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Thursday, July 6, 1933
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER FOUR
Surfacing Of
Lyon Family
Highway Starts Reunion Was An En-
ioyable Occasion
Abbeville Press and Banner, June 29 J J .
Seven mUes of the 19.2 milg '
stretch Abbeville-McCormick high Lincoln (Ga.) Journal, June 29.
wav, route 20, received its first j On Sunday, June 18th, Mrs. J. L
prime of tar Wednesday as bitu- Lyon gave a family reunion barbe-
minous surfacing of the road got ( cue at her home in Lincolnton, in
underway at Bold Branch, ten, honor of her daughter, Mrs. J. C.
miles from the city,, with the work Lotheridge, who is visiting her from
moving towards Abbeville. Follow- j her home in Pico, California. All
ing completion of laying the first ! the guests as they arrived
of three treatments of the mineral ) greeted by the hospitable
pitch on this part of the road worfcf^ family.
■ers will move towards McCormick^ j At noon every one gathered un-
Tfse project is expected to be fin- der the beautiful oak trees of the
were
Lyon
ished during the month of August.
According to local highway of-
fic'als the stretch of road is in ex
cellent condition for surface treat
ment with the exception of approx
imately one mile which is now un
dergoing repairs. The road is now i
closed to traffic but will be re-op
ened, it was stated, in about two
weeks or as soon as the second
treatment is laid.
C. G. Fuller of Barnwell, is sub-
spacious grounds. Tables were
decorated and set for the big oc
casion. The most delicious barbe
cue dinner was served with all the
trimmings. There were 105 rela
tives present to enjoy the festivi
ties, which included those from Au
gusta and adjoining towns, and also
those from several towns and cities
of South Carolina.
A special table was decorated for
relatives who were guests of honor,
Our Neglected Assets
STREAMS AND FISH-
FORMER STATUS
(By Harry R. E. Hampton,
Secretary-Treasurer South Car
olina Game and Fish Associa
tion.)
contractor of the project assisting which included the following: Mrs.
the Hooper Construction company
Florida, main contractors.
13 Pound Meteor Hits
Near Spartanburg
Spartanburg Journal, July 1.
A meterorite, weighing 13 1-4
pounds, fell at Cherokee Springs
jdx miles north of Spartanburg, at
9:42 a. in. Saturday.
With a swish like the wind stir
red by an airplane propeller and a
stream of blue smoke flowing from
it, it hit the ground within 40 feet
of the Methodist Church and the
same distance from G. E. May-
field’s store, there.
It plowed a hole in tije ground
two feet deep, hit a root approxi-*
mately one-inch in diameter, cut it
as though it was a twine slashed by
a pair of scissors, then bounced out
and came to rest on the sandy soil.
Mr. Mayfield, proprietor of the
«tore, and J. A. Swofford ,who were
.standing on the store porch when
they heard the swish and the
cracking of boughs on trees in the
churchyard grove as the missile
plunged through, ran to the spot
where it had come to rest. The mis-
.sile, similar to a stone, was so hot
that it could not be held. Forty-
five minutes later it was still warm.
When brought to Spartanburg some
time later by representatives of The
Journal, Wofford professors, who
examined it, found it still contain
ed heat.
The rock is irregular in shape,
aproximately fous by four by six
Inches in size.
The swish of the speeding rock
through the air was plainly heard
many residents of the Cherokee
Swings section, each of whom de
scribed the noise it made as it
plunged through the air as the
“whirr of an airplane.”
Robert Johnson was at work
cleaning the cemetery plot at the
church when the missile struck ap
proximately 300 feet from where he
stood. He said he heard the noise.
Celia Hill, of Newberry, S. C., the
late Mr. Lyon’s only sister; Mrs.
Mary Susan Cannon, of Augusta,
Mrs. W. P. Mims, of Lincolnton;
Mrs. Sallie Bufford ,of Tignall, Mrs.
C. C. Sanders, of Augusta, and Mr.
William J. Gibbs, of Los Angeles,
California.
Those attending the reunion from
out-of-town were: Mesdames Mary
and Susie Lyon, Misses. Carrie, Mar
garet and Frances Lyon, Messrs. Joe
Jennings and Fuller Lyon, of Plum
Branch, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bufford and Mr. J. T. Bufford of
Tignall; Mr. and Mrs. Osborn Dorn,
of Grovetown, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Sanders, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Sanders, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. B. W.
