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I I T2US TO OUR«KLV«&, OFTB NEIGHBORS ' V COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Fifth Year The Messenger To Print On Wednesday Next Week Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936 Number 29 We hope to print rext week’s is sue of The Messenger on Wednes day afternoon instead of Thurs day. AU; hating items or advs. for that issue are asked to get them to us as soon as possible. -XX- Community Christinas Tree Here Dec. 23 Everyone has a cordial invitation to join in singing Christmas Carols on the square in McCormick Wed nesday, December 23rd, at 5 p. m. You are asked to meet at the com munity Christmas tree near the depot for the first round of sing ing led by Mr. Suber with his sax ophone and Mr. Morris Drucker with his violin. •Hiis beautiful old custom of wel coming in the Christmas season by the singing of Christmas Carols is expected to be entered into joyous ly this year by a large group of peo ple. Share this pleasure by taking .part. There will be copies of the songs for everyone. Picture To Explain Social Security Act Seven Ladies Receive First Aid Certificates From A. R. C. The following ladies have com pleted the Standard Course of In struction in First Aid to the Injured under the auspices of the McCor mick Chapter of the American Red Cross, arid have received their cer tificates: Mrs. Lettie Mae Jarrelle, Mrs. C. A. Gilbert, Mrs. Milton Rush, Miss Addle Lee Cartledge, Miss Annie Sue Graves, Miss Sallie Lou Cade, Miss Eloise Britt. The Hollywood Theatre will run a trailer after the regular picture on Friday and Saturday, December 18th and 19th, explaining what everyone has to do in connection with the Social Security Act. This trailer is furnished by the Social Security Board. txr — Cantata At Baptist Church Next Sunday Evening “The Christmas Vision” is the title of the Cantata which will be presented at the McCormick Bap tist Church Sunday evening begin ning promptly at 7:30 o’clock. The singers represent the best of McCormick and several outside vo cal artists are lending their assis tance. Special decorations and lighting will blend with the character of the Cantata and it is expected that a large crowd will attend. Every one is cordially invited. txt 3,883 Bales Of Cotton Ginned In McCormick County To Dec. 1st Rev. W. B. Garrett To Preach At Metho dist Church Here Next Sunday Evening The Rev. M. E. Derrick, pastor of the Methodist Church, announce' that the Reverend W. B. Garrett, presiding elder of the Greenwood District, will preach at the Sunday evening service at 7:30. After the devotional period the the Rev. Mr. Garrett will hold the first Quarterly Conference of the McCormick Charge which is com posed of McCormick and Troy Churches. IX* Buffalo Baptist Church Members Pound Pastor Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. State of South Carolina, County of McCormick. Cotton: Census report shows that ■there were 3,883 bales of cotton ginned in McCormick County from the crop of 1936 prior to Dec. 1, 1936, as compared with 5,092 bales ginned to Dec. 1, 1935, crop of 1935 Very respectfully, James E. Bell, Special Agent. Date, Dec. 10, 1936. Members of the Buffalo Baptist Church surprised their pastor, the Rev. A. Thad Persons and Mrs. Per sons at his regular appointment there recently by giving them a bountiful pounding of groceries and other good things to eat. This is symbolic of the high esteem in which the pastor and family are held by the people of this section. Home Demonstration Agent’s Calendar Dec. 18th-24th Share Your Joys This Christmas With Those Mt. Carmel News Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burts v. Less Fortunate Ander son were welcome guests of Mr The people of McCormick are to be congratulated on the spirit be ing shown in making provision for bringing happiness this Christmas to unfortunate people. There are those in the communi ty whose hearts will be gladdened because the spirit of sharing will be manifested in the gift of a bask et of provisions for Christmas. A community committee has placed boxes at the stores of J. T. Martin, W. G. Huguley, W. M. Tal bert, Dixie Store and D. C. Talbert, in which the public is asked to place their packages. People are asked to send food, clothing or anything they wish to give. The committee asks that the and Mrs. Joe Curtis Sabbatt Many friends are always glad t see them. Miss Safa Curtis was a week e~ visitor in Georgia the past weep end. Mrs. Myrtle Mauldin visited rsla tives in Augusta last week. Miss Mary Hardaway was a visi tor in McCormick Monday night. Miss Carrie Cowan of Willinerto~ was a visitor at the H. D. Club meeting Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. D. L. Bryson and Mrs. T. B. Frazier of Calhoun Falls were guests of Mrs. Ida Black Sabbath. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinne- and Martha Jean and Mr. W. H. Horton were visitors in Troy and McCormick Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Mabel Brown and Mrs. Re boxes be filled by Tuesday, Dec. . _ . ^ 22, at which time they will be col-! becca t f° yd were v,sltors m Verder y lected and the baskets fixed and recen ^ HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY December 18th and 19th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3:30 p. m. Francis Lederer Ann Sothern Fred Stone Billie Burke in “MY AMERICAN WIFE” 9 Also' Two Reel Comedy “Love In Septemhe^‘ , and A Song-hit Story (Vincent Lopez & Orchestra) MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY December 21st and 22 nd, 7 p. m. and 9 p. m. Jack Benny Burns & Allen Boh Burns & His Boozaka, Martha Raye Benny Goodman & His Orchestra