McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 13, 1931, Image 8
Hmr^dgy, August 13, 1931
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA
rAlsL, iNUMKHin. tiGilT
*ARKSVILLE POULTRYMEN VAC
CINATE FOR CHICKEN POX
TOTAL 925 BIRDS TREATED
JEDISON
The last time I talked with M
Edison I asked him how long he
. .was going to keep on working.
‘Tm never going to stop,” he
«aid, “unless my stomach goes
back on me. There’s where most
men give out first, m their diges
tions.” •
“There’s only one rule for keep
ing young,” he went on. “That is
to watch your'digestion and never
jstop working. That’s the import
ant thing—never . stop working.
Keep your mind active. The, brain
is, more durable than any other
part of the body.”
Mr. Edison was SI when he said
that, and was launching into a new
line of research with the enthusi
asm of a boy. He was as inter
ested in everything new as he was
when he was twenty. ,
GANGSTERS /
As long as the gangsters in the
big cities confined their activities
to shooting each other up there
was very little public protest. But
when five children were shot, one
of them fatally, in a New York
gang battle, the authorities began
to get active. It is my guess that
the clean-up movement in New
York at least has actually started,
and that there will be less toler
ance of murder and less sympathy
dor murderers in the future.
• in the long run, law and order
are always triumphant. If that
were not so the world would be in
a state of anarchy today. ,
appAnzeia
Netften Baker drove thousands of
peoplt to their encyclopedias the
other day toien, in the course of
Mii^speech * *at the Institute of Poli
tics, he said that “of course, Ap-
penzell is the only pure demo
cracy.” Not one out of ten thous
and of those who heard or read
.Baker’s speech had ever heard of
Appenzell. It is one of the little
independent states which form a
part of the Swiss Federation. It is
in the northeast pf Switzerland,
and has about 70,000 population.
'The only government it has is a
sort of magnified town meeting at
which everybody votes.
The oldest of all republics is San
Marino, in the^ Italian Alps, which
foas existed unchanged since 400 A.
D. and is still governed by the old
Boman laws and customs. But San
Marino is not a pure democracy in
the sense that Appenzell is, and
neither is Andorra, that other tiny
European republic which is entire
ly surrounded by Spain but which
is under the protection of the
•French government and a Spanish
bishop.
RUSSIA
Several poultrymen of Parksville
have insured their flocks against
outbreaks of sore-head or chicken
pox, which so often occur during
fall and winter months, by vac
cinating their pullets. Since this
disease usually occurs during the
fall and winter months to lower
igg proauction when the price of
3ggs is higher than any other time
during the year, these men and
women are extremely wise in tak-
ng every precaution possible to
prevent its outbreak. Vaccination
against chicken pox or sore-head,
as it is commonly called, is a com
paratively new thing, yet results
obtained by those who vaccinated
last year seem to prove it an ef
fective preventive.
Poultrymen who have vaccinated
their flocks are: A. V. Morgan, L.
V. Mayer, J. H. Drennan, and Mrs.
J. M. Bussey. Vaccine was obtain
ed through the vocational agricul
tural department at a cent a dose.
The average cost pf treating 925
birds was a fraction over four-
fifths of a cent per bird.
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If everybody had beautiful
hands, how would all he dishes be
washed?
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“Business, is business,” said the
chigger as he dug in. ^
Hunting Licenses
Now On Sale
Cotton Estimate Is
15,584,000 Bales
Hunters in McCormick County
can now purchase hunting licenses
at the usual places over the coun
ty, and they are urged to do so be
fore venturing out in pursuit of
game. The law will be strictly en
forced as regards license and sea
son for the various wild game and
also as to the quantity allowed.
H. W. BAILEY,
Game Warden, McCormick Coun-
ty.
Modoc, 3. C.,
August 10, 1931.
Must yotr start; anemr
to save’forahome?
\
You made great sacrifices
in order to build your home.
But fire, in a few hours,
can damage and destroy your
home and its furnishings.
