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Thursday, September 17, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PA< If the canary does not molt at the right season (usually late in summer), the owner can sometimes cause molting by covering the cage with a dark cloth and putting it in a warm protected place where the bird will not be disturbed. The canary needs no special care during molting, though it is well to add egg food or moistened bread to the ration once or twice a week. A lit tle sulphur added to the egg food, or weak saffron tea instead of drinking water, helps birds that are ailing. A little linseed in the seed supply gives a gloss and sheen to the new feathers. x The phrase “springing up like a mushroom overnight” has some truth, since mushrooms grow at a phenomenal rate during moist, hot seasons. This is partly explained by the fact that much of the tis sue forms before the fungus breaks through the surface of the ground. Then the fungus tissue absorbs water quickly and expands very rapidly in wet weather. The home gardener can “store” celery where it is growing by plac ing enough earth around the base of the plants to protect them from freezing; usually eight or ten inches are required. Let them stay this way until just before” severe freezing. Then bank the earth up to the tops of the plants, almost covering them. As the weather becomes colder, cover the ridge with coarse straw, or corn fodder held in place by stakes or boards. It is inadvisable to store large quantities of celery in this way as considerable loss will occur through severe cold or sudden rises in tem perature. It should also be re membered that it is hard to get the celery out when the ground is froz en. -—txt The tomato grower can control the blight disease by deeply and completely plowing under all crop remains and other dead organic matter in the fall. It is not easy to control blight by spraying or dusting. should be joined in a narrow French seam or French fell and the edges are finished with a fine roll- for the by /V<)/?€(/ fiatt W TIRE SENSATION OF 1931 NEW and Greater //? I I Wai/s H ERE, in (hit h«ndiom* it«w Goodyear Standard All- Waathai, it a naw high valua for your dollari—mada pottibla by (ha fact Gaodyaar builds MILLIONS MORE lira*. Lai us show you lha alavan graal inv provamanlt which mala il iht tire sensation a/ 19311 All sitat . . . history's lowast prica* GULF MICE STATION Near Dorns’ Ginnery Phone 40 J. T. FAULKNER, Prop. McCormick, S. C. STUDENTS’ HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS Our stock cf school supplies is most complete. You’ll find anything and everything here that you will need in the class room or study room, and of the very best quality. DEPEND ON US FOR Notebooks, Fountain Pens, Rulers, Pencils, Tablets, Watercolors, Drawing Supplies, Erasers, etc. STROMS’ DRUG STORE MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. C. ~~ p — Experience Service Facilities Those are the important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HfNDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional charge for service out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, S. C. Tomato Juice Cocktail Ten years ago, who had reard of tomato juice cocktail? , ' r hree or four years ago it was still some thing of a novelty. But now at any restaurant or lunchroom you can get it as the first course for luncheon or dinner. You can make it by pressing out the juice of very ripe fresh toma toes. You may prefer to use the juice of canned tomatoes or to buy your cocktail all ready prepared. If you use the plain juice you will have to season it a little with salt, pepper, onion juice, lemon juice and possibly a very little tomato catsup. A new way of preparing it is to use tomato puree which may be bought at any grocery store in small tins. Add equal parts water, season well with salt, lemon juice, onion juice, etc., and chill well and the cocktail is ready. To be at its best tomato juice cocktail should be well chilled. It is not enough merely to pour the unchilled cocktail in the glasses set in chopped ice. The juice itself should have been chilled several hours before serving and on no account should ice be added to the juice itself, as this dilutes and robs s flavor. Boiled Bacon Select a piece of bacon of mod erate fatness and let it soak in warm water for two hours. Now scrape off any rusty places. Put the bacon in a saucepan with cold water and let it come to a boil. Then simmer it, allowing an hour for a pound piece and an hour and a half for a tv/o-pound piece. When done, remove from the saucepan, take off the skin, and serve with any desired vegetable as a dinner dish. Broiled Sardines Select a dozen good-sized sar dines. Broil them for two minutes on each side and then arrange them neatly on six small pieces of