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i Thursday, August 11,1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FOUR McCORMICK MESSENGER Short Course For 4-H J- Published Every Thursday Established * June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Sintered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 Club Girls Closes NINETY CLUB MEMBERS FROM THIS COUNTY ENJOYED OUT ING AT LANDER COLLEGE THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE The 4-H club girls of McCormick county have returned from their three day Short Course at Lander College, which was held August 2, 3, 4. From the many remarks made by the girls and from the many re quests to please let’s stay longer, one feels that they did have a good, profitable Short Course with enough fun and recreation to make it a happy occasion. This year the Saluda county 4-H ‘Tt is better to travel hopefully' g i r i S) w ith their agent, Miss Helen <»’ '.n tc arrive,” said Stevenson. Life Abernathy, camped with the Mc- is a pursuit, not an occupation. It cormick groups, which adled oo cne is something, to do, not eomething number of campers and to the to learn. When happiness becomes pleasures of the short course, an accomplished fact, it ceases to | There were seventy-six girls and e>r’st. So long as it is a chase, it fourteen helpers from McCormick county. The entire group num- Doctors agree that there is • no- tiered around 150. The girls were thing more ruinous to health than divided into three groups, accord- to retire from active work at too ing co a g e> an d each group rotated early an age. classes which studied—hand- The same law holds good in the work> M iss Helen Abernathy; business of happiness. To believe tab i 3 etiquette, Miss Minnie Floyd, i hat atdast the goal is reached, is an d story hour—Miss Grey Barron, to miss it altogether. Like the one demonstration in canning bhie bird in Maeterlinck’s story, was given to the entire group happiness turns black as soon as it b y Miss Minnie Floyd, State Food is caged. an( j Nutrition Specialist, of Win- Think of the days of greatest throp College, happiness in your life. Were they chapel service was conducted aot the dajrs when you were work- each day at noon . . A t the first jug and striving for a goal? When meeting the devotional was led by you and your partner were facing Rev Wm p r2S sley, of the A. R. P. tJae world with a modest salary and church, Greenwood, and words of a gnn? welcome were made by Dr. Speake, When you had a little apartment, new president of Lander. Elsie and furnished one room at a time? Langley brought greetings from the "When you paid off the mortgage on j McCormick girls to the Saluda girls, yocrr home, or got the big raise, or c iQ S mg chapel was conducted launched out into business for b y fjjg girls, led by Geneva Hipp of yourself? i galuda. The following numbers Those< were the happy days. were given in a pleasing manner. Happy, not because you had fin- ithed something, but because you Had started something. Song—America. Scripture—95 Psalm. Rosary—arranged for And you never have been as con- Martha Lang, McCormick. piano— tented since unless you continued the wise process of pursuing hap irfness, always setting out hopeful- Norway. Reading—Eliza Hunt, Saluda. Reading—Miss Martha Covington, ly for some new objactive as soon as you arrived anywhere. — x 11,306,000 Bale Crop Estimated Music—Jane Bracknell and Vir ginia Watson, McCormick. Song—3y group of McCormick county girls with Miss Cornelia Winn at the piano. A hike co the Power House and ! an evening of games and songs out For This Year on the grass surrounding the lilly pool proved to be a most happy oc- ' casion, especially so when three WASHINGTON, Aug. Cotton lar S e chums of cream were opened production this year was estimated U P and served t0 the sroup. This ieday by the department of agri- Sift was from Sheriff Strom of Mc- ciiltore in its first forecast of the pormick county, season at 11,306,000 bales of 5001 Mr - Grooms, manager of the pounds gross weight, as compared Carolina Theatre, invited the en- ■wtth 17,096,000 bales ginned last year. The forecast was based on the condition of the crop August 1, ■which was 65.6 per cent of a nor mal; compared with 74.9 a year ago . and 66.4, the 10 year average. The indicated yield of lint cotton tras