McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, February 26, 1931, Image 8
Thursday, February 26, 1931
McCORtyICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER EIGHT
PLUM BRANCH
■ NEWS '
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice and Miss
Lucy Brown were shoppers in Au
gusta Thursday afternoon.
Mr. R. M. Winn. R. M. Winn, Jr.,
Misses Cornelia Winn and Annie
Lou Lankford and Mrs. M. P.
Lankford spent the past Saturday
. in Greenwood.
Miss Helen Miner visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miner,
last week end.
Mr. Leon Floyd of Florence visit
ed among friends here Sunday.
Mrs. W. W. Jackson and children
of Parris Island have returned to
their home, after spending some
time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. C. Freeland.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parks had as
their dinner guests Sunday, Mrs.
R. A. Price and family, Mrs. Fran
ces Parks of Parksville, Mr. Sg- E.
Freeland and Ethra, Mrs. H.
Lyon and family, Miss Azile Self,
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Lankford and
family.
Mr. Sammie Wilson of Oteen, N.
C., visited his homefolks here the
past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rearden and
daughter, Nancy, of Greenwood
spent Sunday in the home of Mr
and Mrs. G. T. Rearden.
Mrs. R. M. Winn, Misses Cornelia
and Gladys Winn visited relatives
in Cleora Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mercier of
Lincolnton, Ga., spent last Sunday
here among relatives.
Mr. Theo Ridlehoover of Laurens
spent last week end here with his
B arents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ridle-
oover. . * ,
Mr. J. L. Bracknell was a busi
ness visitor in Anderson and
Greenville one day last week.
Miss Marion Harmon of McCor
mick spent Tuesday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. King, Emma
Belle and James King visited rela
tives in Greenwood Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice have as
their guests Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Wilson and son of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The following ladies of the local
Methodist church attended a meet
ing of the Methodist Missionary
societies in Abbeville last Friday:
Mesdames J. L. Wells, E. C. Rice,
A. A. Holleman, J. B. Harmon, Jr.,
E. L. Langley, Lillie Langley, James
Strother, Joe Willis and Miss Juan
ita Wells.
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MODOC NEWS
Friends of Mrs. M. M. Marshall
will regret to know that she has
been very ill the past few days.
Miss Georgia Reese is spending
the week with her brother, Mr. W.
W. Reese, of Augusta.
Messrs. T. J. Stone, L, C. Reese
and H. J. Bussey made a business
visit to Sandersville, Ga., one day
Tflef Trrpplr
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes were
shopping visitors to Augusta last
Saturday evening.
Mr. W. M. Nash of Spartanburg
is spending a few days with home
folks here this week.
Miss Ruth Maddox was the guest
Tuesday night to Misses Lucy and
Rosalie Bussey.^
Tbe young people of this com
munity enjoyed the social Monday
night given by the B. Y. P. U. Af
ter a few enteresting games re
freshments were served.
Messrs. Ernest Reese and Carroll
Bussey made a short visit to
friends and relatives in Augusta
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes, accom
panied by the latter’s father, Mr.
A. V. Bussey, made a visit to Gilgal
Sunday evening.
Messrs. H. J. and W. W. Reese of
Augusta were visitors here last
Sunday to relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Bussey and
Mrs. J. O. McDaniel spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
McDaniel at Cold Springs.
Mrs. J. D. Harvley has returned
to Augusta, after spending a week
here in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Harvley.
Miss Evelyn Bussey is spending a
few days here with homefolks this
week.
Messrs. Clifford and William'
Reese, Misses Lucy and Rosalie
Bussey attended the Epworth
League at Bethlehem Church Sun
day night.
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WILLINGTON
NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell of Ander
son spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mr. W. O. Covin.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gibert and
Miss Louise McBride were shopping
in Greenwood Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Andrews and
Mrs. Daisy Hemminger were in
Augusta on business Thursday.
Mr. Roy Cade of Atlanta is visit-
intr relatives near Willington.
Miss Lizzie Grant soent last
Wednesday with Mrs. A. B. An
drews.
Mrs. J. C. Thomas from Lownd-
esville is visiting Mrs. A. B. An
drews.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Schrimpf from
Starr soent Saturday and Sunday
here with friends.
Mr. Francis Covin of Taylors, S.
C., spent Saturday night and Sun-
da v here with homefolks.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Morris will be glad to
know that they have moved back
to their old South Carolina home
here. They have been living in
Texas for several years. Mr. J. H.
