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ur^ay, February 1; 1934 /■ m \ ftfcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROUNA MESSENGER Publisl)«ul EvurT Thursday EstabUsh^d ; 5. EDMOND .1. McCHACKEN. Editor and Owner Cotton Casl '■ ■ . *•* ; if.A- Clemst Soutt Farming l!V*t*»r«»d at th» Post Offlee of Mr Cormick, S. C~ a* mall matter the second cl SrWWlKtPTION R ATF.ST " — Strictly Cash In Adranre One Year 8tx xivmatk**- - - . t. AMERICA IS . Nr is - ,«i# Q*€ broad ^biise, day than there probably at any time since the ^ erf the Republic:- SUt .. with a differthcef 'Poftt aloit V; ijt| the' mainly on peris6nalit?ies ties. Today 1 it ; €ehte^j % kfoitii< Not since the' Ri»yan eampa 1896 have ideas been seldom Then, as now, "everybody was enssing the eepnomips of money 1 and the silver question. But today's political discussions;among men in the street cover a far wider range. There is an immense popular edu cation in jjrogrpssy. out of which the American people are bound to emerge with ^ broader and sounder understanding of economic prin ciples than most of .us have ever had before. h,- / ; , One reason why ^deas rather than personalities are in the saddle is the fact that President Roose velt has surrounded himself with scholars, men who have made a lifelong study of fundamentals, whose interests not primarily political but lie in the broad fields of sociology and economics. It is easy to sneer at the “Brain Trust” but if we really believe that all college professors are ignoramuses, then why do we bother to send our sons and daughters to college? Those . who profess to look with contempt upon learning are usually inspired by envy; 'they cannot tolerate the idea that someone else knows more than they do. There is no longer any doubt that our whole social, economic and political scheme of things is being made over into something which, to most of us, will be both ne# and strange. It is therefore all to the good that so many people 'are debating with such eager in terest the principles, and purposes as well as the methods whereby the New Deal is being put into effect. They are preparing them selves to live in a reorganized so ciety, *-• ‘ ’ ... .r ** — tXt , THE CO-OPS GROW College. .Jan. 23. 1 - ttina cotton farmers the cotton acreage ad- Jrogram a real aid to- jlishing their farming on because of the timeli- il payments which Mn the spring and says Dr. W. W. > the Extension fact that here- lem .of arranging "Operating expenses been a source of iety and-^that many sredit Sources are'ho fie. Dr. Long states fereage reduction con- k betng signed by fanhers itly- ease this situation by ig ready money at critical payments*-to be made for* deducing their acreage r be paid in two* equal in men ts, according to announce- tent by'Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton section of the Agricul tural ^Adjustment Administration. The first' installment is scheduled for the pefiod between March 1 and April 30, £ time in which mast growers are* preparing to plant and when they are badly in need of funds. The money received in the if at payment will permit farmers to take care of many items of cur- ent expense necessary for success- :ul farming. The second rental Payment will be made during the oeriod between August 1 and Sep tember 30, when the grower needs money to finance his cotton pick ing. A third phase of this “getting on a cash basis” is that the grower saves on the overhead cost of handling* the acres retired from cultivation. These three advan tages, coupled with the fact that the farmer is being allowed a lib eral rental payment, is being guar anteed a parity payment of one ent a pound on his part of the domestic allotment, and will real- ze more money from the cotton Past Production Gives Allotment Base For Cotton Individual farm allotments in the cotton adjustment program are determined on 'the basis of the grower’s own reports, qhecked a.id revised if necessary by the com munity and county committees of the production control association, says Mr. ,E. L. Rogers^ McCormick County agricultural agent, ... an swering frequently asked questions on the determination of past acre age and production figures. The national cotton crop is di-. vjded^ among the various cotton- producing states on the basis of the past acreage and production of cotton in each during the base period, according to the statistical records of the United States De- peartment of Agriculture-. This gives the basis for determining the individual state allotment which is 40 per cent of the past average production for the state. Each individual is entitled to an allotment which represents that share of the state allotment which has been grown on his farm. His past acreage and production fig ures for the base period furnish the basis for determining his allot ment, which will be 40 per cent of the average annual cotton pro duction on his farm. The grov/er’s reports of j5ast production are checked by the community and county committees of the production association, be fore they are certified for contract acceptance, and in instances where individual fanners are giving too high . figures for acreages and yields, the county committees are returning contracts to farmers for revision, downward as to acreages and yields. No contract will be accepted by the county committees, Mr. Rogers announces, if it is out of line with what actually hap pened on that farm during the base period, 1928-§2. He therefore urges the co-operation of all farm ers towards saving time and trou ble in this respect. Reports from - ' other counties m