announced as 149.6 pounds^er ar.re, as compared with 201.2 pounds last year and 191.4 pounds, ■the 10 year average. The estimated total production ■was determined by application of the indicated acre yield to the ac- xeage in cultivation July 1, which -was 37,190,000 acres, less the 10- year average abandonment in each jstate ^fter that date. The average Abandonment for. the country for the 10 years was 3.1 per cent. The tire caymp, as his guests, to see “The Big Shot” at five o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. Needless to say that this brought nany thrills to the girls and all feel deeply in debted. to Mr. Grooms for this kind ness. Mrs. Irwin Messick, Director of Voice and Public School Music of Lander College, with her three at tractive daughters, Esther, Kath- rine and Sarah, her father, Mr. J. N. Hayden, of Virginia, and her friend, Mrs. Sumpter Montgomery, of Jacksonville, were guests of the camp during the short course. Mrs. Messick had entire charge of the music and on Wednesday evening, she with her family, put on a de lightful musical program in the auditorium. This program con- rington, Cornelia Winn, Pearl White, Martha Alice Abernathy, (Fort Lawn) and Helen Derrick 1 (Saluda); nurse, Miss Kathleen Ab ercrombie. The following girls from McCor mick attended: Elsie Langley, Mildred Britt, Lois Arrington, Sara Bracknell, Corra Reynolds, Helen Bradley, Martha Lang, Evelyn Winn, Eugenia Lang ley, Isabel White, Gladys Price, Al ma Faulkner, Benzie Rankin, Vir ginia Freeland, Leila Bradley, Sara Louise Strom, Sara Louise Smith, Evelyn Gilchrist, Frances Watkins, Kauirine Lang, Elizabeth Crawford, Mary Wardlaw, Ruth Hanvey, Mary Sue Langley, Louella Weeks, Lorene Drennan, Annie Laurie SDurkey, Billie Morrah, Juanita Chamberlain, Iris Jaynes, Mary Ruth Price, Bill Hester, Mary Lou Williams, Eunice Rush, Elizabeth Brown, Elizabeth Taiberl, Margaret Smith, Olivia White, Nan Workman, Hannah Moore, Mazie Ellison, Mayzell Rush, Alary Bradley, Rose Lang, Virginia ; Watson, Etoil Clem, Alta Talbert, 1 Hazel Langiey, jane Brapkneli, 1 Mary Kathrine Self, Sara Frances White, Carolyn Free j land, Helen Minor, Emma Bell King, Edith Shrine, Edna Minor, Kate Bracknell, Pauline Shrine, Bernice White, Blanche Eilene Thurmand, Opal Dorn, Mary Louise Dorn, Martha Hazel Bailey, Eunice McDaniel, Mildred Black- well, Pamela Edmunds, Nma Bus sey, Maria Bussey, Viola Wilkie, Evelyn Blackwell, Glen Self, Alice Rush, Vivian Jaynes and Estelle Hollingsworth. Cream Prices Rise At Local Station ^ji &— ARRANGEMENT MADE WITH KRAFT-PHENIX CORPORATION OF GREENWOOD TO HANDLE OUTPUT FROM HERE X- S.C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL 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. average state abandonment, is plac ed at 36,151,000 by the department. The acreage this year is the small er: olanted since 1922. Ttie census bureau announced to- dfr.j in its first ginning report of ■the season that 70,978 running ■bales, counting round as half bal es and excluding linters, had been ginned prior to August 1, compar ed ssith 7,307 for 1931. acreage, after deduction of the sisted of readings and rythmic dances by Sarah, Kathrine and Ether Messick; songs by Mr. J. N. Hayden and Mrs. Sumter Montgom ery; Violin solo by Harrald McGee and a group of songs by Miss Mar garet Speake of New York, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. Speake, with Mrs. Messick at the piano. The campers were most appreciative of the opportunity to see and hear these noted musicians and to have The August 1 condition and indi- presented to them a program of this cr' ii total production, by states, 1 hi g h type of music, follow: j Camp broke on Thursday after- Condition Indicated r.oon with many expressions of ap- Prodnction predation to Dr. and Mrs. Speake 35,000 for allowing them the privileges of 509,000 camping at Lander and with many 590,000 songs and yells by the girls for all 842,000 the good times made possible for 20,000 them by the two home demonstra- 224,000 tion agents and to the helpers of 392,000 the camp. 990,000 ! Those assisting with the duties of 1,148,000 the camp were Miss Frances Rush 500,000 an d Miss Velma Brook (Saluda) Texas 69 3,826,000 dining room chairmen, with the Oklahoma 70 776,000 following helpers: Mrs. Joe Bowick, 70 1,213,000 Miss Carrie Waters (Saluda) Mrs. . 