Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MeCORMICK MESSENGER. McGOlUiiCK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, November 4, 1937 VISIT GREENWOOD’S GREATEST COUNTY FAIR Monday Through Saturday NOV. 8TH-13TH AT GREENWOOD See the agricultural and industrial wealth of Western South Carolina on display. EVERY DAY A BIG DAY Free acts every night—positively no extra charge for these spectacular fea tures. MONDAY OPENING DAY—Gates open at 3 o’clock TUESDAY AGRICULTURE DAY — Gates open at noon WEDNESDAY AMERICAN LEGION DAY—All Legionnaires admitted free from opening of gates at noon to closing at night. Governor Olin D. Johnston and Col. Wyndham M. Manning to ad dress throng at 2:15. J. Earle Bethea, State Commander Ameri can Legion, present all day. HORSE SHOW IN AFTERNOON THURSDAY CONNIE MAXWELL DAY — Gates open at noon. Cooinie Maxwell Orphanage chil dren admitted free. Dog show at 7:30 p. m. FRIDAY SCHOOL DAY—Gates open at 9:30 a. m. All school children invited to at tend as special guests of the Fair— Positively no question asked of any child appearing at the gates from opening in the morning un til they are closed at night. SATURDAY CLOSING DAY—Gates open at 9:30. . On the Midway Marks Shows, Inc. Finest on earth, now or ever Mile-long pleasure trail 16 stupendous 16 shows presented in air-cooled, waterproof tented theatres 14-magn i f icent-14 rides talented entertainers Meet me at the Greenwood County Fair Admission: adults-25c-children un der 14-10e. Positively no charge for any child en tering gates on Friday. /''PDfRN wpmi LdutNE White President <A The Na tional Federation of Busi ness mad Professional Wotnc.’c Clubs, Inc. 5av£ The Manure For Greater Crop Yields Weekly Cotton Grade And Staple Reports For Southeastern States For Week Ending Oct. 28, 1937 Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 30.—Cotton grades are lower this season throughout the Southeastern States than for a number of seasons past, according to weekly grade and staple reports issued by the At lanta office of the Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics. Samples classed in recent weeks have shown unusually small proportions of the high grades. Only about 5 per cent ^ er Nursing Service in the Ken- of the ginnings classed this week tuck y mountains. Her nurses ride | soil the greater the returns from from Georgia, Alabama, and North horseback, carrying medical sup- manure applied. Carolina is Strict Middling and P Ues in their saddlebags and they “Probably one of our greatest higher grades; only 2 per cent from cover a territory of 1,000 square handicaps in properly conserving South Carolina; and less than one 1111165 in which there is no railway manure from our dairy cattle is half of 1 per cent from Virginia. For the season to date, Strict Mid dling and above is represented in Carrying the sick six miles on stretchers through blizzards and down mountain trails is all part of the day's work with Mrs. Mary Breckenridge, director of the Fron- Clcmscn, Oct. 30.—The well fed Tairy cow produces about 13 tons f manure per year and this has i value of $2.00 to $8.00 per ton, I'-uending upon the land and the crop grown, says Prof. J. P. La- Master, chief of the Dairy Depart ment of the South Carolina Ex periment Station. Advising South Carolina farmers to practice the same extreme care as do western dairy farmers in saving and utilizing this excellent' source oj[ fertility. Prof. LaMaster points olut that the poorer the the following proportions: Alabama j ^ en y ear5 » during which time more 17 per cent; North Carolina 17 per | than 2 > 000 mothers have been at- cent; Georgia 15 per cent; South tended in childbirth. Carolina 8 per cent; and Virginia and only twenty-four miles of . the scarcity of suitable bedding gravel highway. The Pioneer Nurs- * material bn many of our farms”, ing Service has been established he says. "Straws from the cereals, 3 per cent. The average staple length is shorter this season, according to reports issued so far, than for last • * * What is said to be the most com plete collection of biographies of ings. famous women in history and to be found in New York is owned by which make the best type of bed ding, are limited in quantity in this section. Some substitutes for straws which may be secured abundantly are leaves and shav- season. The proportion represent- j M* 55 Rosaline Greene, whose ax ing the shortest lengths, shorter, clllves are called upon by persons than 7-8 inch, has increased over a11 over 1:116 country. Collecting this last year in some of the States, material is a hobby with Miss particularly in Alabama, while at Greene, who is well known to radio the same time the proportion for j aucliences - the longer lengths, 1 inch and * * * longer, has decreased, particularly [ Miss Lillian D. Wald, founder of in North Carolina and South Caro-. 