Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ * ’Tfcnrsdy, January 14, 1932 Mel [CK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA McCORMICK MESSENGl R well rotted manure and pine straw j equal /it- loo vac cVimilrt V»a nln pprf JlTOllnd ' of lljf FabHshed Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year __$1.00 Six Months x .75 Three Months i .50 _ _ ly so. Ships were slow and Nebo, charged the Israelites to or leaves should be placed aroiind |of Iflfht burden. Most of , the world leave the dam. Or mother, when them in late fall and remain un-jwas Nwithout roads. Transporta- they took the eggs or young (cf. til early spring. Trees that ap-| tion oKcommodities was feasible on Deuteronomy, XXII: 6 & 7). The pear sickly may be fed with a solu- a limited scale only. Men’s weap- natural resources of the world can tion of sodium nitrate, a teaspoon- | ons were crude. Gunpowder has supply a rapidly increasing popula- ful or more to a gallon of water, been ir^ use only a few centuries, tion, only in case they are conserv- This should be introduced to the The percussion cap is about 100 ed. The basic idea of conserva- region of the roots through small years ollfl. Before that came, wing- tion is that man must replace what iron pipes inserted in the ground shooting with the old flint-and- he takes away. He owes this to fu- and sloping toward the center. The steel guns was an extraordinary tufe generations, pipes should be inserted about feat, which few could compass J Ornithologists have taught us three-fourths of the way from the Muzzle-loading rifles and shotguns that man can not exist without trunk to entire area shaded by the'were the sole dependence within birds. Without them, insects would crown of the tree. For small trees the memory of living men. destroy crops, pastures and forests, the pipes may be 12 to 15 inches j Man had constant battle with and leave the earth a desert. The deep and for larger trees, two to wild beasts in much of the world, more crops grown, the more food is 'three feet. In parts of Asia and Africa wild provided for insects. There is no Farm Leaders Urge Cottonseed Grading PAGE NUMBER FOUR McCord-Hartzog (Greenwod Index-Journal of January 10th.) PLANNING EFFORT TO GET CONGRESS PASS BILL PRO VIDING FOR STANDARD METHODS < COLUMBIA, Jan. 13.—Farm leaders of the South are plannin" an effort to have Congress pass I bill providing for standard meth ods of grading cottonseed, accord ing to information received here. Harry D. Wilson, commissioner A fertUizer which has been found beasts were too much for him. Gor- choice. There must be. conserva- pr esi dent ^^the^a^ibnal 1 AssocS- very satisfactory in treating sickly don Gumming describes the hordes tion or devastation. Powers of state trees may be made from two parts of game that swarmed 6ver South 1 : nitrate of soda, two parts acid Africa in 1850. Tigers were so AN UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM phosphate, one part muriate of numerous and daring in India, they potash, and two parts bone meal, invaded ships, as Capt. Alexander The first impulse of a man who This mixture is applied at the rate Hamilton testifies. Sir Samuel cannot find work in his own town of two ounces to eigh square feet Baker paints a vivid picture of the Is to move on to some other place, 0 f ground surface about the tree, wild life of Ceylon in 1860. Trav- in the hope that conditions some- if the first application does not elers in America, during the 18th how will be better there. This appear sufficient, it may be follow- and first half of the 19th centuries, custom dates back pretty nearly to ed by repeated treatments every relate stories which smack of ro- the founding of the republic. Al- couple weeks. mance, yet all are true. Four ways there has been a certain num- | it should be kept in mind that hundred thousand bear hides were her of American workers on the shade, street and ornamental trees shipped from the port of Charles- ntove, migrating from place to in towns and cities are not favored ton in a single year, and nearly place in search of jobs; and some- by the normal conditions under 100,000 deerskins, times this has been a good thing, which trees thrive. These trees, Flocks of wild pigeones were esti- taking men from regions where are dependent upon the care they mated in billions by Wilson and business is poor and putting them receive from the home owner and Audubon. As late as 1850, a gov- in more fortunate localities where the municipality. ernment survey showed above 40,- iabor is needed. | in all cases attention . to water 000,000 buffaloes (bisons) on our Right now, however, is not one supply and soil conditions will be western prairies. Game was prac- of. those times. The business de- to the tree’s advanage. Probably tically unlimited everywhere, pression is nation-wide. No one sec- the most important treatment The Carolina paroquet carpeted tian has much of an advantage ov- needed is keeping the soil around -the woods of South Carolina for er any other section. < The man the tree in a loose condition like miles, like a vast green carpet. By who goes away in the hope of bet- garden-soil, free from weeds and 1351 the last paroquet had disap- tering himself is apt to find him- sod. This loose soil mulch con- peared