Could you then he secure
because of complete fire
George Bernard Shaw came
] m 8 * 11 * 1111 ^ protection? Or
from Russia enthusiastic over what
he had been permitted to see. Lady
Astor, who accompanied him, was
equally enthusiastic. They saw, as
all visitors to Russia see, what the
authorities permitted them to see.
If one thing can be more cer
tain than anything else, it is that
the truth about Russia and the
condition of the people does not
get out of Russia. Neither does
the truth about the rest of the
world get ?.nto Russia. All Russian
newspapers are controlled and
practically edited by the Soviet
government. News from America
that is permitted to be printed
.presents this country in the most
unfavorable light and is intended
to make Russian workers and peas
ants believe that they are the most
fortunate people in the world.
News coming out of Russia is con
trolled also by the government.
This results in making intelli
gent people in each country high
ly suspicious of the other. There is
y!no chance for a friendly under
standing between Russia and the
rest of the world until freedom of
speech and of the press are estab
lished in Russia. v
FASHIONS
would you have to hegin to
rave all over again because
of no insurance whatever
3r an insufficient amount?
Why not settle any question
on your insurance today?
Paul J. Robinson
Insurance Agency
PHONE 66
McCormick
oats in the presence of ladies. No
natter how hot the weather a man
• ithout a coat is not admitted to
he best restaurants, hotels and
heatres. That is absurd, but it
derives from ancient custom, which
‘rteincted :n the effort to dis-
ingmish a gentleman *rom a work-
ng man. A servant could go
*oatless but the coatless gentleman
night easily be mistaken for a
crvant. Nothing is truer than
hat the clothes make the man.
When King Christian of Denmark
vas found dead in the street in
Copenhagen, a few years ago, no
body recognized him because he
Paris dressmakers have decreed j was wearing ordinary clothes in-
tight corsets, smaller waits and ]-tead of royal regalia,
longer skirts for women. American j n a genuine democracy every-
women say they won’t stand for it,
but they will. Woman’s greatest
body would dress as he pleased, but
everybody would choose to dress
fear is that she will look different j US t like everybody else. The only
from other women. | place today where dempcracy in
That goes for men, too. Men’s dress prevails is in fashionable
fashions don’t change as often as restaurants where it is impossible
women’s, but they are just as fool- to distiguish a customer from a
Jsh. Fashion says we must wear I waiter.
INDICATED YIELD PER ACRE IS
BELIEVED TO BE HIGHEST
ON RECORD. CONDITION
74.9 PER CENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Cotton
production this year, indicated by
the condition of the crop August
1, was announced today by the de
partment of agriculture at 15,584,-
300 equivalent SOOrpound bales.
Last year’s ginned production was
13,932,000 bales.
The condition of the crop or
August 1 was 74.9 per cent of a
normal, indicating a yield of 185.8
pounds per acre. The condition a
year ago was 62.2 per cent of a
normal, with a final yield of 147.'?
pounds, and the 10-year average
condition on August 1 is 67.5 per
cent, with acre yield averaging
154.4 pounds.
Acreage in cultivation this /ear
on July 1 was 41,491,000 acres.
That area reduced by the 10-year
average abandonment between July
1 and time of picking, brings Jie
probable area to be picked this
year to 40,129,000 acres, on which
figure the derrirtment based its
indicated total production.
The July 1 condition and mdi-
cated total production (in thou
sands of bales), by states, follow:
Indicat-
Con- ed Pro-
. % dition duction
38
# 713
.335
1,109
37
231
’ 472
1,263
1,771
866
5,018
1,200
1,614
*86
131
194
6
15,584
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The Home of Perfect Sound
Leaders With Better Pictures
GREENWOOD, S. C.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, August 13th-14th
Kay Francis and Ricarda Cortez
TRANSGRESSION”
46'
SATURDAY, August 15th
Ken Maynard
SONS OF THE SADDLE'
MONDAY and TUESDAY, August 17th-18th
Elected hv a Million Laughs
MARIE DRESSLER and POLLY MORAN
“POLITICS” -
WEDNESDAY, August 19th
Loretta Young, John Wayne, Joan Marsh
. and Joyce Compton
“THREE GIRLS LOST”
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, August 20th-21st
Jaynet Gaynor and Warner Baxter
“DADDY LONG LEGS”
CAROLINA THEATRE
Greenwood, S. C.
