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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, January 27, 1938 MESSENGER published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner •mered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., rw mail matter ot the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Ctx Months .75 Three Months .50 Sunday School Lesson BY REV. CHARLES E. DUNN F.^inlsteringr to Spiritual Needs. Lesson for January 30th. Mark 2:1-12. Co’den Text: Mark 2:5. The first word of Jesus to the man afflicted with palsy was our Golden Text, “Son, thy sins be for given thee.” He thereby intimated that spiritual l\ealth should have the right of way. The care of the soul, in his mind, should take pre cedence over the care of the body. In our modem world so conscious of overwhelming physical tragedy and need, it is easy to forget this elementary thesis. We are so ob sessed with gigantic problems of physical engineering such as hous ing, electric power, wages, hours, and conservation, that we often fail to see that people have deep- seated, underlying spiritual needs which cannot be wholly satisfied by external adjustments. This ,1s a day of collective action, of far-reaching plans of social change. All Christians should re joice that the social gospel is now so much to the fore. But in our seal for a new day of justice, peace and plenty we should never lose sight of the fact that religion is in tensely personal. Jesus, our lesson makes clear, wanted to heal the helpless man placed before him, and did effect a cure. But primarily he wanted to get at the man’s life from the iqside. He saw before him. not so much a frail body as a weak soul tom with inner con flict. Hence he made his pro- icement of forgiveness, there to set at rest the in- ; unspoken fears. The lAaster well knew that a man’s life ddes not consist in the perfection of his health or the abundance of his possessions. For earthly existence is temporary. We are but pilgrims and strangers in this world, and must pass from it before we can amass /any great gain. Our citizenship is- in heaven. We should therefore live as candi dates for a spiritual order beyond our sight, finding our supreme good in worship, prayer, and communion with Ood. Such personal faith is the groundwork of the Christian way of life. Writes Of Visit To Schools Brood Better Chicks For Healthier Hens And Higher Profits Clemson, Jan. 22.—Mortality of laying hens is costly to flock owners, for the labor income per hen decreases as the death rate among the hens in a flock in creases, says P. H. Gooding, ex tension poultry specialist. In order to determine the in fluence that mortality in layers has on profits, Mr. Gooding divides 108 demonstration flocks in 1937 into five groups according to per centage of adult mortality. The records on these flocks show that six flocks with no mortality showed a labor income of $2.33 per hen per year; in 59 flocks with mor tality up to 19 per cent of the labor income was $1.54; in 25 flocks with mortality of 20 to 29 per cent, the labor income was $1.03; in 11 flocks with mortality of 30 to 49 per cent, the labor income was on ly 94 cents; and in 7 flocks with mortality of 50 per cent or more there was a loss of 65 cents per hen per year. “One of the best ways to prevent a high mortality in laying hens”, Mr. Gooding suggests, “is to brood the chicks on clean ground so that they will not get infested with in ternal parasites and infected with disease germs during the growing period, for pullets so infected sel dom^ make profitable laying hens.” Circular 130, Brooding Chicks, and Circular 116, The Portable Brooder House, published for free distribution by the Clemson Col lege Extension Service, are valuable aids in better brooding methods. State Department of Education, Columbia, S. C., Dec. 16, 1937. Supt. J. H. Hope, State Department of Education, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I am submitting below report on 3lementary school conditions in McCormick County as observed by me during the week beginning Dec. 12, 1937. In company with the County Su perintendent I visited all of the .lementary schools of the County except McCormick, which we did ot have time to visit. The situation in the small rural ilementary schools is discouraging. The enrollments are gradually de creasing, showing that the rural population is dwindling. The build ings are old and dilapidated, and .he classrooms are dark and drear nd discouraging. One classroom visited had white curtains on the .vindows, which lent a more cheer- iul appearance to the room. All of .he classrooms in these rural schools are sadly in need of coats of paint, white paint on the ceil ing, and cream on the walls; the oaseboards need to be painted a brown to the height of about three feet; pictures and posters need to be displayed on the walls that teach useful lessons to the chil dren, and the classrooms need to be beautified in many other ways. The cooperation of the children and the parents should be sought in beautifying the classrooms and the grounds. Pupils are proud of an attractive classroom, and en joy going to school; they are ashamed of dingy, dark, dreary classrooms, and acquire an un-1 friendly attitude towards school. Two classrooms visited were en deavoring to teach high school grades. In such cases tne educa tion of all the pupils suffers, par ticularly the pupils in the lower ! grades. Above all, the teaching of reading in the lower grades is neg lected. If pupils do not acquire the love of reading, and the reading habit, before they begin the study of other subjects, they will fail to learn these other subjects, for abil ity to le£n~ depends on a love for reading, the habit of reading, and the ability to read with ease and comprehension. It takes an abun dance of easy, interesting reading to train pupils so that they may read with ease and comprehension; ; not until they have these reading skills can they use reading as a tool subject in all ether learning. Every primary and elementary ' classroom should have on the classroom library table at least ten easy, interesting books for eacn grade in the classroom. The State Board of Education