1116 Henry Street Settlement, New lina, the States that have produc- I York, recently celebrated her sev- ed the largest proportions of these entieth birthday lengths. The proportions represent- dan tb It will require from eight to ing 1 inch and longer lengths for the season to date are as follows * * * Well known as a “suffrage child is Mrs. Dana Converse Backus, twelve pounds of dry bedding ma terial per cow per day to properly bed each dairy cow and about half this amount for young cattle and dry cows. “After the crops have been gathered it will be well to use the farm labor for gathering enough January Floods Reveal Strength of Red Cross Aid Given 1,062,000 Persons Through Set-Up by Agency The elasticity and scope of Red Cross disaster work is shown in a recent re port on Red Cross relief measures dur ing the unparalleled Ohio-Mississippi Valley flood of this year. At the height of the emergency Red Cross relief offices were established la 182 inundated counties and in H6 coun ties where refugees were cared for, th» report stated. Eight regional head quarters offices controlled the 328 coun ty offices, and were In turn supervised: by the National Red Cross in Washing ton, D. C. [ A statistical summary of persons- aided by the organisation indicates " that the floods constituted the greatest I peace-time emergency ever faced by I the nation. The Red Cross gave some 1 form of assistance to 1,062,000 men, wo- i men and children. From January to ^ August hundreds of trained workers:, helped by thousands of volunteers ad- - ministered to the sufferers. A Red 1 Cross rescue fleet of $400-' boats was organized, according to the- report Emergency hospitals estab lished totaled 300 and 3600 nurses were | assigned to flood duty. In 'more than. 1,000 refugee centers the victims off the flood wero sheltered, clothed andl fed. Through the Red Cross medical- . .. . , - health program and tho work of publie; bedding for the dairy herd to last agencies sickness was kept to*- well up into April, storing it under, normal for tho tftne of year in ant' cover 86 that it will have the Inundated areas. Because of its disaster, experience^ greatest absorptive properties. “Another excellent source of bed ding for many fanns is the refuse the Red Crocs was directed by the ' President of the United States, who ie* also president of the Red Cross, to eo- from feeding shredded stover. This, ordinate the effort of all federal flood" North Carolina 66 per cent; South daughter ot Mrs. James Lees Laid- m » terlal , h “ absorptive prop- i rellet group, Oovoromont and Red Carolina 51 per cent, Georgia 28 law. one of the most active of the ^'us^a'^t on 'm“t b°fa»™ buZuVmwf.h per cent, Virginia 13 per cent, and f women who worked for enfran- Duna t on most Alabama 12 per cent. xx -XX- chisement twenty years ago. As a dairy ^ arms -' consequence of her childhood en- 1 Better Farming Briefs'^“m^ t^ougTX 4 Lighting The Hens reformer, though she. spends quite a lot of her time writing From Recent Reports Of County P oclir y- Recently she has publish- F ... ed a book of verse called “Traveler rnrm Agents on Earth”. To Lay More Eggs ington to plan relief measures and pre vent duplication of effort.. “We were fortunate in; having 56: years of disaster relief experience to call upon in meeting the emergency," Admiral Gary T. Grayson, chairman ofr the Red Cross, said. It was found that 97,009 families^ composed of 436,000 persona had to~ have their resources gppplemented art an entirely new start provided by the Clemson, Od. 23—In addition to * * * proper feeding, lights are an im- Our three highest yielders in the When it comes to the number of P orl ' anl; factor in stimulating win- Red Cros8 ’ the report stated. Red Crosn- cotton contest poisoned their cot- eggs you want to use in a pie, that ter egg Production, advises R. C. ance^waT as"foilows^reac^ Crans ton and two treated their seed with depends on the mission of the pie. Rln grose, assiitant poultry hus- portatIon and shelter, for 6-2.000 tarn- Ceresan. It is very clear that both A company pie needs three eggs, bandman of the South Carolina Hies; food, clothing and other malnt&- practices yielded good dividends.