from the state. In 1907, self worse off than if he had stay- serves the water supply, helps soil Frank M. Chapman found 15 indi- ed at home. I aeration, and assists the introduc- viduals in one flock near Kissim- and nation must be invoked. The existence of the race is in peril and half-way measures can serve no purpose. * When people are educated in the value of natural resources, Con servation is simple. So much is going on—so many distractions, due to haste, waste and greed—it is no easy matter to disseminate the facts. Yet such education is vital. For this purpose the Con servation Society of South Caro lina was chartered. It is likewise one of the aims of the South Caro lina Forest, Game and Fish Asso ciation. Men and women must be tion of Agricultural Commissioners, has written Congressmen Marvn Jones of Texas asking that he rein- troduce the bill which he offered at the last session of Congress along that line. “Every other commodity,” said Mr. Wilson in his letter to the Tex as Congressman “is now sold on quality and there is no reason why good cottonseed should not bring more money than poor cotton seed.” C. O. Moser, fvice-president of the American Cotton Co-operative Association, New Orleans, in a statement says that “I can think J. Rogers Flannery, of Pittsburgh,! tion of artificial fertilizers into the president of the National Associa- | soil when necessary. “An ounce of tiott of Travelers’ Aid Societies, has prevention is worth many pounds a statement asking the cooperation of social welfare agen cies and police departments to dis courage this tendency of the tem porarily unemployed to drift from of cure,” and with a little care and foresight, sickly conditions of trees are often prevented. X their home towns to larger centers Facts On Conservation of population. V “Telegrams from Traveler^ Aid the STORY OF WILD LIFE AND.'coast were covered with pine and mee, Florida. Today there is probably not one on earth. Fish and shellfish were equally abundant. Up-Country rivers teem ed with shad and herring .each spring,. Farmers hauled them home in wagons. Down to 50 years ago, the Up- Country had numerous stands of virgin timber; Mid-Country and Societies throughput the country, «qrs Mr. Flapnery, “show clearly that just noW i| is of first impor tance for unemployed people to remain in the communities where they are known and where there is the best chance for them to get work or to secure relief. "Under national and local lead ership, American communities, laxgs and small, are arising to the challenge of the present situation. NATURAL RESOURCES. THEIR DESTRUCTION AND HOW THEY CAN RE RESTORED TO SOUTH CAROLINA (Prepared by the South Carolina Forest, Game and Fish Association -and the Conservation Society of South Carolina.) cypress, both of immense size, plantation periaugers, or dug-outs, requiring 30 men to row them, were made from a single cypress. An order from the Bank of England for a shipload of pine sticks, 83 feet long and squaring 15 inches at the small end, was filled in a week from Lynches river. The order could not be filled from the whole South today. By the middle ‘80’s buffalo had vanished from the western prairies, the wild pigeon had disappeared, save from a few nesting places pnd was extinct by the end of the cen tury; the black bear was a curi-, osity; the wild turkey had become extinct in most of the eastern had retreated across the Missis sippi; the prairie chicken was van ishing; naval stores operators had made a graveyard of the extensive FOREWORD: The series of art- .... _ . . icles to be published in these col- In spite of this, the men or women ums } s prepared by the South Caro- out of work will need all the re-' !lina Porest Game and Fish Asso _ sources that come from friendship elation through its secretary, Harry and residence that are not avail- R E Hampton, and the Conserva-. aWe to the drifters into strange tlon Soci ety of South Carolina, oomcranities, each of which is con- through its president, James Henry caned with the problem of its own Rice Jr fellow in the Na ti 0 nal „ f, | people. The kindest advice Geographic Society of New York states; the beaver was gone; elk can be given to men and women | and in the Roval Geographic Soc- out of work today is to remain, if iety of London> and one of the Na- Vovdble, in their own communities tional committee of 100 Natural- to stay in their home towns.” | i s ^ Si selected in the interest of Wild Hus is advice that needs to be Lif e> a recognized authority on the yellow pine forests. • widely disseminated. As Mr. Flan ~ I Natural Resources of South Caro-| “Here is a tree,” said Arthur T. neiy points out, the migration of and long a fighter for their Wayne, the naturalist, “which took jobless men to large cities merely preservation. God Almighty a hundred years to inta&ifies the problems faced by . The South Carolina Forest, grow and two fools with a cross-cut ^ Cit f E ; a " d h “ rts n .