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> . Thursday, May 7, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER THREE Widows (Robert Quillen in Fountain Iml Tribune.) Tennessee Honors Revolutionary Hero WASHINGTON, D. C., ° — Representatives of the State of j Tennessee recently unveiled a sta-; strangest of all women are tue of John Sevier, Indian fighter, w id 0WS . statistics prepared by life Revolutionary hero. Mason, and insurance companies reveal the first Governor of Tennessee, in the fact ^ average estate lasts National Statuary Hall in the Na- | ess than twelve months in the tion’s Capitol. hands of the widowed beneficiary. John Sevier, bom in Harrison- The wonder is that any estate lasts burg, Va., in 1745, is credited with so long. x n this age of sex equality laying out the present village of an ^ female freedom, you would ex- New Market. When the frontier p e ct women to reveal in business moved westward he migrated to matters the same shrewdness what is now eastern Tennessee. shown in searching for a bargain He served in the Revolutionary or a husband. But the sad truth Army and in the famous Battle of i s that the average widow hasn’t a Kings Mountain, the turning point h ck of sense w hen it comes to of the Revolution, Sevier led the money matters. Now and then first charge of the famous left you’ll find a spunky, matter-of- wing. It was here that he made j ac t one> hut in nearly every case famous his battle cry: “Here they j s on g w ho learned business are! Come on, Boys, come on!” sen se while bossing an impractical .Later he served as Brigadier Gen- husband. Those who have no eral in the U. S. Army. He was a training before they are widowed member of U. S. Congress from usually are as helpless as babies. North Carolina 1789-91. He was *i«h e i r very efforts to be shrewd and first Governor of Tennessee 1796- economical are merely new ways of May Farm Calemlar THINGS THAT SHOUT,I> ^ OONE DURING THIS MONTH 1801 and served another term 1803- 09. He also served as a member of Congress from Tennessee 1811 to 1815 the year of his death. losing money. Their ignorance of the world and their trust in rogues is tragic. Of course I shall be scolded for saying such things, but Like most of the early patriots the saying is needed. Wives know, and heroes of colonial days Sevier or should know, that most of them was a member of the Masonic Frat- . will survive their husbands. The emity. He served as the Master of m ost elementary common sense Lodge No. 2, Knoxville, Term., in should prompt them to learn some- 180 °* thing about business matters be- —txt fore they are left alone with noth- Cutting too much pulpwood ing between them and destitution without an assured market is risky except a few thousand dollars of for the farmers, according to the: life insurance. If they won’t learn Virginia extension forester. If the theij* husbands should leave them wood is not sold, it will be only a the kind' of insurance that pro- few months until decay sets in, and ! vides a monthly income which much work and wood will be wast- ! neither folly nor extravagance can cd. , | dissipate. ■aflca gaflra IT MUST BE RIGHT! Manjy times a life depends on the correct filling of a prescription. At least the safe recovery from illness or af fliction is dependent upon it. There must be no guessing or no inferior or unfresh drugs used. You can depend on us to fill it exactly right for maximum benefit to the patient. We use all possible speed, yet work carefully and use only the best drugs. PATENT MEDICINES AND PACKAGE DRUGS We always have a most complete stock of high grade pat ent medicines and package goods. We handle only that which has been tried aqd proved good. You can depend on us having what you want and need in every line and our years of experience enables us to give you expert advice. STROMS’ DRUG STORE MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. C. Tiflin ii i !■ — That New Living Room Suite is here in our fine new showing. How do we know we have the one you want? Be cause our showing is so complete and attractive that you are certain to find just what youj want at the price vou can afford to pay. THE NEWEST 1931 CREATIONS Pillow back construction; low, flat arms; new shades and patterns in coverings; deeper, more com fortable springs; and many other notable features are embodied in these new suites. The prices are the lowest ever offered. You must come and see them now. I S STROM’S Furniture Store * Main Street - McCORMICK, S. C. MORE TIME TO PLAY We offer housewives and farmers more time to play. How? Because you can save time by depending on this store for your needs. You don’t have to shop around to buy your household and farm equipment—just come here where you are assured of getting just what you want ev ery time. GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU— and prove to you that it is far more pleasing tq depend on us for every general need in the hardware line. Our prices are always the very lowest possible and our implements and utensils the very best quality. WHITE HARDWARE CO. MAIN STREET McCORMICK, S. C. 11 ■■"Hi , 1 1 ji, Agronomy Join the five-acre cotton contest. Chop cotton to leave 20,000 or more plants per care. Side-dress cotton immediately after chopping with 50 pounds of soluble nitrogen material, addition al applications to be made later. Have ready sufficient cowpeas, soybeans, or velvet beans to plant all grain stubble. Side-dress early com with soluble nitrogen material. Horticulture Sow cabbage and collard seed about May 1 for transplanting in August. Plant tomato seed for trans planting in July. Mulch tomatoes heavily with straw or leaves to hold moisture and prolong fruiting. Cultivate gardens