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Thirty-Sixth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 8,1937
Number 7
Mt. Carmel JNews
Mrs. J. R. Tarrant lias returned
from a pleasant visit to Edgefield.
Mr. Dode Philips spent Wednes
day night here. Mrs. Philips and
David who have been visiting Mrs.
J. W. Bcyd, returned to Greenville
with him.
Mrs. Gladys Bowyer and Mr.
Charles Bowyer of Anderson, Mr.
W. L. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
8cott and others of Greenwood
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Scott Sunday.
Messrs. Lawrence Hester, Sr.,
Lawrence Hester, Jr., and Jim Pat
Hester expect to leave Thursday for
a visit to Beaumont, Texas, and
other places. They will visit Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Hester at Beaumont,
and visit the exposition at Dallas,
Tex., and other points of interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harling and
Ben Jr., of Atlanta spent the week
end and Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Harling.
Mr. and Mrs. Loftin Jones and
son, Loftin, Jr , of Mississippi, Mrs.
Edward Hammond and children,
Jimmie and Edna, were happy
guests of Mrs. Mary Smith Sunday.
Miss Gladys Scott of Davidson
College spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Scott.
Miss McKellar of Florence, S. C.,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. John D.
Cade, and both are visiting Capt.
and Mrs. W. B. Sharp at Fort Mc
Pherson this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dusty Rhodes of
Augusta were visitors here Satur
day evening.
Mrs. Corrie Richardson of At
lanta and Mrs. Ethel Lanier of
Calhoun Falls were week end guests
of Mrs. Ida Black.
Although the weather was in
clement during the a. m., quite a
nice crowd gathered at Calhoun
Mills on Little River to enjoy the
happy reunion of the McAllister
family on Monday, July 5. A de
licious barbecue and picnic dinner
with iced tea was served at the
noon hour, and every one present
enjoyed a happy day.
Funeral Services For
C. H. Hemminger
Funeral services for Curtis Hun
ter Hemminger, 31, who died in Co
lumbia Saturday morning were
conducted at three o’clock Sunday
afternoon from the Willington
Presbyterian church of which he
had been a member since child
hood with, the pastor, the Rev. A.
F. Doty, and the Rev. E. F. Gettys,
Superintendent of the De la Howe
State school, officiating.
Mr. Hemminger was an only
child of Mrs. Daisy Wright Hem
minger and the late John G.
Hemminger of Willington and
prominently connected in this
county. He had been with the
South Carolina Highway depart
ment for the past seven years as
a State patrolman. He was a grad
uate of the Wofford College Fitting
School, Spartanburg, and attended
Presbyterian College, Clinton.
Besides his mother Mr. Hemmin
ger is survived by his widow, who
before her marriage was Miss
Kafer Goodwin of Walterboro and
a five year old son, John G. Hem
minger.
Interment was made in Old Wil
lington cemetery and pallbearers
were his fellow employees of the
highway department.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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Union Services
At Baptist Church
Sunday Evening
The regular monthly union
services will be held at the Baptist
Church Sunday evening at 8:15
o’clock. The Reverend M. E.
Derrick, pastor of the Methodist
Church, is scheduled to bring the
message. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to everyone,
Taylor Praises
Tenant Measure
Third District Congressman, Who
Actively Supported Bill, Declares
“Program Has Great Possibilities.”
Washington, July 1.—The ad
ministration has taken a great step
forward in the ultimate solution of
the complex agricultural problems
of the South in the passage in the
house this week of the farm tenant
bill in the belief of Congressman
John C. Taylor who voted for the
measure and actively supported it.
The bill now goes to the senate
where it is expected it will also be
approved.
“While we recognize this as just
a beginning,” Congressman Taylor
stated after passage of the meas
ure, “we have every reason to be
lieve that the program has great
possibilities and will eventually be
enlarged to take care of many
families who would like to own
their own homes and small farms.”
Under the program which met
with very little opposition in the
house, even from the Republican
ranks, the Farm Security Board
which will administer the Act will
be empowered to make loans over
a period of 30 years at 3 per cent
interest to families desiring to own
and purchase their own homes.
