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I f McCORMlCK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTB CAROLINA Thursday, June 17, 1937 HOOVER DAM POWER GREATLY INCREASED Scouring of River Bed Adds to Earning Capacity. Washington, D. C.—Hoover dam’s great power plant has been in creased in value by $1,500,000 be cause waters from the dam are carrying away from the stream bed below it each day enough silt to fill three freight trains of eighty cars each. The scouring of the bed was cited by John C. Page, reclamation com missioner, as an interesting illustra tion of the changes wrought in the character of the Colorado river by construction of Hoover dam on the Nevada-Arizona line. The regulated flow has carried away in the last two years 9,100,000 tons of silt deposited in past ages by the overburdened stream, with the result that the stream is clear to a point forty-three miles below the dam. It no longer looks like the Colorado river. New rapids have been formed where the removal of silt has exposed ancient and long- buried boulders. The scouring. Page reported to Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, has added about four feet to the effective head of the turbines in the dam. Each foot thus added in creases the annual earning power from current, when the power plant is fully equipped, approximately $50,000. When the turbines were installed allowance was made for use of an additional twenty feet of head from scouring in the river bed. Muddy water still pours from the Grand canyon into Lake Mead above the dam, but the silt settles in the bottom of the lake for 115 miles. Clear water thus rushes through the dam’s outlets and, because of its regular flow, scours the stream bed below. The flow is now regular the year around, whereas before construc tion of the dam the Colorado river fluctuated between floods as great as 300,000 cubic feet per second to 300 feet in the dry season. Flood and drought thus have been eliminated as threats to farmers in the lower valley of the Colorado. Home Demonstration Agent’s Calendar June 18-24 Friday, Camp Rocky Bottom, a. m.; Camp Rocky Bottom, p. m. Saturday, office, a. m.; office, p. m. Monday, office, a. m.; office, p m. Tuesday, office, a. m.; Wideman H. D. Club, 3:00 p. m. Wednesday, office, a. m.; Parks- villle H. D. Club, 3:00 p. m. Thursday, office, a. m.; Modoc H. D. Club, 3:00 p. m. -XXI- Notiee The White Town Home Demon stration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. H. M. Freeland on Friday. June 18, at 3 o’clock. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. -txt- South Carolina Handles 5 3-4 Million Pounds Of Farm Surpluses at For entertaining . . .PURE REFRESHMENT W.jV' V till’ ' Special For This Week End AT S 5 > *.. : f ,/f fe- im m lC When friends call, it is always an occasion for refreshment. Everybody welcomes the life and sparkle of ice-cold Coca-Cola. Serve it from your own refrigerator. SB-150-76 ii U. S. Navy Planning to Retire 66 Ships by 1938 San Diego, Calif.—During the next 20 months the United States navy will place at least 66 ships on the “retired list,” it was learned in naval circles here. The majority of these vessels will be destroyers and submarines which now are based at San Diego and which will be replaced by newer fighting craft. By the end of the 1938 fiscal year 32 San Diego destroyers will have been decommissioned, along with three submarines. Thirteen other destroyers will lose their places on navy lists before July, 1938. Before July 1 of this year the San Diego destroyers Buchanan, Crown- inshield, Evans, Hale, Lea, Philip, Roper, Twiggs, Aaron Ward, Wickes, Chandler, Dahlgren, Litch field, Overton, Preble, Tracy, Hov- ey. Long, and Southard will be gone. Others listed for early decommis sioning include the Borie, Brooms, Dallas, MacLeish, McCormick, Per ry, Pruitt, Sicard, Simpson, Trever, Truxton, Wasmuth, and Zane. Ten submarines are listed for the naval junk heap. They are the Bo nita, Bass, Barracuda, based in San Diego, and the S-18, E-21, S-22, S-23, S-30, S-31, S-32, S-33 S-34 and S-35. Four minelayers also are to go along with the destroyers—Blakeley, Bernadou, Breckenridge, Cole, Du Pont, Ellis, Greer, Tarbell, Upshur and Yarnall, which are based outside of San Diego. Newer, speedier and more mod ern fighting craft, already built or under construction, are scheduled to take the places of the over-age ves sels in fleet anchorages on the Paci fic and Atlantic coasts, it was said, bringing the navy up to near full strength. Cripple for 27 Years Is Master Wood Worker Lower Waterford, Vt.