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K* Thursday, September 15, 1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER EIGHT Treasurer’s Notice The County Treasurer’s Office v ill be open for the purpose of re- i eiving taxes from the 1st day of October, 1932, to the 15th day of March, 1933. All taxes shall be due and pay able between the 1st day of Octo ber. 1932, and December 31, 1932. That when taxes charged shall E. D. Smith Wins In Senatorial Race COLUMBIA, Sept. 14.—Ellison D. Smith, who has been in the United States Senate longer than any oth er South Carolinian, today bore the stamp of approval of the Democrats of this stale in the form of his fifth nomination to that body. . w . Senator Smith scored a smashing not be paid by December 31, 1932, victory over Cole L BleasCt former the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent senator and veteran political lead er, on the basis of nearly complete lor January, and if tax.es are Mfej unofficial returns Irom yesterday’s paid on or before February 1, 1933, the County Auditor will proceedjsto add Two Per Cent and Five Per Cent from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time unpaid taxes will be collected by the Tax Collector. The tax levies for the year 1932, are as follows: For State Purposes 5 mills For County Purposes 10 mills For BoMs Constitutional School Tax__ 3 mills 6-0-1 Law 4 mills Mt. Carmel School District No. 1 2 mills Willington S. D. No. 2 5 mills Bordeaux S. D. No. 3 2 mills McCormick S. D. No. 4 and Bonds 18 mills Buffalo S. D. No. 5 6 mills Bellvue S. D. No. 6 —10 mills S. D. No. 7 00 mills Bethia S. D. No. 8' — 8 mills Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 10 mills Young’s S. D. No. 10 2 mills Wideman’s S. D. No. 11 2 mills Milway S. D. No. 13 8 mills Robinson S. D. No. 14 10 mills Dornville S. D. No. 15 8 mills Liberty Hill S. D. No. 16 8 mills Lyon’s S. D. No. 17 8 mills Hibler S. D. No. 18 8 mills Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 mills Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 and Bonds 20 mills Consolidated S. D. No. 1, Parksville, Modoc and Clarks Hill, and Bonds__17 mills All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00 each. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years must pay $2.00 commuta tion tax or work six days on the public roads. Commutation tax is included in property tax receipt. * T. J. PRICE, Treasurer, McCormick County. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE Democratic primary. His majority of more^than 34,000 was the great est ever piled up on Blease in a statewide race. The vote from 1,395 of the State’s 1,444 precincts was: Smith 146,558 Blease 112,345 The tabulation vote included 28 of the State’s 46 counties complete ^ and a great majority of the vote in 12 mu s tv ^ ry otner county. unreportea precincts were widely scattered, all — t^cm ru„ai boxes in more or less itoiatwd se~dons. Tney could not ju—a^. %ne standing of tne ^anaioatts. X Major Johnson Dies In Washington FORMER ATTORNEY FOR U. S. VETERANS’ OFFICE TO REST •IN ARLINGTON On October 14th, 1932, at 11 o’clock a. m., I will make final set tlement in the office of the Judge at Probate in McCormick, S. C., of the Estate of Mrs. Mattie L. Car- roll, deceased, and ask for a dis- Oftarge of said estate. All persons holding claims should present them before that,date. C. M. CARROLL, Administrator. . September 13, 1932.—4t. MASTER’S SALE J5TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, Court of Common Plea% .ily.HP lain- JEtta S. Henry, Individually, tiff, against Btta S. Henry, as executrix of D. H. Henry, John W. Calvert, person ally, and as administrator of es- • tate of W. A. Calvert, Mrs. Lucy Ramey, Mrs. Sarah C. Ellis, Mrs. Ruth Sherard, Mrs. Gertrude Hagan, W. A. Calvert, Jr., Mrs. • Azilee M. Calvert, personally, and as administratrix of the es tate of Charles L. Calvert, Charles L. Calvert, Jr., and W. M. Calvert, Defendants. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a decree of sale in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction on Salesday in Oc tober, 1932, (the same being the 3rd day of October), in front.of the Court House Door, in the city of McCormick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the following described real estate, to udt: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and be ing in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, contain ing Eighty-Seven (87) Acres, more where no other pigs had been al- or less, and bounded by lands of ‘ lowed to run since the pasture crop WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Funeral services for Maj. John Altheus Johnson, U. S. A., formerly attached to the office of the chief legal ad viser, Veterans’ Administration, who died Wednesday at Walter Reed Hospital, will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the Central Presbyterian church, Fifteenth and Irving streets. Rev. Dr. James H. Taylor will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Arlington National Ceme- , tery. A native of Bordeaux, S. C., where he was born August 1, 1858, Maj. Johnson obtained his A. B. degree from Erskine College, Due West, S. C., and later attained his LL. B. and it. m. degrees from Georgetown University here. Came Here 50 Years Ago He came' to Washington more than 50 years ago, and had been a member of the District Bar for more than 40 years. His practice took him frequently