— but if you are baking pies for a Experiment Stitlon, who says that nance for 193,000 families;:buildingand: B. D. Cloaninger, Florence. | family that thinks the pumpkin if lights ar6 tqbe used this winter ; repair for 27,000 families; household: We have an exceptionally good pie season should be a lone and should be started immediate- ’ xoods for 90,000' families; medical,, corn crop and will have a good merry one you will find that three 1 nursing and 8anitat,on ' help for l 5 ' 000 ’ surplus for market. The velvet eggs and two tablespoonfuls of “Although experiments show that beans and peas planted for soil flour will make two very good pies the use of lights results in slightly improving and for hay are the best in years.—J. C. Anthony, Hamp ton. The biggest com crop since 1935 has been made this year. Most of the com was interplanted with cow- peas to comply with the farm pro gram.—F. W. Cannon, Lancaster. To date 2100 pounds of vetch,. 12,800 pounds of Austrian winter peas, 1100 pounds of crimson clover, and 600 pounds of Italian rye grass have been ordered for fall seeding.—C. B. Cannon, Laurens. C. M. Corbett is harvesting 1800 pounds of seed cotton per acre where peas were turned under and is getting only 750 pounds per acre where the peas were cut off the land.—T. M. Cathcart, Jr., Lee. The county has harvested a large crop of unusually good hay. The extra quality is due to growers harvesting at the proper stage and when weather conditions were ideal for curing.—W. D. Wood, Marlboro. Record? are being completed on of firm texture. Poultry And Egg Outlook Favors Producer Profits A more favorable situation is in sight for poultrymen. County Farm Agent R. D. Suber points out on the basis of the October poultry and egg situation report of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Ample supplies of feed grains, in cluding wheat for poultry feeding, and somewhat higher egg prices as compared with those this year are in prospect. The more favorable feed situa tion as affecting poultrymen is likely to result in a larger hatch in 1938 compared with 1937, but the supply of poultry in the first half of next year will probably be less than the corresponding period the cost of silage production. Z. j - u his year, he said. W. Dennis produced 145 tons of j Increased production of fall and ^orn silage at a cost of less than two dollars per ton in the silo.— J. L. King, assistant, Newberry. Much interest is being shown by our sweet potato growers in qualifying to ship the “Sugaryam” orand. We already have orders for enough crates to ship out 15 cars.— L. B. Massey, Orangeburg. Dave Cameron, of the Delphi a community, had over 300 acres of lespedeza from which he expects .o harvest seed this fall. From 65 acres of cotton following two years of lespedeza he expects to make about 100 bales of cotton.—L. W. Johnson, York. Nothing that we have undertaken has been more successful than the cotton contest in achieving what it set out to do, that of improving the length and quality of staple.— J. W. McLendon, Florence. The total poultry marketed co operatively this year amounts to 76,920 pounds, wnich netted 1396 farmers who sold the poultry a total of $12,067.73.—G. H. Griffin, Oconee. .vinter broilers this year was in dicated by the Bureau’s report, which states that “the price is not ikely to bo depressed to a corre /ponding extent, in view of the ..eneratly reduced meat supply”. Poultry storage stocks are ex pected to be less in the first half jf 1938 than in the corresponding period of 1937. With probably >mailer marketings of eggs, storage stocks of eggs also are expected to be smaller in 1938 than they ha- e been throughout this year -he size of the farm laying fkvks, the report pointed out, has f i L.tuated quite regularly in three- / cycles, the last low point be- in-, in the winter of 1934-35. It is ex, ected that the winter of 1937- 3;. will mark another such low p ;nt, but that by the fall of 1938 la ing flocks will be larger than in che fall of 1937. xx- Self-Portraits of Rembrandt There are said to be 62 self-poft traits of Rembrandt in existence. History Starts in 4326 B. C. The civil calendar of Egypt was Introduced in 4326 B. C. and