—William J. Morrison, sixty-eight, a cripple con fined to a wheel chair for the last twenty-seven years, is a master wood craftsman. Morrison, who was a blacksmith until he was stricken with infantile paralysis, has produced fine pieces of furniture with only a few simple tools and a vise. He has no power tools. He built a model house, complete in every detail. The interior is fur nished with electric lights, beds, sewing machine, kitchen sink, dishes and bathroom fixtures, in cluding a bath mat and soap. A miniature man and woman sit be fore a fireplace. Morrison used pine for the house, which he values at $300, and black cherry and oak for the furniture. Approximately 5 3-4 million pounds of surplus farm products, removed from price-depressed markets in order to increase re turns to producers, were distribut ed in South Carolina during 1936 to needy and unemployed persons certified to the relief rolls of that state, the Federal Surplus Com modities Corporation announced. The surplus products were re moved from the markets by the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration and the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation,, in co operation with the various state relief agencies, in connections with programs designed to improve re turns to producers, encourage do mestic consumption of agricultural commodities, and prevent waste. The products were distributed to state relief agencies by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation. The commodities distributed in South Carolina included the fol lowing: Canned beef, 180,000 pounds; dry skim milk, 160,192 -pounds; flour, 1,588,703 pounds; enriched oat cereal, 40,000 pounds; rolled oats, 120,000 pounds; fresh apples, 1,980,000 pounds; dried beans, 50,000 pounds; citrus fruit, 612,000 pounds; onions, 177,000 pounds; dried peas, 240,000 pounds; and dried prunes, 600,000 pounds. Also distributed in South Carolina were 478,800 pounds of mill feed. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in July, 1937, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be ap plied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Eli Tompkins, and is described as follows: Fifty-nine (59) acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 3, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by land of Midas Tompkins; east by Little River; south by land of Ambus Martin; west by land of Midas Tompkins, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE. Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C. f June 15, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE FINAL DISCHARGE Fly Time Again Fight The Pest Clemson, June 12.—With fly time at hand again, R. D. Suber, county farm agent, reminds farmers and housekeepers that screens, poisons, and traps are effective weapons of defense and offense against the troublesome and dangerous pest, the common house fly. Screening of doors and windows is the most important practice v/hich aids in protection against house flies, says the county agent, pointing out that it is really de plorable to drive through the coun try and see how few houses are screened, especially in view of the importance of this safeguard. As to weapons of offence the agent suggests that flies should be fought with traps, sticky fly papers, sprays, swatters, and poison bait. Of the latter, the bait containing the following ingredients has been found to be effective: one table spoon of formaldehyde, one pint of skim milk, and one pint of water. This should be exposed in shallow pans. Stable manures should be haul ed out as frequently as practicable and spread thinly over the fields, and other fly-.breeding sources should be destroyed. Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas- •urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in July, 1937, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Flem Butler, and is described as follows: Two (2) lots. No. 8 and No. 16, in block 9%, having a frontage of 50 feet each on Walnut and Oak Streets, running 100 feet back on Carolina Street, in Town of Mc Cormick, State of South Carolina J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C., June 15, 1937.—3t. Notice is hereby given that S. T. Young. Administrator of the estate of John Henry Young, Deceased, has this dav made application unto me for a final discharge as such Administrator; and the 15th day of July, 1937, at 10 o’clock a. m. r at my office has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate McCormick Coun ty, S. C. June 14, 1937.—4t. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF TAX SALE WANT ADV. Man Ha* All Penny Minting* but Three Kirksville, Mo.—Fifteen years sgo Ralph Link of Kirksville started to collect a penny of each year’s output of the United States mint since 1793, the first to be coined. He has obtained all but for three years—1793, 1799 and 1804. None were minted in 1815. FOR SALE—Two mules. W. R. ^ V"' Trcv S. C. BE PROFESSICNAL—Learn the ~rt of Reauty Culture. For infor mation write Greenwood School of Beauty Culture, Professional Build- Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due hr State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the year' 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidd 0 ’ for cash on salesday in July, 1937 during the leeal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxe* and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of R. H. Middleton and is described as follows: One hundred thirty-seven <13 7 ' acres of land, more or less, ir School District No. 25. McCormicv County, State of South Carolina bounded on north by lands of L. C. Rich and Thomas Meriwether; east by lands of Thomas Meri wether and H. A. Adams; south by land of H. C. Middleton: west by Bailey lands, and probably others J J. T. FOOSHE. Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C., June 15, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described property to satisfy the taxes due STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. By Hon. J. Frank Mattison, Pro bate Judge: WHEREAS, Hamp Seigler made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Minnie Talbert; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Minnie Talbert, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on June 26, 1937, Next after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have why thr said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 12th day of June Anno Domini 1937. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. 2-t. i x. \ The Sanitary Barber Shop McCORMICK, S. C. Regular And Reliable Service Ladies And Children Cordially Invited v J. B. ORR, Prop. Insurance Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Ex cept Life. BROWNS’ Inc., Main Street - - - McCormick, S. C. A close out of all 50c Ladies’ Silk hose, full fashion, new shades, all sizes—Special for this week end only— 33c PerPair 2 PairFor 65c 3 PairFor 95c GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Greenwood, S. C. years 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the high est bidder for cash on salesday in July, 1937, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of J. F. Dalton, and is described as follows: Sixty-seven (67) acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 17, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by Long Cane Public Road; east by land of M. DeLoach; south bv land of Mrs. Franz Engles and Hollingsworth land: w T est by Tim merman le^d, and J. F. Dalton land, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE. Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C.. June 15, 1937.—3t. WANTED Beginning Immediately, Several Thousand Cords, UNPEELED PINE PULPWOOD at $4.00 per Cord of 160 cubic feet, F. O. B. cars at any loading points on C. & W. C. By. from Bordeaux and Troy to Augusta. QUALITY AND PREPARATION Saw only sound, thrifty, living Pine trees. No split or ax-cut wood accepted. Trim knots and limbs close to surface of stick. No crotches, very crooked, wormy or rotten wood allowed. Burned or charred wood will be rejected! Slicks must be free from nails, spikes and' other / metal. All wood must he delivered within two weeks after it is cut. Length 5 feet, even. Diameter—Not less than 5 inches at small end.. R. M. WINN & W. R. MINER PLUM BRANCH, S. C: ' ■ v ■ 3E 33 HAS TIMED >50 MILLION LIVES LERDERSHIP 'DmuzncU- E Tf E R G Vt IT TAKES TO STAND FIRM IN FOR 96 YEARS CLAVSSEN’S BREAD HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF FOOD ENERGY! Scream of wren . . . careful, exact, SURE performance of nerve-wracking taaka . .. yea IT TAKES ENERGY TO STAND FIRM IN EMERGENCIES. ing, or call 2726, Greenwood. Mrs. 1 state of South Carolina and R. C. Davis. i the County of McCormick, for the HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Today—CLAtJSsc* '* Bread Is "Air-Conditioned." because II «. is removed from ovens, cooled quickly in scientific cooUnw rooms where the air is dry. pure, washed . . . then wrap* ped quickly at proper temper- tore. Always fresh at your Grocer's. Order HI C lauSSen'S c-j Brea /.v'fliR-conimonED;