°l 0nly the Game and Fish Association is an-Lw can destroy it in 20 minutes.” drifters but the stay-at-homes as organization of sportsmen-con- j servationists with upwards of 2,000 members all over the state, who have banded together in the inter est of our wild life and forests. The that, unless prudent use were made > Ornamental Trees association present a program of nature’s bounties, serious inroads of law reform in the interest of would be made on the source. Many [these resources to the conning ses- birds had become extinct, and not It is a matter of common observ- sion of the General Assembly. This a few mammals. One of the trag- atian that many planted oma- 1 program will be treated in these edies of the world is the disap- mentals on the lawns and streets articles in due time. - pearance of a species, for it will not at our cities fail to thrive as they I The information contained in be seen again “Until there is a new do In the forest. The forest soil these articles was warmly endorsed heaven and a new earth. Is light, porous and rich. It is by many leading men, including Hence arises the demand for ^ioiisLant*ly fed hy humus, the de— the late Ferdinand Jacobs of Conservation of our remaining of leaves, vegetable and organic Clinton, who, at his own expense, n a t ura i resources, now a live ques- that accumulates year by was to have published and distri- tion in ever y i and The soU in the forest Is buted it in pamphlet form, when ' his death intervened. _ . well. -txi- Care Of Shade And All means of destruction were multiplied, yet nature went on, “making no haste, taking no rest.” Then it dawned on men’s minds ... of nothing which is more import- made to think before they can un- ant from the standpoin t of stabil- izing the cottonseed industry with derstand. The issue must be met manhood and womanhood state—“The best ye breed.” XXI the, the Perfect Show Girl M A Kansas actress, Dorothy Adams, 19, of Great Bend, defeated one hun dred others for the coveted title in a Chicago contest -txt- Wideman H. D. Club Meets well aerated and retains a good anpfdy of moisture. It is the nat ural site for the trees. According to H. Y. /Forsythe, Dis trict Forester of the South Carolina The Reasons For Conservation barely four acres of woods for ev- The Wideman H. D. Club met at the home of Mrs. Luther Bowick on December 22, 1931. We were sorry our agent could not be with us, and we sympathize with her in her recent bereavement. The following program was car ried out: • » Song. Bible reading. Prayer. Roll. Minutes. Song. Merry Christmas—Miss Spence. Yuletide—Miss Elizabeth Wide man. Christmas Greetings—Miss Lizzie Mae Edmunds. After this, Christmas gifts were distributed from the Christmas protection to the producers than officially adopting the standards which have recently been worked out by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture through its Mr. Meloy and officially supervis ing the use of those standards as is now being done with cotton lint and other commodities.” I. O. Schaub, director of exten sion for North Carolina, Raleigh, states that he is in hearty accord with the idea of the desirability of the Department of Agriculture set ting up *definite grades and mar ket information as regards cotton seed. > Dr. G. T. Dowell, president of Louisiana State College of Agricul ture states that “There is no ques tion in my mind but that cotton seed should be sold on grade.” O. B. Martin, director of exten sion for Texas, says that “I think j that grading and standardization of cottonseed are most funda mental.” I Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the Georgia State College of Agricul ture, Athens, says that a standard system of grading “should tend towards bringing the buyer and seller together on a better basis and hence insure a wiser and more efficient use of the marvelous by products which cottonseed yield.’’ I John C. Thompson, secretary of the Texas Cotton Ginners Asso ciation, Dallas, Texas, says: “The contention that the farmer or pro- ' ducer does not benefit by prem iums paid is well taken; but not generally true. Personally, we have bought seed in South Texas for two years and sold them under the grading system. To be sure the individual does not benefit di rectly on any special seed that might grade high; but the ginners in that section have allowed a higher price for all seed when the general average run above prime, this is, if we are getting a premium of any $1.00 per ton, all seed may not make the grade, but usually all farmers get the higher price.” At the South-wide agricultural conference held in Birmingham, 1 Ala., attended by representatives of the farmers, manufacturers, and almost every line of business in the South, strong resolutions were ad- Matie opted asking for a standard seed j grading plan. X The following is of the greatest interest to Green wod society: Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McCord announce the engagement of their daughter Grace to Mr. Henry Gerard Hartzog. Jr., the marriage to take place at an early date Miss McCord is a popular mem ber of the social set of the city, having made her/home here prac tically all of her life. She attend ed the Greenwood high school and is a graduate of Lander college where she specialized in expression. Last year she accepted a position in the McCormick High school and has also taught there this year. Until the past week her family has resided in Greenwood but they are now living in Columbus, Ga. Mr. Hartzog is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hartzog of this city. He graduated from the Green wood high school and attended Clemson College and the Univers ity of Georgia. Since completing his education he has been connect ed with the Postal Telegraph Com pany and the Southern Bell-Tele phone company. He is now located with the Bell company here, .and the many friends of the young couple are delighted that they will continue to make Greenwood their home. tXi — The Truth Seekers Class Meets v J The world, stocked with plant ery *J nan ' lk !' 