before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Claims. In July, 1918, he was appointed a major in the office of the Judge Advocate General and was attorney in charge of the legal branch of the Transportation Service. In 1924 he was appointed to the Officers’ Reserve Corps and in 1928 was ap pointed major auxiliary, U. S. A. From July, 1923 to July, 1932, Maj. Johnson was attorney in the Veterans’ Administration and was chief legal adviser of the Claims and Insurance Service. For about 50 years he had been a member of the Central Presby terian Church and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of Trustees. He was an ac tive member of the Huguenot Soc iety of South Carolina; a member of the Society of Mayflower Des cendants, having recently served as governor of the local branch; a member of th* University Club and George Washington Post, American Legion. Surviving Maj. Johnson are his widow, Mary Linda Johnson; two daughters, Miss Ada Howard John son of this city and Mrs. Edmund S. Wolfe of Bridgeport, Conn., and a grand-daughter, Mrs. Rushton L. Ardrey of New York city. On September 12 Maj. and Mrs. Johnson would have celebrated heir 50th wedding anniversary. rxi Swine Sanitation • Application of the sanitation system developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and which is in common use in the Middle West, is resulting in the production of more and better pigs in the Southern States, according to reports reaching the depart ment. One grower in Tennessee raised six litters of pigs on clean pasture Confesses To Robbery Forestry Course At Washington School For F uture F armers T. Frank McCord, United States commissioner, has bound over Carl McDuffie, a negro, to the Novem ber term of Federal Court in Green wood to answer a charge of break ing into the postoffice at Mount Carmel on February 5, 1930. The negro was captured by Sheriff W. T. Strom of McCormick county and brought here yesterday for a preliminary. -Commissioner McCord said he had a confession signed by McDuf fie who told details of his entering the office and of various anicles he carried away.—Greenwood 'in dex-journal of yesterday. / — i. \ T — Hammond Reunion On Wedhesday, September 7, ihe Hammond reunion was given at ihe beautiful, stately, colonial home oi Miss E. P. Hammond near Au gusta, Ga. The scene of this happy occasion brought back sweet memories of days gone by. There were 67 present and not one of these will ever forget that wonderful event. The dinner was wonderful! There were quantities of barbecue meat, hash, salads, ham, sweets and so forth, with plenty of ice cold tea and lemonade. After the dinner was served, Mr. H. E. Freeland told a very interest ing dream that he had before com ing to the reunion. He dreamed that he made a talk at the reunion and his subject was, ‘“Going Back to Bethel.” He offered a beauitful ; prayer after he told of his dream. May God bless and keep our dear aunt and uncle and may they live in peace and happiness the rest of their lives. If the beloved ones never meet together again on this earth as they did Wednesday, let us work and hope to meet in heaven. We wish to thank Miss S. P. Ham mond and Mr. T. C. Hammond for making that wonderful occasion possible. MAGGIE LOU PARKS. X * Farm Women To Hold District Meet In Anderson 17th the estate of J. S. Britt, estate of G. B. Morrah, lands of W. D. Mor- r*h, and P. H. McCaslan, and pub- Jic road, in School District No. 7. Terms of Sale: Cash; requiring a deposit of 3 per cent of the plain tiff’s mortgage indebtedness. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. A. TALBERT, Acting Master. ^September 14, 1932.—3t. was planted. At the age of 3 months the pigs were uniform and thrifty, averaging about 80 pounds. Three other litters raised on ground previously used by hogs averaged less than 30 pounds per pig at the same age, the pigs being unthrifty and rough-coated. Heavy losses at farrowing time and on pasture also commonly occur when pigs are raised with no attention to sani tation. ANDERSON, Sept. 11.—The an nual meeting of the Piedbaont Dis trict Council of Farm Women to be held at the Anderson college audi torium on September 17 will bring some 200 delegates from 16 coun ties of the Piedmont section of the state, according to Mrs. Ethel Mad den, home demonstration agent, who is making arrangements for the meeting. Counties to be represented in clude Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Abbeville, Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Greenwood, Newberry, Union, McCormick, York, Cherokee, Chester and Fairfield. An interesting program is be ing arranged for this meeting and will include addresses by a number of well known persons in work among the farm Wbhien of the state. Miss Lonnie M. Landrum, state home demonstration agent and her assistant, Miss Harriet B. Layton, are both expected for the meeting. Others prominent in this work who have indicated that they will be present include Miss Bessie Harper, of Aiken, supervisor of the central district; Mrs. Theo Plow- den, Sumter, supervisor of the Pee Dec district, and others equally prominent in this work. • txi 21 Killed In August Wrecks REPORTS SHOW DECLINE OF OVER 50 PER CENT FROM REC ORD OF AUGUST, 1931 COLUMBIA, Sept. 10.