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Thursday, September 24, 1931 McCorMick messenger, McCormick, south Carolina PAGE NUMBER EIGHT m m. I FOOD— Henry Ford’s order that every married man employed in his Iron Mountain plant must plant a vege table garden next year is an in teresting experiment which will be criticized by several different kinds of people. Commission men and dealers in garden produce will see in it a possible loss of good mar kets. And the people who think that an employer has no right to dictate to his employees about any thing except their actual work in the factory will regard this order as an invasion of the individual worker’s rights. My own view is that the results of the Iron Mountain experiment, if records are carefully kept, as I assume they will be, may prove to be the most powerful stimulus to the general movement away from cities and back to the economic ependence of the small land- der who raises most of what he and his family consume. WORK— In my home county, Berkshire, Massachusetts, there are three im portant industries. One of the General Electric’s manufacturing plants is at Pittsfield, the county seat-^or as the oldtimers call it,; rp t) the “shire town.” Nearly all the' CXHS 1 HSS6S rami OPENING ON SMI, SEPT. 20 On Saturday, September 26, 1931, McCormick Drug Co., located on Augusta Street, opposite The Messenger office, will have its formal opening, and we most cordially invite the public to attend, make an inspection and investigation that they may become familiar with the first class service we offer at prices in keeping with the times. Here are a few specials for our opening: 50c Pepsodent Tooth Paste 50c Ipana Tooth Paste 25c Listerine Tooth Paste 30c Listerine Antiseptic 60c Listerine Antiseptic 39c 39c 21c 23c 46c 30c Salhepatica Bottle fcOU 60c Salhepatica Bottle $1.20 Sal- • QPC hepatica, bottle 50c Hind’s Honey and Almond QQf* Cream $1.00 Wampoles Prep aration 7Q r ’Henry Ks. 1 ^ V $1.50 Bottle Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound $1.00 Wine Cardui Pt. McKession’s OQ|% Rubbing Alcohol^^^* Pt. McKession’s OQfft Milk Mag 0^1* Our prescription department is in charge of Dr. J. L. Jones, licensed druggist, who was for many years in charge of the prescription department of Lewis & Olive of Augusta, Ga. FREE—ICE CREAM AND CIGARS On Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock we are going to give ice cream in cones and cigars to both white and colored. Be here and get yours it’s free. Our stock is replete with the best to be had in every line and our prices are reasonable. iramn'UiDG S Augusta Street McCormick, S. C. MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Autocaster’s next serial will be by America’s greatest woman writer. It is named SIGHT UNSEEN Around a friendly little circle of neighbors who decide to amuse themselves with some spiritualistic seances is woven a tale that moves with Mrs. Rine hart’s usual sprightliness towards the solving of a mysterious murder. It is a most unusual story and will not offend any one, no matter how they view spiritualism, detective mysteries, crime or the other questions handled. It never becomes gruesome. In fact it is full of that most unusual quality—humor. Mrs. Rinehart is said to he the most highly paid woman writer in the world today and she numbers her admirers by the millions. This New Serial Will Start Soon In The Messenger writing paper used in America is made in the mills along the Hous- atonic river, including the paper on which the Federal Government prints money and bonds. And che limestone quarries of Lee, Adams and West'Stockbridge in good years pay the New Haven railroad a quarter of a million dollars in freight charges on building and ag ricultural lime. ’ None of these industries is run ning on full time these days, but we see and hear little evidence of any thing approaching real distress. One of my nearest neighbors has eleven children at home, three more married. He works in a paper'mill when it is running, sells the milk from ten cows through the local branch of the Dairymen’s League, grows feed for the cows and a pen of pigs on his hundred acres, be sides cutting enough cordwood ev ery winter to keep his house warm. He is a lot better off than the city worker who has nothing to fall back on. ENGLAND— The fall of the Labor Govern ment in England and the desertion of the Labor Party by Ramsay MacDonald and other leaders does not necessarily mean the end of the Socialist movement in Great Britain, but it does mean that the effort to force social and economic changes faster than they can be paid for has failed. The trouble with almost every movement for social reform is that its propon ents want to change everything instantly. Great Britain’s new Government is pledged to balance the budget— that is, to cut down governmenta expenses to a point where the in come from all forms of taxation will meet them. That will slow up such reforms as employment in surance and the national housing program, but it will keep Eng land out of bankruptcy and help restore world trade, which in the long run probably will be just as beneficial for the workers. It takes more than one generation to change the course of social * pro gress. THRIFT— The president of the largest sav ings bank in America is advising his 240,000 depositors to stop hoard ing up their money, to draw it out and spend it for things which they will need later and which they can buy cheaper now than at any time since