McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 29, 1937, Image 1
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TKUS TO OUBSELVtfS, OUB NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
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Thirty-Fifth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937
Number 48
Improved Farm
Homes Object Of
Campaign
Clcmson, April 24.—A campaign
to encourage greater attention to
the repair and improvement of
South Carolina farm homes is now
getting under way, say Extension
Service specialists of Clemson Col
lege and Winthrop College, who are
directing the work in cooperation
with the State Better Homes Com
mittee. Others who will help in the
movement are county home chair
men, rural teachers, local leaders,
and any interested persons.
Extension Circular 155. The Well-
Kept Farm Home, recently prepar
ed by C. V. Phagan, extension ag
ricultural engineer, will he used
widely in the campaign.
“We are hoping that after im
provements have been made
around the home during this cam
paign, communities will join to
gether and plan for cleaning up
and improving the school or
church building grounds, the ceme
tery, and other places of public
interest”, says Mr. Phagan. “Wc
beUeve that if the farm people
themselves join in such a program
they will appreciate more fully
what they will derive from a clean
and attractive community than
they would by having some other
agency do the work for them.”
Recently, the mayor of Mullins
issued a proclamation urging all
citizens of the county to cooperate
in a “clean-up-week”, which was
waged by the city council, the civic
league, the county home demon
stration agent, and the County
Council of Farm Women, with city
and county health departments co
operating. All plans and codes of
work undertaken were directed and
planned by Mrs. Edna McPherson,
home demonstration agent for
Marlon county.
AAA Class II Soil
Rates Explained
County Agent R. D. Suber this
week explained how the Class II
payment may be earned under the
1937 Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram.
“Class II payments will be made
for carrying out approved soil
building practices”, he said. “Such
payments are limited on any farm
to the soil-building allowance for
that farm. The soil-building allow
ance means the largest amount of
money that will be paid as a Class
II payment for carrying out ap
proved soil-buildir^g practices on
the farm.
“Two methods for computing a
soil-building allowance will be
used, the most common method
being for farms which may earn
a Class I payment.
“On any farm for which cotton,
tobacco, peanuts, or sugar cane
base is or can be established or
on which the acreage in the gen
eral base exceeds the acreage of
food and feed crops required to
meet home consumption needs for
the farm, the soil-building allow
ance will be determined by adding
the following items:
“(a) $1 for each acre of the soil-
conserving base plus $1 for each
acre diverted for payment in 1937;
“(b) $1 for each acre in com
mercial orchards on the farm on
January 1, 1937;
“(c) $1 for each acre of crop
land on which only one crop of
commercial vegetables was grown
in 1936;
“(d) $2 for each acre of crop
land on which two or more crops
of commercial vegetables were
grown in 1936; and
“(e) 25 cents for each acre of
fenced noncrop open pasture land
which is in excess of one-half of
the cropland and which has a car
rying capacity during the normal
pasture season of at least one ani
mal unit for each five acres.
“The soil-building allowance will
be at least $10 for such farms.”
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HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
! April 30th and May 1st, 7:15 p. m. and 9:20 p. m.
MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M.
GRETA GARBO ROBERT TAYLOR
in MK.
“CAMILLE”
(The picture you have been waiting to see)
Also . i
OUR GANG COMEDY
^Reunion In Rhythm*’
and
A M-G-M Minalure
“Hollywood: Second Slop
MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
May 3rd and 4th, 7:15 p. m. and 9 p. m.
SPANKY MacFARLAND
Ralph Morgan Rosina Lawrence
in
“GENERAL SPANKY”
(Don’t miss this picMirc of the Old South)
1$ Also
| T CRIME DOESN’T PAY SERIES
“Torture Money”
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NEWS OF THE DAY
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ADMISSION: Adults. 25 certs; Children up tc 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
Dedication Service
Funeral Services For
At McCormick Baptist
Church On May 2nd
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Members and friends of the Mc
Cormick Baptist church are rejoic
ing that the indebtedness on the
church building has been paid in
full. In the hearts of the people
there is a feeling of deep gratitude
for every contribution that was
made.