Wright, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Cox, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Pike, Mr. and Mrs.
George Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Cox, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lyon and
family, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Buck and
family, Miss Cornelia Cox and Mr.
Roland Cox, of Augusta.
Late in the afternoon the guests
departed for their homes after hav
ing enjoyed a most delightful day.
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LOOK OUT FOR THE CHILD
PORK CONSUMPTION
The American people now are
eating approximately 8 per cent
more pork and lard per person than
they did in the pre-war period, re
ports the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. And they
are eating a higher per centage of
the total production of hogs. In
the 1910-14 period the American
people consumed 93 per cent of the
pork produced in this country. Dur
ing the abnormal post-war year
1919 they took only 76 per cent oi
the production, because exporta
tions to Europe were running un
usually high.
But as exports began to fall off
and hog production changed only
slightly, the per centage cf the to
tal pork production (excluding
lard) available to domestic con
sumers exceeded the per centage
consumed in the normal pre-wai
period. In 1929, domestic consum
ers took 96 per cent of the total
production of pork, 2 per cent more
than in the pre-war period. And in
*1932, approximately 98 per cent of
our practically unchanged por:;
production was shoved onto the do
mestic market. This was 5 per
cent more than the per centage
consumed by the American people
in 1910-14. It was inevitable that
during the industrial inactivity of
the past 3 years that home con
sumers would take the same or an
Increased quantity of pork at only
A very low price. With hogs, then,
the excess production has been re
flected almost entirely in the low
price.
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Spartanburg Journal.
This vacation period for the
school children increases responsi
bility for the motorists who oper
ate cars within the city limits. Chil
dren naturally play in and about
the streets in groups or singly.
There afe city playgrounds of
course, but all children do not go
to them. There are neighborhood
clans and gatherings, morning, af
ternoon and night. Many of these
popular concentrating points are at
places where streets converge and
ntersect and where corners are
narrow and fraught with possibili
ties of danger, especially if cais
maintain a high rate of speed. Mo
torists should act upon the sound,
prudent theory of having the car
under absolute control at all times,
for there is no one who can tel)
when a child will dart out right in
front of the moving car. Neither is
;here a mind reader so astute as to
J figure whether a child is going to
' ’wait until a car passes by, even if
the child sees the car approaching.
That is the child nature and it
doesn’t change. When a tragic
accident occurs and the facts em
phasize that it was the child’s fault,
poor consolation that is to the mail
or woman at the wheel, for none
would harm or injure a child will
fully. You never know how a
child or an adult is going to act un
der any given circumstances and
hat is why one cannot be too care
ful. Considerate motorists will
always be alert and careful in op
erating their cars in city streets, in
backing out of garages, swinging
from one street to another or in
cutting corners.
Get Rid of
Malaria!
Banish Chills and Fever!
To conquer Malaria, you must do two
things. (1) Destroy the infection in the
blood. (2) Build up the blood to over
come the effects and to fortify against
further attack. There is one medicine that
does these two things and that is Grove’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic 1 The tasteless qui
nine in Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic de
stroys the malarial infection in the blood
while the iron builds up the blood. Thou
sands of people have conquered Malaria
with the aid of Grove’s Tasteless Chill
Tonic. In addition to being a noted rem
edy for Malaria, it is also an excellent
tonic of general use. Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic is pleasant to take and con
tains nothing harmful. Even children like
it and they can take it safely. For sale
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Formerly all of upper South
Carolina abounded in fish as well
as in game. Brook, or speckled or
mountain trout, native to this
country, were plentiful in the
mountainous streams of Oconee,
Pickens and Greenville counties, as
the records of Mr. C. L. Newman of
Raleigh indicate, up to 30 years ago.
In the upper Piedmont creeks and
rivers were to be found an abund
ance of black bass, the “trout” of
most of South Carolina, Eastern
pickerel, or “jackfish,” redbreast,
bream and other fine pan fish, just
as abundant as they were in the
southern and coastal parts of the
state.
In those days all of upper South
Carolina was heavily wooded with
valuable forests. Old writers men
tion the “unbelievable extent and
density” of these woodlands. Pos
sibly few of our sportsmen and
other interested persons realize
that these wooded areas had any
bearing on the fish life and the
flow of our upland streams.
