McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, July 23, 1931, Image 1
TRUK TU OURSELVES,. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirtieth Year
Established June 5, 1902
McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, July 23, 1931
8 Pages — All Home Print
Number 8
Weevils Show Big
Increase In County
COUNTY AGENT ROGERS AD
VISES CAREFUL WATCHING
AND USE OF POISON
The following letter from Mr.
Rogers to farmers in McCormick
County was sent out one day last
week:
Dear Sir—Our cotton got off to
a late start and a number of old
weevils died during the dry weath
er before they could do much dam
age. However, there were plenty
left to puncture squares for the
first generation to hatch out.
With the recent rains you may
expect a more rapid increase in
weevil infestation. If we don’t
save the early squares, the cotton
crop will be materially reduced un
der weevil conditions.
Cotton in some fields is still
small enough probably to effec
tively use sweetened poison. The
majority is ready for dust if in
festation reaches as much as ten
per cent. One may determine the
per cent of infestation as follows:
Examine 100 squares on the stalk,
including apparently healthy ones
of puncturable size. Pull off and
keep count of all squares punctur
ed. The number of punctured rep
resents the per cent of infestation
of that particular area. Do this in
say five different places in the
field and average the per cent, of
punctures at each count to get av
erage per cent of infestation for
the field. When infestation reach
es 10 per cent, 3 to 4 pounds Cal
cium Arsenate dust per acre should
be applied. The infestation counts
should be made before you see a
large number of punctured squares
flare, turn yellow and drop off be
cause then you have above a 10 per
cent infestation when you wait
that late to check up.
Pick up' and bum all punctured
squares if practical bn your partic
ular farm.
This of course means a further
investment in your cotton crop,
but do you think you can afford to
let the weevil have what you have
already invested without a fight?
If I can be of service to you, let
me know.
k Very ^ruly yours,
E. L. ROGERS,
County Agent.
Since Mr. Rogers sent out the
circular letter in regard to boll
weevils he states that he has found
infestations ranging from 1 per
cent up to 30 per cent in fields in
different sections of the county.
He states that all cotton farmers
should watch their fields very
closely because infestation is rap
idly increasing due »o the frequent
showers and that the first genera
tion of weevils is hatching out in
some fields.
World’s Largest Dirigible Nearly Ready for Air
Gen. Estes To Speak
State Legionnaires
WILL DELIVER PRINCIPAL A&
DRESS AT CHARLESTON
MEETING
Finishing touches are being put on the Akron, which will be formally named on August 8. The photogr?.pl
•vs the three fins in place and the outer covering being applied to the slhip’s tail. Each fin is forty feet wide an«;
105 feet in length. The Akron is 785 feet long and weighs 221,000 pounds. It can lift 182,000 pounds of “pay load’
besides its own weight. Mrs. Hoover will christen the airship by liberating a flock of doves.
CHARLESTON, July .21.—Brig.
Gen. George H. .Estes, U. S. A.,
commanding the eighth brigade
and Fort McPherson, Atlanta, will
deliver the principal address at ohe
South Carolina department, Am
erican Legion, convention here
July 27. ,
General Estes will speak at the
opening program. The convention
will last two days.
The entertainment committee
has mapped out an extensive pro
gram for legionnaires and mem
bers of the legion auxiliary who
will attend the meeting.
A boat trip around Charleston
harbor, dance, parade, bathing
beauty and beach pajama con
tests and swimming are among
the entertainment features. The
Spartanburg drum and bugle
corps will give an exhibition drill
and championship baseball con
test between upper and lower state
junior baseball teams are also on
the program. v.
