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HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 10, 1938 HcCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established Jana 5, IMS edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Biz Months .75 Three Months .50 Sunday School Lesson BY REV. CHARLES E. DUNN Conserving: the Sabbath for Man. Lesson for February 13th. Mark 2:23-3:6. Golden Text: Mark 2:27. Jesus‘stood for a humane Sab bath that placed the needs of men ahead of legal punctilios. Golden Text, “The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath," is one of the mos memorable declarations of inde pendence ever uttered. We have had a conflict of a similiar character in the modern era. The old New England, Sabbath was marred by excessive restric tions. In New London, Conn., in • the latter part of the 17th century, a fisherman was fined for catch ing eels on Sunday. In 1670 two lovers were brought to trial for “sitting together on the Lord’s Day under an apple tree in Goodman Chapman’s Orchard.” Unnecessary walking and travelling on the Lord’s Day was strictly forbidden, and it was definitely stated that no (me should “ride violently to and from meeting.” What would •ur forefathers say if they saw our speeding motor cars? Sunday visit ing, now so common, was severely ■ punished. Attendance at public worship was compulsory. Captain Dennison, one of New Haven’s finest citizens, a popular and re spected person, was fined 15 shill ings for absence from church. Ministers were careful to observe • all the rules rigidly. The day be gan, be it remembered, on Satur day evening. From sunset on Sat urday until Sunday evening clergy men would not shave, would not have their rooms swept, nor the beds made, nor food prepared, nor cooked dishes and table-ware washed. No doubt, in our revolt against these antiquated blue laws, we have swung to the other extreme. Sun day today is too much of a mere holiday devoted to personal pleas ures. If Jesus were here now he would not frown upon wholesome secreation on Sunday, but would magnify also the importance of corporate worship, the personal life, and the home. He would in sist that Sunday should be the richest, most rewarding day of the week. Columbia, Feb. 7.—Workers for practicing better methods of cul- industrial concerns and other em- ^ tivation and fertilization, and are ploying units covered by the South more and more interested in how Carolina unemployment compensa- their cotton is ginned and stored, tion act during one month of 1937, Every one of these are steps in July, received earnings totaling the right direction in helping to $15,089,772, a recent compilation solve our very complex farm prob- made by the unemployment com- iem. pensation commission's research The low grade fertilizers of the division shows. old days are giving away to fer- July earnings were the first tilizers of much higher grade, chosen for detailed study by the Farmers have realized that low' division. Data for other months priced fertilizers are high in cost are being compiled and studied p er unit of plant food. The farmer and wijll be included in annual gets more for his dollar in a $26.00 compilations from year to year. fertilizer than he does in a $21.00 The July study is included in the fertilizer, annual report of the commission, During the last twenty years the which is composed of A. Malcolm practice of applying acid-forming Scarborourg, chairman, A. J. Hat- fertilizers to already acid soils has field, vice-chairman, and E. C. caused the basic materials like ewis, personnel director. The re- sodium, magnesium and potassium Advises Winter Fight For Controlling Rats Clemson, Feb. 5.—Ttyat winter is the best time of the year to con trol rats, and that baiting is the tuickert means of getting rid of xats, but that rat-probfing and im proved sanitation should not be overlooked, is the advise of George B. Lay, rodent control leader of Die U. 8. Biological Survey working in cooperation with Clemson Col- “A good red squill bait put out , in the winter time will prove more effective than when distributed in the hot part of the year”, he states. “This is because the rats are con centrated about buildings and other structures, less bait is re quired to do a good job of killing when rats are hungry in the win ter, and a smaller area will have to be covered with bait. “Distribution of bait in any poisoning campaign is highly im- « Camp Modoc News Camp Modoc, Feb. 5.—70,000 lob lolly pine seedlings have been re ceived and will be planted. on Tracts No. 281a and No. 281c, ap proximately one mile west of Parksville. This is the first plant ing to be done by this camp and is not done except in areas that will not restock themselves nat urally. There are very few of such areas in this section. Grading the Prescott Road is ex pected to be completed next week, after which the forces will move to Key Road, between Stevens Creek and State Highway No. 43. Piles have been driven for Pres cott Bridge over Dry Branch on :he Prescott Road. . Mr. J. M. Ray, Predatory Animal Trapper from Arkansas, spent two days on Key Bridge Game Manage ment Area instructing Game War den Henry Smith in disposing of predatory animals. Lieutenant Loy Jordan is im proving from an appendix opera tion at the University Hospital, in Augusta. We are pleased to welcome Lieu tenant J. M. Leroy, from Boonviile, for a son, daughter, spouse, and services by a child