McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, October 01, 1931, Image 8
Thursday, October 1, 1931
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER EIGHT
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W. M.'TALBERT, Manager
At Pipkin’s old Stand, Main St., McCormick, S. C.
Complete Stock Of Fancy Groceries
We are glad to announce the opening, Satur
day, October 3rd, of McCormick’s newest and
most up-to-date Casl| Grocery. We will handle
at all times a compile line of Staple and Fancy
Groceries, Flour ana Feeds at prices which will
save you money.
FREE FREE FREE
To the first 60 ladies visiting our store open
ing day we will give absolutely free
1-6 lb. Bag REP BAND FLOUR
We will also give away FREE while they last
one to each ADULT VISITOR
1 Package MYLES TABLE SALT.
1 16 oz. LOAF BREAD.
Dixie Crystals
SUGAR
25 pound ^"jj 23
10 pound 49C
CARNATION
MILK
3 Tall Cans or 64 Of*
Baby Cans * ©w
Moneysworth
FLOUR
24 pound 55C
12 pound 09#%
Bag wfcC
SHORTENING
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8 Pa r! d 69c
ALASKA PINK SALMON
1 pound can=
PURE RIO COFFEE
2 pounds
SCHOOL
BLUE ROSE
TABLETS
RICE
™ ree 10c
6 pounds 25C
MATCHES 2 large
Boxes
Build Laying House
Lumber Is Cheap
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Sept. 28.—
A good poultry house, an asset to
any farm, need not be expensive in
order to give good results, says P.
H. Gooding, extension poultryman,
who suggests that often buildings
already on the farm may be re
modeled without great expense to
supply the needs of the hens as
efficiently as expensive new houses.
Mr. Gooding’s suggestions on lay
ing houses are given briefly below.
Springtime is the natural laying
season of the hen. But with proper
environmental conditions, accom
panied by progressive breedifcg, the
parasites have caused trouble.
The 20 by 20 House
The South Carolina poultry house
which is 20 feet square, will house
comfortably a flock of 100 to 125
birds. The square house affords
the maximum amount of floor
space and is economical to con
struct. The shed-roof should slope
to the north with a two-foot hood
to protect the front of the house.
The front and rear walls are nine
feet and five feet respectively from
the floor to the top of the plate.
The south side has five feet of open
front four feet above the floor and
extending the length of the house,
and also has two small sliding
doors six inches above the floor
large enough for the hens to pass
through. Each end has a six-light
window with panes 10 by 12 inches,
laying season may be extended to
include practically the whole year.
The house and feed are the two big
factors in the birds’ environment.
Through proper housing an at
tempt is made to supply the spring
time weather conditons which ac
company high egg production. Too
often the poultry house is thought
of as being merely a roosting place
for chickens, whereas a good house
is very useful throughout the year
both day and night. Protection
from extreme heat is of as much
value as protection from cold. Much
disease may be prevented by adher
ing to a few sanitary principles in
volved in proper housing. Comfort
supplied in a well equipped poultry
house favors high egg productisn.
Location of the Laying House
The ideal location for a laying
house is on a well drained fertile
soil with a southern or southeast
er^ sloi"» p as to erooH drain
age. Select a building site that
will be convenient to the other
farm buildings but allow sufficient
yard space of approximately 150
square feet per bird. The double
yarding system is a great aid in
carrying out sanitary measures;
and i is practiced on South Caro-
aina f^rms where disease and
and on the east end there is a door
three and one-half feet wide by
six and one-half feet high. The
rear wall contains two six-light
windows with panes 8 by 10 inches
flush with the small doors six
inches above the floor. An eight
inch ventilation door is located just
below the eaves and extends the
length of the house. This opening,
the rear windows, and the open
front are all covered with one-inch
mesh poultry netting to keep the
hens in and the sparrows out.
Extension Circular 115, Laying
House and Equipment, which may
be secured by writing the Publica
tions Division, Clemson College,
contains complete plans on con
structing a laying house, as well as
plans and directions for building
coops, feeders, nests, and other lay
ing house equipment.
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Not a dollar of Ford’s fortune
came to him by descent, it is re
lated but nevertheless it has de
scended upon him.