Morris accompanied them here and
will spend some time here with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ariail and
their son. Bobbie, from Ruther-
fordton. N. C., soent Sundav here
With Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Morris.
__£Ir. D. C, Goldstein from Au
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We Sell The Meats That Bring You Back
We have always tried to give our customers the kind of meat and the kind
of service that would make them want to come back again. The volume of
our business seems to prove that our efforts are a success.
Try it for yourself visit our shop and make a purchase, and see if you
are not so well pleased that you’ll want to come back.
Our prices are consistently low for the high quality that we offer you.
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BEST STEAK
Per Pound
20c
BEEF ROAST
Per Pound
15c
STEW BEEF
Per Pound
12 4 c
MIXED SAUSAGE, 20c lb. QCp
2 Pounds for OUI#
PORK SAUSAGE, 25c lb.
2 Pounds for
45c
PORK CHOPS, 25c lb.
2 Pounds for
45c
PORK RIBS
Per Pound _ _
20c
’ CURED HAM
Per Pound
35c
BOILED HAM
< Per Pound _ _
50c
WEINERS
Per Pound
25c
BEST SLICED BACON
Per Pound
i
35c
VEAL CHOPS
Per Pound
VEAL ROAST Ottf*
Per Pound
VEAL STEW IKff*
^ Per Pound 1 ^
SOUSE MEAT 9*5
BALOGNA SAUSAGE 9C#*
Per Pound GVI*
VEAL LIVER Oflf*
Per Pound
BEEF LIVER 20c lb. 4*5r
2 Pounds for Owl#
SELECT OYSTERS, OCf*
Pint OUW
SELECT OYSTERS 05C
FRESH FISH 1
if’er Pound * ® ^
This market put the price of meats down in keeping with the price of
cattle and hogs and still offers same high quality, well refrigerated meats at
low prices. We maintain a quick delivery service at all times. Phone
No. 19 and let us fill your order.
Your patronage of the past is highly appreciated and a continuance of
same is solicited on promise that we will make it to your interest to let us
serve you.
Highest cash prices paid for Beef Cattle, Veal Calves, Hogs and Hides.
T. HOWARD SMITH’S MEAT MARKET
Gold Street McCormick, S. C.
In rear of T. Morton Dorn ? s Store
Nitrogen Pays
Well On The Fall
Sown Oats
gusta was here Tuesday on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lawton had
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cowan and Mr.
S. E. Cowan as dinner guests Sun
day.
Mrs. May Cade from North Char
leston was seeing friends here
Monday.
Messrs. Lowry Wilson, William
Parker and Watson Wilson spent
Monday here with friends.
X. Y. Z.
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Birthday Party
Selma, the lovely little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rush, enter
tained about 30 of her young
friends Friday evening at her par
ents’ home in honor of her 7th
birthday.
Mrs. Rush’s home, which is al
ways attractive and a regular
rendezvous for young folks, was
unusually attractive on this occas-
sion. In every available space
Jonquils and ferns were used with
many other potted plants.
The lovely dining table with its
lace cover over yellow, had as its
centerpiece a huge silver basket
of Jonquils and ferns and on both
sides silver candlesticks holding
yellow tapers. The birthday cake
was a work of art surrounded by
masses of Jonquils and ferns. Deli
cious jello and cream was served.
Favors were tiny baskets full of
candy alligators and candlesticks
which v/ere very novel and attrac
tive. Many games were enjoyed by
the children and each child was
given a cracker and the first one
to eat the cracker received a prize
which was a lovely box of candy.
One little boy was so eager for the
prize he came verv near getting
choked. Cecil Patterson won the
prize. All the children had a love
ly time and Selma was the recipi
ent of many lovely gifts. All who
enjoyed this beautiful party were,
Mary Lou Williams
Eula Mae McKinney
Dora Lee McKinney
Clara Ann Pulliam
Frances Witt
Joe Witt
Herbert Sturkey
Cecil Patterson
Wistar Harmon
Douglass Bradley
Bobbie Deason
Thelma Brown
Natalie Brown
Betty Fuller
Margaret Creswell
Virginia Wilkins
Carlton Sweeney
Bebe McCain
Annie B. McGrath
Margaret Holloway
Lois Freeland
Mildred Creighton
No^a LaGroon
J. T. Holiday
Tiny Coleman
Jackie McGrath
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Profanity is a good sign of the
lack of an argument.