85 78,000 James Prescot and Miss Nettie . 91 81,000 Thelma Bussey; house mothers, . 91 113,000 Mrs. Ollie Watson and Mrs. Edgar 9,000 Brown; recreation, Mrs. R. A. Cobb; 11,000 canning, Mrs. J. M. Bussey; story Yitginia 17 jSoitb. Carolina 65 Srwxth Carolina 60 Georgia 60 Kaoda 57 Missouri 81 Tennessee 69 Alabama 59 Mississippi 60 Xouisiana 62 Walterboro — Work progressing on remodeling of cafe known as Leon’s Diner. York — York Ice Machinery Co., recently acquired three new con tracts totaling more than $270,000. Newberry — Service Station and club room being built on cut-off road on Johnstone land. Walterboro — R. R. Miley leased new filling station to be erected by R. M. Jefferies on his property facing LaFayette Highway, at rear of old Colleton Banking Co. Union—Wilburn Repair Shop op ened for business here recently. Greer — Sinclaire Oil Co., leased station formerly occupied by Tire Exchange on N. Main. Allendale — Printing office of Allendale County Citizen moved to new quarters under New Warren Hotel, on corner Railroad Avenue and Main Street. Walterboro — Local office of Singer Sewing Machine Co., reop ened in old location. St. George — Selrite Stores op ened for business in building for merly occupied by Udinsky’s Dept. Store on Main St. Greenville — Lucky Strike Manu facturing Co., shirt manufacturers,; received incorporation papers. Walhaila — Dr. S. P. Wells, dent-! 1st, located here recently. Gaffney — Hamblin & Godshail, j attorneys, opened offices on second, floor of Ledger building. > Dillon — Two warehouses to be; operated here this season by Dillon tobacco market. Kingstree — Exchange Bank of Kingstree opened for business in building on Academy Street. Walterboro — Senator R. M. Jefferies having extensive repairs made to old Colleton Banking Co., with view to occupying office in building. Anderson — Work started on 1,- 000-capacity school auditorium. Newberry — Geo. Stone of Au gusta, Ga., erecting service station near city on extension of Adelaide Street. Fairview — New church building at this place opened for service re cently. Union — Plans maturing to re open Nicholson Bank and Trust Co - . Patrons of the local cream sta tion will be glad to know they will be paid 14 1-2 cents pound butter- fat for cream sold last Saturday. This is due to a rise in the marks and cheaper delivery service. Ar rangements have oeen nade .vitin the Kraft-Phenix Corporation oi Greenwood to handle all the qual ity cream we can produce. Cream is delivered each Saturday after noon by truck. For the past sev eral weeks there has been a marker increase in the quality of crean brought in. It is hoped this wil continue as they cannot use cream of too poor quality. Although the price of butterfat, along with other farm products, has been lower than in a number of years, receipts at the cream station are 100 per cent greater than at the same time last year, while just as much or more cream is being shipped direct to the creameries by the producer. During times of depression people have always shown greater appre ciation for the dairy cow. Cows furnish not only something to eat. but #dairy products are always a source of ready cash, however, small. In addition there is feed in some form of milk for economical poultry and hog production and for raising calves, plus the value of good cheap fertilizer for crop pro duction. Schoollesso# By Rev. Charles E. Dunn, D. D. Lesson for August 14 The Ten Commandments. II. Exodus 20:12-21 ~?XT. Arkansas INew Mexico Jkrtaana California _. JkJJ Other States 70 Xqjsrfz California 85 Jalifmmia 'Cakf^friia, Old Mexico, not hour, Miss Grey. Barron and, Miss included in United States total pro- Martha Covington; group work, Auction, nor in California. Geneva Hipp (Saluda) Alleen Ar- Smallpox patients confined in rooms which admit light only through a special red glass have less scarring than patients confined under ordinary light conditions. t-XXXt— People who talk all the time nev er have much chance to think. Mrs. Sarah Price • Celebrates her 77th Birthday On August 9th, Mrs. Sarah Price celebrated her 77th birthday and Mrs. Lee Price her 36th. The din ner was given in the latter’s home near McCormick. The delightful day was begun by the meeting of old friends, the cordial welcome and the smiles which beamed from every heart showed that it had begun