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Tburs3ay, January 19, 1935 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK •'<>! iH CARu> MESSENGER Published Everr Thursday ^Established June S ( 1902 edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. Cm as mail matter of the second class. ■SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year _1 $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 THE FOOD DOLLAR Dr. Roe E. Remington Some Facts On S. C. Public Schools (This is the first of a series of articles on public school facts that will be published from time to time.) (By Dan Crosland) The State’s public school system has had nearly a mushroom growth since 1900, according to statistics compiled by the Research Commit tee of the South Carolina Educa tion Association. The phenomenal increase in enrollment, and conse* quently in physical expansion, can be seen in a comparison with the population rise in the period be tween 1900 and 1930. In 1900. she population of the state was X340,- 316; in 1930, it was 1,732,537. The population increase in the 30 years was 29 per cent. In 1900, the school enrollment (Director, South Carolina Food was 269,875; in 1930 it was 496,370. Research Laboratory, Charleston.) The enrollment increase was 84 per - .. [ cent, 55 per cent higher than, the rise In population during the cor responding period. The swiftly increasing demands for public school education in the state is shown in high school en rollment figures since 1912. That year there were 8,839 students in In spite of the fact that the hu- high schools, in 1922, there were body requires so many, and 18,638; and in 1932, 43,956. such different elements the diet. The remarkable growth of school nature has so combined these ele- population, as revealed by these meats in foods of animal and plant figures, not only shows how gen- origin, that the insuring of an ade- eral and heavy the demand for quate diet is a very simple matter, common school education has TJhe first thing is to decide how been, but also indicates how inevit- mnch you are going to spend for able the tremendous expansion in food by the week. For instance, physical equipment for schooling If there are five in the family and was in the beginning. you want to feed them for seven x dollars a week (which is a fair al- yr i towance) you will begin by dividing Handsome Marker (This is the fifth of a series of articles appearing weekly in the Messenger on the general subject of complete and adequ ate nutrition. yanr. money as follows, according to the Childrens Bureau of the Unit ed States: Out of every dollar spend— 25c (1-4) for milk. 10c (1-5) for vegetables. 20c (1-5) for bread, cereals, peas and beans. 20c (1-5) for fats and sugar. 15c (the rest) for eggs, cheese, meat, or fish, and miscellane ous. MHk is given u pre-eminent place in this list because it serves more purposes, and is more readily di gested and used, than any other food we have. Besides being a good .source of protein, fat and sugar, ■milk furnishes calcium and phos phorus in correct proportions for the -formation of bone, and several of the most important vitamins. Money spent for milk will bring a To The Grave Of Governor Sheppard (Edgefield Advertsier, January 11.) A handsome double marker was erected last week on the John C. Sheppard square in Willowbrook cemetery. The marker, of granite, was shipped from the McNeel Mar ble Company, Marietta, Georgia, and was erected by Mr. R. M. Johnson, their representative in this county. The following is the inscription on the portion of the marker above Governor Sheppard’s grave: “John Calhoun Sheppard, citizen, lawyer, statesman. Son of James and Sarah Louise (Mobley) Shep pard. He served as a member of better return in food value than the f am ous ‘Wallace House’ in the money spent for any other food Every child, • and every nursing or expectant mother should have a quart of whole milk a day, part dark days of Reconsrtuction, 1876- 1882, having been speaker aftm: 1877. Lieutenant-Governor, 1882- 1885. Governor of South Carolina to be used for drinking, part in | in 1886. Member of State Consti- preparing other foods. Other mem- i tutional Convention in 1895. State bexs of the family can get along; senator 1898-1902. President pith a pint. If every family in South Carolina could have this amount of milk, pellagra and rick ets would rapidly disappear. How you’re going to say that you can’t buy 21 quarts of milk (for a family of five) for a dollar and seventy-five cents. Hold on— there’s another trick I haven’t told Bank of Edgefield 1890-1931. Chair man Board of Trustees Edgefield Male Academy 1891-1925. Presi dent South Carolina Bar Associa tion 1908. “Long will his memory linger in the thoughts of the generation that knew him, respected him, and loved him for his leadership in ev- you about. Evaporated milk (un- ery worthy cause, sweetened) is nothing but whole milk with part of theVater taken cot. It is easily digested and used, and is just as good as fresh milk except for taste, and perhaps for its slightly decreased content of some of the vitamins. A tall can cf evaporated milk plus a can of On the reverse side are the fol lowing inscriptions: “Sheppard “John- Calhoun, July 5, 1353— October 17, 1931. “Helen Wallace, July 17, 1353—’’ ixi fcTvfer gives you the equivalent of a t xiOlStCRIlS quart of fresh milk. So you can divide your milk allowance between fresh and evaporated milk, fifty- fifty, or any ether way you find Use Of Trench Silos | Woman Lost Expands During 1932 20 Pounds Tti 4 CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 14.