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irici^MICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTil CAROLINA Thursday, Mard
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Farmers Meetings
Planned
is 2.7 per cent. Collections to date
total $4,813,832.42.
The commissioners, A. Malcolm
Scarborough, A. J. Hatfield, and
Dr. E. C. Lewis, explained in their
statement that funds collected
under u he unemployment compen-
we know as The Bible. Three hun- |
dred and twenty-seven years ago i
the committee of scholars appoint- \
ed by King James I cf England to!
revise the earlier translations of
the Hebrew and Greek texts of the
Scriptures produced a literary
Used Car Business
in ^he masterpiece, although that was not
tfrie County Agent is b'> 1 d’Tr T a
-series of meetings this week in the
County explaining the 1933 Farm j £ati ' on
are deposited
Program. The schedule follows. ^ate treasury and transferred from their purpose. They sought only to
Plum Branch, 7:45 p. m., e unemployment ^rust make the Bible readable to every
nesday, March 9th. • fund in Washington where they are Englishman who could read.
Willington, 10:00 a. m., Thur ay, j nve3 ^ ec j in interest bearing govern- Their work still stands as the
nent bends until needed :n Jne greatest book in the English lan-
(By W. E. Holler,
General Sales Manager,
Chevrolet Motor Division.)
March 10th
Dowtin’s School, 7:30
Thursday, March 10th.
Clarks Hill, 10:00 a. m
March 11th.
R. D. Suber,
». County Agent.
m.,
Friday,
Collections Gain
Seventeen Per Cent
payment of benefits.
ui this state no claims for bene
fits will be received until July.
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T01&&Y and
guage. Many attempts have been
made to revise and “modernize”
The Used Car business in this
country is a 2 Billion dollar indus
try. In 1935 and last year it aver
aged nearly 7,000,000 cars. The
annual dollar turn-over in the
Used Car business is greater than
the text, but none of these efforts
has the literary quality of the
King James version.
The best attempt to make the ^ host of comparisons may be
that of food, clothing or the com
bined jewelry and furniture ousi-
ness.
Columbia, March 10^—Collection
•of employer-contributions by the
South Carolina unemployment
compensation commission during
February totaled $324,128.28, a gain
of approximately 17 per cent over
collections of February 1937, when
the total was $279,787.27, a state
ment issued by the commission wO-
day revealed.
The contribution rate in 1937 was
1.8 per cent and in 1938, to 1941, it
FRANK PARKER
STOCKBRIDGE
BIBLE . . literary masterpiece
The book which has been the
greatest influence in shaping the
English language into its present
form, both in the common speech
of every day and in written litera
ture, is the “King James” transla
tion cf the Holy Scriptures, which
Eifcie more readable to the present
generation is a new edition which
I have recently seeh in which the
old text is retained, but is printed
in modern style so that «he chap
ters and verses look like the pages
of a modern book. I am told ohat
made with this recent giant n
commercial circles but they
wouldn’t make it any smaller. The
Used Car business is truly a giant.
It has not been appreciated :n
its size until recently.
When there was much national
this book: “The Bible designed co concern, during the early winter,
oe read as living literature” :.s cell- J about the slowing down of the
JESTER’S CASH MARKET
Phone No. 25 We Deliver
Main Street McCormick, S. C.
Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m.
When you are in town be sure and come by our
market and let us suggest your meat needs for you.
We will give you your choice of meats.
Prices are Reasonable, Meats the Best.
We carry a full line of Fresh Meats at all times
and are always ready to be at your service.
Fresh Fish and Norfolk Oysters, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
We highly appreciate your patronage.
Before selling your cattle and hogs, see us. We
pay the market price for them.
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"Natchel Sody”—that’s Uncle Natchel’s standby, and it’s
been the standby of farmers for better than 100 years.
Nothing takes the place of a good side dressing with
Natural Chilean Nitrate. It's the ideal food for plants just
as milk’s the ideal food for your children.
Milk and Chilean Nitrate are both natural foods. Chilean
Nitrate contains practically all the vital elements of milk,
plus a lot more. And, as in milk, these vital elements are in
Chilean Nitrate in Natural balance and blend.
"Dot’* d« secrut, folks —
NotcHol balance an* blend"
Uncle Natchel
BOTH guaranteed 16% HITBOBmT
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AN YOUR Enjoy the Unde Natchel program every Satur ^X
vra i WSR aKd W SM and every Sunday afternoon on WIS, WFIT,
RADIO I WBT, KWKH, WJDX, WRVA, and WMC
ng faster than most popular nov
els. It ought to. It will outlive all
of them.