the war. That is good advice. True thrift consists not in hoard ing cash but in spending wisely. There never was, and probably will not again be for a long time, a bet ter opportunity to boy a home, for example, or the equipment and furnishings of a home, or any of the other necessary things which do not lose their value with the passage of time. And every dol lar spent now hastens the day when the dollars will again circul ate freely. AGE— The average American is older than he used to be. Twenty years ago our average national age was about twehfcy-three; now it is about twenty-seven. Not so many children, grown-ups living longer. This change is bound to be re flected in every phase of life. We will tend to take a more reasoned, less emotional view of social, po litical and economic matters, for example. We probably will lose as a nation some of the pioneering, adventurous spirit of youth. We will grow to value security more than excitement. There were ooys Cotton Law GOVERNOR STERLING SIGNS A BILL HOLDING ACREAGE DOWN TO 50 PCT. .AUSTIN. Tex.. Sept. P 0 —Texas led the way for the South tcnight in cotton curtailment with a new acreage reduction Jaw designed to bring farmers relief from overpro duction and low prices. Governor Ross S. Sterling signed the measure restrictine cotton planting in 1932 and 1933 to one- third of the Texas land now in cultivation and forbidding the ed; and since it is inflammable, to keep all fires, lanterns, or lighted cigars away during fumigation or handling. fYt No Cotton Bill Passed Both Houses > ■—-* . % _ GOVERNOR I. C. BLACKWOOD J SIGNED BILL YESTERDAY The ronate bill authorizing the state to borrow up to $15,000,000 to be used as a revolving loan fund for cotton farmers was decisively rejected by the house Tuesdav i . . s> night. By a vote of 62 to 37 the planting of cotton thereafter on the | bill was continued until “July 4, same land in successive years. 11932.” Considering the 51 or 52 per cent | Senator Laney’s bill to create a i to® cultivated area in Texas has cotton bank and provide for a cot- . planted in cotton this year, advo-i ton currency to be used in barter cates of the measure predicted it and salaries of public employees d C n reduce c otton Planting in wa s killed by the senate. umz, 5° per cent | Ratification was given by the enforcement of the law would two houses Tuesday to the bill pro be left to county and district at- hibiting cotton planting in 193‘> I torneys. assisted by inspectors of Governor Blackwod signed the bill the state commissioner of agricul- Wednesday. ture. They are empowered to file By fixing his signature to the injunction suits against farmers measure, it becomes a misdemeanor 1 failing to abide by its terms, the i n South Carolina to plant cotton , penalty being from $25 to $100 per in 1932. The act contains the a c£, e - , proviso that three-fourths of the Texas lawmakers decisively de- cotton-growing states pass similar foated the plan of Governor Huey acts P. Long of Louisiana, for cotton abandonment in 1932—a measure enacted bv his own legislature and later adopted by the South Caroli na assembly for that state. Governor Sterling and members of the legislative committee which drafted the Texas law, telegraphed governors of nine other cotton states tonight, asking they assem ble their legislature immediately to enact similar statutes. The telegram was sent to gover nors of Georgia, Alabama, Oklaho ma, Mississippi, Arkansas. Florida. Louisiana, South Carolina and North Carolina. South Carolina and Louisiana have passed bills to prevent the planting of any cotton in 1932. tXt -IXI- To Control Grain Pests Gas Them In The Bins Turnip Offers Great Food Value- Least Cultivation Edward Kettwitz, 57, Grant' Coun ty farmer ni South Dakota, < ate- thirty-seven ears of sweet corn in 1 hour and 45 minutes. He admits he could have eaten more only he had corn for dinner two hours earlier. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Sept. 21.— The approaching corn harvest may be saved from stored grain pests by cleaning the bins before harvest and fumigating the stored grain, says Alfred Lutken, extension en tomologist. “As the corn crop approaches maturity, the grain weevils and grain moths leave the storage bin and infest the corn in the field be fore it is harvested,” Mr. Lutken xplains. “Ears with loose-fitting shucks and those, attacked by ear- worms or birds are most subject to attack. “Several weeks before harvest the grain bins should be thoroughly cleaned and the sweepings burned. Any grain still in the bins should be fumigated to kill the rrmture in sects. The bins should oe made as tight as possible with building paper and tongue-and-groove bo ards. “When the stored grain is thor oughly dried, level the surface, and apply the carbon disulphide by pouring from a bucket with a sweeping motion, so that a thin sheet of the liquid is thrown out over the grain. In large bins ap ply near all four corners and in tne middle. This direct application will not hurt the grain for food or seed, provided it is thoroughly dried. In bins that are not tight at the top, heavy tarpaulins, blankets, or sacks should be spread over the grain immediately after the application. Exposure to the gas should continue for 24 to 48 lours before the bin is opened. Ventilation will not be necessary except in very tight bins. The ap- ilication should be made when the temperature is above 70 degrees ahrenheit. “Ten to 25 pounds of carbon disulphide per 1,000 cubic feet