— ' * ^ a Eighty-nine trench silos were con- structed and put in use in South Mrs. Mae West of St. Louis, Mo., Carolina during 1932, according to writes: “I’m only 23 yrs. old and reports from county farm agents, weiged 170 lbs. until taking one This compares with 72 built in box of your Kruschen Salts just 4 1931. A few trench silos were in weeks ago. I now weigh 150 lbs. use prior to 1931 and it is estimated ^ a ^ s0 have more energy and fur- that there are now around 200 in tber more I’ve never had a hungry moment.’’ Fat folks should take one half •.easpoonful of Kuschen Salts in a glass of hot water in the morning before breakfast—it’s the SAFE, harmless way to reduce as tens of thousands cf men and women know. For your health’s sake ask for and get Kruschen at any drug store—the cost for a bottle that 1 asts 4 weeks is but a trifle and if after the first bottle you are not joyfully satisfied with results— money back. t Adv. r use in the state. The 89 built in 1932 were distrib uted over 20 counties, 14 having been built in Fairfield during the year. Of the 10 built in five coastal countfes, seven were of the new, above-ground type, built of commercial pressure-tirea^ed creo- soted lumber. This type is used where the ground-water is high and the soil sandy. ‘ “Trench silos, are now being used in 24 of the 46 counties as com pared with 16 counties in 1931,” says J. T. McAlister, extension ag ricultural engineer, commenting on the rapid development of this means of saving feed. “Green- v/cod county continues to lead with 47 of these silos. The number built in 1932 would have been larg er perhaps, but for the lack of funds to purchase ensilage cutters and the drouth in July that cut silage crops considerably, causing failure in some instances. “The average capacity of the silos built in 1932 was 37.3 tons. The average cost per ton capacity for construction was $1.13. This item varied from five cents per ton for a silo dug in medium hard soil in the Piedmont without roof or special side walls to $2.39 for one con structed from creosoted lumber and with roof in Charleston county. The average cost per ton for filling was 81 cents.” ! x Honors Among Cows Tested In December CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 14.— Guernseys took the first three places among cows in the state tested by the South Carolina Ex periment Station in December. Coker Queen of Glory and Coker Queen Helen in the herd of Pedi greed Seed Company, Hartsville, be’ng first and third with 87.7 and 71.3 pounds of butterfat respective ly. Carolina Frances in the herd of Mrs. M. D. Stackley, Florence, was second with 85.9 pounds. A Jersey, Brampton Sharon Beauty, in the herd of Wheeler Brothers, Saluda, won fourth honor with 69.6 pounds; and a Holstein, Ormsby Calantha Ann, in the State Hospi tal herd, Columbia, was fifth with 68.4 pounds. Herd averages for the month re versed the honors somewhat, Wheeler Brothers’ eight Jerseys coming first with an average of 57.3 pounds of butterfat, Mrs. Stackley’s four Guernseys second with 57.2 pounds, and Pedigreed Seed Company’s six Guernseys third with 53.8 pounds. Others whose cows made Lemmon, Fairfield. Geo. W. Summer, Newberry, sold 99.500 pounds of alfalfa hay for $035.00 from his 25-acre demon stration plot.—P. B. Ezell, Newber ry. York farmers have built 10 new silos ranging from 10 to 50 tons each and all are keeping the silagf in fine shape.—L. W. Johnson York. Assistance was given 25 farmers in marketing 200 tons of peanuts co-operatively at $3.00 per ton higher than the prevailing market price, or a saving of $500.00.—Thos. W. Morgan, Aiken. Permanent pasture grass seed purchased in 1932 seeded 342 acres. Nine thousand, four hundred twen- v nounds of Austrian peas and vetch seeded approximately 470 acres.—W. H. Craven, Bamberg. An average of 1618 pounds per acre was made by six cotton im provement demonstrators; per acre value $46.29; expense $23.41; pro fit $23.35; average cost per pound 3.64 cents.—R. F. Kolb, Orange burg. Seventeen tobacco barns contain 10,330 bushels of potatoes that,are now in the process of being cured. —J. M. Napier, Darlington. The first truckload of pigs for the season went out December 14 For the next three months we will sell hundreds of them.—J. M. Eleazer, Sumter. Farmers are taking advantage of the information given at the meat demonstrations and many are hav ing their meat cured at a cold storage plant.