—Twenty- one persons met death in 92 ac cidents on South Carolina highways during August, bringing the total killed since January to 133, the highway department reported yes terday. The number was less than half of that of August, 1931, when 45 were killed and deaths for 1932 are less than for the correspond ing period of last year. The total for the first eight months of 1931 was 149. A larger number of pedestrians have been killed in 1932, however. The total is 44 compared with 38 for the same period last year. Sev en pedestrians were fatally injured last month. Aside from the deaths, only eight persons were seriously injured last month as against 25 in August, 1931. Seventy were slightly injur ed as compared with 106 the same month last year. The Forestry course designed by the State Forest Service to present to the Future Farmers of the Washington Consolidated High School of Parksville, the funda mental principles of forest manage ment and protection, is now begin ning its second year’s work and is under the direction of Vocational Teacher, Frank Corley. According to District Forester H. Y. Forsythe of Aiken, a Supple mentary Management plan for the second year’s work has been pre pared and presented to the school. The work plan is applicable to the school forest and was prepared by the Forest Service with the idea in mind of the school carrying out the work in a progressive manner dur ing a ten-year period. The school already has a demonstration plan tation of 1000 trees, a demonstra tion seed bed, demonstration Burned and Unburned Sample Plots, and Demonstration Thinned and Unthinned Sample plots, which were established the first year. For the second year each boy will have a forestry project at his home con sisting of a thinning or improve ment cutting, a seed bed, fire pro tection project or a tree planta tion. Special instruction will also be given and actual practice re ceived in Forest management on the school forest and in seed col lection, separation, sowing and raising and planting of forest tree seedlings, in thinnings, improve ment and cuttings, timber estima tion, utilization, marketing and in fire break construction, co-opera tive forest protection and fire damage. In commenting upon the need for such a course, District Forestei H. Y. Forsythe, pointed out that lover 60 per cent of the.State area i is in forest land and that over 30 > per cent of that forested area is up- | on farms with approximately 61 | acres on the average farm. The District Forester pointed out that 28 acres or almost one-half was suitable only for timber production at the present time. x To Remove Summer Stains PLW MMU GINNEM CUPLEUD Our ginnery began operating last Saturday, Sep tember 11th, and is doing excellent work. We be gin at six o’clock each morning, and being electrical ly equipped, will clean up the yard each night. We are in direct contact with a number of leading mills and guarantee our customers the highest mar ket price for cotton and cotton seed every day in the year. Our policy is not lo see how cheap we can miy it, but how much we can pay for it. Your business appreciated. J. L. BRACKNELL & R. M. WINN PLUM BRANCH, S. C. Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday, September 19, office. Tuesday, September 20, Rehoboth H. D. Club. Wednesday, September 21, Bor deaux H. D. Club. Thursday, September 22, Local Leaders Conference, 2:00 p. m. Friday, September 23, Parksville H. D. Club. Saturday, September 24, office. Peach stains contain tannin. To loosen the tannin, first soak the spot in warm glycerin, says the Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture. If the fabric is white cotton or lin en, follow with oxalic acid solution, rinse, and neutralize with ammonia. The warm glycerin can be used equally well on colored fabrics, but should be followed with denatured alcohol, not oxalic acid. Treat any stain as promptly as possible. The longer it stays the more it sets. Many fruit and ber ry stains on white cotton and lin en can be taken out easily by stretching the fabric over a large bowl, and pouring boiling water on the spot from a teakettle held high above it. If the stain has been put into soapsuds, it may be nec essary to use a chemical bleach, but as most chemicals ^ake oat colors or destroy silk, wool, or ray on fibers, they are chiefly recom mended for white cotton and lin ens. Oxalic acid will sometimes lake out mildew stains that resist soap and water. Mildew is a kind of mold that grows right in the fabric. Mildewed cotton shower curtains may be bleached by soaking in Jau- elle water. (Never use Javelle water on silk or wool or colored goods). Rinse thoroughly after using any bleach, and store these poisonous chemicals where children can not get them. X Protect Fall Greens From Insect Enemies CLEMSON COLLEGE, Sept. 10.— 'Vebworms and other enemies of :all greens, ravages of which are eported from all parts of the state, rnay be controlled by sprays and in some instances by hand picking, recording to Alfred Lutken, exten sion entomologist. When first hatched webworms I feed in the tender bud but soon move to other parts of the plant, covering it with a fine web under which they feed in security, Mr. Lutken explains, and therefore in secticides should be applied soon after the eggs hatch and before the worms are protected by webs. A spray of three ounces of lead ar senate and three ounces of soap in five gallons of water can be used with good results on - seedling Citadel Opened Last Saturday The Citadel formally opened Sat urday at 10 a. m., beginning its second year under the leadership of General Charles P. Summerall, for mer Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army, with an enrollment