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e , • •- '^v*- • v .' * ..t '.V* <#* (] THUS TO OUBSELV«S f OUB NEIGHBOBS, OUB COUNTBY AND OUB GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year <8 Pages — All Home Print . McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, March 26, 1931 Established June 5, 1902 Number 43 ftfr. F. P. Rush Died Tuesday Morning INTERMENT AT BOLD SPRINGS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON »■ AT 2 O’CLOCK . Mr. Frank P. Rush, well-known citizen of McCormick, died at his home here Tuesday morning at .1 o’clock after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at Bold Springs Baptist chuYch yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock by his pastor, the Rev. G. W. Gurley and interment made in the church cemetery. Mr. Rush would have been 65 years of age on the 24th of next s'- October. He was a native of Green wood county, a son of the late Jasper N. Rush and Eugenia Cook Rush. For a number of years he was in the sawmill and farming business. He h^d many friends who will be saddened to learn of his passing. Mr. Rush is. survived by his wid ow, who was Miss Allie Pruitt, two sons, R. M. Rush, of McCormick, and Jasper F. Rush, of Troy, and one daughter, Mary Francis, and by the following brothers and sis ters: E. W. Rush, McIntosh, Fla.; A. B. Rush, Dayton, O.; J. P. Rush, McCormick; Ollie C. Rush, Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. L. A. Deal, Greenwood, and Miss M. Myrtle Rush, Roches ter, N. Y. The following served as pallbear ers at the funeral:' Active—Sam Weeks, J. F. White, J. M. Cox, G. D. Bell, G. L. Dove, Boyd Dalton; honorary—Otto Rush, S. W. Agnew, Tom Bell, Doc Bell, T. J. Aton, Lee Burnett, W. A. Flinn, J. A. Bannis ter, Si 1 ., John Bosdell, W. A. Cheat ham, Sam Rodgers, Ed Callison, R. B. Bell, L. Z. Gunter, Dr. Eubanks, Vance Ellison, Dr. J. L. Ward, Den nis Talbert, Press Kemp, v J. ,S. Strom’s. service in charge. x f Awards For 4-H « Meat Producers Week of'April 6-11 Is Clean-up Week McCormick SPONSORED BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF HEALTH CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 21.— Believig that agriculture is the basis of prosperity in our nation, that animal husbandry constitutes the comer stone of agriculture, that the 4-H club system is enlist ing the best thought and effort of the young people of our rural com munities which will make them successful in the field of these basic industries and in building citizenship, and desiring to assist in the expansion of the 4-H club movement, Mr. Thos. E. Wilson, president of the Wilson Company, Chicago, and chairman of the Na tional Committee on Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work, offers . the fol lowing educational prizes to 4-H livestock club members: 1. \A gold medal to the highest scoring county 4-H club member in each county of the United States who is enrolled in and carrying on one or more meat animal livestock projects; namely, baby beef, pure bred beef animal, market hog, breeding hog, market sheep, or breeding sheep. 2. A 19-jewel watch, valued at $50, is offered in each state as a prize for the highest scoring 4-iL livestock club member that is en rolled in and carrying on a meat animal project. To be eligible for this prize, the clubster must have completed at least three years’ work in any meat animal project. 3. The champion 4-H livestock club member of each df vthe four extension divisions of the United States—East, South, Central and West, will receive an educational trip to the Tenth National Club Congress. 4. Each sectional champion is eligible to compete for three na tional scholarships of $300, $200, and $100, to be awarded to the national, reserve, and third high- ranking champions respectively. Vemdn Epting, Newberry coun ty, won a county and state prize in this contest in 1930, and Percy Anderson, Florence county, won a county prize. This is a great chance for other South Carolina clubsters that have ton-litters to win addi tional prizes and, also to pave a ,»way for their college "education.'