McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, June 25, 1931, Image 4
Thursday, June 25, 1931
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER FOUR
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SAFE AND SANE FOURTH
The campaign for a safe and
c:xnc Fourth of July got ui^der way
a irood n my ’ears ago. Appar
ently, however, it is still a long way
f :om being an unqualified success;
at any rate, 178 American* lost
their lives last year 1 during the
cV.ebration of their country’s in
dependence. , *
In other words, we seem to be, if
not back where we started, at
least a lamentably long way from
the goal. One hundred and sev
enty-eight lives make a high price
for any holiday. Ordinarily hu
man carelessness is still playing a
big part in our lives.
Nevertheless, an* examination of
the figures show that v,he nature
of our fatalities is changing, at
least. Thus fireworks, which used
to number their victims by the
scores, accounted for only 12
deaths^ Automobiles, on the oth
er hand, took 81 lives, and 57 more
ward lps$ by drowning.
All of this suggests that perhaps
we have been putting our emphasis
in the wrong place in campaigning
for a safe Independence Day. The
firecracker, the toy gun and the
skyrocket have been the chief ob
jects of attack; now, it seems, they
have become relatively harmless.
Tile automobile and the bathing
beach stand out now as the holi-
that the comparison was still more
favorable during March and April
for the three years.
Exceptions? Not at all. The
firms of which the above are repre
sentative are wide awake and pro
gressive. They have the goods, the
prices and maintain aggressive,
steady advertising campaigns to
acquaint the public with what they
offer. Bank statements reveal
plenty cf money and this money is
being and will be spent for the
goods that buyers need and
learn about. This is no time for
he who hustles to worry.
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Aims Public Schools
“The main objective of the pub
lic school system has been the
p.epa:a;ion of boys and girls for
coliege, cn the theory that a col
lege education is a panacea for ail
ills,” wrote W. F. Bond. Superin
tendent cf Education in Mississippi,
in the United States Uaily. He
continued, :‘n part:
“The college has handad down vO
uz the course of study and other
requiltments to be met and wo
have struggled manfully and some
times blindly to meet them. ...”
“In the future the main objec
tive cf the public school system
will not be preparation for college,
but preparation for citizenship of
fhe highest order. Preparation for
college will be incidental. This will
mean that the following things
must be done:
1. A good, practical, conserva
tive system of vocational guidance
beginning in the junior high
schocl and extending a year or so
beyond high school graduation. Ev
ery normal child is capable of be
ing developed into a good citizen,'
but no two children are alike and
we must, therefore, take into con-
si delation individual differences.
By talking confidentially with boys
and girls, by interviews with their
parents and by bringing ihem into
contact with successful business
men and women, we can generally
find out what place in life any of
Detailed Population
Statistics For South
Carolina Available
Statistics for the 1930 population
of South Carolina classified as
urban and rural, and by sex, color,
age, marital condition, illiteracy,
etc., have been issued by the Bu
reau of the Census in a bulletin
(Population-Second Series) entit
led, “Composition and Characteris
tics of the Population.” This is a
pamphlet of 43 pages, 9 by 11 1-2
inches, consisting mainly of statis
tical, tables.
The urban population of South
Carolina in 1930 was 371,080, rep
resenting an increase of 7T093, o:
26.2 per cent, since 1920. 7. he ur
ban population formed 213 per
cent of the total population .1,738,-
765), as compared with 17.5 per
cent in 1920. Urban population, as
defined by the Census Bureau, is
in general that residing in cities
and other incorporated places hav
ing. 2,500 inhabitants or mor? the
remainder being classified as ru
ral.
The rural population of South
Carolina in 1930 was 1,367,685,
comprising 914,098 persons living
on farms, and 453,587 not living on
farms, representing as a whole a
decrease of 22,052, or 1.6 per cent,
as compared with the rural popula
tion in 1920 (1,389,737). The rural
farm population, taken alone, de
creased 158,381, or 14.8 per cent,
while the rural-nonfarm popula
tion increased 136,329, or 43.0 per
cent.
Of the entire population of South
Carolina, 54.3 per cent are white,
and practically all of the .white
population are native, there being
only three-tenths of one per cent
foreign born. Likewise, of the na
tive white population, nearly all
are of native parentage, there be
ing only eight-tenths of one per
cent of foreign or mixed parent
age. Of the foreign-born white
population of South Carolina (5,-
266), nearly two-thirds have been
This Week
Ar Arthur Bric3an3
I Am the State
Cheer Up, Says Cabson
When Russia Is Rich
Spain's Turmoil
Amazing in its tone of command is
Mussolini’s statement concerning bis
power. Louis the Fourteenth, with his
“1/ etat e’est moi.” -the state is my
self,” was not more absolute. To the
statement by the Vatican that educa
tion of children should be controlled
by the church, Mussolini replies:
“I wish that there be religion
throughout the country. Children may
be taught their catechism.
