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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER WO McCormick High School News FRESHMAN Claude Workman, the doctor’s son, Don’t care about anything but “mon.” Frances Watkins from Sandy Branch, She would marry if you gave her a chance. The next on the list is Nellie Brown Every time you see ^ her she is homeward bound. * Isabell White likes to be a teach er’s pet, It’s her ambition, but sh?. hasn’t reached there yet. Evelyn Walker stands chance it seems, Of getting “The Man of Her Dreams.” Virginia Freeland writes a theme, As if it were a dream. Carrie Sue Lyon isn’t good in art, But I’m telling you she has a heart. Kathryn Lang is small m size But my those big blue eyes. Myrtie Miller is the last, * But her gay mood wins the hearts of those who pass. JENNY LOU LYON. bert. Business. The following committee was ap pointed to suggest new officers for the society. Alleen Arrington, chairman, Woodrow Callison, Helen Brown, and J. H. Mayson. The society was adjourned until next meeting. MR. PRESSLY IN CHAPEL. We were truly glad to have with us in chapel Thursday, Mr. Pressly. He brought us an interesting mes sage on co-operation. He used a football team as an illustration and gave us Knute Rockne and his team as an example. We, in the school, are just as strong as our weakest members. tANIER society meets. The regular meeting of the Lan- er Literary Society was held [•hursday, April 2, at the fourth teriod. • The society was called to order iy the president and the following irogram was carried out. Minutes and roll call—Secretary. Introduction of program—Eliza- »eth McAlister. Story of aster—Helen Brown. Story—Eugenia Langley. Special music. Talk—Mr. Pressly. Easter Poem—Mary Frances Tal- SCHUBERT MUSIC CLUB. The Schubert Music Club held its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 31. at the home of Mildred Shiflet. The secretary being absent, Hel en Crawford was appointed as act ing-secretary. The reds had the largest number present. Katheryn Brown was in charge of the pro gram. After the business meeting the following program was present ed: Valse Venitienne — Ringuet— Henrietta Brown. Paper—The Life and Works of Schumann—Rebecca Drucker. Legende — I’Avergne — Helen Crawford. Two contests were enjoyed, the winners in these being Eva Cole man and Helen Crawford. After the contests the hostess, assisted by her mother, Mrs. Shiflet, served a delicious salad course. The next meeting of the club will be held with Miss Collins on April 14. Henrietta Brown is in charge of the program for this meeting The club will study the ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF FORD VALVE ; Bright 9 enduring BUSTLESS STEEL is used tor mang exposed bright metal parts of the Word WHEN YOU BUY a Ford you buy enduring beauty. The body finish is made to last for the life of' the car and practically tall exposed bright metal parts ex cept the bumpers are made of enduring Rustless SteeL This Rustless Steel has great tensile strength. It is the same bright metal all the way through. A salt test equivalent to forty years’ service under the severest weather conditions failed to have any effect on its brilliance. It never requires polishing. All you do is wipe it with a damp cloth, as you do your windshield. This is just one of many features that show the substantial worth of the Ford. In speed, com fort, safety, economy and long life — in the rich ness of its finish and upholstery-^-it brings you everything you want or need in a motor car. at an unusually low price. ‘ Call or phone for demonstration* TUB FORD CONVERTIBLE CABRIOLET LOW FORD PRICES •430 to •630 <T. o. b. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumpers end spare tire extra at law cost. You can purchase a Ford on economical terms through the Authorised Ford Finance Plans of the Universal Credit Company,) FRESHMAN. Sara Smith who always smiles, We will remember her tho’ she travels miles. Leila Bradley whom we all call “Kick,” For the most friendly she is my pick. Elizabeth Crawford who always talks, The trouble is her tongue never balks. Frances Robinson who writes a good hand— Is out for getting her an “Old Man.” Benzie Rankin with eyes so blue, Ke know she will always be true. Martha Major with a face so fair, About anything else, she doesn’t care. Sara Louise Strom never frowns, She wants everyone to know her eyes are brown. Jessie Bowick whose life is spent, Trying to find some merriment. Louise Smith wishes her youth to hold, For she can’t bear the thought of getting old. Alma Faulkner is the next name, She wishes to write it in the hall of fame. Kathryn Parks will be a farmer’s wife And lead a life full of strife. Randolph Puckett is of little size And my when he bats his eyes. John Bill Bradley of Troy, I’m telling you, he is a typical boy. THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE THIS MONTH SPORT NEWS. Boys! Girls! The baseball equip ment has arrived, and is ready to be used. The coaches are eager to start practicing, and Mr. Shiflet is anxious to see the boys and girls of McCormick High get out and make better men and women of them selves on the baseball field and also on the tennis court. Come out to practice! Practices makes perfect and we cannot have