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W:Z*& Uj*.--' UnraHay, MarcK 36,1933 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER TWO BcCORMICK MESSENGER The S. C. Delegation Presents Garner With Calhoun Gavel Replica Published Every Thursday | established June 5, 1902 (Xdmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Me- tSnrmick, S. C., as mail matter of ’She second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: —> Strictly Cash In Advance One Year __$1.00 9&x Months .75 ‘3bree Months .50 WASHINGTON, March 23.—In calling the senate to order today Vice President Garner used the gavel presented to him by the South Carolina members which is a replica of the gavel wielded by John C. Calhoun when he was vice- president. The gavel was made by Clemson college students and of wood taken from the old Calhoun mansion which stands on the cam pus. Representative Taylor, of Ander son, presented the gavel and extol led Calhoun as the “nation’s great- est statesman and South Carolina’s To Tho TV^c outstanding son ” In accepting the ^ A ^ * “Cb gavel, Vice President Garner payed tribute to Calhoun, stating he has just completed reading two books on the famous South Carolinian and was more appreciative of his service to the nation than ever be fore. Garner said South Carolina was “the cradle of democracy” and the state could well afford to be proud of the distinguished statesman it has produced. The vice-president is writing a letter to Clemson college thanking the student body for the gavel. - - Presenting the gavel, Mr. Taylor c«sequently the production of a 3a id: “Mr. President: our mission leavy crop of buds for next year’s here is indeed a pleasant one. We cyop it is desirable to stimulate come i n the name of the people of Mrvf-V* 4-V\irvV* 4-V%^ _ .« a COUNTY HAD 30 4-H CLUiSS Sash Quick Nitrog en CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 25.— -Baa application of quickly available ®s5t*cgen at or just before blooming fcaar increases the per centage of ivwi set, says E. H. Rawl, extension b«liculturist, who states that in *o*ae orchards there is a compara- fw«iy light crop of buds or blos- ®ams due to cold damage or to im proper fertilization and cultivation practices In 1932. He advises fur- aSaer that in order to insure a sat- etory growth of new wood and early spring growth through the of quickly available nitrogen, ixsaediate applications of which toe urges for peach orchards tisscughout the state. the past both sulphate of a&s&tonia and nitrate of soda have used,” Mr. Rawl continues. the state of South Carolina, and more particularly in the name of the faculty and student body of Clemson college, South Carolina, to present to you a token of thsir respect and admiration for you as the presiding officer of the great est law making body in the world. :tly preferable to sulphate of :>nia. Nitrate of soda is more ly available and has an alkal- reaction. One pound per tree be sufficient at this time. Ttoe additional nitrogen require- —should be fulfilled while mak- Jhb later applications. "Tfan# of the peach orchard .jbSSi especially in the sandhill sec- .ttau, need in addition to nitrogen, iBrnphorlr acid, and potash. Theso «&£&ents can be applied now or , , e5t wuwy in me vvwi.iv*. ^ssassing what form of nitrogen This gavel which i hold in my to use. Many of the orchard hand was made by students of have become strongly acid | C i emS0 n college, and is made of ftough the use of sulphate of am- j wood taken ' from the old home of and different sulphur one 0 j ^is nation’s greatest states- Consequently, on these an and one 0 f south Carolina’s soils if lime is not being used! outstanding sons, the late John C. V under these conditions lime is c a ilu>un. badly), nitrate of soda is ^ mad8 i n the exact likeness of the gavel used by this great man when he occupied the honored po sition you now occupy. And in performing the duties of that high office he reflected that same cou rage that characterized his noble career. The people of our state are indeed grateful for this heritage, and even coday look upon this old home as a shrine. “In extolling the virtues of this statesman, it is not suggested that these same qualities are lacking in your services to the nation, but rather to emphasize their very presence in you. And as an ex pression of appreciation for this outstanding service on your part. It is our pleasure to present to you this gavel, in the hope that this nation may have the benefit of your services for many years to come.” tXI Use Care In Burn ing Hedge Rows “Don’t let your fire get out in the woods,” is the advice District For ester H. Y. Forsythe of the State Forest Service and v/ith headquart ers at Aiken is giving the farmers of McCormick County at the pres- Garden Is Important For Food And Health CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 25.