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TEursday, July 16,1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FOUR tkluiCMICK MESSENGER 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 $100 Six Months .75 Months .50 ITS WORK THAT COUNTS 1‘here is an adage, that ‘‘There I~ luck in leisure” but there is no t h in that adage and there is as rt Is truth in the preachment of many failures that ‘‘work and mer it don't mean anything anymore, the lucky man will win anyway.” Of course there have been battles won by luck, but they are the prov erbial exceptions which prove the rule and are so outnumbered by incidents the reverse as to be unworthy of notice. Luck-won suc cesses are accidents. Work-won successes are incidents. Accidents always attract more attention than incidents for the same reason that normal human beings, which are incidents, pay money to see freaks of nature, which are accidents. To depend on luck is to play blind man's bluff among the laws of na ture and of man. These laws, when studied care fully, seem to prove that in the long run the best man wins the best place, and personal merit does succeed. Evidences to the contrary are merely the flips of chance. Luck smiles on those who take off their coats, put their shoulders to the wheel, and plug away at the task. Fortune favors men who are not afraid of dreary, irksome drudgery. Luck climbs no Everest. Luck transmutes no cataract into electricity. Luck is never a ladder from the earth of mediocrity to the heaven of achievement. TXI More Power For Powers LAURENS, July J.—J. Herman JPowers, a one-arm farmer of Laurens, is conducting a two-horse cultivator project, and is getting three-fold good results at one op eration in his cotton fields: (1) putting down side-dressing with a -fertilizer attachment, (2) culti vating both sides of the row and running out the middles and thus covering the side-dressing, (3) applying liquid poison for the boil 1 weevil with a home-made appli ance also attached to the cultiva tor. In co-operation with C. B. Can non, county farm agent, and the extension agricultural engineers, Mr. Powers is demonstrating on his farm the value of two-horse machinery, and though unfortun ate in having only one arm, he has been able with the riding cultivator to produce a cotton crop, the plant ing of seed with a one-horse plant er being the only exception. The two-horse riding cultivator was used in preparing the land, open ing rows, putting down fertilizer and bedding, and is doing the en tire jqb of cultivation, Mr. Powers himself riding the machine. For poisoning the weevil Mr. Powers has rigged up a simple but effective apparatus consisting of a Ford gas tank, a shut-off valve, and a copper pipe with a cloth mop at the end, the whole attached to 'the cultivator so that the ‘‘one- one-one mixture” of liquid poison is applied to the cotton plants as the cultivator marches on. For three years Powers has used the two-horse riding cultivator and his efficient work has been an ob ject lesson to other Laurens farm ers, seven of his neighbors* now having them in operation. A good many other farmers in the coun ty following suit, are using these machines and are doing a good job of economic operation. This Week h Arthur Brisbane The World Question His Heart Cut Out Paying for the War To Live 100 Years The world question is: “What is Germany’s condition?” The second question: “What would happen to the world If German in dustry and finance should collapse?” That probably will not happen, al though German effort to borrow $500,- ooo,O00 to bolster the Reichsbank shows how difficult the situation is, even after President Hoover’s ener getic action temporarily stopping pay ments under the Young plan. Another racketeer killing In New York city emphasizes, horribly, the brutality and bitter hatred that in spire these killings. Carmello Lieonti, racketeer connected with the Brook lyn Barbers’ and Longshoremen’s un ion, was the victim. His throat had been slashed, the head almost severed from the body, and his heart actually had been cut out. Human nature develops hideously when contempt for law becomes uni versal. as it has done recently in the United States, when officials supposed to enforce the law share the profits of lawbreakers, and fear of punish ment is removed. MILWAY NEWS * The crops in this section of ohe country are looking mighty pretty, after the nice rains. We have the best prospects for crops around here that we have had in quite a 1 while. We hope it won’t be long j until we can have ripe watermel ons and “roasting ears.” Rev. Gardner filled his regular appointment at Horeb Church Sunday morning, preaching a very fine sermon. Miss Maude Chiles spent the week end with her father, Mr. John Chiles. Visitors in this home Sun day were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dow- tin, Miss Maude Dowtin, Rev. and Mrs. Gardner and baby. Miss Edna Edwards spent last week with Mrs. Neel Edwards and Miss Annie Belle McCarty of Brad ley. SANDY BRANCH NEWS Crops are growing and looking lots better in our community since the recent rains. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Smith spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. L. N. Chamberlain. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Walker and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Rosenswike near Troy. Mr. Johnnie Baker of Augus L a has been visiting his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holloway and children spent awhile Sunday af ternoon with relatives in our com munity. Mrs. Frank Holloway. Mary Jen- __ . J nings and Marjorie Seigler spent Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Mayson and awhile Thursday afternoon with baby of Greenville were spend the Mrs . \y. R. McNeill and Mrs. J. T. a READY FOR CANNING Save your fruit and vegetables. We have the jars and cans, sanitary and solder tops. Prices right. wnm: hahdwabe co. MAIN STREET McCORMICK, S. C. J This column has occasionally re marked during -the recent “sky-the- limit” boom: “Sooner or later the world will begin to pay for the big war, and will not enjoy the process.” The world, including this part of North America, is paying now, and not enjoying it The moratorium simply recognizes the fact that you can’t get blood out of a stone, even a German stone, and That it would not pay to drive into bankruptcy one of the world’s great industrial and financial national units. day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Press Mayson Sunday. Miss Mildred McNeill spent the past week end with Misses Claire and Bertha Young of Troy. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Callison and Mr. Fred Callison visited relatives in the Shatterfield section Satur day. Mrs. J. W. Edwards has been vis iting her sistey, Mrs. Goodman Ed wards, of Troy, the past week end. We are very sorry to say that Mrs. Edwards is still very ill. Mrs. J. H. McNeill, Miss Mildred Reason. Mrs. Jennie Cothran of Rock Hill is visiting friends and relatives '?ere. Mrs. G. P. Ferqueron, Mrs. Mar ion Schumpert and Mrs. Jennie Cothran spent Friday with Mrs. T. M. Dorn. Miss Gladys Deason has been visiting her sister, Mrs. B. C. Bled- roe, and her brother, Mr. L. W. Deason, of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Gault and children of Owings and Mr. and ** xt -ii .ax* x* Mrs - Guy Gault and son, David, ™ Cl !! UI J and _“ ay ® S . Ma ^ SOn SP f r ? t ! of Fountain T nn vis ited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Deason and other rela tives recently. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Campbell Greenwood spent Sunday with his , „ ., . . . .oarents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Camp hor home Friday night. A very Wednesday with Mrs. Horace Ed wards. Miss Mary Edwards called i'*' the afternc Miss Carrie Mae Rosenswike en tertained her friends with a party 64 GOT FIVE DOLLARS?” / . . . we’ll give you 2 cents for it, and a marvelous 1931 full oversize GOODYEAR PATHFINDER M98 | Size 4.40-; John P. Rockefeller snys he hopes fo live 100 years, and his fellow citi zens hope that he will. He lias ren dered one great service, proving the foolishness of unrestricted compeli- t T on. the most wasteful tiling in the world. And. having accumulated hundreds of millions, he spends them usefully for science and education. The peo ple would like to see him live to one thousand years, except that It would not amuse him. Japanese scientists at the Kyoto Astronomical observatory have added another to our family of planets cir cling around the sun and going with it through space, heaven knows where. The new planet is no dwarf, for Its diameter is 3.000 miles greater than that of the earth. It was discovered to the south of the “Snake Charmer Constellations,” about one hundred million miles from the earth. This planet is another monument to the great Newton. It. flies around the sun in its orbit, held in space by mysterious gravitation, in accordance with Newton’s formula. And there is something, call it “imponderable ether” or what you like, between the sun and the planets. No feree could act through a vacuum. Miss Camilla Kelly of Memphis. Tenii., officially know/i as “Judge Ca milla,” in a sound speech says that in women misbehavior is “just a lit tle worse than in men.” Judge Camilla says God holds wom en to a higher degree of responsibility, because they are mothers of the race. Men, she thinks, “have been a little de ceived by their superiority complex.” Misbehavior iu women is as shock- , ing as the sight of a rose floating in a sewer. If it were a turnip or a po tato it would not be so bad. Women are the roses, men the tur nips, and women ought to remember it. But they don't when they drink cock tails, dress indecently, cultivate the u.-e of profanity, drag jewels that fool ish husbands give them through speak easies, where gangsters are quietly taking notes. 