—J. C. Anthony, Hampton. x Quality Chicks Pay, Though Higher Priced CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 14.— “One of the worst mistakes poul- trymen can make is to purchase cheap, inferior chicks, because the there is no wav of correcting this honor roll by producing 50 or more pounds of butterfat in December included: Guernseys — N. G. Roosevelt, mistake once it has been made,” states P. H. Gooding, extension poultryman, who believes that too often in purchasing chicks one Set Fast Pace CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 15.— best to get the necessary amount ht registered Holstein cows on and still not spend more than your _ ^ in the clemson Agricultural oue-fotirth. College herd are making excellent Of course I like fresh milk bet- records, according to a report is- ter. and I suppose you do too, but sue d by The Holstein-Friesian As- it would be better to buy all evap- scciation of America. During the ■orated milk than to leave milk out j as ^ reported month on test all but cf your order because it’s too ex- one 0 f these cows exceeded 30 pensive. Fresh milk should always poU nds of butterfat. A junior two- be pastuerlzed for city dwellers, year-old, Colantha Hero Billie, has The very things that make it a a ko U t completed her year and in good food for people make it a 353 days she has a credit of 410 good food for the germs of disease pounds of fat and 13,104.3 pounds —pastuerizing kills them. of milk A five-year-old, Colan- If you’re so lucky as to have a tha Hero Keowee, was high for cow, you can save that fourth of the month with a yield of 54.4 your food money, or spend it on pounds of fat and 1658.2 pounds of *H»ething else, but it’s poor busi- milk. Colantha Pietje Beverly, a tjsss to feed the children skim milk junior two-year-old, has crossed and sell the cream. Hog fat and the 400-pound mark with a credit cotton-seed oil can’t entirely re- of 402.1 pounds of butterfat in 274 place milk fat in the diet, and I’ll days. teil you why another time. | Breeders of registered dairy cat- If you’d like to have a pamphlet, tie who are testing their cows must prepared by leading experts, tell- be looked to by other breeders and Jaj you how to buy food and what dairymen as a source of seed stock to’buy, send a stamp to me in care in order to maintain a high level of this paper or at Charleston, S. C. of production. Moncks Corner, Bureau of Dairy thinks only of the initial expense Industry, Columbia; W. E. Verdery and not of that which is to follow. & Son, Orangeburg; J. F. Stackley | “A chick which does not come 2nd, Florence; J. B. Guess, Jr., from stock with the ability to lay, Denmark; Geo. B. Salley, Orange- that is weak and unthrifty, is ex burg; J. B. Roddey, Columbia; J. L. pensive at any price and should McIntosh, Dovesville. never be bought, especially in times Jerseys — Fred H. Young, Tim- like the present when money is monsville. scarce and the cost of production Holsteins — V. M. Montgomery, is nearly equal to the value of the Spartanburg; Clemson Agricultural product produced,” Mr. Gooding College, Clemson College. continues. “Quality chicks, on the tXt other hand, possess vigor, they ^ -pi T> • T grow fast, make large-sized indi- r arm x rogress JjriCIS viduals, lay large eggs, and produce heavily. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 16.— “It is always a good idea to place Progress and success with farm orders with a good, reliable hateh- ! ideas can*be seen in these typical ery that is not too far aw'ay, be- farm news briefs from county farm cause it has been proved that agents. chicks are handicapped if they are j Earl Knox, a small farmer, sold not fed within 24 to 30 hours af- over $250.00 worth of vegetables ter they are hatched. For chis last year from about two acres.— reason it is always a good plan, .if S. M. Byars, Anderson. possible, to actually visit the breed- Nine fanners who grew alfalfa ing flocks that are furnishing e?g: this season, in spite of the dry from which chicks weather averaged three tons per are to be ordered, or purchasing acre.—S. G Stribling, Cherokee. ciucks irom a hatcheryman who is Most of our orchardists are now kn^wn to keep presonal contact using caterpillar tractors, which with his flock owners and whe are more suitable to orchard work, helps them in building up th: —Ernest Carnes, Spartanburg. ,, quality of their birds.” The amount of wheat planted ^ . ~ this year will exceed that of any j year in the past five years.—A. M. Vick, Union. A carload of 17 grade Guernseys was sold in December leaving $958.38 in the county.—M. C. Crain, Chester. Since the price of butterfat has gone up more fanners have gone back to’ shipping cream.