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HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORBfICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 17, 1938
OiUMiCK MliiSENGER 1 bree<iers 111 this state * and with P® 118 each summer, and was
PuhtiKhrd Every Thursday
Established June 5, 1902
EDMOND J. McCRACKEN,
Editor and Owner
Entered at the Post Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C., as mail matter ot
She second class.
ttUtSSCTUPTION RATES:-
One Year $1.00
ojlx Months lb
Three Months .50
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Vaughan Formally
Offers For United
the successful classification sale graduated from Clemson in 1924.
held last fall by Wheeler Brothers From the time I was graduated
nf Sainda, which attracted national until three weeks ago when I re-
attention, the Jersey breed is in a signed to enter the race, I have
favorable position to make rapid connected with Clemson Col-
p. less in the near future. | lege. I was with the Clemson Ex-
The officers of the club have tension Service for ten years, dur-
fonnulaied a definite program of j ing six years of which I was asso-
work for 1938 which should make crated with the late Dr. W. W. Long
the coming year one of the most Director. In that time I worked
active and successful years in the with thousands of farm men and
nistory of the Jersey breed in South women in every county of the
Carolina. state.
“At first I worked with the 4-H
boys and girls. I was largely re
sponsible for the building of Camp
Long in Aiken County. Camp Long
_ is row recognized by Department
Stat6S Sdiate of Agriculture officials as one cl
| the outstanding 4-H camps in the
Sunspots And ^ Anderson, S. C., Feb. 8.—Theo country. About two thousand
rr.i W Vaughan today formally announc- young people attend the camp eac.
A tie YV eatlld ed himself as “a man to man” can- ^umn er. My work with the
didate for the seat now held in the " rd Sirls was to help them develop
This Winter, so far, has been the United States Senate by Ellison D. themselves and to make this state
most trying for several years. In Smith. more self-sustaining to grow cot-
Florida, six frosts before the mid- Vaughan, who recently resigned CK cheaper, produce milk cheaper,
die of February are, it must be con- from farm organization work at to grow hogs and beef cheaper, iO
ceded, unusual weather, to put it Clemson in order to enter this race, ra ^ se iCCd ^ or thei* - own livestock,
mildly. The North has alternated made public his general platform d ’ ve ^ home so that monc\
between torrential rains, sharp in a statement issued from cam- lrcm t* 16 cash crops could be used
freezes with the thermometer drop- paign headquarters which he has t° buy things that we cannot glow
ping to record lows, heavy snows set up here. on our fanns -
and gales on both coasts. Europe The full statement follows: “ In 1935 » 1 be g an m y organiza-
has been having much the same “I announce my candidacy for work with farm men and
experience. the Democratic Party’s nomination women. I have worked closely with
The Weather Bureau -at Wash- for the seat now held in the United a11 the farm organizations in the
Ington declines to blame the freak- States Senate by Ellison D. Smith, state. Our policy was to meet, to
ish weather on sunspots, but as- I announce from Anderson, my organize, to swap ideas, to make
tronomers point out that the past native county. the fanners of this state a power
few weeks have been a period of “I am running on the platform that Washington would listen to.
violent magnetic storms on the of human relations, and I so offer I believe in the policy of swapping
sun’s surface. That sunspots are to the men and women of my state, ideas, and I believe in organization,
the cause of the aurora borealis We all belong to the same stock in “ In 1931 1 was married to Mamie
and of electrical disturbances and South Carolina and all of us, in Ballentine of Anderson, an honor
manifestations of various kinds in this state, have the same ideal: graduate of Winthrop College. She
the Earth’s atmosphere, scientists We want to live decently, to live 18 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
have proven conclusively. It seems and let live. We have learned al- Ballentine of Anderson. We
reasonable, therefore, to blame ready one group cannot prosper have one son whom we named for
other freaks of the weather on here unless all prosper. We want m y close friend, the late Dr Law-
them. ; steady work, fair wages, fair prices, *ence Knobeloch of Charleston.”
There is no other topic about And fair returns on investments,
which people talk so much and do We realize that some of our in-
so little as the weather. Sunspots terests are bound to clash, but I
at least give a new angle to believe we have made up our minds
weather conversations.
