McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 22, 1934, Image 2
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■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!
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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.
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Culture and also specialized in Hairdressing .at the
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competent in all branches of beauty culture.
MRS. W. R. SHACKELFORD
Located in the H. C: Walker Residence on Pine St,