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Many manufacturers of food nro-
ducts now label their goods even
more carefully than the pure food
lav; requires, the inspectors report.
How To Tell
Laying Hens
SELL THEM IN THE FALL WHEN
THEY STOP LAYING
(By P. H. Gooding, Extension Poul
tryman, Clemson College.)
South Carolina poultrymen as a
rule make the mistake of feeding
non-producing 'hens through the
fall and winter months in order to
sell in the spring when price of
poultry meat is a few cents higher.
Records’m* 253 Leghorns and 458
heavy breeds hens at Clemson Col
lege Experiment Farm ate an aver
age of 36.5 pounds of feed and
drank 1.3 gallons of milk at a to
tal cost of 85.3 cents between No
vember 1 and April 1, 1928 to 1930
inclusive. During these same three
years hens brought 2.7 cents per
pound more on April 1 than they
did November 1, on the New York
market. Assuming that a hen would
weigh six pounds, she would be
worth 16.2 cents more on April 1
than November 1. However, if she
does not lay during this time, which
most farm hens don’t do. and if she
ate the same amount of feed that
the hens on the experiment station
farm ate, it would cost 85.3 cents
to gain 16.2 cents, or a loss of 69.1
cents. This is the very thing that
numbers of farmers are doing and
in some instances it causes a loss
rather than a profit on the poultry
flock. One niay glance at the chart
showing results of demonstration
flocks for three years and see that
hens should be sold during the fall,
even though the price of eggs is
high and the selling price of hens
low.
ber. The second culling can fol
low a month or six weeks after the
first, when the mediocre birds may
be separated from the best layers.
Only the best should be used for
breeders next year.
Body Changes With Production
Comb: A warm, full red comb
indicates heavy production while
in this condition. When a hen
stops laying, the comb tends to dry
down and whitish scurf usually
forms.
Vent: This tends to be moist
and enlarged in the layer, but small
and puckered in the non-layers.
Abdomen: The abdomen is en
larged in the layer; in the non
layer, it is contracted. The pelvic
bones (sometimes called the pin or
lay bones, located on each side of
oe vent* are usually two to four
finger-widths apart in the layer,
but almost closed together in the
non-layer, about one finger width.
The distance between the pelvic
bones and the rear end of the
breast bone usually measures three
to five fingers in the layers, but
only one to two fingers in the non
layer. The layers have soft, pli
able abdomens, while the non-lay
ers have hard abdomens, often fat
and “bagging down.”
Late Molterr Are Good Layers
When a hen stops laying she
usually starts molting. The later
a hen lays in the summer and fall
the greater will have been her past
yearly egg production, so that the
high producer is the late layer and
hence the late molter. The early
molting hen is the “short-time” or
poor layer, as most hens cannot
grow feathers and lay at the same
time. Contrary to the general
belief the early molter does not
make the early winter layer.
Many farm hens get plenty of
grain during the summer months,
but are not fed milk, meat scraps
Time To Cull
The best time to cull the average
flock is in July and August. At this
time of the year the good hens are
still at work while the loafers have
stopped for the season. Farmers
specializing in poultry will find it
profitable to cull throughout the
year, but the average farmer will
find one or two cullings sufficient.
Two cullines are bettei;, the first to
be made when summer egg produc
tion begins to decline. In very poor
ly fed and bred flocks this drop
may come as early as June, while
in many of the better flocks it will
not occur until September or Octo-
or fish meal. As a result they dc
not get the necessary animal food,
and through lack of this will stop
laying and go into a molt much
earlier in the summer than they
would if they had been properly
fed. Such a flock needs bettei
feeding, and in culling, this allow
ance should be kept in mind.
Since broodiness tends to curtail
production, some poultrymen make
it a practice to sell the hens that
go broody two or more times dur
ing the year. A good way to identi
fy the broody hen is to leg-band
her when she goes broody and then
she can be culled in the fall.
S.G
INDUSTRIAL
WASHINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
REVIEW
The following record of industrial
activity lists items showing invest
ment of capital, employment of la
bor and business activities and op
portunities. Information from
which the paragraphs are prepared
is from local papers, usually of
towns mentioned, and may be con
sidered generally correct.
