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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 8, 1937
UcCORMlCK MESSENGER
Published Every Thursday
■atablished June 5, 1902
edmond j. McCracken,
Editor and Owner
tattered at the Post Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of
the second class.
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Six Months .75
Three Months.50
Sheet Erpsion Severe
SCS Survey Shows
Spartanburg, April 3.—The need
for intensive erosion control work
in many Piedmont areas is illus
trated in a survey made by the Soil
Conservation Service in the Fish
ing Creek watershed near Rock
Hill, says E. C. Turner, Jr., exten
sion soil conservation specialist.
Severe sheet erosion, resulting in a
loss of at least three-fourths of the
original surface soil, has affected
34 per cent of the land in the Fish
ing Creek watershed, according to
T. S. Buie, regional conservator of
the Soil Conservation Service.
The entire watershed was studied
in detail to determine the extent
of erosion and the influence of
such factors as slope, soil type, and
present land use. The data obtain-
e<d will be of great value in formu
lating land use and erosion con
trol plans for the farms in the
area.
The area surveyed includes 35,831
acres covered by agreements with
the Service, together with an ad
ditional 12,245 acres lying within
the watershed but not at present
under agreement. Of this total
area, more than 30,000 acres are
gullied to some degree, the survey
shows.
By far the greatest amount of
sheet erosion occurs on crop land
with; & slope between three and
seven per cent, it is pointed out.
Pasture and woodland were found
to have little or no active erosion,
and cultivated lands with less than
a three per cent slope were found
ta be relatively unaffected by ero
sion.
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Farmcrs Spring Guide
On Care Of Livestock
Clemson, March 29.—Reminding
busy farmers that spring care of
livestock is important, extension
specialists suggest these pointers:
Animal Husbandry
This is a good month to sell fat
hogs.
Plant Biloxi soybeans for hog
grazing.
Castrate pigs at three to six
weeks of age and use pine tar to
control screw worm.
Give suckling sows all they will
eat of a well balanced ration.
Shear sheep after the last cold
spell and dip entire flock imme
diately after shearing.
Castrate beef calves at four to
ten weeks of age, using the “Bur-
dizzo” pincers and thus prevent
screw worm infestation.
Watch for screw worm cases. Use
pine tar on the navels of new born
animals.
Dairying
Continue liberal grain ration, to
cows in milk especially.
Plant plenty of corn for ensil
age and grain for feed for next
winter.
Provida sufficient acreage for
soybean or peavine hay to furnish
two tons of hay for each mature
cow (one-half that for yearling).
Seed heavily to hold down grass
growth.
Seed one-fourth acre per milk
cow in Pearl millet for summer
grazing as a supplement to pasture.
Keep cows off pasture in early
April to give pasture a good start.
Poultry
Brood young chicks on clean
ranges and avoid carrying diseases
and parasites from old stock to
chicks.
Feed chicks liberally a well bal
anced ration in clean hoppers.
Select best cockerels for next
year’s breeders.
Keep old hens laying by provid
ing a laying mash; get more eggs
when prices are low.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
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Banana Splits 15c
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DORN’S CASH STORE
T. M. DORN, Prop.,
Phone No. 61 Augusta Street.
McCORMICK, S. C.
JESTER’S CASH MARKET
Phone No. 25 Main Street
McCORMICK, S. C.
Fresh Meats of All Kinds, Fish And Oysters. We
deliver anywhere in town from 7 a. m. to 7:30 p.
m. daily.
Come in and give us a trial.
We pay market price for cattle of all kinds.
See us before you sell.
Remember that we are in the building with J. G.
Campbell, next to Browns’ Inc.
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Experience Service Facilities
Those are the Important things In measuring .the worth
of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when
you have occasion to choose one
DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE
and there is no additional charge for service out of town
J. S. STROM
Main Street McCormick, S. C.
"It's pretty hard to beat
NATURE
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TgOHSZt CJ OklZOQn ROSALIND 2:013^, famous 4 year
old bay filly owned by Gibson White, driven by Ben F. White. As a
3 year old, Rosalind won the great Hambletonian Stake last year.
H ERE is an action picture of the
great Rosalind, winner of the
1936 Hambletonian — the $50,000
trotting stake which is held in
August every year at Goshen, N. Y.
Nature gave Rosalind something
an ordinary horse hasn’t got and
can’t get—a natural balance of vital
elements, speed, stride, courage, en
durance. That’s why she is worth a
fortune compared to an ordinary
plug.
