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I , • > - - * » *. Thursday, September 3, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER EIGHT The Death Of Mrs. Alice Ouzts The sad news of the death of Mrs. Alice Whatley Ouzts came as a shock to her manv friends. Al though it was generally known she was critically ill, it was not thought the end was so near. At near 10:30 the gentle spirit left its earthly tabernacle to be with the God who gave it, Thurs day, August 27, 1931. She was of a kind, gentle and reserved nature, never known to speak unkindly of anyone. ^ She has many friends beside^ her numerous relatives who apurn their loss. Earthly loss mri|t be heaven’s gain. No one haS^ the least doubt that gentle Alice sweet ly sleeps with her Ma>:er. In early youth she gave her heart to God and she has served her Maker the best she could. Although her health has been poor for a num ber of years whenever physically able she attended her church. Alice was a faithful wife, moth er, daughter and friend. Her af fliction and ill health seemed to sweeten her life. She was very ap- S reciative to her loved ones for leir untiring efforts for her com fort. Her faithful sister, Miss Lenora Whatley, her loving daugh ters. Azile and Ida Belle and her mother was ill herself at the time but was there to comfort her in the last hours on eafth. Her frail body that had suffered so much pain, the brow had been swept of all pain or trace of suf- feriner by a hand mightier than earthly power. There seemed to be nothing but a satisfied, peaceful expression. She has stepped from darkness into light. It makes our hearts sad to see our life long friends leave us. but when a Christ ian goes hon\e the sorrow is differ ent to one who has never known God We have hope. The Bible says there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner repents. How much more joy it must be when a Christian goes home. The meeting, how sweet where there is no parting. Just a little over four years ago the death angel came for the hus band of Alice, Alexander Ouzts. Just separated four years and re united for eternity. May God bless the two young daughters and help them to follow the examoles of their mother’s Christian life, and may some day the family circle be an unbroken band around the throne of God. Many friends gathered at the home to try to comfort the bereav ed ones, in their sorrow, but all real comfort comes from God, and * the sympathizing Jesus who died for all. v Just a few months ago Alice’s fa ther went to his home beyond the grave. To each of the bereaved ones, sympathy. The body was tenderly laid to rest in the Mountain Creek ceme tery, beside her husband, beneath a mound of flowers, the silent mes sengers of love from friends and relatives. Besides her two young daughters, she is survived by her mother, one brother, three sisters, aunts, uncles and other relatives. May God sus tain each of them in their sorrow, and help them to all be prepared to meet in a land where there is nc -^-ting. Written by a life-long friend of Alice, A. L. M. TXt ’ September Farm Calendar $E= THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE TOTS MONTH CLEMSON COLLEGE, Sept. 2.— Reminders of important activities in good farming for Septembf^^re given below by Clemson specHHifts. Agronomy Vetch and ^Austrian peas are cheap. Use them to grow your next year’s fertilizer. Quality in ginned cottop will pay. Pick clean, store dry, gin carefully and top your market. There is phosphorus and potash left over in your cotton fields; plants oats and make use of it. Horticulture Keep strawberry beds free of weeds and grass. Set some’ se lected new plants. Plant spinach seed in late Sep tember for winter and spring use. Sow turnips up to September 20, Seventop for greens and White Egg for roots. Keep fall garden crops well cul tivated and fertilized. Study varieties and arrange for trees for the home orchard for late ,fall setting. Sow seed late in September for “frost-proof” cabbage plants. Agricultural Engineering It’s not too late to build a trench silo. Clean, oil, and store cultivating machinery. September is haying time. Get mower and rake in good condition. Special mower attachments will help handle heavy growths. Plan to build rat-proof grain storage buildings, tight enough to fumigate for weevils. Insects and Diseases Clean out grain bins before har vest and be prepared to fumigate to kill grain insects. Plow under tobacco stalks and HASH EACH SATURDAY Call around Saturday and give our Barbecue Hash a trial—cook- ed and served each Saturday by City Market in the park in front of Court House. Also try our old fashioned, home ground sau sage, pure pork or mixed. Our motto is: “High Quality at Low Prices.