has recently! had compiled a list of 1,000 read- | ing books, which will be available after the New Year; these can be bought one-third cash, the balance in one and two years. These books can be bought through the Text book Rental Commission. Every community can raise $5 to $15 for books; this will purchase three times these amounts when expend ed for books on the list. I find as good teachers in the small schools as are to be found ' anywhere. The organization, how- | ever, precludes the possibility of their doing the thorough work that they could do with fewer grades and classes. Furthermore, these | ! teachers have time only for tra-, ditional academic work; there is little time for vocational or cul tural training of any kind; ability to write with pen and ink should be given to the pupils, but only in one or two schools was writing with pen and ink observed. All written spelling and all written English should be neatly and leg ibly done with pen and ink; this should begin with the fourth grade. The work observed in the ele mentary grades of the larger schools, i. e., the high schools, was highly satisfactory; the teachers had fewer grades and classes, the pupils were better supplied with textbooks, workbooks, and other materials of instruction, and in some of the classrooms observed, activity programs were being de veloped and carried out. The hold ing power of these activity pro grams, developed as they are as a result of cooperation of teacher and pupils around a common cen ter of interest, is shown in tne better attendance and in a more friendly attitude towards the school 1 and the teachers. There is great need of more vo cational training in the high schools of McCormick County. If the depression has taught us any thing, it should have taught us that we might train our boys and .i..* in tne i,cnools how to make a living. Since so many children drop out of school from the sixth and seventh grades, there shcmld be some way for the schools to give these children some vocational training in these grades, so that hey may be better prepared for the work they are going to have to do, whether in the home or on the farm or wherever they may have to work. aLiiers everywhere must give more training to the pupils in the way of desirable behavior; we too often think that, if we enable them to make the required subject mat ter units, our job is^ended, but this is by no means true. We must, in our dealings with children, try to develop in them those traits, such as honesty, truthfulness, unselfish ness, self-control, considerateness, and other character traits, which go to make desirable behavior. An educated person without character is a potential menace to society; an educated person with desirable character is a re-maker of desirable society. These desirable behavior or character traits are best taught by giving less importance to sub ject matter attainments, by mark ing the whole child instead of merely on subject matter, by group cooperation in the initiation and development of activity programs, and by the honest carrying out of extra-curricular activities, as foot ball, baseball, etc. D. L. Lewis. txt Cotton Seed Tested CHECK CHEVROLETS I I I ” ilnd learn mm LOW PRICES Iffy Germination tests of samples of cotton seed brought in by farmers of McCormick County have varied between 67 per cent to 85 per cent. The County Agent urges all farmers planning this spring to plant cotton seed grown on their farms last year to have germina tion tests made. Low percentage tests are expected in different sec tions of the State. The County Agent’s office will gladly assist anyone wishing to send samples for germination tests. R. D. Suber, County Agent. -xx- Collections Total $4,220,070 Columbia, Jan. 24.—Gross con tributions collected by the South Carolina unemployment compen sation commission during 1937 amounted to $4,220,070.27, a state ment issued today by R. Brice Waters, administrator, revealed. The statement showed that of the total received, $1,416,333.92 represented collections in 1937 based on the contribution rate in effect during the last half of 1936. In other words, $1,416,333.92 rep resented the 1936 total and $2,- 803,736.35 the 1937 total. The un employment compensation act was passed in June, 1936. The bulk of the 1936 contribu tions was collected during Jan uary, 1937. During that month the commission received $1,265,600.82. Collections during each of the other 11 months of 1937 were as follows: February $279,787.27; March $259,628.63; April $269,684.88; May $270,590.88; June $271,698.98; July $286,009.87; August $222,628.37; September $251,998.75; October $242,480.58; November $275,228.12; December $324,733.12. Interest collected from employers on contributions payable to the administrative fund, checks re turned uncollected, and refunds on overpaid contributions amount ing to $2,228.59, resulted in net col lections during the year totaling $4,217,841.68. Under terms of the state unem ployment compensation act, claims for benefits from unemployed per sons are not being received during the first two years after its pas sage, or until next July. This re quirement is designed to provide adequate reserves before benefits are paid. CHEVROLET 85-H.R VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE THE CAR THAT IS COMPLETE PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES the only low-priced cor GENUINE KNEE-ACTION* with all these modem features: _ _ ... ALL-SILENT, ALL-STEEL BODIES FISHER NO DRAFT VENTILATION Geftcro/ Motors Instalment Plan—Convenient, A General Motors Value. TIPT0E-MATIC CLUTCH CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION, General Motors Sales Corporation, DETROIT, MICHIGAN *On Master De Luxe models only. L< McGrath motor go McCORMICK, S. C. and the small amount df cropland C, but a double order of tomato available for each person. juice will do the same trick. Other “Cotton is the principal source excellent sources are parsley, col- of employment and income for lards, turnip greens, cabbage, tur- about 10 million peonle in the nine nips, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, states cf the Southern Region”, spinach, asparagus, peas and Mr. Duggan said. “Yet with this radishes. dependence on cotton as the prin- Vitamin E comes in sufficient cipal cash crop, only about 9 acre:; amounts along with any diet wnicii of cropland are available for each is otherwise adequate in green farm person in these states. Ex- vegetables and whole grains, eluding Texas and Oklahoma,! Excellent sources of vitamin G where much of the land is not de- are turnip tops and beet tops and voted to cotton and large areas; kale. Good sources are spinach, are thinly populated, the per capita coilards, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, acreage cf cropland in the South- cauliflower, beets, and green let- ern Region is about 6 acres. When .,uce. WANT ADV. Rawleigh Route now open. Real opportunity for man who wants permanent, profitable work. Sales way up this year. Start promptly. Write Rawleigh’s, Dept. SCA-77-K, Richmond, Va. For rent or sale at a bargain. 