McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, June 29, 1933, Image 2
Thursday, June 29, 1933
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER TVO
McCORMICK MESSENGER
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Published Every Thursday
Established June 5, 1902
EDMOND J. McCRACKEN,
Editor and Owner
Entered aft the Post Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of
the second class.
ago. Now these game species ex- Agriculture.
cept the fox are unheard of in this In South Carolina the State De-
section, and the fox may be be- partment of Agriculture, the S. C.
coming too abundant in some sec- Cotton Co-operative Association,
tions, not having been killed out and the State Grange will also as-
like the other game.
The same source gives us the in
sist in the campaign.
Within a period of time
to
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
—— Strictly Cash In Advance —
One Year * $1.00
Months .75
Months.50
GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK
School's out! Thousands of chil
dren all over the country are pour
ing forth from the classrooms to
spend their days out of doors dur
ing the summer months. It’s time
for motorists to be more alert than
ever—unless they are, many of
these children will be injured or
even killed as they traverse the
streets and highways to fields and
playgrounds. |
The schools have done a fine job
training youngsters to watch out
for themselves. In consequence,
when the statistics of adult and
child pedestrian accidents are com
pared, the children are shown to be
better. They are more safety con- '
scious.
In spite of this good work 3,400
boys and girls between the ages of i
five and fourteen were killed last
year and 152,550 were injured, ac
cording to the National Bureau of
Casualty and Surety Underwriters.
Drivers, give these youngsters the
right of way; drive sloyly and cau
tiously through residential dis
tricts; and watch out for the child
who darts out from behind a park
ed car. Every daylight hour should
be a safety hour now that school is
closed. Help to reduce child fat
alities, and give the kids a break!
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Will Publish Harry
Hampton Articles
Beginning today The Messenger
will run a series of brief articles
written by Harry Hampton, secre
tary-treasurer of the South Caro
lina Game and Fish Association,
and author of the Woods and Wat
ers column in The State, Columbia.
These articles contain informa
tion which their author feels should
be interesting to the people of the
state on whom he believes the sub
ject has a direct bearing.
The sole purpose of the articles (
is to give the people an idea of the;
value to the entire populace of !
game and fish as a natural re- j
source properly used, some history,
of wild life in this state, its former
abundance, what depleted it, how
it has been restored elsewhere and
how it can be restored in South
Carolina, together with information
on the present game system in
South Carolina and how it differs
from plans that have been success- j
ful in conservation, both elsewhere
and in this state.
The author asks that all readers
of The Messenger interested in the*
progress of the state carefully read
this series of articles, believing they
will get therefrom considerable in
formation of interest and import
ance to the welfare of the common
wealth.
formation that ducks and geese prescribed and published by the
frequented all the rivers and ponds Secretary, these agencies will con-
of the state and swarmed our coast- fer with such producers for the
al rice fields in winter, while the purpose of presenting the propo-
woodcock and the snipe swarmed sals of the Agricultural Adjust-
the bottom lands at every cold ment Administration and of ascer-
snap. Nearly 400 of the last have; taining to what extent such pro-
been killed in a day by a single ducers will sign binding offers for
hunter. ' t* 16 reduction of cotton acreage.
In the mountainous regions of , The Administration now submits-
northwestern South Carolina ruff- to cotton producers for acceptance
ed grouse, locally called “pheasant” or rejection the following proposals,
in North and South Carolina, were which, if and when signed by grow-
then plentiful. Wild, or Passenger, ers and by the Secretary, will con-
Pigeons, now extinct, and plover, stitute a contract,
practically so, arrived in clouds, (a) That the producer agrees to
“darkening the sky.” take out of cotton production a
We’ve more recent information certain acreage now planted to
from Mr. C. L. Newman, associate cotton.
