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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 7, 1936 Poppy Day Saturday, May 23 Poppy Day will be observed in McCormick this year on Saturday, May 23, when memorial poppies to be worn in honor of the World War dead will be distributed throughout the city by the McCor mick Unit of the American Le gion Auxiliary. The Auxiliary wo men are making extensive prepara tions for the observance of the day under the leadership of Miss Willie Young, Poppy Day chair man. The poppies, made of crepe pa per by disabled veterans, will be offered on the streets by volun teer workers from the Auxiliary Unit and cooperating organiza tions. “Poppy Girls” will distrib ute the flowers in the business dis trict throughout the day. Con tributions for the welfare of the disabled veterans anj needy fam ilies of veterans v.i’l be asked in exchange for the flowers. The child welfare work is not limited to children of veterans but reaches out to include all under-privileged children. “Wearing the poppy is a person al tribute to the men who gave their lives in the country’s ser vice,” Miss Young said. “By hav ing a poppy on the coat on Poppy Day, all can show that they still remember and honor the sacrifices made for America during the World War. The poppy is the flower which bloomed on the battle fields where they fell and on Poppy Day it blooms again over the patriotic hearts where they are remembered. I “Wearing the poppy also gives the wearer a part in the vast work carried out by the American Le gion and Auxiliary for the war’s living victims; the disabled, their families and the families of the dead. Every penny contributed for a poppy goes to the support of this work, the bulk of the money being used here in McCormick in the welfare activities of local Le gion Post and Auxiliary Unit. K-XvXv v- - , -fi .-V mm imrnmm Birds are nesting. It’s Spring ... and it’s the time of year to use Spring gas. The average temperature is several degrees higher than it was in April, and unless you’re using a gas specially refined for Spring driving yon're throw ing dimes and dollars away. Get That Good Gulf Gasoline. Because it’s “Kept in Step with the Calendar”—all of it goes to work, none of it goes to waste. Pull up at the Sign of the Orange Disc and try a tankful—today. ■ • .•i.’.v.v W-A-I-M Anderson, S. C. Studios: Anderson College For entertaining programs so varied in their pre sentation as to please the tastes of everyone, keep your dial tuned to WA1M, the Peidmont Section's most popular radio station. Listen for these regular programs: 9:00 A. M Daily Mail Broadcast by Editor R. Glover Miller. 10:15 to }0:45 A. M—(Saturday) Greer’s Ice Cream Store presents the “Kiddie Parade at the Strand Theatre. All kiddies of neighboring towns are invited to take part on these programs. 11:15 A. M Asher and Little Jimmy. 12:00 P. M Dickson Brothers Feed and Seed Company. 12:15 P. M Clemson College Program. 4:45 P. M Independent News Flashes by Law rence Hembree. 8:15 P. M. (Wednesday and Friday) The Union Furniture Company presents Warren McKee in popular songs. Delightful programs appear throughout Sunday, including Oakwood and First Baptist Church Ser vices, the Erskine College String Ensemble, an An derson College program, a 30-minute program by the Salvation Army Band and many other fine programs. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT WAIM THE McCORMICK MESSENGER PROGRAM every SATURDAY at 9:15 A. M. ... A \ARIETY OF NEWS . . . MUSIC AND SHOPPING HINTS. BE SURE TO LISTEN IN Acting County Agent Urges Fanners To Fill Out Program Work Sheets Filling out a “work sheet” is a firs" necessity for any farmer who may wish later to make application fo’ a grant from funds of the Soil Conservation ’ and Domestic Allot ment Act. These work sheet blanks are available through the acting ^ourtv agent’s office and all farm ers who have not already done so should fill out the work sheets oromptly at their community headquarters, says Acting Count' 7 Agent R. D. Suber. Community headquarters have been set up at several centers in the county for the convenience of farmers. “Before going to the community headquarters each farmer should list the crops which he grew or which were grown in 1935 on the land that he is farming this year, living the harvested acreage and yield for each crop”, the acting county agent advises. “If this is done by each farmer before going to the headquarters it will require only four or five minutes for each farmer to fill out his work sheet. If no thought is given to the 1935 harvested acreage and yield before actually starting to make out the work sheet, individual farmers may have to make more than one trip to headquarters and it will take considerably more time in making out a work sheet. “Unless a work sheet is filed by each farmer within the time set for the receiving of these work sheets, the farmer will not be eligi ble to make an application for a grant later in the season.” -ixt- Production Credit Associations Show 20 Per Cent Gain In Business Columbia, S. C., May 1, 1936.