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V s W : m Two McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 5, 1936 ■ ' tfcCORMICK IUE3SENGEH The Trustee Meeting Was A Success (Published Every Thursday (Bsiablished June 5, 1902 Mr. J. W. Corley, County Super intendent of Education, called the county trustees together for a meeting Saturday, February 29th, in the court house. at the Post Office at Me- All of the schools were represent- Ctormick, S. as mail tnatter of ed and most of the trustees present. McCormick Public Schools Honor Roll CDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner FOR 3RD SIX WEEKS PERIOD, ENDING FEB. 7, 1936 second class. • ;* £ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Otpe Year $1.00 e$x Months .75 T^iree Months .50 S«mday School Lesson RT REY. CHARLES E. DUNN JFesus Teaches Neighborliness. m; Lesson far March 8th. Luke 10:25-37. as Golden Text: 10:27. Ttv lawyer's query, “Who is my ^Wibor?” »rave Jesus the oppor- tuaaSty to tell one of his finest para bles. First we see a road, and we wauember that the Jericho route | The invocation was forcefully offered by Dr. S. W. Reid, pastor cf the local JV. R. P. Church, after which Mr. Corley turned the meet ing over to Mr. Geo. D. Brown, Rural School Supervisor. The fol lowing program was carried out: How to Beautify School Grounds, by Mr. Geo. R. Briggs, landscape expert from Department of Agri culture. | Accident Preventions and The Rules of The Road, by Mr. C. H. iHeminger of the Highway Depart ment. How to Prevent School Fires and The System cf Insuring Schoo 1 Buildings in The Sinking Fund, by Ex-Senator Frank Robinson of Columbia and McCormick. The Value of Supplementary Readers and How the Schools of McCormick County can get them, by Mr. W. R. Watson, Superintend ent of City Schools of McCormick. The Proper Understanding Be tween Trustees and Teachers, by •• V Jheavily, his clothes torn. Next notice a priest who looks at the ided traveler, but continues aa Sils way. A Levlte also passes by on the other side: ISfcrw these men were bound to fee kvelpless victim by peculiar ties (Obligation, because they were of Btab same blood. Here was a fellow- dire need! But they both to render assistance. Tftie next figure to'attract our at- iration Is the hero, a Samaritan. MuM*b he rendered direct, personal ettwice. He did not, as one corn- called “the red, or bloody . , „ , 4. ^ 4. /.’• Then we see a bleeding figure S “ P ' K £; «; Tmeley Superintendent fa the gutter, unconscious, breath- of Abb€Vlll€ Clty Schools. What is Going on in the Schools of South Carolina and How to get money to repair school houses, by Mr. Geo. D. Brown, Rural School Supervisor of South Carolina. The Proposed Laws Now being before the Legislature, by Mr. James H. Hope, State Superintendent of Education. Mr. Hope stressed the need of the Library appropriation, the free and rental school book and compulsory school attendance. The trustees were loud in their praise of the efforts of Mr. Corley, l.yi assisted by Mr. Brown, for the tator suggests, send a check to ,!plaln, P ractical and common sense Relief Corps for Wounded Progra™. and predicted ‘he re fers,” or submit a' ringing Bul ts would be valuable an ar reaching. txt 1 •* ition in condemnation of Bed- t atrocities, dr write an open ir to his local paper on the iclency of the police. Nor did Ir appoint a committee to look into fe* matter. What he did was •n ^rre first aid treatment of a very fe-Tsough type. Cteraon Barnett, famous as the ?r of Toynbee Hall, in Lon- , “said that one should be pre- to expend time and strength j the individual. The Good Teachers From Mc Cormick County In- spect Parker Schools FIRST GRADE— Gary Brown, Claude Huguley. SECOND GRADE— Marian Campbell, Billie Freeland, Elizabeth Holloway, Aubrey Lee Earnhardt, Joe Luke White, Carl Henry Strom. THIRD GRADE— Annie Sue Banks, Bedola Campbell, Helen Fooshe, Bertha May Harris, Billy McNeil, Betty Seigler, Maude Wiieman. FOURTH GRADE— None. FIFTH GRADE— Jamie Sanders, Dorothy Watson, John Wise. SIXTH GRADE— Virginia Fooshe. SEVENTH GRADE— Natalie Brown, Elizabeth Fooshe, Lois Freeland, Betty Fuller, Selma Rush, Irma Arrington, Ella Bradley Faulkner. EIGHTH GRADE— James Bell, Thomas McComb. NINTH GRADE— Herbert Sturkey, Charles Henry Williams, James C. Williams, Frances Cheatham, Estelle Hollingsworth, Margaret Holloway. TENTH GRADE— Vivian Jaynes, Mary Elizabeth Giles. ELEVENTH GRADE— Rebecca Drucker, Elizabeth Harris, Elizabeth Talbert, Mary Sue Coleman. Requirements for honor roll: 1. General average of A or 90. 2. Not less than A or 90 on con duct. 3. No failures or conditions. 4. No unexcused absences. No tardies. 