INCH . . . • . getting shorter
How long is an inch? That de
pends on whether one is talking
about an American inch or an Eng
lish inch, for the English inch is
shorter than the American inch by
about one half-millionth of its own
length. Nobody knows how the
variation occurred, and it doesn’t
make much difference anyway, but
for the sake of conformity to inter
national standards the U. S. Bu
reau of Standards has asked Con
gress to enact a law making the
legal inch an infinitesimal fraction
shorter than it now is.
automobile factories with conse
quent unemployment ripples that
swept over most of the business
surface of the country, mention
was made that Used Cars were re
sponsible. There was a* jam in the
sale of Usea Cars, it was said, and
that stalled the new car market.
The resulting unemployment, from
the automobile and supply facto
ries shutting down or curtailing
their work, still further jammed
the Used Car market.
Many have asked, Are Used Cars
that important in our industrial
:ife?
They are, I can answer whole
heartedly. The automobile indus
try is based upon Used Cars. They
The effect of the proposed law are a by-product of the automobile
would be to make a difference of
about an eighth of an inch in the
length of a mile. The advantage
would be that microscopic meas
urements calculated in fractions of
an inch would be the same in
America as in all the other Eng-
! lish-speaking countries.
Only in English-language coun
tries is the inch used as a unit of
measurement, anyway. Most of the
rest of the world uses the metric
system, reckoning in millimeters,
centimeters, decimeters, meters .\nd
kilometers. The inch now is 25.-
40005 milimeters; under the new
law it will be 25.39996 millimeters.
And that would make a thousand
yards of muslin about a sixteenth
of an inch shorter than it is now.
JOBS too insecure
The hitch in the plan to revive
the building industry by making it
easier for ordinary folks cO build
or buy new homes is that so many
of the people who would like to
take advantage of the easy terms
offered under the new F. H. A.
amendments don’t feel sure enough
of their jobs to warrant commit
ting themselves to making pay
ments on a home over a period of
twenty years or more.
I have talked lately with several
men, and have heard cf several
more, who are holding back until
they see some better evidence of
general economic recovery than is
now in sight. They want to know
whether their employers are going
to continue in business, or whether
there will be some nore dismissal:
of employees which might include
themselves.
A new building boom would start
a real recovery, create jobs for nil-
lions and make the jobs of tho.-i
who now have them nore sc ear:
But it hasn’t started yet, and won’
until a hundred thousand or :n‘or<
people are willing to take a chance
PRICES .... and wage
On one page of my morning
newspaper the other day £ sa\
three items of news all having tc
do with prices. ’I he President sa.v
that farm prices ought 1,0 go u
but that manufactured product
ought to come down. A spokesn.an
for Labor said that industria
wages should go up. The chainna
of the Maritime Commission
the President that the prices aske
by ship-builders were so high „hr
nobody could afford to run shin
which cost so much, and pay ih;
wages to seamen fixed by Americai
laws.
The first of those statements
points toward higher prices for
foodstuffs and textiles—an increase
in the cost of living. The second is
another signal of the unceasing ef
fort of organized Labor to get more
pay, regardless of the effect on
anyone else. And che prohibitive
cost of ship-building is, in lartro
measure, the outcome of „he other
trends.
Some day, maybe, we Americans
will approach the problem of costs
industry. Whereas the new cars
are manufactured or fabricated in
a plant, the used cars are manu
factured by nearly 29 Million motor
vehicle owners.
Of the 29 Million owners :.n this
country, it is approximated by the
Petroleum Institute that 10,000,003
of those owners have never owned
a new car.
That means there is a very large
market for Used Cars in this coun
try. It also means that such a
large group cannot escape the eco
nomic currents that sweep the na
tion from time to time.
It is the size of the Used Car
market, coupled with 'the extensive
ramifications of the customers who
compose it into all lines of business,
'hat make it difficult to gauge, or
to handle easily.
The brief picture of the Used Car
business foundation in this: You
trade in your present car to a
dealer who allows you so much
money value on the new car that
you wish to buy. You drive away
in the new car and forget the car
that was left in trade. The dealer
must resell that car you left in
trade. It is a Used Car. The dealer
has an investment in that Used
^ar nf what dollar value he allowed
you for it.
The dealer must sell it for an
approximation of that price, plus
whatever service and repairs he
puts into it for reconditioning.