Sesquicentennial
And Home Coming
Long Cane Church
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST, IS DAY
SET FOR CELEBRATION AT
THIS GRAND OLD CHURCH
NEAR TROY
Lightning Kills Negro
County Chain Gang
ISAAC BELCHER KILLED BY
BOLT THAT STUNNED ANOTH
ER NEGRO AND WHITE
MAN
Mrs. Buchanan
Dies At Coronaca
TTOTHEF OF R. A. BUCHANAN OF
PARKSVILLE DIES FOLLOW
ING LONG ILLNESS
Martha Verdi Bucha-iar
?d a* her hone at Coronaca him-
y ni^ht at 7 ^’cloch after on : M
ss of about /ears duo v
vanced year*-. She was 33 vr -»r-
1 last N r vrmber. and one of tn
5st dearly beloved .vcmen of u ha J
;tion.
Mrs. Buchanan was a nembe’- d
e well-known Verell family and
is the widow of F. P. Buchanan,
eminent citizen of the Coronaca
;tion, who died in May 1917.
Po mourn her loss she is sur
ged by five sons, J. C. Buchanan,
Greenville; W. B. Buchanan, J.
Buchanan and L. O. Buchanan,
Coronaca, and R. A. Buchanan,
Parksvllle, and one sister, Mrs.
W. Rykard, of Coronaca.
Fhe funeral services were con-
cted at Coronaca Methodist
lurch, of which she had long
en a devoted member, Monday
ternoon at 4 o’clock by the pas-
• the Rev. W. F. Johnson, and
p Rev. J. G. Wilson, of Ninety Six,
d Interment made in Bethlehem
Isaac Belcher, young negro con
vict on the McCormick County
gang, was killed instantly late
Monday afternoon, near Plum
Branch, when struck by lightning.
There were only a few small burns
on the negro’s body, but an exam
ination revealed that he had a
broken :ieck.
The gang took shelter under a
shed belonging to Mr. Charles
Freeland when a severe storm came
up. Belcher and another convict,
Cliff Middleton, at first got under
a truck, but seeing that they would
get wet asked permission of the
foreman to go into a bam. They
sighted some straw in a stall, the
door of which was fastened, and
they both started to climb over
when knocked off by the lightning
bolt. It is presumed that Bel
cher’s neck was broken in the fall,
after being stunned. Middleton,
who was by his side, received a sev
ere shock, but apparently suffered
no injuries. Mr. John Creswell,
guard, also received a jar. Belcher
was serving a four months’ sen
tence for house-breaking and lar
ceny, to which he entered a guilty
plea at the June term of sessions
court. Prior to this, he had just
been returned from Passaic, N. J.,
by Sheriff W. T. Strom.
A horse and mule belonging to
Mr. Freeland were killed on the
opposite side of the barn. Light
ning struck that side of the barn
first, killing the two animals, cifid
played over a metal roof to where
Belcher and Middleton were. Mr.
Freeland had just taken out his
mule ahead of the storm, putting
same in a stall with the gears on.
Two cows, within five feet of the
dead animals, escaped unharmed.
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Mrs. J. W. Williams
Succumbs To Illness
Mrs. James W. Williams died at
her home near town Saturday
night, following an illness of a year
or more. She was 55 years of age
and a member of the Holiness
Church, and had patiently borne
her suffering, which was intensq
during the last few months.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter, Mrs. Joe McDade,
two sons, Ralph and Elliott Wil
liams; two sisters, Mrs. John
Stuart and Mrs. George Banks,
and two brothers, Messrs. Dan and
Jack Holder, and a number of oth
er relatives.
Furftral services were conducted
by the Rev. Fletcher Sorrell and
interment made in McCormick
cemetery at three o’clock Sunday
afternoon. G. P. McCain’s ser
vice in charge.
S. E. Perryman Writes Burial Flags Placed
Letter From Texas
SAYS ROBERT PERRYMAN, MISS
RUTH PERRYMAN AND ALEX
RICHARDSON, AUTO WRECK
VICTIMS, DOING NICELY
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Rosser Killingsworth
Writes From Holland
McCORMICK BOY MEMBER OF
MERCHANT MARINES, LIKES
OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT SAYS
IT’S GREAT TO BE AN
AMERICAN
First U. S. Treasurer
A recently discovered portrait of
Alexander Hamilton, hidden for 127
years, has come into the possession of
Andrew Mellon, the present secretary.