thin, hot buttered toast. Place a quarter of a lemon by each and put a little maitre d’hotel butter on each, prepared by creaming two tablespoons of butter with the juice of half a lemon, a little nutmeg and a teaspoon of finely chopped pars- )ey. Spanish Omelet A well-made and well-seasoned Spanish omelet is a lunch in it self. Melt a tablespooa of butter in a saucepan, add an onion chop ped fine, six mushrooms and one red and one green sweet pepper cut in small pieces. Cover and cook slowly for twenty minutes. Make a plain omelet from six eggs, turn it on a hot platter, pour the Spanish sauce around it and send at once to the table. Spanish ome let is sometimes made by American cooks from stiffy beaten eggs, the yolks hardly mixed with the whites even after they are cooked. 1 XT i . 1 i ed hem. You will probably have to buy a yard of chiffon of each col or, so you can make three of these smart scarfs from the material I that you will need to buy for one. : That means one scarf for yourself ' and two to use for gifts. When the scarf is worn it should i be folded diagonally from one cor- !ner to the opposite corner—draped ; round the shoulders and tied in a loese knot. To wear with a day-- time dress you might make the scarf a trifle smaller, of crepe de chine in three contrasting tones, such as eggshell, brown and orange, or red, black and orange. X HUMORETTES “Some say love is a chemical re- | action.” “Well, we can all conduct cur own laboratory experiments.” Hoboken—Did you yell for help when you were held up? Shamckin—I started to but the bandits told me that if I didn’t shut up they’d call the police. Bonetwuster—Dr. Jaremup’s suc cess seems to be firmly established. Neckbreaker—Yes, he’s had “Out to Lunch” painted permanently on his door now. “Does your grandpa wear a full beard?” “No, he’s always careful when he eats.” Mr. Littleton—What’s the idea? These shirts are three sizes too big for me. You. know my size. Mrs. Littleton—Well, the big sizes don’t cost any more than the little ones, and I’m not going to have any store clerk know what a shrimp I’m married to. REHOBOT1I NEWS (Too Late For Last Week.) LATEST ^AManj Marshall 1 Here is the new chiffon evening scarf that is rather mystifying the first time you see it worn—but ex tremely simple once you see it un folded. You see, it consists of a square made of three strips of chif fon in three tones of the same col or or in three different colors and when it is folded over diagonally there is a charming blending of tones. The colors you choose for your scarf will depend on the color of the dress with which you wish to wear it. With a white and blacl* combination you will find a com bination of black, white and gray chiffon charming. With pink and rose, you might choose pale pink, light rose and deep rose—with a green dress, three shades of green. Or to wear with a figured chiffon dress, choose three shades of chif fon in three tones shown in the print. The finished scarf is about one yard square, so each of your three strips should be one yard long and twelve inches wide. The three strins Nolle—How did you get out of ad mitting that your father was elec trocuted? Prosse—I said he occupied the chair of applied electricity at one of our oublic institutions. Doremifa—Was it successful—en gaging that ex-burglar as your chauffeur? Solasido — Rather! I’ve never found a finger mark on the car yet! MacDonald—That’s a poor blade you’ve got on your safety razor, Sandy. MacTavish—Well, it was good enough for my father it’s good enough for me. Tim—I borrowed my roommate’s patent leather slippers. Slim—Why? Tim—Because the patent expired on mine. CLEMSON COLLEGE ^ The farmer with a small herd is not to be denied the advantage of having green feed during winter at low cost, now that the trench silo has been found entirely practical n many sections of the state, says t. T. McAlister, extension agricul- j r~sl engineer. As iame implies, the trench 'oio i" ’•mUVng more than a long trench dn^ in the ground, prefer ably in hard day soil. The cross section of this trench usually meas ures seven feet wide at the bottom, nine feet wide at the top and sev en feet deep. The length will de pend on the number of animals far which silage is to be provided. In the Coastal Plains section the water table might be too high, and thereby cause the silage to rot, and in such instances Mr. McAlister suggests a long trench constructed of creosoted lumber and partly above ground. He advises a roof over the trench in either case and in addition a layer of straw over the silage and a layer of earth on the straw. The agricultural engineering division’s Information Circular No. 6 giving full information on the subject of trench silos, is for free distribution for those interested. Bachelor Uncle—Baby six weeks old, you say. Talk yet? Proud Father—Oh, no; not