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m Thursday, February 11, 1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCOKMICK, SOUTli si i > FACE NUMBER EIGHT Town Primary I Local Leaders Meeting ■' Held Tuesday In the first primary election hjid Tuesday to nominate a mayor, six councilmen and a member to the Commission of Public Works, 48 votes were cast, and the follow ing were re-elected without oppo- cition: Mayor—Dr. C. K. Epting. Councilmen—Dr. C. R. Strom, C H. Huguley, J. W Corley, L N. 0 f many types of equipment and The Local Leaders of the Home Demonstration Clubs held their regular monthly meeting, Thurs day, January 28th, at the rest room in the court house. Miss Harriett B. Layton, assistant State agent, was present and gave the third lesson in household management. This demonstration was on “The Selection and care of Kitchen Equipment.” A study was made Union Services Brown, J. T. Eaulfcner and J* L. Jennings. Commissioner of Public J. S. Strom. -X S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL .REVIEW The following record of industrial activity lists items* showing invest- ibent of capital, employment of la- boifanqd business activities and op portunities. , * Information from which' $he paragraphs are prepared Is from local papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be con- sidefed generally correct. Dillon — Michaux Drug Co. will . Open in Boyd Welch building, cor ner First Avenue and Main Street. Aiken — Fortnum and Mason, *, Inc., opened women’s sport wear ; *shop in Willcox Inn." Georgetown — Railway Express Agency will move its office to new quarters in brick store building on frront Street. Great Falls — Bridge over Cat awba River at Nitrolle, near here on Highways No. 97 and 22, opened to traffic. Camden — Women’s Exchange opened their tea room recently. Lake 'City — Furtick & Moore op ened radio salesroom and repair shop. Georgetown — Georgetown Elec tric Bakery established in new quarters in store building of J. M. Ringel on Front St. Cedar Springs — Local church edifice improved. Pickens — Lewis Variety Store moved to Freeman building. Hamptoh — New floor being laid in Parker and Stanley’s Store here. Vamville — I. V. DeLoach pur chased A. R. Spence building. Newberry — McSwain Funeral Home, capitalized at $5,000, incor porated recently to conduct under taking, embalming and general funeral directing. Aiken — Extensive improvements made to Aiken theatre. the club members were shown how to select their equipment on the ^ fallowing points: Suitability and purpose. 2. Ease of Operation. 3. Durability. 4. Value vs. cost price. 5. Care. The following Local Leaders were present: McCormick—Mrs. A. J. Hendrix and Mrs. Walter Strom. Dowtin—Mrs. T. A. Dowtin and Mrs. P. W. Roper. Mt. Carmel—Miss Lennie Covin and Mrs. D. J. McAllister. Fairfield—Mrs. W. L. Long and Miss Alma Young. Plum Branch—Mrs. Eugene Crawford and Mrs. S. J. King. Parksville—Mrs. Fred Bass and Miss Kathleen Bussey. Bellvue—Mrs. J. J. Hester and Mrs. J. B. Britt. Bethapy—Mrs. R. L. Quarles and Miss Emmie Sheppard. Modoc—Miss Lillian Reese and Miss Nettie Thelma Bussey. Rehoboth—-Mrs. E. M. Morgan and Mrs. Bob Gilchrist. Mrs. W. A. Winn and Miss Lucia Quarles were visitors. X Union services will be held at the Methodist Church on Sunday, Feb ruary 14, at 7:30 p. m. Brother Leon T. Pressly will do the preach ing. Everybody is cordially in vited. W. S. HENRY, Pastor. txt Mrs* Esther Mitchell Passes Away At Aiken Hospital For Farming In 1932 FARM PLANNING MUST BE IN THE LIGHT OF OUTLOOK WANT ADVS. FOR SALE—River bottorr^ mixed hay at $13.00 per ton, at Bor deaux, S. C. Rich Cowan. 4tpo. DOG WOOD WANTED—For prices and specifications see J. E. Haynes at the Block Mill. Mc Cormick, S. C. / FOR RENT—The Brown Store Building, on Main Street next door to my store. J. S. Strom, McCormick, S. C. i # "WANTED—Milch cows with young calves, also .veal calves. Pigs and shoats for sale at reasonable prices. Call or ’phone No. 1420 day or night. Jamie L. Smith, Route 1, McCormick, S. C., forks Greenwood-Abbeville Highway two miles west of McCormick. HAVE YOUR CLEANING done at home by McCormick Dry Clean ers, where you can get daily ser vice. Now open for business at the old pressing club stand on Gold street. Good work and ser vice is our motto. Alteratidhs and repairs of all kinds. Clean and block hats, 35c each. W. E. Campbell, Proprietor, McCor mick, S. C. - FROST PROOF PLANTS For Sale— - Cabbage and Bermuda Onion Plants all varieties $1.00 per 1000, 5000 lots. 90 cents per 1000. Prompt shipment. Dorris Plant Co. Valdosta, Ga. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 30.— In considering ways and means for greater returns in 1932 farmers realize, says O. M. Clark, extension economist in farm management, that they are not now in position to make material changes even if such changes were advisable. Rad ical changes require more capital than is now available. This is not the time to experiment with en tirely new farm programs. Changes should be made slowly, farmers gaining experience and establish ing a marketing system as the changes are made. Ordinarily it is pot wise to take up a new enter prise with the idea of carrying it for a year or two and then drop ping it. But in many cases changes could be made advantageously in the emphasis put upon the existing enterprises and activities and in some cases old ones dropped and new ones added. “There are possibilities of in creasing profits by improving the efficiency and economy of opera tions,—that is, carrying on the present operations better and more cheaply,” Mr. Clark continues. “Not infrequently the efficiency of man labor and mule work can be improved by devoting some time to the arrangement of the fields, planning the work, and properly choosing the equipment. Frequent ly production can be economically improved by planting better seed, by making a more careful study of the fertilizer needs, and by follow ing the best known production practices.” Mr. Clark believes that the far mers of South Carolina should re duce the necessity for cash ex penditures by producing to a great er degree than usual food for themselves and tenants and feed for their livestock. Farm main tenance is always a sound farm management practice in South Carolina; it is doubly so when the spread between the prices receiv ed by farmers for what they sell and the prices paid them for what they buy is so great as at present. Local markets in some cases offer profitable outlets for farm produce and should be made use of. This will be advantageous to both the producers and the consumers. For those who are in a position to do so, 1932 is a good time to build up the soil against the time when the produce from it will bring a better return than it will likely bring this year. x Colored Woman Dies PERMANENT WAVES $1.95 and $3.95. Phone 346, Oregon Beauty Parlor, Greenwood, S. C. For SAFETY Buy Telephone Bond and Share First Preferred. Ask any telephone employee.—Adv. Nellie Belcher, aged 73 years, died at her home near Mt. Carmel last Thursday following a long illness. She is survived by her husband, Hal Belcher, and twelve children. Burial was made on Friday at Rock Ford Church near Mt. Carmel. G. P. McCain’s service in charge. Death angel has no season. He is the harvester who comes, to his task any moment of the day. Any wee hour of the darkest night he often knocks. When he sounds the door post of happy home this, Our loved one, must depart, mother, wife, sister, friend, Oh, so soon was she gone from us. Home, it is not the same, can never be the same without your sweet presence and your influ ence. Will you not be here moth er? Dear mama, are you gone? The throne of mother has pre cedence over that of kings. How sad; it has a place with us no more. It is torn down. Her angel spirit has flown. We miss her, yes, we shall never cease to miss her sweet face, gentle smile and loving words. The death Tuesday, February 2, 1932, at 2:30 of Mrs. Esther Byrd Mitchell of Bath was a shock to her loved ones. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, one daughter and five, sons, also an infant daughter just a few hours old. Funeral services were conducted at her home in Bath by the Rev. Carter of Langley and remains laid to rest at Langley cemetery beside her brother and several children who were transplanted to heaven’s garden while young. Mother has joined hqr angel babies in the home of rest. Two sisters, Mrs. D. T. LaGroon, McCormick and Mrs. Lila Poole, Athens, Ga., also survive. God has called and she has gone To meet the Christ above; No face to see, no voice to hear, But memory holds her dear. Her life still lives her voice yet speaks, To all her loved ones dear. Let every one that knew her Prepare to meet her there. A neice, LEOLA. WILLINGTON NEWS Mr. and Mrs. John B. Porter, Mr McClure, Miss Edwards and Misss; Black of Asheville, N. C., and Dr and Mrs. C. K. Epting of McCor mick spent the day Sunday with Mrs. S. S. McBride. Mr. Easton Rice of Chester, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Willie McBride. Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock of Ches ter were pleasant callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. LeRoy Monday afternoon. Mrs. Annie Lee Moore and Mrs. Mallie Abercrombie of North Caro lina are visiting Mrs. G. W. Cade. Mr. Payton Hawes spent Sunday with Mr. G. W. Cade. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hemminger were in Greenwood Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McNair spent Sunday afternoon with relatives at Honora, Ga. Miss Annie Lou Lankford attend ed the bridge party at Mrs. Ted Harmon’s in McCormick Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrah, Jr., spent Monday with Mr. S. P. Mor rah in Bellvue. X. Y. Z. X Schedule Of Home Demon stration Work For Next Week Miss Anne Pamela Cunningham, An Appreciation (By Virginia Leigh Porcher, Vice- Regent for S. C., of the Ladies’ Mt. Vernon Association of the Union.) While the whole United States is Both Kinds Potatoes Prove Helpful ABBEVILLE FARMERS INCREASE SWEETS AND MURPHYS ON GENERAL FARMS ABBEVILLE, Jan. 30.—Abbeville farmers who joined with County honoring the birth of General A . gent z - D - Robertson in George Washington,, we, of South.! 193 * to increase the general use of Carolina should not forget the part POtat0eS ’ SWeGt and IriSh ’ met With taken by one of her daughters in reason ^ble success and helped the rescue of Mount V,ernon. from prov ® that both kmds of potatoes, the yuin that threatened it in are desiraW e for small scale pro- 1853 duction on Abbeville farms. Thus Miss Anne Pamela Cunningham farmers had potatoes of both kinds Monday, February 15, office. Tuesday, February 16, Rehoboth H. D. Club at 2:30. Wednesday, February 17, 6 and \ grade 4-H Club, and Bordeaux H. D. Club at 2:30. Thursday, February 18, Washing ton Jr., and Sr., 4-H Club, Buffalo H. D. Club at 2:30. Friday, February 19, Buffalo 4-H Club, White Town H. D. Club at 2:30. Saturday, February 20, office. X Plum Blossoms On February 10th Hoover Giv^n Many Pledges In New Drive Mr. George D. Price says we are going to have plums to eat early this year, and as proof he offered a branch from an old field plum bush yesterday loaded with white blos soms. Peach blossoms are fre quently seen the latter part of Feb ruary, but it is very unusual for plum blossoms to be out by the 10th of the month. Dr. C. R. Strom reports that he has four pear trees in full bloom at his home here. 1X1 was born in Laurens County S. C. for more liberal home consumption, She was the only daughter of a and 111 man y instances a surplus family known for its wealth and its f °^ l0Cal markets ' hospitality. She inherited the fine An , aCre .° f fn eet potatoes on ev “ qualities and high ideals that had er y farm m 1931 was Mr. Robert- marked her family for generations. S g f ° a I W J 11 0 C n h WaS reached to The conditions of her life seemed the 80 per cent ’ while perfect, but as a girl, a fall from practl ^ all y 100 P e y cent of farms her horse injured her spine and bad at Iea « t a sman Patch. Despite made her an invalid for life. In tbe drou S h ^. making the lightest the effort to find help for her, she ^ eV , er harvested P er acr e, Ab- was taken to Baltimore, where the bevUle fai ™ers have sweets more doctors gave her little hope. It gei ^ erall y than usual - ° ne 4 " H was while Mrs. Cunningham was £ Ub b °^ sweet potatoes for returning home after leaving her b !