XM
Light On Insect Pests
in South Carolina that we are not
going to let any temporary differ-
Camp Modoc News
Camp Modoc, Feb. 12.—Grading
of the Prescott Road was completed
ence divide us into permanently during the week. Topsoiling will be
fighting camps. I believe, and x started as soon as surfacing is com-
believe the people of South Caro- pleted on the Turkey Road. v
lina beUeve, in the rights of all of | During the past week 50,000 pine
A California scientist has report- 1 the . people. I am the candidate seedlings were planted. A crew of'
ed to the American Association for
the Advancement of Science suc
cessful tests of his discovery that
Insects are attracted by specific
colors, so that lights of different
colors can be used to lure different
kinds of bugs to their deaths in
of all. I will not represent any 28 planters was used and the crew
group ov^ any other group. is planting 14,000 seedlings per day.
“We have four great conditions I Lieutenant Donald Handcock has
facing us in this state. They are assumed his duties as Commanding
curtailment of work, low wages, Officer at Camp F-ll. He has had
low prices for farm products, and 4 years experience in CCC, six
business uncertainty, fcio lar as I months of which was served at
electrical traps. Thus the grape ^ concerned, the campaign this f Camp SC F-8, near Edgefield,
which has since been abandoned.
Mr. John F. Woodley, from the
Pisgah National Forest, has been
transferred here as Junior Fore
leaf hopper pays no attention to summer will center about these
red or green lights but flies directly four There is no man a ii Ve i n the
to a pale blue light. By putting a wor>4| who has a quick, cure-all for
colored light inside a cage sur- 1 the problems now before us, but
rounded by electrically charged j believe firmly that we are going man. Mr. Woodley has served five
years with the Forest Service in
various capacities.
Two forest fires occurred during
the week. One of these fires burned
wires, as many as 5,000 of the in-. ^ work our way out. It is going vo
sects were killed in a single night. I be a shoulder to shoulder task.
One such trap proved enough to j a m running as a young man.
protect an acre of vineyard. | a s one who was bom and raised in
being suppressed. One half acre of
this was National Forest land. The
other fire was started when a care-
This discovery holds great ec-. the present machine age. I belong over one and one-half acres before
enomic possibilities for the farmer. to the generation that has every- '
It may prove the winning weapon thing at stake in the price cotton
in the endless war between man an( j 0 ther farm products bring,
and the insect world. Insect pests j wage the cotton mill and other less debris burner let his fire escape
cost the American farmer more workers get, the return the local j to adjoining forest. This fire burn-
than two billion dollars a year, it business man is able to secure. 1 ed 23 acres, 8 of which was on
Is estimated. | We ftre no t ciismayed by the National Forest land, before being
All that needs to be done, it problems before us. We have suppressed at a cost of approxi-
would seem, to protect cornfields, I the w m an< i the energy, and we 1 mately $45.00, exclusive of the dam-
cotton-fields, orchards, citrus
groves and other crops from insect
have the faith.
age to timber.
The fire season is reaching its
height. Cleaning of lands and de-
My stand on any issue and every
ravages is to find out just what 1 issue will be arrived at from. the
colored Ughts the corn-borers, | Christian principle of furthering ( bris burning is in progress. The
grasshoppers, chlnchbugs, boll- | the welfare and brotherhood of all winds are high and the weather is
weevils and the thousand other: our people. I am an Andrew Jack- dry- Any fire is a hazardous one
crop-destroyers prefer, and light up
the landscape accordingly.
Even if it does not kill the bugs,
the night effect should be decora
tive.
unless
taken.
proper precautions are
State Jersey Cattle
! Club Meet Feb. 23
son Democrat.