Loans will be limited to tenants,
sharecroppers and farm laborers.
To inaugurate this feature of the
program, the house voted to ap
propriate $10,000,000 the first year,
$25,000,000 the second year, and
$50,000,000 the third year. It is es
timated that the appropriation for
the first year will take care of
3,000 applicants and it can readily
be figured that the third year’s ap
propriation after the program has
been tried and tested will take care
of an estimated 15,000 applicants.
“It has always been my conten
tion,” Congressman Taylor stated
further, “that a man or a family
takes a great deal more interest in
a home or farm if the home or
farm is his property. Not only will
he take a great deal more interest
in making a living for himself and
his family through improvement of
the farm and homestead but it
gives him and his family a certain
amount of independence, security
and happiness that does not come
from working a farm belonging to
someone else. I hope it will result
in the improvement of farm condi
tions and will enable many families
to sustain themselves who now de
pend on the public purse for food
and clothing. The laborer on the
farm will be able to realize his am
bition to work for himself and if
the program works out the govern
ment will get full face value for
the money invested.”
Under the program all those bor
rowing the money must be respon
sible individuals who have initia
tive, intelligence and are willing to
work. The house appropriated e
relatively small amount to start the
program in order to get it on a
firm, practical basis before opera
tions are extended to a larger scale.
In the same measure an appro
priation was passed authorizing re
habilitation loans at 5 per cent for
not more than five years to pur
chase horses, mules, cows and other
livestock and to provide for other
family needs.
The bill also included an appro
priation of $10,000,000 for the sys
tematic retirement of submarginal
and worthless land into conserva
tion areas, public parks, etc. This
appropriation is to be increased to
$20,000,000 during the second year.
Canning
Demonstration
On Fridav. July 9. at 2:30 o’clock,
at the Community House in Mc
Cormick a Canning Demonstration
will be given by a representative
from Ball Bros. You are invited to
come learn how to can your non- 1
acid vegetables in a steam pressure
cooker.
Matilda Bell,
Co. Home Dem. Agent.
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HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
July 9th and 10th, 7:15 p. m. and 9 p. m.
BARBARA STANWYCK JOEL McCREA
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Internes Can’t Take Money
Also
Two Reel Comedy
“Don’t Be Like That”
and
Sports With Bill Corum
“The Iceman”
MONDAY and TUESDAY
July 12th and 13th, 7:15 p. m. and 9 p. m.
BING CROSBY SHIRLEY ROSS
in
“WAIKIKI WEDDING”
Also
A Screen Song
Talking Through My Heart
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
July 14th amt 15th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:25 p. m.
NORMA SHE A RER _ LESLIE HOWARD
“ROMEO & JULIET
ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up tc 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
Camp Bradley JNews
Camp Bradley, July 3.—Wednes
day morning shortly after 9:00
o’clock, Foreman Tompkins laid
the last piece of decking on the!
Hardlabor Creek Bridge, loaded his j
crew on the truck and drove across.
Camp F-7 and Mr. Tompkins have
been here almost three years and
this was the first time a truck load
cf men has ever been transported
across Hardlabor Creek at this
point. Although there is still some
work to be done before the bridge
is completed all trucks and equip
ment will be able to cross it from
now on.
The 16-foot ribbon of stone
which is being put down in the
hard surfacing of the Flint Road
has wended its way almost to the
end of the surfaced portion of the
Flint Road. After putting down
1000 more feet, the base of No. 2
stone will be completed. Foreman
Ray will probably have jack ham
mers running on a new quarry site
within the next week.
Clerk Harold Bussey returned
to camp from the Greenwood Hos
pital Wednesday afternoon where
he recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis. As this was the
last day of the month and the end
of the fiscal year, he found the
Forest Service office at camp filled
with Forms ECW-7, Twenty-Six’s,
Time Slips, and other monthly and
annual reports. Bussey left camp
Friday night for his home where
he says he will sit in the shade and
eat fried chicken and ice cream
until the first of next week when
he will return to camp as good as
new.