As a sample of this former stream
flow, Simms’ geography tells us
that the Saluda river, now a shal
low bed of rock throughout its en
tire length, 90 years ago was navi
gable throughout old Edgefield dis
trict, which went up into McCor
mick county, to a boat carrying
fifty bales of cotton.
In those days, the science of for
estry, which tells of the value of
wooded areas, not only for timber,
but in regulating the flow of
streams, prevention of erosion and
supplying fish food, was practically
unknown and not at all practiced
in South Carolina.
Protection cf watersheds, which
regulates stream flow, is now recog
nized as one of the leading func
tions of forests. So long as the
heads of the streams, or water
sheds, are surrounded by wood
lands, the streams flow boldly and
evenly, which, of course, is the
ideal condition for fish. The plant
life attracts insects which provide-
the fish with food, falling into the
water from branches or being
washed by rains. Soil erosion is
prevented, keeping the streams
c!e?.r.
When the foresfs were cleared
away from the rich soil to make
way for farms and cities, many
springs dried up. The flow of the
streams was greatly cut down.
Rainfall was not retarded by vege
tation, so that the water ran off
swiftly, carrying fertility with it,
and washing away practically all
fish food that dang to the rocks of
mountain streams or to the banks,
at lower levels, or that would have
drifted slowly so fish could use it.
Also, water vegetation was reduced.
From the same causes, in times
of drought, many streams now have
insufficient water and practically
no food for the fish.
In addition to this, many manu
facturing plants now dump refuse
into these streams, adding pollution
to the other destructive conditions.
Fish go with forests, and when
the forests were destroyed by early
settlers who believed they were un
limited, most of the fish went with
them, man putting on the finishing
touches, as will be discussed later.
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VACANCIES ANNOUNCED
BY MARINES
More Time Granted
Motorists To Order
Licenses As Drivers
COLUMBIA, July 1.—Because of
the large number of unfilled appli
cations for automobile drivers’ 1-
ccnses, Ben M. Sawyer, chief high
way commissioner of South Caro
lina announced yesterday that
cases would not be made against
those not yet provided with such
licenses until after July 12. The
time for buying the licenses expir
ed June 30, but the motor vehicle
division was literally flooded with
applications by mail and by per
son during the last several days, to
such an extent that it was physi
cally impossible to issue prior tc
July 1, all licenses applied for, and
hence it was decided not to make
cases against any one^ without such
licenses, until after July 12. This
additional time will allow the di
vision to fill all requests.
The announcement by Mr. Saw
yer was as follows:
“There is a large volume of un
filled applications for drivers’ li
censes and because of this adminis
trative congestion in the motor ve
hicle division, the highway patrol
Reporting Progress In
Cotton Acreage Drive
QLEMSON COLLEGE, July 3.—
With about a thousand committee
men, mostly cotton growers, busy
for several days last week checking-
offers made by farmers to take
cotton out of production, the acre
age reduction campaign is well un
der way. This week should tell the
tale of what farmers will do to
save themselves.
“The total number of offers re
ported to state headquarters by
Saturday night, July 1, represent
ing the first four days of active
field work, was 3,816 from 35 dif
ferent counties,” says D. W. Wat
kins, assistant director of exten
sion in charge of tabulations. “The
total acreage offered was 33,527
acres. The estimated average yield
averaged 236 pounds of lint per acre
on the lands offered. The average
yield for the state for the past five
years is 220 pounds. Reports so far
are principally from leading farm
ers, which accounts for the high
average yield on lands offered.”
Under the first of two proposi
tions offered the farmer, he takes
an outright payment of cash based
on the estimated yield in prospect
on the particular land. Under this
Have Crop Inspected
Before Reducinsr
The Acreage
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will not make any cases against de-
linquent^driyera until ^fter^ July 12. proposition offers received through
July 1 and reported to headquart-
In the meantime all motor vehicle
drivers are requested to make ap
plication for and secure their driv
ers’ licenses.”
No penalty will attach to those
putting in their applications prior
to July 12, Mr. Sawyer said.
When the motor license division
of the highway department closed
its doors late last night, more than
100,000 drivers’ licenses had been
issued. The division anticipates that
above 200,0C0 will be issued, all told.
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Vegetables That
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Children Will Eat
A limited number of applicants
will be selected for enlistment in
the United States Marine Corps at
the Recruiting Office, Post Office-
Building, Savannah, Ga., during the
month of July.