editor of the Progressive Farmer, (b) That as a consideration for
Raleigh, N. C., who has kept rec- the abandonment of such acreage,
ords of his kills and catches of 25 the grower shall receive the fol-
or 30 years ago. Among them are lowing:
the following from South Carolina: , Payments With Option
“Twenty-seven brook (mountain) (1) A cash payment with cotton
trout in three hours in Oconee option as stated in such offer
County.” v 1 signed by the producer. The am-
“Eighteen Bob Whites in two ount of such cash payment is to be
hours in Pickens County.” | on a per acre basis, subject to the
Today the big game has been regulations prescribed by the Sec-
wiped out from all of upper South retary, and in accordance with the f
Carolina, and the fish practically i following schedule:
so, while the small game is negli- Yield per acre Benefit payment
gible in the whole northwestern
section of the state.
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Cotton Reduction
Campaign Started
PLANS FOR APPLYING THE AG
RICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
ACT TO THE 1933 COTTON
CROP
SURPLUS MUST BE REDUCED
“The present cotton surplus must
be wiped out.”
That, in effect, is the immediate
concern of Cully A. Cobb, in charga
of administering the Agricultural
Adjustment Act as it applies' to
cotton. The surplus of cotton ac
cumulated through years of good
crops and accentuated by reason of
the world-wide depression stands
like an impenetrable barrier on the
road to better prices for the cotton
grower.
This surplus began to accumulate
back in 1929 when the carry-over of
American cotton in the world was
some 4,500,000 bales. By August
1932, the carry-over had reached
the total of 13,000,000 bales. And
in that year a 13,000,009 bale crop
was produced making a supply of
26,000,000 bales. This year, 1933,
per acre with
Pounds
100-124
125-149
150-174
option
Cash plus option on
Govt, cotton at 6
cents a pound
Dollars
$ 6.00
7.09
8.00
175-224
10.00
225-274
11.00
275- and over
12.00
Payments In Cash Only
(2) A cash benefit without cot
ton option as stated in such offer
when signed by the producer. The
amount of such benefit payment is
to be on a per acre basis, subject
to regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of Agriculture, and in
accordance with the following
schedule:
Yield per acre Payment per
acre without
option
Pounds Dollais
100-124 $ 7.00
125-149 9.00
150-174 11.00
175-224 14.00
225-274 17.00
275-and over — 20.00
These voluntary agreements
above referred to, are to be in a
form prescribed by the Secretary
which when signed by the produc-
indications are now for an excell
ent crop and the low rate of con- ers j s to constitute an irrevocable
sumption promises another huge 1 of f er f or a limited, specified period
a s4 4- x-v 4-1-\ v-k r* n i fY . • « • X.
carry-over to add to the crop being
grown.
There has been some rise in the
price of spot cotton recently due to
various factors but always there
looms in the back-ground a sur-
of time during which the Secretary
may accept or reject it.
How It Works
The contracts which are to b3
signed by cotton growers provide
that for a definite consideration
OUR NEGLECTED ASSETS
(By Harry Hampton)
1. Game—Former Abundance
When South Carolina was first
settled by the white man, it swarm-
Mi with game, fish and wild life of
•very sort from the mountains to
the sea—an apparently inexhaust
ible supply.
Th#re are no records, of course,
of the actual numbers of these
species, but there are many old
records that give us an idea by
which we can compare them to the
present suop’.y.
Thus it is recorded that ithe bis
on, or buifalo, was once a plenti
ful game animal in South Carolina.
Simms’ Geography, published in
1843, tells us that in the early days
it was easy for a group of hunters
to kill in a few minutes enough
buffaloes to supply their families
with meat for the winter. We all
know that the buffalo is now ex
tinct except for a few domesticated
herds.
Another record, found in an old
diary, written by a traveler through
upper South Carolina, relates that
he was awakened before daylight
every morning and kept awake “by
the incessant crowing of the tur
key cocks.”