Mother Nature also gave a natural
balance of vital elements to Natural
Chilean Nitrate of Soda. Nitrogen,
of course—and that’s mighty impor
tant—but in addition to nitrogen
Natural Chilean contains more than
thirty other elements such as cal
cium, iodine, boron, potassium, man
ganese and so on. And remember,
because of its natural origin, these
vital impurities are always carried
in Natural Chilean Soda in Mother
Nature’s own wise balance and
blend.
Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda
... the safe, effective food for your
crops. It is an excellent side dresser.
Natural Chilean
NITRATE ol SODA
NATURAL AS THI GROUND IT COMIS PROM
With Vital Element* in Nature’s Balance and Blend
RADIO — "UNCLE NATCHEL & SONNY”
FAMOUS CHILEAN CALENDAR CHARACTERS
See announcements of leading Southern Stations
Herbert L. Stoddard
Will Speak At
Game Conference
In Columbia
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will take part in fie State Dam 0
Conference in Colu’-nMa. on Anril
15 is Herbert L. Stoddard. Dr.
Havilah Babcock, president of the
South Carolina game and fish as
sociation, announced today.
“Herbert Stoddard is recognized
as the foremost authority in the
country on the Bob White quail,”
said Dr. Babcock. “For the past
[ thirteen years he has devoted him
self to studying, experimenting
with, and raising quail on an ex
tensive scale, and his book on the
subject is accepted as the stand
ard treatment throughout the
country. For sometime he has been
directing the Cooperative Quail
Study Association of Thomasvillo,
Georgia.
“I think I can confidently say
that there are few men in the
United States, if any, who know so
d much about the Southern par
tridge, the most superb game bird
in the world, as this mild-manner
ed man, and we are most fortu
nate in having him for our con
ference.”
Stoddard’s special field of ex
perimentation and the subject of
his address in Columbia is “Land
Management for Quail Production”.
He will discuss the factors neces
sary to quail increase and explain
how the average Southern farm
can greatly augment its crop of
birds by a little timely cooperation
on the part of the farmer.
West Jacocks, secretary of the
State Association, today expressed
the opinion that Stoddard’s coming
will give South Carolina sportsmen
an unparalled opportunity to con
fer with a man who has more first
hand information about quail-rais
ing than any other. “What Mr.
Stoddard has to say will be of spe
cial interest to every land-owner
and bird-hunter in the State, and
we hope to have a large atten
dance. Those attending the con
ference will have an opportunity
of discussing with him their own
local quail-raising problem. Every
body is invited,” said Mr. Jacocks.
In addition to Stoddard, such
other authorities and officials as
Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, chief of the
Bureau of Biological Survey, Frank
T. Bell, U. S. Commissioner of
Fisheries, Charles E. Jackson, dep
uty Commissioner of Fisheries,
a number of game com
missioners from other states, and
other interesting and informed
speakers will take part in the con
ference on April 15 in Columbia.
Farmers Planning
Increased Potato
Production In 1937
Clemscn, April 3.—Potato grow
ers in nearly all commercial earlv
and intermediate producing state*
are planning to increase potato
acreage and production this year,
eays E. H. Rawl, extension horti
culturist, on the basis of a spring
outlook report issued by the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics.
A 32 per cent increase in potat'
acreage is intended by farmers in
the commercial early states, abovf
the area harvested last year, and
seven per cent increase s intend
ed in the commercial intermediatr
states. With average yields the in
tended acreage in early and all
other states would produce a U. S.
crop about 11 per cent larger than
in 1936, the Bureau’s report indi
cates.
Available information indicates
that 15,000 acres of early commer
cial Irish potatoes were planted in
South Carolina this year which is
50 per cent above the acreage of
! last year, but eight per cent below
the average acreage for the yeais
of 1928-32. Including with the com
mercial crop all additional acre
age, the report as of March 1 in
dicates a 28 per cent increase of
Irish potatoes for South Carolina.
“The stock of old potatoes at the
present time is much lighter than
has been the case for a great many
.years; therefore, with a very short
supply of old potatoes and an im
proved consumers’ purchasing
power, this increase in Irish potato
production in South Carolina and
other early states seems justified”,
Mr. Rawl concludes. “With average
yields the supply of available Irish
potatoes should not be burdensome
until after South Carolina will have
completed the harvesting of this
crop.”