5. Not more than three absences The general excellence of tech- nique and results In the Parker w“ h satisfactory excuse. Baz&ftxitan certainly followed this Arag ^reat was his reward! One j is renunded of how Sir Launfal, in the chill dreariness of winter, shar ed vshat little he had with a hun- WtJr ’’weary beggar. Much to his Mamaement his lov/ly bowl shone erftlK -a holy light, and the beggar vnr transfigured into the likeness •f Christ! The Good Samaritan, we 1 Mm? he sure, enjoyed a similar 1 Ffasily the lesson the Master ere so forcibly illustrates is that ie call to serve a needy fellow- k\ should inspire one to over- tihe customary barriers of race, and class. Schools of Greenville, together with strong desire on part of Mr. J. W. Corley, McCormick County Super intendent of Education, and cooper ation of trustees, made it possible for all teachers, except three, in the county to spend Friday visit ing in Parker Schools. They observed the methods used : in the high and grammar schools and the results being achieved. The teachers, 45 in num ber, were highly pleased, and re turned with renewed strength and determination to put over their job in a bigger and better way .! iTic^ormick County Farmers Planting Much Lespedeza According to County Agent E. L. Rogers, Lespedeza should be seeded as quickly as possible for pasture purposes and also on small grains for hay and soil improvement. This crop was started on a small scale a few years ago, and, as a result of Helps Prevent Many Colds ~ ~ 014. * tbe success in average years, in- Mr. Geo. D. Brown, a iterest in this crop has continued I visor of Rural Schools, assisted Mr. to increase Corley in promoting the pilgrim- ( lesoedeza was sown laree- age to Parker Schools. Both school I Ar 11181 le speaeza was sown large age x-aiaci ov ly as a supplementary pasture crop, men expressed themselves as being , t was gn ^ s well pleased wi e su . for soil improvement or hay crops. Especially designed aid for nose and upper throat, where tedst colds start -.Six*....304 i Quantity 504 Civil Service Among the first commercial plant ings on a larger scale were those made by D. J. McAllister, H. O. Fvarviinatirmft Watson > s - Hesters, M. HiXaiIllIldllUll» D Black, R. M. Pettigrew, W. E. j Britt and others. These farmers The United States Civil Service re P or f e< ^ excellent results, averag- Commission has announced open ln8 > from one to 2 i* 2 f° ns °f hay | competitive examinations ' as fol- P er acre; and when turned under Why Gulf is the Gas for March im ■iHI SURE AND IT’S almost the middle of March—the month the old thermometer makes an average jump of 5 to 13 de grees. Moral?.. .That your gas should be made to fit the season! If it isn’t, you’re not getting all the mileage you should!... Switch to That Good Gulf to* day. It’s specially refined to suit the sea son. Because it’s “Kept in Step with the Calendar”—all of it goes to work, none of it goes to waste! Cross Half a Continent and Return in 223 Hours -3L TV/IEETING Y. r ITH western msun- tain roads for the first time, James Nicholson of Indianapolis (left) and John Lin^hcfer of Chi cago (center), drove the Ford V-3 tractor and trailer unit shown above from Chicago to Lcs Angeles and return in 223 hours running time. The trip v.t.s r.-.r * in connection with a test run conducted by the Kcochin Transcontinental Freight Lines, Inc. The trailer carried eight tons of payload on the westbound trip and six tons castbound. Stops were made only for fuel. One particularly brilliant piece of worl: by the two driver’s was when they made the run from Hol- Lroei: to VAckenburg, Arizona, a distance of 265 miles and including the difficult Yarnell mountain see- j tion south of Prescott, in ID hoars, i The unit climbed an 11 per cent J gradient on the trip from P.atcn '•» ! the summit of Raton pass r.nl ai* other of 8.2 per cent < - >.<j about 52D feet on Yav’ * Crr:' , ’'”.ts of sev. \ ta.n. per cer. ITICC Wic.il Seabrook Is Honored Negroes of Ladies Island Entertainment Give VICKS VA IRQ NOL lows: Flat-bed bookkeeping operator, $1,620 a year. machine for soil improvement, at least 10 bushels per acre increased yield of com when planted after Lespedeza. In all sections excellent D£. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined id Eye Glasses mally Fitted. -— Augusta, Ga. _ negro leaders in . the community. Beaufort, Jan. 22.—Special: T. H. The Holmes lead the spirit- Seabrook, farm agent for Beau- 1 ua | s ass i s ted by Ben Stewart. I Awkciat.** rPQMrrh rkhveirtioo-icf — — results fort county, was honored when the c i ose 0 f p r0 gram Mr. Associate research physiologist, were obtained when Lespedeza was negroes of the Broomfield section ap a brnok was riiipd nnnn for a ='Air Corps, Materiel Division, Wright used for pasture - Seabrook was called upon for a ding, the last very amusing as it cause of rains and storms last fall, gave the negro’s own ideas of wtt.