frequently to save moisture. Do not cultivate beans while the foliage is wet. Apply nitrate of soda to garden srops if not grmying well. Do not cut young asparagus too closely; fertilize and manure the bed after cutting season. When the strawberry crop is off, remove the mulch and cultivate. If new plants are needed, allow the first runners to take root. Injurious Insects and Diseases Spray fruit trees for curulio, codling moth, and diseases. Spray pecans with Bordeaux mixture to control scab. Band apple trees for codling moth by May 15. Control melon anthracnose with 4-4-50 Bordeaux spray. Control Irish potato and tomato diseases and insects with Bordeaux lead arsenate spray. To avoid serious budwom injury plant com in lower South Caro lina about May 5; middle South Carolina May 10; upper South Carolina May 20. Beer Give the hive the full opening for the front door. Put supers on, using full sheets of foundation comb. Do not let the queen get crowd ed for laying space if she does they will rwarm. If hives have too many drone cells, cut them out and fill the frame with a full sheet of founda tion nomb. If bees are in hives other than loose frame, transfer them in loose ::rame hives. Agricultural Engineering Have disks on harrow sharp and ATS DIE so do SNAP, hind. —try mice, once they eat RAT- And they leave no. odor be- Don’t take our word for it a package. Cats and dogs won’t touch it. _Rats pass up all food to get RAT-SNAP. Three sizes. 35c size - 1 cake - enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size - 2 cakes - for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size - 5 cak^s - enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed bv STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCormick, S. C. Hog Prices Low, But Look Favorable CLEMSON COLLEGE, May 5.— Marketing of hogs for slaughter has been relatively heavy . since the beginning of the year and mar ket hogs have been fed to a better finish and heavier weight than conditions last fall indicated, says O. M. Clark, farm management specialist, who states that the relatively heavy marketing along with the weak consumer demand delayed the up swing in prices which usually occurs after Christ mas until about March 1. Prices have improved since that time but are still unusually low. Hog slaughter in the United States for the three months, Jan uary through March, has been above that for the corresponding period of last year. This relative ly large slaughter in the face of a weak domestic and foreign demand has resulted in a larger accumula tion of pork and lard stocks during these three months than in the corresponding period of 1930. On January 1, 1931, there were nearly a million fewer hogs than there were on January 1, 1930. In view of* the fact that there were fewer hogs on farms and the rela tively large slaughter since Janu ary 1, the total slaughter for the remainder of the hog marketing year will, according to Mr. Clark, probably be smaller than for the corresponding months of 1930 and last year’s slaughter was smaller than any previous year since 1926. There has been some improve ment in the domestic demand for pork products. Foreign demand has remained dull and because of the large supply of hogs in Europe probably will not greatly improve duiing the remainder of the pres ent season. The domestic demand will probably improve as the year advances, such improvement will be reflected in hog prices. The rapidity of improvement is con tingent upon the improvement in FORD BRAKES ARE UNUSUALLY EFFECTIVE Reliability and safety due to simple design and careful construction ONE OF the first things you will notice when you drive the Ford is the quick, effective action of its four-wheel brakes. They are unusually, safe and reliable because they are mechanical, internal expanding, with all braking surfaces fully enclosed. This prevents mud, water, sand, etc., from getting between the band and drum and interfering with brake action. Other outstanding features of the Ford are the Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield, four Hon- daille double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers, aluminum pistons, torque-tube drive, more than twenty ball and roller bearings, Rustless Steel, reliability, economy, and long life. You save when you buy the Ford and you save every mile you drive. THE FORD DE K.UXE PHAETON THIRTEEN BOHY TYRES 430 630 (F, o. b. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumper* and spare tire extra at low cost. You can purchase a Ford on economical terms through the Authorized Ford Finance Plans of the Universal Credit Company,) properly set for cutting In cover , busines3 conditions and thereby vhe crops. A weed chain on two-horse | consumer’s ability to purchase, turning plow helps in turning un- whlle business conditions show der crops. signs of ’ improvement the revival The spike-tooth harrow or rotary will not likely be rapid enough to hoe can be used to advantage in cau:e hog priC es to average as breaking crust on stiff land. ihigh for the remainder of the mar- Any row crop can be sided with keting season as for the corr e S - , two-horse cultivators. Use disks or pcnc iing period of last year. Even PVianPP Wp Put TTlt Onr Sharp small sweep on each side of plants. though hog prices are now low and ^CieiltlStS 560 ^nailCC W6 rill Up UUT 5113r6 Order repairs and get grain binder ready for grain harvest. The combine harvester-thresher the ou ti 0 ok for feed prices, Mr. Clark thinks the outlook for hog production is favorable. X will not likely improve rapidly and in view of the supply of hogs and IT’S NO TRICK AT ALL To prepare appetizing and different meals and yet be economical if you depend on this grocery for your