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UeCOKMlCK MESSENGER. McCORMICii. SOUXH CAROIAMA 'i huirstlay, January 20, x>3*i District Managers, Assistants, Named Columbia, Jan. 17.—Selection ot managers and several other staff mebibers for each of the five dis trict offices of the employment service division of the South Caro lina unemployment compensation commission was announced today Toy Clemson Wilson, state direc tor of the employment service di vision. The district offices now have a combined personnel of 24 state employment service employes, whofle work in the respective coun ties is supplemented by that of 28 workers of the old NRS. Mr. Wilson explained that the Columbia, manager; Henry Suydam, Columbia, senior interviewer; Shatter H. LeViner, Columbia, junior interviewer; Mrs. Maybell Jenkins, Columbia, junior clerk; Mrs. V. H. Lain, Columbia, inter mediate clerk stenographer. Greenville district: Carrol S. Maree, Greenville, manager; H. H. Camp, Greenville, assistant man ager; Mrsi^ Margaret B. Pratt, Greenwood, senior clerk stenogra pher; Mrs. Myrtle S. Poe, Green ville, junior interviewer; Miss Martha Lou Brockman, of Taylors, junior clerk stenographer. Spartanburg district: J. H. White, Spartanburg, manager; Conley B. Hendrick, Spartanburg, senior in terviewer; Mrs. Ethel P. Potter, Cowpens, junior interviewer; C. O. Lawter, Spartanburg, intermediate ton, junior clerk stenographer. Twenty-Eight Retained Altogether 28 persons who have been with the old NRS were retain ed. They are, by districts, as al lows: Greenville district: Mrs. Clara B. Shands, Williamston, stationed a: Anderson; D. M. Campbell oi Eas ley, at Liberty; H. G. Hartzog, of SHORT NARRATIVE OF THE WORK DONE BY THE McCOR- MICK COUNTY HEALTH DE PARTMENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DEC. 31, 1937 State Lags In Poultry Industry Data On Chickens Per Farm And Eggs Per Hen Show South Caro- The work done in McCormick li na Farmers Losing Real Op - County Health Department for the portunity nuarter ending December Gives 1938 Outlook For Poultry And Eggs With anticipated smaller egg pro-* duction in 1938 and smaller stor age stocks of eggs in the fall .thnr> in 1937 it is expected that average egg prices in 1938 will be higher than those of the previous year. With smaller storage stocks and fewer live chickens available for South Carolina is lagging far be- market, prices of chickens are ex- of ^laffney, at ed all cases referred to them. hind, not only in the average num- pected to be appreciably above C. Wood, Laurens, j The doctors, assisted by the nurse l,er of chickens found on each those of a year earlier until the and secretary, listed five of the fnrrn bl,t f be average number chickens from the spring of 1938- nine white schools in the county produced per hen. Still, 88 hatch are ready for market. Dur and did complete physical exami- cent of the farms in South j n g t^g, jaust. half of 1938 when the Greenwood, at Greenwood; Mrs is very satisfactory due to the part Louise V/. Wicker of Greenwood, at commission was setting up a, “skeleton” force in each of the dis- . clerk; Mrs. Cora Lee Starnes, Gaff- tricts to serve the state until the ney, senior clerk stenographer, statewide organization is put ini Florence district: Sidney Smith, full operation around May 1. The Florence, manager; C. C. Cutts, NRS expires April 1 and the un- Florence, senior interviewer; Miss employment compensation com- Francis E. Buck, Conway, inter mission, through the employment | mediate clerk stenographer, service, is gradually taking over its Charleston district: W. Rhett worfc ’ Harley, Charleston, manager; C. O. Winter, Summerville, senior inter- AssisUnts Selected The district managers and other viewer; Mrs. Anne C. Matheson, staff members, under the employ- Charleston, junior interviewer; znent service at the five district of fices are as follows: Columbia district: C. Ray Clark, Miss Bessie L. Kirkley, McClellan- ville, intermediate clerk stenogra pher; Miss Ruth Clybum, Charles- Report of Condition of THE DORN BANKING COMPANY of McCormick in the State of South Carolina at the close of business ot) Dec. 31st, 1937. ASSETS I. Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in pro- ♦ cess of collection $ 59,600.90 3. United States Government obligations, direct and fully guaranteed — 2,000.00 4. State, county, and municipal obligations 93,072.00 7. Loans and discounts !. 