Simms’ Geography relates that
the panther or Mountain Lion, the
wolf, deer, fox and wild turkey
were all plentiful in the upper dis
tricts of South Carolina 90 years
plus above present needs. For this the co tton producer offers to retire
reason, cotton growers are urged to from production a described por-
replace with soil-building crops tion of his co tton acreage. Each
some of the cotton now growing, farmer may take out of production
Government officials estimate that not mor e than 40 per cent of his
between two and three million bales land now planted to cotton. The
must be removed from production secretary of Agriculture will prob-
this season in the effort to reduce ably reject offers of less than 25
the surplus existing. To remove per cent of the acreage of any pro-
this cotton will mean a greater ducer unless such acreage is very
prosperity for the Southern farmer. conV enient to check or the yield is 1
The removal will not be regarded un u S ually high. If a sufficient
as a sacrifice when it is fully un- number 0 f these offers to lease are,
derstood that the Government received by the Agricultural Ad-‘
plans to pay each co-operating j US tment Administration, the Sec- !
grower a fair rental for the land r etary of Agriculture will declare
taken from the production of cot- pi a n operative and proceed with
ton and will also give him an op- disbursement of the payment
tion on as mUch cotton as he re- an d distribution of options under
moves, thus assuring him of hav- the revised Smith option plan,
ing his usual amount of cotton to The application which the cotton
sell this fall without the further producer is asked to sign will con-
expense of producing part of it. stitute an irrevocable offer from
The Plan Outline him to the Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Agriculture, ij ia ^ b e will remove from produc-
with the approval of the President, a certain specified portion of
announces the following plan of co- co tt on land for cash payments
ment of agriculture.
At the meeting he wO find that
he may get cash fer plowing up
part of his crop.
Three acres would be about the
amount that Secretary Wallace
would like him to take out of pro
duction for that sized farm.
Upon acceptance of his offer, by
Wallace, a contract would be pre
sented to him and he would finu
that, since his production was be
tween 175 and 224 pounds to the
acre, he would be entitled to four
teen dollars cash rent Tor each o
the acres plowed under or a tota
of $42/
Or, he might choose instead to
take $10 an acre, a total of $30 for
the three acres, and an option on
GOO pounds of lint cotton to which
his acreage and reduction would
entitle him.
This 600 pounds would be equal
to the amount of cotton which his
three acres would be expected to
produce. He could get the option
without paying out any money. He
would simply be credited with 600
pounds of cotton at six cents a
pound.
He would be entitled to any sum
over six cents a pound that cotton
was sold for at any time he decided
it ought to be sold. There will be
some regulations later telling him
just how to go about that.
Anyway, he would receive the
cottqn at six cents and it is selling
in the markets today for from eight
to nine cents. The cotton may be
1,200 miles away but it is John’s
for the time he holds the option.
In either case, before John gets
the money, a representative of the
county committee will be around
to see that he has plowed up the
three acres.
He may plant something else on
that part of his patch so long as
it is eaten on the farm—or he may
let it lie idle.
He will not be permitted to spend
the money he took in to put a lot
of extra fertilizer on the rest of his
patch but must go right on with
his ordinary plans for the other
seven acres picking it and selling it
as he desires.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Junior Park Naturalist, $2,000 a
year, less a deduction not to ex
ceed 15 per cent as a measure of
economy and a retirement deduc
tion of 3 1-2 per cent; National
Park Service, Department of the
Interior.
Senior Highway Construction
Supervisor, $4,600 to $5,400 a year.
Senior Highway Design Engineer,
$4,600 to $5,400 a year, less a de
duction not to exceed 15 per cent
as a measure of economy and a re
tirement deduction of 3 1-2 per
cent; Bureau of Public Roads, De
partment of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C.
Cost and Production Superin
tendent (Shpe Factory), $2,000 a
year, less a deduction not to exceea
15 per cent as a measure of eco
nomy and a retirement deduction
of 3 1-2 per cent; Federal Peniten
tiary, Leavenworth, Kans.
