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/ Thursday, May 28, 1931 McCormick Route Contract Is Let McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE f;r TWO (Anderson Daily Mail of May 22.) Crayton Bagwell was yesterday awarded the temporary contract lor the hauling of mail between Anderson and McCormick, accord ing to Postmaster Julius Wana- maker, who stated that the con tract was awarded Mr. Bagwell for $1,780 a year. Bids for the permanent opera tion of the route will be received by postoffice officials through June 16. The lowest will be ac cepted and the contract awarded lor the period from July 1, 1931, to Tune 1, 1932. • The star route is made neces sary by the curtailment of the C. & W. C. schedule which will, take effect on June 1. The railroad was released from its contract for car rying the mails upon agreement that the postoffice officials would establish a star routs to care for the mails between the two vowns and stops along the route. Under the new routine, mail service between .Anderson and Mc Cormick will be better than it has ever in the past, .it is said mail leaving Anderson at 6 b”clock in the norning will reach McCormick fcy 10. The return trip will be started, at 3:30 in the afternoon, to reach Anderson again around 7 o'clock. The regular star route that has been in operation be tween the two cities will be con tinued. This carrier leaves McCor mick at 7:30 each morning and arrives at Anderson around 10:30. He returns at 4:20 in the after noon and arrives at McCormick arouhd 7 o'clock. 'with the awarding of the new contract there will be two mails to McCormick each day and two returns. Will Preserve Tree C '. V- v . • , * -. { x , For Posterity WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.— A three-hundred-year-old tree in a church burying ground at Falls Church, Virginia, has been selected by the Daughters of the American Hevolution as the • second living memorial of America’s past to be preserved for posterity. The National Society of the D. A, R. has etnbarked upon a plan of choosing one historic tree for preservation each year by means of a nation-wide referendum through its state chapters. The .trees are saved by tree surgeons, whoie services are donated by for mer Congressman Martin L. Davey, head of the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery. The tree at Falls Church—a tulip poplar with a foliage spread *of 75 feet—has looked down up on more than three centuries of American history. It was more than 100 years old when George Washington, vestryman of the church, rested in its : shade. Crumbling tombstones, in desolate dignity, speak mutely of the death of all else that lived in pre-revolu tionary days. The tree is. the on ly living thing that was alive in the hamlet of Falls Church when Washington lived. During the revolutionary war the church was a recruiting place for the Company of Captain Charles Broadwater, a fellow vestryman of George Washington. Captain Henry Fairfax restored it just before the Mexican war. but in the Civil war it was used by Union soldiers, first as a hospital, then as a stable. All of its equipment was destroyed ex cept the font, which pious hands hid and saved. In recent years the church has been restored and today is a rep lica of that in which Washington worshipped. Located on the Lee highway six miles south of the Key bridge in this city, it is a Mecca for visitors who come every year from all parts of the nation. State Asks For Bids On Next Road Work BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED ON $6,500,000 OF HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS ON JUNE 9TH Fairfield H. D. Club Meets The Fairfield H. D. Club met Wednesday afternoon, May 13th, at Fairfield School House at 3:30 with seven members present. Mrs. Stallworth gave us a good talk on plant screens, and she also had a vine contest; then after the meeting we all went out in the woods to find different kinds of vines. Miss Ruth Young was elected as a delegate to go to Rock Hill for $he short course. COLUMBIA, May 21.—Bids on $6,500,000 of highway and bridg3 projects will be received by the State Highway Department here June 9, Ben Sawyer, chief high way commissioner, announced to night. The projects total 502 miles and include 148 miles of concrete pav ing, 160 miles of bituminous pav ing, 194 miles of grading and 13 bridges. The projects follow: Spartanburg county — Bitumin ous surfacing of approximately 17 miles of route 56 from Pauline to a point near Enoree river; con struction of a 100-foot reinforced concrete bridge over Holston creek, a 125-foot reinforced con crete bridge over Motlow creek and a 350-foot reinforced concrete bridge over South Pacolet river on route 176 between Spartanburg and Landrum. Cherokee county — Substructure and concrete approach span for a 1,035-foot reinforced concrete and structural steel bridge over Broad river on U. S. route 29 between Blacksburg and Gaffney, and grad ing in preparation for