“I will send them to communion in
a body on Sunday, in their balilla
(fascist) uniforms, or otherwise. For
that I let the priests work; that’s re
ligion.
“The rest is politics, and politics—
that is I. I will not admit that any
body, absolutely anybody, touch that
which belongs to the state. Every
thing within the state, nothing outside
the state, nothing against the state”
Capitalists shivering at the mention
of Russia, like a little hoy who dreads
a bear on the dark staircase, will be
glad to hear that Stalin has given up
his “world revolt idea.” He wants
to put Russia’s industries, her five-
year and her ten-year plans, in good
order first.
At her present rate Russia will de
velop gigantic industrial success, and
great wealth will come with it. And
Russians, from the top down, will he
surprised to find what effect groat
wealth can- have on extreme radi
calism. *
To make a man conservative, make
him rich.
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You will be glad to hear that Roger
W. Babson,* who told us in 1929 that
we were just stepping on the, tobog
gan, downward hound, now says trade
is on the upgrade. He predicts that
we have seen the worst of our troubles,
and that a prosperity is coming great
er than that which ended in the au
tumn of 1929.
The President agrees with that op
timistic prediction, and Street,
cheering up a little, increased hope.
When renewed prosperity does come.
It may come with a rush surpassing
all experience.
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SAVE THE DIEEEKENCE
Come to the QUALITY SERVICE STORE for your
groceries and save the difference. Read a few
specials, and remember that we save you iu the same
proportion on all other items or articles:
MEAT, Fatback
pound
LARD,
8 pound bucket
TOMATOES, 1 Bm***
2 No. 2 cans for
SWEET POTATOES,
No. 2 can JL
CORN FLAKES 1 Et **
.2 for JL9C
PORK and BEANS, ^ E
3 cans for iL?
FfSH. Mullets 1 L
pound JLh&m 2- C
STEW MEAT, I A.
pound tL?
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 td pay. ’Phone No.
8 and have your order delivered promptly. We buy
and sell the best country produce.
A. H; FAULKNER
McCORMICK, S. C.
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day’s greatest dangers. ^
With the Fourth of July ap
proaching, it appears now that the
adult is the one to be warned. Chil
dren were not responsible last year
for driving the automobiles that
caused the death of 81 persons.
Perhaps me we shifted the
campaign to a new basis. The fire
cracker and the kid have been its
•tojactives long enough.
Better Business
(Andersen Daily Mali.)
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There may be a depression and
all that but so far as sales and
prosperity in general is concerned, 1
a host of the progressive firms of
Anderson and other cities of tho
South, and nation at large have
failed to discover it.
Somehow many folks like to talk
“hard times”—even when actual
conditions with them are far bet- i
to:: than was the case in “boom
times.” Perhaps a student of mob
psychology could explain it under
the principle of the foolish sheep
trailing their leader without heed
cf the trouble into which they are
led. Or it might be laid to a lik
ing for pessimism—like enjoying
funerals.
Whatever the case it is high
time that the public’s attitude be
shifted to correspond to the busi
ness facts as developed by the
leaders in trade circles—and those
in front are the only ones m any
line who should be taken as pat
terns.
Here in Anderson, for example,
an automobile dealer’s sales today
are even with those for the entire
year in 1930, while it is said that-
jiore cash and far more satis*ac
tor// transactions have marked
deals this year. Another dealer le-
cently averaged selling nearly two
new cars daily for almost two
weeks. A leading department store
reported a gain of nearly one-
fourth in business for the past
month.
In Atlanta one of that city’s fore
most department stores uses a
page advertisement with the head
ing, “Let’s talk about prosperity”
to give facts regarding its business
in 1931 as compared to 1930 and
the “boom” year of 1929. These
facts and figures tell a story with
a punch. In May, 1931, it reported
43,505 more sales to customers than
in May of last year and 57,202 more
than in May of 1929, while the
number of active charge accounts
in the past month was 2,059 over
the same period in 1930 and 4,303
more than in May, 1929. And to
#liow' that May was no special
month figures are cited showing
| our students can till best.
2. The course of study must be
broadened. We shall continue to
prepare our students for college
but in addition there will be cours
es in vocational education. There
will be such codxses leading to high
school graduation in agriculture,
home economics, bookkeeping,
typewriting, stenography, sales
manship, and auto mechanics.
“We will go on the theory that
no child is ‘dull’ in every respect.
It will be our business to find
along what lines each child is
bright and direct it into the course
of stifdy that will more nearly pre
pare it for the world in which it
must live after it leaves school.
