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Thw8&»yvJanij#ry 15, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA -PAGE NUMBER FOUR McCORMICK MESSENG1 Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner l> of the bill-of-Iading. ^ If located in a Community Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months— .50 THE EFFECT OF ENVY in which there was not already a commission merchant established the plant could start off in the early spring by shipping fresh beans and follow this by putting the balance of the crop into cans. At about this time the green toma to would be ready for the Northern market. When this market became unprofitable the red ripe tomato could then be put into the can. A favorable year in the fresh vege table market would pay for the plant a couple of times over. Two hundred acres of beans and three hundred acres ( of tomatoes Worry, hard work, dissipation} would keep the plant operating ov- poor judgment, ill health, despond- er a satisfactory season. The to- ency—all these are enemies of sue- niB-to crop is quite an inexpensive cess, but none of them has a more crop, costing only about $1.00 for evil effect than envy. seed ana^$10.00 for fertilizer. Some This little demon is always on the of the fertilizer will remain in me alert for a chance to pop into the s °n for a following crop. The banks most unsuspecting head. If the would probably welcome an oppor- soil is ripe for him, h? insinuates | tunity to help the farmer with that you are not receiving enough crops such as these, which give so ©# this world’s goods for what you much more assurance of profit are giving. / He blackens your than cotton, and which are har- Hearon Succeeds Jones are absent from school on account <D?l OQA OffprPfl of mumps, and also one of our ^ faculty members. Miss Annie jack- I n Prizes For 1931 ! As Highway Chairman Garden Contest son. We surely sympathize with all of them and hope they will soon be able to return to school. NEW HEAD PROMISES SANE PROGRAM WITH NO RUN AWAY IDEAS CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 12.— Miss Lucyle Parks, a member of Prizes amounting to $1000 will be the ninth grade has returned home offered for the fourth demonstra- COLUMBIA, Jan. 12. Charlie O. from the Greenwood Hospital after tion garden contest to be conducted Hearon, Spartanburg newspaper an appendicitis operation. Although in Sout h Carolina during 1931, an- publisher, to night was elected she will still be absent from school n o un ced A. E. Schilletter, exten- chairman of the state highway for several weeks, yet we are glad slon horticulturist. This contest commission to succeed C. E. Jones, she is able to be at home. wlu be under the auspices of the resigned, John T. Stevens of Ker- Z ~ extension workers of Clemson and shaw was elected vice chairman. Mr. Hampton Parks, county Sup- wlnt hr 0 p colleges. Previous con- T h e elections were made to fill ermtendent of education, was a tests have proved of great va i ue ;: n terms which are t0 expl re nsx. visitor in our school one day .ast stimulating home gardening, Mr. May wit h appointment of four new Wee * Schilletter says. members of the commission. tv/tt. t \t Tv/roxroT. e irx r-vooio ^ To give ever y gardener o. chance xhe highway commissions meet- w(Sd last Saturday on business Y* the prizes ’ the followil * classes tog adjourned after a day epen. wood last Saturday on business. ■ provided: largely ^ routine businjss Xo _ Joyce * Bridges conducted the i nn^Zithnnt'^hpfn 1 Zi'd 3 in Mr ‘ j0 P es read his P artin g chapel exercises last Wednesday “Y , f without being put m reccmmendation in oresentin- nis morning There have been no ~ iass * resignation as chairman, and the special programs during the pastL,Yf® A'Y® Wh ° SeU betWeen members accepted “regretfully” ac- $100 and $400 cording to John P. Grace of Char- Class 3, market gardeners who ipctrm time to prepare anything smee the gejl over $400 worth ieston - week, as the teachers have had no holidays. friend’s character by causing you to draw unfair conclusions about him. Envy tells you that you are not appreciated; that honest wor£ has no reward—only grafters and hy pocrites get on in the world. He gives' you a false estimate of your own ability. Then you begin to loathe your job and hate your friends. Your work Is not up to its former high stand ard. You become