Mr. Hawley who has been work
ing on western forests in Okla
homa, Oregon, and California and
is now a member of the Forest
Supervisor’s staff was in camp sev
eral days this past week.
Leon Hall from Camp F-ll came
by camp for a short time Wednes
day night.
Many of the enrolled men who
are not on fire duty will spend this
week end at home. Monday will
be a holiday in place of the 4th,
giving us a long week end. Foremen
Jake Ray and Pete Cantelou and
section No. 2 will take care of the
camp and guard the forest against
fire.
Senator Beck has returned to
camp after three days treatment
in the Greenwood Hospital.
Mr. Frank Wideman, of Washing
ton, D. C., and Palm Beach; Mr.
Houser, of West Palm Beach; Mr.
Wade Harrison and young Mr.
Harrison looked over the camp
Thursday afternoon.
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Explains Who Can
Sign Form SS-1
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Cooper today called attention to
the fact that business and office
managers of firms or corporations
are not allowed to sign Treasury
Form SS-1, which accompanies
payment of taxes under Title VIII
of the Social Security Act. Only
an owner, president, partner or
firm member may sign that form,
or one with a properly executed
power of attorney.
Taxing provisions under Title
VIII call for an income tax on the
wages of every taxable individual
and an excise tax on the pay roll
of every employer of one or more
oersons. The employer collects the
employee’s tax when the regular
weekly or semi-monthly wages are
paid. Such deductions from the
employee must be noted by the
3mployer in a comment separate
and apart from any explanation
of gmy other deductions.
Treasury Form SS-1 must be sub
mitted monthly accompanied by
the employee-employer tax, which
is one per cent of the wages paid
and received.
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Notice
The County Home Demonstra
tion Agent, Miss Matilda Bell, will
attend an Agent’s Conference at
Winthrop College, July 12-17.
3,968 Business Estab
lishments In State Are
Liable For Payroll
Contributions Under
The Unemployment
Compensation Act
Columbia, July 1.—There are in
South Carolina a total of 3,968
business establishments liable for
payroll contributions under the
Unemployment Compensation Act,
it was announced today by the Un
employment Compensation Com
mission.
The liable establishments are
classified into fifteen major groups,
as mining and quarrying, construc
tion, manufacturing, transporta
tion, wholesale trade, retail trade,
services, etc.
Retail trade is the leading group
with 1,305 separate establishments.
Manufacturing is second with 949,
followed by wholesale trade with
615. The service group (hotel, eat
ing places, filling stations, etc.)
ranks fourth with 509.
It was pointed out by the Com
mission that the 3,968 establish
ments are those enterprises embrac
ed in the act employing eight or
more people. In a number of cases
employers not compelled to make
contributions under the law have
voluntarily done so in order that
their employees might have the
benefits of unemployment protec
tion. A total of 157 establishments
have already made this decision.
The county distribution of the
liable establishments shows that
every county in the state is affect
ed. As is to be expected the liable
establishments are concentrated in
the larger and more populous
counties. Greenville with 488 leads,
followed by Richland with 462,
Charleston with 359, and Spartan
burg with 317. Florence (175), An
derson (166), Sumter (126, and
York (115) are the only other
counties with more than one hun
dred covered enterprises.
Saluda County has the smallest
number of liable employers with 6.
McCormick is next with 9, followed
by Edgefield with 11.
The Commission announced that
the number of covered employees
by major industrial groups and by
counties had not yet been com
piled. This information is being as
sembled with the beginning of this
fiscal year and will be released
each month.
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Improving Poultry
Breeding Stock
Clemson, July 3.—South Carolina
is one of 41 states cooperating with
the United States Department of
Agriculture in the National Poul
try Improvement Plan, says P. H
Gooding, extension poultryman,
discussing this important program
for advancement of the poultry in
dustry. Over 30,000 poultrymen.
breeders, and commercial hatch-
erymen participated in the year
ending June 30, he states.