He often has to take another
Used Car in trade to sell th?
Number 1 Used Car and then mus:
sell the Number 2 Used Car oefor,'
he can say whether he has made
a profit, broken even or lost money
on the three transactions tha
started v/hen you entered his stor:
to buy the new car.
If the dealer gets too many Jsec
Cars on hand, his liquid capital i~
exhausted and he has to curtail
xny more selling of new cars that
necessitate a Used Car trade-in.
This procedure illustrates that
the Used Car business is an Indus
'.ry located in the stores of auto-
■''hfie d°f»lers. There are more
than 60,000 dealerships in thi;
country.
It is conservative to make an
average allowance of five men to
eech dealership who make the ma-
ir’ity of their wages from the Used
Co r business—mechanics and
sr'esir.en and managers and book-
l-'-opers. These 300,000 people, with
r 'i dealers, run the Used Car bus
iness of this country.
They have made great strides in
the last few years in reconditioning
and merchandising Used Cars. The
ccnfidence of the buying public has
t' en increased in Used Cars bought
from dependable dealers because of
fair treatment and honest value.
These basic things have, done
more to build the gigantic Used
The Story of Doctor Stork
When Dr. S. T. Shelly entered
Mulvane, Kansas, astride the deck
of a hay-burning automobile,
otherwise known as a horse, in
1880, fresh from medical school, he
had no idea that fifty-five year:
later he would be the center of one
of the most enthusiastic and dif
ferent celebrations ever extended
anyone by a community.
During the years that he engaged
in practice in that little town and
the surrounding country he had
ushered 4,500 children into the
world, so the parents of these chil
dren, the children themselves, de
clared a three day festival, in
which “Doctor Stock” as he was
affectionately known to all, was
featured, toasted, congratulated
and presented with a document ex
pressing the sentiments of his
neighbors and patients.
Started With $2.40
In talking with the good Doctor,
he told me he arrived in town on
a pony that he bought for $15.00
and opened an office with only
$2.40 in real money in his pocket.
He was 23 years of age then and
faced the future with a heart full
of confidence and good will toward
men. While he was hanging up his
sign a man hastened to him and
asked “Are you the doctor?” Reply
ing in the affirmative, the man
grabbed him by the arm and said:
“Come with me immediately.” With
his brand new medical kit in his
hand he hurried to a house and
shortly the population of Mulvane
was increased by one fine boy.
From that time on, rain or shine,
hot or cold, night or day, Dr. Shelly
ministered to the sick.
Wet or Dry, Duty Ca ls
“What was your most unusual
experience, doctor?” I queried.
“Well,” he answered, “one pitch
dark night, when it was raining
cats and dogs, I went into ohe
country to usher another little one
into this world of trouble. When
we came to Cowskin Creek, the
ford was high with water, and :ny
herse and I were both swept in
turning over and over and finally
landing a mile down stream, more
dead than alive. But I got to ohe
home in time and attended my pa
tient in my wet clothes. There was
no time to waste.” And the people
in Mulvane say he has never lost
a mother and child.
Auditor’s Notice
FOR THE YEAR 1938
I will be at the different places
□n dates given below for the pur
pose of taking tax returns, on Real
Estate and Personal property, ex
cept the kind that is returned to
the Tax Commission. All owners,
agents, guardians, administrators*
attorneys, etc., please take notice,
and make returns.
1 Office, Jan. 1st through the 15thi.
Mt. Carmel, Jan. 17th, 10 a. m
to 1 p. m.
Willington, Jan. 17th, 2 p. m. to.
5 p. TA.
Bordeaux, Jan. 18th, 10 a. m. to-
12 noon.
Joe J. Link’s, Jan. 19th, 10 a. m.
to 12 noon.
Young’s School House, Jan. 20th,.
10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Vernon School House, Jan. 21st„
10 a. m. to 12 noon.
R. T. Mayson’s, Jan. 21st, 2 p. m*.
to 4 p. m.
Mrs. Mattie Hollingsworth’s Storey
Jan. 24th, 2 p. m. to 4 p. m.
E. M. Morgan’s Store, Jan. 25th*.
10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Plum Branch, Jan. 25th, 2 p. mi
to 5 p. m.
J. O. Marshall’s Store, Jan. 26th}
10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Bennett Mej. Co., Jan. 26th, 2 p.
m. to 4 p. m.\
Parksville, Jan. 27th, 9 a. m. tw
12 noon. ,
Modoc, Jan. 27th, 2 p. m. to 4i
p. m.