• The week of April 6 to 11 is be ing set ^ide as clean up and paint up week in McCormick. All citizens are requested and urged to co-op erate with the town council and town board of health to make Mc Cormick not only more beautiful and healthy but that the town might show up well when inspect ed by an officer representing the state board of health the latter part of April. All residents are urged to clean up their own premises, prune their hedges, paint up if possible and endeavor to make each home and surrondings as attractive as pos sible. Place your rubbish in the alleys or on me sidewalks in front of your home and the city scaven ger man will collect it and haul it off.. The city will employ extra help if necessary to care for the streets and sidewalks and all public prop erty. Let this be a general spring cleaning. This is an usual custom with our people and this year, we want this effort to be our greatest and best. • C. K. EPTTNG, Mayor. Georgia Agrees To Free Bridge * BACKS SOUTH CAROLINA ON FUREY’S FERRY TOLLS (The State, March 20.) Word that the Georgia highway department will agree to lifting the tolls from the Furey’s Ferry bridge April 1 reached the state highway commission in session here yesterday. The action from Georgia followed similar action by the South Carolina commission Wednesday night. The commission adjourned late in the afternoon after spending most of the day hearing public delegations ask for road construc tion work in various parts of‘the state. Upon the heels of the intimation given Wednesday night and record ed in The State of yesterday, came the agreement among commission members to attend another ^meet ing within a few weeks when juans for additional highway construc tion will be made and another is sue of bonds will be discussed. The proposed meeting will be devoted entirely to the future con struction program of the depart ment and to the financial ques tions involved. McCormick County Ginned 7,559 Bales • Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Washington, D. C. March 20, 1931. Mr. Austin Abercrombie, McCormick, S. C. Dear Sir: The tabulation of the card re ports shows there were 7,559 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned and to be ginned in McCormick County, from the crop of 1930, as compared with 7,652 bales from the crop of 1929. You will please furnish these to tals to all newspapers in your dis trict, being careful not to discrim inate in favor of any of them. Very respectfully, W. M. STEUART, \ Director. x McCormick Seeks To Borrow Money The following special dispatch from Columbia appeared in yester day’s Augusta Chronicle: Senator Dorn’s bill to authorize the chairman of the county board of commissioners and treasurer of McCormick county to borrow not exceeding $45,000 for the purpose of paying past indebtedness has passed the senate and is now in the house where no opposition is con templated. The bill in part: “That the chairman of the coun ty board of commissioners and the county treasurer of McCormick county are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $45,000 at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent per annum for the pur pose of paying past indeb|tedness existing at the time of the passage of this act. The amount so bor rowed shall be evidenced by 10 serial notes of equal amount. One of the said notes shall be payable each year beginning one year after the date thereof. The said notes are to be executed by the said chairman of the county board of commissioners and the county treasurer of McCormick county. The full faith, credit and taxing power of the said McCormick coun ty are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the interest and principal of the notes executed under authority of this Act. “That in order to provide for the payment of the notes and interest on same there is hereby levied up on all of the taxable property of McCormick county an annual levy sufficient to pay all interest and to retire the said notes within a per iod of 10 years. It shall be the duty of the county auditor of Mc Cormick county to levy the said tax as provide® in this section and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer of McCormick county to collect the tax sp levied as other taxes are now collected by law.” Clubsters May Have National Program Each Saturday CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 21.— A new chain 4-H club program will be broadcasted over the Columbia system each Saturday from 1:35 to 1:55 p. m. The program will be made up of four parts: 1. Music for entertainment and signature purposes. 2. Four-H news flashes from the field. 3. Music appreciation. 