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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Twenty-Ninth Year
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8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. ,C. Thursday, November 27, 1930 Established June 5, 1902
Number 26
Working Out Program
For Balanced Farming
OUTCOME OF STATEWIDE CON
FERENCE AND REGIONAL
meetings '
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nov. 22.—
At a state-wide conference of
bankers, farmers, and business men
in Columbia, November 18, a bal
anced-farming program providing
for a policy including live-at-home
production, more than one cash
crop, economical production of
quality products, etc., was adopted,
and seven sectional meetings are
How being held over the state for
further discussion and working
out of details, after which these
detailed plans will be published for
the public good.
The committee drafting the pro
gram, after wide discussion of con
ditions, consisted of J. Frank Will
iams, chairmab, farmer, Sumter;
A. L. M. Wiggins, Hartsville, chair
man agricultural committee, South
Carolina Bankers’ association; J.
W. Gaston, farmer, Spartanburg;
G. H. Ballentine, banker, Aiken;
W. J. Roddey, Jr., banker, Colum
bia; W. J. Crowson, banker, Sum
ter; Henry Johnson, Columbia, sec
retary, South Carolina Bankers’
association; D. W. Watkins, secre-
White Town
H. D. Club Holds
, Nov. Meeting
White Town Home Demonstra
tion Club met at Mrs. H. M. Free
land’s on November 22nd, at 2:00
o’clock with eight members pres
ent. Although some members were
absent on account of bad roads,
we had a good meeting and were
glad to add a new member, Mrs.
W. S. Clem, to our club.
Our club here is small, but we
are striving and doing our best to
make it a large one.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, who led devotion-
als. “America the Beautiful” was
sung by all and the roll call was
answered with a thankful phrase
in honor of Thanksgiving.
After the minutes of the last
meeting were read and a Thanks
giving poem read by Miss Nola Jen
nings, the president assigned to
each member of the club her work
for the coming year.
The meeting was turned over to
Mrs. Stallworth, whose subject was
“Planting and beautification of
home grounds.”
All enjoyed the interesting talk
and we are very grateful tq have
such a splendid club leader.
Delicious coffee and cocoanut
tary, assistant director, agricultur- ,
al Extension ' Service of Clemson cake was served b y th « hos *f?'
College Mrs. H. M. Freeland, after which
The Program in Brief I th6 meeting adjourned.
“It is recognized that the agri- ^ ^ *
culture of the state as a whole INlltritlOIlcll StrltllS
Christmas Season
Is Again At Hand
With it, as always, comes the de
sire to each heart to do something
worth while for some one else. In
doing for others we perhaps some
times overlook the fact that health
comes first in bringing happiness.
The Red Cross again, as it has
for the past twenty-four years, is
appealing to you to assist in the
support of the fund raised by sell
ing Christmas Seals to fight the
dreaded tuberculosis. Bjr doing so
we enable McCormick County to
have the services of a temporary
nurse and clinics to examine free
of charge every school child, as well
as adults in the county.. This fund
also goes in part to the great State
Park Sanatorium in Columbia
where any citizen of South Caro
lina may be treated.
In the next few weeks you will
have the opportunity of buying
these seals.
The beaming face of Santa Claus,
which appears on every seal to be
sold throughout the United States,
cannot fail to bring you cheer. The
Red Cross and the beloved Santa
Claus, the spirit of Christmas, are
pleading with you to give the most
precious of all gifts—Healtih. t • m
Saturday marks the opening of x QF J_VoJ_ JLlCCllSC A&ffS
the 24th annual Christmas seal j
sale for the raising of funds to
support the fight against- tuber-
State Service
Officer Will Speak
To Legionnaires
Our regular monthly meeting
will be held in the legion hall the
night of December 2, 1930, at 7:30.
The State service officer will be
here all day Tuesday to discuss
compensation with the men, and
take up any complaints the men
have against the veterans’ bureau.
He will be the chief speaker at the
meeting Tuesday night. All ex-
service men are invited to this
meeting.
C. K. EPTING,
Commander.
Sand Rock H. D.
Club Will Have
Measuring Party
The Sand Rock H. D. Club will
have a measuring party at Sulli
van School House, Friday night,
December 5th, at 7 o’clock. There
will be many other attractions that
will afford a good time. *
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Applications Sent Out
Cotton Ginnings By
S. C. Counties
COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO NO
VEMBER 14 IN SOUTH CARO
LINA: CROPS OF 1930
AND 1929
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Cen
sus, announces the preliminary re
port on cotton ginned prior to
November 14, by counties, in South
Carolina, for the crops of 1930 and
1929. The total for the state w^s
made public Friday, November 21.