— Ttosogh we have three important JBcofars of soil, climate, and mois- tosr* conditions generally favorable te successful vegetable - gardening, taasxf of our rural people who could tosEEr excellent year-round gardens Bo iwfc give sufficient attention to feBSK* gardens, thinks E. H. Rawl, ewJKOsibn:. horticulturist. In ther cities, towns, and mill TKflfeffes; on the other hand, Mr. Rtwf finds that much attention is toaug: given to the matter of es- toto&shing gardens among the un- CLapIoyed, and commends this as a en j. ^ me> w hen everywhere they aesy useful form of utilizing the burning fields and hedge rows You couldn’t go very far in Tip pecanoe county, Indiana, without bumping into a 4-H club member. There were 936 boys and girls en rolled in 30 regularly organized clubs last year. That is two or better to the township. And when it comes to results, they can show them, too. Twelve of the girls’ clubs were in the 100 per cent class of finishers. Every member of these clubs completed her pro jects in satisfactory shape. For some reason it was an off year for the boys, as only two clubs made perfect records. They did have a high average, however, and did their share to give the county a score of 93.5 per cent in complet ions. The state average is 85.3, which is rated good. There were 1,180 projects com pleted in the year. Girls went strong to clothing projects, 332 completing them. Boys went strong to pigs, 199 making com pletions of their projects. Both boys and girls are carrying on well balanced programs in their pro jects, and going in strong for dem onstrations and exhibits. At the county fair last year nearly 800 club members entered exhibits, which totaled 974. Forty teams took part in judging contests, IQ in demonstrations. 33 girls were in the dress revue contest. The boys’ livestock judging contest drew 62 contestants. There were 161 ex hibits sent to the state fair by 99 club members, and they won a stack of prizes, too. They have an annual club camp at an old Indian battle ground, and it’s the ambition of every club member to attend. Four members won trips to the National Club Congress. Five, of the older girls’ clubs won trips to the state fair school. One girl won a $100 schol arship. A boy won national championship in the Thomas E. Wilson meat animal contest and a $300 agricultural college scholar ship, and five 4-year scholarships were awarded to Purdue University. Folks in Tippecanoe county be lieve if a thing is worth doing it’d worth doing well, so they have a county club agent, J. C. Ralston, who has been so successful as a leader he has just about everybody in the county who can help in club work enrolled on his staff. This includes farm folks, school teach ers. vocational instructors, business men, and many others. Four-H club work is easily the biggest youth movement of any kind in 1 the country. I am prepared to take care of your ml fertilizer needs with the bsst fertil izers at very lowest prices. PAUL R. BROWN McCormick. S. C. licit hill'll-. RHEUMi do thiL Get some genuine tablets of Daye Aspirin and take them freely unt: you arc entirely free from pain. The .tablets of Bayer mamifaclu; > cannot hurt you. They do not Jepre* the heart. And they have been proven twice as effective as salicylates L. relief >f rheumatic pain at anu stage. Don’t go through another season of suffering from rheumatism, or any neuritic pain. And never suffer needlessly from neuralgia, neuritis, or other conditions which Bayer Aspirin will relieve so surely and so swiftly. -X- sssemployed labor in the produc LLbm of essential foods. -”R has been only a relatively start time since Science discovered ttse exact constituents or elements in clearing up for the spring plow ing. Generally at this time of the year, he says, untold thousands of dollars worth of damage is caused in McCormick County by forest el rsgetables that have the power fires resulting from the careles promoting growth and health, r Rawl explains. “These import handling of fire in the fields. — . - | one of McCormick County’s asrt elements found in vegetables, g rea test assets is the millions o mxi especially in leafy vegetables, y OUn g pines growing up on the wes. vitamins, and experiments in a i} a ncloned lands over the county scaoRai and human nutrition have young trees, however, canno mrad their importance for good make a p ro fi ta ble growth if the* and health. i are s t U nted with a fire