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Virginia - — 32
North Carolina 78
South Carolina 71
Georgia 64
Florida 74
Missouri 86
Tennessee 82
Alabama 70
Mississippi 73
Louisiana 72
Texas 75
Oklahoma 78
Arkansas 84
New Mexico 90
Arizona 92
California 92
All other states 31
United States Total __ 74.9
Lower California 82
The estimate was nearly a mill
ion bales above that of the highest
private estimate, and compared
with an average guess by members
of the New York exchange last
week of 13,850,000 bales.
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“Stepping Out”
TO OPEN AT THE ABBEVILLE
OPERA HQIISE WITH, A
DAZZLING CAST
A cast of unusual importance
will be seen Saturday at the Ab
beville Opera* Hsuse in “Stepping
Out,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer com
edy romance of amateur movie
producers and their interfering
wives.
Charlotte Greenwood whose long
legs won her stardom on the stage
and who recently scored in the
talkie version of “Parlor, Bedroom
and Bath,” has a featured role.
Leila Hyams, lately seen opposite
John Gilbert in “Way for a Sailor”
and “Gentleman’s Fate,” and in the
featured feminine role of “Men
Call It Love,” has the other out
standing “wife” characterization..
Reginald Denny, wdio also scored
in “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,”
and previous to that film, was fea
tured in “A Lady’s^ Morals” and
“Those Three French Girls,” plays
the henpecked husband. Lilian
Bond, who makes her first screen
appearance, following a successfu 1
career on the New York stage, if
seen as a vamping gold digger
The inimitable Cliff Edwards has
the riotous oart of a collegiate
gigolo.
The supporting players include
Merna Kennedy as the other Told
digger, Harry Stubbs as the other
husband, Richard Tucker, Kane
Richmond and Wilson Benge.
Director Charles Riesner offers
this laugh-romance as a successor
Janet Gaynor’s Role Girls’ Band In Rally
IN “DADDY LONG LEGS” RATED Episode Politics
AS STAR’S BEST SINCE
“7TH HEAVEN” Girls who could play band instru-
ments came in for a “break” in the
- The hope of every screen actress! filming of “Politics,” first Marie
is to get a vehicle that is perfect- j Dressier starring picture, which
ly suited to her talents. An ex- i will be shown Monday and Tuesday
cellent actress may by sheer tech- ; at the Carolina Theatre in Green-
nique and ability, play a role that wood, 3, C
“isn’t quite the type” and make it
real and convincing—but she can
always do infinitely better if the
part fits her.
In the case of Janet Gaynor,
however, this hope has been real
ized—not once but twice. The
first time was when she played the
memorable “Diane” of “7th Heav
en”—a role that might have been
written co order tor her unusual
personality and her wistful appeal.
Now the lightning strikes a sec-
For the bandstand scene, where
the rally takes place for Miss
Dressier as feminine candidate for
mayor of a town, a girls’ band was
sought. Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
talent scouts went around and
found a bevy of pretty girls able to
play every instrument from picolo
to a huge brass tuba. A complete
brass band was assembled of girls
all under twenty.
Political Satire
The new picture is a comedy
ond time in her latest vehicle, drama of political affairs, with
“Daddy Long Legs,” opening at the Miss Dressier, as a feminine cand-
Carolina Theatre, Greenwood, S. C., idate for mayor, bent on cleaning
August 20th. As the immortaL up political corruption of a town.
“Judy,” the little orphan girl Polly Moran is her campaign
whose courage wins her eventual manager. How she ousts the
happiness, Miss Gaynor again has
a part that measures up to her
own high standards of poignant
charm.
