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Thursday, June 18, 1931 V McCORMI^K MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA { J '1 V \ \ PAGE NUMBER FOUR Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc- ’ Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year ». $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 SANITATION COMES FIRST This Week b Arthur Brissans 1,000 Marriages Analyzed The/Ten Greatest How to Fight Depression Banks and Shoestrings ■ Dr. Robert Dickinson of New York tells the American Medical association that analysis of the married lives of “1,000 cultured American women” shows that 50 per cent of the women are unhappy, and in most cases, “due to sexual conditions.” “Taboos and fears, implanted by re- licrious and educational training in the women, cause this trouble.” PARKSVILLE NEWS ITEMS 1 This is the open season for ad- ? ives. Cool, green, quiet, shady, ciutifal, refreshing, primitive, ro- mr.ntic, comfortable—the alluring x ^ ds tumble out of the mail in folders, and beckon from the pages of newspapers and magazines. ‘ . ome to the woods and lakes and s a,” they call. It is time to think of summer resorts. What do people ask of a sum mer resort? A poll has been taken among proprietors of such places to determine what features they c r raider most essential to their success. Meals rank first, reason ably enough, for the “inner man” takes no vacation. Beauty of nat ural surroundings ranks second. And cleanliness ranks third. It may be surprising to realize that this vote gives cleanliness pre cedence over golfing or fishing facilities, over a quiet environment and a restricted clientele. People v/ant to be comfortable on their vacations, and they can not be comfortable unless they can keep clean. Good food loses its flavor if served on grimy table cloths, in grubby dishes that betray utter carelessness in the kitchen. The ocean may be just outside the door, but a man wants a tub and show er within doors where he can take a real bath. j Whether it is a simple farm house, a camp in the woods, or an elaborate hotel, the place where we take a summer outing must be clean as well as beautiful. ~ x New Chemical Is Recovered From Surface Of Appl es Ursolic acid, a new chemical that appears to have promising possib ilities for commercial use, is being extracted from the waxlike coating •f apple peels in a laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. Charles E. Sando, of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, who fer many years has been investigating the chemical nature ©f the surface coating of apples, perfected the method for extract ing the compound, in the form of a powder, from apple pomace. Re cently he has sent samples to sev eral commercial concerns for study by their research departments. I Perhaps the most promising use for this new chemical is in the paint and varnish industry. The fact that the powder is resinous to the touch and is water repellant suggested its use in varnishes. Pre liminary tests made by the Ameri can Paint and Varnish Manufac turers’ Association show that ur solic acid increases the gloss and water resistance of cellulose lac quers. Another effect of adding small amounts of ursolic acid to lacquers is to extend the time required for drying. This seemed to improve the brushing qualities of the lac quers so treated, especially for the first coat. Doctor Sando has found that ap ples differ with respect to the amount of waxlike substance found on their surface at harvesting time. Arkansas Black, Delicious, and Grimes Golden contain relatively large quantities of ursolic acid, while Yellow Transparent, Rhode Island Greening, and York Imper ial have much smaller amounts. If there is sufficient demand it would be possible to produce 500,- 900 pounds of ursolic acid in this country annually, it is estimated. The principal sources would be wastes from canning plants, skins left from dehydration of apples, and from apple pomace, the resi due produced in the manufacture ©f cider and vinegar. 1XI Some educators are worrying about our vanishing vocabularly. But we can't agree it is disappear ing after listening to some people talk. IXj. National Boy-Week has just passed, but any boy .wilh tell you that every v/eek is his week. Dull husbands that takes married life and a wife for granted, also cause trouble. Montaigne, in one of his essays, quotes the advice of a wise old woman of the time of Charlemagne, who told a young bride: ‘Tut oil your modesty with your petticoat.” Petticoats have disappeared from female equipment, hut taboos, based on false modesty, still remain. The Arischeonic society will select “the ten greatest men in America.” and seel up in a vault “their visible talking images imprinted on rolls of celluloid. Their fingerprints, auto graphs, family trees, medical history, and biological data will all be found when the vault is opened one hundred years hence.” The ten “greatest” will be actually seen and heard talking. I5y that time the world will know who the “greatest ten men in the United States” really were in 1!'