a team unless each person does his part. Don’t be a slacker! Come out and boost your team. E. MCALISTER, Athletic Reporter. THINGS YOU NEVER SEE Wilton Brown getting a zero. The face of a clock with rouge on t. Boys smoking in the basement with Mr. Shiflet coming down the steps. The foot of a hill wear a shoe. And me write anything worth reading. A snaggled tooth chicken. Sara Bracknell not smiling. A nail with hair on its head. James Dorn frowning at Betty. A barefoot boy with shoes on. Elsie Langley missing her French. Feathers on the wings of an air plane. Cheese Coleman weighing 105 pounds. Muscles on the arm of a chair. Martha Lang agreeing with any one. Mistletoe with a com on it. Dan McGrath flirting with a girl. Beads on the neck of a hoe. Welboume Schumpert in love. A saw brush its teeth. Eugenia Langley answering a boys note. The trunk of a tree locked. Margaret Burnside satisfied. A chimney to a fireless cooker. Lorenzo Sturkey going to a dance. Eyes of a pine needle. JOHN MORRAH. Agronomy Above 20,000 cotton plants per acre are necessary to obtain maxi mum use of land, labor, and fer tilizer in growing cotton; there fore, close space. To obtain a stand of cotton: 1. Prepare finely pulverized seed bed. 2. Mix fertilizer thoroughly with soil of seedbed. 3. Plant 1.5 to two bushels good seed. 4. Cover seed thoroughly at a uniform depth. 5. Pray for good weather. f Horticulture Bed sweet potatoes during April. Sow tomato seed for the midsea son and late crop. For a good fall garden sow the seed of many of the vegetables in the spring; for instance, celery seed not later than early April, j Sow onion seed in late April for j growing sets. Sow asparagus seed for plants to set next fall or early spring. Plant tender vegetables. Transplant tomato, eggplant, and pepper in the coldframe and gradually harden for transplanting to the garden in late April. Fertilize fruit trees and start cul tivation in the orchard. Injurious Insects and Diseases Apply calyx spray to fruit trees when 75 to 90 per cent of petals have fallen. Disinfect watermelon seed with one to 1,000 solution of corrosive sublimate. Discard all diseased plants when transplanting to field. Control rose mildew by dusting with superfine sulphur or spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Secure new banding material for codling moth control on apple trees. I Control plant lice by spraying with nicotine sulphate—soap solu tion. Bees Condense weak hives. See that each hive has a laying queen. Feed if short of stores. Get hives ready for swarms. Get supers ready for honey flow. Transfer to modern hives. Agricultural Engineering Test fertilizer distributors and planters. Recondition to insure equal distribution of fertilizer and an even stand. Hill-drop planters will save seed and labor in chop ping. Visit a demonstration where the general purpose tractor is being used for fertilizing, planting, and cultivating row crops. Use two-horse cultivators. Equip them to open furrow, distribute fertilizer, and bed at one opera tion. Clean up, repair, and paint buildings. Animal Husbandry Give the brood sows an abun dance of feed. Keep pigs on territory free from internal parasites. Plan for forage during the sum mer, bearing in mind that one of the best is soybeans. Gradually temper horses and mules to spring work. Make sure that horse collars fit and that harness is properly ad justed. Feed lambs in a creep. Dip sheep and lambs just after shearing. Dairying Keep salt boxes filled in pas tures. Continue liberal grain ration to cows in milk especially. Plant plenty of com for ensilage and grain feed for next winter. Save land for ample soybean or peavine hay for winter. Keep cows off pastures in early April to give pastures good start. Remove all manure and rubbish from barn lots and premises. Flies will begin to breed rapidly now. Poultry Brood young chicks on clean range and avoid carrying diseases WHY. Wonder why Tom Freeland comes to school? Yesterday he said he wasn’t worrying about an edu cation, that he’d eat as long as anybody else did. Wonder why our brains aren’t wrinkled as chewing gum? Miss Bowles said, that every time you study a wrinkle, in. your brain grows deeper. Wonder why George Dorn does not sell any more tickets, he said he won a prize seUing them^ and -p arasltes fr0 m the old stock to Wonder why conventions in Co- p**" 0 i-j; 4 A SUGGESTION by your Fertilizer Dealer in a Series c-pczrin£ in this newspaper S IDE dressing with Chilean Nitrate gives crops the push that sends them along with big-paying yields—and this year you can buy the best nitrogen—Chilean Nitrate—at lowest price in years. I am selling mere Chilean Nitrate than ever, because mofe of my farmers want it and want more cl it. Better get your order in. Delivery when you want it. A*** 4 ' EXPERIENCE of thousands of farmers with Chilean Nitrate proves that this nat ural nitrogen fertilizer comes out on top with bigger yields. Improves quality, too. Get Chilean in the new 100-lb. bag—the bag without a backache. Be sure to say “Chilean** when you order your nitrate. “Chilean** is the real thing—the natural nitrate. Remember the two kinds—Original Chilean (Crystalline) and Champion Brand (Granulated) both natural nitrate. LOWEST PRICE in years # PtilLEAN .pNiTfurr^ NEW 100-lb. BAG The bag without a backache. Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIONAL BUREAU 810 Carolina Life Bldg., Columbia, S. C. In icriting for literature or information, please refer to Ad No, 69 19 Per Cent World’s Fertilizer Used U. S. chicks Feed chicks liberally on a well balanced ration in clean hoppers. Separate cockerels from pullets lumbia aren’t held more often than once a year? Wonder why picking our preposi tional phrases is so hard? Miss . ,. McCord says they’re easy as mating , when^gMwe^s^^ ^ ^ Pl Wonder why. Babe likes onions year’s breeders. cq welP I see he eats them every Kee P old hens la y m S b y P r0V1 SO well, i see ne e* ^ Get more eggs evening. HARVEY SHIFLET, JR. X A new rubberized compound is 'aid to resist the penetration of X-rays and to be suitable foi the lining of rooms in which X-ray apparatus is used. when prices are low. X The population of Bamberg Germany, the town with as many breweries as churches, increased by 365 during 1929, or at the rate of one new inhabitant a day. The United States, with about 6 per cent of the world’s population j uses approximately 19 per cent of j the world’s annual output of com mercial fertilizer and ranks second only to Germany as a consumer. P. E. Howard, chemical engineer of the fertilizer and fixed-nitro- i gen investigations unit of the Bu reau of Chemistry and Soils, United States Department of Agriculture, estimates the world’s annual pro duction to be worth $592,235,000. Mr. Howard.bases his estimate on assumed values of $160 a ton for nitrogen in the warehouses of the producer, and a value of $50 a ton each for phosphoric acid and pot ash. Such figures are only ap proximate, however, because unit values of fertilizer vary over a wide range, he says. The manufacture of more highly concentrated fertilizers and their creasing use, are the most out standing recent developments in the fertilizer field, according to Mr. Howard, who points out that the total amount of plant food used by American farmers increased 45 per cent from 1914 to 1928 and the amount of plant food in the aver age fertilizer increased from 12 jo 13 per cent in 1914 to 17 per cent in 1928. Today the farmers of the United States are using fertilizer with nitrogen content increased 100 per cent, with an increase of 40 per cent in potash and 16 per cent in phosphoric acid. The great increase in atmos pheric nitrogen fixation has re sulted in lower prices for nitrogen ous fertilizers, especially ammonia and ammonia compounds, and 73 per cent of the 452,261 tons of in organic nitrogen consumed in the United States in 1929 went into commercial fertilizers. “The capacity for the produc tion of ammonium phosphate fer tilizers in the United States has been increased, and on January 1, 1930, amounted to more than 250,- 000 tons a year. The practice of adding ammonia directly to super phosphate is one of the most im portant advances of recent years in fertilizer manufacture and ap pears likely to play an important part in the fertilizer program ol the future,” says Mr. Howard. New Process For Making Fertilizer Fipds Favor Of great practical benefit to farmers and the entire fertilizer industry is the cheap process re cently developed for combining two important plant foods into a read ily drillable fertilizer. The process consists of spraying superphos phate with ammonia. The success of this process, ac cording to W. H. Ross and K. D. Jacob, fertilizer specialists of the Federal Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, is indicated by its increasing use in the last three years. The quantity of anhydrous and aqueous ammonia used in the process in creased from 3,000 short tdhs of nitrogen in 1928 to 25,000 tons in 1929 and to 40,000 tons in 1930. The treatment of superphosphate with ammonia is of benefit to the far mer because anhydrous ammonia is the cheapest form of nitrogen available in the fertilizer industry, • because this process greatly im proves the drilling and keeping qualities of superphosphate, and because ammoniation greatly re duces the rotting of fertilizer bags. “Of special importance to the fertilizer industry,” say the special ists, “is the fact that the spraying of superphosphate with anhydrous ammonia provides a means for the preparation of high-grade fertiliz ers at lower cost, that it reduces the quantity of sulphuric acid used in fertilizer manufacture, and greatly shortens the time required for the curing of superphosphate by acidulating the phosphate rock with ah excess of sulphuric acid and treating the product with am monia.” Heretofore, ammonia in the aqueous form has been used to a larger extent than the anhydrous. Doctor Ross and Mr. Jacob predict that anhydrous ammonia may completely displace that of aque ous ammonia because the anhy drous ammonia when applied to superphosphate gives a dry product of excellent mechanical condition containing a maximum of 5 . or 6 per cent of ammonia, whereas am monia in a solution with water can only give a drillable fertilizer with 2 or 3 per cent ammonia. -X- Why doesn’t someone invent a way to enforce the prohibition law like the income tax law is enforc ed? It takes all sorts of people to make up a community, but we can get along very well without the: scandal mongers.