Sumter — Equipment at Rex
Theatre iipproved.
Kingstree — James Epps install
ing modern dairy plant at farm.
Plans underway to pave Bethea
road.—Dillon Herald.
Spartanburg —/ Ware Shoals
Manufacturing Co., preparing to
construct $125,000 addition to plant.
Barnwell — Celebration held here
recently to inaugurate opening of
oaved Highway No. 3 from Colum
bia to Fairfax by way of this city.
Columbia — C. M Guest & Sons.
Anderson, received $41,472 contract
for construction of 102 steel cells at
State Penitentiary.
Abbeville — Construction to start
at once on Calhoun Falls-Abbeville
section of Calhoun highway.
Walterboro — W. J. Moore’s hat
chery to start October 1st.
Greer — Wooten Shoe Shop in
augurated delivery service.
Sumter — Built-Up Veneer and
Panel Factory of O. L. Williams
System tt> establish its $200,000
wood worlling plant in this city.
Belton — L. A. Tippin opened
nhoto studio on second floor of
Rice building.
Sumter — McElveen’s Drug Store,
South Main St., purchased by Dr. J.
P. Lanham and H. F. Harrison.
Columbia — Columbia Highway
to be widened.
Belton — Suite of undertaking
rooms of Cox Furniture Co., com
pleted.
Spartanburg — City sold $134,000
worth of bonds for local improve
ments.
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Locomotives cause too many for
est fires. Railroads are testing a
centrifugal spark arrester which
catches sparks in the stack and
whirls them until they have time to
cool.
Even though the. weather has
been extremely hot the past week
school has been going on nicely.
Only a few students have been ab
sent on account of field work and
attendance has been good.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Mayer, Messrs.
L. B. Pierce and W. P. Parks spent
Saturday in Batesburg and Colum
bia. Mr. Mayer and Mr. Pierce
attended an athletic meeting in
Batesburg Saturday morning while
Messrs. Pierce and Parks saw the
Duke-Carolina football game in
Columbia Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Mayer visited friends in Batesburg
and Leesville.
The boys taking agriculture en
joyed a trip to Edgefield last Fri
day to see the “South Carolina
Rabbitry.” Mr. Wooten and the
class are considering using rabbits
for their project this year.
Mrs. P. S. Hamilton has begun
a music class giving lessons at the
school building Tuesdays and Fri
days?
The P.-T. A. will meet Thursday
afternoon for the purpose of elect
ing officers. A Columbus program
has been arranged to be given by
the pupils.
The agriculture class has been
clearing off the tract of land be
tween the two highways making
the view from the school building
better.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Wocten and
Miss Sallie Mae Parks spent Satur-
day in Edgefield.
Important Notice
To Tax Payers
I have been instructed by the
mayor and town council that steps
mi'~t be taken at once to collect all
19?" taxes due the Town of McCor-
mi ’c.
Unless these taxes are paid with
in - he next thirty days, I will be
forced to take such action as is
necessary to collect same.
J. O. PATTERSON,
Clerk.
Sept. 29, 1931.
C rot a’aria, one of the best of the
winter legumes, takes its name
from Crotalus, the rattlesnake.
Crotalaria seeds rattle in the pods.
Some automobile drivers are
contented because they never worry
about anything ahead of them.
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Great Pitching Won
Over Uncle Jim
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Nine Year Old Girl
Composes Poem
The following poem was compos
ed by Miss Virginia W&tson, nine
year old daughter of Mr. ami Mrs..
H. O. Watson of Mt. Cannul, S. C.i
J OAN CRANDELL slowed the car to
a stop and glanced quickly at the
gray-haired man beside her. The red
light changed to green and she slid
the car in motion. By the set of his
shoulders and the lines around his
mouth, Joan decided Uncle Jim Cran-
dell was in ill humor.
Jim Crandell and ids niece, Joan,
were the last of the Crandell family.
They lived in the big old house; Uncle
Jim sternly trying to dominate the
lively and lovely Joan; and she in
turn trying to coax him into agreeing
with her on more modern ideas than
his own. As a result, they were usual
ly in a heated debate, which they both
enjoyed.