(Quantities are in running bales.
should be placed on a sounder bas
is as a permanent program rather
than to undertake to make chang-
temporary nature. South
Carofma is traditionally a state of
single crop^farming. Under prevail-
Of School Children
Needs Improvement
Warming. Under prevail- CLEMSON COLLEGE Noy. 21-
ing conditimns. any one-crop sys-| In a stud y of th ® nutritional status
tem is unteonomic, unsound and of 322 school children m Laurens
hazardous. It has produced fail . county South Carolina, it was
ure, losses and has contributed to- | found that 22 per cent was good
ward a low standard of living for! a S ainEt « P er cent P° or ° r y ery
many of our people. It holds no P° or ' w ‘th 36 per cent rating fair.
promise of Improvement. It cannot
be changed by sporadic .attempts-
but must be tackled by instituting
a permanent program of a well-
balanced system of agriculture
which will not be subject to the
hazards and fluctuations resulting
from single-crop production.
“Specific suggestions in such a
program are as follows:
“1. Farms generally should be
more self-sustained. As far as
possible all food and feed needed
for man and beast should be pro
duced on the farm. This program
includes summer and winter gard
ens with cows, hogs, and poultry
on every farm.
“2. Every farmer should grow
more than one cash crop. He should
become expert with such crops, not
only in the production but in the
handling and in the marketing of
same.
“3. Marginal or less productive
lands should not be planted in cot
ton or tobacco or other high-cost
An attempt was made in this
study to discover the points of
strength and of weakness in the
diet'and care of the children and
to discover the relationship be
tween these habits and the pres
ent physical condition of the chil
dren as shown by medical and
dental examinations. The results
of this work are now published as
Experiment Station Bulletin 268,
The diet of School Children in Re
lation to Their Health, by Mary E.
Frayser and Ada M. Moser, home
economists, and may be secured
from the Publications Division,
Clemson College.
The ten districts chosen in Laur
ens county for this study are be
lieved to represent a cross section
of the white rural population of
the county. The study of these
typical districts led to the conclu
sion that the social and education
al differences which were found
within the county were based
chiefly upon differences in the
economic status. Most of the chil-
crops. Mftch of the agricultural died liveci in the ope „
lors in South Carolina is caused byj_ , __
p T anting crops on lands that yield
Jess than present -average produc
tion.
“4. A definite soil-building pro
gram should be utilised, thereby
increasing crop oroduction and re
ducing the cost of commercial 'or-
tilizers.
“5. More attention should by
given to the oroduction of high
quality products and to the meth
ods necessary to produce high
yields oer acre.
“Credit for producing the next
crop will be smaller than last year.
It is desirable that the available
credit be utilized more efficiently
by those who obtain it and given
with careful discrimination by
those who control it. Credit re
quirements by lending institutions
will be more stringent and finan
cial statements generally will be
required.
“In general—Farm programs
must be worked out so as to pro-
{country, r.cne in a community of
mere than 500 persons.
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Clemson Man
Is Honored
COLLEGE SENDS STRONG DELE-
CATION TO MEETING OF
LAND GRANT COLLEGES
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nov. 21.—
Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun, director Of
resident teaching in the Agricul
ture Department of Clemson Col-
lege, was elected chairman of the
Resident Teaching Division of the
Association of Land Grant Colleges
during its annual meeting in
Washington this week. Dr. Cal
houn was secretary of this branch
of the organization last year.
Dr. E. W. Sikes, president; Dr.
W. W. Long, director of the Ex
tension Service; Dr. D. W. Daniel,
of arts and sciences, l^r.
G H. Collings, associate professor
More than 200,000 applications
for the 1931 automobile license
culosis. The seal this year express
es pictorially “the good will to
ward men” idea that has been its
soul through the years. Trie jolly
saint of Christmas, drawn from a
likeness of the greatly beloved
tags were mailed from Columbia
Monday by the state highway de
partment.
The licenses were manufactured
by the state penitentiary’s new
plant. The road sign plant at the
Dwight L. Moody, hails the wor ^| prison started operation this week
with the ne\ys that he is bringing ; producing South Carolina high-
the great fight of “Health to All.”
South Carolina has distributed
for sale over 4,000,000 of the little
seals. The State and County com
mittees are asking that everybody
help by seeing that every lettr and
package mailed from this day until
Christmas carries this emblem of
good will.
MRS. M. E. PADGETT, JR.
Chairman McCormick County
Christmas Seal Campaign.
Death Of Mrs.
Laura E. Lee
LAURENS, Nov. 23.—Mrs. Laura
E. Lee, 54, wife of H. F. Lee, died
today at the family residence on
West Laurens street after a ling
ering illness.
Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
at Rosemont cemetery, Clinton,
conducted by the Rev. W. D. Spinx,
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Laurens.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Lee is survived by three sons: M.