Office, Jan. 28th through Feb-
28th.
After Feb. 28th 10% penalty on.
all who failed or refused to make*
returns. All male persons between.
21 and 60 years are liable for polL
tax. 21 to 55 years are liable for
road tax or street tax.
C. W. PENNAL,
Auditor.
Treasurer’s Notice
WANT_ADV.
FOR SALE—One pair of com
puting scales and one heater, cheap
for cash. See E. F. Bussey, Modoc,
S. C.
FOR SALE—Cotton seed. Coker
No. 13C; one year from breeder
Price $1.50 per bushel; Coker No.
5-7 strain; Price $1.00 per bushel.
Seed ginned clean and tested for
germination, f. o. b. McCormick,
J. L. Strother.
FOR SALE: Cabbage, Onion and
Collard Plants, all Assorted, 539
Plants, .50c; 1009 Plants, .75c.
Sweet Potato and Tomato Plants,
500 Plants, .75c; 1000 $1.25.
Strawberry, Pepper and Egg Plants,
$2.00 per 1000. Dorris Plant Co.,
Valdosta, Ga.
FOR SALE—Two plug mules, also
three or four good ones. J. L.
Bracknell, Plum Branch, S. C.
Complete stock of Roysters,
Reads and International Fertilizer,,
Acid Phosphate, Nitrate of Soda,
Cottonseed Meal, 50 per cent
Muriate of Potash and 20 per cent
Kainit on hand. J. L. Bracknell,
Plum Branch, S. C.
from a realistic point of view, and
will stop trying to appeal the law Car business in the last few years i
of supply and demand by statute, j than any other factors.
BABY CHICKS
Seed, Feed & Poultry Supplies
United States Approved
Hatchery
Thousands hatching weekly.
Write for prices and descriptive
literature.
Georgia-Carolina Hatchery
1025 Broad St. Augusta Ga.
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The County Treasurer’s Office*
will be open for the purpose of re
ceiving taxes from the 15th d&y or
September, 1937, to the 15th day of
April, 1938.
All taxes shall be due and pay
able between the 15th day of Sep
tember, 1937, and December 31,
1937.
That when taxes charged shallt
not be paid by December 31, 1937,
the County Auditor shall proceed*
to add a penalty of one per cent
for January, and if taxes are not
paid' on or before February 1, 1938i
the County Auditor will proceed to-
add Two Per Cent for February,
and if taxes are not paid on or be*
fore March 1, 1938, the County Au
ditor shall proceed to add 3 per
cent for March, and if taxes are*
not paid on or before April 1, 1938;
the County Auditor shall proceed!
to add 4 per cent up to the 15th of
April, 1938, after which time the*
County Treasurer shall issue exe
cutions for all unpaid taxes, plus
7 per cent penalty.
The tax levies for the year 1937'
are as follows:
For State Purposes 5 mills
For County Purposes 8 mills
For Bonds ll4 mills
Constitutional School Tax_ 3 mills
Mt. Carmel School
District No. 1 2 mills
Willington S. D. No. 2 5 mills
Bordeaux S. D. No. 3 2 mills
McCormick S. D. No. 4
and Bonds 14 mills
Buffalo S. D. No. 5 4 mills
Bellvue S. D. No. 6 10 mills
3. D. No. 7 00 mills
Bethia S. D: No. 8 8 mills
Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 __10 mills
Young’s S. D. No. 10 00 mills
Wideman’s S! D. No. 11' 2 mills
Milway S. D. No. IS - 2 mills-
Robinson S. D. No. 14 6 mills
Dornville S. D. No. 15 2'mills-
Bethany S: D: No. 16 8 mills
Lyon’s S. D: No. 17 8 mills
Hibler s: D. No, 18 6 mills
Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 mills
Plum Branch S. D. No. 24
and Bonds 20 mills
Consolidated'S. D. NO. l;
Parksville, Modoe- and’
Clarks Hill, and Bonds. 18 mills
All male citizens between^ ther
ages of 21 and 60 years, except,
those exempt by law, are liable- toi
a poll tax of $1.00 each:
The law prescribes that all maio*
c' izens between the ages of 21 and
r years must* pay $2:00 commuta-
t*. n tax or work six days on the-
p blic roads.
Commutation tax is included in,
property tax receipt.
RUTH P. DUNCAN,
Treasurer, McCormick: County*
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