First Watches Were Made
io Germany, About 1EC0
It is generally agreed that the
first man to make watches was
Peter Henlein, an expert mechanic
and locksmith of Nuremberg, i n
Germany. About 1509, shortly after
Columbus discovered America, he
set himself to produce a small pock
et clock. For motive power he intro
duced the main spring, and with
this as a basis produced little clocks
—“watches” as they came to be
known—which would fit in the pock
et or the purse.
We call an old-fashioned watch a
“turnip” because it is so thick; but
that is nothing compared to Peter
Henlein’s products, asserts a writer
in the Washington Star. They were
almost round, and when they were
sold throughout Europe they became
known as “Nuremberg eggs.” Soon
expert mechanicians in other coun
tries were making them—strange-
looking device^, round or drum-
shaped, with no crystal on the face
and no minute-hand, and a chiming
apparatus to strike the hours. They
became the fashion for the wealthy.
They were not very accurate; peo
ple still relied on sun dials for really
correct time; but they were valued
as jewelry—and a watch has re
mained a jewel to this day.
Kings and queens owned them.
Queen Elizabeth and her court
selected watches as modern women
do their hats—to match their various
costumes. ,
Indians of the Jungle
First as Rubber Makers
Savages of South America had
rubber shbes; bottles and balls be*-
fore Columbus was born. An Indian
in the jungle tapped a rubber tree
and from the milk or latex made
what he wanted directly. He simply
let the latex coagulate or dry on
a form, states a writer in the New
York Times. i
European technicians developed
more complex methods not because
they were ignorant but because la
tex does coagulate spontaneously at
times. In fact, this tree-milk is much
like blood. It clots. So for genera
tions European and American man
ufacturers had to make their rubber
goods from crude rubber or huge
clots of latex. Such .a clot can no
more be brought back to its original
state than dried blood. Hence the
necessity of chewing or kneading
crude rubber in powerful masticat
ing mills and manipulating it in
machines of a dozen different kinds
before it is possible to produce a !
satisfactory rubber shoe or hot
water bottle.
In spite of this expensive and |
troublesome kneading and chewing
of crude rubber, the finished ar
ticles are not quite so good in
some respects as those made by
savages in the Amazon forests. Our
rubber products are well made,
but the Indians’ are tougher and
stronger.
, Dos Breeder of 6500 B. C.
Developed Fastest Type
Streamlining is an old story with
dog breeders. Back in 6500 B. C.
the desert sheiks used this principle
to develop a type of hunting dog
that is the fastest of all such ani
mals, notes a writer in the Chicago
Tribune. Tablets and other relics
found in ancient tombs reveal dogs
similar to our Saluki, Afghan hound,
greyhound, and Russian wolfhound.
These are the fastest breeds of dog
in the world, according to the Amer
ican Kennel club.
The Saluki's lines are flowing from
the tip of his nose to the end of
his tail, with nowhere any defi
nite breaks to offer wind resistance.
This is the breed credited with
being the only dog fast enough to
bring down a gazelle, supposedly
the fastest of all wild animals. The
others, the Afghan hound, the grey
hound, end the Russian wolfhound,
are very similar in conformation.
That the ancient Persians, Arabian
and Egyptians aimed to breed such
lines is evident, for these hunting
breeds were the only dogs allowed
inside tents and houses. Other dogs
of those days were stoned away.
The dog of the vikings, the Nor
wegian elkhound, dates back to 4500
B. C., but this is a sturdier animal,
bred for strength to cope with heav
ier, slower quarry. The Maltese, a
tiny lapdog, is traced back to the
island of Melita in 3500 B. C. The
chow chow, the Great Dane, and the
mastiff, all hunters in the past, were
first noted in 3000 B. C., at which
t : rr.3 those toys, the Pekingese and
the pug, also appeared.
Discovery cf New World
Held Been to Botanists
The discovery and subsequent ex
ploration of the New World made
known to botanists many new and
interesting, as well as economically
important, forms of vegetation on
the continents of North and South
America. One great group that was
almost unknown to civilization be
fore that time is the cactus family,
writes E. C. Hummel in Nature
Magazine. One genus; Rhipsalis, is
represented by a spedies found na
tive to Africa, where it grows on the
trunks and branches .of trees. Hav
ing white, glutinous berries it has
been given the common .name “mis
tletoe cactus.” How it crossed the
Atlantic is one of the botanical mys
teries, but many believe it was car
ried by birds from the American
continent.