must be used for the bin of ordin arily tight construction. In prac tically air-tight bins as little as four pounds per 1,000 cubic feet will be effective. Water-tight bar rels used as fumigating chambers .will require only one-half cup of carbon disulphide.” As precautions against the dan gers of carbon disulphide Mr. Lut ken warns not to fumigate bins in a stable where livestock is confin- of twenty-one among the leaders of our Revolution, the signers of our Declaration of Independence, the drafters of our Constitution. Today we look on a man of thirty as rather too young for the serious responsibilities of government. We are in danger of becoming stodgy and conservative, as a nation, un less more young men forge their way to the front as political lead ers. 1X1 Death Of Colored Woman The turnip will furnish not only the greatest food yield, but the greatest food yield for the small est amount of cultivation, of any vegetable grown. In fact, the tur nip should never be cultivated at all, unless one has an obstreperous i husband who is thus prevented from a more malicious occupation. It is absolutely useless to plant turnips except on rich land and even then highly fertilized and manured. Harrow these in thor oughly and then reharrow. Har row generously in recognition of the fact that this is the last work which they will require. Make a mixture of at least six of your favorite varieties, including the Milan, White Egg, Cowhorn, Gold en Ball, Purple Top, Seven Top and some Rutabaga to be there when all the rest are gone. Sow these at the rate of eight pounds to the acre .broadcast. Cover with rake or weeder and then pack with a hoe or roller. A calcium barrel •filled y/ith dirt will do. Young tur nips die because the ground dries out faster than the roots go down. Rolling will prevent this; therefore, roll early every morning before you are allowed any chewing tobacco until they begin to come up. A few turnips for early use can be planted in August at risk of being sun-killed but early turnips not only get tough early, but rot early. A turnip to be tender and go through the winter must grow through the winter. I find that just after the first rain follow ing September 10 is the best time to plant in eastern Carolina. The Rutabaga for market should be planted in July in rows and work ed. It is now, however, being re placed by the Golden Ball, which can be planted in the September mixture. Seed planted in dry ground will not only deteriorate but when they do come up, if they ever do, it will be along with a crop of grass and weeds which will soon over power them. Neither should we neglect the carrot, which stands with spinach at the top of all vegetables in health and food value, especially if eaten raw. The carrot for early use should be planted in July in rows and worked. It can, however, be planted any day in the year, ex cept Sunday, if slightly covered even with brush against very hot or cold weather. * I have noticed no vegetable equaling the turnip in iodine con tent except lettuce, beets and spin ach. It is an indiscretion, if not a crime, for any family where there are children not to have a plentiful supply of turnips and spinach. -x- Ole Buck Dies The Field Manager of the Neb raska Editorial Association and Editor of U. S. Publisher, had the affection and respect of thousands of newspaper men. -txi- THE COUNTRY FAITH By Norman Gale Here in the country’s heart, Where the grass is green, Life is the same sweet life As it e’er hath been. « % V."*"- TrustJa a God still lives, And tip bell at morn Floats^with a thought of God O’er the rising corn. God comes down in the rain,. And the crop grows tall— This is the country faith And best of all! 1X1 Milk dealers of the United States spend about $15,000,000 a year to replace lost or broken milk and cream bottles. Some cities have what are known as milk-bottle ex changes. These exchanges receive bottles from milkmen who have collected bottles belonging to other . . . milkmen and from various places Turnips and spinach are most w here bottles have been mislaid or often spoiled by over-cooking, es- | 0st pecially spinach, which should only r 1 ■- —^ be steamed in a little water. . McIVER WILLIAMSON, i for an acre and put it all on this P. S.—If you intend to plant one- one-tenth, tenth acre of turnips, be sure to Claire, S. c., get enough fertilizer and manure Sept. 15, 1931. Two Examples Disproving Proverb “Three's a Crowd’* Annie Price, aged 50 vears. died at her home in the White Town section of the county on Septem ber 14th and was buried at Mt. Moriah Church September 17th. J. S. Strom’s service in charge. txi A well-managed herd of swine needs 15 bushels of corn to each animal, say hog specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. That is, it takes about 15 bushels of corn per hog to feed a sow and litter to weaning time and raise the pigs to a market weight of about 200 pounds. This means 7 1-2 bushels of corn, in addition to sup plementary feeds, to put 100 pounds of gain on a pig. Generally speak ing the most profitable weight to market pigs is at about 200 pounds. Hiiii Ip imm Advocates of race suicide will have a had time looking over the above groups. One shows Mrs. Rose Unger, of Philadelphia, with her three daughters, Lillian. Selina and Kathryn, each 8 years old. The other mother is Coronation King’s Rose, a blueblood of jerseys, with her triidcts, born on the estate of George D. Widener, Chestnut Hill Farms, Pa. Two of the calves are males.