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MrC.ORMJCK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 3, 1937 - i A Color Scheme By NORA LYBECK SPENCER C McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. M ARY ALLEN dropped her tan suit to the floor of the bath house dressing room. Pity she couldn’t just live in this, she thought, as she surveyed her trim figure in its black bathing suit. She shoved her mousy hair un der a blue-green cap, and a breath- jless transformation took place. She |did look nice. She wished she could !get John to come with her to the Jbaths, just once. He would see ithat she was a woman and not just '“such restful company.” She came in from the water, blue eyes sparkling. She looked, thought {the handsome young man who lay jhalf concealed under a huge um brella, about twenty-five, and inter esting. \ “Ouch!” Mary’s foot hit a sharp stone and she went into the soft {sand, sending the umbrella spin- 'ning. The young man grinned and rolled over beside her, meeting her eyes With daring friendliness. “I’m so glad you dropped in,” he said. Mary sat up quickly. Heavens, a young creature like this trying to make up to an old maid! “I’m sorry,” she managed to say, “hope I didn’t break your umbreUa.” She '{started to rise, but he put out a .restraining hand. “Please stay,” he begged. „ Might be fun to stay awhile, for get she was thirty-three and had waited six years for dawdling John 'Drake to pop the question. John, who came to see her, to get rest- ed in her cozy little home after a hard day’s work, who even had 'his favorite chair in the living-room. “There,” , said the young man, surveying her, “that will keep you Ifrom getting burned. A fair skin like yours should be protected.” “My skin doesn’t tan,” said Mary, thrilling to his praise. “It’s lovely. Who are you?” he asked. “No, don’t tell me. You’re ;a mysterious adventuress. Your {sweetheart has just run away with •another girl, and you came out !alone to forget.” He smiled. “Am l right?’» Mary laughed. “Perhaps. Go on, itell me more about myself.” ; “You can’t understand why he • prefers the other girl. She’s just an ordinary creature—doesn’t even {dress well.” Mary drew in a quick {breath. He went on, not noticing, «“while you are dazzling in blacks land—” he paused. “Go on. What other colors do I .wear? “What’s the color of your hair?” jHe reached up to remove her cap, i but Mary quickly clapped her hands ?over it. “No, that isn’t fair. This 1is make-believe,” she reminded thim. i “All right. It has a tinge of {red in it. That’s why you wear {that blue-green cap and black suit. {Fd like to see you in an evening {gown of either shade.” ; Mary rose, said quickly, “I must ! be going.” I Mary stood before the mirror in Madame £onia’s exclusive dress !shop. “Isn’t it a bit young?” she asked, as she breathlessly surveyed the blue-green gown molding itself to her slim figure. “Madame needs a bit of eyebrow pencil, a lipstick, no rouge, but yes—a light henna for the hair.” j “If I only dared!” breathed Mary. (The young man had said, “A glint ;of red in your hair.” : But that evening Mary wondered I how a blue-green gown, a light hen- ;na pack, lipstick and an eyebrow ' pencil could perform such a miracle. {Tonight when John came, she • thought recklessly, she wouldn’t be {“restful company.” There came -{another daring thought. If John ' didn’t come to life, there were other imen. ! I Her heart skipped a beat when ' <she heard John’s cheery “Hello An- inie,” as the maid let him in. She [heard the squeak of his favorite [chair as it received his bulk. Mary tiptoed in, the palms of her hands wet with nervousness. John’s chair faced the window. His head was tilted back on the cushions, his eyes closed. He seemed perfectly content. Mary passed a hand over ;his eyelids. He captured it, blinked, stifled a yawn and got to his feet. “Hello, Mary,” he said. “I was almost asleep.” He was looking 'straight at her, apparently seeing nothing unusual. “I’ve been wondering about things a lot lately—” he was actually stam mering. He mopped his forehead with a big handkerchief. “I’m not good at this business,” he blurted •out. “What are you trying to tell me, John?” asked Mary. “You know, you must know, I’ve been wanting to marry you. Would you, dear?” “Why John, I hadn’t thought about it,” lied Mary, “but after all, why not? I’m terribly fond of you.” He kissed her a bit awkwardly. “You’re sweet, Mary,” he said. “I love you.” Soya Beans Used in Building Soya beans are the latest mate rial for house construction in Eng land. They are already used in the manufacture of ceftain new plas tic materials. Experiments are now taking placcy in order to dis cover how they may be turned into other building materials. ~ - - I 1 Rejuvenating , Edward B. By ELSA S. GRANT © McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. / X'HE neighbors could never un- derstand how Emma put up , with Edward B. and his antics. Per- , haps Emma couldn’t herself, unless : it was because she loved him so much. Whenever the neighbors