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/ 7 « If m- l \ '4M#‘ f V . T.-' TSUI TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Fifth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937 Number 38 '.ill .Home Demonstration Agent’s Calendar X ;!« February 19-25 Friday, Office, a. m.; White 'i Town H. D. C., p. m., (Mrs. Pearl ! < White). i. ,, ^ Saturday, Office, a. m.; Office, ■ p. m. > •i Monday, Holiday, a. m.; Holiday, p. m. "Tuesday, Wideman 4-H Club, a. m.; Wideman H. D. Club, p. m., (Mrs. Bussey Bowick). Wednesday, Plum Branch 4-H C., a. m.; Parksville H. D. Club, p. m., (Mrs. Drew Blackwell). Thursday, Washington 4-H C., a. m.; Modoc H. D. Club, p. m. Civil Service Exami- ; i ' i nations Announced > states Civil Service t^ommission has announced open r * r -t-itive examinations as fol- Ibws: Radio inspector, $2,000 a year, federal Communications Commis sion. Junior billing-bookkeeping ma chine operator, $1,440 a year. All States except Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia have received less than their quota of appoint ments in the apportioned depart mental service at Washington, D. C. JF*dlI Information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board*of Ex aminers at the post office or cus tomhouse in tfny city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Sendee Commission, Wash ington, D. C. Wallace Lists Points In Long-Time Policy For Farm Security “T have several times discussed, within the last few months wha" seemed to me essential elements of long-time farm policy”, said Sec retary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace speaking before the con ference of farm leaders in Wash ington, Feb. 8. ‘T have expressed the thought that all these things have a direct bearing on agricul- % tural security”, he added. The 11 ‘‘essential elements” nam- ed by the Secretary are: 1. Opportunity for farmers to organize effectively in their own interests, insofar as such interests coincide with the general welfare. 2. Farm prices that are fair and stable, to keep farm income on a basis of reasonable equality with non-farming income. 3. Supply of farm products in line with adequate domestic con sumption and foreign demand. 4. Foreign policies that do all that can be done in conformity with peaceful relations to expand foreign markets for American farm products. 5. Conservation of natural re sources, especially our precious heritage of the soil. 6. Retirement of submarginal land from cultivation and its use for purposes for which it is best suited. 7. Crop insurance. 8. Storage of reserve supplies of food and fiber. 9. Increased security of tenure for both tenants and owner opera tors, and better possibilities for tenants to become owners. 10. Increased opportunity for those farm people whose standard of living is now barely on a sub sistence basis. 11. Industrial policies that en courage abundance for wage and salary workers and farmers. Mt. Carmel .News The news of the sad tragic, death of Mr. Ben Fortson of Lin coln Co., Ga,* Sabbath morning was received in Mt. Carmel with profound sorrow and grief by a host of relatives and friends, and as Mrs. Fortson, pleasantly Remem bered as Miss Fannie Mae Covin, born and reared in Mt. Carmel the 4-H Club Local Leaders Hold Meeting In Greenwood The Greenwood - McCormick County Local Leaders, held their regular meeting in Greenwood Jan uary 30th, with 16 members pres ent. ' Miss Gilliam opened the meeting hearts of the entire community go with contests and games. She then out to her and her family demonstrated the ‘‘School Dress” of five splendid young men ano one young daughter in these dark hours of sorrow and grief. In Mr Fortson’s death Lincoln county has sustained an irreparable loss, the Methodist church has lost a faith ful and true servant and officer, the poor and needy a friend in need, and Mt. Carmel a very high ly esteemed friend. Dr. and Mrs. George Peel and Mrs. Clara Majette of Anderson by using paper dolls, to show the correct pattern in line and design, suited to the stout, short girl and tall thin girl. Some ready-to-wear garment: were also inspected by all. Twc local leaders from each county, were asked to bring two garments each (underwear and aprons) zo next meeting for judging and dis cussion. The meeting adjourned to meet 27 th. 1 X T —. Third District P. T. A. Meeting WILL BE HELD AT WHITMIRE ON THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH passed through here Sabbath Day in McCormick, Saturday, February en route to the home of Mrs. Ben Fortson in Lincoln Co. Mr. John Walter Covin accompanied them from Mt. Carmel. Among those from Mt. Carmel r-i-.