a confirmed pessimist and see bad in everyone. Happily, however; there is a cure for this condition of mind that en vy produces. If your friends are prosperous, be glad, because it indi cates what can be done with the proper amount of determination. Uet their prosperity be a lesson. '‘If your friends are well liked you may be sure there is a good reason for it, and that you can learn the l?y blQse observation, f, e advantage of every oppor- vested at a season when cash is badly needed. " The plant should be under the management of a canner of long experience. Overhead should be cut to an absolute minimum, al lowing the manager to take his recompense from subsequent pro fits rather than from a definite settled wage. The management should be given a free hand in re jecting all culls, and he should be one who is definitely established with a brokerage house of national distribution, as well as one familiar with the fresh markets in the Northern cities. The qualifications and Restrict ions just stated appear to take on a pretty large order. They, how ever, are possible of fulfillment. Since returning from our trip North, ’ we have maintained * a steady correspondence with many of the canners whom we visited. Mrs. Oliver Harris of Carrolton, Ga., visited friends here recently. Mr. Hearon told newspapermen after the meeting his policy would be a “sane” one, and added there Class 4, tenant farmers only. Class 5, negro farmers only. First, second, and third prizes of would be ‘no runaway, crazy pro- ™., "Z £ 10 q $50, and $25 will be awarded aram ” Mrs. Harris, formerly Miss Lyon, c i asse s one two and three- l Y' „ ^ k was a teacher in our school two « n * ,f es ° ne ’. , ’ , I**: 1 Mr - Hearon has been pn the years ago and her many friends ? 25 :. Y „ ^ highway commission since its be- were indeed glad to see her. and five; and smaller prizes of ginning in 1917. There Was no cash, seed, or supplies in each contest in the election. Mr Frank Parks, driver of the! cla ®f- ■ • J The commission tonight gave ap- ParksviUe-Modoc bus, has been I ,^ he ® onte f Y been ma< ?f p0S : P roval to awarding low bidding in sick, but it was surely a pleasure fitoe through the co-operation of the December letting to contractors to find him back on the job after iYY’ ln certaln instances but in other one day’s absence. Mr. Drue Black- Sparta " bU ^i N ‘ ^ tf Potash Ex ; gave authority to Ben M. Sawyer, well, however, was a very efficient Port My ; , The Barrett Co and chlef hlghway commissioner, and substitute. Hastings Seed Co., Atlanta, Wood- Charles Moorefield/ highway en- ruff Seed Co., Milford, Conn.; Gell gineer. The awards were not an- Brothers Seed Co., Portland, Ore- nounced. gon; O. N. Simon and Son, and Mitchell’s Seed House, Philadel phia; B. B. Kirkland Seed Co., Co lumbia; and others., -T-Y- help and serve that is Some of them, established and re scope of your ability, have a different view liable fellows,—are willing to enter negotiations with local groups if in jvhich you Uve. 'any are wlUing to coroperate with in attitude will bring them. Others have not committed The members of the school sym pathize very much with Mrs. Brad shaw in the death of her mother. A word of praise should be given, s ^ f to the pupils of Mrs. Rountree’s ^ lowing points will be tak- era loof xxrooir en hito consideration in awarding __ room for two mornings last week . .. . .. CITES POOR SHOWING OF MO- their record on “Good Habits” was , the Pf 1 ** n tbe con Y t ' ^ c ®“* one hundred per cent. This was- secutive P^togs throughout the surely fine and such training is in deed excellent for these young peo- ple. . - ! * Unexpected. ‘pees nothing but mis- envious. , X themselves this* far but have ’ said they were coming to Florida this winter and would stop off and look at our country on the way. You may be interested to know that we have not found any, so Plant Idea far—and we have written and sent reports to over a thousand canners in the country—who are willing to start a small operation in a strange part of the country and, in so do ing,'' supply all of the necessary capital. One of the best prospects who During last September, we sub- have visited us so far were two BpSt§tes To Favor Repeal Of : 18tb< Amendment season that will keep up a ready supply of fresh vegetables; second, vegetables served in sufficient quantities to take care