saw ; Emma filling her pulley line with clean clothes or dragging her little I cart through the streets with a bas ket of washing they would shake ! their heads and tell one another what they thought of that Hawley man, Edward B. Edward B. was a tall, gangling man with thin hair and black mus taches under a straight nose. He had a limp in his right leg and carried a thick yellow cane. Be cause of this limp Edward B. had not done a stroke of work for six years. One morning he found a letter in the front hall as he was leaving for the park. He brought it out to the kitchen. Emma dried her hands on her apron and sat down by the kitchen table where the light was good. Letters were rare and Ed ward B. hovered in the background watching Emma’s face for signs that would indicate whether the con tents were fortunate or otherwise. “It’s from sister,” Emma con fided at last, tucking the letter in her apron pocket. “She sent us a little something to keep us going.” “How much?” Edward B. asked, holding out his hand for the letter. “Twenty dollars,” Emma an swered, ignoring his hand and re turning to her tubs. Her thoughts were on needed shoes and clothing for both of them. “Twenty dollars!” Edward B. was elated. “There’s a swell little radio,” he crowed, “that I’ve had my eye on for a long time. It’s just the thing to put up here in the kitchen. Only fifteen-fifty.” When Edward B. returned for sup per — he had prudently remained away at lunch time—he found Em ma sitting alone in the living room attired in her best clothes. “Edward B.,” she called out to him, “you change over. We’re going to the Jewel Box for supper.” The Jewel Box was fronted by two wide plate glass windows with brass rails. In each there was a rubber plant in a green tub and green baize curtains hanging from brass rings on poles across the back. In one window a card an nounced that supper was seventy- five cents and in the other a card stated: Dish Washer Wanted. They ordered the seventy-five cent dinner and it was brought to them savoury and warm. Edward B. sat straight in his chair looking down his nose at the other patrons. He pictured himself as an actor giving a small dinner party. He joined Emma’s conversation only in mono syllables. He was distant and pre occupied and at first Emma did not notice sbe was so busily engaged in enjoying the dinner and her sur roundings. When she did become conscious of Edward B.’s distant at titude toward herself, his detached manner, then was she truly hurt. She was trying so hard to enjoy herself, to make the most of this little excursion into a realm so long denied to her, that Edward B.’s in difference to her presence hurt be yond measure. The waiter brought the charge. Edward B. looked at it and then nodded at Emma. “She’ll pay it,” he murmured. Anger flamed white hot in Emma. “But you have the mon- ey,” she heard herself saying soft- iy- “Me?” Edward B. went slowly through his pockets, all of them. Emma looked in her purse. The manager came and spoke to the waiter. “What’s wrong, Joe?” “Can’t pay,” the waiter answered gruffly. “Two dinners, eh?” the manager observed. “I noticed you two before you came in here. Well, you can’t get away with that game on me.” He turned to the waiter. “Rush him out to the sink, Joe.” Then he took Emma by the arm as she picked up Edward B.’s hat and yellow cane. “You can just wait outside.” It was embarrassing. Edward B. was hustled out to the kitchen and the diners were watching as Emma was led toward the street. At the entrance, where the cash desk stood, she jerked her arm free. “Here’s your money,” she said, opening her purse. The manager looked surprised, but took the bill and went behind the counter. Emma counted the change and stowed it carefully away. “You’ve a card in your window for a dishwasher,” she said. “Take it out, you’ve hired one!” In the kitchen Edward B. was soap to his armpits before an ever increasing stack of dishes. He looked helplessly around. He had lost something vital, his cane. Em ma had it. She was standing on a street corner breaking it over her knee and stuffing the pieces down a drain. In the darkness it was hard to tell whether she was laughing or crying. Illinois River The most important tributary of x <he upper Mississippi is the Illinois river with a length of over 500 miles. , * Increasing Com Production 4. USE OF FERTILIZER (By R. W. Hamilton, Extensio: Agronomist). Com, like any other plant, nat urally needs the right kind of food to get the proper nourishment that will enable it to make profit able yields for the farmers. These food elements can be supplied by commercial fertilizers which will aid the plant to overcome certain deficiencies which might be prev alent in the soil. Fertilizer tests conducted by the South Carolina Experiment Sta tions show that increasing the ammonia applied per acre increases the yields also. At least 18 pounds per acre of readily available ammonia should be applied to corn. If moisture con ditions are good, this amount can be increased profitably, how far depends upon the