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Thursday, June 22, 1933 MeCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOOTH CAROLINA PACE NUMBER TWO McIUHMk^ MESSENGER Farm Loans Will Help This State Publi***'*'! Kv^rv Thur**** Established June 5, 1902 EDM^N T f> J MerRACKEN, Editor and Owner stored aft the Post Office aft Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of second class. More liberal provisions for bor rowing and refinancing existing ob ligations are offered the South Carolina farmer through the fed eral farm loan commissioner’s of fice, as established by the emerg ency farm mortgage act ratified last month. The emergency farm mortgage act permits borrowing up to 75 per jerit of the appraised value of farm property, in a sum not exceeding $5,000. An interest rate not exceed- ng 5 per cent is tD be charged. Payments on the loans are to be made annually or semi-annually, vithin forty years if the loan is on ' first or second mortgage, secured - ..holly by real property, and made CLEMSON COLLEGE, June 20 — for the P ur P 0S3 of reducing or re turners themselves will answer the * financin S an existing mortgage, or question 0 f whether or not the re- within ten years on ? ny oth3r typ3 duction campaign is to be attempt- of 1oan - «d this year. Opportunity for the •CBSCRIP'MON RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 , I " Growers To Decide Cotton Reductions approximately two million cotton Persons in touch with the farm ituation in this section of South producers to sign up will be offered ^' aro ^hia say that there is a large throughout the cotton producing number of farmers who will be states during a special “Cotton hel P ed b y the provisions of the new Week” campaign which will start law - They su Sg est that the farm - dnrlng the week of June 26. Con- ers communicate immediately with ’tracts will be made available to the ff enr y S. Johnston, agent fox the growers through local committees aim ’ oan commissioner, vvhose of- which are being organized in the ^ 1CS * s Columbia. Mr. Johnson is 820 cotton producing counties of the 0 S ent f° r North and South Caro- Soath. Dr. W. W. Long, director lina - Florida and Geargia. of fche Extension Service, announces pbe f arrl ^ l° an commissioner s of- that county agricultural agents will ** ce designed primarily to help have full information on the con- those farmers who, because of cer- tracts and general plan. t tain provisions, are unable to get The contracts which the grower a *d from the Federal Land Bank, will be asked to sign provide that, The loans made by the commis- for a -definite consideration, the sioner, as a general rule, accord- producer offers to retire from pro- * n g f° Mallory, deputy agent duction a described portion of his f° r Mr. Johnston, will be confined cotton acreage. Each farmer may f° second liens on real estate, and take out of production not more other loans ineligible for the Fed- than 40 per cent of his land now era ^ Land bank. In cases where planted to cotton. The Secretary is doubtful which of the two can of Agriculture will probably reject grant the loan, or where both can otters of less than 25 per cent of make loans, the appraiser for the the acreage of any producer, unless property will make an appraisal re- ««»>* acreage is very convenient to port for both, to avoid needless ex- check or the yield is unusually high, pense. Two alternate plans are offered) The purpose of the loans is to cotton producer in taking ad- provide funds for refinancing of cotton per acre to $12 for land yielding on the average 275 pounds or more per acre. In addition, un der the first plan, the grower can take an option on government-held cotton in an amount equal to that which he agrees to retire from pro duction, and at a price of 6 cents pound. Under the second of the alternate available for the grower, a benefit is paid without the cotton option. The amount of this compensation, on an acre basis, will range from $7 for land yielding freen 100 to 124 pounds per acre to $20 for land yielding 275 pounds or more per acre. txt BAPTISTS CONCEDED GREATEST GAINS IN MEMBERSHIP vantage of the “considerations” of T j farmers, to provide working capital fered him for his acreage reduc- for farmers, or to redeem or repur- tfcnu. Under the fifst plan, he will | chase farm property which was receive a cash compensation for his ( foreclosed subsequent to July 1, co-operation based on the produc- 1931. Loans are to be secured by ttvity of the land he takes out of' first or second mortgages upon the production. This will