Would Bring Volume
To Normal Levels
CHEVROLET COMPANY EM
BARKS ON SALES PROMO
TIONAL ACTIVITY
The most energetic move made
by an automobile manufacturer so
far this year to bring volume up to
normal levels is to get under way
next week when the Chevrolet Mo
tor company embarks on a sales
promotional activity said to be the
most extensive ever put on by a
national manufacturer.
Upwards of 40,000 people in the
Chevrolet domestic retail organiza
tion will be summoned to the 52
zone headquarters in as many key
cities to attend meetings staged by
factory officials for the improve
ment of retail sales procedure. Nine
groups of factory officials, each
group comprised of eight men, will
stage the meetings from March 2
to March 19.
To conclude the meetings in less
than three weeks, all region and
zone managers, sales promotional
representatives and other members
of the field staffs are being pressed
into service to aid members of the
home office in holding the sales
conventions, which are under the
general direction of H. J. Klingler,
vice-president and general sales
manager.
The move represents an extra
ordinary activity by Chevrolet, at
tempted for the first time this
year, and is based on the belief
that unusually good business in
1931 will reward the organization
which goes out after it. While
similar meetings have been held on
a national scale by Chevrolet and
other manufacturers, this is said
to be the first instance of national
conventions being held solely for
retail salesmen.
The purpose, according to Mr.
Klingler, is to school the retail
salesman in every phase of car
merchandising in the interest of
improved service to the public,
which in turn will add to the good
will of the dealer’s establishment
and the product, and add to sales
volume.
Meetings in each town last for
one day, beginning with a luncheon
and terminating with an afternoon
business session in a leading thea
ter or auditorium. A feature of
the luncheon is the installation of
officers of the “100-Car Club,” a
star salesmen’s organization com
posed of those retail salesmen who
disposed of one hundred or more
cars during the calendar year.
Each zone has its local organiza-
ticn, with the four sales leaders in
that zone as honorary officers, and
a national organization also is
maintained.
The afternoon business session,
as worked out by V/. G. Lewellen
sales promotion manager, consist
of stage scenes and playlets with
factory men in the role of actors.
Each group of officials is accom
panied by a carload of special
scenes, drops, stage settings and
other theatrical equipment to aid
in the effective presentation of the
program. Even talking motion
pictures form a part of the pres
entation to the salesmen and deal
ers across the footlights.
The equipment carried, rivals
that of a theatrical road show, and
makes possible a dramatic presen
tation of the particular phase of
selling under consideration. In
stead of illustrated lectures, the
salesman has demonstrated to him
the correct procedure in any giv
en situation.
In inaugurating this series of
meetings the Chevrolet Motor
Company is continuing the aggres
sive policies adopted last fall
when, despite general conditions,
the 1931 Chevrolet sixes were an
nounced nearly two months in ad
vance of the normal schedule. Na
tional dealer meetings also were
held before the customary time in
an effort to make business better.
The revision in the company's
normal program had an almost im
mediate eiiect. Production in l\o*
vember and December set nev
high records for those months, and
Chevrolet passenger car registra
tions in December lead all other
makes, a position of leadership
which the company seems destined
to maintain during January in
view of the trend of early reports.
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The viability of alfalfa seed is
clearly shown by its appearance.
Plump seeds of a bright olive-
jreen color almost invariably
germinate well, whereas shriveled
reeds or those of a brownish color
usually germinate poorly. Alfalfa
seed turns reddish brown with age,
and though some viable seed may-
have this color, it is better not to
use such seed without a germina
tion test. This can be made by
facing 100 seeds between cloth or
Dlotting paper and keeping them
moist and at a temperature of
ibout 70 degrees Fahrenheit. After
j or 6 days most of the readily vi
able seeds will sprout, but some re
main hard, especially if they are
of the variegated varieties. Many
of these hard seeds will grow when
planted and should be considered
in estimating the per cent of germ
ination.
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Do not add water when roasting
meat. Sear the roast at a high
temperature, then reduce the heat
and cook 15 to 20 minutes to the
pound. Better still, use a roast
meat thermometer, which tells ex
actly when the meat is “rare,”
“medium,” or “well done.”
COLUMBIA, Feb. 24.—That the
application of soluble nitrogen to
fall sown oats betv/een February
15 and March 15 should materially
increase the yield is shown by nine
demonstrations conducted in 1930
by the extension service of Clem-
son College in co-operation with
the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Edu
cational Bureau and by 39 similar
demonstrations conducted in 1928
and 1929.