every year ’•Furthermore, vegetables Con or two. These fires also kill ver . young pines that would come nat are necessary in the develop- urally in many fieid<3 if the fir # 4-Vi /-4 4 Vwv wi i vv _ ItrsB. minerals which the dietitians of the body and the main- usance of health. Likewise, the was kept off. Intelligent farmers have Ion- torf specialists tell us that the diet since learned the folly of bum in r atodd contain a certain amount of over fields be fore plowing. Th; Itatoy food. Vegetables meet these r0U g b age they burn up in the form xefpirements in the form of fibre Qf weeds and grass is a yaluabl «r«EDulose. Hence, authorities in material that canno t be replace; tond and. health recommend the with comm ercial fertilizers. A ineof a supply of vegetables in the blacke ned field is a sure sign of a Biifc each day. j ba ckward farmer. ’•She growing of good gardens ( plow under all the roughage on toaoghout the year is largely a the land for the good 0 f the land Many who have recently Bwrtfoped this habit have found and keep f’res away from the field, urges Mr. Forsythe. Fires have no — — urges mi. ruiojrme. * *1.^ tte tome garden not only profit- place eit her in the fields, or woods, but a source of pleasure and and the cost t o McCormick Coun- ss” ty farmers every year on account of them would be hard to estimate. «. briefcmaker turns out by hand fifty-five pricks an hour, The trapdoor spider digs its nest wfdnreas a brickmaking machine in the ground, and fits on the top «9ps t "ated by one man turns out 40,- |a trapdoor of earth and web with bricks in the same time. a hinge that works neatly. These Hard Times? No, Says Professor COLUMBIA. Mar. 14.—Are these the hardest times South Carolina has experienced? In reply to this query, a professo; in the University of South Caro lina recently described some of the substitutes for necessaries used by the people of this state during the four years of the War for Southern Independence when the south was cut off from the rest of the world by the blockade of union vessels. South Carolinians then wove clothes of homespun and dyed them with pokeberry juice. Hats were fashioned of palmetto or rye straw. Buttons were manufac tured from gourds and persimmon seeds. Substitutes for coffee were made of rye, wheat, and sweet po tatoes, and sometimes from okra seed. The leaves of blackberry vines took the place of tea. Light- wood knots were used for illumina tion. Stationery was so scare that envelopes were made from wall paper and stuck together with gum from peach trees. Ink was produced from the ink balls of oak trees or from walnut juice. In a letter written in April, 1865, a South Carolina woman said: “We long for our own small suf ficiency of wood, corn, and vege tables. Here is a struggle unto death, although the neighbors con tinue to feed us, as you would say, ‘with a spoon.’ We have fallen up on a new device. We keep a cookery book on the mantelpiece, and, when the dinner is deficient, we just read off a pudding or a creme. It does not entirely satis fy the appetite, but perhaps it is as good for the digestion.” Minors Under 14 Can’t Drive Cars From Greenwood Index-Journal. Minors under the age of 14 years are prohibited from driving motar vehicles on the public highways, roads or streets of South Carolina under a law passed and approved last week by the general assembly The law was signed by Governs. I. C. Blackwood Friday. The law provides that the apo l cation of any minor 14 years of a? or above for a driver’s license nv.r- be signed by both the father and mother, or by the parent or guar : - ian having custody of the youth, or employer of the minor. A minor under the age of 14 years shall not drive a motor ve hicle in the state, and owners of motor vehicles are expressly for bidden to allow minors under that age to operate motor vehicles. The law states that “any person or per sons consenting to a minor under 14 years driving or operating his or their motor vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con viction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $100, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 30 days. Any minor under the age of 14 years who violates the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic tion. shall be liable to the same penalty as in above provided.” xx: Grow Yellow Cora For The Hen’s Sake ky Rev. CL&rles E. Du tin, JESUS MINISTERING TO JEWS AND GENTILES Lesson for April 2nd. Mark 7:24-37. Golden Text: John 10:16. Ilii' Sunday ne begin the second quarter of our year's sludies, that will bring us to the end of the gospel of Mark. ^ e shall study the latter portion