While Fox studio officials had
long realized v;he appropriateness
of the well known Jean Webster
play for their star, the peculiar
suitability of the-part was not ap
parent until Director Alfred San-
tell and Sonya Levien, the scenar
ist, began work on the picture.
’ Both Miss Levien and Santell
were astonished to ^ find that no
alteration of any kind in Miss
Gaynor’s part in “Daddy Long
Legs,” was necessary or even advis
able. The part of “Judy” was so
ideally suited to her that it was
utterly out of the question \,o
change it in any way, other than
the unavoidable condensation of a
two-hour-and-a-quarter play tc
make an hour-and-twenty-minutc
picture.
Warner Baxter is co-starred will:
Miss Gaynor in Jic film. Um
vlerkel, John Arledge, Claude Gill-
ngwater, Kathlyn Williams, Eliza
beth Patterson, Louise Closser Hale,
]ffie Ellsler and other favorites arc
Jso in ihe cast.
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Prepare To Battle
Fall Army Worm
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 8.—
Even a day’s delay is dangerous
and may be disastrous in the bat-
crooked mayor, routs the gangsters
and racketeers in political control
of the city and rides to • power
makes a comical story in which
here and there, are dramatic
thrills, affording her the opportun
ity for some gripping dramatic act
ing as well as comedy.
Charles F. Riesner, who filmed
“Reducing” and “Caught Short,”
directed the new picture. The cast
includes Rosco Ates, Karen teorley,
William Bakewell, John Miljan.
Joan Marsh, Tom McGuire, Kane
Richmond and Mary Alden.
Highlights include the bandstand
episode where the husbands threat
en to go on a rampage if their
wives do not cease their political
activities and thus break up the
women’s rally; the dramatic en
counter of Miss Dressier and the
crooked mayor and her defiance of
he gangster overlord.
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r'noing doesn’t always indicate
'r’ent. Sometimes it’s a hardship
or those who have to listen.
X
It is said the artificial blonde is
passing. Yes, she passes often and
we always recognize her.
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Brown eyes are stronger thar
blue, an optometrist
either has pulling power if in the
ight retting.
pounds hydra tec
r d with three
ime.
Poisoned bran bait can be usee
to his previous smash hits, “Caught
Short” and “Reducing.” Don’t ma y through the fact that a
forget bargain prices Saturday.
tie of the army worm, says Alfred ; 'ffectively when grass scarce
Lutken, extension entomologist, i md when the caterpillars are :nov*
warning farmers, as the season for mg in search of new food. Thu
the fall army worm approaches, to bait is prepared by thorough’;
watch fields carefully for the pest, nixing 50 pounds of wheat bran
Detection before serious injury vith two pounds of calcium ar
enate and five pounds of fin'-
^ | Cotton Report As
Of August 1,1931
COLUMBIA, Aug. 10.—SOUTH
CAROLINA: A cotton crop of 835,-
000 bales cf 500 pounds gross,
weight is indicated for South Caro
lina by the August 1 condition of
71 per cent of normal. The con
dition on August 1 last year was;
74 per cent; 68 per cent in 1929';
64 per cent in 1928; 66 per cent in
1927 and a ten-year average, 1920-
29, of 62 per cent.
Although July rainfall was ir
regularly distributed the average
A was only a little below normal
and weather on the whole was
very favorable for fruiting and
weevil ccntrol. In respect ^o con
dition and yield the crop situation
is about the same as a year ago
since the condition is only 3
points below last August and the
indicated yield of 210 pounds per
acre compares with the final yield
of 220 pounds per acre in 1930.
However, the forecast of production
at 335,000 bales is 166,000 bales be
low ‘ast year’s crop, the reduction!
in size being due mostly to the 11
per cent smaller acreage grown
i:his year.