Hospitals and doctors have always used liquid laxatives. And the pubHtr is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. Do yop know the reasons? The dose of a liquidjaxativc can be measured. The action can thus be regulated to suit individual need. It forms no habit; you need not take a “double dose” a day or two Ipter. Nor will a mild liquid laxative irritate the kidneys. The, right dose of a liquid laxative britrgs a perfect movement, and there is no discomfort at the time, or after. The wrong cathartic may often do more harm than good. A properly prepared liquid laxative like Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin brings' safe relief from'.constipation. It gently helps the average person’s bowels back to regularity. Dr. Cald well’s Syrup Pepsin is an approved liquid laxative which all druggists keep ready for use. It makes an ideal family laxative; effective for all ages, and may be given the youngest child. Member N. R. A. i*-' l*’ vSPf j vufef m „ ',^4-- 4 / y %!J TRA1 I have plenty’of Mules and Horses for you to make,selection tp suit your requirements and invite you to call and inspect them. They are priced right for quick sale;, ^ or - will trade for mules, horses or JAMIE L. SMITH Intersection Abbeville - Greenwood - McCormick Highway. Two Miles West of McCormick < ^TV l>y IVp'v* C1aar1.es E. D utlttu ^ He built two altars of worship, ded icating one to God and the other to the devil. “These are two mighty Lords”, he said, “and the best thing for me to do is to keep on the good side of both of them”. I Perhaps the devil accepted his j worship. But God certainly did | n 0 t! Now there are too many who Several powerful sermons could follow the footsteps of this ancient be preached on the passage chosen, monarch. They seek to serve both from the Sermon on the Mount for God and the devil, and they end PUTTING GOD’S KINGDOM FIRST Lesson for February 4th Matthew 6:19-34 Golden Text: Matthew 6:33 SPECIALS For a Limited Time Finger Wave 15c Manicure 25c Marcel 35c our lesson. Take the great saying, “Lay not up for yourselves treas ures upon earth”. Jesus here sounds a clear and solemn warn ing with respect to the right use of wealth. He is not condemning thrift, foresight, prudence. He fa vored, as the parable of the tal ents indicates, the sound invest ment of money for the public good. MRS. W. R. SHACKELFORD But He is against ail who, in the .. . reaching Mr. Rogers through ex- oroduced, are c ^ U5i ^K tension headquarters at Clemson College indicate probability that close to 100 per cent of the eligible farmers in the state will sign the 1934-35 acreage control contracts. X. Located in the H. C. Walker residence on Pine-Street spirit of hoarding, pile up wealth selfishly and greedily with an eager :ontracts to meet with a favorable reception by thoughtful growers, Mr. Cobb says. -tXi desire to give themselves airs. Consider the superb passage, on To West Point Fcank Budc Back “Continued growth and improve ment in fanners’ co-operatiye as sociations during the past. few years . . . constitutes one of the hopeful factors in the agricultural situation”, says the Dairymen’s League News editorially. “There are now mo»e than 11,000 eo-operative associations . . . ac tively engaged in. business in the United States. The dollar volume of business of these co-operatives last year is placed at $1,340,000,00Q. “Emphasis is everywhere being . directed toward strengthening the ■ organization structure, manage- ; ment and financial positions of existing co-operative associations and in assisting associations inad- - cquately organized and lacking sufficient capital to meet the pres ent situation.” That is' something worth talking > about—and it is an indirect tribute to the wisdom, foresight and plain ‘ good sense of the average Ameri can farmer. During depression a number of the better co-ops, deal ing in cotton, dairy products and other goods ha^e. shown what ag gressive organizations can do for their members. The steady, accel erating growth of the co-operative movement is one of the brightest signs of recovery. X Taking the measure of a rain- drop, by letting drops fall into plaster of Paris, shows that the largest drops are about a quarter of an inch across. NEW YORK . . . Frank Buck, (above) has done it again, “bring ing them back alive” ... a whole ship load of wild animals, captured during his latest travels through India, among which is the only male Indian Rhinoceros in captivity. -tXI- 12.558.762 Bales Reported Ginned Washington, Jan. 24.—Cotton of *he growth of 1933 ginned prior to January 16 was reported today by the Census Bureau to have totaled 12.558.762 running bales including 595.064 round bales, counted as half bales, and 6,792 bales of American-Egyptian and exclusive of linters. To that date a year ago ginnings totaled 12.414,899 running bales including 666,036 round bales and 7,402 bales of American-Egyptian cotton. The ginnings in running bales by states this year to January 16 were: Alabama 950,170 Arkansas 1,006,079 California 191,705 Georgia ,_1,090,726 ( Louisiana 468,565 Mississippi 1,130,244 j North Carolina 684,475 j Oklahoma 1,224,801 South Carolina 723,886 Texas 4,190,174 jXt- j 1933 Second ; Driest Year OMAHA . . . Verona Gruenther, former Omaha Women’s Single Tennis champion, is soon to become the bride of Lieut. Garrison David- ion football coach at West Point Military Academy. v, the eye as the channel of light (vs. 22, 23). Here the Master up holds that ideal of single-minded ness which, as Bishop Gore re-1 minds us, “gives clearness and force to life”. by serving the devil. But I am especially interested in Jesus’ glorious insistence upon trust in God, beginning with verse 25. The keynote here is that char acteristic phrase, “Be not anxious”, or “Do not worry”. Few people obey this command. Worry is one of the major-afflictions of. man kind. And modem civilization has increased man’s stock of worrieSr Therefore we do well to hearken carefully to the Master’s exhorta tion'. 