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i Thursday, MarcK 9, 1933 ^ / McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER TWU kictUKWICK MESSENGER P»vhlHihea Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner altered at the Post Office at Me* dormick, S. C •he second class. C-HKKIH^ oh ^JACK ADAMS i The Boston Red Sox have been as mail matter of sold to Thomas A. Yawkey, thirty- year-old New York multimillion aire. He will be assisted by Ed ward Trowbridge (Eddie) Collins, famous star of the old Athletics, who will act as vice-president and general manager. Marty McManus will continue as manager of the ! club. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 J5ix Months .75 Three Months .50 Mt. Carmel News The Pennsylvania State Athletic J Commission has barred the flying tackle in wrestling matches. Mr. and Mrs. Posey Alverson were By defeating Ed Strangler Lewis, visitors in Willington Saturday. | recognized in New York State as Mrs. W. H. Horton has been on the heavyweight champion of sick list for the past week but • wrestling, Jim Browning, of Webb ft" tetter. Mr. Horton also has been City, Mo., took the title the other nrffering with a terrible cold. (night in Madison Square Garden, Mr. and Mis. Bradley Morrah of New York. Crrecnville were visitors here Tues- «Cay. Mr. L. L. Hester was a business visitor in McCormick Saturday. Sheriff W. T. Strom, Mr. Foster Jtnd others were business visitors ia and around Mt. Carmel week. Mrs. Lucy Branyon was a recent wssttor in McCormick. Rev. and Mrs. Leon T. Pressly of McCormick were seeing a few Jkaends in Mt. Carmel Friday after- 9oon. Mr. Inman Griffin of Americus, spent the past week end in JSL Carmel with his family at the Jtaeie of Mrs. Carrie Connor. Mr. Robert Scott was a business editor in Abbeville Friday. Ifir. and Mrs. John Dru Cade and ttite son, Dru, of Charleston were ■Kent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Mrs. Jennie M. Cade of College also enjdyed the with them. XXI Most of the major and minor league baseball teams are in spring baseball training camps in the South from Florida to California. There are indications that publi last ■ interest in baseball will be as great during the coming year as it was last year. Teams have made many changes in personnel and that arouses the curiosity of the fans. Better Quality Cotton Mrs. Alice Banks To Bring Better Price 1 Died Yesterday | (Greenwood Index-Journal, Mar. 6> CLEMSON COLLEGE, March 4.— Mrs. Alice C. Banks died at the Quality cotton is one of the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. N. strongest aids in competing for Graham, of Cokesbury at 1 o’clock market outlets, says D. W. Wat- yesterday afternoon following a kins, extension economist, urging i on g illness. Mrs. Banks was in her that South Carolina should retain goth year and had lived a happy its high position in producing sup- and useful life for as many years, erior cotton and predicting that she is survived by four daughters staples 15-16 to 1 1-16 inches long an d two sons: Mrs. T. N. Graham, will probably bring a better prem- 0 f Cokesbury; Mrs. J. W. Cobb, of ium this year than last because of Hodges; and Mrs. Carrie Bess, of the expected larger foreign crop of Hartsville; and H. R. Woods, of shorter staples. {cokesbury; Mrs. John N. Graham. In order to see what the effect of Oswego, S. C.; and R. H. Banks, has been on price of the improve- of Plum Branch. One sister, Mrs. ment in staples during the past Nannie Austin, of Greenwood, also seven years, Mr. Watkins has com- survives. Her late husband, pared the 15th of the month prices Hampton Banks, died in 1919. paid growers in South Carolina Funeral services will be held this with the average 15th of the month afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Bap- price of middling 7-8-inch cotton i l ist church at Plum Branch con- on the spot markets. This com- ducted by the Rev. O. L. Orr, as- parison shows that the trend of sisted by the Rev. J. E. Strickland, prices paid growers of this state Interment will be in the church during the past seven years has been upward relative to the price of middling 7-8-inch cotton on the spot markets. For example, the cemetery. The following will serve as pall bearers: T. D. Miner, Jim Collier, J. L. Bracknell, V/. R. Freeland. R. Modoc New: Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Harvely from Msgusta were visitors here Sunday Mm the former’s parents, Mr. and Ifcx