Cotton planted was estimated at
1,950,000 acres on July 1 and since
no estimate of abandoned acreage
will be made until the 3eptember
report the ten-year average aband
onment of 2.6 per cent was allow
ed in arriving at the estimate of
1,899,000 acres to be harvested this’
season.
State ginnings in 500-pound bales
were: 1,001,000 in 1930; 330,000 in
1929; 726,000 in 1928; 730,000 in
1927; and 1,008,000 in 1926.
. UNITED STATES: A United
States cotton crop of 15,584,000
bales is indicated by the August
Cotton Report of the Department
of Agriculture. Condition is- re
ported at 74.9 per cent of normal,
as compared with 62.2 per cent a
year ago, and a 10-year average of
67.5 per cent. Indicated yield per
acre is 185.8 pounds, which is 38
pounds greater than last year and
31 pounds above average.
In interpreting condition, as an
indicat^pn of probable yield the
Board has made an allowance for
crop loss due to boll weevil, bn the
basis of reports received concern
ing weevil presence and activities.
These reports indicate that if us
ual (weather prevails during the
remainder of the season weevil
damage will be somewhat higher
than last year for the country as a
whole, but still considerably less
than the average loss during the
last ten years. In the southeast
ern states weevil damage is indi-
cated^#> be about equal to last
ye&ffrtftxid for the western states it.
is indicated to be somewhat great
er than last year.
The condition of 74.9 per cent
reported as of August 1, is the
highest August 1 condition, since
1915. In only 2 years (1920 and
1926) since the weevil became a
dominant factor in colton produc
tion has the present high condit
ion been approached. The Indi
cated yield per acre of 185.8 pounds
is higher than the yield secured in
any year since 1914 when 209.2.
pounds were produced, and is
slightly higher than the yield act
ually made in 1926, the last year
in which conditions were uni
formly good over practically all of
the Cotton Belt. The amount of
fertilizer used this year is less than
has been used during the past few
years in those states where fert
ilizer is ordinarily used. The pres
ent high condition seems to indi
cate that the distribution of rain-
Cali lias been such as to make pos-
ible the maximum utilization cf
plant food by the cotton plant.
While acreage in cultivation on
July 1, 1931, was 10 per cent less
than on July 1, 1930, .he 1931 acre
age is practically as large as m
1927 and much larger than in 1923
or any preceding year.
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Red Men Meet
On August 20tl
Real Texas Royalty
first the worms will be found us- a!t, then two gallons cf cheap in
ually on grass and grains, feeding asses thoroughly worked into th
on one surface of leaves and mak- Iry mixture, and finally enough
ing white gnawed areas that stand water to make a stiff dough, thh
out against the healthy foliage. It being enough to broadcast five
is important to destroy the cater- acres. Poultry must be kept from
:pillars before they move on from -h* field if this ncthod is used.
‘The regular meeting of Shewanc grass to cultivated crops. The march of .he caterpillar
Tribe, No. 112, Improved Order ol! Calcium arsenate dust, four to can be stopped by a deep furror
Red Men, which was to have been!six pounds per acre, is very effec- across the line of advance, ch j
held last Thursday night, has been j tive in killing the young . cater- steep side of the furrow to be o'
postponed until Thursday night, pillars, Mr. Lutken states, but the the side of the fields to be pre-
August 20th, at which time it is j older ones are more difficult to kill tccted. The caterpillars falling :
hoped all members will be in at- and may do much damage. On to the furrow can be killed b
tendance, as an important matter grasses, grains, cotton and such dragging a log through it. Po'
is to be discussed and acted upon, crops the arsenical can be applied holes in the bottom of the furre*
x i undiluted. On beans, which are will trap the caterpillars, which
Absence of winter makes the j easily burned, it is safer to use one can be killed by crushing or
heart grow fonder of it.
j pound of magnesium arsenate mix- i sprinkling with kerosene.
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Mss* Alecne McFarland, of Texas
a«4 New York, became the bride of
Prince Johann of Liechtenstein in
London. Her dad was a cattle baron.