2 horse farm, 5 miles east of Mc Cormick. J. T. Faulkner, McCor mick, S. C. it is considered that the per capita average for the remainder of the United States is about 15 acres, the need for adjustments that will bring about more economical farm operation and result in better bal anced production in the Cotton Belt presents itself most urgently.” Mr. Duggan pointed out that with the 1937 record-breaking crop of 18.7 million bales, both the do mestic and world supplies of cot ton became the largest in history. This despite the fact th&t more coitton was consumed in 1938-37 than in any previous year and chat 6.5 million less acres were harvested than the average for the five-year Rated as excellent sources of iron are green lima beans, beet greens, elia^d, coliards, kaie, mus tard greens, parsley, parsnips, peas spinach, turnip tops or greens; and excellent sources of calcium are 0r*t ereens, broccoli, cauliflower, coliards, kale, mustard tops or greens. xx Beef Cattle Outlook Is Considered Fair FOR SALE—One pair of mules, «;agon, corn, fodder, and all of my farming implements, to high est bidder for cash, at my home on Saturday, February 5, 1938, at 10 o’clock a. m. J. P. Lewis, R. F. D. 1, Callison, S. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT Clern^n. Jan. 3 -—The average Trice of beef cattle should be main tained at a fairly high level dur- period, 1928-32. The income from x , _ , mg the next few years, says O. the 1937 crop, however, even with . . ’ . soil-conservation and price-adjust ment payments, will give the grow ers &nly about three-fourths of M. Clark, extension agricultural economist, speaking of the outlook for livestock in 1938. This is as- during the period of 1939-14. y Health Insurance Cotton Growers Advised To Make Some Adjustment The present world cotton situa tion is ^a warning to farmers of McCormick county to adjust their farming operations on a sounder and more economical basis, accord ing to I. W. Duggan, acting direc tor of the Southern Division, Ag ricultural Adjustment Administra tion. Especially urgent is the need for adjustments in the Cotton Belt, he points out, because of the dense population dependent on cotton " * . . j suming a consumer demand about the purchasing power they had ^ that Qf 1937 “However, unless there is an ap preciable improvement in consumer demand, cattle prices probably will be appreciably lower two or three GrOWS 111 Gardens 1 y ears from now when and if hog : numbers are back to more nearlv | normal levels even though cattle “Vegetables can help supply the numbers have not increased any most essential minerals and all by that time”, Mr. Clark explains, but one of the six known vitamins The number of cattle and calves necessary for health and growth”, slaughtered in 1938 is expected to says County Agent R. D. Suber, be smaller than in 1937. Because renewing his plea for more and of a more plentiful supply of feed better home gardens in McCormick and lower prices, the average county. I weights of cattle slaughtered in “If you want this health insur- 1938 will be considerably heavier ance in inexpensive form grow it in than those of a year earlier. This your garden”, he advises. increase in weight will offset in Excellent vegetable sources of part the decrease in numbers sc vitamin A are parsley, kale, spin- that the amount of beef available ach, chard, turnip greens, green will not be very much less than lettuce, coliards, broccoli, mustard in 1937. and beet greens, carrots, sweet po- j The number of well finished cat- tatoes, yellow squash, peppers, to- i tie going on the market in 1938 matoes, peas, and green string beans. Good sources are asparagus, okra, and Brussels sprouts. For vitamin B good vegetable is expected to be larger than the number in 1937. Because of the larger number of better finished cattle and some weakening in con sources are coliards, turnip greens, | sumer demand for meats, the prices carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, parsnips, cabbage, asparagus, peas, mustard greens, kale, beet greens, and okra. Most people think of orange juice as the one provider of vitamin of better grades of cattle probably will decline more than seasonably during the first half of the year. Lower grades of cattle probably will advance seasonably during the first half of 1938 and average STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given that Lauree M. White, Administratrix and M. C. White, Administrator of the estate of John Klettner White, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and discharge as Ad ministratrix and Administrator of the estate of John Klettner White and the 23rd day of February 1938, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick Co., S. C. January 22, 1938.—4t. Insurance Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Ex cept Life. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. COAL I am now ready to fill your oi ders for High Grade Domestic Coa Phone 82R, or see me. G. J. SANDERS. Sr., McCormick, S. C. higher than during the first half of 1937. In the second half of the year, however, they will probably average lower than a year earlier. The spread between the prices of cattle of the different market grades is expected to be much nar rower during 1938 than during 1937,