*-* r>^tended Mr. Fortson’s funer al Monday afternoon were Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin, Mr. J. W. Covin, Mrs. Hunter McKinney. Mrs. W. A. Scott. Miss Susie Patterson, Mrs. D. J. McAllister and others. Whitmire, Feb. 15.—A meeting of Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Mr. W. H. i District of the State Con- Hester. Misses Sara Curtis and ? rcss Parents and Teachers has Mary Hardaway were Edgefield vis- ^ een ca ll e d by the president, Mrs. itors one evening last week. i B arnwe H» to be held in the »/r_ Qvw , .. , , .'Whitmire high school auditorium Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mauldin and , . ,_ , _ , , , . T’v , ,, ^ at Whitmire on Thursday, Feb. daughter. Dorothy, and Mrs. Dean 0( -fu ^ on , , , y . , ^ ^ 25th, at 10:30 © clock, and daughter. Marion, of Augusta. , ... were guests of Mrs. Myrtle Mauldin . ^ i Sabbath afternoon. to the P residents of the local asso- Leaders For Lander College Endowment ; And Development ram In Green wood District Announced 25,000 Farm ers Attend r ‘el 'AGRICULTURAUSflS PR r AT 87 PRODUCTIO 'I*?/ ASSOCIATIONS IT. STATES Columbia, S. C., Feb 12, ' Approximately 25X00 Carme ’NT Greenwood, S. C„ Feb. 15.—Lea J- j tended the annual me ' mg.? r .?7 ers for the Lander College Endow- production credit Associations in ment and Development Program North Carolina, South Ca’'3ji"a, in the Greenwood District of the Georgia and Florida held from Tan- Methodist Church, South, were an- ' uary 4 to February 6. accord'ag to ncunced today by J. Boyd Creigh- Ernest Graham, President of thrj ton, of Anderson, general chair- Production Credit Corporation of man of the campaign. Columbia. The annual meetings of The district, which include.? the Miami, Orlando Citrus, Plant Greenwood, McCormick, Edgefield City, Sanford, Bradenton and Tack- Saluda, Newberry and part of sonville associations in Florida and Laurens County, is being organised of the Charleston association in under the chairmanship of B. H South Carolina will be held later. Boyd, Clinton. Assisting him as The attendance this year exceed- pastor associate chairman is Rev. ed that of last year notwithstand- J. C. Roper, D. D., of Clinton. i ing that terrible weather conditions The district is divided into two again prevailed, Mr. Graham said, church groups. M. B. Camak, su- Roads not paved were almost im- perintendent of schools at Ware passable in all of the states, he Shoals, is chairman of group 1, said, and this kept many farmers with Rev. T. C. Cannon, Newberry, away but failed to keep many who as pastor associate. Group 1 in- drove through mud up to the axles eludes Clinton, the Greenwood of their cars in order to be present, area, Honea Path, Kinards, Ninety | The reports showed that all of Six, Ware Shoals and" Waterloo. the associations had a good year Group 2, which covers charges in 1936, said Mr. Graham, and the at Saluda, Edgefield, Graniteville, reserves now total $502,000. This Langley, McKendree, North Au- means, he said, that the organiza- gusta, Newberry, Phoenix, Plum tions are 'laying aside funds to Branch and Warrenville, is under protect them against possible losses the chairmanship of B. W. Crouch, in the future. Saluda. Rev. J. K. Walker, also of ; The associations all reported the Saluda, is pastor associate chair- outlook for an increased volume man for the group. of business in 1937 to be exceUent In each church in the district a and applications for commitments campaign committee is being form- ! for the year are pouring in, Mr. ed with & chairman and a pastor Graham said. Each year has seen and an alumna associate. txt Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cason and HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY February 19th and 20th, 7 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. GENE RAYMOND ANN SOTHERN in “SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN” Here’s one of those surprise pictures laughs galore! Also MARCH OF TIME and Sports with Bill Comm “Pardon My Spray” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents 99 MONDAY and TUESDAY February 22nd and 23rd, 7 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. LEW AYRES MARY CARLISLE BENNY BAKER “LADY BE CAREFUL This is good! * ai 80 A Song-hit Story TOT" “Hills of Old Wyoming and NEWS OF THE DAY 99 ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15. 