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Tfcge Two ■cCORMlCK MESSENGER FaUished Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Me* Ceratick, S. C n as mail matter of dhe second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Tbrop -Months.50 THE BLOOD OF COMMERCE jbh? great year in Ame^.can P-^rte building was 1925. Expendi- tar?s totaled the gigantic sum of 52,461,000.000. And 491,000 families were provided with new housing. The decline started then, and residential building fell off gradu ally for a few years. In 1930, it went under the billion-dollar mark for the first time since 1921. And In 1933, expenditures dropped to the comparatively microscopic to tal of $101,000,000—enough to pro vide for but 26,800 families. The shock to the nation's eco nomic system caused by the virtual disappearance of the home-build- Mag industry, is hard to overesti mate. Hundreds of thousands of lobs—both in the actual building of homes and in mines, factories and forests providing building ma terials—were lost. A thousand in- dustries felt the blow. It was one of the greatest elements in deep ening and prolonging depression. That's why every effort should Be exerted to revitalize home- Bnilijiig. By building or repairing mmr you are making a definite contribution toward bringing back lal times. YOUR NEWSPAPER The following was taken, from a aiwiilar sent to retail merchants Igr a large wholesale house: * “The value of your local news- to the success of your busi- Rate Reduced On New Loans Made BY FEDERAL INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK FROM 3 to 2 1-2 PER CENT, EFFECTIVE MARCH 16 life of the community in which and your store have an im portant part. Your advertisement M the reflection of your store in mirror. Evjeryfeody : it t. If it is not there; the mirror dark where your store should be. are there, but you cannot be Your store is open for busi- as usual, but ‘out of sight, mind.' To keep in step with the progress of the community, to pet your .share of business, you most advertise regularly. Take your newspaper publisher into your confidence; he can give you valua- assistance. Establish an adver- budget. Plan a regular schedule for your advertiseipent. Bis a policy that is followed by the most successful stores; it's an idea that will be profitable for you. — Sooth St. Paul (Minn.) Reporter. x the train is coming back Columbia, March 20,—Julian H. Scarborough, general agent of the Farm Credit Administration for the Third Land Bank District, an nounced that word received from Gov. Wm. I. Myers of the Farm Credit Administration reduced the interest rate on new loans made by the Federal Intermediate Credit 'Bank from 3 to 2 1-2 per cent, ef fective as of March 16. This re duction in the interest rate of the Intermediate Credit Bank will be immediately passed on to borrow ers from local production credit as sociations reducing their interest charges from 6 to 5 1-2 per cent. This reduction, applicable until further notice, is made possible by the recent sale of intermediate credit bank debentures bearing a low rate of interest. Not only was the rate low, but the issue was heavily oversubscribed. This 2 1-2 per cent discount rate by the Federal Intennediate Credit Banks”, said Gov. Myers, “is the lowest in the history of these institutions. It reflects the low rate of Interest carried by the debentures which Were - sold re cently to the investing public. When these interest rates are lower it is possible for the Intermediate Credit Banks to lower their rates. When the market stiffens and the cost of money is higher, of course, the Intermediate Credit Banks have to advance their rates corres pondingly. “It Is the first time in history that low rates of interest in the big money markets have been reflected immediately to farmers throughout all parts of the United States”, continued Gov. i Myers. “This nation-wide reflection is made pos sible through the newly organized Production Credit Associations which now number 655, covering practically - the entire country. cannot be overestimated. It’s warth another support and co- ’most"^f which have just begun to .tion r you > can give it. For the | rece ive ' applications for loans, paper* is a- mirror reflecting ,»i»| lese production - Credit-'Associa tions will pay the Intermediate Credit B^ks 2 1-2 per cent on the money which they borrow and the associations are permitted to charge borrowers an additional 3 per cent per annum to cover ex penses, build reserves and pay dividends. Since the associations are co-operative in form any ‘prof its’ from this spread are available to be passed on to the borrowers.” * * * During the first fourteen working days in March the Federal Land Bank of Columbia for itself and as agent of the Land Bank Com missioner closed $7,321,300 in loans. This figure represents disburse ments