.‘*1 and will ask: “Who in heaven have selected those ten?” Merchants of New York. Chicago, Seattle and elsewhere have proved that the best weaimn against depres sion is intelligent advertising. (lends are cheaper. Cet them, sell them sjt lew prices, let people know you have them, and busine.is will im prove. Bank mergers in Chicago show that some h'.g-si/.etl linuiiehi! gentlemen mean to take care of weak sisters and avoid trouble whenever it is possible. Ceneral Dawes, Mr. Traylor of the I 1 '! rut National Hank of Chicago. (Jeorge M. Reynolds of the Continen tal Illinois National bank are entitled to thanks. Miss Annelle Edmonds is visiting her sister, Mrs. Kenneth McDonald, near Greenwood. Miss Alice Brown has returned home, after spending two weeks in McCormick with Miss Evelyn !3rown. Miss Catherine Bussey has re turned home from Winthrop Col lege. Miss Helen Harvely, who is in .raining a: the University Hospi- ;al in Augusta, is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harvely. Miss Lucyle Parks is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. D. Dorn, in Green ville. „Mr. Ralph Gales has returned from Erskine College. Mrs. Tom Brown has returned home, after spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. Quarles, in Edgefield. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Merke have returned to their home in Eustis, Fla., after spending several days with Mrs. Merke’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Parks, Sr. Mr. Harold Robertson spent the week end here. Mrs. Jno. F. Warren and Miss Kathleen Brunson spent Thursday in Greenwood. The W. M. S. will meet F riday afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. Case Osborne. Mr. and Mrs. Carver Talbert of Columbia spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bradshaw. IXX ly meeting Sunday;' attendance small, but' the leader feels very proikif that there are several sun beams who will lead in prayer, if the meeting is held in ulass room, and not in public. Miss Corrie Reynolds is spending this week with her mother, Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, at Clinton. i x t— — June 1 Crop Report SOUTH CAROLINA: May was too cool and a little too wet up-State for growing crops, but the situa tion improved somewhat toward the end cf the month and is :iow fairly satisfactory for the State as a ./hole. Continued favorable weather :*or ^ i winter grains is resulting in good SAVE THE OlffEHENCE REHOBOTH NEWS Mrs. Kate Moultrie spent two days this week in this community in the home of her brother, Mr. J. P. Talbert. Mrs. Talbert and chil- ln (’blciigo. one «if the most cruel of the -'•-sters was found the other <!ny tlbis automatic at imaginary enemies, frightened, literally, out of tils wits. The insane asylum will take care of him hereafter. He is the inventor of •‘the ride.” five ingenious plan of getting an enemy, by force or strategy, into an automo bile. driving him to a secluded spot, shooting him in the hack of the head from the rear seat and throwing out Ills body. Bm some way should he found l«* d re n carried Mrs. Moultrie calling impress on so-alled financiers that Thursday afternoon, making sever- lemling money on a shoestring, espa- • „ eially when it Isn't a good shoestring, S ^°P S - has its penalties. John Moultrie came up from Edgefield to meet his mother at Mr. Talbert’s. Miss Pearl Thomas is visiting her friend, Mrs. Henry Reynolds, for a few days. ' Mrs. J. E. Reynolds is at home two days this week. Mrs. W. R. Gilchrist is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Harling. A little son has come into the home of Mrs. Harling. Mrs. W. H. Parks, Miss Maggie Lou, and some friends were calling in this section last week. One stop .was to see Mrs. H. E. Freeland, and a short call at Woodside Cottage. Mrs. Nenie Winn and Mr. R. M. Winn’s family were calling in this section one afternoon last week. Mr. and Mrs. J.* E. Winn and Hazel called to see Mr. W. A. Winn one afternoon. Mrs. W. J. Talbert visited Mrs. H. E. Freeland last week. Mrs. Talbert is always welcome to the home community that she loves and loves her. Miss Maggie Winn spent a pleas ant week end in her old home com munity last week. The friends of Mrs. Kathryn Hughey will rejoice that she is able to sit up a couple of hours and & Rev. <j. Z. Brown of rho Mount Zion l.rvptist church, Washington. II. <!:» clares himself holder of “tlie world's record fur long sermons.” He preached for twelve hours and fe^ minutes, on prohibition, fast living, “the evil in dancir.g.’