires. We can only be truly and genu inely happy ourselves when God in his supreme wisdom, uses us as the humble instruments in making others happy. Not until this is lived and prac ticed in our homes, in our church es, in our schools and in man’s every day relationship with man will be ever known what really true happiness is. SARAH LOUISE STROM. SOCIALS. Miss 'Grace Reid spent the week end at her home in Richburg, S. C. Miss Bertha Mabry spent the week end at her home in Green wood, S. C. Miss Grace McCord spent the week end at her home # in Green wood, S. C. The tenth grade is minus of one of her members since the marriage of Miss Thelma Davis to Mr. James Blitchington of Augusta, Ga., on Sunday night, September 28th. Miss Evelyn Ramsey spent the week end at her home in Sumter, S. C. — * We have quite a few added to the junior roll. Elsie Langley, Plum Branch. Geneve Ridlehoover, Plum B. Bill Bracknell, Plum Branch. James Talbert, Plum Branch. G. T. Rearden, Plum Branch. T. W. Savage, Taylors. Louise Davis, Troy. We are very glad to welcome these new members and at the present time there are 40 enrolled in the junior class. F. P. F. ELECTS OFFICERS. : The boys of the agricultural classes met Friday afternoon for their first meeting of the Future Palmetto Farmer’s organization. Since this was the first meeting of the new school year, it was given over to the election of officers. For the benefit of the boys tak ing agriculture for the first time, the functions, ideals, and objects cf the F. P. F. were explained by the agricultural teacher. Then the following officers were elected: Carl Winn, president; William Bracknell, secretary and treasurer; E. C. Winn, vice-president. On the program committee we have James Furqueron, O’Neal Strom, and Rod ney Russell. J. H. Mayson is to represent the agricultural boys of McCormick school at the State F. P. F. school which is to be held at Columbia durin^the - week .of the state fair. At Inis state F. P. F. school the boys are taught leadership and learn to shoulder a certain amount pf responsibility. It is hoped that hole chapter will be benefited COLUMBIA, Oct. 9.—Very Little change occurred in the 5outh Car olina cotton crop during Septem ber, and on October 1 the outlook was for 1,010,000 bales, compared with the forecast of 997,000 bales a month earlier. Thus prospects this To The Teachers Of South Carolina dent and Mildred Britt as vice-. „ ^ president. Elsie Langley was cho.s- - vear f- 7 ? er ? bove tha en secretary and treasurer a nc! < !3C fO balc crop ef as year and Ruby Cothran will be our chair-! 15 sll S hU y abo ^ the 1,008,000 ba es man df the program committee. We jP^uccd m 1928. wmch was the feel sure thta we have a group of lar S est Previous crop since 1920. The month of September was un usually warm with comparatively light rainfall in the Piedmont. This situation held weevil damage to a efficient officers. We chose “Room Improvement” as our work for the year. Mrs. Stallworth is anxious for each of her club girls to do her very best. She gave us a brief outline of our work for the year. Miss Blanche Tarrant, whom we i are always glad to have, was with us and gave us an interesting and inspiring talk. We have a larger club this year than we had last. All of Miss Louise Flemming’s club girls from Troy have joined us. We are glad to have them and hope they will continue their good work. HELEN TALBERT. PLAY IN CHAPEL. Miss Reid’s Senior Class had charge of the chapel programme last Thursday. October 9th. After the vice-president conducting the devotional, the programme was in form of a play “When Si Pops the Question.” The following charac ters were in it. Si Slocum—Jame s Patterson. Mrs. Malendy Jones—Helen Tal bert. Jimo—Milton Walker. ' Mr. Jones—Billie Britt. Molly—Ellen Bosdell. standstill and was favorable for 'Picking and ginning which made good progress during the month. The condition of the crop on Oc tober 1 was reported at 65 per cent of normal, which compares with 55 per cent a year ago and an aver age of 48 per cent for the 10 years, 1919-1928. The estimate of 2,165,000 acres to be picked this fall is about 2 per cent less than that harvested last year, but the 1930 indicated yield is 223 pounds lint per acre, com pared with the final estimate of 179 pounds per acre last year and 175 pounds the 10-year average. The census report shows 378,000 bales ginned in South Carolina