judgment of the farmer and the supply of am- moniated fertilizer available for his use. Except on very poor soil, all of the ammonia should be used as side applications. When 25 or more pounds of ammonia are used, it should be made in two applications, the first when the corn is about waist high and the second “when bunching to tassel”. The time of these applications must depend up on the judgment of the farmer. Where corn is planted on land that has not received during the previous year a liberal application of phosphate material, a deficiency of phosphorus should be guardeo against by an application of ap proximately 200 pounds of 16 pei cent acid phosphate or its equiv alent per acre. All phosphorus ma terials should be applied in the drill previous to planting. On the lighter Coastal Plaint soils, which are naturally deficient in potash from which applied potash leaches readily, it is a good farm practice to apply some potash under each corn crop. This ap plication of potash is also advis able on the heavier, more produc tive, but high calcic soils, such as Iredell, Davidson, and Mecklenburg It is also advisable on soils of other types which have been heavily limed. Potash deficiency in corn is indicated by an unnatural yel lowing of the entire leaf and by the reddening and dying of the margin of the leaf. The amount of potash to apply per acre varies, of course, with the soil conditons. Where a previous, corn crop has shown by its growth that there is a marked deficiency of potash, 50 pounds or more oi muriate of potash or its equivalent should be applied per acre under the corn. Magnesium deficiency generally occurs on the lighter, more acid soils. This deficiency is character ized by the leaf veins remaining green while the area between the veins becomes yellowish white, thu. producing a striped leaf. This de ficiency may be overcome by using sulfate of potash-magnesia as a source of potash or by using dolomitic limestone, either as a separate application or as a part of the fertilizer mixture applied under the corn. Basic slag has aisc proved to be a very satisfacton material for correcting magnesium deficiency. While corn will grow even on highly acid soils, its most product ive growth is obtained on soils that are only slightly acid. Quite often failure to obtain a stand of corn can be traced to the highly acid condition of the soil. Where this condition exists, an application of dolomitic limestone will correct acidity and also apply magnesium Basic slag may be used instead cl the dolomitic limestone as it wil! correct the acidity and also supply magnesium and phosphorus. (This is the fourth of a series ol articles on Corn Production in South Carolina.) x— Eat The Roosters Save The Eggs The greatest single loss in poul try production during the hot sum mer months occurs from heated aad incubated eggs, says County Agent R. D. Suber. A fertile egg to incubate at 70 degrees; blood rings develop after a few days of high temperature and render an egg unfit for food, he states, ex plaining that an unfertile egg will deteriorate under excessive heat but it is much more stable than a fertile one. Egg losses in hot weather can be orevented by observing the follow ing practices which the county agent quotes from P. H. Gooding extension poultryman. 1. Remove all the males from the Hock just as soon as the hatching season is over. Males are not nec essary for egg production, and fer tile eggs will not keep their quali ty in warm weather. 2. Remove all broody hens from the nests promptly. The body tem perature of a hen is 106 degrees and will reduce the quality of an egg in a few hours’ time. 3. Gather the eggs twice a day in hot weather, and place them in a cool room. The temperature should be below 68 degrees for best results. 4. Market eggs twice a week dur ing summer, even though there is a temptation to hold longer to fill she basket or case. From the min- ate an egg is laid it begins to lose moistur# through evaporation. Temperature and age influence the amount of shrinkage. County Agent Suber points out that if plenty of clean nests are provided, hens won’t have to steal nests under the corn crib or out in a weed patch. He suggests one nest for every five or six hens. x Finding New Uses For South’s Cotton Eight new uses of cotton will be encouraged under a program which seeks to divert surplus cotton from normal channels of trade to uses which will increase consumption, the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration announces through County Agent R. D. Suber. The eight new uses include utili zation of cotton fabric as: (1) a covering or membrane, either by itself or as a reinforcing material, for sides of irrigation, drainage, run-off, or other types of ditches; (2) a covering or membrane tc reinforce fills or cuts for roads, highways, or other purposes; (3) a protection for hives of bees; (4) a protective covering for fruits or vegetables during growing, ripen ing, or curing processes; (5) a cov ering for shading or protecting tree seedlings or shrubs during critical periods of growth; (6) a portable covering, hood, or tent in connection with fumigating, spray- ng, or dusting fruits, vegetables, vines, trees, or plants; (7) a roof, outside covering material, or in sulation in the construction of permanent or semi-permanent structures; and (8) a membrane or reinforcing material in connec tion with the surfacing of airport runways, roads, bridges, paths, o: walks. x Early Summer Notes * • About Livestock Clemson, May 29.