“My personal qualifications are
these: I was bom thirty-five years
ago in the mill village at Pelzer, {J. g. Army Wants
S. C., where my father, Arthur L. ^
Vaughan, was a worker in the
weave room. My father later was
called to preach and attended Fur-
Flying Cadets
i
The War Department has an-
man to study for the Baptist min- nounce( i an increase in the number
istry- Thus, he followed the work of men be enlisted as Flying
■ — j of his great-grandfather, Bobby cadets and trained to become avia-
Newberry, Feb. 12.—The annual King, who organized Baptist tion pn 0 ts. in view of the au-
meeting of the South Carolina Jer- 'churches all over the Piedmont in thorized increase, there are a large
»ey Cattle Club will be held at the the earl y da y s ’ and of his & r6at_ number of vacancies available to
Wiseman Hotel, Newberry, on Wed- great-grandfather, Moses Holland, qualified men for appointment as
nesday, February 23, at 11:00 a. m., who was the flrst Moderator of the Flying Cadets,
according to announcement made Saluda Baptist Association. During Applicants to be eligible for
l»v Judee Neal W Workman Pres- m y childhood, my father served appointment must be between the
fdent, and C. B. Parr, secretary and Baptist churches at Belton Mill, ages of 20 and 26, unmarried, in
treasurer. These officers also state Belton; Mils Mill, Greenville; at excellent physical condition, and of
that in arranging a program for the Piedmont Mill; Pacolet Mill; good moral character. In general,
mpptine thev have comnleted Clifton Mill; Victor Mill, Greer; applicants must have a minumum
plans whlch shou!d attract 31 Jersey' Cowpens; Blacksburg; and the of tw0 years of colleg e education, 1
cattle enthusiasts from every part
of the state.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO..
AUGUSTA
Wednesday, February 23
FARM YOUTH DAY
SECOND ANNUAL AUGUSTA FAT CATTLE
SHOW AND SALE
GIGANTIC PARADE-7,000 Farm Boys and Girls
of the 24 Counties of the Twin States Livestock
— v
Association will parade on Broad Street at 11
a. m.
SPEAKING—10,000 to 15,000 people will hear Hon
orable David E. Lilienthal, Director of the Ten
nessee Valley Authority, discuss at Noon,
“What the Future Holds for the Farm Youth of
the Southeast”.
BARBECUE DINNER—All the Visiting Farm Boys
and Girls and Officials will be the guests of the
Twin States Livestock Association and the
Chamber of Commerce at a barbecue dinner.
AUGUSTA WELCOMES YOU!
Among the interesting speakers
on the program will be: Lynn
Copeland, in charge of Register of
Merit testing for the American Jer
sey Cattle Club; Laurence B. Gar
diner, southern field representative
for the American Jersey Cattle
Club; and Dr. G. W. Anderson,
associate animal pathologist, Clem-
aon College.
country churches of Goucher Creek but applicants who can not meet
and Macedonia in Cherokee Coun- this requirement may become eli-! ~ ' ~ " • —
ty; Turkey Creek in Abbeville gibie for appointment by passing a ivi11 be a PPo inted Second Lieuten- in addition, Flying Cadets are above and who wishes further in-
County; and Bethany in Anderson special examination
County. j The course of instruction begins
ants in the Air Corps Reserve, and furnished their clothes, comforta- formation should apply in person
many of these Reserve Officers will ble quarters, a subsistence allow- at the nearest Army Recruiting
‘I worked after school and dur- | at‘rhe^r“co7ps*”prtma*r^‘ SchrtL, I h® ordered to active duty with the unce of $1 per day And Pay At The Station. Recruiting Stations in the
ing the summer of my boyhood in 1 Randolph Field, Texas, and is con-j R ®g ular Arm y for ^ ods ndt e . x " ° f $7 A 5 A !f onth - R®®® 1- ^ CaroUnas are located in Charlotte,
Victor Mill at Greer I started in tinned at the Advanced Flying ce ® din g fiv ® y ears - Many will also Officers on Active Duty receive the Asheville, and Winston-Salem. N. C.
at Clemson when I was sixteen, 1 school, Kelly Field, Texas. After
working my way, but my father
took sick and I had to drop out.
I supported the family for a year
There is definite evidence of in- j working at Victor. Then I went
creased activity among the Jersey ] back to Clemson, worked at Cow-
this instruction, cadets may be as
signed to tactical units of the Reg-
ilar Army Air Corps for further
experience. Flying Cadets whi
:.,mplete all cjur^es
be offered permanent commissions same pay as Regular Army Officers
in the Regular Army, within au- j of the same grade. Reserve Offi-
thorized strength limits and ap- cers who complete three years ac-
propriations.
All expenses incident to training
are borne by the Government, and
tive duty are given a bonus of $500.
Any applicant who can meet
eligibility requirements as stated
and Columbia, Florence. Green
wood, and Spartanburg, S. C. Of
fices in all the above cities are in.
the Post Office Building, except at
Columbia, S. C., where the office is
in the U. S. Court House Building,