In South Carolina nine commer
cial hatcheries with a hatching,
capacity of 235,460 and 219 supph
flocks with a total of 29,359 birds
participated. This was in the first
stage of the work designated a
“U. S. Approved”, in which 26 state:
took part. Other stages are “U. S
Certified”, “U. S. Record of Per
formance”, and "U. S. Register ol
Merit.”
“The chief purposes of the plan”
Mr. Gooding explains, “are to im
prove the quality of poultry breed
ing stock, to control pullorum dis
ease, and to provide designations
uniform throughout the country
for describing breeding quality.
Thus the plan enables buyers to
know more accurately the merits
of breeding stock, hatching eggs,
and chicks offered for sale.”
Cities in 1790
The first census was taken in 1790.
At that time the leading ten cities
were: Philadelphia, 42,444; New
York, 33,131; Boston, 18,038;
Charleston, 16,359; Baltimore, 13,-
503; Salem, Mass., 7,921; Newport,
6.716; Providence, 6,380; Richmond,
Poultry Parasites
Real Summer Dangers
County Agent R. D. Suber again,
warns McCormick county poultry
growers that during warm weather
hens may become infested with
lice and hen houses with mites in
a short time and that these para
sites may not be noticed until egg
production drops. A further bad
effect, he says, is that pullets may
be stunted in growth and some may
be lost before the flock owners dis
cover the cause of the trouble.
The most effective summer
treatment for lice, Mr. Suber says,
is dipping the birds in a sodium:
flouride solution made of one
pound of sodium flouride and 10
gallons of water. The sodium
flouride may be dusted on the hens
by the pinch method, which con
sists of applying a pinch of the
dust under each wing, the neck,,
the back, and the fluff.
To get rid of mites the county
agent advises cleaning the poultry
house thoroughly and spraying
with a five per cent solution of
some good disinfectant. He sug
gests that old motor oil alone or
with kerosene may be used for
painting the roosts and nearby
cracks and crevices.
For details regarding these para
sites and other poultry troubles
Mr. Suber suggests that poultry-
men should secure Extension Cir-
cular 147, Poultry Sanitation and
Health, which may be obtained
through the county agent’s office
or direct from the Publications De
partment at Clemson College.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express our apprecia
tion for the many acts of kindness
shown us, the words of sympathy,,
the floral tributes which helped to
comfort in this hour of sadness,,
during the illness and at the death,
of our devoted mother.
May God’s richest blessings abide
with each one.
Mrs. Luther Bowick,
And Family.
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Notice
There will be a re-union of the
Bussey family in Mr. J. M. Bussey’s
spring grove, Parksville, S. C., July
21st. All relatives of the Bussey-
family are cordially invited to be
present. Bring picnic lunch and a
jar of sweetened tea.
Mrs. J. M. Bussey.
Civil Service Exam
inations Announced
For Various
Trades Positions
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open:
competitive examinations for the
oositions of senior cabinetmaker^
senior carpenter, senior electrician.,
and senior painter, for appoint
ment in Washington, D. C.. and im
mediate vicinity only. These ex
aminations are open tc all United
States citizens who meet the re
quirements. The entrance salary-
for these positions is $1,850 a year.
Applicants must have had at least
1 year of journeyman experience in
the trade for which application is
made, subsequent to the completion
of a 4-year apprenticeship therein,
or 4 years’ practical experience in
the trade applied for, the substan
tial equivalent of such completed
apprenticeship.
Full information may be obtain
ed from the Secretary of the Unit
ed States Civil Service Board of
Examiners at the post office or
customhouse in any city which has
a post office of the first or second,
class, or from the United States
Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, D. C.
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White Eel Spanish Delicacy
In the waters off northeastern
Spain the Basque fishermen place-
oil lamps along the quays to attract
the tiny, white, two-inch eel which
frequents this corner of the Bay of
B : rorv. Thev a^e able to scoop them
up Ly ti e thousand. When fried in.
! ih. .s considered a delicacy*