right. The fragrance of the flowers which filled the home added much to the j joy of those present. Some great j writer once said: i The seasons fly The years roll by With equal pace for all And yet, some way On you today They’ve left no trace at all. How true this seemed when we looked into the face of this beloved confederate soldier’s wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmo ther. Lovable is the word that describes this beloved lady. She has no secrets to hide, no vice, no folly, and no weakness has nor ever will leave a stain upon her nature. Her soul is the home of all that makes for purity and truth. At twelve o’clock dinner was an nounced. The bountiful feast was spread beneath huge oak trees in front of the home. A glorious scene lay outspread before us; the distant hills half veiled in purple haze, the valleys flooded with gold- summer tints of the deciduous timber which marked the courses of numerous small streams, and ov er us a restful silence, as though the earth was keeping some grand solemn holiday. There was a surprise awaiting the two. Beneath their plates was found a piece of silver, as a souv enir. The table was well filled with nice dishes of foods that only coun try folks can prepare. About thirty had the pleasure of celebrating the day with these two, mother and daughter-in-law. Among those present were two sets of twins who happen to be Mrs. Sarah Prices great- grandchildren. There were some who were sick and could not be with us. We hope they will soon regain their wanted health and strength and will have the opportunity of meeting with us next year. We hope these two many more happy returns and hope their days be filled with everything that is good, noble and true. Because you love me mother dear, My days are brighter all the year And may I hope my love will add A bit toward making your days glad. A Friend. The final six Commandments in the Decalogue are directed toward society, outlining man’s obligation to his fellows. The fifth Commandment sounds archaic in a day of severe tension between the older and younger generations. Taking unfair ad vantage of their freedom, children are sometimes loath to admit that there can be any merit in the ideas of their elders. How refreshing to turn from flippant irreverence tow ard one’s parents thoughtlessly voiced by representatives of the “younger set,” to that heartfelt veneration of Thomas Carlyle, cry ing out to his dead mother, “Oh, pious mother, kind, good, brave and truthful soul as I have ever found in this world!” It seems unnecessary to stress the sixth Commandment, “Thou shait not kill,” in Church circles. Yet v/hile Christians very rarely delib erately commit murder, they are a party to those subtle forces that exact a heavy toll in human life. Last year thirty-four thousand persons were killed in the United States by motor vehicles. Also, think of those fated for a prema ture death through under-nourish ment because of unemployment. Rejnember, too, the victims of that relic of barbarism, capital punish ment. And then call to mind the millions sacrificed on the altar of ; Mars. i In this age of domestic tension i and wrecked homes, due in large measure to unwholesome over-em phasis upon the physical delights of i the sex relationship, the protest of the seventh Commandmeht against adultery is most welcome. We surely need a new conscience con- jeerning marriage, a fresh emphasis upon the necessity of mutual loy alty and forbearance. The eighth Commandment, con demning stealing, is a reminder that all things belong to'God and are held in trust by His children. For one man to take more than his rightful share of goods is to rob God Who is no respecter of per sons. How much we need the warning of the ninth Commandment! Per jury, slander, back-biting, unchari table judgement are all too com mon. It is surprising how prone we are to “run down” other folk. The final Commandment has the approval of our Lord, who once ex pressed the warning, “Beware of covetousness,” and of St. Paul, who put his finger on the source of our present economic distress when he said, “The love of money is the root of all evil.” Thirty world’s records and three marks equalling performances al ready on the books, have been accepted by the International Am ateur Athletic Federation. Jules Ladoumegue, French middle distance