1 .. Now you will notice that our Physician gives three prescriptions* all of which are efficacious. First He tells us to appreciate the pa tient calm and serene beauty o| mother nature (vs. 26t30).. Then. He bids us be loyal to the ideal of Think also .of that thrilling text, God’s kingly rule (vs. 31-33). Fir “Ye cannot serve God and mam- nally, He encourages us to live one mon”. Old King Redwald tried it. day at a time (vs. 34). die first line reads, "The Holy Bible," and which con tains Fou| Great Treasures ••••••• • UAH I <JN TTiTRUCt Heavyweights Agai At Cuban Helm ms 666 LIQUID. TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS Thecks Malaria In 3 days. Cold* first day. Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. t-tnb LAXATIVE and tonic Most Speedy Re-nedi-* Vnowrt There was a deficiency in precip itation in South Carolina during 1933 in every month except Febru ary, and in five months—March, Jun?. October, November and De cember—the departures were de cidedly minus, with result that for ihe whole period the rainfall was 35 95 inches, a deficiency of 11.79. It was the second driest year since records have b^en keut. being low ered only by 1925. wh’ch with *5 C? inches was a wee bit drier than 1933. On the other hand, temneratures averaged much ^bove the usual, ABRAHAM AND HIS SON makes pretty reading. But Rebecca ' was a strong-minded woman who Years passed and grew to cen-! knew wha ‘ she wanted ' and , h< * turies following Noah’s survival, P rmcl P al de51re was ^ supplant and the great figure of Abraham her eldest son Esau and put her emerged, -a wealthy shepherd hav- second son and favorite, Jacob, in ing flocks that roamed over so wide llne for Is aac s property, an area that he was brought into Esau ' balng a hard - working conflict with rival ranchmen and £armer and an outdoor man, wa.1 had to fight for his rights. Jacob was smooth-handed. ! literally and figuratively. Isaac, the father, had grown old and blind. Rebecca made a pair of gloves of kid skin for Jacob and sent him to Isaac for food and a request for the inheritance. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my son Esau, or not. And Jacob went near unto I As a citizen Abraham was open- handed, hospitable and successful in business: and though his treat ment of his wife left much to bo desired, he had both vision and courage. When God commanded him to leave his country and go into another he “departed as the Lord had spoken unto him” and was rewarded by becoming the fa- ! ther cf a mighty people. A sense , J cf humor was one of his assess, aj | quality not too common in the Bi ble. When it was promised to him that he and his wife Sarah should have a son I Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart. Shall a child be bom unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? . But Sarah did bear, and they NEW YORK . . . European heavy- named the boy Isaac, which means WASHINGTON . . . The accept ance of the Cuban Presidency by Col. Carlos 4lendieta, (above) was heralded here as a step which would permit United States recognition of Chiba and an early political quieting jf the troubled little is laud. the mean being 64.1, or 1.4,above - - ... . , .■ he third warmest j weights return for new wars in laughter;. a name which ou^.* to Primo Camera, I have guaranteed him a merry life. normal. It was t. year since records have been kept, being exceeded only by 1911 with 64.9 and 1921 wi'h 04.8 though Jed with 1890 with 64.4. The annual weather report has been issued by G. C. Marchant, Traveling traders began to spec- meteorologist in charge. Columbia. N ialize in their wares along toward the end of the bronze age, judging by hoards of old sickles and swords ’cund in Europe. Texas is experimenting with cot ton roads made of canvas and tar, built up in “plies” as in tires. American rings. Italy, (above) World Champion, and Max Schmeling, Germany, (below) former title holder, land- me here last week. Camera is now in Miami where he meets Tommy Loughian in February. Schmeliu^ s opponent has not yet been pbked but did not. Like many I™’.re 'e'* ’'d 1 * i i-, n —j C ’ 'C* 'V ’ of great men oua ities which s. He was a good ... ’ • — * -*f a dreamer v/ho allowed his father to select a wife for him and promptly oe- came subject to her will. The story the Isaac his father; and he felt him (the hairy gloves), and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau ... so he blessed him. Jacob, shrewd and unprincipled, met his match in Laban, who was to become his father-in-law. Laban had two daughters, a homely one named Leqh, and a beauty. Ha- chel. Jacob agreed to serve Laban seven years if he. might have Ra chel for his wife. At the end of he seven years Laban gave him Leah instead and insisted that he serve a second seven-year period for Rachel. Jacob stuck to it. and he and Rachel were finally married and proceeded to repay their lov ing parent in kind by taking all the beM cattle and leaving him sickly ones. Next Week: Tat and Lean Cattle. The average life of a skyaera Jcrjof the wooin; of R.he.ea U the ?.*** t.ec^ ;ax anu ^ c is only thirty yean. ’first roiaancr i< >:•; ami Copyright, Beaks-.,!..-J Co.