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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.
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Lesson far March 8th.
Luke 10:25-37.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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