15 cents ciations in the district: “We urge „ „ you strongly, and as many as pos- family were recent visitors of Mrs. gjbiy can> C ome and be present Lillian Casop. , at mee ti n g. we have secured v’be friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. J. Rion McKissick. president of John Banks will regret to hear of the University of South Carolina, their illness over in Lincoln Co. as speaker of the day. An informal ard all hope for them a speedy re- conference will be held in the covery and an early return to Mt. morning, at which time each presi- Carmel. dent will be called upon for a short Mrs. J. W. Boyd is spending some report of the activities in her as- time in Augusta with Mr. and airs, sociation. Election of officers for S. T. Russell. the ensuing year will be held, too. Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd and ' “After luncheon, we plan to have son, Julius, of Greenville were Mt. our Founders’ Day program on the Carmel visitors Sabbath afternoon, grounds of the Drucilla Whitmire Museum, (the old Trading Post), which has been named in honor of the mother of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. At this time a tree planting will be held, as suggested by Mrs. T. W. Con _ | Thornhill, State Founders’ Day Veterans’ Administra tion Paid Out $5,872,- 383 In This State Last Year a steady increase in the volume of business done in the district and the associations now have a mem bership of 53,375. Production credit associations make short-term loans for produc tion and livestock purposes and every county is provided for in the set-up. There are 94 associations in the district and a farmer in any county can very easily ascertain Columbia, S. C., Feb. 10.—Vet--' w here applications for loans can -txt- Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, Feb. 13. - struction work has been generally chairman.” favored by the weather during the j The Third District is composed of past week and considerable prog- j these six counties: Abbeville, Edge- ress has been made in all phases field - Greenwood, McCormick, New- of this work. The right-of-way for berr y an d Saluda, the road to the lookout tower on - A11 members of Parent-Teacher Parsons Mountain has been com- associations, whether or not associ- pleted and actual construction of ated with the state Congress, are .he road will be started as soon L nv ited to this meeting as possible. One of the most im portant links in the Key Road, which will eventually run from Ab beville to Shaw McKie bridge, near T 1 Augusta, has recently been approv- LuSpedcZcl IllCTCclSCS ed and construction of the Hard Mrs. R. C. Lake, Secretary of Third District. j Xt Labor Creek bridge at Winterseat will be started sometime in ths rear future. This bridge will be a timber bridge with 20-17 ft. spans and the men in camp are looking forward to gaining considerable experience in bridge construction work while working on this job. The fair weather of the past week has kept the fire suppression organization primed for any emer gency. All the members of this fire organization greatly appreciate Cotton 63 Per Cent An experiment conducted on two adjoining tracts in Spartanburg county to point out the effect of common lespedeza on the yield of succeeding cotton crops showed that the areas on which the lespe deza was turned under produced 63 per cent more cotton than the area on which cotton followed cot ton, says County Agent R. D. the added cooperation*' thaThai I Suber ; suggesting that February is been received from the people in the matter of fire prevention work this year. espedeza-planting time THs experiment was conducted by the Agronomy Department of _ _ , , the South Carolina Experiment The monthly meeting of the | st ation in cooperation with the Soil Company Commanders, Project conservation Service. One of the uperin en ents and Educational areas was pi an ted in cotton and the Advisors for our sub-district was j other in lespedeza. The following held at Switzer last Wednesday and; year the ^pedeza was plowed un- Captain Givens, Superintendent; der in the S p r i ng and both areas Alien and Mr Dunnigan