hard sur facing of approximately 8 miles route 5, from Blacksburg to Smyrna. Union-Cherokee counties—Grad ing in preparation for hard sur face of approximately .12.5 miles of route 11 between Jonesville and present pavement south of Gaff ney. Anderson county — Grading in preparation for hard surface of approximately 13 miles of route 29 from Anderson to Alford’s bridge. Pickens county — Paving with plain Portland cement concrete of approximately 18 miles of route 14, Pickens to North Carolina line. Newberry county — Paving with plain Portland cement concrete of approximately 9 miles route 2 from Newberry city limits to Dead Fall and route 192 (Newberry cut off), and bituminous surfacing of approximately 7.5 miles, route 391, from Prosperity to Saluda river. Greenwood County Greenwood county — Bituminous surfacing of approximately 15.5 miles route. 10 from end of pres ent pavement south of Greenwood to McCormick county line. Laurens county — Bituminous surfacing of approximately 11 miles route 15 between Laurens and ‘Princeton. McCormick county — Bituminous surfacing of approximately 15.5 miles route 20 from Parksville to Savannah river. Clarendon-Williamsburg * coun ties—Bituminous surfacing of ap proximately 34.06 miles route 26 from present pavement south of Manning to present pavement near Kingstree and route 261 from route 26 near* Wilson via Greeley- ville to route 17, and approaches to bridge over A. C. L. railroad south of Manning. Colleton county — Bituminous surfacing of approximately 12 miles routes 303 and 32 from Wal- terboro to Green Pond and grading of approximately 3.70 miles route 32 from Asheboro to Green Pond. Bituminous Surfacing Here Beaufort county — Bituminous surfacing of approximately 1$ miles route 33 from Bluffton via Hardeeville to Jasper county line and route 170 from route 33 douth of Hardeeville to U. S. route 17. Chesterfield county — Bitumin ous surfacing of approximately 28 miles route 35 from McBee via Jefferson to North Carolina state line. Chester County Chester county—Grading of ap proximately 8 miles route 5 from route 97 at Nitrolee to route 9 at Fort Lawn. Clarendon-Florence county — Grading of approximately 22 miles route 4 from route 26 near Alcolu via Tubeville to Olanta. Colleton - Hampton counties — Grading of « approximately 11.5 miles route 63 from Islandton to Varnville, also approaches to Lit tle Salkehatchie river. Hard Surface Route 6. Lexington county — Grading in preparation for hard surface of approximately 8.5 miles route 6 from Lexington via Red Bank to Udmund. , Aiken county — Grading of ap proximately 21.5 miles routes 2f5 and 4 from route 78 near Mont- morenci to Kitchens Mill at Edisto l river, thence to Orangeburg county you* £7<tfa*Sj flppti//* Don’t Rasp Your Throat With Harsh Irritants “Reach for a LUCKY instead” Nowl Please!—Actually put your finger on your Adam’s Apple. Touch it—your Adam’s Apple— Do you know you are ac tually touching your larynx?— This is your voice box—it contains your vocal chords. When you consider your Adam’s Apple, you are considering your throat—your vocal chords. Don’t rasp your throat with harsh irritants -'Reach for a IUCCY instead -Remember, LUCKY STRIKE Is the only cigarette in America that through its ex clusive // TOASTING // process expels cer tain harsh irritants present in all raw to baccos. These expelled irritants are sold to manufacturers of chemical compounds. They are not present in your LUCKY STRIKE, and so we say ^Consider your Adam’s Apple." mmmmm TUNE IN- The Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra, every Tuesday, Thursday ana Saturday evening over N, 0. C» net* works. Th« A. T. Co., Mfra. It's toasted Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays Sunshine Mellows—Heat Purifies Your Throat Protection—against Irritation—against cough ■Oh line hear Springfield. Saluda-Newberry c ou n 11 e s— Grading in preparation for hard surface of approximately 0.6 miles approaches to Saluda river bridge at Chappels on route 392. Contest Promotes , Farm Beautifica tion Program The beautification of the ex terior of the farm home has seem ed so important in several States that bankers and business men have offered substantial prizes for the best improvements made. The Rural Women, of Lincoln County, Colo., started an improve ment contest sponsored by the county banking association and the county home-demonstration agent. The and steps repaired, roof repaired, screens repaired, junk and papers properly disposed of, refuse cans provided, old signs removed,- shrub bery and trees trimmed.” These suggestions were widely circulated in the county in the form of entry blanks for the con test, and many who did not actual ly enroll in the competition were stimulated to adopt one or more of the “clean-up” hints as a matter' of pride and community consci ousness. . -txt- WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS (Anderson Daily Mail.) The arrival of woman as a wage earner in all sorts of fields has