“Uncle Jim, let’s stop at the ball
game—we are just in time.” Joan
glanced at her wrist watch.
“You don't want to see a ball game;
you are running after that good-for-
nothing hall player, Bert Franklin,”
grunted Uncle Jim, giving his cigar a
tighter clamp.
“Why don’t you like Bert? He
makes a good salary, and he is jolly
and likes me a ’little bit,’ ” modestly
admitted Joan.
“Bah! A ball player—kids’ play-
no better than a stage actor—buy a
ticket to get in to see them act!”
Again, the innocent cigar caught the
punishment.
“Uncle Jim, I just happened to
think, Bert won’t he playing today.
He pitched a game yesterday. Joan's
eyes were shining, eagerly, as she
turned !for an answer.
“Then, we will go. 1 enjoyed ball
games till that young fool turned me
against them,” Jim Crandell grunted.
“Be good for my rheumatism to sit ir>
the warm afternoon sun,” refusing to
agree that lie wanted to see the game.
As' the usher showed them to their
seats, Joan suppressed a knowing lit
tle smile—as if the width of the ball
diamond could separate Bert from
her!
Joan keenly watched the players
in practice, hoping to see Bert
Franklin.
“Oh, look! The home team is com
ing out on the field,” Joan, excitedly,
spoke.
“What do you want mo to do?—stop
them? That's what they get paid for,
ain’t it?”
This quieted Joan’s attempt at con
versation with her uncle. For eight
innings she sat silent and again she
watched the home team take their
places in the field; the score hoard
read three for the home team and two
for the visiting players.
Satisfied, she sat hack. The pitcher
had been throwing wonderful ball.
Three up and three out, then home,
she thought. Now that the game was
almost through, she was anxious to
get home.
The crack of the bat against the
ball caused Joan to drop her powder
puff and take renewed interest in the
game. The runner was rounding sec
ond, started to third, thought better of
it. and returned to second. Limply,.
Joan sat.
The ues# man up stood defiantly at
the home plate. The pitcher threw the
ball. Again that crack of the bat and
a second man was on the bases. Joan
dug her nails in the palm of her hand;
Uncle Jim was beating his knuckles
on the railing.
“Another hit and we are done for!”'
Uncle Jim gasped, his cfres never leav
ing the game.
“That’s a pinch hitter coming in,’*
Joan spoke, hopelessly. “ ‘Home-Run-
Tommy’ they call him.”
A swift grounder dashed from the
bat, filling the bases; a moan went up-
from the crowd. Joan sat on the edge
of the chair. • They were taking the
pitcher out, ami a man with a mega
phone was shouting: “Bert Franklin
now pitching!”
Joan turned to her uncle. He im
mediately changed his interested facial
expression to one of indifference.
Bert walked to the center of the
diamond; a few preliminary throws
and he stood facing the hatter. Three
times his arm went up in that swing
ing motion, and three times the um
pire called: “Strike!”
Uncle Jim lost all pretended indif
ference now; he was shouting: “Atta
boy, Bert! Come on, kid! Just two-
more limes like that! You can do it,
Bert!” Uncle Jim pleaded unmindful
of the happy Joan looking in wonder
at her relative.
The next man up to bat swung at
the first one, hit it up, the ball bound
ed in the air. Bert, like a flash, was
under it. He was waiting for it; he
had it safely in his glove.
Again Bert Franklin put three swift
strikes over the center of the plate,
and the last man was out. A deafen
ing roar went up from the fans.
Uncle Jim called to Joan, as she
dashed from the box. Loudly he
called, far more loudly than was nec
essary.
“Oh, Joan, tell Bert Franklin we
will wait for him and drive him
home!” Uncle Jim proudly got to his
feet and faced the awed crowd around
him.
“O. K., Uncle Jim. Will meet you
in the car!”
Mysterious Personality
It is exceedingly doubtful whether
that mysterious whole which we term
personality will ever yield to investi
gators, however patient, honest and
meticulous in their searchings they
may he.—Archibald Rutledge.