of the energetic ministry of Jesus, where the dramatic intensity is greatly heighten ed, the dark shadow of the Cross falling upon the gospel record, an omen both of hitter failure and glorious tri umph. Our lesson today is one on world friendship, empha sizing. as it does Jesus entire absence of race prejudice. We read of His entrance into Gentile territory, the region of Tyre and Sidon. There His fame had preceded him, so that He could not travel unnoticed. A Greek woman, we are told, flung herself at Ilis feet, beseeching Him to expel the evil spirit from her daughter. The reply ot the Master, if considered by itself, apart from its setting, seems harsh. “It is not right,’' He sa id, “to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” Now the word ''dog ' was a term of contempt used by the Jews of Christ's day for the Gentiles. Rut this incident makes it perfectly clear that Jesus, in this metaphor, was speaking playfully, with gentle irony. It is worth noting that the Greek word for ’’dogs used by the Master is a diminutive, literally meaning “puppies." Jesus thereby softened His allusion, employing a term for household pests. The woman was keen enough to sense His good humour, and to turn the metaphor so that it served her need. “True, Sir,” she clev erly replied, “and yet the dogs under the table eat the chil dren’s scraps.” Her point clearly was that if the Gentiles are to he treated as household dogs, then fairness demands that they he fed with the crumbs that fall from their mas ters’ tables. It was exactly the sort of reply Jesus wanted. He appreciated it to the full, and rewarded her at once. Her darling w as healed. Thus a Jew healed one considered pagan. Such mag nanimity is an anticipation of that united, world society toward which mankind painfully marches. Ambassadors to France and Mexico P The first two nominations for Ambassadorships sent to the Senate by President Roosevelt were those naming Jesse I. Strauss of New York, Am bassador to Paris, and right, Hon. Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C., Sec retary of Navy under Woodrow Wilson, Ambassador to Mexico City. Mr. Strauss is president of a large Ne w York department store, and Mr. Daniels is publisher of a North Carolina daily newspaper. iushels of r in- 'and CLEMSON COLLEGE. Mar. 25.— Yellow corn contains vitamin A. which is necessary to make hens lay the largest number of eggs, to make the eggs hatch best, to make chicks gro?/ fastest, and to prevent an eye disease known as opt halm la c-v r.n- ihicv.al roup says P. H. Gaol ing. extension poultryman, suggest ing that farmers plant at least enough yellow com to feed their own chickens. White corn, he ex plains. does not contain vitamin A. Yellow corn is better than white for all classes of livestock, but chickens being smaller units are very sensitive to the lack of the right ingredients, minerals, and vitamins in the ration. “It requires abouU yellow corn along gredients to brood grow 100 pullets to laying age, corn is require the flock per states. “Know the approxiir acre, one c of yellow c “ Many far corn will not white varieties will. Seed has been grow sometime will seems, as white as a rule, is an early-maturing corn and to get the largest yield it should be grown on fertile soil.” txt A NEW RACKET low the ,y it F that for Kvell, it w corn, V Greenwood Index-Journal, j Reports have come to the Index- | Journal of a now “racket” and. it ts evidently being assiduously worked. Mrs. Jones gets a letter post marked in Chicago or it may be in New York. Opening the letter she finds this: “We know something , nice about you and if you will send us 25 cents we shall be glad to fur nish you with the pleasing infor mation,” or wojds to that effect. Few of us could resist that bait. The quarter is sent at once. Who would not risk a quarter to find out “something nice” about one’s self? J In due time, the “something nice” 1 arrives. In the case of Mrs. Jones it was a clipping from her home paper, giving an account of a “very delightful” social function she had given, with some complimentary : words about her as hostess. The racketeers evidently have a clipping bureau which subscribes to papers all over the country and it is easy to get names in this way. ! Off hand there does not seem to be anything criminal about it. They are not using the mails to defraud in a literal sense. They deliver what they promised to deliver. One just has to put up with a case of dry grins and forget it. If you have not spent your quar ter. you may decide after this that ; you need not do so. And again, you may not be able to resist the bait. t lt is very strong bait.