The Marine Corps maintains high
standards of educational and phy
sical qualifications of those who
are selected for enlistment. Only
young men of good moral character
are accepted for enlistment whose
educational qualifications are
equivalent to those of a graduate
of a high school.
Many Marines are selected for
sea duty on board battle-ships and
cruisers and are given splendid op
portunity for travel. During an
enlistment one will travel thou-, , , , ^ .
sands of miles and will visit many | v h ° le . earrots which^haye^ been
strange and interesting lands.
To? often the youngsters rebel
when a dish of vegetables is set be
fore them. It seems that no amount
of coaxing lias one bit of effect in
remedying the situation, so re
sourceful mothers have had to look
elsewhere for help in solving tho
problem of the child’s likes and dis
likes. . •
Since likes and dislikes for cer
tain foods are determined largely
by flavor, many mothers have solv
ed the problem by adding differ
ent flavors to make the vegetables
more palatable. Because of the
tasty flavor which meat imparts,
the addition of meat juice or bits
of ground meat frequently makes
the difference between a dish which
is welcomed and one which is re
ceived with utter indifference or
rebellion. Try some of these com
binations of meat and vegetables
which are suggested by Inez S.
Willson, home economist, and see
how much difference it makes.
Spinach With Meat Balls
1 1-2 pounds ground beef.
2 tablespoons lard.
4 tablespoons flour.
2 cups cooked spinach.
1 1-2 cups thin white sauce.
4 tablespoons grated cheese.
2 egg yolks, beaten.
Salt and pepper.
Season ground beef with salt and
pepper and shape into meat balls.
Sear on both sides in a little hot
lard; reduce the temperature, cov
er, and cook slowly for ten or fif
teen minutes. Place a layer of hot
cooked spinach in a casserole, and
arrange the meat balls on the top
Tavc the white sauce ready anc
ust as you remove it from the fire,
add the beaten egg yolks to it. Pour
the sauce over the meat balls and
spinach and sprinkle with grated
cheese. Place in a hot oven or un
der the broiler flame to melt and
slightly brown the cheese.
The addition of meat stock or
broth to spinach improves this ver
good but very bland vegetable. If
meat stock is not handy, a bouillon
cube may be used to good advant
age.
Carrots With Ham Slices
Carrots become a favorite when
'•oked with smoked ham. Have the
-am cut into slices. Place them in
hot greased frying-pan and sear
ickly on both sides. When nicely
•owned, reduce the temperature,
Id 1 cup of water, cover the pan
and allow the ham to simmer for
fifteen minutes. Then add small
Application blanks will be mail
ed high school graduates upon re
quest.
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Immunity to smallpox afforded
by vaccination lasts in some indi
viduals as short a time as one or
two years, while in other persons
a vaccination may still be effec
tive after ten years.
peeled and cooked until tender in
nlted water. Cook the ham and
carrots together, basting frequent
ly with the ham drippings, until the
carrots are glazed and the ham is
tender.
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The average American drinks
three-fourths of a pound of tea in in 30 minutes,
a year; whereas the average Eng
lish person drinks twelve times as
much. , ,
ers called for $61,287 in cash bene
fits. Under the second proposition,
calling for a smaller cash payment
per acre plus an option on an
amount or cotton equal to that be
ing destroyed the cash benefits call
ed for in the offers reported
through July 1 amounted to $313,-
254 plus options on 15,142 bales of
cotton.
“It is to be noted that about one-
fourth cf the counties are not in
cluded in these figures,” says Mr.
V/atkins. “That is because some
county committees had not yet time
to pass upon the offers turned over
to them. All county committees
will be reporting regularly to,head
quarters this week.”
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Midsummer Livestock
Reminders In Brief
CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 1.—
Brief timely reminders for July care
of livestock are given by extension
specialists.
Animal Husbandry
See that hogs have all green for
age they will consume.
Plant soybeans for late summer
grazing—it is not too late.
Fence fields and be. ready to hog
down corn in the glazed or dent
stage.
Provide hogs some animal pro
tein, such as fish meal, skimmilk,
or tankage.
Wean late lambs and get ewes
bred Jfc early as possible.
Change cattle on pastures every
three" weeks if possible.
Save feed by using permanent
pastures while horses and mules are
not working.
Dairying
Mow pastures frequently—the
mowing machine is the best per
manent pasture implement made.
