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Page Four McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCOKMICK. SOUTH CAROi \ Thursday, March 21, 1935 AAA To Continue ' All Adjustment Programs t,n ’35 With farmers facing a situation in which farm prices, though much improved during the last two years, are 20 points below parity not counting benefit payments, no con sideration has been given by the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration to abandonment of any ad justment program. With normal growing conditions, unless there are substantial increases in consumer buying power and industrial pro duction in 1935, it is believe^ that prices could easily go lower this year. Average January farm price of the 14 basic commodities included under the Agricultural Adjustment Act was 106 per cent of the pre-war level but, in terms of present prices for commodities which farmers purchase, parity would be 126 per cent of the pre-war level.. The January fajm prices of these 14 commodities were therefore 20 points below parity. Considering benefit payments as additional income, farmers receiv ed on the part of their crops con sumed in this country, returns equivalent to 124 per cent of pre war prices, or two points less than parity for the 14 basic commodities. For the seven of these 14 basic commodities covered by adjust ment programs, farmers received in farm price plus benefit pay ments, nine points above parity. However, this margin above parity applies only to that share of sales consumed in this country. Wholesale prices of farm prod ucts are 12 per cent below their 1929 relation to industrial prices, retail food costs 20 points belcto the general level of the cost of living, and the farmers’ standard of liv ing, as measured by net income over operating expenses, 20 per cent below their pre-war standard. wrong thing to do since records on farm flocks have shown that hens make more money in the spring months than any other time, even though the prices of eggs are low est at that time”, Mi*. Gooding ex plains. ‘‘This is because the hens lay more intensively during the spring. The feed cost per dozen eggs in the spring amounts to only six or seven cents on the average whereas in the fail when eggs are selling for 40 cents, the feed cost i usually 30 cents or more per dozen ‘‘On the majority of farms the best practice to follow is to keep the hens during the spring, since most hens will lay at this time, and to dispose of them in the summer and fall as fast as they stop lay ing.” Realizing that some farmers make the mistake of cutting down ! on the feed when eggs get cheap ! Mr. Gooding suggests that if money is not available to purchase feed for the whdle flock, part of the flock should be sold and the re maining hens given all they wil eat. This will enable the reduced flock to pay a profit whereas if al the hens were kept and poofly fed the flock would lose money for its owner. -tXT- Unwise To Sell Layers In Spring CLEMSON, March 16.—Don’t sell laying hens. This is the advice and warning of P. H. Gooding, extension poultry- man, commenting on the fact that a great many farmers make a prac tice of selling laying hens at this season of the year because as a rule tiie hens bring a better price than during the fall and because the price of eggs usually takes an abrupt decline. 1 j* *‘Jn most instances this is the 41 Clients On Colonization Project In Lee County Forty-one clients have already been moved into temporary quar- tera and are now at work on farms in the Ash wood Organized Rural Community, the colonization proj ect sponsored by the ERA in Lee County. Ultimate plans are to place 190 rural rehabilitation fam ilies on the 7,000 acre tracts of land purchased by the government for the Ashwood Community. A careful survey shows that there are 118 houses on the purchased land. Seventy-five of these have already been repaired sufficiently to be used in housing clients this year. Although all of the houses were in bad condition it was thought best to repair the best of them for temporary homes and to move families into them so that -th© work of rehabilitation would not be delayed a year. The general permanent plan is to provide a dwelling, bam, and other necessary outbuildings with a standard 25 acre farm for each fah\jly. In addition to this a 10 acre wood lot and community pas ture will be allowed each family. NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND GRAPE CUTTINGS SECURED Ninety-five thousand grape cut- ■•r '-•r— ^ . r. • - ' •',•’.*•*•*.• •••*.• .*.V V. ALL IN THE FORD V-8 AT NO EXTRA COST Extra Dollar Xalue Thousands of DoOars Worth of New Spring Merchandise Thousands of Dollars worth of New Spring Merchandise, Shoes, Ready-To-Wear, in Dresses, Coats, Suits, Hats, Hosiery, Underwear, "Dress Goods, Men’s Furnishings, Etc. Come here before you buy your Easter Outfit. We handle the best quality mer- charidise and prices are reasonable. Use our Lay-Away Plan. ANDERSON’S DEPT. STORE HERE’S THE AVERAGE EXTRA COST TO APPROXIMATE FORD EXTRA DOLLAR VALUE FEATURES: Safety-Glass aU around Trunk for Baggage . . (If net built in) Comfort ride equipmemt (When net built in) Fenders to Match Body 6:00 x 16” Air-Balloon Tires . $ 7.50 to $10.00 . 30.00 . 20.60 . 7.50 to $10.00 Total THE .CREAM of the Used car crop The tremendous demand for the 1935 Ford y-S u * to ®W*r exceptional values •" U.®l c « r *. ltp.y. to buy a win Car from an Authorized Fofd Denier, where you are certain of getting the right car at the right uricau < F ORD built many dollars of extra value into the 1935 Ford V-8 and then reduced the price. Safety glass all around at no extra cost. “Comfortable Zone” riding, which gives back seat pas sengers a “front seat ride.” A luggage compartment, built into the car. Fenders that match the body. Big, 6.00x16" air-balloon tires (extra wide tread). Study these features carefully. If they were not provided as part of the purchase price, you would find they represented an extra cost running In to many additional dollars. But they are all included in the delivered price of the new Ford V-8 ... Take this fact into consideration when purchasing your 1935 car. No matter what you may want in a car—style, safety, speed, power, econ omy, rugged endurance or comfort-— the Ford V-8 for 1935 will meet your needs. See this car today. If you study it, feature by feature, you will agree it is the biggest dollar value in Ford history... And If you drive it—you will buy it. $ 495 AND UP, F. O. B. DETROIT. Lom down payment ... Eaty Term. Through l'nt venal Credit Company—The Author. i*ed Ford Finance Plan. McGrath Motor Co., Inc. FORD SALES AND SERVICE McCORMICK, S. C. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY—ALL MODELS ON THE AIR—FORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SUN. EVENINGS— FRED WARING, THURS. EVENINGS —COLUMBIA NETWORK tings have been secured and bed ded by the viti-culturist employed to supervise the grape project cf the Ashwood Organized Rural Community, the ERA colonization project in Lee County. Accoiding to information from the administrative office in Colum bia, a number of scuppernong ar bors have been purchased and vines bedded down to secure rooted / plants. From these there are a pros pective 201,000 plants making a to tal of approximately three hundred thousand prospective plants to be used on this project. Present plans are to set five acre vineyards on each farmstead. Ar rangements are well under way for the planting of approximately 1,000 acres of scuppernong grapes in the community. Delivery Equipment Reflects Prestige CITATION OF LETTERS • , OF ADMINISTRATION Greenwood, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. BY J. FRANK MATTTSON, PRO BATE JUDGE: WHEREAS, Charlie E. Brown made suit to me to grant him Let ters of Administration de bonis non of the Estate and effects of Mattie J. Crawford; THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Mattie J. Crawford, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick Court House or. March 30th, 1935, next, after pub lication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this 19th day of March, Anno Domini, 1935. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Jud^e* for McCormick County. i ‘•Delivery equipment is a travel- ; ing advertisement that should re- i fleet the prestige of the business concern using it,” according to .he local Ford dealer. ‘‘Clothes may not make the man,” lie said, ‘‘but they usually are one | of the indexes'by which his stand ing is estimated, just as the ex terior of a store building reflect: ; the quality of its business, i “The smartest shop would quick ly lose much of its distinction if it used run-down vehicles to make deliveries to its customers. No mat ter what the nature of the business, i good-looking delivery equipment j tends to increase its prestige. Such [equipment is a traveling advertise ment for its owner. , “Style is emphasized more and j more each year in the production of jccmmercial cars, and this is es- ' p daily true with regard to the new • Fo* d V-8 commercial cars, f “The new Ford commercial cars not only have the new longer springbase which is a feature of the passenger cars but also have more attractive lines than former ly. The sedan delivery and the panel delivery cars are especially handsome. They are cars with which the smartest shop can add to its prestige, but their popularity is not limited to exclusive stores for the prices are so low that they are adapted to a wide range of business. j “The new Ford V-8 closed cab ;‘Pick-Up,’ is a small truck which combines attractive appearance iwith wide utility. It has all the attributes of th3 new Ford passen ger cars. Its 123-inch cpringbase has made it possible to increase -ipace load in front of the rear axle although the maneuverability cf the 112-inch wheelbase ear is re tained, as is the case with the ether commercial models in the new Ford line.” Fifty Years Of Sueeess We believe that every Southern man takes prfde in any outstanding achievement of a Southern indus try, such as the F. S. Royster Guano Comnany of Norfolk, Virginia which this year is celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary. The Royster Company was started at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, by Mr. S. Royster in 1885, and for ten years all the fertilizers manufactured by the Company were made at Tar boro. At this time the demand for Royster goods had increased so rap idly that it became necessary to build a much larger plant. Nor folk being the nearest port, it was 'only natural that the Virginia city should be selected as the site of the new plant. This, however, was only the beginning of Royster • growth, for so rapidly did the de mand for Royster Fertilizers rpread that factories were soon built throughout the South—in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi in addition to those in Virginia and North Carolina.- And then further demand required mod ern plants at Baltimore, Maryland, and as far west as Toledo, Ohio. The success of the Royster Com pany has been phenomenal; and we wish to extend our congratulations to the Company, one of the South’s outstanding institutions in whose success the entire South should take great pride. Among the best things we can say is that it is one of the few large concerns which has never changed hands and is now owned and operated by the same people who started the busi ness fifty years ago. This is most unusual, and is responsible, we are sure, for the outstanding reputa tion of this Company. Statement By Compliance Director The office of Lawrence M. Pinck ney, State NR A Compliance Direc tor, Charleston, S. C., has recently found that a number of members of various industries are under the mistaken impression that old pe titions for exception, granted by Local Compliance Boards when these industries were still operating under the President’s Reemploy ment Agreement, are still in ef fect. Such petitions became null and void upon the approval by the President of codes to cover such industries. Also, a great number of members of industry are not aware of the fact that all Local Compliance Boards were abolished b* Executive Order on June 15, 1934. T’z only agencies in South Caro- li 'a now administering codes of fr a* competition are those code au- 1’ arities, the members of which have been duly elected by industry and approved by NRA in Washing ton; and the staff of the State NRA Compliance Director’s office..