range from whole or any part of the farm prop- S6 per acre for land yielding on uhe. erty, real or personal, including around 100 pounds lint ’ crops. When the loans are to be secured by second mortgages on farm real estate, the holder of the first mort gage will be required to limit his right to proceed against the farmer and the mortgaged property, de pending upon the aggregate amount of the first and second mortgages. When the aggregate of the two mortgages does not exceed $5,000, the holder of the first mort gage must agree not to foreclose without the consent of the commis sioner within a period of three years. When the two mortgages total more than $5,000 the agree ment not to foreclose must be for five years. All formal applications for loans must be made on a regular blank supplied by the commissioner and must be accompanied by an ap praisal fee of $10 and a plat of the property. Officials estimate the cost of securing a loan for $1,000 to be the following items: assist ance in filling out application, $1; appraisal fee, $10; abstract fee, $25; determination of title, $3.50, record ing fee, $5, a total of $44.50. For a- mounts exceeding $1,000 the fees for abstract of title and determin ing of title will be increased in pro portion. When the amount of the loan sought does not amount to the full 75 per cent of the valuation of the security pledged these costs may be included in the loan. The basis of appraisal in all over. cases will be the normal value of The magazine reported that since se curity for agricultural pur- 1900 church membership has in- . p 0ses Factors determining this in creased 82.8 per cent compared with c j u( j e cr ops produceable; average a population increase of 65.8 P er yi e ] ( j > and prices over a period of cent. years; the type of land; the char- The six largest church groups in acter and condit ion of the soil; America, the only ones having more rain f a u drainage and other fac- than 2,000,000 members, were listed tors as follows: _ ! Mr. E. C. Cheatham, McCormick, Three bodies of Western Catho- secretary for McCor- 20,270,718; 18 bodies of Bap- " tv lists, 9,929,962; 19 bodies of Metho-| dists, 9,088,022; 17 bodies of Luth-| 4,315,311; Jewish congrega- W eeV il Activity ^/@oivry' Q)ea,t*4M>TTV, June 19# 1933 A COMPANY THIRTY YEARS OLD Last Friday the Ford Motor Company completed 30 years of automobile n , for v iet h year at the same job. 1 made my first engine in 1893 1S and it still'runs. This is the engine that won the Selden Patent Suit—whioh tool-, the motor car out of the exclusive class, and opened the automobile industry to hundreds of manufacturers who started luring the last 30 years. i;1 igog, are working Some ° f we laid down then, are still operative; ..i.. «».^ h * v *.;« a S;S°h i,.» Although - w* have always believed that before geed for *° “or^e, “it must be good for ail. Our discoveries and'improvements'have always been open to other manufacturers without patent restrictions. . „ hare everyone must get it °f 00 ^ Se '^ f .Experience. Money could duplicate our buildings fad ^h^ U^oXlicate .0 years of experience. And it is experience that makeo a motor cai all been a prepara— tion for the future. For myself, ^^^.^^rtask is still ahead, tools to do something *°rth while and kind are Great changes are upon *® ^ Those who built truly on principle will vanishing in the S ene ^ ^ carry over- BuS i ne ss integrity and commodity ^r^rfunHustified. And newer and better ways of living will ^That is the outiook for this young thirty-year old Company of ours. NEW YORK, June 11.—More peo ple in the United States were mem bers of churches at the end of 1932 than at any previous time, reports Dr. George Linn Kicffer, president cf the Association of American Re ligious Statisticians. A one-year gain of 1,088,594, or L82 per cent was announced in his annual survey made public tonight by The Christian Herald. This. Dr. Keiffer said, was more than four tknes the gain registered in 1931. He noted a total membership of 69,886,445 in the 204 religious or ganizations of the United States, with 50,037,209 thirteen years and FOR PROMPT SATISFACTORY SERVICE SEND US YOUR DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING Suits and Dresses Dry Cleaned _ 50c Suits and Dresses Pressed _ . 25c Wash Suits Laundered 40c HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED REPAIRING NEATLY DONE GMEWOOd DRY CLEANING “We Call For And Deliver In McCormick l>y l^pv. CLarlas E-Diana, * Jesus Our Lord and Saviour. Lesson for June 25th. Peter 1:3-9. Golden Text: Matthew 28:18-20. 