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Thursday, July 14, 1932 JkCORMICK MESSENGER McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FOUR Every Thursday ^Established June 5, 1902 W EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner CjDtered at the Post Office at Me- Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of 'the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 Keep The Dairy Cows! ECONOMIST URGES BUILDING UP, NOT DECREASING HERDS the next generation The A .-S>. w 0 ■ Ef little children romping • around will become the men and ’women of another generation. T3aey will control the destiny of ‘this community then, as we con trol it now. Community betterment is always the goal of every good citizen. It/ is the great lubricant which causes the wheels of enlightenment to spin noiselessly and to a purpose. To insure a better community for the future we must begin with the children of today. . If in their childhood they are taught to differentiate between ~wisdom and foolishness, between the good and the bad, between xigbt and wrong, the lessons they ‘ learn will bear golden fruit in af ter years, and the community we love so well* will be brighter and better because of the influence they win exert upon the citizenry of their day. Remember the little children of today, for tomorrow they will have -children of their own, and the law of heredity is strong with us all. The sun shines brightly when we push the clouds away, but the lit tle child has not yet learned to push. ixt 1 “Gospel” From \ Kershaw CAMDEN, July 9.—Good news Tram Kershaw county is found in .simple facts regarding the “greater emphasis now being placed by Ker- .ahaw farmers on greater diversifi cation, food and feed, and soil Building crops on the farms of the county, so much so that not in the remembrance of our oldest citizens has as much attention been paid by our farm people to an actual and real live-at-home program.” -This in a word is the “gospel,” or good news, from Kershaw as re ported by Henry D. Green, county farm agent. Some specifications and details of this good news will illustrate how Kershaw is doing it. “In anticipation of the lack of money with which to purchase •commercial fertilizer next year hundreds of our farmers are plant ing more and more cowpeas, soy beans, and velvet beans and quite a few have planted crotalaria. They are also paying more and more at tention to the production and sav ing and intelligent use of lot and stable manure. In fact cows have taken on an aspect of value, hither to neglected or forgotten, due to the realixation by our farmers of the need for animal manures. This same general awakening has sim- CLEMSON COLLEGE. July 9.— “Even though the price of butter in June on the principal markets was the lowest in 28 years, it was high er as compared with pre-war than any other important agricultural commodity except live poultry; and regardless of market value a pound of butter has as much food value for home consumption as It ever had,” says O. M. Clark, extension economist. The low prices for dairy products are discouraging many producers, who would do well to remember, Mr. fclark thinks, that dairying is not a short-time enterprise that can be gone into one year and out the next. The prices of dairy pro ducts move in cycles of about 14 or 15 years from peak to peak, and these prices are now in the decline 'tf the cvcle. While prices will in all probability improve with an im provement in the buying power of consumers, the general trend of dairy products prices will probably be downward for a few years. But heifer calves saved now ano’ during the next few years will have their major production period during the rise of the price cycle. The far sighted producer will plan to have cows at their maximum production when the peak of the price cycle arrives. Mr. Clark points out also that South Carolina is a deficit area for dairy products, giving producers an advantage with respect to prices over producers in surplus areas. As evidence of this fact the price of butter in South Carolina in June was 30 per cent higher than in Min - nesota. “Furthermore,” he adds, “ as long as we have the low average per capita consumption of milk that we have in South Carolina, we are jus tified in increasing the number of cows on farms. A gallon of milk or a pound of butter may not bring much on the market but when it is produced for home con sumption, the market price is ir relevant.” ——-- - 1$ <n -IXI- Buyers Of Crops Will Be Liable 1 PURCHASERS MUST PAY FEDER AL MORTGAGES IF FARMERS UNABLE TO DO SO CHARLESTON, July 5.