J. C. Harvely. Rev, Mr. Orr filled the pulpit l«se for us Sunday evening, deliv- esisg a very able sermon. - I&ssrs. E. F. Bussey, Carrol Bus- McDaniel, H. W. Bailey and CL A. Seigler were business visitors M. McCormick Saturday morning. - Sfr. George Parks of Parksville ■as guest Sunday evening to Mr. X G. Harvely. air. McClain and son, William, fteosi Spartanburg were week end wsttors here to Mr. and Mrs. G. E. aarifees. Mr. Clarence Howie was dinner saest Sunday to Ben and James JfcH«y. B.tessrs. J. C. Harvely and L. R. TfiHiams were visitors to McCor- wack on Monday of this week. Mrs. Sue Parks and daughter, BBss Robbie, were visitors here Sat- ■eday to the former’s sister, Mrs. C. H. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson of Bogusta were visiting here Sun- *fcsy in the home of the latter’s rster, Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Mr. F. M. Shumate and sons, J. Xu and F. N. Shumate, Jr., from ©ceenwcod were visitors here last . Xli&day among friends. 4Cr_ and Mrs. W. F. Gianton of Augusta were guests Sunday even- as£ to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Mrs. M. M. Marshall spent last ’weefi: among relatives and friends aci Augusta. Sir. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes and children made a short visit to Au- gjaiLa. Mr. and Mrs. R. Ott from Cope, SL C., were week end visitors here | The other night in Madison Square Garden, New York. George Spitz, of New York University, high jumped 6 feet, 8 and 1-2 inches, es tablishing a new meet record. Sir Malcolm Campbell, the Brit ish sportsman who drove an auto mobile 272 miles an hour at Day tona Beach, Florida, recently, will return next year for a shot at a 300-mile-an-hour record. Sir Mal colm believes his car is capable of doing that speed. It won’t be long now before base ball news will be breaking into the sports pages. The New York Yan kees and Yale will meet on Yale Field, New Haven, Conn., April 11. Gene Sarazen has decided he stretched the point when he pro posed eight-inch putting cups for golf courses, and now he favors a six-inch cup. The visitor to New York who is interested in sports will always find something of interest to see. For example, last week there was box ing at Madison Square Garden. There was fencing at the New York Athletic Club. Madison Square Garden was also the sceno of ice hockey matches. At three different armories one could see in door polo. Then there were track meets. Finally, wrestling matches were offered to those interested. Wherever there is a sporting * event of importance you will find a corps of news reel camera men present. These men would rather cover a ski jumping contest than any other. Colleges by the hundreds arc playing basketball, are fencing, playing hockey, polo, swimming, water polo, wrestling, boxing, and finally gymnastics. This is surely a sports loving country. College women are almost as active as men in athletics. Basketball for wo men is one of the most popular of sports. average of the middle of the month m. Winn, and E. H. Miller, prices of middling 7-8-inch for the cotton year 1925-1926 was 19.7 cents per pound, while the average price paid farmers in South Caro lina that year was 18.9 cents per pound, or 4.06 per cent less. Coming down to the cotton year 1931- 1932, the average middle of the month price of middling 7-8- inch on the central markets was 5.9 cents per pound while the av erage of the middle of the month prices paid South Carolina growers was six cents per pound, or 1.7 per cent greater. From 4.06 per cent below to 1.7 per cent above is a to tal improvement of 5.76 per cent. Applying this improvement to the price of middling 7-8-inch given above for the year 1931-1932 (5.9 cents per pound), we see that the relative improvement in price amounted to .34 of a cent per pound. This amounts to $1,708,- 500 on the 1931-1932 crop of 1.005,- 000 bales. The smaller crop of 1932- 1933 was of still higher qual ity, but applying the same figure of .34 of a cent improvement to the 690,000-bale crop of that year, the total amounts to $1,173,000. “That these increased values were due mainly to improvement in the quality of cotton,” the eco nomist concludes, “is borne out by the fact that another southeastern state, which we shall call state X, did not make any very material improvement during this seven- year period in the quality of cot ton grown, and growers of that state consequently continue to re ceive about the same per centage under the central