—S. M. Garwood, Production Credit Commissioner of the Farm Credit Administration at Washington, a Columbia visitor today, said that the volume of business done by the production credit associations in this district, comprising North Car olina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and in the whole country the first three months of the year was 20 per cent above the first three months of last year. In the country as a whole these associations loaned farmers over $66,000,000 in January, February and March of this year, Mr. Gar wood said, the largest amount in any similar period since the or ganizations were started. Produc tion credit associations make short term loans for production, harvest Applications For Price Adjustment Payments Should Be Submitted At Once Med Cross Contributions Additional Contributions from Clarks Hill-Meriwether— Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Adams __ $2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hammond 1.00 All producers who have not a’- j ready submitted Applications for the Price Adjustment Payment* should do so at once. Payments A „ llitional Contr i bu tions on those applications submitted^ Parksville atter May 15th for cotton which Mrs R A ?rice was sold proir to that date will be R A Price ' delayed for an indefinite period, Mlss Mlnnle j ack " SO n':::":" 50 $3.00 from $ .50 McCORMICK DRY CLEANERS These instructions have been re ceived from Washington. Everyone J. R. Cartledge 1.00 Mrs. C. F. Osborne 1.00 who has not completed his appli- cation for this subsidy payment R E Bussey 2g should have filed the complete R F ‘ p Qt . w ’ /on form in the acting county agent’s Fred ‘ Bass ^50 office by May thirteenth. R. D. Suber, Acting County Agent, McCormick S. C. X Naval Architect Examinations The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the )ositions of assistant and associ ate naval architects. Optional branches are: Ship piping and ventilation, hull structures and ar rangements, scientific ship calcu lations, general, and small boats. The entrance salaries are $2,600 and $3,200 a year respectively, less a retirement deduction of 3 1-2 per cent. Full information may be obtain ed 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 second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. $5.75 J. Arch Talbert, Chairman A. R. C. —x Daises Deal Death To Billions Of Insects One Whiff Causes Nervous Breakdown, Starvation Vaccinate Dogs Against Rabies Friday, May 15th Acting County Agent R. D. Suber states that Dr. W. A. Barnett of Greenwood will represent the State Veterinary Department in vacci nating dogs against Rabies at Mc Cormick Friday, May 15th. Charges for this service will be 50 cents per dog. Dr. Barnett will probably be here from nine o’clock in the morning until five that afternoon. Every dog owner in the County is urged to take advantage of this opportunity of having their dogs treated. Let us clean up your winter clothes and put them hi Moth Proof bags. This service for men’s and ladies* coats, men’s suits and ladies’ suits 50 cents. For a short time we will clean 3 dresses for $1.00 Phone 31. McCormick, S. C. WANT ADV.. - i * FOR SALE—Corn, shucked or un shucked, 75 cents per bushel* T. A. Dowtin, R. F. D., Troy, S. C*. TAKEN UP—Two hogs, which own er can get by describing and pay ing costs. G. A. Lewis, McCormick*. S. C. -V— Strange as it may seem, a beau tiful red daisy closely related to our common field daisy with its orange disc center and white petals (she loves me—she loves me not) is the deadliest enemy of house flies, mosquitoes, moths and other perennial pests. Contact with this colorful field flower instantly givec the insects a nervous breakdown (no fooling!) and within a few seconds, unable to forage for food or water, they starve to death. “Pyrethrum,” scientists call the deadly daisy essence, which they now use as a powerful killing con stituent in insect spray. And