* famine, blight, drought and pest lienee. And in the long sermon he paused only to eat four lamb chops, some chicken and a glass of milk. The quality of his sermon is proved by the fart that attendance and collections were excellent. Doctor Brown’s talk was surpassed by an Indian chief. Red Jacket, whose bronze monument stands in Buffalo's tide park. His Indian name. Sa-go-ge- wat-ka. means “He keeps them awake.” Or. at least, so the old pioneers of Ba tavia, N. Y., used to say. He talked all night and nearly all Mrs. L. E. White is not improv- dny to the Indians of his tribe, per- suil,llM f. ,l ‘" m I"- 1 '<* Britis: ' I walk across the‘floor suggestion and help along by massa-j erlng the American whites of Batavia.j - ring as her physician thinks she Napoleon invented the Legion of i should. She is to be carried to the Honor, saying that with a piece of red , hospital today. ribbon he could change a radical to a * ^rs E M. Whatley is spending good Imperialist. !the ‘month of June with her Mrs. Mayson, near That Legion of Honor has delighted ! many Americans, changing several into j daughter, .good imitation Frenchmen. All they I'-* reenv ^ e ' get is a ribbon and a document, some times with their names incorrectly spelled. Russia, with the Order of Lenin, has a different plan. The 'order, usually given to workers, entitles them to ride free on the railroads, all owned by the government, of course—and entitles them to a reduction in taxes. to excellent yields for these crops which are being harvested under very satisfactory conditions. Pre liminary estimates indicate th i second largest per acre yield of wheat and oats, with rye not quite so good but slightly above average. Due to a gradaal ?.ncrsas-j in oats acreage during recent years and the excellent yields being realized the total quantity gathered this year bids fair to be the largest ever produced in the State. The probable yield of WHEAT is 14.0 bushels per acre, which is sec ond only to, the unusually good yield of 16.0 bushels made in 1926 and compares with the \ five-year average of 12.9 and the ten year average of 11.6 bushels per acre. A yield of 14.0 bushels on the pre liminary estimate of 55,000 acres being harvested this year indicates a total crop of 770,000 bushels, which compares with 538,000 bush els made last year and the five- year average production, 1925-29, of 751,000 bushels. A yield of 26.5 bushels per acre is expected for OATS, which on preliminary acreage estimates would give a total crop of around 12 million bushels, which is about a million bushels above the previ ous largest crop made in the State. RYE is expected to yield 12.5 bushels per acre with a total crop of 88,000 bushels. This compares 1 with 81.000 bushels harvested fori grain last ye&T and a fivfc-year av-! erage of 91,000 bushels produced in the State. \ PEACHES are reported at 78 per| cent of the full crop, which indi- ! cates a total production for com mercial and home orchards com bined of 1,275,000 bushels, which is second only to the crop of 1,363,000 bushels in 1928. Last year’s erop was 952,000 bushels and the five- year average production is 865,090 bushels. Correspondents report 20 per cent less commercial FERTILIZER used on their own farms this year than last year. FARM LABOR supply is reported as 34 per cent greater than the de mand, which compares with 44 per cent above demand last month and 13 per cent above demand a year ago. Conditions of other crops on June 1 and the ten-year average, respectively, follows: Tame Hay, 79 and 76; Wild Hay, 78 and 74; Al falfa, 82 and 81; Pasture, 79 and 78; Apples, 66 and 61; Pears, 71 and 59; and Irish Potatoes, 32 and 71. UNITED STATES: Crop pros pects for the cquntry as a whole were below average on June 1. The month of May was not particularly favorable for plant growth, es pecially for corn and garden crops. Rainfall is still deficient in most of the Central and Western States. The month was marked by extre mes of temperature in many areas with considerable damage from late frosts through the Come to the QUALITY SERVICE STORE for your groceries and cave the diiierence. Read a tew bjpeui^s, lomoni^ur ih..v we save you in tne same pjLopoiMvyi. o.i ail oiiur items or artuaes: MEAT, Fatback M pound ILif Lii\U, 8 pound bucket TOMATuES, eg 2 INo. 2 cans for SWEET POTATOES, og No. 2 can CORN FLAKES If 2 for €* PORK and BE ANS, 3 cans for FISH, Mullets s f ^ pound sWa ^ %~0? STEW MEAT, if ^ pound JLran ^ C Pork, Beef, Pure Pork Sausage, Mixed Sausage, Hog Head Cheese, Smoked Sausage, Balogna Saus age, Veal, Cured Ham, Breakfast Bacon, Fish, etc., at prices you can well afford to pay. "Phone No. 8 and have your order delivered promptly. We buy and sell the best country produce. , ' 1 ■ iy ■ ■ m A. H. FAULKNER McCORMXCk, S. C. ■ B 3B 3E FILLED I have recently stood and passed the Pharma ceutical Examination before the State Board of Ex aminers and am now ready to personally fill pres criptions. When you need a prescription filled, bring it to our drug store. Accuracy, promptness and moder ate prices shall be my chief aim. I have had 23 years’ experience in the drug husi- rc s and feel that I am qualified to serve you most efficiently, and shall highly appreciate your patron- rre PIPKIN’S DRUG STORE W. S. PIPKIN, Prop. Main Street 1 McCormick. S. C. 3 * 3SS In Australia and South America, some native tribes, according