The cactus family consists of
some 2,000 species and varieties.
With their almost unlimited variety
of form and color it is little woQd$r
they are often mistaken for stones,
artificial ornaments, sea shell or
fungu
England’s Government
The supreme legislative power of
the British Empire is vested in a
Parliament which is dominated by
the House of Commons, of which
the premier is the responsible head. !
Parliament is summoned by writ of
the king on the advice of the privy
council, and the king opens and
closes each session. The king has
a right to veto bills passed by both
houses of Parliament, but in prac- •
tice his veto is obsolete, as custom
has decided that he must sanction
every bill which Parliament ap
proves and resolves to make law.
Whatever the theoretical powers of
the king may be. they are unques
tionably limited to his personal in
fluence over his ministers.
Citric Acid
Citric acid is a crystaline solid
found dissolved in lemon juice,
where it is responsible for the sour
taste. In addition to a number of
lesser technical uses the acid itself
is used to flavor prepared foods
and beverages, while its calcium
salt is extensively used in the cheese
industry. It has been known for
a long time that varieties of a com
mon mold, Aspergilus niger, pro
duce citric acid when they act on
sugar solutions, and in recent years
this process has been applied to the
large-scale production of the acid.
A large part of the citric acid of
commerce comes from these fungi
rather than from lemons.
First Submarines Were Small
The first submarines were small
affairs. The very first, built in 1620,
was merely a large wooden row
boat, decked over and made water
tight by a covering of thick, well-
greased leather. King James, of
England, traveled under water sev
eral hours in one of the strange
craft, propelled by 12 rowers. A
similar submarine, built a few years
later, was equipped with several
leather bottles. Water was admitted
into the bottles to make the craft
submerge. To rise to the surface,
the inventor squeezed out the water
with a lever and bound up the neck
of each emptied bottle with a string.
The Thyroid Gland
Most laymen can claim a speak
ing acquaintance with* the thyroid
gland, probably the best known
gland of internal secretion. Its
enlargement produces the familiar
goiter, states a writer in Literary
Digest. The thyroid sits astride the
neck, above the windpipe, pours a
hormone (exciter) into the blood
which regulates the body’s energy
production. Sometimes embedded in
the twin maroon lobes of the thyroid,
sometimes just behind the thyroid*
on the widpipe, are the parathyroid
glands, four in number, the size of
rice grains. Early anatomists over
looked them entirely or assumed
them to be part of the mighty thy
roid.
First Precious Stone Lovers
So far as is known, the Surqerians,
earliest inhabitants of Mesopotamia',
were the first nation in history to
recognize the ornamental value *of
semi-precious stones, and to under
stand and practice the art of stone
cutting for the purpose of making
cylinder seals, signet rings, beads
and other jewelry. Great quantities
of beads of agate, carnelian and
lapis lazuli were excavated years
ago from the ruins of the ancient
Sumerian city of Kish by the Field
Museum-Oxford university joint ex
pedition to Mesopotamia.
The Serbian Tragedy
King Alexander of Serbia and his
wife. Queen Draga, were assassin
ated in their palace in Belgrade or
June 10, 1903, as the result of a
military consiracy. Draga was a
former lady-in-waiting to Alex
ander’s mother. She was the widow
of an engineer named Mashin, and
was 10 years older than th« king
The king’s reactionary policies ha:
for years made him unpopular.
Arrival of the Tuxedo
A real change in men’s evening
d* ess occurred in the elegant ’80ts.
It was then that the tuxedo made
its appearance in New York pleas
ure halls, where the Cloth Spongers’
society, the Buttonhole Makers’ un
ion. the Plumbers’ Helpers’ coterie,
and others disported themselves.
Here it was worn in conjunction
with embroidered shirt fronts, white
satin waistcoats, and ties, and dia
mond studs. The term tuxedo was
an inspiration of cheap tailors, co
incident with the rise of the ex
clusive resort founded by Pierre
Lorillard.
“Cornin’ Through the Rye**
Much controversy has arisen over
the reference of the song, “Comin*
Through the Rye.” It has often
been illustrated by a waving field
of rye, and the manufacturers of
a celebrated brand of rye whiskey
have used such an illustration show
ing the lovers in a rye field. But the
full significance of the song, accord
ing to a writer in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, is apparent after
reading of the custom that estab
lished a toll of kisses to be exacted
from lassies who were met in cross
ing the River Rye on stepping
stones.
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