The church was built in 1919
during the pastorate of Reverend
L. H. Gardner. The first to serve as
pastor following Rev. Mr. Gardner
was the late Rev. W. W. Sisk. Since
Rev. Mr. Sisk’s death. Rev. W. H.
Barfield, Dr. D. V. Cason and Rev
A. Thad Persons have served as
pastors. Rev. Mr. Persons has serv
ed the church since September
1935.
Several months ago Mr. Persons
was inspired to launch a campaign
to wipe out the balance of the in
debtedness which was approxi
mately $6,300. With one member
donating $2,000 of this amount on
condition that the others raise the
balance, the total was soon raised.
In commemoration of this vic
tory the church is planning a dedi
cation service Sunday May 2nd. All
former pastors present will be in
vited to take part on the afternoon
program. Dr. Charles A. Jones, Sec
retary of S. C. Mission Board, will
preach the dedication sermon. The
service will be held in two sessions
and a picnic lunch will be served
in the park at the noon hour.
The committee in charge of these
arrangements requests that each
basket be sent to the community
house by 9:30 o’clock Sunday
morning, so that provisions can be
made for each one to attend the
services. The list suggested by the
committee for each basket is:
% gallon of potatoes made into
salad,
1 dozen eggs devilled,
1-15 cent loaf of bread made
into sandwiches (any kind),
% gallon of strong tea (sweeten
ed),
1 cake.
Sunday school at 10 o’clock;
preaching service at 11 o’clock.
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Credit Loans
Exceed Half
Million In S. C.
Columbia, S. C., April 24.—Loans
made by production credit asso
ciations in South Carolina through
April 18 exceeded by $507,226 the
loans made to same date a year
ago, according to Ernest Graham,
President of the Production Credit
Corporation of Columbia, who said
that indications were that every
one of these farmer-operated co
operative credit organizations in
(be state would show an increase
in volume of business done this
year.
Through April 18. 1937 the asso
ciations in this state had made
loans totalling $3,876,643, this fig
ure representing rediscounts
through the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank of Columbia and loans
made from cash funds of the as
sociations. To the same date last
year the associations had made
loans totalling $3,369,417.
In the four states comprising the
Third Farm Credit Administration
District—North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida—the
’oans through April 18 this year
exceed by over $3,000,000 the loans
to same date last year.
Mrs. Sarah Moragne
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Ramey Moragne, 82 years of age
widow of Allen Moragne, who died
at her residence in Bordeaux Wed
nesday afternoon, April 21st, at
2:30 o’clock after a short illness,
were held from the home last
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
by her pastor, Rev. R. V. Martin
interment following in old Willing-
ton cemetery beside her husband
who died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Moragne, a native of Abbe
ville county, had for more than 60
years lived in Bordeaux, now in
McCormick county, where she was
active in religious and civic af
fairs. She was a member of the
Methodist church and had served
as a steward in Bordeaux church
of which she was a charter mem
ber. She was prominently identi
fied with the Huguenot society for
a number of years.
Surviving are three sons, James
L. Moragne, Peter B. Moragne,
both of Bordeaux, A. Lester
Moragne, Augusta, Ga.; four
daughters. Miss Cora Moragne,
Bordeaux, Mrs. Gordon Stanton,
Mrs. C. H. Bachelder, both of Has
tings, Fla., and Mrs. C. M. Perry
man, Lincolnton, Ga.; one sister,
Mrs. Samuel Wardlaw, Abbeville;
nine grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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Records Convince
Poultryinen
Clemson, April 24.—Average egg
production was 20.3 eggs per hen,
according to the demonstration
flock summary for March from the
115 farms reporting before April
15, says P. H. Gooding, extension
poultryman.
The hens ate 23 cents worth of
feed each, and returned a total
income of 48 cents, including sales
of eggs and poultry, leaving an
income above feed cost of 25 cents
per bird for the month. Deducting
the average monthly charge of 3.5
cents per hen for interest on in
vestment, depreciation on equip
ment, and all other costs except
feed, the labor income for the
month was 21.5 cents per hen.