under 21 for his father or mother; services per formed as an officer or member of a crew of a vessel on the navigable waters of the united States; ser vices for institutions or organiza tions set up and operated exclus ively for religious, educational, or scientific purposes, or for the pre vention of cruelty to animals; ser vices performed in the employ of an insurance company by agents or representatives engaged in field work, and services performed for the state or national government or any of their political subdivi sions or instrumentalities. xx Quality Of Crops Essential To Good Prices From Buyers Today, in the fierce battle for both local and world markets farm ers must give more attention to the quality of their crops. High yields per acre are of course necessary in reducing the cost per pound or per bushel in growing crops but quality plays a big part in determining Mississippi, who has been station-j P 1 " 0 ^ 8, , „ ed here ! Bu y ers of frmt and truck are Mr. Marlon P. Hamilton is at his! demanding good eating quality home in Edgefield suffering from good cooking quality and go an infected hand. Though consid- shipping quaUty in the products ered quite serious at one time his whlch the y ,f u . the consumer, hand has improved and tie is con sidered out of danger. xx Earnings In Month Total $15,089,772 ginning to realize this fact and they are using better cotton seed. The housewife is more careful in selecting the produce which goes into the market basket. The world market is calling for better corn and wheat and cotton. Here in the South farmers are be- port will soon be in the hands of printers, and will be presented to ;he General Assembly at an early date. The study was made on the basis of figures compiled from employ ment reports submitted by 3,723 reporting units on 211,036 covered employes. Employes working in manufac turing plants received a larger por tion of the earnings than those to wash out more quickly than normal from our soils. Farmers are correcting the condition by using basic ferUlizers high in potash. Extra potash may also be applied as a top-dresser along with nitro gen. In all sections of the Southeast, even on the red soils of the Pied mont section, cotton rust has been lowering yields, increasing the unit cost per pound, and reducing the in any other industrial group, $9,- opportunity for profit. However, 37,616. Workers in retail trade farmers have learned that earned $1,325,603, and employes in transportation, the third largest amount, $1,175,967. Earnings in other industrial groups were as follows: Mining »58,502, contract construction $716,- i 97; communication $161,168; util- ties $291,869; wholesale trade $994,298; finance $51,995; insurance ! 96,896; real estate $10,042; admin istrative offices $1,937; service $442,011; professions $12,033; mis cellaneous $13,332. The number of covered employes in each industrial group included in the July study were as follows: Mining 987; contract construction 2,380; manufacturing 143,008; transportation 13,173; com munication 1,980; utilities 2,- 800; wholesale trade 9,775; retail trade 17,585; finance 400; insurance 762; real estate 123; administra tive offices 19; service 7,505; pro- essions 162; miscellaneous 397. Retail trade led in the number of reporting units, 1,247. Manufac turing was second with 850 units and wholesale trade third with 618. The commission explained that due to the newness of the depart ment, and especially of the re search division itself, studies for portant and the success of baiting depends on how and where the the year as a whole had not been bait is placed. The U. S. govern- 1 completed. Included in the July ment recommends red squill bait, | figures, however, are data received which is relatively harmless to do- on that month up through Jan- mestic animals and can, without I uary 10, which, in that respect, extra hazards, be distributed more'makes the July study relatively tJVOVOR IN The MODERN VVAy WITH PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES ^ \ . and with . GENUINE KNEE-ACTiON* 8S-H.P. 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C. great danger of tracking these Greenville, intermediate clerk. made earlier in the year, and com pleted the organization necessary he asserts that on most farms the house can be moved even though it will require considerable time and some expense. “A combination of coccidiosis, paralysis, and worm infestations is almost equal to one year’s loss in income, plus a lot of worrying and hard work, and in most cases it will be much less burdensome to spend cotton rust is potash hunger and that it can be prevented by using extra potash in the complete fer- tiiizer at planting or as a top- dresser along with nitrogen. Man ufacturers of fertilizer are offering special top-dresser mixtures of nitrogen and potash suited to the various crops and sections. Only a few years ago 6% potash in a complete fertilizer was con sidered high and such fertilizer was used only for truck and fruit. Today many grades of cotton and corn fertilizers carry from 8 per cent to 10 per cent potash while mixtures for sweet potatoes, for carry Id per cent potash. TXT Move Brooder House Insure Chick Health | Columbia, Feb. 3.—Appointment Clemson, Jan. 29.