market price of middling 7-8-inch cotton as at the beginning. There seems no rea son for thinking that without the improvement mentioned growers on the average in South Carolina would be receiving any better price "han about four per cent below the price of middling 7-8-inch on the 10 spot markets.” % x President Hoover Signs Savannah Bridge Bill (Lincoln (Ga.) Journal, March 2, 1933) Ordinary Homer Legg received a letter yesterday from Congressman Carl Vinson that President Hoover had signed the bill passed by both houses of Congress authorizing the construction of a bridge across Sa vannah River between Lincolnton and McCormick. It is understood that the next move toward furthering the pro ject will be that Lincoln and Mc Cormick counties, backed by the highway boards of the two states, will seek the approval of the War Department which is necessary be cause of the fact that the river is classed as a navigible stream at that point, and then the Recori- jstruction Finance Corporation will be asked to finance the project, under authority of a recent Act of Congress. In discussing the project with The Journal’s Inquiring Reporter Wednesday, Judge Legg said that if the money was furnished by the government agency that it would not be an obligation upon Hie tax payers of the county. The money would be furnished purely on a self-liquidating basis and would never become a debt of the coun ties. txt Farmers Advised To Test Seeds Mrs. Robertson Taken Bv Death (Greenwood-Index Journal. Mar. 1) The U. S. Department of Agricul ture gives farmers and seed dealers five suggestions for protectin' themselves in the purchase of seed With the need for economy great o than erer, the department offers these pointers to help farmer: make sure that the seed they get will grow. The department admin isters the Federal Seed Act, which forbids the sale of fraudulent!' misbranded seed in interstate com merce. The five protective pointers are Mrs. Fannie Douglass Robertson! 1 - Bu y seed early enough to al- died at her home on Harvey street testing at home or at the Stat: last night at 11:30 o’clock after a Seed Laboratory before planting, long illness. She was in her 08th; 2 - Insist on a statement of ch germination and the date tested The test made should be withiv On January 12. 1931, Goldsboro. Pa., basketball team defeated Checker Club, of Harrisburg, Pa ss to 81. This is believed to be a record for total score. two months of the date of pur chase, because some seeds fall of year. Mrs. Robertson was the daughter of the late Isaac W. Dansby and Mary A. Branson, of Abbeville . county, and was the last member in 8 er n^mation rapidly, of her immediate family. She had 1 . 3 ; where varlet y 13 important made her home in Greenwood for “ ,s,3t on a statement as to variety 13 years by the seller, or State certification. , ‘ , , 1 4. Make sure of the quality of She was twice married. Her first 666 her second husband the late F. M. Robertson. Surviving are two *r Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Seller. |, I0UID . TABLETS - SALVE J. O. McDaniel was guest , , „ , . i i.lay and Sunday night to her! Chocks Colds f.rst day. Headacnes Mrs. Minnie Buisey. i \ x Oird Of Thanks » We wish to take this opportunity fh express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many friends K&o were so kind to us during the or Neuralgia in 39 minutes. Malaria in 3 days. 666 SALVE for HEAD COLDS , j j „ . — , seed, particularly that offered at ? U _ Sband „^ a f. a ^ d abnormally low prices. 5. Save all tags, invoices, adver- _ „ _ tisements and correspondence daughters, Mrs E. D. Furqueron about th£ . seed and ,.^0,^ anything and Mrs. O L. Ellis, and one son, wrong to the state seed office W. L. Douglass, all of Greenwood. department reports the case The funeral services will be con- 0 f a Midwestern farmer as an ex- ducted at the home tomorrow af- ample of what NOT to do. He and • • rtriUj of “TH E U ^ J MASTER EXECUTIVE" Supplying a week-to-w^ek inspiration for the heavy-burdened who will hnd trial paralleled in~tlie exp.Tience* of "The Man Nobody Knows.