—Proper atten tion to livestock in June is partic- ularly important say Clemson spe cialists, giving brief suggestions to guide farmers. Animal Husbandry Start hogs to grazing soybeans when beans are about 12 inche 1 high. Build a creep and feed bee" calves some grain. Treat sheep for stomach wornv every two weeks if heavily infest ed. Market the spring lambs wher they weigh 70 to 80 pounds pe’ head. Provide shade and fresh wate for all classes of livestock. Mow the permanent pastures to destroy weeds. Observe the livestock for screw worm infestation and give treat ment if needed. Dairying Control flies by keeping all ma nure spread on the fields. Cool milk and cream immediate ly after milking to control bacteria and undesirable odors and flavors. Mow the pasture often enough to ’ eep down obnoxious weeds. Sow Sudan grass or pearl millc n a rich plot close to the barn tc ;t and feed green when pasture are dry and short. Keep an abundant supply o resh water before the cows. Poultry Keep pullets on clean range dur ing summer months. Do not push pullets into egg pro duction; feed a low protein ration made up mostly of grain. Watch the birds for lice infesta tion and examine the sleeping quarters occasionally for mites. If troubled each fall with chick en pox or sorehead, vaccinate the pullets when three to four months of age to prevent an outbreak. June Farm Calendar Clemson, May 29.—Brief remind ers by extension specialists for busy farmers show much important work for early summer. Agronomy As soon as moisture condition permit, plant cowpeas, velvet teans, soybeans, or crotalaria b all corn middles and stubble land Such acreage of legumes will aid in qualifying for payments unde the new farm program, will pro duce food and feed, and will con serve and build up the soil. Horticulture Order celery plants for late July or early August delivery. Apply quickly available nitrogen to garden crops if not growing well Cultivate crops shallow but fre quently to save moisture. Mulch tomato plants heavily with straw or leaves to hold moisture and prolong fruiting season. Pack vegetables and fruits in the right kind of attractive package and get better prices. Plant a few tomato seed for a late crop. Insects and Diseases Get the boll weevil early with pre-square poison. Examine banded apple trees every 10 days and kill codling moth larvae. Pick up and burn fallen fruit. Spray melons and tomatoes with 4-4-50 Bordeaux for disease con trol. Add lead arsenate to the spray for leaf-eating insects. Stop the spread of red spiders by burning weeds and badly in fested plants and applying super fine dusting sulfur. Spray or dust beans with mag nesium arsenate to control Mexi can bean beetles. Non-poisonous rotenone sprays and dusts are more effective. Transfer and requeen bees. WANT ADV. FREE! If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching Bloating, Nausea, get free sample doctor’s prescription, Udga, al Strom’s Drug Store. NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, against ElMck McDuffie and G. H. Geiger, as Receiver of Abbeville-Green- wood Mutual Insurance Associa tion, Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of Sale in the above entitled matter, I will sell at public auction on Salesday in June, 1937 (the same being the 7tb day of June) in front of the Court House door, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the follow- described real estate, to-wit; All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing Ninety-three (93) acres, bounded on the North by lands now or for merly of G. E. Calvert; on the East by lands of McKelvy; on the South by lands of F. B. Gary Estate and Russells Creek; on the West by lands of Louis McDuffie. For a further description by courses and distances, reference : c made to the mortgage executed by Ellick McDuffie to the Land Bank Commissioner, recorded in the Of fice of the C. C. C. P. & G. S. and R. M. C. for McCormick County South Carohoa, in Mortgage Bool- 16 at page 331. A cash deposit of five (5%> re cent. of the highest bid, unles*- made by the Plaintiff, or its At torney, will be required as evide^o^ of good faith, said deposit to be applied on the bid should therr be a compliance therewith. No deficiency judgment be'n' asked, the right thereto being ex pressly waivted, the bidding wil’ close at the completion of Ur same, TERMS OF SALE: CASH; Pur chaser to pay for papers anr stamps. J. FRANK MATTTSON. Master for McCormick County, S. C May 18, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Plea.c The Federal I.and Bank of Colum bia, Plaintiff, VS Mrs. Jennie L. M. 6. Duncan, Trus tee. Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of sale in the above entitled action. I will sell at public auction on Salesday in June.; 1937 (the same being the 7th dav rf June) in front of the Court House door, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit; All that certain tract, plantation i or parcel of land, situate, Ivina and being in the County of McCor- "nick, State of South Care!!:!?., con fining 103.2 acres, more or less, md bounded as follows: On the ^orth bv lands of Lewis Jones and George W. Mitchell; East by lands of Lewis Jones, George W. Mitchelf and West-Coat Creek to the mouth of Sandy Branch; on the South by lands of Dr. R. G. Killings- worth following Sandy Branch from West-Coat Creek to a corner in a springs, thence tc the mouth of another branch Southwest of Sandy Branch to a corner on the Weeks Place, and from there a straight line to the Chamberlain Ferry Road; and bounded on/the West by lands of Dr. R. G. Killings- worth and the Chamberlain Ferry* Road, being the identical tract of land conveyed to Irene Josenhine Duncan by Deed from Dr. R. G. Killingsworth dated January 13th, 1920 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for McCor mick County, in Deed Book No. 4, at page 373, as will more fully ap pear by reference to a plat of the same made by S. E. Rosenswike, Surveyor, dated September 2. 1919. A cash deposit of five (5%) per cent, of the highest bid, unless made by the Plaintiff, or its At torney, will be required as evidence of good faith, said deposit to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance therewith. No deficiency judgment being asked, the right thereto being ex pressly waived, the bidding will 'dose at the completion of the same. TERMS OF SALE: CASH; Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. FRANK MA'ITTSON, Master for McCormick County, S. C, May 18, 1937.—3t. Sgg NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas. Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, against Ervin Long, also known as Erwin Long, Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of Sale in the above entitled cause. I will sell at public auction on Salesday in June, 1937 (the same being the 7th day of June) in front of the Court House door, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit: All that tract, lot or parcel of land located, situated, lying and being in Yeldell Township, County of McCormick, and State of South Carolina, containing Two Hundred Fifty-three and five-tenths (253.5) acres. Said lands being bounded on the North by First Joint Stocfc Land Bank; on the east by lands formerly of W. C. Hollingsworth; South by E. Dayis and Cook. Dorn Brothers and Hollingsworth Es tate: on the West by Hard Labor Creek and Dough ton lands. Copy of said Plat now being on file with the Agent of the Land Bank Com missioner, at Columbia, S. C. For a further description by courses and distances, reference is made to the mortgage executed by* Ervin Long, also known as Erwin Long to the Land Bank Commis sioner, recorded in the office of the C. C. C. P. & G. S. and R. M. C. for McCormick County, South Carolina in Mortgage Book 16 at Page 243. The abo* T e described premises will be sold subject to a mortgage to The Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia in the principal sum of $1,100.00, said mortgage being re corded in the Office of Clerk of Court for McCormick County m Mortgage Book 16, Page 241, and the purchaser will assume payment thereof. A cash deposit of five (5%) per cent, of the highest bid, unless made by the Plaintiff, or its At torney, will be required as evidence- of good faith, said deposit to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance therewith. No deficiency judgment being asked, the right thereto being ex pressly waived, the bidding will close at the completion of the same. TERMS OF SALE: Cash; Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. FRANK MATTJSON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. May 18, 1937.—3t. SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court of Common Pleas. D. J. MCALLISTER. PLAINTIFF, against EFFIE BELCHER JOHNSON, DE- vtNDANT. TO THE NON-RESIDENT DE- ' FENDANT, EFFIE BELCHER JOHNSON: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NO^ TICE, That the Summons and Oomplaint in the foregoing action vas filed in the Office cf the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Mc Cormick County, South Carolina^ on the 19 day of Mav, 1937; that by the terms of said Summons you are summoned and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers Thurmond & Buz- hardt, at their office in McCor mick, South Carolina, within TWENTY DAYS after the service “ereof upon you, exclusive of the date of such sdfrvice; and if you >il to answer the Complaint with- :*n the time aforesaid, the plaintiff n this action will apply to the ^'ourt for the relief demanded in ;he complaint. THURMOND & BUZHARDT, Plaintiff’s Attorney. -V McCormick, S. C. { May 10, r93T.—3t. \ _ J