—It is not ad- of 26 persons to positions with the visable to wait until chick troubles South Carolina employment service show up to move the brooder division of the state unemployment house, says P. H. Gooding, exten- j compensation commission was an- sion poultryman, who warns nounced today by Clemson M. against danger of coccidiosis, pa-; Wilson, director of the division, ralysis, and worm infestation in They will assume their new duties poultry flocks when chicks are March 1. brooded on the same ground each Mr. Wilson said 13 of the 26 ap- year. troubles to new ground.” j Anderson office: Mrs. Aureola Vi. Where it is absolutely impossible Mitchell, assistant manager; ; to put the employment service in. ;o move the house, the specialist Thomas C. Jackson, senior inter- operation, on a limited scale, advises that the chicks run on a viewer, and Miss Lucia M. Rich- j throughout the state. No other ap- wire platform in front of the house ardson, junior clerk-stenographer, pointments will be made until af- br the first two months. However, all of Anderson. i ter April 1, and then only as neces- Greenwood office: H. Gerard sary to meet growing needs, he Hartzog, Greenwood, senior inter- added. viewer; Miss Kathleen McCrery, Greenwood, junior clerk-stenog rapher. Spartanburg District Spartanburg district office: Mrs. Bertha Dobson of Gaffney and Paul D. Mazyck, Jonesville, senior interviewers; Miss James Cath- time and money moving the house |erine Lyle, Spartanburg, junior in- than to suffer an outbreak of these | terviewer, and Miss Claire Morris, troubles”, Mr. Gooding concludes, i Spartanburg, junior clerk-stenog- xx j rapher - i ^ c • 1 Ro 9 k Hi 111 C- W. Adickes, York, Employment Service j assistant manager; C. Ross Rut- ! ledge, Lancaster, senior interview er; Miss Myra F. Riddle, Rock Hill, junior clerk-stenographer. Florence District Florence district office: Mrs. Irene H. Bailey, Florence, junior interviewer, and Miss Amanda Lawrence, Florence, junior stenographer. Attaches Selected The director said the new ap pointees, together with othexfc chosen for the service earlier this year, would be required to attend a preliminary “training school’' before actually taking over their respective duties. TXT Civil Service Exami nations Announced The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the following positions: Senior scientific aid (preparator in pathology), $2,000 a year. Army Medical Museum. Physiotherapy aide, $1,800 a year. lerk- Health Service, and Veterans’ Administration. Printer-proofreader, $1.32 an hour (40-hour week), Government Printing Office. Full information may be obtain ed from the Secretary of the freely than other poison bait ma terial.” Leaflets showing how to put on a community rat campaign, where to get bait and red squill powders, complete and fairly indicative of coverage and earnings for each of the other months of the year. Under the act, establishments not having as many as eight per- how to distribute rat baits; and sons on their payrolls during at Bulletins on rat-proofing and on! least 20 weeks in a year are ex- red squill in rat control and a gen- empt from coverage. The act also cral rat control bulletin may be se- ! specifically exempts: Agricultural cured by those interested by ad- labor, domestic service in private dressing Mr. Lay at N. C. State homes, service for certain close College, Raleigh, N. C. j relatives, such as by an individual “Farmers throughout the state ence with the National Re-employ- have trouble each fall with pullets ment Service. All were selected, becoming infested with internal j however, from lists composed of parasites and developing various those applicants who made the diseases”, Mr. Gooding explains. | highest marks on merit examina- “One of the most common troubles tions. is paralysis. Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done once this trouble develops. After the pul- j employment service, a change lets become paralyzed, it is too scheduled to be completed around late to move the brooder house. The time to do this is before the chicks are started. If you have never had trouble in your flock from coccidiosis, worms, or pa ralysis, it is no assurance that you will not. And once your premises become heavily infested, there is Columbia District Columbia district office: Fletcher Edward Hinnant, Columbia, senior interviewer; J. Ed Kaiser, Lexing- s * . , . , ton, junior interviewer; Mrs. Eula „ tl , pointees had had previous expert- Columbia, intermediate : S ates civil Board .u- —• , 0 f Examiners at the post office Aiken office: Mrs. Minnie D or customhouse in any city which Thorpe, Aiken, senior interviewer:! htts * p ° st offlce , ot the flrst or Mrs. Martha J. Franklin, Aiken, sooood class, or from the United Junior clerk-stenographer. States Civil Service Commission. Washington, D. C. Orangeburg office: Theodore E. Boone, Rowesville, senior inter viewer, and Mrs. Esther R. Boswell, Orangeburg, junior cleric-stenog rapher. Charleston District The work of the old NRS is grad ually being taken over by the state as fol- May 1. Those appointed were lows: Greenville District Greenville district office: Claude F. Inman and Miss Emmie May Hicks, both of Greenville, senior interviewers; Miss Ada Inabnett, Charleston district office: H. L. Prosser, Kingstree, senior inter viewer; Miss Louise A. Blohme, Charleston, intermediate clerk. Mr. Wilson said these appoint ments were in addition to those DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight ] Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glassed Professionally Fitted. $55 Broad Street Augusta, Ga,