yet. Bachelor Uncle—Boy, eh? j Gaas—How long can a man live without brains? Sasse—Let’s see—how old are you? erous of you, old man. MacStingy—Oh, you misunder stand me. It don’t cost nothin’ to wish, does it? The W. M. S. held it’s monthly meeting at the hospitable home of Mrs. E. P. Winn. One always feels a welcome to this home. The pret ty flowers wave a welcome, then the smiling hostess greeted the guests at the door. The president, Mrs. E. M. Winn, presided over the meeting. The programme outlined in Royal Service was carried out by several members. Then the presi dent told very interestingly of the annual W. M. U. at Trenton the day before. A missionary, Miss Green, made several fine addresses during the day. A special prayer was offerred for Mrs. J. M. Bussey, the 3rd divisional president, who is quite ill at her home in Parksville. Our beloved sunbeam superintend ent was elected president of the union. After the meeting the hostess and her charming daughter, Miss Truler, served delicious plain cake and peach cream. The after noon was all too short. We are very glad that Mrs. E. P. Winn is getting on so well. Her health has sufficiently improved that she is able to do quite a bit cf canning herself. We rejoice that this good lady is better. Mrs. Kathryn Hughey is not do ing so well. She has been in bed several days last week. Mrs. E. M. Whatley is improving, but not able to be up much yet. . Mrs. Roy Harling and her chil dren spent several days last week with homefolks. Mrs. J. E. Reynolds was home several days last week. She made several calls with the family while at home. Mrs. Mary F. Sejf has returned from a two weeks’ stay with her daughters, Mrs. J. L. Timmerman, Jr. She attended the Berea re vival while there. The next week, she spent with the family of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Griffis in Edge- field. They have just returned from a trip west—visited some in teresting places in California and saw a road made through one of the giants of California trees. Mrs. Self spent the week end with rela tives in Rehoboth community and made a call Sunday afternoon on Mrs. H. E. Freeland. She enjoyed seeing the place she had visited as a girl. Mrs. J. A. Self and son, also Mrs. H. M. Freeland and baby, called in this section Sunday afternoon. Mr. H. E. Freeland has some as fine com as seen in this section. All his crop seems to be fine. X Build A Trench Silo And Can Green Feed Insured y< for'how mi This can only be answered when ai expert analyzes yoi insurance protectiol you will know exact much fire insurai need. Adequate insurance lion can be obtained this agency of the Hj Fire Insurance Companl will pay you well to let check the value of your property with your presnt^ insurance policies. There is neither any charge nor obligation. Paul J. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick Acid stomach J PHILLIPS" For Troubles due to Acid IN DIGEST'ON acid stomach hcartbubn HCADACHC CASES-NAUSEA s? Ex< CESS add is the common cause of r indigestion. It results in pain and sour ness about two hours after eating. The • quick corrective is an alkali which will neutralize acid. The best corrective is Phillips Milk of Magnesia. It has remained standard with physicians in the 50 years since its invention. One spoonful of Phillips Milk oi iCJag^ nesia neutralizes instantly many times its volume in acid. It is harmless and tasteless and its action is quick. You will never rely on crude methods once you learn how quickly this method acts. Please let it show you—now. Be sure to get the genuine. “Milk of Magnesia” has been the U. S. Registered Trade Mark of The Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company and its predecessor Charles H. Phillips since 1875. A T - S N A P KILLS RATS Also mice. Absolutely prevents odors from carcass. One package proves this. RAT-SNAP comes in cakos—no mixing with other food. Guaranteed. 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. MacStingy—I never deny my wife a single wish. O’Donmaerh—That’s mierhtv Smedley—-Why did you get rid of your old auto? Benito—I had too much trouble with it. Smedley—But I thought it never broke down. Benito—It didn’t—but think of the reputation it has for running In applying paradichlorobenzene to , peach trees to control borers, first remove trash, grass, and stones for about a foot around the tree trunk and smooth the soil. Put the paradichlorobenzene crystals in a ring about 11-2 inches wide and 1 1-2 inches from the trunk and cover them with clean soil, packing it up around the tree to form a mound. Put the ring of crystals above the topmost borer gallery. Apply 3-4 ounce per tree to trees 4 or 5 years old and remove the mounds and! crystals: after four weeks. For older trees,: use 1 ounce per tree, leaving the material, around. the tree six weeks..