prior to October 1, which compares with 163,000 bales ginned to this date last year; 121,000 in 1928; 334,- 000 in 1927; 359,000 in 1926; and 537,000 in 1925. The United States cotton crop is now estimated at 14,486,000 bales. This is 146,000 bales, or 1 per cent, above the forecast of a month ago, and approximately 342,000 bales be low production last year. The indi- jeated average yield for the United Jude—Mabel Lyon. The play was rather comical but! States 13 154 - 7 pounds per acre had a “romantic” ending. JOKES. Elsie/ dreamily): “What I want is a strong man, a silent man, a man with grit!” Jack (standing . up); “Call the municipal rubbish collection de partment. What you want is a deaf and dumb ashman!” Professor’s Wife: “Goodness, John! Where did you get that lighted red lantern?” Professor: “I picked it up. Some careles person left it out there by that hole in the road!” James: “I often feel that I’d like to do something clean and big be fore I pass out.” Bill: “Huh! Ever think of washing an elephant?” Miss Kennedy: “Your father seems a little hard of hearing.” Elizabeth Lake: “Hard of hear ing, why once he conducted family prayer kneeling on the cat/’. X Card Of Thanks We wish to * thank our many friends for the kindness shown us in our recent berfeavemnet. Mrs. J. L. Jolly and Family. X- Insects infesting stored grain may be destroyed by fumigation with one of several poison, gases, but carbon disulphide is probably the cheapest and most effective for treating grain in bulk on the farm. Carbon disulphide evaporates when which is 0.4 pounds below the aver age yield for the 10-year period !1919-1928. Since September 1 the crop pros pects have declined 46,000 bales in Texas, 25,000 in Mississippi, and 17,000 in Tennessee. These losses jare more than compensated by in creases in other States where the crop is turning out better than was indicated by reports a month ago. Since September 1 the pros pective crop in Georgia has in creased by 80,000 bales. North Carolina shows an increase of 51,- 000 bales; Alabama. 42,000; Arkan sas, 20.000: and Louisiana, 16,000 over the forecast a month ago. Picking and ginning are unus ually advanced in Texas and Okla homa. In Alabama and Mississippi, however, the per cent of the crop ginned to October 1 is less than usual. The per cent of the crop ginned in other sections is about average for this date. Gihnings prior to October 1 are reported by the Bureau of the Cen sus at 6.305,000 running bales, com pared with 5,903,000 bales to Octo ber 1 last year. North Carolina has tinned 198.00Q bales; South Caro lina,, 3l78,000; Georgia, 842,000; Flor ida, (# 40,000; Missouri, 53,000; Ten nessee,’ 87,000; Alabama, 583,000; Mississippi, 532,000; Louisiana, 400,600; Texas, 2,585,000; Oklahoma 277,000; Arkansas, 265,000; New Mexico, 17,000; Arizona, 24,000; and California, 15,000. FRANK O. BLACK, Agricultural Statistician. ROBERT C. LIGHT, Junior Agricultural Statistician. txt (By John G. Richards, Governors In accordance with section 2698y general school laws of South Caro lina, the fourth Friday of October in each year is to be observed in the public schools of South Caro lina as Frances Willard Day. Such observance this year will be Friday, October 24th, and it gives me pleasure to call the attention of the people of South Carolina to the importance of this day, whicl* not only commemorates the mem ory of one who did much for the* great cause of temperance, but through the programs being sent to the schools of the state by the state superintendent of education^ attention is called in a very strik ing way to the benefits of temper ance and the curse of liquor. I am convinced that the greatest and only permanent method of combating the drink evil is the arousing of the public conscience to the danger of this, and I know no better way to arouse people than through an appeal to the boys and girls of the public schools. Therefore, I recommend that Fri day, October 24th be observed throughout South Carolina as Frances Willard Day. - (The programs for Frances Will ard Day have been sent out to the county superintendents of educa tion. If teachers have not receiv ed them they may be secured byr applying to the superintendents.?