1 leasant evening was enjoyed by pi 1 present. I We are sorry to report that one of our near neighbors, Mrs. Earn est Hollingsworth was carried to the hospital in Asheville, N. C., last week on account of an infection caused by poison oak. We hope for Mrs. Hollingsworth a speedy recoverv. Little Clarence Hollings worth has been ill with German measles. x WILLINGTON NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson and daughter. Miss Lura Jean, and Miss Florence Patterson of Mt. Carmel spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Ada Kennedy and sisters, Misses Cowan. Mrs. J. W. Boyd of Mt. Carihel spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr., W. O. Covin. Miss Ellen Covin spent Monday with Misses Emily and Margaret Andrews at the home of Mrs. A. B. Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis H. Hemming- er spent last Wednesday and Thursday here with the formers mother, Mrs. Daisy Hemminger. Our community was saddened last Thursday morning when the news came that Mr. J. B. Branch had died Wednesday night. Our community and church have lost a good man, and our heartfelt sym pathy goes out to the family and the institution. Near Dorns’ Ginnery Mrs. Bill Jennings and children, also Mr. Leon Jennings spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. Manning Brown. Mrs. G. D. Price spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Manning Brown. Mr. Tom Henderson and Mr. Andrew Henderson spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Watkins. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Dorn called in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Deason, Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Chamber- lain and children visited in this community Sunday.. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walker and children and Mr. Claude Price of Greenwood and Mr. J. P. Price of Elberton, Ga., spent a day recently Preaching services at St. Stephens with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Episcopal Church, Willington, are .46-21 (29 x 4.40) All sizes equally low Why not beat a blow-out to it? It costs little to have that fine, relaxed feeling of knowing that your tire means a through ticket when you are in : a hurry to get somewhere. If you don’t believe our Goodyear tire values are the best in town, just come in and give us three minutes to prove it. We’ll do it in a way you’ll never forget! You save here on tubes, too. GOLF SERVICE STATION Phone 40 J. T. FAULKNER, Prop. McCormick, S. C. =*] Episcopal Church Schedule G. Q. Price. -txt- MODOC NEWS Miss Lillian Reese and brother, J. M. Reese, Jr., spent last week with relatives at Lincolnton, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. McDaniel and the latter’s * brother, Mr. Fuller Robertson, from Avondale, N. C., spent last week here among rela tives and friends. Miss Jennie Shumate from Greenwood was the guest a few days here last week to Misses Lucy and Rosalie Bussey. Messrs. R. L. Scott, Ray Bussey and Buddie Dean from Blacksburg The State Highway patrol is an were week end visitors here to excellent thing and is doing good home folks. vrork. You see less reckless driving. • Messrs. A. V. Bussey and G. L. as follows: Every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday at 4 o’clock p. m. REV. A. R. STUART, Minister. x Items Of Interest To The Farmers Rate Committee Personnel Complete STRIVING TO MAKE THOROUGH STUDY OF POWER RATES ' - (By County Agent E. L. Rogers) The boll weevil situation in the county is apparently not yet alarm ing, however, a close watch should be kept. Small cotton should be mopped with the 1-1-1 Calcium Arsenate mixture. Large cotton should be dusted v/hen infestation reaches 10 per cent. COLUMBIA, July 14th.—The technical, executive and clerical personnel of the South Carolina ^ower Rate Investigating Commit tee, authorized by the General Assembly to investigate the ques tion of power rate structures in this State, is about completed as far as the initial progress of the work justifies, stated W. J. Cor- mack, executive secretary, at Co- 'umbia today. To date other than Mr. Cor- mack, Major Arthur R. Wellwood, of Columbia, has been elected chief engineer, and S. P. Darlington has been appointed his assistant. David E. Cohn, of Columbia, has been made statistician; J. B. Parrott, of Clinton, field engineer, and R. M. Sumwalt, of the engineering facul ty of the University of South Caro lina, valuation engineer. Dr. John Bauer, of New York A new kind of war flourishes among our friends in Asia. On Japanese soil, Koreans have taken to killing Chinese, in violent mob uprising. Eighty-two killed recently included three women. Chinese, retaliating, destroy Korean irrigation works, ruining the rice fields. Those that expect peace to cover the earth very soon are too optimistic. While mere difference of race breeds hatred, there can be no safe peace. NOTICE A French cartoon shows a lion and a lamb in a circus cage. The circus owner says: “Sometimes they do not agree.” Asked: “What do you do in that case?” He replies: “We get a new lamb.” Let us hope the United States will remember that, and not play the part of the peace lamb, since it must live among fighting nations. _ It is about time for the fall crop People don’t park promiscuously on Dukes made a short visit to Au- 0 f Irish Potatoes to be planted, the roads and cars rarely have poor gusta Saturday evening. Lookout Mountain is the best fall or inadequate lights now. This Mrs. J. O. McDaniel is spending