to an eminent English anthropologist. Sir James Heorge Frazer, have one language for the men, another for the women. In those tribes, young boys speak the lan guage of the women, their fathers sf>enk the men’s language. This practice is attributed to kid naping, men stealing wives from other tribes to avoid inbreeding, and the kid naped wives keeping their own lan guage, while the husbands keep theirs. Baris is having a colonial exposition, and once more the Eiffel tower is taxed to its capacity with visitors. r The French, conservative, at first would go only to the first landing, 190 feet toward the clouds. A few went to the 384-foot height, few dared brave the third pl|tform t% 906 feat high. Now naarly all go*to the. top a«0 loot over the beautiful city. * 1**1. fe. Wm»Uirmm * Mrs. Alice Ouzts has just re turned from a stay at Lincolnton, Ga., with her sister, Mrs. Dewy Tal- oert. The pastor preached a good ser mon Sunday morning. They dined at the home of Mrs. E. M. What ley; then calling to see Mrs. White, and on to preach at Barea Sunday afternoon. f.ng well. WINTER WHEAT—A winter wheat crop of 649,115,000 bushels in the United States is indicated by the condition of 34.3 on June 1. In 1930, production was 604,337,000 bushels and the 5-year average, North 1925 " 29 ’ was 547,427,000 bushels. Central States extending as far j OATS The condition of oats in south as Kansas. Cut worms have | United States on June 1, 1931 been unusually destructive and 84.7 per cent of normal was much corn has had to be replant- slightly above the 10-year average ed on account of the cold weather. 1 J une 1 condition of 82.6 per cent. Winter wheat prospects are Th e spring has been favorable to slightly below those of a month | this crop in all parts of the coun try except in the drouth area ex tending from the Dakotas west ward to the Cascade Mountains and in California. PEACHES—Peach prospects ago but still well above average. Some declines in the Great Plains and far Northwestern states have been largely offset by better pros- , pects in the soft winter wheat Rev. W. S. Brooke will speak at states from Illlnois east Rye prospects declined markedly Rehoboth Second Sunday morning in July. He is the Baptist fie during the month of May. The con- worker, and will be remembered a dition of spring wheat is the low- Rehoboth, having carried on a egt Qn recor d f 0 r June 1, due to meeting here some 15 yean> ago drouth in Dakotas and Montana, when pastor of Johnston Baptis T j le con dition of barley is also the church. He is a fine speaker, and the public is invited to hear him speak. There will be just one ser vice. Little Richard Culbreath was quite sick one day last week, but is improving now. We are thankful for refreshing showers several times recently. We hope for more rain; crops and flowers seem much in need of raiii. The sunbeams held their month- lowest on record while that of oats is somewhat above average. Tame hay crops are below average and wild hay prospects are extremely poor. The condition of pastures is also below average. Prospects are well above average for both apples and peaches while pear prospects are slightly below. in ten southern states indicate a probable production of 18,651,000 bushels which is slightly larger than was forecast a month ago. In 1930 10,173,000 bushels were pro duced in these ten states. For the country as a whole, the June 1 con dition is reported at 78.5 per cent of normal, compared with 47.1 per cent on June 1 a year ago and 64.3, the average of the previous ten years. The condition indicates a total peach crop of 78,091,000 bush els which, if it materializes, will be 46 per cent larger than last year’s production. The 1930 crop was pcai pi kAspcuoo aic 011511 wjr ltciuw. * The citrus fruit prospects have de-| s ^8htly below the average of the dined more thfttr hnfe - the I preViods five «rears. ; , , dined more than iisukl^ddHng the month. Early potatoes are yield-1 FARM LABOR—Little change took place in the farm labor situa tion during May. On June 1, crop correspondents reported the supply at 109.5 per cent of normal as com pared to 1C9.3 per cent a month earlier. Declines in the supply of hired workers in South Atlantic States and the Far West were slightly more than offset by ad vances in the remainder of the country during this period. Com pared to a year ago the supply of farm labor was about 11 per cent larger on June 1, while the demand for the services of these workers was approximately 13 per cent less. FRANK O. BLACK, Agricultural Statistician. R. C. LIGHT, Jr., Agricultural Statistician. txi A soft answer may turn away wrath, but there are occasions when a good swift kick answers the purpose better than anything. x We might be able to enjoy spring if it weren’t for the taxes falling due. X The family driving horse had his drawbacks, but you couldn’t run him into a train. People who forget to remember invariably remember to forget. The *Wnk book cdhtinuefs* to be our Great American Novel.