The 1930 demonstrations were
conducted on the farms of C. S.
Verdin, Simpsonville; J. G. Lee,
Chester; J. M. Vann, Trenton;
Adger D. Bowen, Westminster;
T. M. Metts, Greenwood; C. ’ B.
Evans, Abbeville; and J. H. Lan
caster, Blackville. In each of the
demonstrations there was a check
plot where no top-dressing was
used. On the other plot 150 pounds
of Chilean nitrate of soda was ap
plied per acre as a top dressing.
The fertilizer before planting was
the same for both plots.
The 1930 returns show that the
average yield on the check plots
was 20 bushels of oats per acre
while on the plots where the Chil
ean nitrate of soda was used the
average yield was 46 bushels per
acre, a difference of 26 bushels
per acre. The cost of the increase
was 10.4 cents per bushel.
Typical of the demonstrations
conducted in 1930 was that on the
farm of Adger D. Bowen of West
minster, Oconee county. On one
of his five-acre plots he used 150
pounds of 9-2-2 fertilizer at plant
ing and did not use any top-dress
ing. On this plot he made 30
bushels of oats. On another five-
acre plot he used 150 pounds of
9-2-2 fertilizer at planting and in
March he top-dressed the oats with
150 pounds of Chilean nitrate of
soda. On this plot he made 56 1-2
bushels, an increase of 26 1-2
bushels over the plot where no top-
dresser was used. Mr. Bowen’s
results and those of other farmers
over the state simply verify by
practical application the recom
mendations of the Experiment
Station.
The returns for the three years,
1928-30 from the 48 demonstra
tions show an average increase in
the yield of oats of 20.7 bushels
per acre on plots where 150 pounds
of Chilean nitrate of soda has been
aoplied as a top-dresser. The cost
of the increase was 13.3 cents per
bushel.
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The Guernseys
' Take January
Dairy Honors
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 21 —
Forty-six of the 169 cows on offi
cial test, conducted by the Dairy
Division of Clemson College, made
the honor roll by producing 50 or
more pounds of butter-fat during
January. Of these, 34 were Guern
seys and the other 12 were equally
divided between the Jersey and
Holstein breeds. The Guernseys
not only predominated in the to
tal places won, but took nine of
the first 10 honors.
Ruth qf Sunshine, Guernsey
owned by L. E. Stroud, Fort Lawn,
took first honor with 70.4 pounds
of butter-fat and 1314.4 pounds of
milk. Second honor went to Prin
cess Babe of Watershed, another
Guernsey owned by R. C. Guy of
Chester, her production being 67.5
pounds of butter-fat. Holliston’s
Gertrude of Oakhurst, also a
Guernsey, owned by J. B. Roddey,
Columbia, who placed four cows in
the first 10, took third place with
63.6 pounds of butter-fat. Vive
Glow Luna, with a record of 62.8
pounds of butter-fat, a Jersey
owned by the South Carolina Ex
periment Station, Clemson College,
was the only cow other than a
Guernsey to place in the first 10.
The 10 highest butter-fat pro
ducing herds were the Guernseys
of Crawford and L. E. Stroud, Fort
Lawn, Bureau of Dairy Industry,
S. H. Zimmr.man. and J. B. Rod
dey, Columbia, Pedigreed Seed
Company, Hartsvj’lc, N. G. Roose
velt, Moncks Corner, and Smith
Brothers, Spartanburg; ond the
Holsteins of Clemson Agricultural
College, Clemson College, and W.
B. Summersett, Jr., Columbia.
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Rev. Paul L. Grier
Goes To Gharlotte
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FOR SALE—Bright Baled Oat
Straw at $10.00 per ton. K. Dow-
tin, Rt. 4, McCormick, S. C. -
1 tpo.
FOR SALE—Registered Jersey Cow
with ten day old male calf. L. M.
Mason, Meriwether, S. C.
.. 1 tpo.
WANTED—Good used New Perfec
tion Oil Stove, . cheap, 2 or 3
burner. Mrs. W. F. Glanton, Mc
Cormick, S. C. ?
FOR SALE—Onion Plants and
Cabbage Plants at $1.25 per 1,000.
J. B. Blackwell’s Store, McCormick,
S. C.
FOR SALE—Pigs, Shotes and Graz
ers for sale at low prices. G. B.