variety. It is best when cutting City, one of the leading engineers is all the reslult of the patrol. t* 16 week at Edgefield with her p 0 t a to to cut large pieces to country, is slated to meet One of the most interesting sister, Mrs. Lunette Prince. olant. ^ ~ things that has occurred in our Miss Mary Key from McCormick quiet little town in a long time was spent Sunday here with her par- There ^ yet time to plan( . every a game of ball Saturday afternoon ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. B. Key. available patch in some kind of between the "old men” and the Mr. Emerson ussey r 0 ™ ln ~ feed crop, whether it be corn, peas, “young men.” The score was 14 to colnton, Ga„ made a short visit £orghum or what not when the 9 in favor of the “old men.” The ere un a y 0 18 unc e < r. . . j 3arn> p an t r y^ anc j smoke house are Rev. Charles Sullivan of Columbia Bussey. full, times will not be so hard. umpired the game. I ^ w - M ; Na _f h °f Spartanburg ’ was here a few days last week with , , “Young Men” lomefolks. • wh ° hav f ?^ s for a G. McNair, c Mr. J. C. Maddox spent a couple market should put them on full G Hardaway, p. of days last week at his old home W. Lawton, lb. in Lincoln County. E Covin 2b Mr - E - F - Bussey was the guest J Lawton’ 3b! Sunday evening to Mr. and Mrs. “Shirred” eggs sound as if the * T. T. Bussey. |hens had taken up dressmaking Players— “Old Men” J. M. Gibert, c L. H. Hoffman, p J. O. Covin, lb. W. H. McNair, 2b. T. Lindley, 3b. A. Lawton, ss. C. LeRoy, rf. W. Lawton, cf. F. Alverson, If. feed now. The county agent will be glad to discuss this with you. X J. Morrah, ss. ........ A McNair, rf. Misses Georgia Reese and Lucy b 11 *' ^ 15 merely another name for W Andrews, cf. Bussey were the pleasant guests of baked eggs that are cooked in in- G. Cade, If. Miss Blanche McDaniel last Sun- The U. S. Department of Labor through the U. S. Employment Service has opened a Free Employ ment Bureau in The Florence Trust Company Building, Florence, S. C., for the purpose of giving the un employed assistance in finding em ployment. I Those desiring the aid of this Service will communicate with the above office. : r. d. mcmillan, State Director, U. S. Employment Service. ..... . . ,. i Trotzky, exiled from Russia, says only 5 per cent of Russians live as “Socialists,” and wants Russia to put Stalin out of power. That suggests a fable in which the mice decided that somebody should put a bell on the cat, that all might know when the cat was coming. No mouse wanted the job of “belling the cat.** X. Y. z. day. -txt- Card Of Thanks Marvelous are the changes In our highways, many the billions spent om them within a quarter of a century. And the country owe* that to man*- faeturers of automobiles, f®. 1**1. by Kins Features Syndicate, Ima.) Miss Alva McDaniel of Augusta spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McDaniel. ___ | Miss Nettie Thelma Bussey is We wish to acknowledge our sin- spending a few days in Augusta cere appreciation to our friends with her sister, Miss Evelyn Bussey, for their kindnesses and sympathy | Mrs. Sue Parks and, daughter, shown us during the illness and at Miss Robbie, of Augusta were the the death of our husband and fa ther, Ernest L. Hollingsworth, Sr. We also thank you for the silent tributes Of love, the beautiful flow ers. May God bless you. . / 4 4: The Family. guests of Mrs. C. H. Stone Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Ben Bussey and Albert Howie spent the week end with their aunt, Mrs. Betty Stone, over at Cold Springs. dividual shallow dishes with but ter, salt, and pepper added. The dishes should be placed in a pan of water and the eggs cooked in a moderate oven until the whites are set. X Here at last is a way to use up your old net curtains—make the tops of the children’s sun suits out of them. Bind the edges with some firm but light-weight mater ial, the same that the panties are made from, and you have a sun suit that merits its name but ‘is inexpensive. with the Committee sometime this week for the purpose of consulting with it on the work to be accom plished. Dr. Bauer is well known in this State, as during the Rich- aids’ administration he prepared ? very exhaustive brief on the elec tric service and A’ates in South. Carolina for the Railroad Co mmis- sicn. It is the purpose of the Committee to have with it certain leading public figures in South Carolina interested in power rates and development to neet with Dr. Bauer on his appearance here. The Power Committee organiza tion, said Mr. Cormack, nas done a .-r-o-.f loal of preliminary work nrenaratorv to a nirvey of the util ities situation in South Carolina, it has received and has compiled and analyzed rates from the municipal ly owned power plants of the State and it has been studying very valuable data supplied to it by pub lic service commissions in other states which have direct bearing upon the South Carolina situation. The committee is composed of Tom B. Pearce, of Columbia, chair man; C. W. Coker, of Hartsville, vice-chairman, B. H. Peace, of Greenville, H. Klugh Purdy, of Rldgeland, and\E; P. Vandiver, of Anderson.