4. An entertaining and educa tional sketch by four characters. Club boys and girls may use this program to a great advantage by holding their club meetings at a place and time when this national program could be used in connec tion with their own entertainment. Proclamation CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP. HEAR THIS, YE PEOPLE. THINK ' AND ACT! Know all men, women and chil dren by these presents: THAT, Whereas the National Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign has resulted in many advantages to community life throughout the United States, In safeguarding HEALTH; In promoting THRIFT; In furthering FIRE PREVEN TION; In stimulating CIVIC PRIDE; In making the HOME AND CITY BEAUTIFUL; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it known that plans have been perfected for a thorough CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP CAMPAIGN in McCormick for the week of April 6th-11th. This date to mark a real campaign of persistent and constructive effort in cleaning up and KEEPING IT UP. In this worthy movement of Cleaning, Painting, Planting, Re pairing and general Rehabilitation and Beautification we urge each citizen to do his or her best part to make our community CLEAN, HEALTHY, THRIFTY, SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL. C. K. EPTING, Mayor. Modoc-Flat Rock Farmers Hold Meet TO STUDY COTTON FERTILIZER PROBLEMS. THIRTY MEN ATTEND MEETING AT MODOC MARCH 18 -XX*- Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work « For Next Week Monday—March 30, office. Tuesday—March 31, Rehoboth H. D. Club, home of Mrs. J. E. Winn. Wednesday — April 1, Plum Branch H. D. Club, School House. Thursday—April 2, Willington H. D. Club, home of Mrs. J. M. Hem- minger. Friday—April 3, McCormick H. D. Club, Court House. Saturday—April 4, office. I POULTRY CAR TUESDAY A carlot shipment of poultry will be made from McCormick on next Tuesday, March 31. Loading at C. & W. C. Depot from 10:30 o’clock in the morning until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The following listed prices will be paid: Colored Hens 17c Leghorn Hens 14c Cox 08c New Colored, Full-feathered Broilers 1 % lbs. and over 28c New Broilers, Small and Barebacks 20c Winter Broilers 23c Turkeys No. 1 22c Turkeys No. 2 and Old Toms 15c Guineas, each 30c Please do not bring poultry to car with feet tied. Bring different classes of poultry, such as colored hens, leghorn hens, or coxs in separate coops and'help speed up loading. Bring your poultry early. BUYERS RISSER & RABINOWITZ, Goldsboro, N. C. E. L. ROGERS, County Agent. MRS. NELL A. STALLWORTH, Home Demonstration Agent. Much interest was manifested in the meeting held at Modoc Tues day night, March 18, by W. H. Wooten, Agricultural Teacher at Washington High School. The meeting was held for the purpose of discussing ways to reduce this year’s fertilizer costs without re ducing yields. After studying fertilizer tests on cotton conducted by Clemson Ag ricultural College, the farmers present concluded that it would pay to mix their fertilizer at home rather than buy commercially mix ed goods as tests showed that home mixed fertilizer gave as good yields as commercially mixed goods. Then too, a saving of from eight to ten dollars a ton can be made by home mixing. They concluded also that it would pay to use the cheaper inorganic sources of ammonia, sul phate of ammonia and nitrate of soda, rather than the higher sources such as cotton seed meal and dried blood. Tests shov/ed that sulphate of ammonia • and soda also gave better yields. Judging from the results of sev eral tests on the effect of differ ent amounts of phosphorus, am monia, and potash on yields of cotton, the men concluded that the most economical fertilizer practice to follow with cotton this year would be to apply about 200 pounds per acre of a home-mixed 11 2-5-5 at planting and to follow this with about 100 pounds of sul phate of ammonia or 150 pounds of nitrate of soda as a side dresser soon after thinning the crop. The members of the evening class decided to buy their fertilizer materials co-operktively through the agricultural department again this year. By buying in one large lot a better price can be obtained. - The men present at this meeting were as follows: J. O. McDaniel, Carroll Bussey, M. M. Marshall, A. P. Douglass, Henry Bailey, Mr. Maddox, Jim Prince, Clyde Clegg, Wylie Agner, G. P. Parkman, Geo. Doolittle, B. F. Sharpton, Earl Dorn, F. E. Thurmond, G. A. Gil christ, Will Agner, B. Glanton, Manning Prescott, Stanley Dorn, Bennie Dorn, Chas. Agner, Harold Bussey, E. B. Dorn, Sam Agner, Ed ward