39,710.81 ^ Overdrafts None . 15. mother assets 95.32 Greenwood. r Spartanburg district: Mrs. Bertha W. Dobson Gaffney; S. at Laurens; C. D. Adickes and Miss Frances Lewis, both oi York, at Rock Hill; C. Ross Rut ledge of Lancaster, at Lancaster. Florence district: Miss Amanda Lawrence, Florence, at Florence; Mrs. Louise F. Lee and Miss Nora May Easterling, both of Bennetts- ville, at Bennettsviile; T. A. Gaskins ai jaony county, at Conway; H. L. Prosser of Kingstree, at Kings tret. Columbia district: Mrs. Minnie Dean Thorpe and Mrs. Martha J. Franklin, both of Aiken, at Aiken; Miss Verbena Priester of Allendale, at Allendale; Mrs. Clarice B. Aber- nethy of Bamberg, at Bamberg; Mrs. Goldie C. Holman of Barn well, at Barnwell; J. Ed Kaiser of Lexington, at Lexington; T. E. By P. H. Gooding, Extension Poul- time employment of the two local tryman physicians. They have always been ! very cooperative and readily treat- ! nations on 492 children and in turn cna numerous corrections. I visited 10 colored schools in the county, inspected 379 children and vac cinated 158 for smallpox. During the past quarter six pre- 1 oro ^ uc ^ ?on - we have made a corn- natal and well baby clinics were between South Carolina and held. The prenatal clinic was at tended by 6f and well baby clinic 57. Leven prenatals were found to have syphilis and two gonorrhea, they were referred to local phy sicians and treated. All midwives are registered for supervision and were given instruc tions and their bags inspected at the two meetings held. One feeble minded child was Boone of Rowesville, at Oarnge-, burg; Miss Lenora Gaston ot Sum- P laced in state Orphanage, one tu- ter. at Sumter; E. J. Zobel of Co- ^ adm .! tted _ t0 lumbia, Columbia office. Charleston district: Miss Louise 17 19 TOTAL ASSETS $194,479.03 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL Deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations: (a) Demand deposits $ 88,502.65 (b) Time deposits evidenced by savings pass books 6,737.00 (c) Other time deposits 3,225.40 State, county, and municipal deposits 50,215.64 21. Certified and officers’ checks, letters of credit and travelers’ checks sold for cash, and amounts due to Fed eral Reserve bank (transit account) 373.97 22. TOTAL DEPOSITS $149,054.66 29. Other liabilities 1 103.37 30. TOTAL LIABILITIES EXCLUDING CAPITAL ACCOUNT 149,178.03 3L Capital account: (a) Capital stock and capital notes and deben- turesf $25,000.00 (b) Surplus 10,000.00 (c) Undivided profits 10,321.00 (d) Reserves None (e) Total capital account 45,321.00 State Park and two applications pending. J A , Due to the lack of travel funds A. Blohme and Mrs. Margaret Bold, on jy ^ wo crippled children were both of Charleston, at Charleston; carrled t0 diagnostlc cllnlcs in Miss Ida E. Sadis of Walterboro, Gree nvine, S. C„ and treated, at Walterboro; Mrs. Helen V. rt. j A;; the reported cases of com- dealey of Beaufort, at Beaufort; niunicable diseases were invest!- Mrs. Edith Bowers Haigler of Varn- ville, at Hampton. gated and necessary control meas ures instituted by the local physi- v-arolina are reported in the 1935 chickens from the anticipated census as having chickens. larger hatch in the spring of 1938 With the idea in mind of getting are being marketed, chicken price* aur South Carolina farmers in- W in probably be below those of the terested in increasing their egg last half of 19 3 7> These statements sum up the outlook for poultry raisers in 1938 as by P. H. Gooding, poultry spe cialist, and O. M. Clark, agricul tural economist of the Clemson College Extension Service, • says County Agent R. D. Suber. Some of the facts on which the specialists base this forecast are these: As a result of the more favor able relationship between the Besides those held over from the clans. It is well to note that we NRS, the employment service has had a mild epidemic of scarlet fever several staff members, including a here. manager, junior and senior inter- j During the past quarter in ad- viewer, and clerk-stenographer, at dition to above, thirty doses of each district office, whose services diphtheria toxiod was administered, are supplemented by those of the 14 anti-typhoid, 21 wassermanns, NRS employers. The NRS will not 17 g. c. smears and 58 urinanysises, cn e 38 5 * or 105,401,428 dozen more ra ^ e 0 f production will be less than ana nave also selected Soncma county, California, to show that poultry can be made profit able. At the san\e time, we wish to bring our people to the realization that they need to pay more atten tion to their poultry. W« believe that ohe statistics, which are also taken from the 1935 census on poultry in California and Sonoma county, will prove start- p r i Ce Q f feed the price of eggs* ling in comparison with, the poul- it is expected that the hatch in try statistics of this state. the spring of 1938 will be greater In South CaroUna 146,135 out of that that of the spring of 1937. 