led man to a feood deal of perplex ity during the last few years. No where is 'this , perplexity deeper, ^ wmv contestants were and nowhere does it lead to any divided Into two groups—those in more peculiar reasoning, than a l-year contest and '.hose who ex- when the woman who holds a full- pected to take three years to ac- time job also happens to be mar- complish certain: improvements, ried. Awards were made on a basis of This perplexity has been both- general appearance, condition of ering all kinds of employers lately, house outbuildings, and fences, And a fair sample of the conclus- plantlngs of flowers, shrubs, trees, Ion the perplexed employer often and vines, and even the vegetable comes to is afforded In a large garden. middle western city, where the Among the suggestions made for board of education recently voted improvements the Lincoln County , to discharge all married women agent mentions the following in from its teaching staff and hire reporting to the United States De- single women instead, partment of Agriculture: i If there Is any reasonable theory “Clean* Back yard, front yards, back of such a decision, it prob- vacant lots, porches, garages, ably is the theory that the married stockyards, roads, outbuildings. ! women are teaching just for the “Plant* Trees, shrubbery, grass fun of it, or just to make a little plots vegetable garden, flower gar- pin money on the side. The single den ’flower boxes. woman, not having anyone to sup- "Paint* House, fences, out- port her—unless, perchance, she buildings, screens’ porches. I lives with her parents-thus has a "Miscellaneous: Rubbish piles more valid claim on the job than burned, insect breeding places de- her married sister, strtyed, fences repaired, , porthesi Unfortunately, this one board of education is not alone in this view. Other cities have taken the same action. Employipent managers in some factories and offices have fol lowed suit. And it is all rather silly. If every married woman who held a job had a husband who also had a job, it wouldn’t be quite so silly. But that is by no means the case. * There arc today some six mil lion men out of work in the United States. A good proportion are ir.air;ed and have families. And in thousands upon thousands of cases the only thing that has kept their families from absolute want has been the fact that the wives have been steadily employed. Thousands of girls and women who work in factories are doing it, not to earn pin money or to achi eve a feeling of independence, but to support their families while their husbands remain unemploy ed. * The same thing is true of thou sands of salesgirls, stenographers and office assistants. And exactly the same thing is true of many, many school teachers. In normal times it may be no more than fair to give the prefer ence to single women in passing out jobs. But times right now are far from normal. One would sup pose that It would be more sensi ble to replace the unmarried wage- earners with married ones. This move to oust the married woman from her job is one of the silliest of all -of the business de pression’s products. X A good rat dog is almost indis pensable on a farm where ol<? buildings attract rats and offc • shelter for them. A small terrier dog, especially Vhen taught to hunt by itself, will Often keep a farm entirely free ifnom Tats. R AT-SNAP KILLS RATS Also mice. Absolutely prevents •dors frpm carcass. One n**Kmge proves this. RAT-SNAP comes in cakes—no mixing with other food. Guaranteed. 35c size - 1 cake - enough for Pantrv, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size - 2 cakes - for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size - 5 cakes - enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or faetory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCormick, S. C. Dodder, sometimes called “love vine,” may cause a great deal of damage to crops and should not be allowed to remain in a field. This parasitic weed is usually brought on the Jarm in impure seed. In the first season it generally occurs in small, scattered areas. Such areas: 'should be first mowed and then burned before the dodder goes to | seed, if. possible, is the advice of (weed specialists of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. This treatment will destroy the crop al so on the mowed areas, but it is the safest way to protect future crops from infestation of fodder- ,The consumer who buys “Dutch- process” or “Dutched” chocolate or cocoa gets a produce that has.been treated with an alkaline substance. The treatment darkens the pro duct, although the alkali is neu- I tralized and does not appear in the chocolate or cocoa* which has an acid reaction. Becaiise this- alkali treatment changes some what the character of chocolate end cocoa, the consumer is entit led to know when alkalies have beeft used. Under the Federal food and drugs act, Dutched chocolate* may contain no more than 3 parts, by weight, of an alkali in eachi MH1» ‘ parts of cocoa nibs. . —