All States except Iowa, Maryland,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia
and the District of Columbia have
received less than their share of
appointments in the apportioned
departmental service at Washing
ton.
Full information may be obtain
ed from the Secretary of the Unit
ed States Civil Service Board ot
Examiners at the post office in an:--
city which has a post office of the
first or the second class, or from
the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C.
OLD FASHION
BECUE
AND
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* 1 lio UULLUIl X\JL IsClOAl
operation between the Government averaging between $8 and $9 per
and the cotton growers of the Unit- ' -
ed States for bringing supply and
Under
acre, plus an option at 6 cents a
pound on Government-held cotton.
The amount of cotton optioned to
bringing prices to the parity con- eac j 1 producer will be based on th
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demand into better balance and for
bringing prices to the
templated by the law.
amount that the acreage taken out
Through the instrumentality of ^ production would ordinarily pro-
the federal and state farm exten
sion services, vocational teachers,
volunteer committees set up in the
cotton belt, and other available
duce.
A Simple Illustration
Here is how the plan would work
cotton oeiu, ana out in the case of John Doe who
agencies, he Administration will ^ a l0 acre of coMon
ascertain to what extent the pro-
' ducers of cotton are willing to take John has been getting an aver-
out of production lands now plant- ^ of 200 pounds of lint cotton to
' ed to cotton in consideration of. the acre for some years and his
benefit payments, or options plus crop looks good for that amount
benefit payments, in accordance again this year,
with its proposals. The willingness When the campaign for reducing
'of the producers is to be expressed acreage gets underway John will
' In the form of signed offers pre- attend a meeting called by his
I pared in conformity with regula- county agricultural agent or some
tions prescribed by the Secretary of 1 other representative of the depart-
Need More Iron in Their
Blood!
CIiiMron who are thin and pale and
who lack, appetite are usually suffering
from a deficiency of iron. When the
blood lacks iron it becomes thin and
poor and fails to nourish. Then a child
loses appetite and becomes still thinner
and weaker—and easy prey to disease!
To build up your child, give him
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It contains
iron which makes for rich, red blood.
It also contains tasteless quinine which
tends to purify the blood. These two
effects make it an exceptional medicine
for young and old. A few days on Grove’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic will work wonders
in your child. It will sharpen his appetite,
improve his color and build up his pep
and energy and increase his resistance to
disease. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is
pleasant to take. Children like it and it’s
absolutely safe for them. Contains noth
ing harmful. All stores sell Grove’s Taste
less Chill Tonic. Get a bottle toda*- and
see how your child will benefit from U,
At Old Historic Calhoun Roller Mill
JULY 4TH
BARBECUE, HASH
AND COLD DRINK
rnrr fishing, swimming,
rilLL MOTOR BOAT RIDING
Cold Drinks, Candy and Ice Cream
DANCING FROM 9-1
GREENWOOD ORCHESTRA
COME AND SPEND THE DAY IN
THIS BEAUTIFUL SPOT THREE MILES
NORTH OF MT. CARMEL, S. C.
I
J. D. CADE, Manager
No after-lunch
fVSINESS
Refresh yourself
Bounce back to normal
You’re always glad if you choose a refreshing lunch.
With ice-cold Coca-Cola, of course. Delicious and re*
freshing, it is the natural partner of so many good
things to eat. Keep it ready to serve in your refrigerator.
TTreemvood Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Greenwood, S. C.
SB-150-23
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‘ ‘ Lone Star * ’ failed to diet . .. and as a result she was awarded a trip to
the World Fair at Chicago. “Lone Star” claims the title of the “World’s
Largest Cow”. She is owned by Miss Jeanne of San Antonio Tex., weighs
2300 pounds, stands 73 inches high and measures 15 feet, nose to end of
tail. Shown above she is ridden by Miss Frances Green as she features the
animal exhibition at the fair. Her owner offers a $500 reward for proof of
a cow larger than ‘ ‘ Lone Star ’