repre- ' were planted ln cotton sented the Bradley Camp. I ^ two areas were uniform as The men at camp are in high to tillage, fertilizer treatment, and hopes that the Army inspection soil type. The area on which cot- this month will allow the blue pen- ton followed cotton produced at nant for the best camp in the sub- the rate of 583 pounds of seed cot- district to fly over the Bradley ton per acre, according to boll- Camp next month. Lt. Rogers made count records, whereas the area a very thorough medical inspection on which lespedeza was turned un- for the camp Friday and it is hop- der produced 939 pounds of seed ed that the other inspections will cotton—an increase of 356 pounds, produce as high a rating. 0 r 63 per cent. erans’ Administration expenditures in South Carolina, during the fis cal year of 1936 amounted to $5,- 872,383, according to a report re ceived by Lawrence M. Pinckney, State Director for the National Emergency Council. This sum did not incluae payments made to vet erans on bonus certificates. Ml. S. C. Groeschel is the State Manager for the Veterans’ Administration. Living veterans of all wars re ceived the sum of $2,931,083, in compensation and pension pay ments, while payments to 2,462 de pendents of deceased veterans of all wars amounted to $872,919. The payments made to living vet erans were: World War, service connected, 3,800 veterans—$1,808,659; World Wai\ non-service connected, 736 veterans—$280,197; World War em ergency officer’s retirement pay, 26 officers—$50,449; Peacetime, 307 veterans—$70,344; Spanish-Ameri- can War, 1,274 veterans—$708,895; Civil War, 8 veterans—$9,362; In dian Wars, 5 veterans—$3,177. The payments to dependents of deceased veterans were: World War, service connected, $583,854; World War, Non-service connected, $20,772; Peacetime, $25,- 633; Spanish-American War, $172,- 154; Civil War, $65,777; Indian Wars, $2,941; Mexican War, $1,- 788. Military and naval insurance payments were made to dependents of 2,009 veterans in the amount of $1,204,397; adjustments on service and dependents pay amounted to $11,281; payments were made on adjusted service certificates matur ed by death in the amount of $279,264; State administrative costs of the Veterans’ Administration in cluding operating expenses of all offices and hospitals amounted to $573,334; and expenditures for con struction of buildings and repairs on hospitals and home units amounted to $105. The Veterans’ Administration re ports that pensions are still being paid to two dependents of deceased veterans of the War of 1812. One a resident of the State of New York and the other the State of Oregon. be made, Mr. Graham said. x Sweet Potatoes As A Cash Crop 2. GOOD SEED ARE IMPORTANT (By A. E. Schilletter, Extension Horticulturist) During the 1936 season many demonstrations were conducted to show a comparison of Louisiana Porto Ricans with the best strain of South Carolina native potatoes. The results of 11 demonstrations showed that as an average, the Louisiana potatoes yielded 176 bushels of U. S. No. 1’s as compared with the yield of 93 bushels of U. S. No. 1’s per acre of the native potatoes. The reason for this dif ference was mat tile; iToaisiana farmers were growing a market strain developed by the Experiment Station, this strain having a cop per-colored skin and rich salmon or orange-colored flesh. Although the seed stock obtained from Louisiana gave remarkable results in demonstrations, growers securing seed from this strain should make plans to keep it pure and free from disease, in order to maintain these high yields. Vine cuttings for growing seed stock should be taken only from healthy hills. The field in which the seed stock is produced should be free from sweet potato diseases. There fore, special care should be taken that seed stock is planted on soil where sweet potatoes have not been grown or the manure of livestock which was fed sweet potato vines or culled potatoes has not been ap plied for at least three years. The potatoes should be carefully harvested and stored in clean ham pers or crates separate from the rest of the crop. Just before bed ding time the seed should be freed from all dirt, and all that show jjlack spots, rotten ends, and bad bruises should be discarded. The remainder of the seed should be examined carefully for color re quirements of both skin and flesh, and treated with mercuric chloride.