3S lions 4,081,242; nine bodies of Pres kyteiians 2,717,331. Increases were reported for all principal denominations, with the Baptists showing the largest num erical gain, 356,609, and the East- «ra Catholics (nine Comparatively Light CLEMSON COLLEGE, June 19.— __ bodies) the Hot, dry weather prevailing over relative gain, 47.31 per cent, most of the state during the month number of ministers was re- has been favorable to the develop- at 231058, a one-year gain ment of cotton and at the same «fSM8 and the number of church-| time has been decidedly unfavor- m at 241,690, an increase of 2,724. able for major boll weevil activity, says Alfred Lutken, extension en tomologist. Reports from county agricultural agents for the week ending June 17 show varying degrees of plant in- festation ranging from 5 to 400 weevils per acre, and square infes tation ranging from 1 to 26 per cent. During the same period last year, plant infestation ranged up to 3600 weevils per acre and square infestation up to 58 per cent. j Attention should be given, Mr. Lutken advises, to checking indi vidual fields and applying poison where the infestation is great enough to warrant control meas ures. A great many fields of late cotton can still be poisoned effec tively with the 1-1-1 mixture. Old-* er cotton with well developed squares or blooms should be poison ed with four to five pounds of cal- | cium arsenate dust per acre after the infestation has reached 10 per cent. Picking up and destroying fallen squares will be of great value in re ducing the number of first genera tion weevils, particularly if the weather becomes cool and rainy during the latter part of June. COVETED HONORS FOR NINE CADETS OF ACADEMY OF RICH MOND COUNTY, AUGUSTA, GA. AUGUSTA, Ga.—Nine cadets of the academy were announced as the 1933 members of the Gold Let ter Society. The Gold Letter is coveted honor and is awarded on the basis of all around excellence. Charlie C. Coleman, nephew of Mrs. Cornelia Witt, and son of L. C. Coleman, was one of the nine to receive this honor. His letter was awarded because of the following: High honor first year, high honor second year, highest honor third year, president of literary society second year, member of the Acad emy Literary Society three years, contestant in Sidney Lanier com petition, member of Glee Club, member of track team, first serg eant. He also made the highest average for the year in the junior class. Two cadets, Jack Pearlstein and Charlie Coleman, tied for the five dollars in gold offered for the best grade in American history. The D. A. R. chapter here, donor of che award, presented each with five dollars. This is a review lesson, where we pause to summarize the meaning of the lessons of the Second Quarter, dealing with the drama of the life of Jesus from the middle of His ministry to His death and resurrection. At the beginning we saw the Master, with His disciples, pushing into Syria. There he met the Greek woman who sought and found His healing touch for her afflicted daugh ter. Note the absence here of either sex or race prejudice. Then we studied one of the most critical episodes in the career of Jesus, the conference at Caesarea Philippi, where the Master, apparently for the first time, openly acknowledged that He was the Messiah, and demanded of His disciples sacrifical obedience after the pattern of the Cross. There followed the thrilling episode of the Transfig uration. In the darkness of the night Jesus, with His three most intimate disciples, trudged up a mountain, and there, at its summit, was He transformed. His whole person as suming an unearthly splendor. Then we watched the Saviour rebuke the self-seeking of His amhitious followers by placing a little child in their midst; we studied the exceedingly suggestive story of the rich young ruler; we walked with our Lord as He journey ed tow r ard Jerusalem to face His Cross; we shared in the en- ihusiasm of the crowd as they hailed Him, upon His en trance into the city so close to His heart, as King; we de lighted in His skill in confounding those who tried to en trap Him with their captious questions; we rejoiced in the devotion of the woman who poured costly ointment upon Ilis head; and we noticed the startled look upon the faces of the twelve, and heard their n?rvous query, “It is I?”, as He announced His betrayal. Finally, we saw our King on His Cross, crucified at Calvary. It is a hjtter but glorious Cross, a throne fit for a matchless Master. And soon we saw the grip of death released, and a risen Lord who reigns forever in the hearts of all who love Him. ..i