Dillard Lee, of Ware Shoals; A.
Judson Lee and Albert Sidney Lee,
of Laurens, and one brother,
Thomas W. Dillard, of Whitmire.
Mrs. Lee was a daughter of the
late George Dillard, of Laurens
county. The Lee family has lived
in Laurens for about three years.
Mrs. Lee’s church affiliation was
with the Baptist church of Cor-
onaca.
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Big Rutabagas And
Fine Cane Syrup
Mr. H. E. Freeland, a prosperous
farmer of the Rehoboth section of
McCormick County, presented The
Messenger with three rutabae:a r
one day the past week that weigh
ed 19 pounds, the largest of which
weighed 7 1-2 pounds. He has
about a quarter of an acre from
which he expects to harvest and
store 100 bushels.
And along with them was some
fine Golden Medal Sorghum syrup
from his two acre patch, from
which he made 200 gallons of
Every^^ 161 ^ 6 y 0 ** ^ ear arguments associate professor of botany, rep-
pver parking limits while you find resented Clemson College at the
gujrt parking at all la the limit. | meeting.
The J. B. White & Company store
in Augusta, long famous for its big
dollar day sales, is advertising in
this issue of The Messenger a
Christmas Dollar Day sale for Sat
urday, November 29, in which they
plan to eclipse in every way any
previous sale of the kind at their
store. It is interesting to know
that White’s has engaged many ex
tra salespeople for this great one-
day sale. These salespeople have
been carefully drilled in store
methods, so that they can render
expert service on the big day. Ex
tra wrappers and cashiers will also
be on duty to facilitate serving the
huge crowds that will throng the
store in this sale.
With Christmas less than a
month off, it will be welcome news
that gift items are largely featured
in the big dollar day program, and
10,000 toys are offered at the at
tractive price of one dollar each.
Every purchase carries White’s
positive guarantee of satisfaction
or your money back.
Out of town visitors are invited
to go to White’s for “parking per
mits,” which allow one to park for
any length of time while shopping
in Augusta.
Barre, director of the Experiment | have about 40 bushels of cane seed Two interesting radio programs
Station; and Mr. D. W. Rosenkrans to sell. Mr. Freeland says he would have been prepared in connection
have made 500 gallons of syrup if | with White’s Christmas Dollar Day
he had made up the three acres of —9:30 p. m. Thursday, and 8 p. m.
cane he cut for feed. J Friday, over Station WRDW.
syrup. He has more than enough
vide profitable, full time, year- of agronomy; Prof. S. B. Earle, dl-ifor home use and is selling his sur
round employment for labor, land’rector of engineering; Prof. H. W. plus at 75 cents a gallon, and will
and equipment."
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way signs.
Many of the coRviets trained in
the license work are being used in
the road sign factory.
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Hoover Endorses
Christmas Seals
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
The Christmas Seals of the Na
tional . Tuberculosis Association
which are sold at Christmas time
every year provide funds for one
of the most valuable of all services
to mankind in helping to prevent
and destroy a disease which threat
ens millions of homes and weak
ens millions of the children and
youth of the Nation. I command
the yearly campaign to all our
people.
(Signed)
HERBERT HOOVER.
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White’s Greatest
Xmas Dollar Day
Linters are not
included.)
County
1930
1929
The State
879,680
625,064
Abbeville
___ 14,559
12,359
Aiken
26,328
17,217
Allendale
6,888
6,124
Anderson
55,583
42,191
Bamberg __ __
14,983
' 11,812
Barnwell
19,144
15,887
Berkeley
3,161
2,398
Calhoun
15,516
12,179
Charleston
_ 1,330
1,642
Cherokee
. ___ 18,197
15,060
Chester
. __ 19,964
13,921
Chesterfield
29,068
17,526
Clarendon _
18,937
12,667
Colleton
10,237
8,622
Darlington _ .
17,503
10,226
Dillon _
23,428
17,835
Dorchester
_ 6,418
4,823
Edgefield _
17.511
12,134
Fairfield
9,686
5,679
Florence __
17,291
12,206
Greenville
47,320
32,187
Greenwood
. _ 15,287
11,467
Hampton
_ _ 7,087
5,427
Horry __
1,783
1,850
Jasper
_ _ 1,842
1,305
Kershaw _ _
. _ 19,496
11,136
Lancaster _
. _ 12,752
7,909
Laurens
29,478
18,136
Lee — —
_ . 25,168
- 13,078
Lexington
_ _ 15,857
12,542
McCormick
6,647
6,408
Marion _ __ _
8,550
8,082
Marlboro
38,011
26,107
Newberry
19,543
13,791
Oconee
17,362
10,929
Orangeburg
59,891
48,415
Pickens
21,633
14,691
Richland
7,963
6,782
Saluda
10,895
7,922
Spartanburg
74,583
51,733
Sumter
. _ 29,596
16,450
Union
16,291
12,753
Williamsburg _
15,459
11,016
York
29,426
21,025
All other
2,028
1,415
“The Town Doetor”
DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS:
DON’T BE MISLEAD
Conductor Hit
With Rock; Five
Negroes Jailed
As result of Conductor Walter
Martin’s being hit with a rock
thrown through the window of the
caboose on his train on Wednesday
night of last week near Clarks HilJ
five negroes, T. J., Dave and George
Broadwater and Jim and Will
Brooks, were lodged in McCormick
iail last Friday. Sheriff W. T.