165,504 farms ha;e chickens, while Because of the small hatch in in Sonoma county only 4,932 out the spring of 1937 and the smaller of 7,083 farms produce poultry. And than usual average size of flocks yet this one California county pro- on farms at the present time, the duces over twice as many eggs as marketings from now to the middle the entire state of South Carolina. of 2933 are expected to be less than To be more exact, the 4,932 farms during the corresponding period of in Sonoma county reported 24,- the previous year. Because of the 776,470 dozen eggs while the 146,- anticipated heavier hatch in the 135 South Carolina farms produced spring of 1938 it is expected that only 12,377,423 dozen. marketings during the last half In California 92,774 farms report- 0 f that year will be greater than ed chickens. This is 53,361 farms those of the corresponding period less than the number reported in Q f ^937 South Carolina. Yet these Califor- , with average weather conditions nla farms produced 117.778.851 doz- 1 ln 1938 it * cxp£cted that the expire until April 1. All employes connected with the done. All follow up work on cases | than South Carolina produced. in 1937. With fewer layers in referred by local physicians and In S 011 ^ Carolina there were 3,- flocks unti i pullets come into pro- employment service were elected contacted by the personnel was . C il i c ke !!u^ I ^i a c rrn ^r n ^ uction in ^ he tota l from merit lists, made up of names done. In doing this leaflets, bul-i ^ o'jwqqi P roduction 15 expected to be less of those persons who made the letins, circular letters and news- - in 1938 ' than in 1937 - highest grades on merit examlna- paper articles were use'd. tions a few months ago. Much Confusion In Traffic Laws 34. 32. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL $194,479.03 33. On Dec. 31, 1937, the required legal reserve against de posits of this bank was $9,843.42. Assets reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to $59,600.90. Deferred obligations not included among above liabilities, which are subordinated to claims of depositors and • other creditors, None. Undeclared dividends on preferred stock and unpaid in terest on capital notes and debentures, accrued prior to end of last dividend or interest period, None. fThis bank’s capital is represented by, None, capital notes and debentures sold to Reconstruction Finance Corporation and, None, sold to public; None, shares of first preferred stock, par value, None, per share retirable at, None, per share; None, shares of second preferred stock, par, None, per share, retirable at, None, per share; and 500 shares of common stock, par $50.00 per share. MEMORANDA Pledged assets (except real estate), rediscounts, and se curities loaned: * / (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and fully guaranteed, pledged to secure liabilities (b) Other assets (except real estate) pledged to secure liabilities (including notes and bills ‘rediscounted and securities sold under repurchase agreement) (c) Assets deposited with State authorities to qualify for the exercise of fiduciary or corporate powers, or pledged • for other purposes $ 12,000.00 (d) Securities loaned to banks, dealers in securities, and others * *5 Head Of Motor Club Says They’re Worse Than Ever Before Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 15.