« pr0J v f^ a . t0 1 tal u ^ ield T of daughter there, that she passed ?, 8 bu ® hels ’* 116 bushels bein e No - Mount Vernon. Distressed *by the \ S ’ value of potatoes and condition she saw there, she wrote Pj a f s totaled $174.72. Expenses her daughter and suggested she ^^ make the object of her life work ah • • t v, the restoration of this place. I Adv ^ 1 ” g Irlsh Potatoes on an m- I would like you to picture tho ^ " consamp - invalid, hopeless of recovery, shy tl0n ’ Mr " Robertson secured a WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—A pledge that 20,000,000 citizens stand ready for a united anti-hoarding war was given to President Hoover today at a rally to which he summoned civic leaders from all parts of the na tion. The pledges came—some oral, some by raised hands—from re presentatives of more than 40 na tional associations. They had heard the chief executive and two of his principal financial advisers talk of the serious results of in dividual currency withdrawals. Charles G. Dawes, president of the reconstruction corporation, urg ed an “appeal to the heart,” and a return to the drive-methods of world war days to stop what . he called a mass movement toward currency deflation. Ogden : J . Mills, soon to become secretary of the treasury, seconded his approval to put hoarded dollar^ to work. Neither speech was made public. Those who attended departed without attempting to create the national anti-hoarding organiza tion spoken by the President. Work upon such a machine with branch es in every community will be in itiated next week under the leader ship of Colonel Frank Knox pub lisher of the Chicago Daily News. A discordant note was sounded outside the White House by the sole negro delegate, J. E. pingarn, president of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People. He contended it was merely ironical” to invite negroes to join in such a movement when they have no money to hoard.” The meeting took place in the cabinet room—stripped of its us ual long table and heavy chairs. The sound of hand clapping fre quently issued from behind its closed doors at each new appeal and pledge of support. ’ ixi There are 2,989 classified varie- jties of wild flowers in Colorado. \ Services At Sullivan School House Sunday School every Sunday at 3 o’clock p. m. at Sullivan School House. Preaching first Sunday at 4 o’clock p. m. The public is invited to attend. J. J. JAYSON, Superintendent. -X Colored Woman Dies Beatrice Moore, wife of John Moore, died at their home near Mc Cormick last Thursday, following a long illness. Funeral services were conducted and interment made at Shiloh Church Friday at 12 o’clock, noon. J. SI Strom’s service in charge. YOUR SAW L c p c a e ™ on a NEW SIMONOS. Cut 10 to 20' more. Only a file to keep it in order. Let us change your saw to the Simonds inserted tooth, re turning It next day . . . We ship anywhere. J. H. MINER SAW MFC. CO. ILMVH’OKl IV MH’.IM VV MISS. < Ol I M B!.\. S f! It is estimated that only 15 per cent of American homes em ploy paid, household servants. X I arger cows of a given breed eat more, but they produce consider ably more milk and butter fat. IXI One of the famous Egyptian py ramids, built 5,000 years ago, con- ta ned a room lined with glass tiles. X The United States boundary line adds up to 10,698 miles, including he Canadian line, which is 3,986 miles. X Louisiana has a railroad five miles long, which bears the distinc tion of being the only American railroad which is visible to the un aided eye all at once. and unfamiliar with business, un dertaking this stupendous task. Nevertheless, she accepted the idea with interest and began to write powerful letters to the “Women of America,” signed “A Southern Matron.” When she was able to travel, she came to Charleston and interested a group of influential people, who formed a society, and worked with such enthusiasm that the first public subscription was raised here. The distinguished lawyer, James L. Petigru, was among them, and he later drew up a constitution, which is a protec tion to the Association today. It would take much too long a time to tell of the many vicissi tudes thru which Miss Cunningham passed—among them being the change in mind of Mr. Washington to sell the place, just when the $200,000, necessary seemed in sight. She went to Mount Vernon, trav eling most of the way on a cot, and found there a mortified and disap pointed man. He had offered the estate to both Virginia and the United States and each had declin ed to buy, and Mr. Washington re fused to sell to a lesser power. By a happy chance, Miss Cunningham missed the returning boat and was obliged to spend the night there. In the morning Mr. Washington called her to his office and said her con versation the evening before had convinced him of her unselfish in terest and that he had decided to let her buy Mount Vernon. . I will not dwell