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OUR CANARY
Small little birdie, small
birdie.
Yellow as golden can be.
Swinging and swinging all alone„
But not like the birds in the tree.
When he sings he sings so loud.
And no other bird would be sc=
proud.
He likes his nice morning bath.
Which makes him feel so neat—
He hops from rod to rod and
swing.
Upon his dainty feet.
He must have his morning bath,.
And his grass seed,
That grows along the path.
- VIRGINIA WATSON.
Stage Aids
Screen Stars
FOOTLIGHT EXPERIENCE IS IN
VALUABLE ASSET, ACCORDING
TO “TRANSATLANTIC”
PRINCIPALS
Stage experience is a valuable as
set to players who are how prom
inent in talking pictures, according
to a census of the principals of the
cast of “Transatlantic,” Fox ro
mantic drama playing at the Caro
lina Theatre Thursday and Friday,
Greenwood, S. C.
Every one of the featured players
in this romantic comedy drama has
served his or her apprenticeship be
hind the footlights, most of them
on the Broadway stage.
Edmund Lowe, who heads the
cast, started his theatrical career
^ith a San Francisco stock com
pany, later graduating to Broad
way.
Lois Moran, leading lady, recently
played a highly successful engage
ment on Broadway in “This Is New
York,” her first appearance on the
speaking stage, although she prev
iously had been a dancer in Paris.
John Halliday is a former Broad
way leading man. Greta Nissen
came to pictures from the stage, as
did Jean Hersholt, Earle Foxe and
Billy Be van.
“Transatlantic,” which brings
this unusual cast together, is a
story which deals with life aboard
a luxurious ocean liner, and the
entire action takes place during a
trip from America to Europe.
William K. Howard directed from
the story by Guy Bolton, famous-
Broadway playwright. Lynn Star
ling provided additional dialogue.
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Death Of A
Colored Woman
Daisy Searles, wife of Jake
Searles. died at their home near
;here Saturday, following a short
illness: Burial was made at Piney
Grove Chur6b Tuesday afternoon
iat 2:30 o’clock. G. P. McCain’s
iservice in charge.
’ Besides her husband, she is sur-
Ivived by five daughters, three sons,
ithree sisters and two brothers.
Children should eat sweets only at
he end of a meal, because sugar la-
very concentrated food which the'
ody uses for fuel only. Because
t is soqn concentrated, and so*
uickly iftlized by the body sugar
ulls thi appetite. If a child Ifc;
llowed to eat candy before he sits
own to dinner, he has no appetite-
or the other foods he ' needs to
uild his body and keep it in good
unning order. After he has eaten
he required amount of other food,
child may have a piece of candy;
few dates or figs, a plain cooky.
O v-ti rvf Itp for
HUNT ADVS.
FOR RENT OR LEASE—All or any
suitable part of my land known
as the Allston place near Pettigrew,
for purpose of growing grain, hay
or corn. Mrs. Onie K. Haggard.,
McCormick. S. C.
CHANGE Cotton seed for cotton
eed meal. We offer subject to
- confirmation, one ton of 7 per
it meal in exchange for each ton
seed, both seed and meal deliv
es to be Southern Cotton Oil Co.,
gusta, Ga. This proposition is
)d for one week and our option
regards any trade beyond that
ie. I have a stock of fresh meal
re and can make the exchange,
i for ton plus $2.63 freight on
h meal and seed. R. M. WINN,
BATTERIES—We are prepared to
re-charge batteries at $r.00’ each,
and do general repair work. Mbore'S
Shop, rear of Talbert’s Store, Mc
Cormick, S. C.
FOR SALE—Pure Beardless Barley
at $1.50 oer bushel, mixed $1.25,
Pedigreed Appier Oats,' 50 cents per
bushel. T. A. Dowtin, Ttoy, S. C:
tf.
FOt SALE—6 room house and 12
r-res of land near Parksville. W.
W Fowler, Box 755, Augusta. Ga.
4 tpo.
FO't SALE—Deering Bfnder anti
r'-od Rake in good shape, for
$45 "0. Can be seen atf m3' home
at any time. R.. F:. Ptedandi*
Plum Branch, S. C.