—Purchas ers of crops from farmers who have not paid the federal crop mort gages, will become liable, George M. Magruder of Summerville, field inspector for the department of ag riculture, said Saturday. Gagruder said buyers of farm products will be furnished lists up on requests of all crop production loans made in counties in which prospective anticipate doing busi ness. Crop inspections will be conduct ed systematically throughout all counties where crop loans are not paid, he said, and sale of products from such farms will be checked and the purchasers will become liable for the amount of the loan, whether or not a false statement was made by the seller as to right ful owner of such products and whether or not further action is to be taken for disposing of crops un der mortgage. ' Magruder has advised farmers Helps Hill Children It doesn’t' seem to matter much where boys and girls live, if there is any chance at all to carry on 4-H club projects they do it in some way or another. Take Kanawha coun ty, West Virginia. It has the larg est enrollment of any county in the state,—some 1100 boys and girls. As a farming section it has little to recommend it. The county is most ly embraced in the valley of the Kanawha river. The country is very rough and almost mountain ous. The young folks have to make their own social life, and here is where 4-H club work has come into the picture. It has provided a means of bringing the young folks together in a social way and at the same time made their diversion count for something in keeping up the home and appearances. In some parts of the county there are min ing settlements and here 4-H club work is the only social diversion for the young people. Club work was started when some business men in the county and in Charleston made funds available to the boys and girls for the purchase of pigs, lambs, chickens and seed for club projects. Club members have many handicaps to contend with in such a county, especially in the case of livestock. Proper feeds are not always available, nor shelter, and predatory animals are a nuisance. So the work is not up to the average found in better ag ricultural sections, but neverthe less it is supplying a great need. Where a little patch of land is available it is used for garden stuff, mostly, but sometimes a club mem ber can manage to have a patch turned over to him for com or po tatoes. It is therefore all the more important that the best culture fee given the crops. The people are appreciative when they see that club work actually gets results. A PASTORAL (By Norman Gale) Along the lane beside the mead Where the cowslip-gold is in the grass E matched the milkmaid’s easy speed, A tall and springing country lass: But though she had a merry plan To shield her from my soft re plies, ' Love played at Catch-me-if-you- Can In Mary’s eyes. A mile or twain from Varley bridge I plucked a dock-leaf for a fan, And drove away the constant midge, And cooled her forehead’s strip of tan. But though the maiden would not spare My hand her pretty finger-tips, Love played at Kiss-me-if-you-Dare On Mary’s lips. Since time was short and blood was bold, I drew me closer to her side. And watched her freckles change from gold To pink beneath a blushing tide. But though she turned her face away, How much her panting heart .confessed!' | Love played at Find-me-if-you- May In Mary’s breast. • 1—x Abundant Legume Crops Are Being Seeded On Farms Music Recital At Trov * Friday Evening The Literary and Music Club of Troy will present a music and ex pression recital at the Troy school house Friday evening, July 15, at 3:00 o’clock. There will also be a social afterwards. Everybody in vited. No admission. -X- Watch For The League Canvassers All your extra coat hangers shall be greatly appreciated by the League. Please get them together and wait for a league canvasser. RUCIA ABERCROMBIE. Trade Balance Favors America that the government will insist on alarly Increased the appreciation for j payment of the loans and that forests, especially the farm j ^ i s advisable for those having lot, because of the necessity | cr0 p production loan mortgages to tnr litter in the making of stable and lot manure. ' ( L. L Guion, Lugoff, who -through years of practical experi ence and success, recognizes the great value of legume crops, has planted 200 acres of crotalaria and is highly pleased with its growth and ability to choke out noxious weeds. He plans 10 plant several hundred acres cf Austrian winter peas and vetch this fall. Many of our farmers are this year produc ing their crops chiefly from fert ility gained by the use of previous ly grown legume crops and from lot and stable manures. For exam ple, J. K. Goff, Camden, has splen did crops this year grown almost entirely from legume and animal manures. Mr. Goff is steadily building up his soil’s fertility and productivity. “It is most encouraging to note the certain progress all over the ’-county in the matter of our farm ers producing more food and feed -crops, growing more and more leg umes, and raising more cows, hogs, and chickens.” keep an accurate account of all sales of farm products, at least un til mortgages have been satisfied. WASHINGTON, July 9.—The Uni ted States continues to maintain a favorable balance of trade, it be ing $20,017,244 during May. This was shown yesterday in a commerce department announce ment of total export and import values. May exports totaled $132,291,- 821 and imports were $112,274,477. ■ m A CM PURDY PAVORS ^ R0U6H BOADS-vSAY^ TMEY KKJOCU TWE ashes opp ms 06 AR.. Snow Child” Goes North CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 11.