* GETTING ATTENTION A tired pilgrim once arrived in the up-to-date and per fectly self-satisfied city of Athens. He arrived on foot be cause h* had no car-fare. His shoes were sadly worn and his clothing unkempt and covered with dust. One would say that these disadvantages were enough to disqualify him for success in a town so smart and critical, but he had other handicaps more fundamental. He was too short and thick set to he impressive; his eyes had a decided squint; alto gether lie was not at all the kind of a man who commands respect before a crowd. The principal business of the clever gentlemen of that city was standing around the market-place,. there to “hear or to tell some new thing.’' They were the joke-makers and fashion-setters of their era. As for investing in a new re ligion they had hundreds of religions, some new, some fairly new, some old, hut all entirely unused. A fine ap preciative atmosphere for the foreign visitor named Paul. Straight on he marched until he reached Mars Hill. A few of the clever ones gathered about. The critical moment had come. Paul must say something, and no matter what he said, il would he wrong. Suppose he had said: “Good morning, gentlemen, I have something new in the way of a religion which I’d like to explain.” A boisterous laugh would have ended his talk. But Paul knew the psychology of the crowd. “Men of Athens, I congratulate you on having so many fine religions. I’ve traveled about quite a bit and your assort ment is larger and better than I have seen anywhere else. I noticed that you not only have altars erected to all the reg ular gods and goddesses; you even have one dedicated to the unknown God. “Let me tell you an interesting coincidence, gentle men. This God whom you worship without knowing his name, is the very God whom I represent.” Paul stopped short and voices called out demanding that he go on. It appears later in the narrative that after his talk was over “some mocked, and others said, ‘We will 9 99 hear thee again of this matter, . It was not a complete victory such as his Master had achieved at Jacob’s well; hut the audience which had con fronted Paul was hostile, and his initial success so cleverly won, that this story deserves a place besides that of Jestis. Together they help us to understand the great mystery— how a religion, originating in a despised province of a pet ty country, could carry around the world. It conquered not because there was any demand for another religion but be cause Jesus knew how, and taught his followers how, to translate a great spiritual conception into terms of practical self-concern. Next Week: Street Cars and Men . . . Copyright, Bobbs-Merrili Co. CLEANING CLOTHES DRY CLEANED AT REGULAR INTERVALS WILL WEAR LONGER AND LOOK BETTER. MEN'S HATS A SPECIALTY GRE OD DRY FG CO. " ‘-WI IcCORMICK’ ternoon at 2 o’clock by her pastor, bought a mixture of alfalfa Dr. R. C. Long, and interment will clover seed from a distant seed ! follow at 3:15 o’clock at Upper Long bouse. The seller asserted that the Cane cemetery with the following seed, one-third alfalfa and two- Most Speedy Remedies Known serving as pallbearers: J. C. Ag- thirds red clover, was high in ger- new ’ Marvi n FeI1 > wmte Fell, G. C. m j na ti 0 n. The farmer complained Douglass, Sam Wilson, Alonzo that he did not get a single alfalfa Government agricultural experts Dansby, Henry Morrow, John p i an t. Late in the summer the case I&iess and'atThe death oTour'dear that hens that molt before Whaley and George Turner. was reported to the State officials. E: tesband and father We especially September usually lay few eggs, j The honorary escort will be com- Some remaining seed was tested *tank the attending physician, Dr. whereas those that molt as late ns posed of J. P. Brooks, J. W. Sproles, and found of poor quality, but it who was so attentive unto 0ct <>k er or November are usually Ben Atkins, J. W. Spearman, E. M. was too late for anything to be asbcll, Wrts> V.S~V. ...I n w TT1..11 TMT A Tiril J Kafr, 1-0 Those arei of a fune DISTANCE and there is no* ice Facilities ;s in measuring the worth ild be borne in mind when to choose one ICE TO OUR SERVICE ’charge for service out of town ttae end. We also thank each one for the feuitiful floral offerings. Mrs. T. T. Bussey And Family. Uodoc. very high producers. -txt White, Dr. R. M. Fuller, W. A. Wil- done. Testing of the seed before liams, Dr. S. C. Hodges, Dr. W. A. planting cou!d have prevented the Most of the states have chosen Barnette, Milton Boazman, J. A. partial crop faJure, the depart- native wild flowers, rather than Cobb, J. B. Ellis, John Henderson, ment says. The department urges cultivated varieties, for their state J. F. Williams, J. E. Agnew, and C. reporting sales of misbranded seed flowers. w - Creighton. to State authorities. J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, S. C.