of the. nu- tritioiial requirements of the fam- Jones Advises Slow Up On Road Bond Issue TOR VEHICLE REVENUES AND SATS SALARIES TOO HIGH More Money In Trade Channels WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Money in circulation in this country in creased $26,000,000 during 1930. The circulation statement of the treasury showed today that on De cember 31, $4,890,000,000 was going the rounds. A year previous it amour,Yd to $4,864,000,000. Th e holidays brought $230,000,- 000 additional into circulation. The amount on November 30 totalled $4,660,000,000. The season increas ed the per capita circulation from $37.59 to $39.41 on December 31. Total money in the country on December 31 was $8,713,137,582 which compared with $8,732,677,- 064 a year before. Of the total on December 31, $4,592,871,268 was in gold coin or bullion. The treasury held $4X52,328,593, of which $3,- 517.997,329 was in gold coin or bullion. Federal Reserve Banks and agents held $2,051,443,291 of which $706,385,471 was in gold coin or bullion.. The per capita circulation while higher than the month before com pared with $53.01 on October 31, 1920, which was the peak per cap ita circulation in recent years. The lowest per capita circulation was on January 1, . 1879, when it amounted to $16.92. ‘ v ‘ r The per capita oh December 31, 1930, was figured from a population of 124,074,000. That in 1920 was figured on a population of 107,- 491,000 and the per capita circul ation in 1879 was figured on a pop ulation of 48,231,000. Card Of Thanks .... bJ j *.'■. :.U J: •’ I wish to thank my many friends for the many acts of kindness ex tended to me while suffering from a burned foot. May the Lord bless each and everyone. I nr. W. C. JENNINGS. b EARLY SHIPMENT FRESH VEGETABLES OF (By Eugene Chatterton, South Carolina Power Company.) SAYS HENRY H. CURRAN, PRESI DENT OF ASSOCIATION AGAINST PROHIBITION COLUMBIA, Jan. 12.—A warning against increase of the state’s in debtedness for road construction purposes “until the special motor Uy^ and. third, sufficient amounts revenues prove themselves canned for winter use. Special more fu u y t‘ W as mide today l^C. credit will be given for fall and E Jones, chairman of the state winter gardens. The garden should highway commission In resigning show that the contestant is using 1 as chairman. the proper methods of controlling j citing the decrease in licenses diseases and insects, and has prop- issued an d the small increase in to the highest bidder, for cash, jrr: u: rY*?;.**;..-re*' T i FOR SALE—.At 11 o’clock a. m., Saturday, January 17, I will sell mitted to the County papers of the Edistq and Savannah district an account of a personal visit made to many of the Northern canning plants!. The two articles submitted dealt particularly with the differ ent methods used in planting and harvesting the Henderson Lima gentlemen who operate a plant in Virginia. They were willing to sup ply the machinery if local Interests would provide a building, boiler, and working capital. The proposi tion looks particularly good from the standpoint that local capital would not be tied up in frozen as- Bean and the Alaska Pea, We sets r but woulti at a11 times be in '* Yound that the Northern planters 1 vested in commodities that were were using mass production meth-| The 1 * 6 of course, always ods, and as a consequence we re a m arket for the staple canned getting their yields at a much low- £ oods like beaus and tomatoes, at a er cost per acre and per ton. The P 1 ** depending upon the quality, methods; however, for tomatoes There are any number of small and string beans were necessarily communities in Coastal South Carolina that could take over this WASHINGTON, ; Jan. 11.—The prediction that 24 states are now ready to vote for repeal of the 18th amendment, and that the 12 addi tional ones necessary for repeal would follow within two years, was made today by Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amend ment. gasoline consumed, the chairman said: “My advice to this comix\ission is to go slow in requesting the is suance of further bonds until the motor vehicle revenues further prove themselves. similar to those in South Carolina, and the yields in these two vege- or a similar project, very much to January 9, 1931. X- tables, as an average from the best their own advantage. With every- faimers, were no larger