—R. H. BATTERIES FOR ALL LIGHT CARS $6.65 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE <22 BROAD PRONE UM AUGUSTA. GA. PAGE NUMBER TWO? L r • • -u)rites of THHl ] MASTER EXECUTIVE- ■ Supplying a week-to-week inspiration for the heavy-burdened who will tmd fver y Human tnal paralleled inrthe experiences of "The Man Nobody Knows." A TEST OF GENIUS The shortest verse in the New Testament is “Jesus wept.” That tragic note in his story the Gospel record has carefully preserved. How we wish it might also have told us what occurred on the night after the chronic old grumbler was healed at the river. Did Jesus stop suddenly in the middle of the supper, and set down his cup, while a broad smilp spread across his wonderful face? If he did the disciples were probably puzzled—they were so often puzzled—but surely we have the reverent right to guess what was in his mind, as he pictured the home-coming of that cured old man. On that evening surely. Jesus, must have laughed. Some one has said that genius is the ability to become a boy again at will. Lincoln had that type of genius. Around his table in Washington sat the members cf his Cabinet silenced by their over whelming sense of responsibility. It was one of the most momentous meetings in cur history. To their amazement instead of addressing himself directly to the business in hand, Lincoln picked up a volume and began to read aloud a delightful chapter of nonsense from Artemus Ward. Frequent chuckles interrupted the reading, but they came only from the President. The Secretaries were too shocked for expression! Humor at such an hour—it was well nigh sacrilegious! Heedless of their, protesting looks, Lincoln finished the chapter, closed the book and scanned their gloomy faces with a sigh. “Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh?” he exclaimed. “With the- fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die; and you need this medicine as much as I.” With that remark he turned to his tall hat which was on the table and drew forth what Secretary Stanton described as a “little white paper.” The “little white paper” was the Emancipation Proclamation. Stanton could hardly restrain his impulse to walk out of the room. No one of his Cabinet really understood Lincoln. He was constantly scandalizing them by his calm disregard of convention, and his seem ingly prodigal waste of time. The friends and-advisers of Jesus were similarly shocked. How could any one with such important busi ness allow himself to be so casually interrupted to heal a self-pitying* old man at the river! One of the surest marks of greatness, of course, is accessibility and the appearance of having an unstinted allowance of time. “Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality,” says Stevenson. The disciples were extremely busy, Judas most of all. He was the treasurer of the group, harassed because expenses ran high there was no certainty of tomorrow’s income. Jesus brushed away such petty worries with a smile. “ooxiMder the lilies of the field,” he exclaimed, “they toil not neith er do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed likp one of these.” Next Week: Time for Everything . . . Copyright, Bobbs-Merrill Company U* Iby Rev. CLarles E. Du tin, JESUS FORGIVING SIN Lesson for January 22. Mark 2:1-12 Golden Text: Mark 2:10 Jesus is at Capernaum, His headquarters during His ministry in Galilee. Such a crowd comes to hear Him that the door of Hia abode is completely blocked. Now there is something fundamental in this magnificent response to a living Message proceeding from the- heart of a great soul. Some there are who disparage what is spoken. “Deeds not wordsT is their motto. But they forget that words ARE deeds. “By words alone,” said the Greeks, “are lives of mortals swayed.” And it was Jesus who declared that each of us is justified or condemned by his words. , In the case of Jesus their influence was wholly good. His sen tences were laden with pure and quickening, impulses. “The words I have spoken to you,” He once said, “are spirit and are Life.” We detect the eager glow in the faces of that Capernaum throng as they listen. But our attention is diverted by a paralyzed man carried by friends. Unable to push him through the mob, they break open the roof, tow ering him before Jesus, who does hot, at first, attend to his physical disabilities. He sees a deeper need. “My son,” he quietly announces, “your sins are pardoned.” The sufferer’s real trouble is inner, not outer. It is his soul, more than his body, that needs first aid treat ment. Lock now at the stern faces of the Scribes. Jesus’ declaration puz zles them. In their eyes sin can only be forgiven by the offering of a sacrifice or the formal statement of a priest. In answer to their hostility, the Master at once restores the invalid to sound health. By chis physical test Jesus silences criticism. The astonished Scribes can not ignore this proof of divinity. As the restored paralytic walks out, all, with hearts thankful to God, cry, “We never saw anything like this.” What an appealing picture! Our Master can heal the body. Bet ter still. He brings comfort and peace. Don’t let entertaining Tighten you this combination! Coca-Cola with sa K ,t* V ttNWDGD COCO'-CO BOTTLING COMPANY Greenwood, S. C. COCA-COLA CO.* 312 North Ave..N.W. ATLANTA, GA. 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