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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA
Thursday, December 20, 1934
McCORMICK MESSENGER
Published Every Thursday
MftbHshed JUh** 5, 1908
Catered at the Post Office at Mc-
Cermick, S. C., xs mail matter of
the second class.
Farm Statistics
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Necessary For Ag
ricultural Programs
CUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.00
Bte Months .75
Three Months JW
riree
EDMOND M. McCRACKEN,
Editor and Owner .
The fortcoming Census of Agri
culture which will be taken begin
ning January 2, 1935, is the most
significant sinpe the inception of
farm statistics in 1840. The drought
has caused unprecedented destruc
tion of crops and livestock and
many changes have occurred in
farms and ranches and in the util
ization of land due to the distress-
SEASON ing economic conditions of the past
1 few years.
The Holiday Season is designed Federal, State and local agencies
to bripg joy and happiness—but it having to do with agriculture are
likewise brings with it a vast anxiously awaiting the statistics
amount of preventable misery, be- developed by this census so that
cause of the accident toll. The they may go forward with their
gravity of the problem is magni-! efforts to assist the industry,
fled by the fact that a large per Farmers can render great aid by
centage of Holiday accidents in- procuring a copy of the sample
volve children. Hundreds of them schedule from the Bureau of the
are killed and thousands are need- Census, Washington, D. C. Study
FOR A SAFE HOLIDAY
lessly injured every December.
of the schedule in advance will en-
Here are a few rules, issued by able them to have their answers {o
the National Safety Council, to help
pass a safe and happy Christmas
Season:
Don’t permit children to play in
the streets—the old practice of
bitching sleds to automobiles is
especially hazardous.
Be extremely cautious in the mat
ter of. ice-skating—ice must be at
least four inches thick before it can
be trusted to sustain a large group.
Winter brings special automo
bile hazards, such as ice and snow,
poor visibility and soft highway
shoulders. Remember them—and
drive accordingly.
Don’t use candles on your Christ
mas Tree—don’t put it near a stove
—don’t use inflammable trim-
rriings—don’t permit it to dry out
in the house after Christmas—don’t
fail to anchor it firmly—don’t use
light bulbs of greater strength
than one firefly candlepower.
These little hints are simple
enough—there’s nothing but com
mon sense behind them, and they
wili cost nothing, in either time or
money, to follow. And they may
be the means of saving the lives of
loved ones.
for the enu-
calls at their
the questions ready
merator when he
home in January.
Director William L. Austin of the
Census Bureau wishes to emphasize
the fact that every supervisor and
enumerator, as well as all Census
employees, are sworn to secrecy re
garding the reports. The Director
desires particularly to impress
every farmer with the fact that
his report will ijot be used as a
basis for taxation nor communica
ted to any tax official.
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Ingredients of Vicks
VapoRub in Convenient Candy Form
VICKS COUGH DROP
Explains ..Cotton
Parity Payments
Provisions governing the distri-*
bution of the 1934 parity payment |
under cotton production adjust- ;
ment contracts are explained by
County Agent E. L. Rogers, who
says that word has reached him
from Washington that parity pay
ment checks Are now being mailed
out at the rate of 20,000 per day. |
Parity payments are made at
the rate of one cent per pound on
the farm allotment which is 40 per
cent of the average production for
the base period years 1928 to 1932.
Forty per cent of the 1928 to 1932
production represents the average
portion of the crop which was con
sumed in the United States.
Tenants and sharecroppers pro
ducing cotton on farms covered by
cotton production adjustment con
tracts are entitled to a portion of
the parity payment. Parity pay
ment checks are received by land
lords in trust to be distributed to
sharecroppers and tenants accord
ing to the provisions of the cotton
contract.
When landlords receive these
parity payment checks they sign an
agreement which covers distribu
tion to sharecroppers and tenants.
They also agree to report within
30 days, on another form which is
provided, the distribution of the
parity payment, including signa
tures of tenants and sharecroppers
who were entitled to a share of the
'payment. Instructions on pro
cedure are included in the forms
which are provided at the time of
delivery of the parity payment
check.
Parity payments to be made this
year to producers co-operating in
the cotton production adjustment
program are expected to total
more than 26 million dollars.
Notices will be sent out inline-
diately upon receipt of these parity
checks by the county agent.
“Christmas”
Not
Xmas
ffy by Hr* Ckarles E. Dutun, *
TI'.c Christian Home.
Lesson for December 23rd.
Anderson Daily Mail.