of over $500,000 for each working day and is less than two million dollars short of the high record set in the month of Febru ary when $8,909,535 in loans were closed. Taking Unknown Drugs A Great Folly Here Are the DELIVERED in Doctors throughout the world agree there is no greater folly than to buy and take unknown drugs. Ask your own doctor. So—when you go into a store for real Bayer Aspirin, see that you get it. Remember that doctors en dorse Genuine Bayer Aspirin as SAFE relief for headache, colds, sore throat, pains of rheumatism and neuritis, etc. Just remember this. Demand and get Genuine Bayer Aspirin. Genuine Bayer Aspirin does not harm the heart MEMBKW M. It A* Corn Stalk Borer May Be Controlled NEW PUBLICATION SHOWS DE STRUCTIVENESS, LIFE HIS TORY AND CONTROL MEASURES Under the above title, Walter P. McGuire, editor of' the Southside Virginia News, Petersburg, Va., jays: “Having blazed the permanent way across the continent—laid it- ■elf down for seemingly endless miles across the level land, bridged every little creek and spreading swamp and roaring river, climbed wser the mountains or blasted its way through them, the railroad made itself perhaps the largest single instrument of national de velopment, servant of individuals vxxf great industries ... a great American institution.” He then points out how privi- Ifeged competition, tax subsidized and unregulated, has crippled and oearly destroyed highly taxed and «vcr-regulated railroads. Out of this testing period, the ,^ cCor ^ ick ', an + e ,l ect ^ ^ il1 b ? -T , • „ be ld on Tuesdav. the 3rd dfv o f railroads are emerging into a new , Ar)ri1 A D 1934 at thp Conr t era brought about by imagination ( House in said Town of McCormick and courage on the part of their! to eloct a Mayor and Six Mderme" ■**4nofromovits tw Union Pacific 'for the said Town of McCormick managements. TTie Union Pacine the term commoncinf , on th „ lor example, is pioneering what is 10th day of April 1934 said term undoubtedly the world’s fastest,; Q f office to be for two years: and long distance land travel method, i al-o to elect a Commissioner of j.. aiiiFniniim train with everv : Public Works of the Town of IMc- Its aluminum train witn every | Cormick for the term comme ncing nodern convenience has a speed of At)rll ioth.4934. said CommDsione- of Public Works to be elected for a Statistics recently compiled by the bank bring to light the fact that from funds loaned to farmers in the Carplinas, Georgia and Florida from May 1, 1933, to March 1, 1934, $1,640,370 has been used to pay taxes. South Carolina leads in the amount of funds used for this pur- oose with $520,144. followed closely by Georgia with $478,112. Florida with $380,450 comes next and North Carolina finishes the list with $281,663. Reports from local communities show that this flow of funds to the local treasury has taken place at an opportune time and in some instances has been sufficient to tide the schools over a critical pe riod. * Clemson College, March 17. — The southern corn stalk borer, oc curring in every county in South Carolina and causing a 15 per cent damage to the State’s com crop in 1931, may be best controlled by destruction of corn stalks imme diately after harvest, fall and spring plowing of com stubble, late planting dates, crop rotation and co-operation among farmers. This conclusion is drawn from a new publication of the South Caro lina Experiment Station, Bulletin 294, entitled the The Southern Com Stalk Borer in South Caro lina, by O. L. Cartwright, acting associate entomologist. The bulle tin is for free distribution and may be had from the Publications De partment at Clemson College. “It is doubtful if anyone has realized or carefully estimated the extent of injury by the-eom stalk borer and the value of the com annually destroyed”, says Mr. Cart wright, urging farmers to secure and study the bulletin. “The lack of interest, lack of control, and apparent tolerance of this insect by the farmer are ac counted for by his lack of knowl edge concerning it and concerning the loss caused by it. His lack of information in turn is due to the hidden insidious methods of at tack employed by this enemy of com. Its feeding is from within the stalk, its damage is evidenced in the decreased weight of com har vested; and neither of these is of ten noticeable enough to 'attract serious attention. “To awaken the grower, to re veal the insect’s activity, and to aid the farmer in an intelligent fight, this bulletin presents infor mation pointing out the destruc tiveness, importance and estimated annual loss caused by the southern com stalk borer in South Carolina, it describes the insect, its habits, and its life history in South Caro lina; and it suggests control mea sures for its suppression.” PRICES INCLUDE the FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT FEDERAL TAX SAFETY GLASS in WINDSHIELD BUMPERS SPARE TIRE, TUBE and METAL TIRE COVER DE LUXE MODELS INCLUDE —Safety Glass Throughout —Cigarette Lighter —Dual Sun Visors —Dual Tail Lamps —Cowl Parking Lights —Fenders to Match Body —Twin Homs STANDARD COUPE $ 640 CABRIOLET 7 $ 715 STANDARD 2-Door $ 660 DELUXE 2-Door $ 700 STANDARD 4-Door DE LUXE 4-Door $ 750 DE LUXE ROADSTER $ 650 LISTEN IN—Ford Dealer Radio Program—Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, with Famous Guest Stars. (Columbia Broadcasting System.) Every Sunday night at 8:30, and every Thursday night at 9:30. and until then Watch the New Fords Go By! "H Phone 9 (INCORPORATED) Authorized Ford Dealers McCormick, S. C. Lower Delivered Prices Given On The Ford V-8 m Time Passed For Laxity In Code Enforcement 110 miles an hour. Editor McGuire is right. The train is coming back—and with a vengeance. Notice Of Election STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 'Cbunty of McCormick, - Town of McCormick. ‘ In accordance with the provi- dbns of an ordinance of the Town' March 19th, 1934.—2t. term of two years. Said election is to be conducted in accordance with the provision* of law governing general elections for municipalities and the same managers who served at the last primary election in the said town are appointed as managers of this election. C. K. EPTING. Mayor. Attest: J. O. PATTERSON. Clerk. Charleston, March 19.—The time of laxity in enforcement of trade codes of fair competition has passed. Lawrence M. Pinckney, State di rector of the National Emergency Council, has been advised by NRA headquarters in Washington that preparations have been completed to enforce more vigorously the pro visions of the various codes, and that when deemed necessary the penal provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act will be ap plied. That strict enforcement is al ready under way is shown in the fact that within the past several days two firms, one in Charleston and one in Columbia, have been ordered to surrender their Blue Eagles and other NRA insignia for failure to comply with their trade codes. The State director’s office is pre pared to investigate immediately all complaints as to non-compli ance with NRA codes, either labor or trade practice, but such com plaints must be specific in nature and must be signed, the names of compldinants, however, will not be divulged. Ford dealers throughout the South have announced substantial ly lower delivered prices on all Ford V-8 passenger cars and Ford trucks, effective March 1. “The announcement of new low delivered prices”, said E. D. Bot tom, manager-of the Atlanta-Ford branch, “is hi keeping with the Ford Motor Company policy to build a product to a standard of quality at the lowest possible cost and to pass on to the purchaser the benefit of any economies.” The new delivered prices on the Ford V-8. de luxe models include | as standard equipment the follow- I ing: thermostat, cigarette lighter, right rear tail light, right hand j vizor, parking lights, fenders j painted in any color, and the | all-important safety glass through out the car. | Ford is able to make immediate deliveries, it was announced, and this is an important reason why dealer enthusiasm is high—not on ly over future prospects, but also because the current rate of sale is substantially faster than during the same period last year. Public interest in the Ford V-8 for 1934 is exceptionally strong, it was stated, chiefly due to the more than 25 improvements assuring in creased power, more economy, and a stylishness unsurpassed in cars in its price range. The new pass- 1 eager cars have free action on all four wheels, providing unusual comfort to passengers. Clear-vision ventilation is another popular fea ture, distinctive because it involves but a single pane of glass—nothing to obstruct vision. V-8 engine per formance has been improved. Pow er has been stepped up 12 per cent, yet with a decrease of fuel con sumption. Henry Ford on the in troduction of this new Ford V-8 for 1934 unhesitatingly termed it, “The finest Ford car we have ever built.” £ m MULES and HORSES for SALE or TRADE I have plenty of Mules and Horses for you to make selection to 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 cattle. JAMIE L. SMITH Intersection Abbeville - Greenwood - McCormick Highway. Two Miles West of McCormick S3 NOTICE Will thresh cane seed* Tuesday. March 27th. Y. E. SEIGLER. Girls! Be Independent! Let Me Teach You BEAUTY CULTURE DIGNIFIED WORK * * * SHORT HOURS * * * GOOD PAY I am a graduate of Charlotte School of Beauty Culture and also specialized in Hairdressing .at the Moler College in Atlanta. I can teach you the very latest methods, and guarantee you to be thoroughly competent in all branches of beauty culture. MRS. W. R. SHACKELFORD Located in the H. C: Walker Residence on Pine St,