Dr. R. G. Killingsworth has lust
received the following interesting
letter from his son, Rosser, who is
with the Merchant Marines, and
enjoying a trip to a number of
foreign countries:
Rotterdam, Holland,
June 27, 1931
My Dear Folks :
Just a greeting from the land
“Where Tulips Grow” to let you
know that we arrived safely. I
wrote you from Germany, and
trust you got it o. k.
This is a very pretty little coun
try, and I like it here better than
Germany. The people are very nice.
Rotterdam is a large city of
about 700,000 people and expensive
and up-to-date. I wish you could
see the flowers—they are every
where.
Most everyone here rides a
bicycle, and I came very nearly
being run down by one of them to
day. It isn’t dark until 10:00 p.
m. and the sun rises at 3:00 a. m.
Can you beat that?
We leave tomorrow for Belgium,
then we are going home again. Af
ter all it’s great to be an American.
I’ve seen quite enough, having
come through the English Channel,
seeing England and France from
the ship, and then visiting Germ
any, Holland and Belgium, and am
ready for a glimpse of the Statue
of Liberty again.
Good-bye until I reach Anth-
werp.
With much love,
Rosser.
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Women win more victories with
tears than with rolling pins.
Decatur, Texas,
July 14, 1931.
McCormick Messenger,
McCormick, S. C.,
Dear, Mr. Editor:
Just another note that I wish
you would publish for the benefit
of our friends in that section of
the country. At this time Robert
Perryman and sister, Ruth, are do
ing nicely and also Alex Richard
son, who are all here at the Rogers
Hospital and I should like to thank
you and our many friends for their
kindness in every way through
your paper, and especially Mr.
Wright Andrews and Mr. Edward
Covin of Willington, S. C.
I should like to write a personal
letter to everyone of our friends in
South Carolina and Georgia who
was so thoughtful of us at this
time, but other business prohibits
it at present.
The grain crops are fine in this
State this year and very cheap. I
am told that wheat is seiling for
34 cents per bushel and I have no
ticed there is a good crop of
cantaloupes this season which are
bringing $1.75 per crate. It is dry
our here at this writing and the
corn crop in this section is badly
in need of rain, and most of the
Deople are in need of work, too.
I was in Oklahoma City last
week. That is where I am living,
and things are quiet up there. The
oil fields are practically closed and
oil is selling for 10 and 14 cents per
barrel, so if you know cf anyone
who might be contemplating com
ing west,, you might inform him
hat it cost money to live out here,
oo. But, if you are real smart
r.d know your stuff you might
;et a meal from the Salvation
Army.
With kind personal regards tc
ou and all the boys in the plant
am,
Tours truly,
S. 3. PERRYMAN.
County Seat Towns
LETTER FROM REGIONAL MAN
AGER TO COMMANDER EP-
TING GIVES INFORMATION
ABOUT FLAGS
The time for the sesquicentennial
celebration and home-coming at
Long Cane Church is drawing near,
and the following is part of the
program to be carried out at the
church :
10:30 a. m.—Words of welcome—
By Miss Clara Wideman.
10:45 a. m.—Address: subject—
“Home, Farm and Social Life of
This Community During my Early
Recollection,”—Rev. S. L. Morris
Atlanta, Ga.
11:30 a. m.—Historical Sketch of
Long Cane—By Mrs. C. B. Klugh,
Abbeville.
12:00 noon—Sermon—By Rev. L
N. Kennedy, Mooresville, N. C.
12:45 p. m.—Recess—Basket din
ner served on the ground.
2:00 p. m.—Address—By Rev. K
B. Kennedy, Due West, S. C.
2:30 p. m.—“A Sketch of the Old
Woodlawn Academy,”—Mrs. Katie
P. Flenniken, Winnsboro, S. C.
3:00 p. m.—Address—Prof. Frank
W. Bradley, Columbia, S. C.
Mr. Sep Edwards has promised
to bring his Due West Choir to help
with the music. The people are
asked to bring baskets of lunch, as
the local congregation is small and
a large crowd is expected.