Christmas is Christ’s birthday
and in writing the word no abbre
viation such as “Xmas” should be
tolerated. We heartily commend
the action of those two young wo
men who appeared before the Co
lumbia city council the' other day
with the request that influence of
that body be brought to bear to
ward discouraging the use of
-Xmas” for Christmas. Of course,
such a matter is outside the offi
cial scope of a city council but such
groups, along with others, could
make kmnJm their stand to good
effect.
Christmas is the most outstand
ing date on the calendar and it
should not be robbed of much of its
significance, beauty and reverence
by thoughtless abbreviations which
cannot convey fully the spirit of the
Ynletide. “Christmas” is a beau- |
tiful word and that beauty should,
not be marred by what almost
amounts to desecration through
economizing on the number of let
ters used to present it. As those
young women of Columbia pointed
out, use the abbreviation “Xmas”
leaves the Christ out of Christmas.
IXJ
Civil Service
Examination
Luke 2:8-19.
Golden Text: Luke 2:14.
The home is the most funda
mental of institutions, the seat of
family life without which the hu
man race would perish. Moreover
it is our chief civilizing influence,
the center of religion, of education,
and of the fine arts. There is no
blessing comparable to the heri
tage of a Christian home with spir
itually-minded parents.
“Wherever a true wife comes,”
wrote Ruskin, “home is always
round her. The stars only may be
over her head; the glow-worm in
the night-cold grass may be the on
ly fire at her foot: but home is yet
wherever she is; and for a nobis
woman it stretches far round her.”
Such a home, the creation of a
pure-minded, devoted mother, is
immortalized by Burns in “The
Cotter’s Saturday Night,” and by
Whittier in “Snowbound.” It was during home life must be built.
the nursery of all our famous
Presidents. One thinks of that
sacred shrine, the birthplace of
Washington at Bridges Creek, and
of Mary Ball, his beautiful and
cultivated mother. And one re
members, too, Lincoln’s tribute to
her who bore him. “All that I am
or hope to be,” he said, “I owe to
my angel mother.”
Now the Bible occupied a fore
most place in the old-fashioned
heme of our fathers. Indeed there
was a time when the Holy Scrip
tures, except for a favored ‘few,
constituted the only household
book. How our ancestors read it
and loved it! Their reverence for
the Good Book reminds us of Jesus
Himself, who was certainly thor
oughly versed in the sacred books
of Judaism, due doubtless to care
ful instruction by Mary and Joseph
in the intimacy of their simple
Nazarene home.
The Christmas season is an ap
propriate time in which to remind
ourselves of the absolute necessity
of preserving those abiding princi
ples and sanctions upon which en-
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an op
en competitive examination as fol
lows:
Master mechanic, aircraft-engine
manufacture, $11.04 to $17.04 a day.
Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadel
phia, Pa. Specified experience
required. Closing date, January
5, 1935.
The salaries named are subject
to a deduction of not to exceed 5
per cent during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1935, as a measure of
economy, and also to a deduction
of 3 1-2 per cent toward a retire
ment annuity.
Full information may be obtained
from the Secretary of the United
States Civil Service Board of Ex
aminers at the post office or cus
tomhouse in any city which has a
post office of the first or the sec
ond class, or from the United States
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. C.
Meats, Oysters, Fruits,
Nuts, Far Christinas
We are prepared to fill your every need for Christ
mas with plenty of Fresh Pork, Grown Beef, Veal,
pure Pork Sausage, Mixed Sausage, Liver Pudding.
Hog Head Cheese, Boiled Ham, Fish, Oysters, and
various kinds of pickles and sauces to suit your taste.
W e also have a hig assortment of Fruits. Nuts,
Candies and Cakes. The quality and price will
please you. ^
W e wish to thank you very much for your patron
age during the year that is now fast drawing to a close
and extend to you our hest wishes for a Merry. Merry
Christinas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
CITY MARKET ”
G. B. SMITH, Prop.
McCormick, S. C.
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DIXIE STORES
SPECIALS FOR WEEK OF
December 17th To 24th
Visit Your Nearest Dixie Stores For Your Christmas Needs
THE DIXIE STORES ARE HEAVILY STOCKED WITH
THE REST OF EVERYTHING FOR YOUR CHRIST
MAS TABLE. SHOP EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH!