Such a plan will increase the hold
ing pewer cf our schools and more
boys and girls will be encouraged *o
take the entire coarse, for when J
they are graduated each one will
know what he can do best and his
training will have been in that di
rection.
[ “There will be more happiness in
the schoolroom, fewer misfits in
life and less unemployment. This
change will not come very easily,
because- we are bound down by
tradition to the system given to us
by our fathers, which was good
enough in its time. The change
will come, however, for it is already
very evident that the nefed for such
a change is very great. Wise use
of the time our children spend in
the public school will be conducive
to wise use of time elsewhere.”
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DELIVERING THE GOODS
The English language, as spoken
in the United States, is very ex
pressive. When you hear it said
that someone is “delivering the
goods,” immediately you under
stand the meaning the phrase con
veys, though straight-laced gram
marians may call it slang.
When* you read an advertise
ment, you have good reason to be
lieve that the man or firm whose
name is signed to it is “delivering
the goeds.” Aside from any con
sideration of honesty, it is a law of
self preservation that the adver
tiser has to make good.
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When the housewife finds a can
of beans labeled “Oven Baked
Beans,” she has a right to expect
beyns which have undergone their
eniire cooking process in open or
loosely covered containers in dry-
heated ovens, with only enough
subsequent canning and processing
to sterilize the food, according to
the Food and Drag Administration.
Administration officials believe
that such a true process of baking
in open containers requires Severn)
liours
naturalized.
The population of South Caro
lina as a whole increased 55,041, or
3.3 per cent, between 1920 and
1930, and of this increase, 33.4 per |
cent was in the age groups over 35
years. The nurpber of children un
der 1 year of a^e showed a decrease
of 15.3 per cent, while the entire
group of children under 5 years
decreased 1Q.3 per cent.
The proportion of the population
7 to 13 years of age attending
school decreased from 87.1 per
cent in 1920 to 86.4 per cent in
1930, and of those 14 and 15 years
of age, the proportion decreased
from 78.0 per cent in 1920 to 73.8
per cent in 1930. The percentage
of illiteracy in the population 10
years of age and over decreased
from 18.1 to 14.9.
There were 687,721 gainful work
ers in the State, of whom 480,843
were males, representing 56.4 per
cent of the male population, and
206,878 were females, representing
23.4 per cent of the female popula
tion. Including both farm owners
and farm laborers, agriculture em
ployed 344,641, or more than one-
half of all the gainful workers of
the State. Of the 190,384 farm
laborers, 108,598, or 56.9 per cent,
were unpaid family workers. The
various manufacturing and mech
anical industries employed 145,174
persons, the largest number oeing
in cotton mills, saw and planing j
mills, and in the building industry, j
There were 30,189 persons engaged
in transportation; 49,172 in trade,
including banking and insurance;
9,166 in public service (not else
where classified); 28,459 in profes
sional service; and 68,131 in do«r
mestic and personal service.
I In the bulletin which has jupt
been issued there are a number of
features not contained in the 1920
census reports, including a presen-
iiation cf thz number of gainful
I workers in each of about 30 Indus-
I try groups, by counties; ietailed
i age Jata for counties; a classifica
tion of the population of • nch town
; by color, sex, age, etc., and an ex
tensive presentation of statistics
for the rural-farm population and
the rural-nonfarm population.
A copy of this bulletin for South
Carolina may be obtained by writ
ing to the Bureau of the Census,
Washington, D. C.
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Only about 500,000 out of the
23,500,000 cows in the country are
on test for milk and butterfat pro
duction. The proportion is too
small.
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Many farmers are already begin
ning to repay* the drought relief
loans they obtained only a few
‘ months ago.
Religious antagonism continues In
Spain. Cardinal Pedro-,/Segura y
Saenz, highest Catholic dignitary, was
deported by the republican govern
ment.
After leaving the country of his own
accord, he returned incognito. And,
previous to his deportation, he was ar
rested and imprisoned.
There was no charge against Cardi
nal Saenz, except that he urged the
voters to elect to the new parliament
men who would protect the interests
of the Catholic church. This was fol
lowed by anti-Catholic rioting.
Cardinal Saenz did not advise any
rebellion against the republican gov
ernment, and it is not much of a
republic in which a man may -not
speak his mind.
Queen Mary of England, good and
kind, will give a lug hall in Bucking
ham palace, something she has not
done in seven years. Her idea is to
“give a happy evening to young mem
bers of British society, for whom
there have been few dances this
season.”
That must he very pleasing to the
“young members of British society,”
and interesting for the 100.000 British
coal miners out of a job. There isn’t,
unfortunately, any ballroom big enough
to provide dancing space for the
100,000.
1854 WOFFORD COLLEGE 1931
SPARTANBURG, S. C.
A Christian College for the Higher Education of
Young Men, offering Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of
Science in Engineering, and Master of Arts Degrees,
Pre-Medical and Pre-Law Courses, and 4 Courses in
Education and Religion.