0I ? an , a !!, d C ^ ild on tree given by our “capsule” sisters. and animal, flower and fruit, with inexhaustible beauties to delight Forest Service with head- heart and soul, was created for hi Aiken, the soil in our man. God turned it over to Adam is frequently not rich in and his descendants in the be- plaat foods. It is packed and ginning, covered with sod or bare and sion. in exposure to the sun. It is In the ages since, man has lived earth. Much of this is unsuited for timber. Much of it lies in mountains or in tropical forests. Single issues of the Sunday edi tions of metropolitan newspapers take all the trees from six acres It was a godly posses T Qf land . Stock taking of potential re- This caused lots of fun. The hostess served delicious re freshments and we all went away wishing each other a Merry Christ mas and thanking our president for the lovely Christmas party. X for fiifau „ Here are some suggesions of poor quality from artificial on the bounty of nature, whether sources is in order, and stock has tas ^y sandwiches for winter after noon gatherings, either at home or elsewhere: Finely ground water cress, creamed with butter, and Much of the rainfall quickly be dug it out of the ground, took been tak en by men who seek to off- off instead of passing into it. toll of the water or the forest, grew set waste and folly. e city tree, therefore, needs crops, or pastured his flocks on The case is not hopeless. While care. Sod should not be mountain or plain. the buffalo, the wild pigeon and spread on graham bread; parsley, to grow close to the tree. • For thousands of years the hu- much else have disappeared for- W ith a few drops of lemon juice, soil from a foot to two feet man population was pitifully small, ever, forests enough and game minced and mixed with creamery the ground should be kept compared with the vast store, enough remain, provided they are butter in the same way; club U. S. Skating Champion cheese of sharp flavor, with chop ped English walnuts, a few drops free at all .growth and the surface around it. There was no occasion ^ conserved—not otherwise. Jcept loose, with a hoe or pick. to husband natural resources. [ Rules for conservation were laid Besides Jack of soil air an£ mois- j Small in numbers, the capacity of down in the Pentateuch—the num- of onioq juice, salt, and tomato tore; mo^ ornamentids sfiffer from the race for destruction was limit- ber of qual to fc*e taken and the catsup; grange rind,«grated,and Pf! malnutrition in the/absence of, for- ed. of slow Uttons. PPb 'M* Clearing away forests was and laborious; tilling soil amount of maifna to be gathered, mixed with butter. Cut with fancy Moses, in the shadow of Mount cooky cutters. Marihe! Vinson, a Yankee girl, is the women’s .skating ..champion of the United States Sne is represent ing the U S in the international contests at Lake Placid. N Y \The Truth Seekers Class of the Baptist Sunday School held their January meeting with Miss Eliza beth Giles Tuesday afternoon, with the following program: Song—242. Bible Reading—1st psalm, Bebe Ludwick. Prayer—Mary E. Giles. Roll Call—By the secretary. Song—347. “Another New Year”—Ruby Pullian. Giving—Ocalese Holliday. “I Thank You”—Mae Coleman. On a New Year’s Day in Japan— E. Brown. Song—324. “The Searcher”—Elizabeth Har ris. A delightful sweet course was served. x Gleanings From ' Comity Agent’s Annual Report The following excerpts taken from County Agent E. L. Rogers’ annual report show some of the work he did during the past year: Days in office, 34.4 Farm visits made 778 Different farms visited 620 Office calls 1,965 Telephone calls ^ 887 Days in office 84 Days in field 217 Individual letters written ___ 1,354 Circular letters written 39 No. copies mailed 13,623 Newspaper Articles 48 4-H Clubs organized 4 Memberships 9Q Club encampments held Club Livestock Judging Teams trained 1 Meetings held 36 Attendance 1,075 Carlot poultry shipments 1 Farm tours conducted 1 Method demonstration given 61 In addition to these activities the county agent was of assistance in helping the farmers secure the StfCteral Seed, Feed and Fertilizer Loans; in co-operative buying and selling of farm products; manage ment of cream station which has brought $28,013.48 up to December 1, 1931. The report also shows an increas ed interest in livestock. Two pure bred bulls and two pure bred boars were placed in the county, the first self feeders for hogs, 14 in number were built, and two trench silos introduced. Eight completed demonstrations poultry flocks net ted owners $5,510.72 above feed cost. Among other important phases of the work were the cotton and com contest, boys club work, live-at- home campaign, home mixing of fertilizers, prevention of smut in small grains, insect control, orch ard management and assistance in controlling 4 contagious livestock diseases. . * ^