Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, July 16,1931 McCOhidlCK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA' PAGE NUMBER T&KEQ* HOP Delicious and Refreshing l GOOD THINGS FROM NINE CLIMES IN A SI NGLE BOTTLE TUNI IN on our radio program 31-pkce, all-string orchestra. Grandand Rice interviewing world celebrities. • Every Wednesday Night • WSB ATLANTA, GA. GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Greenwood, S. C. IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS \ R ATS DIE so do mice, once they eat RAT- SNAP. And they leave no odor be hind. Don’t take oar word for it —try 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 cakes - enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. _. Sold and guaranteed by STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCormick, S. C. ALL LIGHT CARS $6.65 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE 622 BROAD PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA. GA. Schedule Of Services At Colored Churches Schedules of services at the Col ored Churches are as follows: Young Mt. Zion, Chappell, First Sunday. Old Mt. Zion, Epworth, Second Sunday. Bethany, McCormick, Third Sunday. JNew Hope, Plum Branch, Fourth Sunday. REV. J. F. MARSHALL, Pastor. Springfield, First Sunday. Ebemezer, Second Sunday. Shiloh, Third and Fourth Sun days. REV. DOUGLASS, Pastor. Zion Chappel, First Sunday. Piney Grove, Second Sunday. Bailey Bethel, Third Sunday. REV. W. S. MIMS, Pastor. Farm Lands Are Selling Again EDITORIALS AND SIGNIFICANT STATEMENTS SHOW MOVE MENT FROM CITIES TO COUNTRY uoun 0A OAHJ //★ (The Washington Post, July 5) Liberty Spring, Second Sunday. Mt. Moriah, Third Sunday. REV. WILLIAM PETERSON, Pastor. Cedar Spring, first Sunday. Shady Grove, second Sunday. Mt. Herman and Mt. Lebanon third Sunday. Carry Hill, fourth Sunday. REV. C. M. MIDDLETON, Pastor. Back To The Farm For the first time in years the ’hift of population has turned back to the farm. While the Unit ed States was rapidly rising to the tatus of a great industrial Nation, population flowed steadily city ward. Industrial opportunities caused greater numbers to desert their farms each year. Every at- empt to promote a back-to-the- .arm movement was vain. But iccnomic conditions have now -urned the tide in the opposite di- -ection. From St. Louis comes a report hat more farms were sold to new comers in the first four months of this year than during the whole of 930. Louisville, Xy., reports un- isua! activity in the sale of farm and'. The Federal Land Bank, of Columbia, S. C., says that if the jrescnt trend continues farm sales will total $3,000,000, as compared vith $1,700,000 last year. Accord ing to *he Manufacturers Record, his movement is especially notable n the South. No improvement in agricultural conditions lures people back to the farm. Prices of farm products are at a low ebb, below those of pre war days. Nor has there been an Increase in thd demand for agri cultural output, even at those prices. Perhaps the greatest fac tor in turning people back to agri culture is the vicissitudes of city life in this period of hard times. In the cities thousands have been driven to accept charity, to join the bread lines. But in the coun try there are no soup kitchens, and no lines of idle men waiting to be fed. No matter how depressed the markets of the world may be, the farmer can grow food for him self and family, and farms provide shelter at little cost. Workers who find they are victims of circum stances in the cities put a high value upon the comparative inde pendence of farm life. Other factors which enter into this movement are the cheapness of farm lands, the improvement of agricultural methods and the re moval of much drudgery from the farm home. The price of farm land has reached a point where pur chases are considered attractive, and credit is plentiful. By using machinery and marketing crops co-operatively farmers are able to make a profit, even though it may not be large. In most sections of the country it is ncT longer neces sary to give up the comforts of life when moving to a farm. Automo biles, electric power, refrigeration, radio and many other modern con veniences carry the advantages of urban life into farming communi- vies. (Weekly Kansas City Star, July 1) St. Charlotte, First Sunday. Mt. Moriah, Second Sunday. Hosannah, Third Sunday. New China, Fourth Sunday. REV. E. D. TALBERT, Pastor. One thing’s certain—you can’t iexpcct to turn out well unless you turn in early. A Significant Statement “With the acre value of farm real estate in the United States down to only 6 per cent above av erage values from 1912 to 1914, the time which careful investors have been waiting for has come. “The value of representative in dustrial, railroad and utility stocks dropped more than 68 per cenc during the past two years, while the decline in values of farm real estate during the same period was less than 3 per cent. “The comparatively small drop in'land values during the last ewe years, despite the serious declines in prices of farm products, shows that land values generally have been on a sound basis m recent years. Owners of land temporar ily are not receiving as high re turns on their investment as chey were receiving, but they have shown no disposition to throw their investments overboard because of fear that returns may not come back to.a satisfactory basis.” The above statement was issued by the Federal Land Bank, Wichita, Kan., where inquiries from pros pective purchasers of foreclosed farms are showing a tremendous increase. Loans for the first half of the year have exceeded 2 mill ion dollars, indicating clearly a confidence in the future on the part of land owners. Land has de clined 37.6 per cent from peak values of 1920. During the same period seventy stocks representing industrials, railroads and utilities (have declined more than twice as Don’t Rasp Your Throat With Harsh Irritants "Reach for a LUCKY instead" Everyone has an Adam’s Apple—Every man—every woman has one. Touch your Adam’s Apple with your finger. You are actu ally touching your larynx—this is your voice box — it contains your vocal chords. When you consider your Adam’s Apple, you are consid ering your throat—your vocal chords* "TOASTING" expels certain harsh Irri tants present in all raw tobaccos. These ex pelled irritants are not present in your LUCKY STRIKE—the modern cigarette. We sell these expelled irritants to manufacturers of chem ical compounds. Everyone