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z:m H Thursday, February 26, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA' PAGE NUMBER THRU? Immense Interest Being Shown In C. M. T. C. ENROLLMENT OF COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEGAN FEFRUARY 20TH Indications throughout the state insure an early enrollment of South Carolina’s quota for the C. M. T. C. at Fort Moultrie, S. C., and Fort Bragg, N. C., June 12-July 11th. It begins to look as if this state will reach its quota the first day of enrollment, March 1st. Col lege and High School students and students of institutions of equival ent learning may get their appli cation blanks February 20th, nave them properly filled out and send them in at once to their County Representative, Dr. C. K. Epting, McCormick, S. C. f or to Capt. D. E. Barnett, Inf., 214 Peoples National Bank Building, Greenville, S. C., or to the District Chief, P. O. Build ing, Columbia, S. C. Applicants other than the above mav get their application blanks March 1st. Greater interest is being mani fested each year in the C. M. T. C. by the boys and young men of this state. Attending one of these Camps is a rare opportunity for any young man. An entire month of wholesome training and recrea tion at the seashore or in the mountains with all expenses paid is indeed an offer.. Uncle Sam wishes to instill into the youths of this country the ideals of honesty, teamwork, fair play, citizenship and loyalty to ones country and ones state and it is party through these C. M. T. Camps that such is being done. If you are eligible for an appli cation blank now, get one, fill it out and mail it promptly to one of the agencies listed above. If you are not eligible now, be all ready to get yours on March }st. The age limit is from 17-24 for first year men. If you do not know of these C. M. T. Camps, fill out the Information Blank and mail it in to your County Representative and he will gladly send you full details. -xxx- TJ. S. Government * 1 Life Insurance Is , IV^ore Attractive Veterans Administration United States Veterans Bureau The CAMELS f are coming. 'it,- . 11 G».Vv, This is the Camel package in which a significant change has recently been made REWARD for the best answers to this questions m What significant change has recently been made in the wrapping of the Camel package containing 20 cigarettes and what are its advantages to the smoker? /Washington, D. C., February 13, 1931. Dr. C. K. Epting, Post Com., American Legion, McCormick, S. C. Dear Sir: We are quoting below the following news release from the U. S. Veterans’ Administration, U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, Washing ton, D. C., regarding United States Life Insurance: “In announcing an increased dividend to policy holders of Unit ed States Government Life Insur ance, Colonel George E. Ijams, Di rector of the United States Veter ans’ Bureau, stated today that great forward strides have been made in recent years in making U. S. Government Life Insurance more attractive to its ex-service policy holders. “Until about two years ago,” said Col. Ijams, “it was necessary for the veterans to send all remit tances to the Central Office of the Bureau in Washington. A recent development toward better service was the decentralization of the collection of insurance accounts to the then existing Regional Offices Wednesday Night Tuna im the Catnel Hour on NoB.C. Network 9.30 to 10.30 . • • . Eastern Time 8.30 to 9.30 .... Central Time 7.30 to 8.30 . . . Mountain Time 6.30 to 7.30 .... Pacific Time Over Stations WJZ, WBZA, WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, WGAR, KYW, WLW, WRVA, WSJS, KWK, WJAX, WFLA, WIOD, WREN. 11.15 to 12.15 . . . Eastern Time 10.15 to 11.15 . . . Central Time 9.15 to 10.15 . . Mountain Time 8.15 to 9.15 .... Pacific Time Over Stations WHAS, WSM, WSB, WMC, WAPI, WJDX, WSMB, KTHS, WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, WKY, WBAP, KPRC, WOAI, KOA, KSL, KTAR, KGO, KECA, KFSD, KGW, KOMO, KHQ, KFAB. First Prize, $25,000 Second Prize, $10,000 Third Prize, $5,000 For the five next best answers • $1,000 each For the five next best answers* $500each For the 25 next best answers • $ 1OO each Conditions Governing Contestz 1 Answers limited to 200 words. 0 2 Write on one side of the paper only. 3 No entries accepted that bear a postmark later than midnight, March 4, 1931. 4 Contest open to everybody except employes and executives of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and their families. 5 In case of ties, the full amount of award will be paid to each of the tying parties. m O It is not necessary to buy a package of Camel cig^ rettes in order to compete. Any store that sells cigarettes will permit you to examine the Camel package containing 20 cigarettes. AU communications must be addressed to Contest Editor— R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, N. C. , Judges: s • Charles Dana Gibson Famous Illustrator and Publisher of “Life” Roy w. Howard Chairman of the Board, Scripps Howard Newspapers Ray Long President, International Magazine Company, and Editor of “Cosmopolitan” And Staff of the Bureau which are located in every State in the Union.” “This,” continued Col. Ijams, “made the Regional Offices equivalent to General Agencies for private in surance companies. Later, Region al Offices were authorized to make loans on U. S. Government Life Insurance. As a result of this latter step, it is possible for the Government to give very expedi tious service to policy holders de siring to make loans.” CoFonel Ijams stated that at this time the United States Veterans’ Bureau is announcing another in crease in dividends to its policy holders, amounting to approxi mately $900,000 more than the al lotment for the year 1930. The total amount apportioned for the payment of dividends on U. S. Government Life Insurance for the year 1931 is $8,200,000. This in creased amount which is being re turned to the policy holders dur ing the current