on the many dif ficulties she had in raising the money or the loyal support of her devoted friends. She immediately formed the “Ladies Mount Vernon Association of the Union,” of which she was the first Regent. It was not long after the Association was formed that the War of ’60 began. Reverses of every sort came to Miss Cunningham, and for four years she could not get to Mount Vernon, but faithful hands kept things go ing, and she resumed her duties and remained the regent until 1874. Today we of the Association meet each May, to find every possible ar rangement made for our comfort. Not so in the old days—women took their needles with them. They sewed and cleaned and repaired the old draperies and the broken furni ture; they gave the best they had and spent weeks working for the restoration of the Mansion. In Miss Cunningham’s splendid farewell address, dated June 1st, 1874, which is read at the begin ning of each Council, she says: “Ladies, the home of Washington is in your charge—see to it you keep it the home of Washington. Let no irreverent hands change it; no vandal hands desecrate it with the fingers of progress. Those who go to the home in which he lived and died wish to see in what he lived and died. Let one spot in this grand country be saved from change. Upon you rest this duty.” Such is the charge that the Reg ent and Vice-Regents of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association try to keep. Miss Cunningham died in 1875. X greater acreage than usual and farmers fortunately had an un usual yield. One farmer, H. N. Cochran, who planted two acres, harvested 400 bushels of salable potatoes. For storage Mr. Cochran, under uhe county agent’s direction, jacked up. an old building, put under it a. brick foundation and stored his po tatoes perfectly therein. * At a cost of $20 for this storage place he was able to hold back potatoes for the local market as needed. His total sales amounted to $476, and small potatoes were fed to hogs. Mr.. Robertson reports a number of oth er storage places built for the pota to crop. IXI - Hog Outlook Fair CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 30.— Notwithstanding the present low demand and the increase in pro duction, the outlook for hogs is sufficiently favorable to justify South Carolina farmers increasing the number of brood sows to the point where most of the surplus corn will be marketed through hogs rather than sold as grain, says Prof. L. V. Starkey, regarding the prospect for profit from hog raising in 1932. The indications now are that during the coming year it will be economy to a great er degree than usual for farmers to produce their own supply of meat. At the i^sent time the number of pigs produced is not sufficient to supply tiie local needs for pork, and the demand for feeder hogs,, and Prof. Starkey believes that more hog feeders should be producing the pigs which they put in the feed lot. In this connection he urges considerable emphasis upon im proving the blood by using pure bred boars, for there are greater prospeCwS of making a profit on well-bred hogs than on scrubs. It has been shown repeatedly in recent years that hogs fed corn and a supplement according to demonstration methods will market the corn at considerably more chan. the market price of corn; and it has been proven experimentally and demonstrated thoroughly that, forage will save about one-third of grain necessary to produce 100 pounds of pork, thereby reducing the cost of producing pork. While there are more hogs n the ,/ United States than there were a year ago, the number is less than the five-year average. Hence, Prof. Starkey’s view that for South Carolina farmers, with surplus corn and other feed grains, the prospect - for pork production justifies mak ing plans to grow forages with the idea of marketing these forages along with grains to hogs. In this way may be taken up some of the slack in land and labor from re duced cotton acreage. txt FISHERMAN CATCHES TWO MUSKETS IN NET Small birds “pick up” more rap idly in speed when they start to fly than larger birds. BELLEVILLE, Ont., Jan. 31.—, When Donald Thompson drew up his nets off the Main Ducks Is land, two ancient flintlock muskets wc:e included in the catch. The muskets were badly rusted, and probably were dropped by soldiers crossing Lake Ontario in 1812,. Thompson believes.