Dr. C. K. Epting,
Com. T. J. Lyon, Jr., Post 19,
American Legion,
McCormick, S. C.,
Dear Sir:
United States Burial Flags to
drape the caskets of deceased war
veterans have been distributed to
Postmasters at all county seat Post
Offices throughout the State, to be
issued upon application by the next
of kin of the deceased veteran, the
person responsible for burial ser
vices, representative of the ox-ser
vice or welfare organization having
charge of the burial or other per
son having knowledge of the facts
and acting In the interest of the
deceased or his family.
Following is a list of the county
seat Post Offices which will be lo
cal distributing points for these
flags.
i Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, An
derson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beau
fort, Moncks Comer, St. Matthews,
Charleston, Gaffney, Chester,
Chesterfield, Manning, Walterboro,
Darlington, Dillon, St. George,
Edgefield, Winnsboro, Florence,
Georgetown, Greenville, Green
wood, Hampton, Conway, Ridge-
’and, Camden, Lancaster, Laurens,
Bishopvilie, Lexington, McCormick,
Marion, Bennettsville, Newberry
Walhalla, Orangeburg, Pickens, Co
lumbia, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sum
ter, Union. KIngstree, York.
Inasmuch as it is my desire that
the above information reach the
general public it will be greatly ap
preciated if you will give the mat
ter as much publicity as possible.
Yours very truly,
S. C. GROESCHEL,
Regional Manager.
Columbia, S. C.
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Many More Weevils
In Cotton Fields
INCREASE SHOWS 8 TO 12 FER
CENT DURING PAST WEEK" ■*
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To Clean Off Long
Cane Cemetery On
July 24 and 25
All those who are interested in
the cemetery at Long Cane A. R. P.
Church are asked to meet there on
Friday and Saturday, July 24 and
25. Come with the necessary tools
to clean off and beautify the
graves and the grounds. If there
are those who can’t come, but wish
to contribute to this work, please
send funds to Hon. W. D. Morrah,
Troy, S. C. .
New Broadway Beauty
CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 20.—
The per cent of infested squares in*
South Carolina cotton fields in
creased from 8.4 to 12.7 during the
week ending July 18 and the
number of live weevils found was
three times greater than one week
ago, according to figures based up
on examination of 92 fields in nine
counties representing average con
ditions over the entire state.
Only one field failed to reveal
at least one punctured square;
other fields showed infestations
from 2.5 to 67.3 per cent. Cotton
being further advanced in Bam
berg and Orangeburg, these coun
ties had the highest average infes
tation, 30 and 20 per cent respec
tively, Darlington county next with
14.4 per cent, followed by Green
wood with 13.6, Aiken and Calhoun,
each with 12 per cent. A slight
decrease in Chester and Union was
not unexpected and is comparable
to decreases reported in Coastal
counties last week.
Taking all things into considera
tion the entomologist making these
studies cautions farmers to watch
their fields closely and warns that
there will probably be decidedly in
creased infestation during the next
week or ten days. Cotton even in
the Coastal counties is not yet safe
from weevil attack and only the
most effective of control measures
will prevent serious losses.
Revival Services At :
Clarks Hill Church’
Marcelle Edwards has been pro
claimed “Miss Broadway of 1931” as
a result of a recent cont^*>t in which a
thousand competed.
A revival meeting will be started
it Bethlehem Baptist Church at
Clarks Hill next Sunday night at
3:00 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev.
O. L. Orr, of Plum Branch, will do
the preaching. Services are to be
held at 8 o’clock every evening and
11 o'clock every morning, beginning
with Sunday night’s service.
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Error About Teacher
Last Wednesday’s Anderson Daily
Mail said under the caption 61
“Caught In Passing,” that “Leland
Jackson, former high school foot
ball star here, will be principal and
coach at McCormick high the com
ing season.” The paper was in error
if the McCormick, S. C., school was
the one referred to, as teachers for
this school were elected before this
young man was heard from.