—The confusion created by conflicting state traffic laws appears to be worse this year than ever before, according to a report to Coleman W. Roberts, president of the Caro lina Motor Club, from American Automobile Association * head quarters, which has just completed compilation of its 1937-38 Digest of Motor Laws. ‘Tn the matter of drivers’ licen ses ajone there i§ an amazing lack of uniformity,” Mr. Roberts said. “Some states do not require any license at all; in some the licenses are good permanently, and in others the licenses are good for various periods ranging from one to three years. Fees charged range from nothing at all to $3.09 or more. Some states require examina tion; others require driving tests; some require both, and others re quire neither. “Hand signals are another source of confusion to the traveling mo torist. Some states do not requir hand signals. In many states the arm extended horizontally mean that the motorist intends to make a left turn, and in others it mean r None I that he intends to stop or slov j down. To indicate a right turn in We are making an effort to se cure aid from the State Depart ment of Public Welfare to have a group of school childrens eyes ex amined and glasses fitted. Mrs. Anne B. Babb has resigned as County Health Nurse and her place is yet to be filled. Respectfully submitted, O. D. Garvin, M. D., District Health Director. xx- With Extra Potash -XX- None None (e) TOTAL $12,000.00 most states the' motorist must holr 36. Secured and preferred liabilities: (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to re- his arm upward; in others, he mus* rotate his hand in a circle; in stil quirement of law $ 37,535.25 others, he must extend his arn (b) Bills payable, rediscounts, and other liabilities for borrowed money (c) Other liabilities secured by pledged assets (d) Deposits preferred under provisions of law but not secured by pledge of assets horizontally. None | “Most states grant full reciprocity None to non-resident motorists, but j others fix limited periods, ranging None from thirty days to one hundred and twenty days. Quite a few states (e) TOTAL $37,535.25 require visiting motorists to register L P. J* Robinson, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly but the time within which such swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly registration must be made varies represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and from twenty-four hours up to thir- set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. P. J. ROBINSON, Cashier. Correct.—Attest: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. M. O. Dorn, Hanora C. Dorn, G. J. Sanders, Jr., Directors. ty days. Some states charge a fee for such registration; most do not. “There are but a few examples 1 of the confusion hodge-podge of ! conflicting regulations traveling Selling Farm Feeds Through Livestock Promising For 1938 Clemson. Jan. 1.—Farmers who sell their feed in the form of live stock or livestock products will be in a much more favorable situation than during the last few years, but those who sell their grain as grain or buy the livestock which they feed will probably be in a somewhat less favorable situation than during the last few years, O. M. Clark, extension economist be lieves. “The total supply of forage is considerably above that of • last year and about equal to the 1928- 32 average, and the supply of feed grains is much above that of las year and nearly equal to the aver age for the five years 1928-32”, Mr. Clark explains. “The supplies ot by-product feeds such as cotton jeed meal and wheat by-producU or the 1937-38 season are expectec -j be larger than in recent years. “Since livestock numbers are be ow average, the supply of forage nd of feed grains and by-product Leeds per animal unit is much \bove that of last season and above average. These larger sup plies of feeds per animal unit are expected to result in heavier feed- ir.g of livestock now on farms and an increased production of hogs, fat cattle, dairy products, and poul- hy products. ‘ The prices of feed grains will r'-'^rage considerably below the high levels of 1934-35 and 1936-37. 11 ices of by-product feeds are ex- p cted to average appreciably be- T w those of last season. chickens on farms, an average of 389.3 chickens per farm, or 365.8 q. f ** 1? more than the average for South ^tOp v>iOltOIl XVlISt Carolina. California listed 14,043,- ‘ 093 chickens on farms, an average of 93.3 chickens per farm, or 69.fr more than the average number of Forty five years ago Prof. George chickens on South Carolina farms. Atkinson, an experiment station There were also some interesting worker, proved through a long figures on a comparison of the series of experiments that cotton average number of eggs per hen. | rust was simply potash hunger and South Carolina’s average per hen a t that time he obtained paying was only 42.4 eggs, Sonoma coun- | results from 600 pounds of kainit ty’s 119.8 eggs, and California’s per acre. 111.7 eggs. Incidentally, the