only slightly less than that of last year. Barracks has been open to foot ball men for approximately a week and to students for one day when the first formation was held on the quadrangles of the two impressive structures on the Ashley River. Work in the Academic Building, which was completed last year, will begin on Monday. Lt. Colonel John W. Lang, Com mandant of Cadets, held a confer ence with the ranking officers and non-commissioned officers of the Corps Friday, September 9th. . At this meeting minor, regulation changes and plans for the ensuing year were discussed. Principally, economy measures in the overhead expenses of the school were review ed. For the next several days the major work to be done at South Carolina’s Military College will be outfitting and accustoming the freshmen to their new environ ment. Two Army Officers who assumed duties at The Citadel as instructors in Military Science were Major Eu gene Villaret, former military at tache in Paris, of the Coast Artill ery Unit and Capt. A. P. McGee, a graduate of The Citadel. plants. As the plants near matur ity it will be-safer to use non-pois- onous contact sprays such as Ever green and Red Arrow or a non- poisonous dust sold under the name of Kubatox. On small gardens hand picking is effective. v Badly infested plants and crop remnants should be removed and burned at once. Plants kept in a vigorous growing condition will overcome much of the insect damage. Regarding other enemies of cab bage, collards, turnips, and related plants Mr. Lutken says: “The com mon cabbage worm and the cabbage looper can be controlled by the same methods used for the web- worm. Harlequin cabbage bugs can be controlled by hand picking and by spraying the young with one pound of soap and one-half ounce of Black Leaf 40 in five gallons of water, preferably on cloudy days or about sundown to prevent too rapid evaporation. “Aphids or plant lice will be kill ed by the pyrethrum sprays or by the spray used for Harlequin bugs. For aphids alone, a spray of one ounce of Black Leaf 40 and three ounces of soap in five gallons of water can be used. Any of the sprays should be applied so that the lower leaf surfaces will be wet. On low dense plants it may be pre ferable to use 21-2 per cent nico tine dust. Best results will be ob tained by dusting when the air is calm and the temperature is above 75 degrees.” Farm Manure * Big Factor In Bet ter Crop Yields CLEMSON COLLEGE, Sept. 10.— With the tremendous shrinkage in income the farmer cannot afford to neglect the care and use of farm manure as an important factor in more economic yields, says R. W Hamilton, extension agronomist, who points out incidentally that South Carolina’s crop values show ed a shrinkage from $140,744,000 in 1929 to $71,214,000 in 1931. Mr. Hamilton has prepared, and the Extension Service has published Bulletin 92, Farm Manures, as a i means of leading farmers back to proper consideration of this neg lected farm resource. The bulletin may be had free from county agents and from the Publications Division at Clemson College. I In his plea for more attention to livestock and livestock manures in the cycle of replenishing th£ soil, Mr. Hamilton says, “Only a small part of the essential elements of food are retained by the animal and nature intends that the residue be iused again to grow more plants to feed succeeding animals.” Discussing effects of manure on soil Mr. Hamilton stresses these physical, chemical, biological, and bacteriological benefits: 1. Hard, tight clay soils are made easy to cultivate and easier for plant roots to penetrate, and dis tribution of' water is made more uniform. Loose sandy soils are made more cohesive and water holding capacity is greatly increas ed. 2. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and pot ash $re added to the soil. The so- called minor, but often very im- portAit, plant foods—magnesium, manganese, calcium, etc., are also increased in the soil. Decay of the organic matter sets up chemical re actions that cause various plant foods in the soil to become morp available. The colloidal content of the soil is increased, a fact which is very important on light soils. 3. Beneficial bacteria of decay are introduced into the soil. These bacteria work on insoluble organic matter and cause plant food to be come available. Favorable con ditions for many desirable strains of soil bacteria are created. Con ditions for the efficient use of chemical fertilizers are greatly im proved. 1,529 Wholesale Firms In State COLUMBIA, Sept-. 10.—The total number wholesale establishments in South Carolina is issued at 1,- 529 by the final wholesale trade report fox'- the state just issued by the United States census bureau. The report, compiled in connec tion with' the census distribution in the 15th decennial census, plac es net wholesale sales in South Carolina in 1929 at more than. $333,000/100. Of the total number of whole sale establishments in the state, 368 engaged in the distribution of food products, 289 specialized in the distribution of: petroleum pro ducts, 290 dealt in ootton, 53 in farm supplies, 44 in machinery, equipment and supplies, 30 in lum ber and. building materials and 465 in other kinds of trade. Of these firms, 518 were whole- ‘-ales of the conventional type, 530’ were classified, as assemblers and c ountry buyers, 241: as bulk tank szations* 153 as^ agents and brok ers, and the remainder was listed under a number of other types of wholesale distributors.