«reports E. E. Hall, superintendest The program was put on under of the station, who suggests -fi) the direction of the teacher of that planting seed be tested'fp^r the school and was presided over germination, (2) that seed low ia by Frank Houston, one of the j germination be planted at heavier rate per acre, and (3) that seed be treated with Ceresan, an organic Field Davton Ohio *3 *>nn a war ^ Ladies I sl and gave a program speech. He spoke feelingly of his Field, Dayton, Ohio, $3,200 a year. , As a result of the experience of for him at their school house appreciation of the honor they had Principal agricultural research farmers who heretofore planted Monday night. The purpose of the rinnfk him and lir o P d thpm to een- writer, $5,600 a year, special agri- Lespedeza and observations by program, as expressed by ~ done mm ana urged tnem to cen uy Rev. ter all t h e i r efforts on their farms V ," preacher anri linon rn i sin „ f nnH fnr their ^ Experimen t Station sinpe mercury dust disinfectant. Regarding seed disinfection Mr. Hall says: “Tests in treating cotton seed with various dust disinfectants have been made every year at the cultural research writer. $3,800 a those who did not, 8,600 pounds Joseph Holmes, negro and upon raising food for their year, agricultural research writer, of Lespedeza seed have been placed, and leader of Coosaw Island, was fampigs to eat. If all the negroes $2,900 a year, agricultural research cooperatively through the County to show their appreciation for t''' of Beaufort county had spent writer (radio), $2,900 a year, De- Agent for this year. In addition to work Mr. Seabrook had done in 1930. Very beneficial results haVe been obtained from the use Ceresan, an organic mercury dq^t :nts )dard Monu- |d, Ga. My irything I ifceed to be Company, my tergp took them JOELEY, ,Marble Co. Agent xor inis year, in aaaition to, war* jvir. oeaorooK naa aune m as much time on their farms as partment of Agriculture. this amount, 13000 to 15000 pounds, helping them to “puli themselves they have spent on the road to Glsmiectant - See d so treated do not All States except Colorado, Iowa, have been purchased direct by out of the mire.’’ Where they had and from Beaufort trying to “get I? 1 as f qmcl ^y after being Pj aGte ? Maryland, Minnesota, South Da- farmers from the Lespedeza grow- been in a desperate plight and on on reli€ f »» h e t old them, they would 11 unravorable weather conditions government relief, he said, Mr. haye nQ need of relief kota, Vermont, Virginia, and the ing sections. Plus the above 21,600 to District of Columbia have received 24,600 pounds, some seed were har- Seabrook had taught them to stand ( Mrs Dorothy Pritchard and Mrs. less than their quota of appoint- vested in the County to be used on their own feet and that nearly Inez B r6Wtt, members of the ex- ments in the apportioned depart- locally. This amount of seed will all of them now had “corn, sweeo ^3^ 0 ffi ce force, and Mrs. Sea- mental service in Washington, D. plant approximately 750 acres, de- potatoes, peas and peanuts’’ to brook were introduced and said C. The position of associate re- pending upon a small variation in last them practically until the new a j ew wor( i g encouragement, search physiologist is not affected pounds of seed per acre. crop came in. He said they thought | j. by the State apportionment law.i According to Mr. Rogers, the they knew how to tarai f >efa ^®’ ^ o i Full information may be obtain-' large increase In acreage seeded to but that Mr - Seahr 00 * had K iven Milch CottOIl bCCQ follow. The result is better stands. Plants from dusted seed have been freer from sore-shin disease, an gular leaf spot, and anthracnose (boll rot) than have plants from untreated seed. ed from the Secretary of the tlnited States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post qffice of 'the first or the second class, or from the United lilies CMl Service Commission, V&ftiri^ton, D C * Lespedeza Indicates the Increased | them new Ideas had shoa^d them Interest of the McCormick County how to plow their field projwr y. how to drain by means or ditches, how to plant and WheA to plaint and fanners for pasture Improvement, soli building, hay for another cash crop, and seed for sale next year. Many others besides those men tioned were successful With Les pedeza. These benefits froi seed treatment have been moi pronounced on land where cott has been grown continuously T T /■'i ♦ • several years. Low In Lremunation | “For the five-year period uh- I treated seed has yielded 1651 Florence, Feb. 29.—Germination pounds of seed cotton per that os a result, they were on tests qf cotton seed at the Pee Dee against 1792.6 pounds when way to recovery. Experiment Station show that ed the way. Tlie program consisted of recita- much Seed of tlfe 1^35 t tions; ^irtthats and a aiock wed- tn percentage of geianii ■ . T,: > x .. with ceresan, ah Increase' <a 141 :f<np th^ weal' w