food stuffs. Our fine variety makes it possible for you to have a dif ferent menu every meal for every day in the week and yet have the things you like best. Our low prices enable you to choose at will without the possibility of exceeding your budget. Depend on us for all of your foodstuffs and learn just how satisfactory it will prove. I. T. MARTIN Main Street, Mcpormick, S. C. ’Phone 43 is a great labor saver where acre age will justify purchase. Animal Husbandry Breed sows about May 12 for September farrow. Rotate pastures for sheep every wo or three weeks. Treat heavily infested flocks for stomach v/orms. Destroy weeds by mov/ing per manent pastures. Dip sheep and lambs for lice and ticks after shearing. Dairying Feed lambs grain in creep. Plan for two tons of legume hay (soybean or peavine) for each ma ture cow and one ton for each yearling. If a silo is planned for this fall, have ample corn or cane to fill. Plant enough extra com to sup ply eight bushels of corn-and-cob meal per cow this winter. Sow one-half acre of Sudan grass, or Teosinti or Pearl millet for soiling purposes in July and August. Do not graze plermanent pastures too closely . Clean out the barns and premis es to save manure and destroy breeding places for flies. Poultry Clean and disinfect the brooder houses each week. Cull all weak, slow growing pul lets and sell as broilers. Cull the non-laying hens and sell. Do not keep boarding hens. Remove males from laying flock when incubation season is over. Produce infertile eggs. Provide shade for growing chicks. Protect Potato Foliage With Dust Or Spray CLEMSON COLLEGE, May 5.— Insects and diseases affecting the foliage cf the Irish potato can be effectively controlled with a com bination spray or dust, states Al fred Lutken, extension entomolog ist and plant pathologist. The most effective spray is made by adding two pounds of lead ar senate to 50 gallons of 4-4-50 Bor deaux mixture. A dust substitute may be made by mixing 20 pounds of hydrated copper sulphate, 24 pounds of lead arsenate, and 56 pounds of hydrated lime. The dust should be applied at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per acre. The first application should be made as soon as Colorado potato beetles appear. Mr. Lutken recom mends additional application about every 10 to 14 days to pro tect the new foliage. The proper use of this combina tion spray or dust will protect the foliage from the Colorado potato beetle, flea beetles, blister beetles and any of the leaf eating insects. Injury by the leaf hoppers will be prevented by the Bordeaux mix ture. The fungus diseases, which can be controlled by fungicides, aro early blight and late blight. It is much more effective to keep the plants covered with the fungicides to prevent disease than to attempt control after the disease appears. For Human To Live Average Of 200 years (The 3i!lon H?raid) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., ’ 2 .— Man’s chance to live 200 years was discussed at the opening of a three day session of the American Philo sophical society here last Thurs day. He may expect soon, it was as- Men who have seen expensive automobiles on the Coastal high way and ■'uxariotu private cars on ! the railroads, speeding north, o. % - south, have been heard to ask: j -Where do they get the money?’’ Last week the manufacturer of a popular brand of soup and canned vegetables died in a lorthern city. serted, to add 10 more years so 1113 estate was appraised at $114,- that the majority of us live to 70. 000,000 or nearly double the value Present medical science may later 0 f a South Carolina cotton crop, carry the average to 90, but beyond The Herald wonders how many that lies a barrier—ignorance. South Carolinians helped to build The beginning of a knowledge j up that big fortune by sending that may lift even this barrier! their money away for the same was described by Lee K. Fran- ' coups and canned vegetables they kel, second vice-president of the Metropolitan Insurance company. ‘T am making a conservative could have made or bought at home. No doubt the ingredients of the statement,” he said, “when I say soup or the canned vegetables were that there is no evidence at this raised on South Carolina soils, sold moment that human life may be a t a small profit or no profit at prolonged beyond its presumed all, and bought back at high biologic limits. All the evidence prices. indicates that man, like other The Herald has, of course, no animals, lives an alloted time, criticism to make of the manufac- All that has been done thus far turer of the soups and canned has been to save the wastage of vegetables. He was, no doubt, a life at the younger ages. remarkable business genius and “Yet we must remember that earned every dollar he made out man differs from other animals of his soups and vegetables. He in that he is a reasoning being. was entitled to all the good things Certain insects live a day. The that his wealth placed within his elephant lives 200 years. These reach. If there is any room for animals adapted themselves to criticism the blame rests upon the their environment. Man has not people who helped to build up this only adapted himself to his en- big fortune with their own hard- vironment, but in many instances earned dollars. has conquerred it. How far this The number of southern people may go no one can tell.” who ride in expensive automobiles Mr. Frankel quoted a 140-year- 0 r de luxe private cars is very, very old report to this same American small. Philosophical society showing that - — - in 1791 man’s average life was will rise to 70 “if we can further about 35 years.- Today he said the reduce the incidence of transmiss-* average expectation is 60, and it ible diseases.” * ,