Poultrymen receiving the high
est egg production in the different
size flocks for March are as fol
lows:
Flocks smaller than 50 birds,
Mrs. R. F. Carter, Miley; flocks
having 51 to 200 birds, Mrs. J. W.
Bair, Orangeburg; flocks having
201 to 500 birds, E. C. Cheatham,
McCormick; flocks having 501
birds or more, Paul J. Dowtin, Mc
Cormick.
“Most people believe that hens
do not pay expenses in the spring
because of the low price of eggs”,
says Mr. Gooding, “but the records
over a period of years show that
more money is made from hens in
the spring than at any other time
because then they are in heavy
production, and usually the eggs
cost only eight to ten cents per
dozen to produce. On the other
hand, in the fall, when eggs are
selling for 40 cents, in a great
many instances it costs 40 cents or
more to produce them.”
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Another Outbreak
Of Hog Cholera In
McCormick County
Farmers of the four states have
bought an additional $150,000
worth of Class B stock in their
production credit associations this
year. Mr. Graham said, running the
total amount of stock owned by
the farmers of the four states in
these associations to over $1,000,000.
“The interest displayed by the
farmers of the four states in their
associations and the business-like
manner in which they are operat
ing them account for the steady
growth which they are enjoying”,
said Mr. Graham.
There has been another outbreak
of Hog Cholera throughout the
County. All farmers who have hogs
that have not yet been vaccinated
should have this done immediate
ly. The County Agent has been able
to get Dr. W. A. Barnett, Veteri
narian, on State call for this pur
pose. All persons interested should
; get in touch with the County
Agent’s office as soon as possible
The only charge for this work will
be the cost of the medicine used.
R. D. Suber,
County Agent.
Camp Bradley JNews
Camp Bradley, April 24. — The
Bradley Camp baseball team will
open its season "with a game with
the Laurens Camp this coming Sat
urday. Daily practice is rapidlj
rounding the team into shape and
Bradley hopes for a successful sea
son this year.
Mrs. J. S. Lipscomb, wife of the
Commanding Officer, arrived in
Bradley Monday and is now re
siding in an apartment here.
The canteen or post exchange
has been remodeled with an eye
to increased business and a more
attractive recreation hall and now
presents a modernistic appearance.
Clarence Rickenbacker, assistant
leader in charge of the work being
done on the Parson’s Mountain
Spur Road which leads up to the
lookout tower, has recently achiev
ed prominence in another field
than that of road building. We un
derstand that his services as a doc
tor are in much demand in and
near Bradley.
Between January 1st and this
date of last year there were 57
fires on the Long Cane District.
Everybody at the Bradley Camp
is very proud of the fact that for
the same period this year there
have been but 11. All of us feel
that much of the credit for this
reduction in the number of forest
fires is the result of untiring ef
forts on the part of ourselves and
our foremen under the supervision
of the office in Greenwood. If at
any time we appear to be walking
around on the streets of Green
wood or any other town with our
chests stuck out and our chins up,
it isn’t because we are trying to
be snobbish, it is because we feel
very proud of our fire record.
Some wise man many, many years
ago said that “an ounce of fire
prevention is worth much more
than many man-days of fire sup
pression work.”
Yesterday each of us learned
with a feeling of thankfulness that
Mr. J. Kinchen Maye’s baby girl
was improving after her recent
very dangerous illness. Foreman
Maye has had our sympathy and
w r e all join in in expressing this
feeling, as well as our hopes for
the rapid recovery of his baby girl.
The Ranger and Assistant
Ranger have been spending the last
two weeks on the Francis Marion
National Forest, where they have
been attending a school in forest
management. It is understood that
this school included courses in
marking and scaling National For
est timber which will be sold on
this District some time in the near
future. Seme one heard them re
mark that they were exceedingly
glad to get back to the Long Cane
w’here they will not be troubled
with smoke from forest fires and
from wood ticks.