Prescott, W. W. Griffis, Drew Bussey ,W. W. Willis, L. V. Mayer. X Will* Demonstrate For Bread And Body Negro Woman Found In Well SHE HAD BEEN MISSING EIGHT DAYS ANt> THOUGHT TO BE OFF ON A VISIT , The body of Nora Lee Crawford, 18, negress, was discovered here Monday night in a well in the negro settlement just off the high way opposite the block mill plant, within the city limits, after she had been missing since March 14. It was said that her hat was found near this well on March 15, but no exarpination was made oi; the well at the time. It was at first thought she had left town on a visit to rela tives in another part of the state. Indications are that the woman was murdered in some way before being placed in the well, officers say. ’ ’ According to the testimoney of Dr. Garnett Tuten, who conducted the autopsy, there was no water in the woman’s lungs, though from outside indications there was no evidence of foul play. The body was badly decomposed, however, and it was hard to discover in what way she came to her death. Negroes who lived in the neighbor hood had been drinking water out of this well all the while and only Monday evening was suspicion aroused on account of the color of the water, which had become red from the fading of a red dress the woman wore. , Four negro men, including the woman’s husband, were lodged in jail Tuesday by Sheriff W. T. Strom. An inquest was begun by Coroner M. L. B. Sturkey Tuesday morning, but was postponed until Wednesday, when, after three par ties were questioned the inquest was postponed. The Live At Home Campaign Launched In This County MRS. NELL A. STALLWORTH IS CHAIRMAN FOR THE COUNTY Cake Making Miss Myra Regan of the Soft Wheat Miller’s Association, Nash ville, Tenn., will be in McCormick with Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, Homr Demonstration Agent, April 1, 2 and 3, and will give demonstra tions on breads and cake making The following schedule has been arranged and every Home Demon stration club member in the coun ty is invited to attend one of these meetings. The clubs holding these meetings will be prepared to enter tain visitors and. ask that mem bers of the nearby clubs be invited. Plum Branch—April 1, 3 o’clock p. m., at school house. Willington—April 2, 3 o’clock p. m., at home of Mrs. J. M. Hem- minger. McCormick—April 3, 3 o’clock p. m., at Court House. XXX J. B. Harmon, Jr., Postmaster Here Mr. J. B. Harmon, Jr., who re ceived his commission last Friday, took over his duties as postmaster here on Saturday evening, and for the present is being assisted by Mr. C. A. Stuart, who has assisted in the office for some time. Mr. C. H. Fooshe has been acting post master since a vacancy occurred on November 6/19129, The Live at Home Campaign has been launched in McCormick Coun ty with Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, Home Agent as County Chairman. This campaign is being put in to further the use of South Carolina produce and goods by every house hold, institution and firm in the State. Mrs. H. H. Shiflet and Mrs. A. J. Hendrix have been chosen as sub chairmen of this campaign for the town of McCormick and other chairmen will be chosen for the various communities of the entire county. McCormick will line up with oth er counties of the State to put over this program and to help South Carolina both produce and sell her own products. The following letter is being sent to each merchant in the county of McCormick. McCormick, S. C. t March 6, 1931. Dear Merchant: The Club Women of various organizations are helping to pro mote the Live at Home Campaign in South Carolina. We ask your co-operation by the placing of South Carolina products on sale in your stores. According to recent statistics, we are not producing enough food products to feed our own people and livestock. We have depended on other states to supply us with 123,000,000 pounds of meats; 300,- 000 tons of hay; 73,000,000 lbs. of butter; 6,600,000 bushels of wheat 37,000,000 bushels of com and 20,- 000,000 dozen eggs—at a cost of more than $100,000,000. When we increase the demand for S. C. products, then the pity- duction in the State will also In crease. Let us keep our dollars in. circulation in our own state. This out-of-state buying makes South Carolina poorer, and some other state richer. » The same is true of our manu factured goods. Won’t you join us in the movement to better con ditions in our own state, by giving first consideration to S. C. pro ducts?