*’ --CITY MARKET-- G. .B. SMITH, Prop. Phone 18 Augusta St McCormick, S. C. ■v* ■ THE BEST PLACE IN DIXIE IS CAROLINA—THE BEST PLACE TO TRADE IN CAROLINA IS DIXIE STORES 31 niYiF < JTnRFQ 31 Stores III AIL l nUllLU Stores WE ARE ALWAYS SCOURING THE MARKETS FOR BET TER VALUES IN ORDER TO PASS BETTER VALUES TO OUR CUSTOMERS WE GIVE YOU BELOW A LIST OF OUR SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY RICE, Fancy Blue Rose, new crop, 6 pounds 25c 5c MATCHES, 2 five cent boxes • 5c DIXIE CUP COFFEE, pound 20c RIB MEAT, 3 pounds 25c PORK and BEANS, Scott 16 oz. can, 4 for 25c SALMON, fancy pinks, can 10c TEA, Orange Pekoe, pound 45c JELL-O, all flavors, 2 packages 15c CARNATION MILK, 6 cans baby 20c CARNATION MILK, 3 cans tall _* 20c OLIVES, plain, quart jar 35c PICKLES, sweet mixed, 24 oz. jar 20c SALAD DRESSING, Dukes, pints 20c SAUSAGE, Sunflower, large can 20c BACON SQUARES, each 24c BOLOGONA SAUSAGE, pound * 15c BREAKFAST BACON, Dixie Special, pound 29c HAM, boiled, sliced pound 38c BROOMS, good 4-sew, each 23c OCTAGON, Soap and Powders, 3 for 10c Lowest Flour Prices In History White Feather, plain or self rising fMl 48 pounds ^ White Feather, plain or self rising RCf* 24 pounds-i— wM* No. 16 DIXIE STORES No. 16 MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. C. other crop refuse to destroy food and immature stages of insects. Remove dead and dying orchard trees and limbs and burn them to control insects.. Knock off ail diseased fruits af ter harvest to aid in disease con trol. Prepare to treat small grains for ;mut control. Requeen bees. Animal Husbandry Wash out the farrowing pens with boiling water and lye before jigs are farrowed. Thoroughly cleanse the sow’s udder with warm water and soap before the sows are put in the far rowing pen. Try to raise as many of the pigs farrowed as possible, for larger itters are more profitable. Keep sows and young pigs on territory which is not infested with worms. Dairying Sow small grain for winter graz ing; it increases, the milk flow. Feed some grain daily. Dry fall pastures lack nutrients. Dry up cows due to freshen in October to allow fix weeks’ rest. Cull boarders that won’t make money for you this winter. Plan to plant half to one acre of oats and vetch for each cow, to be cut for hay next May. Poultry _ Dispose of early molting hens. Keep laying mash before hens. Remodel or construct laying house before winter. Select earliest maturing pullets and put in permanent laying houses. 1 x i Fire losses gain, we read. In other words, gain is loss and loss is gain. a School Bus Safety A Few Farmers In The Forefront (A. C. L. Ry., Bulletin) Soon the highways will be teem ing with motor buses laden with orecious lives bound for the con solidated schools. There are none more keen’v de sirous of seeing them safely tran~- oorted than those charged with ^he 'n responsibility for selecting competent drivers. (By Henry S. Johnson, Secretary S. C. Bankers’ Association.) KEEPING A JUMP OR TWO AHEAD “I’ve decided that successful farming, like successful manufac- Driving a school bus. loaded to turing or merchandising, is a mat- capacity with younc people who t of keeping a jump or two ahead - - of what the consuming public wants,” says Lewis Le Conte, who has put diversity plus into farm ing an old ante-bellum place that has long been in a branch of his distinguished family. The farm is in Rithland County, and was once the center of a system of big plantations that were devoted to cotton growing. The place has been in the family since acquired originally by grant. There are 700 acres in it still, but only a small portion is cultivated by its present ^OutM^d..spirit, is a task to be tak en sfeflously. Unless the driver is thoroughly alive to his responsibili ties and capable of meeting em ergencies as they arise, accidents are likely to occur which will sad den many homes. It is doubtful if all drivers real ize the hazards to which they are exposed when on the highway, be ing more imminent now than ever before on account of increased traffic and the ever present ex pansive trucks requiring such a large part of the road. Parents and friends of the school children have a responsib ility and can lender a real service MNT K MUSIC—Mrs. C. H. Fooshe will be-- gin her class in piano ona Sep tember 7th. If interested see her • at Mrs. M. C. White’s home' on Monday and Thursday mornings: from 8 to 12 o’clock. LOST—One white gold wrist W&tcfe Saturday night, August 29, orr business square of McCormick. IC found please return to Messengerr office and receive reward. Itpu. FOR SALE—Pure Beardless Barlejr at $1.50 per bushel. T. A. Dowtin,. Troy, S. C. tf. by closely observing the manner in P r °P rietors ’ who are Mr - Le Conte > which drivers operate their buses, his mother and his sister, and knowing something of the i “The first year after I came habits and character of the driv- back (rom the war we lost $8 000 It has not been found satisfac- on cotton,” says Mr. Le Conte, tory to leave the selection of the “Since then we have been recover- driver in hands of the person to in the loss by jetting cotton al- whom the contract is let, in cases & . . . , where this method is followed. i most a l° ne anci producing nearly Bonds should be required of the everything else.” He produces drivers to insure compliance with more than a score of cash products, S' commissionersf 1 shall''adopt j whic h include milk and butter from - a half dozen cows, about 1,000 frier- But suppose Fire should interrupt Fire interrupts business often stops a business enterprise forever. Simply because adequate reliable fire insurance is neglected. Are all your buildings and stocks completely insured? We represent the Hartford Fire Insurance Company which for more than a cen tury has demonstrated its ability to pay every just loss promptly. Call today for information about a Hartford policy. Paul J. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick regarding the transportation of school children. The most imnortant law or regu lation deals with requiring drivers to stop at Railroad Grade Cross ings. Absolute enforcement will do away with disastrous accidents. The code of rules quoted below has been given a fair trial and may be suitable for adoption by any School Board: 1. A bus carrying school chil dren must not pass a railroad crossing until it has been properly flagged. A railroad crossing is oroperly flagged when the bus comes to a complete stop at least twenty-five feet from the track, the captain gets out and stands at the crossing until the bus has crossed it. When no children are in the bus, the driver must stop at the railroad crossing, but need not get out. 2. The principal in charge of transportation will appoint a cap tain for each bus. The captain’s duty will be to assist the driver in keeping order, flag railroad cross ings, and perform such other du ties as may be prescribed. 3. No driver has authority to change the adjustment of a car buretor, governor, or any other part, unless in case of emergency, and then he must report the change to designated authority. 4. Buses are designed for use in transporting children to and from school, and should be confined to that purpose. No exceptions shall be made without official permit. 5. Unless instructed by the prin cipal, the driver must not permit a pupU to leave the bus at any sta- tlon4fother than his regular stop. 6. There shall be no jumping on or off a bus, or hanging on the steps or any other part of the bus, while it is in motion. 7. Loaded buses must not be run over twenty miles per hour, and operated at least seventy-five yards apart. 8. Drivers must be clean in their personal appearance when driving a bus in which children are being transported. 9. The use of intoxicating liquors at any time by a driver will be con sidered sufficient cause for dismis sal. 10. Drivers will be required to re port daily to the principal all mis conduct of pupils on bus. 11. No bus shall be driven by any person other than a regularly em ployed driver. sized chickens a year, several fruits and even flower bulbs. He has been selling about $1,000 worth a year of Queen Anne jonquil bulbs. The flower had been growing on the place for decades and it came back into high popularity a few years ago. He is trying out pheas ant and wild mallard duck raising. £ flock of geese is maintained, as well as a dozen hives of bees. ‘ “What Southern farmers must realize is that they are subject to world-wide conditions in greater degree probably than are any oth er producers,” says Mr. Le Conte who adheres to the studious tra dition of his family, from which several famous thinkers derived. “We must keep abreast those con ditions. from the starting point of the market in the nearest towns and cities lO the remotest places where things of ours or like ours are produced or consumed. We must keep a jump or two ahead of changing conditions.” And that’s what he endeavors to do. FOR SALE—Le Conte Pears for- preserving, pickling or canning., at 75 cents a bushel at Middleton's: Packing House, Meriwether, S. C. 2 tpo.. CHICKENS WANTED—Fryers, at. market price—any number. City- Market, McCormick, S. C. FOR SALE— Deering Binder andr good Rake in good shape, for- $45.00. Can be seen at my home at any time. R. F. Freelands, Plum Branch, S. C, Invents Hand Auto Signal (Index-Journal, August 7, 1931 Greenwood, S. C.) PAUL WILSON HAS ONE THAT- SOLVES PROBLEM FOR THE: MOTORIST TURKEYS HELP THIS FARMER Netting $500 to $600 a year from a flock cf them-, turkeys have been the key with which W. H. Moody Jr.., near Kline, S. C., has solved the problem of adjusting general farming to recent conditions. He operates a 3-horse farm and still makes cotton his principal cash crop. “But in recent years most of ?ny profit has come from turkeys,” say. Mr. Moody. He has grown 125 tc 150 head of the bronze type an nually. Last year the money cos of rearing the flock of that year vas $201.34 which included $45 for home-grown feed. He grossed $631 from sales of turkeys in the fall and kept enough to produce a ’arger flock this year. He sell; his best turkeys for breeding stock irid gets $5 to $12 a head for these 12. Drivers must observe all com- 1 Others he ships north in dressed The best way to appreciate the home town is to leave it once in a