Smith, McCormick, S. C.
ROOFING—Best quality galvanized
5V Roofing at $3.80 per square.
3V Roofing at $3.50 per square and
1 1-4 Corrugated at $3.40 per
square. Gambrell Hardware Com
pany, Greenwood, S. C. 3t.
FARM PRODUCE or salable : art
icles taken in payment on Pianos,
Phonographs, accounts, tuning and
overhauling instruments. John A.
Holland, The Greenwood Piano
Man. 14tpo.
GREENWOOD, Feb. 22.—The
Rev. Paul L. Grier today announc
ed his resignation as minister in
charge of the Greenwood A. R. P.
Mission church and his acceptance
of a call to the pastorate of the
Sardis A. R. P. church, near Char
lotte. He stated the resignation
had been approved by the home
mission board and would be effec
tive the second Sunday in March.
Mr. Grier has served the local
church since June ,1929, having
come to Greenwood from Laurens.
He is a son of the late Paul L.
Grier, teacher of mathematics at
Erskine college for many years,
and is a brother of Dr. R. C. Grier,
president of Erskine, the Rev. W.
P. Grier, of Clover, and F. E. j
Grier of Greenwood.
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The right height for the kitchen
sink depends on the height, length
of arm, and general build of the
person who is to use it. Thirty-si::
inches from the rim to the flco:
is often given as a good averag
height. If the sink is too '.cw, ;
flat box or block niev be us-*ct '
which to sot the disb.::;.n while
working at the .TaL,
Comparative
Advantage Import
ant Farming Law
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 23.—
In pitching their crops, farmers
follow a definite economic prin
ciple, says D. W. Watkins, assistant
director of the Extension Service,
who states that it would be hard
to estimate the amount of criticism
that has been leveled at farmers
for planting too much of some
crops and not enough of others,
and that doubtless the critics too
would be hard put to it if their liv
ing depended upon making the
right decision as to acreage of dif
ferent crops to plant.
This principle which farmers
follow is known among economists
as “the law of comparative ad
vantage.” A farmer or a region is
said to have the comparative ad
vantage in the production of a
crop if that farmer or region can
produce and bring to market the
crop at as low or lower cost than
competing regions. Also a crop-
is said to have the comparative ad
vantage on a particular farm or
in a region if that crop is the most
profitable that can be grown there.
The tendency is for the acreage
devoted to a crop to be governed
either by the comparative advant
age which the area or the farmer
has in the production of the crop,
or the comparative advantage
which the crop has in the region
or on the particular farm.
If this economic law were bet
ter understood there would be, Mr.
Watkins thinks, much less criti
cism of farmers for not growing
larger acreages of some crops for
which they have not the compara
tive advantage. Many crops have
on farms the comparative ad
vantage only up to the point of
supplying the farm needs for that
crop. When the farmer enters the
outside markets, even in his near
est town, the economic situation
is often different and all the criti
cism that can be heaped upon him
will not make him produce, say,
wheat to feed the nearby town
when neither he has the compara
tive advantage over the wheat belt,
nor does wheat have the compara
tive advantage over several other
crops on his farm.
In determining this question of
comparative advantage, mistakes
of judgment are, of course, made.
Often it is impossible at planting
time to decide with certainty the
acreages of different crons best to
olont. The farm outlook service
being offered farmers by the Unit
’d States Department of Agricul-
ond the agricultural colleges
is planned to help in making de
cisions as to crop acreages. The
farmer who makes too many mis
takes of judgment on what to
plant loses his farm. The banker
who as a basis for loans insists on
certain acreages, not in line with
the law of comparative advantage,
is not only doing the borrower an
injustice but is increasing his own
risks.
Probably the mistakes of judg
ment most frequently made by far
mers have to do with soil-building
crops, home gardens and other
food and feed crops for use on the
farm in establishing a better
standard of living. This, however,
applies more to tenant farmers and
is not altogether a matter of mis
taken judgment. It is partly that
tenancy does not encourage a
longer view of farming than the
current year. Consideration of
what crops might have the com
parative advantage over a period
of years is often not open to the
tenant. Many land-owning far
riers certainly use very good judg
ment in determining what crops to
Trow.
Any change in the marketing-
situation that would create a new
iemand for certain crops would
help give such crops the com
parative advantage and farmers
^vould soon be found growing them.
The development of an insistent
demand for South Carolina-grown:
foods would be a case in poipt^