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Division Of Soil
Payment Explained
How payments under the 193''
Agricultural Conservation Program
will be divided between landlord
and tenants or sharecroppers is ex
plained by R. W. Hamilton, assis
tant to D. W. Watkins, director o^
the Extension Service. The Class I
payment, earned by diverting from
the cotton base, peanut base, and
general crop base will be divided
as follows, says Mr. Hamilton:
37 per cent to the producer
who furnishes the land.
12% per cent to the producer
who furnishes the work stock and
equipment.
50 per cent to be divided among
the producers who are parties to
the lease or operating the agree
ment in the same proportion that
the producers are entitled to share
in those soil-depleting crops or the
proceeds of these crops in connec-
ion with which the Class I pay
ment is made.
For diverting from the tobacco
base the Class I payment is divided
as follows:
15 per cent to the producer who
furnishes the land.
15 per cent to the producer who
furnishes the work stock and
equipment.
70 per cent to be divided among
the producers who are parties to
the lease or operating agreement
• ' rr ^ i '..onortion that the
producers are entitled to share in
the tobacco crop, or the proceeds
of the crop in connection with
which the Class I payment is made.
The Class II payment for carry
ing out approved soil-building
practices will be made to the eli
gible producer determined by the
county committee to have incur
red the expense of carrying out the
soil-building practices.
If the county committee deter
mines that two or more piouuowj
have shared in the expense of car
rying out a soil-building practice
on the farm, the Class H payment
for the particular acreage involved
will be divided equally among
them.
Separate checks will be made out
for each producer entitled to share
in the payments, regardless of
whether he is a landlord, tenant;
or share-cropper.
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Only One Social ;
Security Number
Needed, Says
Postmaster Harmon
Social Security record keeping is
being complicated because many
employees and some employers
have the idea that a new number
is necessary every time an em
ployee changes jobs, Postmaster J.
B. Harmon, Jr., declared today.
“One number is all any employee
will ever need,” Mr. Harmon said.
“When a worker takes a new job*
all in the world he needs to do is
to tell the new employer the num
ber on the original registration
card. When new employees are hir
ed, employers can be of material
assistance if they will inquire if
the applicant has or has had s
number. If he has, nothing need
be done except enter that number
on the payroll. If the applicant has
no number, he should be given a
blank application and required
fill it out and either mail it or take
it to the Post Office. He will be
issued a card and number and one
number is all that he will ever
need, even though he has a new
job every week and wanders from
coast to coast. This is true eve*,
though a person is working for
a half dozen employers at the same
time. There is no possible circum
stance under which more than one
number is necessary.”
Mr. Harmon also urged all work
ers, who have not already done
so, to apply immediately to their
employer or the nearest Post Of
fice and fill out the applicatioa
form SS-5 for account number.
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46 Openings In Navy
During the month of May forty
six young men from the states of
North and South Carolina are to
be enlisted in the United States
Navy as apprentice seamen. Im
mediately after enlistment these
young men will be sent to the U. SL
Naval Training Station, Norfolk*
Va., where they will receive twelve
weeks instruction in Naval Life and
routine, before being assigned to
one of the ships of the U. S. Fleet
for duty.
W. A. Shriver, chief electrician’s
mate, U. S. Navy, recruiter in
charge of the U. S. Navy Recruit
ing Station, U. S. Court House
Building, Columbia, S. C., has an
nounced that applications for en
listment in the U. S. Navy are be
ing accepted every week day be
tween the hours of 9:00 a. m. and
4:30 p. m., excepting Saturday
when the hours are from 9:00 a.
m. to 1:00 p. m.
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Notice
We, the undersigned merchantt
of the Town of Plum Branch, wiH
close our places of business at $
P. M., Saturdays excepted, begin
ning May 1st, and continuing un
til September 1st. Your cooperation
by shopping early will be appre
ciated.
J. L. Bracknell,
J. J. Collier,
W. M. Freeland. !