year, Colonel Ijams explained, was made possible by the satisfactory experience dur ing the year 1930, and is an indi cation that the Government Life Insurance Fund is in a very healthy condition. “Considering the benefits granted,” said the Director, “the premium rates charged by the Government afford protection at a low cost. This cost is further reduced by the dividends allotted and should be very gratifying to the veterans who have retained their Govern ment Life Insurance.” In announcing the above in crease in dividends for the year, Contest open only until MIDNIGHT, MARCH 4,1931 (Winners will be announced as soon as possible after contest closes) 1931, Colonel Ijams also stated that an increasing number of veterans are realizing the advantages of Government Life Insurance, and he felt that even more veterans would take advantage of this in surance if they understood fully ;he fact that all veterans of the World War who are in good health may apply for it.” We will thank you for giving such publicity to this subject as your facilities may permit. Very truly yours, S. C. GROESCHEL, ' Regional Manager. Columbia, S. C. 4Xt Good Lecturer For Furman University Summer School GREENVILLE, Feb. 23.—In ad- dition to a complete line of courses in the 1931 Furman summer school curricula, officials of the institu tion are now laying much stress in arrangements for a series of in teresting and valuable lectures and intertainments for evening pro grams, Dean E. M. Highsmith an- 1 nounced yesterday. While these programs are to be in the evening i for the summer school students,! they will be open to the general public for a small admission fee. Two outstanding numbers on the entertainment program for the summer are a Wright Fuson con- I cert, and an evening of negro spirituals to be given by a select chorus from the Piedmont Sum mer normal operated in Green ville annually under the general direction of County Superintend ent J. F. Whatley. The Wright-! Fuson concert will feature Mr. and! Mrs. Tom Fuson, who for the past three summers have given recitals at a number of large colleges. As a new venture for Furman, Prof. Arnold Putman, of G. W. C., i will direct a summer school chorus of mixed voices, with a public re cital to be given near the end of the first summer term, probably during the second week in July. Miss Rufina Bloss will serve as ac companist for the chorus. Mrs. Ida Robbins Buist has been secured as instructor in public speaking again for this summer. She will give an evening of reading early in the first term. Miss Rufina Bloss and Professor Putman will give a joint recital also early in the summer. The programs to be giv en by these artists from the Green ville Womans college faculty are looked forward to eagerly from year to year by large numbers of people in and around Greenville. Dr. Adolphe Vermont, a world traveler and a native of Belgium, will give three illustrated lectures on life in France and Italy during the summer. Dr. Vermont will teach French during both terms of the session. In addition to be ing a versatile linguist and an in teresting lecturer, he is a remark ably well-informed student of life I in many countries, and has a keen sense of humor. Dr. Highsmith said. | Dr. A. M. Harding, director of ex tension and professor of astornomy in the University of Arkansas, will give two illustrated lectures on as tronomy. DrHarding gives his hearers vivid and popular accounts of the big universe of which the world is an exceedingly small part. He puts abstruse scientific infor mation within easy reach of the average well-read citizen. A. W. Hamilton, who spent many boyhood years in India, and who served with President Hoover in relief work in the Near East, will lecture on international relations during the first term and proba bly during the second term. x Treat Tomato Seed Against The Bacteria Troubles CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 23.— To control seed-borne tomato dis eases, such as bacterial spot and the surface-borne bacterial cank er, it is necessary to treat the seed with a 1-3000 solution of murcuric chloride (corrosive sublimate), ac cording to Alfred Lutken, extension entomologist and plant patholog ist. No safe method is known for destroying the canker bacteria in side the seed. If possible, seed should be secured from firms who certify that their tomato seed were grown on plants free of bacterial canker. The protection against wilt is use of seed of wilt-resistant varieties, such as Marglobe and Norton. For treating quantities of seed less than a pound, Mr. Lutken ad vises: “Dissolve one corrosive subli mate tablet in three pints of water, using a glass, earthenware or wooden container; place the seed in a loose cheese cloth bag allow ing room for about twice the volume of seed to provide for swell ing and stirring of the seed; im merse the bag in the solution for five minutes, stirring frequently to thoroughly wet all the seed; af ter the seed have soaked for five minutes, remove them from the solution and wash immediately in four or five changes of pure water; spread the seed to dry in a clean, well ventilated, place; do not use old containers without thoroughly disinfecting them in the solution. “For treating large quantities of seed, dissolve one-third ounce of corrosive sublimate crystals in one quart of hot water and make up to eight gallons with cold water. Use one gallon of solution for treating two pounds of seed. Use the solu tion only once, getting a fresh sol ution for each bag of seed.” Other suggestions by Mr. Lutken are: Use clean, fresh or sterilized soil for the seedbed. Disinfect the frames with a solution made by adding one pint of commercial formalin to 30 gallons of water. “Rotate crops so that tomatoes need not be planted on the same ground oftener than every third year. “Corrosive sublimate is a deadly internal poison but is not injurious to the hands.” Extensive areas in the Dismal swamp region of North Carolina has been reclaimed and planted with mint.