Destroy breeding places for flies,
and use skimmilk-formaldehyde (3
gallons to one pint of formaldehyde
and one pint of molasses) in shal-
-ow pans to kill flies.
As milk production begins to fall
off on pasture, supplement with
balanced grain mixture to hold
normal milk flow.
Feed up to two pounds of grain
daily to growing stock to maintain
normal growth.
If producing cream for market,
keep cream container in barrel or
tub of cold well or spring water.
If retail milk producer with sur
plus at this season, dry off all low-
producing cows that are bred fo
fall fieshening.
Poultry
Keep mash before laying hens as
this helps to keep their bodies cooi
and stimulates egg production.
Reduce feed cost by culling hens
not laying and not by taking feed
away from the whole group.
Keep a grain feed before the pull
ets and don’t start feeding a lay
ing mash until the birds are at
least five months old.
If troubled with roup or chicken
pox in past years, vaccinate pullets
when two to four months old.
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Checks Malaria in 3 days, CbtdS
first day. Headaches or Neoralfcia
FINE LAXATIVE AND TONJC:
Most Speedy Remedies Known
CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 3.
“Cotton growers who have signet*
contracts offering to take out a
part of their crop from production!
this season should keep in mind
that the acreage so offered must be
inspected by the local committee
before the crop is removed,” warns
Dr. W. W. Long, director of exten
sion.
“When the Secretary/of Agricul
ture declares the plan operative and
authorizes the contraction of acre
age, the grower will then, proceeds
to remove the amount offered from
production, after which the local
committee will again inspect the:
acreage and certify that the cot
ton has been removed according to
agreement and that the grower' is
entitled to his rental benefit.
“I feel it is important to make
this announcement for the reason
that some growers may proceed to
destroy their crop immediately af
ter signing a contract and before
the acreage has been inspected and
certified to,by the local committee/*
In this connection Dr. Long calls
attention again to the caution of
C. A. Cobb, cotton production ad
ministrator under the Farm Act,
that it is extremely important that
all claims for acre production of
cotton be kept at a conservative
figure.
“We know of course that many of
those who were the first to sign the
contracts are among some of our
best and most progressive farmers/*
Mr. Cobb said. “Naturally these
men use good seed; rotate their
crops; fertilize rather heavily, and,
otherwise use their skill to produce
high acre yields. They would be
loath to offer this acreage at too
great a sacrifice to themselves.
However, there are many acres of
cotton which we know will not
yield so heavily and, in all cases,
the grower should plan to play fair -
with his government. To do oth
erwise might defeat the whole
p.an.
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Baptists To Hold
Meet At Furman
COLUMBIA, June 29.—Announce
ment was made here yesterday by
J. L. Corzine, director of the Bap
tist General Assembly, that the an
nual gathering of Baptist churcli
workers had been changed from
Greenville Woman’s Collgee to Fur
man University in Greenville. The
change was deemed advisable by
reason of the fact that the man
agement of Woman’s College is be
ing taken over by Furman but the
active control of the property does
not become effective until August
1st. At present, the buildings of G.
W. C. are cicsed except for some
repairs, hence the difficulty in us-
ing'the equipment for the Assem
bly. The change effects the loca
tion only, and not the program. Mr.
Corzine stated that the entire pro
gram of the week would be carried
out as originally planned.
It is interesting that the new well
established annual Assembly of tho
Baptist workers of South Carolina,
began on Furman campus nineteen
years ago, but has been held at Co
ker College in Hartsville for tha
past four years. It now returns to
the place of its birth. The FMrman
equipment is well suited for the
purposes of the Assembly and a.
large attendance is anticipated. The
program lasts for one weeK only,
but the days will be filled with con
ferences, conventions and other
helpful features. The camps are
always attractive.
It will be welcome news to many
South Carolinians that Dr. Harry
Clark, formerly of the Furman
faculty but now of Knoxville, Tenn.,
will be a daily speaker during the
Assembly.
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agricultural assistant ex
amination TO CLOSE JULY 7
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced that
it has received a sufficient number
of applications for emergency agri
cultural assistant positions to meet
present needs, and that the receipt
of applications will close on July 7..
Applications must be on file in the
Commission’s office at Washington^
D. C, on: or before that date. The
examination was announced to fill!
vacancies under the newly-created
/. ricultural Adjustment Adminis-
ii ution of the United States De-
r.rtment of Agriculture..
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