Long and honorable history of educational service.
Strong Faculty, Large Library, Well Equipped
Laboratories, Ample Dormitory facilities. Voluntary
R. O. T. C. Unit, Athletic Ground's, Field House,
all forms of Inter-collegiate Athletics.
Write for 1931 Catalogue to
HENRY N. SNYDER, President.
Household Notes
The case of AI Capone, who pleads
guilty of violating income tax and pro
hibition laws, shows what the govern
ment can and cannot do. It can
enforce its income tax laws, and so the
Treasury department seizes Capone.
It cannot enforce prohibition laws, and
Capone’s business will go on as usual
while he is in prison, directed, prob-
ably, by bimself, through lieutenants.
In Hungary. Rose Chordas, aged
fifty-eight, and Amelia JSzabo, forty-
three. poisoned four members of their
families. One woman fainted when
she saw the gallows, and never heard
her sentence read. The other fainted,
listening to the sentence. Both, un
conscious, were literally carried to the
gallows by the hangman, who did his
work with tears running down his
cheeks.
An apprentice hangman, Botos,
learning the trade and seeing the real
hangman tremble and weep profusely,
changed his mind about a profession.
That execution will interest civilized
historians of the future, when they
write our history.
Three thousand advertising men re-
ntly gathered in New York. Adver-
ing intelligence is perhaps the most
portant form of intelligence now, for
is the intelligence that pushes busi-
ss and restores prosperity.
Letting people know you have what
py want is even more important than
ving it.
A crime wave is one thing, and han
dling It need not be difficult if it were
contined to the ordinary criminal
circles.
But when the heart of the crime
wave is in politics, and in th# police*
tUgt. changes the story, and makes it
difficult.
(©. 1931. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
The most vitamins in the morn
ing drinks we have all come to like
so much are in orange, pineapple
and tomato juice. All three of
these leaders contain the three
vitamins A, B and C, so necessary
to proper nutrition according to
the United States Department of
Agriculture’s Yearbook for 1931.
Did you know that England,
Russia and France all flirted with
the idea of annexing the Hawaiian
islands before we finally reluct
antly admitted ohem under our
flag? Now, thanks to her immerse
pack of pineapples, Hawaii has a
favorable balance of trade, and
this Territory is a valuable asset.
Don’t forget to save the syrup
from your canned pineapple to
play its part in summer drinks.
Here is a combination drink con
taining pineapple syrup, for in
stance, that is a decided improve
ment on plain iced tea.
Pineapple syrup from a No. 2 1-2
can, lemon carbonated beverage
(three average sized bottles),
strong tea (one cup) and a slice
of lemon or one or two pieces of
pineapple at the top of each glass.
Pineapple Cherryade is such an
invigorating drink that it should
really be spelled “cheery” instead
of “cherry.” Remove the pits
from one-half cup fresh ripe cher
ries, and cut the fruit in small
pieces. Add three cups syrup from
canned crushed Hawaiian pineap
ple, two cups water, two table
spoons sugar and two teaspoons
lemon juice. Chill, and serve in
tall glasses with cracked ice.
Golf Salad is good. Cut small
{ balls from a cantaloupe to make
jone cupful. Arrange slices of can-
f ned Hawaiian pineapple on lettuce
Ueaves, sprinkle lightly with finely
chopped mint, put tile cantaloupe
balls on top, and serve with French
dressing and cheese sticks.
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I Arsenicals Advised
Tomato Troubles
CLEMSON COLLEGE, June 24.—
The tomato fruit worms which are
now beginning to attack the small
tomato fruits and tomato leaf dis
eases, may be controlled by arseni
cals, says Alfred Lutken, extension
entomologist and plant pathologist.
A dust of one part calcium ar
senate and four parts hydrated
lime, has been found to reduce
greatly the percentage of dam
aged fruits, while the spray that
has been found most effective is
the regular 4-4-50 Bordeaux mix
ture with arsenate of lead added at
the rate of one pound to each 50
gallons. Mr. Lutken advises that
the arsenicals be applied at inter
vals of 10 to 12 days. On small
areas infested fruits should be
picked off and burned or buried
deeply.
The large green tomato horn
worm also can be controlled by the
applications of poison, supplement
ed by hand picking.
Such leaf diseases as nailhead
rust, anthracnose, late blight, and
downy mildew will be kept under
control, Mr. Lutken suggests, by
the application of 4-4-50 Bordeaux
at intervals of 10 to 12 days. Wilt
ed and badly diseased plants
should be removed and burned .at
once. • *
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Production of oranges and grape
fruit is increasing faster than
world consumption in practically
all countries that grow * citrus
fruits, says the Bureau of Agricul-