knows that sunshine mellows—that’s why the "TOASTING" Process includes the use of Ultra Violet Rays. LUCKY STRIKE — made of the finest tobaccos—the Cream of the Crop—THEN-"IT’S TOASTED"— an extra, secret and exclusive heating process* it is this process that expels these harsh irritants. No wonder 20,679 American physi cians have stated LUCKIES to be less irritating* No wonder LUCKIES are always kind to your throat. And so we say "Consider your Adam’s Apple." Be careful in your choice of cigarettes. TUNE IN-The Liicfcy Strike Dance Orchestra* every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening over N. B. C. networks* toasted Ipw SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays Sunshine Mellows—Heat Purifies Your Throat Protection —against irritation—against cough © 1931, The American Tobacco Co.. Mfra. BAYER ASPIRIN is always SAFE creased even nore than the value farming is being placed more gen- should recover from the current of the land on ^vhich „hey are ;.jro- • erally on duced. With lowering of Interest! prospects a business basis, with depression along with or before in- of satisfactory profit; rates on commercial paper and passing of dividends there’s a tend ency among investors to look for BEWARE OF IMITATIONS S0methin s Which will give greater return. It Is quite likely that those with an agricultural back- Unless you see the name Bayer and the word genuine on the package as pictured above you can never be sure that you are taking the genuine Bayer Aspirin that thousands of physicians prescribe in their daily practice. T he name Bayer means genuine Aspirin. It is your guarantee of purity— your protection against some imitation. Millions of users .have proved it is safe. Genuine Bayer Aspirin promptly relieves: Headaches Colds Sore Th roa t Rheumail No harmful It does not •iintis uralgia inibago • »tiiache f ^llo\v its use. much as the value of land. There is every reason to assume that inflation is entirely eliminated from land values. The deflation in the value of farm crops has been accompanied by a* material in crease in the efficiency of success ’s an ground who received cheir start toward financial independence j from agriculture will realize chat' farm ownership may again beccme l a stable and dependable source of Income. third, the vicissit.1: Jes or urban ?ife with the uncertain employment condi ions have • convinced many people that the normally regular food supply and economic inde pendence of the farmer are to be ^referred. % dustry. With a better market for farm products, land values should be stabilized at above their present levels.” ‘"Fine Sweet Heavy Oats” (Manufacturers Record, July 2) (Official Figures Quoted on Move ment To Farms:) Angus W. McLean, former Gov ernor of North Carolina, recently commented as follows: “Farming LIVESTOCK ON SOUTH CARO LINA FARMS BEST MARKET FOR SURPLUS CROP CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 7.— as a vocaitcn is becoming increas- “South Carolina has produced this A back-to-the-land movement ingly popular with city and town season a bumper crop of oats— has developed in the South and people as shown by the greater ‘fine, sweet, heavy oats,’ says one Southwest. This swing from ur-j number who are moving to the miller—and South Carolina farms ban to rural life discloses a silver j country. My observation and ex- should provide the best market for lining to the economic cloud. As perience in the last few months these home-grown oats,” says O. the movement gains momentum it! coincide with the facts brought out M. Clark, extension economist in will have a far-reaching effect to- ! in the federal government’s figures farm management, for oats can be ward better equalization of fac- showing the movement of people substituted in part and in some tory output to demand. Thousands to the country. In 1930, a total of cases entirely for com in feeding of urban producers, transformed 1,392,000 persons left the towns other classes of livestock, leaving temporarily into mere consumers and cities to farm—the largest more corn for hogs . The general through lack of employment may movement of this kind since the market for oats is limited and again become producers of essen- | government began to record such South Carolina oats on the general tials to supply their immediate movements in 1922. In the latter market must meet the competition needs. On the farm they are as- , year, the exodus from the farms of western-grown oats, which are sured of shelter and food, thus re- amounted to 1,120,000; in 1924, now very low-priced, lieving in proportionate measure 679,000; in 1925, 1,020,000; in 1927, To. the end that farmers may the burden placed upon relief or-1604,000; in 1928, 376,000; in 1929, know better how to sell their oaU ful farm operators. The cost of production of farm crops has* de- -such*purchases is plentiful; second, ganizations in the cities. Pros pects now point to an adjustment which should prove of great econ omic value. In gathering evid ence of this farm trend the Manu facturers Record has received from various sources and sections of the South facts of unmistakable sig nificance in their bearing on the present situation and their future influence on business revival The trend to the farm may be at tributed in the main to three fac tors: ’ First, farm land values now have reached a level attractive to purchasers, and money to finance 619,000 and in 1930, 151,000. to their own livestock and thus “It is significant that the move- receive a better price, Mr. Clark ment from farms to the cities and has assembled data from the vari- towns has declined progressively ous extension livestock specialists and that the number of people go- here and has published Extension ing from the city to the country in Circular 114, “Disposing of South 1930 was the largest since 1924. Carolina Oats,” which is for free “Farmers were attracted to the distribution by the county farm cities because of high wages and agents and the Publications Divi- the ease with which they could sion, Clemson College. The circular find employment. Many of the gives formulas for feeding oats to people now returning are those who beef cattle, hogs, sheep, dairy previously farmed or. their sons, cows, and poultry. They will find farm real estate $X$—-• selling on about a pre-War basis. If many more oceanic flights are Agricultural coriunodities do not projected 4 one-way traffic will be bring fapey prices, but agriculture th£ next step.