today, when flies, roaches, moths or what nots get on the harassed house- wife’s nerves she goes them one ing and marketing of crops, and better. She flies for the spray gun livestock products, breeding of live stock and general agricultural purposes. “It is particularly pleasing,” said Mr. Garwood “to know that th? farmers are taking advantage of the cooperative production credit system to help themselves out of debt and that they are increas ing in number every year to build their own credit system. The in creased volume of business is not due to the individual farmer bor rowing more money but to more farmers coming into the system. “It is also pleasing to note ir this district that in handling the increased volume of business there has been no increase in the ex- Tense of the corporation or the as sociations.” Mr. Garwood complimented th* directors of the production credb associations saying that they are doing a splendid job in making and collecting loans and that much of the responsibility for the suc cess of the associations is due to their efforts. He added that it is “our continued purpose to sim plify procedure and speed up ser vice to the borrowers and to place more responsibility for the opera tion of the associations in the di rectors.” Many farmers are buying for cash this year that have not bought for cash since before the depres sion, Mr. Garwood said, and he predicted that with the continued improvement in farm conditions an increasing amount of costly time purchases will be shifted to cash financing through production credit associations, banks, and other institutions equipped to han dle farmers’ short-term credit needs on a business basis at a reasonable cost and on terms suited to the industry. and gives the flies a swift and deadly case of nervous prostration It was a Jugo-Slavish hausfrau who accidently discovered the in sect-killing power of the pyrethrum daisy when she picked a bouque of the bright red flowers and pu' them on the table in the house Later she noticed a great number of dead insects around the wither sd bouquet. Subsequently, smal European manufacturers ground the flowers into a fine powde - and distributed it about the Con tinent as a dust to be blown ai insects by means of small bellows. More recently, pyrethrum daisy growing has become an agricultura industry in various countries and the Gulf Oil Corp. of Penna.-Gulf Refining Co. imports vast quantities of the death-dealing yellow dmst for use in its insect sprays. According to Dr. William A Simanton, entomologist at Gulf’s Research Laboratories, the.killing action of pyrethrum is very rapid, when mixed in proper quantities vith an especially refined hydro- i bon carrier and sprayed as a d ie mist into a room or cupboard v hen the fine mist comes into con- tret with an insect, it penetrate* nto the insect’s nervous system stroying the nerve cells, causing iralysis. Within a few seconds death results from starvation. The organs and functions of insect bodies are decidedly different in many respects from those of the human body and those of animals and birds. Hence pyrethrum, so deadly to flies, mosquitoes, roaches, moths and other insects and their larvae, has no effect on human beings or their pets. So if the dog or the cat or “the old man” gets on the housewife’s nerves, the Gulfspray gun won’t do much good. Marine Quota In May Twenty Eight Opportunity for employment, travel and training has been ex tended to twenty-eight more young men with the announcement this week of the May enlistment quota .for the Savannah District Recruit- "ing Station of the United States Marine Corps by Major Ralph E. Davis, officer in charge. Young men between 18 and 25 ’years of age, ranging in height from 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet 2 inches with corresponding weights, sound physiques, and a fair edu cation come within the category of those eligible to receive the op portunities offered by the U. S. Marine Corps. In addition to the training, de velopment through travel, medical and dental service, rations and clothing, the Marine Corps In stitute provides correspondence courses, free of charge, in engineer ing, accountancy, languages, and many others, and any Marine who so desires may enroll and receive the benefits of his selected course wherever he may be stationed. Full information regarding the various opportunities the Marine Corps has to offer young men may be obtained by visiting or writing the Marine Corps Recruiting Sta tion, Post Office Building, Savan nah, Ga. Revised Circular On Feeding Laying Hens Spray Peaches For High Quality Fruit Clemson, April 25.