— Forage and soiling crops, mostly legumes, are being seeded in abundance on farms over the state, according to reports from county farm agents, indicating that live stock and land will be much the better off thereby. Typical of the good news is the statement from S. C. Stribling, Cherokee, who says; “A large part c-; the grain stubble has been planted to either late corn, peas, or soybeans, and the good seasons have brought these crops to fairly good stands.” Other Piedmont instances include those from P. B. Ezell, N^vberry— “Practically all available land has been planted to feed crops that are up to a good stand”; R. H. Lem mon, Fairfield—“More cowpeas are being planted this year than usual and the stands thus far are good”; W. J. Tiller, Chesterfield—“With a good supply of cheap legume seed such as velvet beans, soybeans, and peas, the acreage is apparently the largest ever seeded in the county.” From other sections come sim ilar statements such as those from J. R. Clark, Richland—“The farm ers have planted more cowpeas, soybeans, and velvet beans this year than ever before, and the feed crops look good”; from C. L. Mc- Caslan, Calhoun—“Large acreages of peas and soybeans are being put in this year”; and from H. D. Green, Kershaw—“All over the county our farmers are growing more and more legumes and pro ducing more feed crops.” tXI Retailers Warned Of Price Increases BEST MEATS-Ld llavu installed electric refrigeration and made other provisions to properly care for and serve the best of fresh meats to our customers at all times. Delivery made in town at any lime. Phone 1420. Mar ket open on upper Main Street every Sat- .urday afternoon. Very best m^ats at lowest prices. JAMIE L. SMITH This office has on hand a stock of nice round and square cornered candidates’ cards and suitable type faces for printing them to please the most fatidious. Have a supply printed, Mr. Can didate, before the campaign opens and be prepared to pass them around among your friends so there may be no mistake as to your name and for what office you are aspiring. Our printing is of best quality and our prices are very reasonable. raWK MESSEHR McCORMICK, S. C. Self-Help Advances Cherokee Farmers ?AS :SS. Mr;. Howard Stafford (Peary), filter *<f Admira! Peary, the fa- •.>k*us ‘Y.now baby’* born in the Arctic r .\c!e, is new returning to within 14 of the j-.le to unveil a stone erected ihere to her noted ♦ai.i.er WASHINGTON, July 9.—The Bu reau of Internal Revenue warned retailers Thursday that it is a crim inal offense, subject to fine and imprisonment, to increase prices of taxable merchandise held in stock prior to June 21, when the new manufacturers excise taxes | went into effect. Any one who thus takes advant- ' age cf the competitive situation arising out of the imposition of the new taxes is liable to a fine of $1,- 000 or by imprisonment of not more than one year or both. jXt Death Of Colored Man X A court has held a jay-walking t ordinance as illegal, but neverthe less it takes no court to prove that I it might be fatal. “Uncle” Tombs Murray, 60 years of age, died at his home near Mc Cormick on July 2nd, following a short illness. Funeral services were conducted and interment made at McCain’s cemetery July 3rd. G. P. McCain’s srevice in charge. GAFFNEY, July 11.—Through ru ral community clubs, Farmers’ Granges, a fire insurance associa tion, and through co-operation with bankers, Rotarians, the Cham ber of Commerce, and others, ; Cherokee county farmers are find ing forms of self-help that do much to advance their economic and social welfare. Community clubs help make a number of Cherokee areas better to farm in and better to live in. I Among these are Sunnyside, New ; Pleasant, Sarratt, Pleasant Grove, Draytonville. Monthly meetings with educational and social pro-1 grams are held except in the busy season, the county agents and ag ricultural and other teachers lend ing encouragement. Some of these community clubs are converting themselves into units of the Grange, this farmers’ organization ! having taken fairly strong root in Cherokee soil, with quite a good 1 number of local Granges already actively at work and a county Pomona functioning. Another self-help organization among Cherokee farmers is the | Cherokee Farmers Mutual Fire In surance Association, which insures j farm buildings and furniture against losses from fire and storm. This organization, old in service to its members, gives cheap protection to about 500 members, the rate, once as low as 25 cents per hundred dollars, now being around one dol lar per hundred as against over twice that in outside old-line com panies. Co-operative action of Cherokee fanners with others towards bet ter farming include: 1. The Cherokee county fair as sociation, which has had a stimu lating effect on diversification and production of quality products. 2. The Gaffney banks, through which the use of purebred cotton seed has become much more pre valent in the past few years. 3. The Gaffney Rotary Club, / whose co-operation has been help ful in holding community and country-wide meetings on agricul tural oroblems. 4. The Gaffney Chamber of Com merce, whose secretary, W. E. John son, is always active toward pro motion of marketing and other problems for diversified cash crops. Another advantage of small town, life is that you can rent a house without owning a lap dog. tXf At times we fear that whatever killed the dead civilizations was something Inheritable.