Strom and Special Agent, M. Y
Fooshe of the C. & W. C. Railway
made the arrests.
The conductor, who was on route
to Spartanburg, was able to make
the trip, after receiving medica 1
aid at Troy.
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Joe E. Brown’s Big
Thrill Speedboat
ing In “Top Speed
“Top Speed” is merely a relative
term, according to Joe E. Brown
star of this lively production which
comes to the Abbeville Opera
House, Wednesday and Thursday.
The picture features a highly
exciting speedboat race.
“The greatest thrill of my life
came in riding in these speedboats
at between 50 and 60 miles an
hour,” said Brown. “I’ve traveled
145 miles an hour in an airplane,
but you obtain no such sense of
speed in the air as you do through
the water. It seems at least three
times as fast.”
Mervyn LeRoy directed. Bernice
It might appear to some that
reference is often made in tju*
column to lines of business in a,
way that could appear as a boost
for that business. If you have ever
said, while reading these writings^
“that sure is a boost for so and
so,” you would be right—absolutely
right. I boost for anything that
will help BUILD a community-
Building communities is my busi
ness, making them bigger, betto,.
more interesting and more attrac
tive.
I am against anything, whether
a business, an idea or anything
else, that will retard the growth-
progress and prosperity of a com
munity. Take newspapers as am
example. Ninety nine out of one?
hundred newspapers, first, last and
all the time, are willing and ready
to do anything that Will BUILD
their community. They do jus!
that every day in the year, and
that is the chief reason why I aza.
FOR them and boost them every
chance I get. There is another
reason, however, and that is that
too few people—merchants, pro
fessional people and people in gen
eral—really appreciate or knuir
what their newspaper does for
them.
Why I know not, but it appears
that the average merchant think?
that when he “gives an ad” to a
paper that he is doing the news
paper a favor. Well, he is, same ax
a customer buying from him what
he has to sell, does him a favor.
But the truth of the matter is
that when a merchant has .pub
lished an advertisement in a news
paper, said merchant is doing hii*^
self a favor. Why? Because on
publishing that advertisement Ire
is extending an invitation to yw
and all the rest of the people xsl
the community to come to ins
store to buy what he has to sell*
and that certainly is doing him
self a favor.
In a way a merchant that ad
vertises is doing YOU a favor too.
It’s ten to one that you have nev
er looked at it that way, but it is
a fact just the same. An advertis
ing merchant is your best bet
when it comes to spending year
money, for advertising is insurance
to you that what that merchant
sells is good goods at right prices^
You seldom find a merchant wit2b
poor goods, at prices that are out
of line, who advertises. Newspa
pers see to it that what is advert
ised is advertised i right, and tbe*
truth told about it. A statement-
made in newspaper advertising ir
more binding than a merchants
word. So you see advertising L&t-
ors you* as insurance to say noth
ing cf the fact that but for ad
vertising, you would pay muOi
more for everything you buy, and
receive much less for that which
you do.
Now, more than ever before, wiR"
it pay you to read the advertising
in your paper. Look at this ad
vertising as informative—giviTi^
you information on which YCU'
can make money. Learn to depend
on the advertising in your paper to
keep you posted on “who’s Whs”"
among business people in yenr •
city. And remember this—if any
merchant or business concern that
has anything to sell you does net*.
through this advertising, give you.
an INVITATION to buy from him
what he has to sell, and at the
same time give you a REASON
WHY you SHOULD buy it from \
him, it is very evident that sneki
merchant or business concern
not want your business enough
ask for it, or has no good realm v
why you should trade with them.
Don’t be mislead. Newspajwr
advertising favors YOU. Newspa
per advertising pays—it pays Q*e
newspaper, it pays the mercbxnt*.
and above all it pays you.
(Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone, Re^-
production prohibited in whole or
Claire, Jack Whiting, Frank Me- ( in part. This editorial publistowA
Huge and Laura Lee are in the ; by McCormick Messenger in co-qp*-
cast, ‘Jeratibn with local Lions ClubJ