star who was declared a professional several months ago, received credit for four records, in cluding the one-mile run in 4 minutes, 9.2 seconds. This displac ed Nurmi’s old mark of 4:10.4. Included among the records ac cepted is Frank Wykoff’s time of 9.4 for the 100-yard dash. ' One wonders at times whether the limit has been reached in what the human body can do in athletic competition. Evidently not. Thirty new world’s records. And when an other Olympic Games rolls around four years from now, there will un doubtedly be new records to con sider. Germany has been awarded the Winter Olympic Games of 1936. The 1936 Olympiad has been awarded to Berlin. It’s hard to believe but Walter Johnson struck out four men in one inning. In the opening game of the season against Boston in 1911, the Washington catcher—Ainsmith —dropped the third strike on one hitter and he reached first safely. Three other men struck out during the inning. Poultry Short Course Will Be Given Again CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug 6.— So successful have been the poultry short courses at Clemson College the past two years that the third annual event will be held here Au gust 3Jst to September 2nd, says P. H. Gooding, extension jkriiftryfrtan- Such a course, he finds, meets a real need among practical poultry- men who wish to obtain intensive instruction in modem poultry prac tices. The three days are packed with discussions and demonstra tions on every-day problems in poultry raising, with special em phasis on culling, judging, and sel ection. • The college poultry plant will be open at all times and the short course students will be given full opportunity to become familiar with the up-to-date methods used in its operation. There are no requirements for en trance to the course since it is es sentially of a practical nature, Mr. Gooding explains. There will not be any fees, and rooms will b£ available in the college dormitories both for men and women. There will be no charge for these rooms* but persons occupying them will need to bring along light cover and towels. Meals may, be secured on the campus for one dollar per day. Those interested may secure fur ther information from county ag ents or from the Poultry Division at Clemson College. x Veterans May Borrow 50 Pet. Of Certificate The other day Joe Sewell, of the New York Yankees, struck out and sports writers became excited. They had reason to be because the little veteran had been at bat 203 times in 57 games before being set down on strikes. It was Sewell’s first strikeout of the year. The French won the Davis Cup— international tennis trophy—in 1927 and have held it ever since. This year the United States made a brave effort to regain the trophy but were defeated by the French three matches to two. The French play inspired tennis on their own courts. -tXJ- Beet leaves are more valuable food than beet roots, but care should be taken in selecting only leaves which have no diseased or dead-looking areas. x i . I Piety that has no purse penetra tion powers is of questionable value. The annual women’s national tennis—singles and doubles—cham pionship tournament opens Mon day, August 15, in the Forest Hills stadium in New York. Mrs. Helen Wills Moody will try and*probably succeed, to win the American singles title for the eighth time in her career. She has already this year won. the championship title of France and England. A World War veteran with an ad justed service certificate may bor row up to 50 per cent of its value, irrespective of its age, and the interest rate will be 3 1-2 instead of 4 1-2 per cent, under a new bill passed by the last Congress and signed by President Hoover. For merly, a certificate had to be two years old before a loan could be had on it, and the interest was so high that if it were not paid the remainder of the principal would be almost eaten up by maturity. The American Legion, by Detroit convention mandate, pushed this measure over, thereby winning an- i other signal victory in its ceaslessly vigorous and effective figth for veterans and dependents. DR. C. K. EPTING, Com. Local Post. X First Open Cotton ■ j Frank Luchie, a colored tenant on the farm of Mr. S. H. Talbert of the Buffalo section, was first to send to this office a boll of open cotton from this year’s crop, which was sent in Monday, August'8th.