in “THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1937” Also A Cartoon * “It’s A Great Life* and PATHE TOPIC ^9 WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY December ??rd and 24th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. Robert Young_Betty Furness “THREE WISE GUYS” I' 9 Mso Selected Short Subjects ADMISSION: Adults ?5 curts: Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents delivered. If you know the name of some person who will not be provided for otherwise Christmas, please give the name to one of the three local pastors, who in turn will hand it to the committee. If you are thankful for the bless ings God has bestowed on you dur ing the past year, show it by shar ing with those less fortunate, “For we must share if we would keep that good thing from above.” Since we are taught in Holy Writ that more happiness comes from giving than from receiving, truly, give yourself a “Merry Christmas,” by responding to the call that comes. The committee asked to serve the community in this worthy work is as follows: Mrs. J. F. Mattison, Mrs. J. L. Bradley, Mrs. J. A. Talbert, Mrs. A. J. Hendrix, Mrs. L. N. Brown, Mrs. Ruth Duncan, Mrs. S. W. Reid, Mrs. E. N. Cresswell, Mrs. John Cresswell. Friday, Office, a. m.; White Town H. D. Club (Mrs. Harry Ream), p. m. * Saturday, Office, a. m.; Office, p. m. Monday, Office, a. m.; Office, p. m. Tuesday, Office, a. m.; Wideman H. D. Club (Mrs. Jimmie Young), p. m. Wednesday, Office, a. m.; Office, p. m. Thursday, Office, a. m.; Holiday, p. m. NOTICE: MY OFFICE WILL BF CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS FROM NOON ON DE CEMBER 24th UNTIL 9 A. M. JAN UARY 4th. XXI Some Salient Points In 1937 Farm Program Clemson, Dec. 12.—Some of the salient points in the 1937 agricul tural conservation program, as out lined in reports received here by D. W. Watkins, director of the Ex tension Service, may be briefly stated as follows: 1. The soil-depleting bases for farms, established >n the 1936 olan, will be continued for use as yard sticks to measure diversion from soil-depleting to soil-conserving crops. 2. The payments for shifts from general depleting crops and cotton, ‘obacco, and peanuts will be con tinued in 1937. 3. Crops will be classified as soil- conserving and soil-depleting fol lowing the classifications establish ed in 1936, with some changes made in the light of experience. 4. The allowance which growers of vegetables and fruits can earn through soil-building practices will be increased. 5. Any producer, no matter how small his farm, will have an op portunity to earn at least $20 as against thg $10 minimum in 1936. 6. Producers with sizable acre ages in permanent pasture will have opportunity for additional participation in the program. 7. The regoinal set-up for admin istration of the program will be vir tually the same as for 1936, South Carolina being in the Southern Region along with Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana. Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. 8. The administrative expenses of retary Wallace, all county agricultural conservation protect the interests of consumers associations will come out of the and help to preserve the economic payments to farmers in their re- gains which farmers have made spective counties. j during the past four years.” Stress Soil Building In ’37 Farm Program Clemson, Dec. 12.—The 1937 agri cultural conservation program, like the program of 1936, is primarily a plan for shifting land from soil- depleting crops to soil-conserving crops and for carrying out approv ed soil-building practices, according to details of the plan received from the U. S. Department of Agriculture officials in Washington by D. W. Watkins, director of the Extension Service. The payments provided in the 1937 program are offered to farmers who meet specified condi tions regarding this shifting of land in their farming operations. “For the 1937 program”, says Sec retary of Agriculture H. A. Wallace, “additional emphasis has been placed on soil building and more money will be available for soil building practices which are essen tial to any sound plan for restor ing soil fertility and preventing erosion.” Such modifications oL the 1936 program as are made in that for 1937 are intended for the most part to adapt the program more closely to the needs of the various regions. Most of the changes made are to conform to suggestions for program improvement as proposed at meet ings of farmer committeemen and Extension Service representatives. In the new program provision is made, insofar as it seems practic able and within legal limitations, for modifying the application of the program to farmers operating under agreements with the Soil Conservation Service and on farms designated by the Resettlement Ad ministration. This is done to better coordinate the program with the programs of these other agencies. “The new program should not only improve the- soil”, says Sec- but it also should Mrs. A. W. Humphries and Drennan Brown of Camden were recent vis itors of Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Brown. Misses Gladys Scott and Carolyn Tarrant of Greenwood and Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sunday. Mrs. Lillian Cason was an An derson visitor Monday. Miss Elnita Harvey of McCormick, cur very efficient H. D. Agent, was present at the H. D. Club meeting Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Banks and family spent the past week end in Lincoln Co., Ga. Messrs. W. O. Covin and John Covin were visitors here Sabbath afternoon. Mr. W. H. Hester was a week end visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mitch ell in Mt. Pleasant recently. Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Mr. Tarrant Scott were Anderson visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Russell and Miss Elizabeth Russell of Augusta spent Sabbath with Mrs. J. W. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Misses Helen Anderson, Gladys Scott and Mr. Robert Scott of Greenwood were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sabbath evening. Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Doty and J Mrs. D. L. Bryson of Calhoun Falls were supper guests of Mrs. Ida 1 Black Sabbath evening. Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. Hunter Mc Kinney and others were Augusta visitors recently. ixi Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, Dec. 12.—The week has seen a lot of activity im road construction activities. Mr. Vernon from the supervisor’s office and Mr. Renfroe and Mr. Warren of the regional office spent the en tire week here making a thorough inspection of all road projects and getting the quarry started. It is ex pected that the placement of crush ed stone on the Flint road will bj started in the near future. Wednesday evening Mr. Renfroe addressed the entire company the subject of ECW safety regula tions. Bate Bussey was very pleasantly surprised when his brother and bride of Long Beach, California, came home for a visit. Bate im mediately applied for leave to see his new sister-in-law and we know he enjoyed himself while at homt During the past week camp was visited by Captain White and Cap tain isicnois, our new executive of ficer. Captain Nichols left a very pleasant impression and we hope that he will visit us again. Foremen Ray and Reece are in Columbia this week end on busi ness, taking with them a sample of the high grade turkeys grown on the Long Cane for the consump tion of Mr. Vernon and family. The Long Cane fire training- school will be held in camp nexl week and preparations are now un der way for the best training school possible. Mrs. O. P. Ackerman and son were visitors in camp Saturday. If Bate Bussey and Clerk Hall leave the CCC we feel certain that they will go into the furniture busi ness. Mr. Cantelou and Mr. Maye haw been doing some strenuous work on the telephone line in the lower end of the unit. We did not know the telephone line crossed the Savan nah river and ran over into Geor gia. Why is it that Sister Crawford is such a frequent visitor at a home in Troy. He says he is taking cook ing lessons. We sometimes wonder if that is the only attraction. Give Pullets Best Attention For Best Results Rehabilitation Farm ers Repay Over Half Of Loans Columbia, Dec. 11.—That South Carolina’s rural rehabilitation farmers are continuing to pile up justification of their federal gov ernment’s faith in their worth as citizens was demonstrated here to day when R. F. Kolb, state director of rehabilitation for the Resettle ment Administration, announced that 51.88 per cent of the mone^ borrowed in the 1936 program had been repaid to the government at the end of November. The amount already repaid is $1,082,868. Only $1,004,018 remain to be re paid of this year’s loans totaling $2,086,886. It is secured, Mr. Kolb pointed out, by chattel mortgages on livestock and farm equipment The flock owner’s job is not over when the pullets are put into their laying quarters, poultry keeper* are reminded by County Farm Agent R. D. Suber, who states that if pullets are to be most profitable; the poultryman must keep an ey® on them from the time they are put in the laying house until the whole flock comes into production. It may be that some of the more aggressive pullets will keep others fought off from the feed hoppers. Ip such cases, additional feed hop pers may correct the trouble. In other cases, it might be well to put some cf the less aggressive pullets in a oen to themselves. Three other matters to which the agent calls attention are these: 1. It would probably be wise t<s cull out seme of the slow-develop ing pullets that are late coming in to production and those that shorw any indications of being sick. Witk high feed prices, only vigorous healthy pullets should be kept for layers. 2. It is a wise plan to go into the house with a dim flash light or lantern after the birds go to roost purchased with these loans. The see certain parts of the roost- loans were made for periods of from one to five years. Farm families whose poverty was intensified during the depression years and who could give evidence of their ability to get back on their feet with the assistance of small loans not available elsewhere were advanced this money to buy live- ing space is avoided because of drafts or other reasons. It may be- ner^esary to place some of the pullets on the roost at night until ^et the habit of going on iA 3. Sometimes there may be & large number of floor eggs. Addi tional nests may help to correct this trouble. If one nest to every stock, food and feed, fertilizer, and j four or five hens is already pro- equipment so they might get a new vided, the trouble may be correct- start. With supervision in farm and ed somewhat by darkening the home planning furnished by local nests. This can \x county supervisors who worked in cooperation with county agents, these families, Mr. Kolb said, have justified the government’s belief that they could make a living if done by making the nests deeper or by hanging some feed bags about 18 inches in. front of them. If the birds refuse to use the nests, it would be wise to put the nests on the floor until given a chance with a little capital the pullets get accustomed to using and expert advice in crop diversifi- them and then putting them back cation. in their regular places.