while. . . * monly accepted “rules of the road.” 13. The driver must not leave he bus while the motor is run ning. TXT Fiddlers’ Convention Pleases Large Crowd The Fiddlers’ Convention held at he high school auditorium here Monday night was pronounced by many as the best ever held in this section and was attended by the largest crowd ever to attend these anqual events. Many from Green wood, Abbeville and Lincolnton were in attendance. The proceeds amounted to $66.00, a fourth of which goes to McCormick school. Supervisor W. O. Graves, manager of the convention, was very much pleased with the co-operation of those on whom he had called to help with the entertainment and he hopes to have a bigger and bet ter convention next year. txt When “moth balls” are composed entirely of naphthalene, the most common ingredient, no ingredient statement is required by the Feder al Food and Drug Administration to appear on the label, although the administration sees no objec tion to 'lie statement, “Active In gredient 100 per cent.” But if they consist of naphthalene and an in ert ingredient, the label must bear a statement to show clearly the presence of the inert substance. onn and for these he netted 32 cents a pound in 1930. He has lit tle invested in equipment for them but he buys most of the feed given the turkeys while growing up. “I am going to inc-case the flock to the point where turkeys wil count more than cotton does witk me,” says Mr. Moody, who is Ur Uve-at-home type of farmer. A 4-BROTHERS CO-OPERATIVE Four Dowtin brothers, farming adjacent places in McCormick County, have surmounted recent conditions by co-operating in the marketing of variety products, chiefly eggs, they produce in addi tion to cotton and grain. One of them kept books on an average flock of 685 hens during a recent year and found that he earned $1200 to $1300 on his poultry, even after allowing pay for the time he gave to that part of his farming. One of the brothers goes to market for all four once or twice a week. They have cut cotton acreage about one-third. A total of about 800 acres of land is in their farms. Card Of-Thanks Paul B. Wilson has invented art automatic hand signal for auto mobiles and the patent for it is: pending with the Patent Office in Washington. It is a simple process that is the operation is simple enough* because all an automobile driver has to do is press a button, and an inflated?, gloved hand does the rest, but the invention required a year of experi mental work by Mr. Wilson before he perfected it. The Patent Office has writter* the following description of the in vention: “The primary object is- the provision of a signal wherein, x pneumatically operated hand is: controlled automatically to tnake visible certain signals ' for traffic control, the mechanism being un der control of an operator of a mo tor vehicle as the control lever is: in convenient reach when driving che vehicle. “Another Object Jhe provision the the r of a signal wherein the pneumati cally controlled hand can be ilium— inate^mutomatically when, extend- signal so -as to render the haWd visible when issuing traffic signals, the hand being collapsible and drawn into a container from signaling to non-signaling posi tion. “The operation is effected, by a . suction at the intake if an intern al conbustion machine and such suction is controllable by a hand member within convenient reach, of the operator so that quick actiots of the signal can be had and Use desired signal for oncoming or following traffic assured.’* The Patent Office also refers, to the device as “neat and attractive in appearance, strong, durable and inexpensive to manufacture and in- tall.” ' . In a little plainer English, Mr. Wilson has invented a signal wMcist : operated by compressed air by jc pressing of a button near the teeiing wheel. This releases a •ed glove which is inflated and at night it is illuminated and of course gives a danger signal. The ievice is two and a half. inches in iiameter and 3 1-2 inches long. Mr. Wilson says he already had ordered machinery for manufac- ;ure of the devices, part of wfricfi already has arrived, and will or ganize a stock company at an early date. His car. is equipped wrtfi one of the signals and is attracting much attention as it shows the- red gloved hand at street corners. One beauty of the device is, Mr_ Wilson says, that it can be worked? without the driver of a car worry- : ng about pulling down the window to hold out his hand. When the button is pressed the red glow does the rest. Well, anyway no one has blamed General Sandino for the cross word puzzle. We wish to express our deepes, appreciation to every one who wa; so kind and thoughtful to us dur ing our sad beravement in the death of our beloved wife and mo ther. May God richly reward each one of you, is our prayer. R. M. Wiley and sons,* Melvin and Miller. Notice To Public Notice is hereby given that aKU bills heretofore made' with the City • Market should be paid to G. Bli Smithy owner of City Market. g. b. sMrmi