average number of eggs per hen in the United States was 77.5, or 35.1 more than the average for South Caro lina. Now what are the reasons for this tremendous difference in egg production? In tne first place, the average South Carolina farmer does not give his chickens the proper kind of feed. As a matter of fact, the only feed a large percent age of chickens get is what they pick up around uuo larm, in addition to a small amount of' grain fed periodically. £ggs consist, in addition to water, mostly of proteins and minerals and grains do not contain a large iuantxty of these ingredients, .vkich must be supplied by feeding a protein concentrate, preferably imm an animal source. In the second place, it takes about 80 per cent oi the feed a hen eats to maintain her body. Unless ■he gets a full feed and this feed is properly balanced with fats, pro- rins. minerals, and vitamins, she can not be expected to lay a large number of eggs. As a rule, chickens in South Carolina have not been bred foi egg production. Better breeding can be brought about by hatcherymen culling supply flocks rigidly and by getting their flock owners to use male birds from high-producing hens with known egg production This will provide a source of chicks to farmers from high-producing stock. McCORMICK COUNTY There was a total of 39,641 chickens on .1,568 out of 1,813 farms in McCormick County, ac cording to the'1935 census figures. The total production of eggs was 175,506 dozen or an average of 58.9 “The relationship between live stock and feed prices is expected j eggs per hen. This was 16.5 more t> be favorable to producers of eggs per hen than the state aver- motorists encounter. Speed control | li /estock during the winter and age but was 18.6 less than the and other general rules of the road spring months and probably will average in the United States. The are even more complicated. The remain favorable for another two average number of chickens per Bwom to ana suDicribed before me this 17th day of January, 1938, campaign for adoption of uniform or three years, assuming normal or farm in the county was 21.8 or 1.7 motor vehicle laws by the states better production of feed grains less than the state’s average and needs to be carried on more in- during that time”, the economist 32.7 less than the average of the For the last twenty years, be cause of the use of acid-forming fertilizers on already acid soils, much of the available potash in our soils has been washed out and cotton rust has been increasing. Al so, our quick-fruiting varieties of cotton make a very heavy demand on the cotton plant for potash in a very short period of time. The crop must have an abundance of quickly available potash on short notice or it begins to break down, with shedding of leaves and small bolls, much immature fiber, and a general reduction in yield. On fields which have rusted in the past and where low-potash, complete fertilizers have been used at planting, the North Carolina Experiment Station now recom mends “top-dressing cotton with 125 to 150 pounds of kainit or 50 to 100 pounds of muriate, of potash, per acre.” With a 600 pound application of fertilizer, the South Carolina Ex periment Station found that a. 5-10-0 (NPK) fertilizer produced 557 pounds of seed cotton per acre, a 5-10-5 produced 1,015 pounds, and a 5-10-10 produced 1,243 pounds per acre. In the tests the potash was equally effective at planting or as a top-dresser.. In Georgia the experiment sta tions at Griffin and Tifton, as well as the out-lying projects in various sections of the state, have demon strated that relatively large amounts of potash are necessary to prevent rust. Applications of 50 to* 200 pounds of extra muriate of potash per acre have been used in the tests. Where cotton rust was prevent ed, the North Carolina Experiment Station reported an increase in yields, weight per boll, weight of seed, lint index, fiber strength and in the percentage of strong fibers. fmd I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. Robt. L. Dendy, Notary Public. My Commission expires at the pleasure of the Governor. • 7 | tensively than ever before.’ concludes. United States. Washington and the Constitution • George Washington was the first* 1’resident of this country under the* < institution; John Adams- and oth- c s who followed him were merely*- “Presidents of the United Slates in Congress Assembled,’” or Prest*- i dc.;ta,of the Congress..