* I-Y — Anderson Fair November 4-8 Stinking smut of wheat and cov- pxposed to air, forms a vapor heav- | ered , mut and stripe disease of ier than air, and when applied at; barley succumb t0 certain dust the top of a gas-tight bin of grain | funglcides as well as to liquid will penetrate down through, the | fungicldes and the fol . mer have train. Be careful in handling cai- j scvera ] advantages. Seed for plant- ing. if treated with a satisfactory dust, is not injured by storing, and ^ i therefore the work of treating the To fatten the farm turkey for: seed may be done in a slack sea- \ovember 27 next, begin about the:son. Dust fungicides also protect first of October, says the U. S. De-! stored grain from weevils and to partment of Agriculture. At first , ome extent from rodents. Dust bon disulphide, as its vapor is very! inflammable. feed just enough to keep the bird a little hungry, and gradually in crease the feed until it gets all it fungicides arc easy to apply. They are mixed with the grain at the rate of 2 or 3 ounces per bushel, will clean up three times a dayji n a barrel mixer or other simple during the week before killing. I mechanical mixer. As a rule treat- 3ome turkey growers feed equalled grain should not be used for oarts of corn, wheat, and oats in ! feeding livestock, and therefore on- he first part of the fattening per- ]iy enough for seed should be dust- iod and gradually change to cornjed. However, poultry can eat ANDERSON, Oct. 14.—A program of free acts and midway attractions greater than have ever been pre sented at any previous fair wilff grace the grounds of the Anderson Fair when it opens here for its tenth annual exhibition November 4th to 8th inclusive. These attrac tions, combined with the large ag ricultural, livestock and domestic exhibits that will again be brought: to the fair are expected not only to make the coming exhibition the largest ever presented in this sec tion of the Piedmont, but by far the most entertaining. In addition to Victor’s band, one of the best known musical organ izations in the country which will play twice daily at the Fair, foiBr. of the best acts available in show circles will grace the free act stage in front of the grandstand twice each day. The four free acts include the Three Morleys, wonder workers oo wheels and acrobatics, the Wilson and Aubrey duo, presenting tm» separate and distinct fun acts, the Five Ehtor’s, an acrobatic quintet: directly from Germany and. Bee Jung, the greatest woman gymnast- in the world. All these acts wHS be furnished free to patrons of the fair. The Rubin and Cherry shows; which promise to furnish the larg est and most attractive midway at tractions ever offered here, will be brought here in full force to furn ish entertainment for the Fair' patrons. J. A. Mitchell, secretary of the Fair Association says that the Ag ricultural, livestock and domestic* exhibits this year will be in larger quantities and of a better class;, than have ever been shown here before. With the splendid crops in this section of South Carolina anrf Georgia, Fair officials have every reason to believe that the exhibits will offer something of a revelation to patrons of the Fair this year. The advance sale of season tick:— ets for the exhibition started Mom- day and already a large number oC tickets have been disposed of, in dicating almost unparalleled inter est in the Fair. Space for exhibits. in the Merchants and Manufactur ers tent has practically been dis posed of and assigned to the exhib itors. Space in all other exhibit tents is going just as fast as it cars be arranged and assigned by the?- officials of the Fair. alone as the weather grows cooler. Old corn is a much better feed than new corn. The old corn should not be musty. x Vision tests may be applied for automobile drivers, but the blind pedestrian goes on unrestrained. txx wheat that has been treated with copper carbonate. X The thing about the house that lasts longest and is used the most ntative down [is the looking glass. t It’s more charitable to judge some folks by what they don’t say rather than by what they say. j\X There is so much chewung gum - made nowadays that there is no use for some folks trying to chew it all at once. j County Supervisor Negro Schools Mozelle A. Taggart has been ap pointed supervisor of Negro schools, for McCormick County, succeeding the late J. R. Galloway, who helc? this position from formation of the county until his death early this year. X Nature is a great balance wheel.. Europe has all of the wars and we have all of the automobiles and telephones. % 4 '■