in Mary-, body working towards success it land, for instance, than in South could be the beginning of a pros- Carolina. It is quite possible, 1 P erous farmln g community. The therefore, that the future canning handling of the fresh vegetables by plants of this State will find it ex- Hie plant to be shipped to the pedient to start their operations Northern markets should net, at with string beans and tomatoes and toast, once out of every three possibly beets, spinach and turnip y ears > an enviable profit. During tops, before entering into the mass t he other years the canned pro production methods for the lima duct * capable management, bean and the pea. ' ' could hold its own, and gradually A few of the smaUer communi- 8 row hi size and take over other ties in Coastal South Carolina, vegetables including asparagus, could do well at this time, to take Charleston, S. C., cognizance of their rather out standing opportunity for a small canning plant,—one that would take over the functions of a com mission agent to start out the sea son and, after the fresh markets had collapsed, put the balance into —— cans. I JANUARY 12.—School opened New machinery capable of put- again last Monday, January 5, af- ting dp 1,000 cases a day of two ter the Christmas holidays, with a dozen No. 2 cans vrould cost about very good attendance. Several new $6,000. Many communities have pupils have enrolled and a welcome floor space available, including a is extended to them. The faculty, boiler, which could be used for the as well as the pupils, reported a plant. Other essentials would be good time, but all of that fun has working capital, the amount of been forgotten and everyone has which would depend largely upon started to work with a determin- \ the management and their broker- ation to make this year better than age relations. A good per centage last. This week will consist of re- Washington High School News . of the canned goods of the coun try is sold as soon as At is goaded on cars at-the plant. ; The broker advances 80 per cent upon receipt view and on next week will begin. ' ‘exams’ Quite a number of our pupils erly fertilized his plot. X- Give State Forestry Conference Hearty q . q T r Prove inemseives. support, says .LiOIlflj, “While optimism with me is a habit I am not so sanguine as to CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 12.— * expect larger motor vehicle reve- “The South Carolina Forestry Con- nues in 1931 than those received ference to be held in Columbia, I in 1930. In fact, I look for fur- Wednesday and Thursday, January ther decline. If the motor vehicle At the same time he analyzed the 21, 22, through co-operation of the revenues in 1931 decline to any delegations of 12 states in the next state Forestry Commission, the Ex- appreciable extent under what was Congress as containing 19 out of tension Service of Clemson College, received in 1930 the revenues will 24 senators in favor of submitting and the. Columbia Chamber of not be sufficient to meet increased the repeal question to the people, Commerce, is sure to result in debt requirements and at the same and 113 out of 160 representatives much benefit to the public welfare time satisfactorily maintain the ready to cast similar votes. - * I of the state,” says pr. W. W. Long, roads of the state.” * “As to the other states,Curran director of the Extension Service,! Mr. Jones farewell address re said, “there are several more sena- who urges that there be a large viewed in detail work of the high- ters and at least 42 more repre- attendance of landowning farmers, way commission during recent sentatives now ready to submit this bankers, business men, teachers, years, told of the highway depart- question, but there are not yet two- and others, so that the benefits of ment’s present financial condition, thirds of each House willing to do the conference may be widespread, praised the assistance of Governor so. i Dr. Long himself will open the Richards and the work of Ben M. “The function of Congress in this first session of the conference with Sawyer, chief highway commission- matter is not one of decision, but a discussion on Forestry and the er; Charles Moorefield, highway merely the administrative duty of Idle Land Problem and will take engineer, and O. P. Burke, scere- allowing the people to vote on the part in the proceedings throughout tary. a