is called history’s start. University of Manila The University of Manila was founded in 1585 by Phillip II of Spain. greater feed consumption, it has been demonstrated that lights have a direct stimultting effect on the egg-producing organs”, the spe cialist explains. “Lights do not in crease the yearly production of a hen to any great extent, but they do result in a greater number of the eggs during the fall and win ter when prices are highest. “Early morning, evening, and all- night lighting are the main sys tems in practice Of these three systems, all-night lights require the least equipment and labor to op erate. The lights do not need to be bright and it has been found that one 15-watt ! bulb to each 20- foot section of the house is suf ficient. The light should be placed over the feed and water, and with such a dim light it is not necessary lo use a shade to keep the light, off the /costs.” Where electricity is not available Mr. Ringrose suggests that kero sene lanterns can be used success- mlly. These should be lighted and placed in the house about 3:01 o’clock and allowed to burn all light. As a caution he advises thai jnce the use of lights is startec. it will be necessary to continue through the winter, otherwise a serious molting and drop in pro duction will occur. XX What Orange Pekoe Means Orange Pekoe (pronounced pek- ko) is widely believed to indicate a kind of quality ot tea. It really represents a size of tea leaf. Leaves of that size may be good, bad or ind fferent, depending on climate and the altitude at which the tea is grown. XX— Terrain Means Ground Terrain is a French word, mean ing “ground.” The “surrounding ter*- rain” is the ground or territory, in definite in boundary, that surrounds a focal point. X— Entertaining The two hardest things in life are: Entertaining a person who says nothing and listening to a bore who docs all the talking. xx ' Aiding the Child The natural instinct of the child ti worship something can be direct* ed into respect for high ideals. families; agricultural rehabilitation for' 10,000 families; other occupational aid; for 3,000 families and other typies or relief for 4,000 families. , “Credit for this largest peace-time relief operation in the? history ofi the: nation must go to the American people;, who contributed, a Red Gross relief* fund of more than $25,000,000,” Admiral: Grayson said. During the year the Red Cross gave aid to the victims of' 105 other dis asters in 36 states, Alaska and, the District of Columbia. The Red, Cross financed the majority of these relief operations from money contributed through memberships’ during tbn an nual Roll Call last November, since it is only in case of large scale disasters that a national drive for relief funds is made. This year the Roll Call is from No* ▼ember Hth to the 26th. The Red Cross seeks a greater membership to.meeL its disaster relief and other service obligations during 1938. Last year Red, Cross Chapters, gave vital 1 help' to 120,000 needy families. Red Crotfr Replaces Farmr Family Losses The Red, Cross gave agricultural* rehabilitation, to 10,116 farm fam ilies following the severe eastern floods of last winter. Types of aid included feed, seed, livestock, farm tools and machinery and other items essential- to agricultural productiv ity. More than $599,000 was ex pended by the organization to meet these requirements. lit addition to occupational asr> sistance, rural families-hard-hit by the flood waters were rescued, clothed, fed and sheltered by the Red Cross. Where it was necessary the Red Cross repaired and re built out-buildings, barns and other structures: Medical and nursing case were provided and homes- re furnished. Red Cross agricultural rehabilita tion benefited nearly three times as many families as received all other types of Red Gross occupational're habilitation combined. if Labor's advocacy of< the Red Cross: program is attested by recent state ments from William Green, president- of the American Federation of Labor- and. John> L. Lewis, president of the United Min© Workers of America. “Red Cross aims and^ purposes are* b’^ iily commendable and deserving ofi t r support of all classes of people,”' £• 1 Mr. Green. ' The activities and service of, the- A uerican Red Cross satisfy a great- need of the people, and I strongly urge- that it receive the unqualified support of all during its annual Roll. Call foe* .©embers,” Mr. Lewis said..