Maxwell House
Coffee, lb. can 32c
Fancy Blue Rose
Rice, 5 lbs 23c
E gg s ’
Fresh Shipped
Doz 27c
Swan's Down
Cake Flour,
Package 29c
Bulk Shredded
Cocoamit, lb. -22c
Old Fashioned Brown
Sugar, Bulk 5 lbs. 25c
Mixed Nuts, lb. 23c
Celery, extra large 10c
Irish Potatoes, 10 lbs. 15c
Tw r o Bottles
Sauer's Pure
Extracts 19c
Hershey ? s Half Pound
Cake
Chocolate 15c
Chocolate Covered
Cherries,
. *lb. box 25c
Chocolate Cream
lb.10c
Drop
Apples, doz. __15c to 40c
Tangerines,
doz. 15c to 20c
Grapefruits, 3 for 10c
1 *
Fancy Pink Salmon,
2 cans 23c
Fresh
Cocoanuts,
5c & 7 l-2c
Fancy Florida Bulk
Oranges, peck -29c
Cloth Bags
Sugar, 10 lbs. -50c
Cloth Bags
Sugar, 25 lbs. $1.23
Best American
Cheese, aged
lb. ....
17c
Cranberries, qt. 23c
Nucoa, lb. 19c
Jell-o, 2 pkgs. 15c
Cranberry Sauce, can 15c
Starch, lb. pkg. 10c
VISIT OUR PRODUCE DEPARTMENT YOU’LL FIND:
Celery, Lettuce, Carrots, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Egg Plant, -
Peppers, Cauliflowc r, Cabbage, Potatoes.
Taylor Appoints |
Men To Academy
THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
NAMES YOUNG MEN TO
NAVAL ACADEMY.
Published In Co-operation With The State
Highway Department Safety Program
Diagrams of Danger—No. 2
ANDERSON, Dec. 12.—Represen
tative John C. Taylor of the Third
South Carolina district Monday ap
pointed the following to the United
States Naval academy at Annap
olis: Richard Warren Robinson, of
Anderson; Marvin Leonard Led
ford of Lonsdale Mill, Seneca, ahd
Emmitt Mobley Compton, Route 5.
Greenwood.
Robinson and Compton are
cadets at Clemson college.
Taylor named the following al
ternates: (for Robinson), Claud L. j
Reeves, Anderson; Edwin Pershing
Abrams, Route three, Newberry, i
and Joe King Dillard, of Newberry; |
(for Ledford) Eber Hilliard Thom
as, Route 3, Abbeville; Clement T.
Latimer, Anderson, and Herbert
W. Gasque of Walhalla; (for Comp
ton) James W. Murray. McCormick; i
David Wayne Watkins, Jr., Clem-1
son College, and William Arthur;
Gurley, Anderson.
All took the competitive en-,
trance examination October 20.
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PASSING
ON A CURVE.
Colds That Hang On
Don't let them get started. Fight them
quickly. Creonudsion combines 7 helps in
one. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant to
take. No narcotics. Your druggist is author
ized to refund your money on the spot if
your cough or cold is not relieved by Creo-
mulsion. (adv.)
Campbell Dry
Cleaners
No one Is more active in the campaign to persuade the automobile
driver to exercise the care, courtesy and common sense which will re
duce the appalling number of accidents than Motor Vehicle Administra-
tors. They know the facts. Ten of them, officers of National and Region-
al Associations, have described the most common driving
and pedestrian faults. ^ t
By PAUL H. DOYAL
Chairman State Revenue Commission, Georgia Vice-President,
Region No. 2 of American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrator.
or a bus or another car Just over
the brow of the hill.
Suits Ami Dresses. 40e Each.
3 For SI.00
When Your Clothes Are No!
Becoming To You They Should
Be Coining To Us.
W. E. CAMPBELL. Mgr.
McCormick. S. C.*
IF a motorist were to tlnd himself
in a wholly dark car on a wholly
dark road, it is fairly certain that
he would not take a chance, but
would stop. Yet, that is exactly
what the motorist does not do when
lie endeavors to pass another car
cn a curve. The way is entirely
blind ahead of him. He does not
know what is around that curve.
There may be a big truck or a fast
flying bus or even a small car Just
over the brow of the hill. That
means an accident.
According to figures supplied by
the National Bureau of Casualty
«.nd Surety Underwriters, there
were 5,420 accidents last year due
♦o an attempt to pass another car
on a curve, particularly on a hill.
The deaths numbered 140 and the
Injuries 5,530. There was a truck
State police on country roads re- 1
port this passing on curves on hills ,
to be one of the most frequent of
fenses by motor drivers. You will i
often find these policemen waiting i
on these hills. Summonses or ar
rests inevitably result, and In the
country it is a sure fine. Of course, |
there are not enough policemen for
every curve on every hill, therefore,
many can get away with it except
for the fact that there is another
car coming. They pay more dearly J
than the arrested or fined drivers.
They pay for it with the lives of
themselves and their families as
well as strangers. They pay for It |
in property damage, and in the eco-'
nomic loss due to the accidents.
No one ever has to pass on a hill
—don’t do Itl
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