question: How much' longer is the conference, which will deal It was a lengthy document of Congress going to deprive the peo- with every phase of the forestry 21 typewritten pages. , pie of the right to vote?” problem—commercial, industrial, Speaking of the financial condi- Curran reviewed the anti-prohi- educational, recreational, civic. tion of the department, he said: bition history of the 12 states which “The wise utilization of our “In addition to the cash balances he said, had “met the extreme twelve million acres of forest or at the end of the year of more constitutional requirement.” They potential forest land is a matter than $16,000,000 deposited in var- were Massachusetts, Rhode Island, of interest and importance to every ious banks in the state, funds new Connecticut, New York, New Jer- citizen of the state,” says Dr. Long and availabale to South Carolina sey, Maryland, Ohio, Illinois, Wis “the. farmer particularly because by the United States government consin,, Louisiana, Montana and his present farm woodland can be for road construction purposes De- Washington. and should be made more profit- cember 21, 1930, amounted to $5,- As listed by him, each of these able by intelligent and thrifty 469,595.84 making a total of cash on states will send to the next Con- handling, and his cut-over lands hand and available Federal aid gress two senators ready to vote and submarginal crop acreages funds of $21,460,009.27.” I for submission, with the exception should be reforested and made to Mr. Jones estimated the highway of Maryland, Ohio, Louisiana, Mon- yield profits from forest products departments policy of purchasing tana and Washington. He listed in a better balanced system of land cement sand and stone for con- one senator in each of these states, utilization. And certainly those tractors saved $451,563.40 on the In the list of representatives engaged in commercial forestry cement and $17,160 on stone and Curran placed 32 out of the 43 pursuits owe the perpetuation of $42,900. on sand. | New York delegation, 21 of 27 in their business to the scientific and Mr. Jones said the salary sche- Illinois, 14 out of 16 in Massachu- business-like handling of their dule of highway department em- setts, 3 out of 3 in Rhode Island, timber properties. In short, all in- ployees was 11.6 per cent higher 10 out of 22 in Ohio, 5 out of 5 in terests of the state private and today than it was in April, 1918, Connecticut, and 5 out of 6 in public should be concerned in sup- and declared ‘it should be at least Maryland. porting and promoting the excel- 10 per cent lower. He termed this Curran named the 19 senator?, as lent forestry program already un- a “very serious matter to which follows: Walsh,- Collidge, Herbert, derway by the State Forestry Com- you should give careful attention. Metcalf, Bingham, Walcott, Cope- mission, a program for the preser- The concluding sentence of the land, Wagner, Glenn, Lewis, Kean, vation and development of a great address was: ' Morrow, Tydings, Bulkley, LaFol- natural resource. Let’s give this ) “Remember, please, as you jog lette, Blaine, Broussard, Dill and Forestry Conference a big attend- alon$ on your public pathway that Wheeler. ance and hearty support.” the moon never barks at the dog.” neai^The Peoples Bank, one 7 year pld horse, good to plow or drive, and one good heavy mule, harness and saddle. Mrs. Tyra Walker. Itpo. • " j ^— - * ORANGES—138 bushels Florida Special Oranges at 1 cent a piece. J. B. Blackwell’s Store, Mc Cormick* S. C. FOR SALE—Frost Proof Plants— Cabbage and Bermuda Onion Plants all varieties, $1.00 per 100<L 5000 lots. 75 cents per 1000. Prompt shipment. Dorris Plant Co., Val dosta, Ga. LOST—One male Poland China Pig on Saturday before Christ mas. Weighs about 60 or 75 pounds. Reward if returned to J. S. Mann, McCormick, S. C., Rt. 1. Lightning causes many a serious Fire loss. Your property should be safeguarded in every possible way, but in spite of all precau tions there are some fire dang ers that you cannot gurad against. It is imperative that you make sure of your invest ment by carrying adequate fire insurance. For over a hundred years in surance has been guarding property owners from financial loss by fire. This agency has resources and experience back of it. Insure in the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 46 McCormick jA-’.»