—Spraying or- dusting peach trees during spring' and summer is essential to the pro duction of high quality fruit,. says: W. C. Nettles, extension entomol ogist, advising home orchardiits and 1 commercial growers to keep up the fight against peach insects and’ diseases. To control the curcilio, brown rot, bacteiiosis, and scab, four sprays, properly applied are generally suf ficient, these being (1) petal-fall spray, (2) shuck-split spray, (3) two weeks after shucks drop, and (4) four weeks before variety be gins to ripen. Some effective sulfur prepara tion for the control of brown rot and scab is the first need. Self- boiled lime-sulfur was originally recommended but growers are now largely using commercial substi tutes. Dry-mix lime-sulfur sprays, have been recommended in other states. Growers having scab losses during 1935 should spray thorough ly and timely, using more spray per tree than formerly. As further protection zinc sul fate may be added to all sprays to - aid in prevention of bacteriosis and arsenical injury; acid arsenate of lead for curculio control; and hy drated lime to prevent spray mater- *al from burning the leaves and. he fruit. Arsenate of lead should be added. to the first,, second, and fourth- sprays, one pound to 50 gallons of water. Peach growers generally add hydrated lime (an essential prac tice) to the spray tank at the rate of at least five pounds to 50 gal lon*, but since different combina tions are used, it is well to '’follow directions and precautions given by manufacturers of commer cial peach spray materials. Sulfur is necessary in the third and fourth applications and should be added to the second if there was a heavy infection of brown rot during the previous year. Jarring, picking up drops, and cultivation are very valuable, and economical practices in controlling the curculio especially during out-j breaks of this insect. Clemson, April 18.—Egg produc ion ma ces up 70 per cent of th' income from poultry, and feeo ’.ost is about 33 per cent of the flock expense other than labor Hence egg production and feed cost Lre the two most important fac tors in determining poultry profits, says P. H. Gooding, extension poul- tryman. Keeping egg production at r maximum and feed cost at a min imum can be accomplished only by intelligent selection and prepara- Qf rations and systematic feed ing. The rations and feeding meth ods based on experiments and practical experience are therefore mportant to every poultryman. Hcncc the value to South Caro- ina" poultry producers of Exten sion Circular 131, Feeding Laying Hens, which has been revised by Mr. Gooding and reprinted by the Extension Service. The information in the circular is well suited to South Carolina conditions and if wisely used will give increased prof its, advises the specialist, who as serts that South Carolina flocks are as a rule rather poorly fed. The circular discusses briefly feed nutrients and their functions, need of minerals, importance of yellow corn and sunshine for vitamins, simple inexpensive rations, home grown grains and green feeds; stim ulating winter egg production, etc. It may be had free upon request to the publications Department at Clemson or the county agents.. Feed Bees To Keep Hives Full Strength: Clemson, April 25.—At this season: of the year bees often die of star vation, says E. H. Prevost, extent sion bee specialist, who advises bee- ceepcrs to examine their hives carefully to see that there is: enough food. If they are short ol stores, the bees should be fed ft without food their numbers willj dwindle until there are not epopgl bees to gather honey when th< heaviest honey flow comes on. When the beekeeper notices bet working in and out of the hive h< may believe that they are gathei sufficient honey, the specialist ctm-| tinues, but often in the spring the] have more brood in the hive they have honey coming in, pecially during or following se\ rainy cool days. The brood in the hive takes quite a large amount of food each day,, and if the cannot go out daily to gather much or more than they are us ing the queen will slow down laying. Then the hive will dwindle ?'\d often die unless there is sur- r us food or unless food* is give im. Sugar syrup, made of equal pai (I sugar and water, is suggest l / the specialist: for feeding. Whei feeding must be done, it is to feed inside the hive, for thei only the. hive, that, needs, it will fed.