McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 17, 1938, Image 4
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MeCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 17, 1938
UcCOKMlCK MESSENGER Will Conduct Plow-
Published Every Thursday
Established Jum 8,
ing Demonstration
EDMOND J. McCRACKEN,
Editor mad Owner
Entered at the Post Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C M as mafl matter of
the second class.
in drill.
i Parsley—Moss Double Curled;
sow seed 1-2” deep in the open, 1
. qt. to 100 ft.; transplant seedlings
March 23, At 10 A. M. 10” apart each way. A cold frame
is well suited to this crop.
The Federal Forest Service is' Kale—Norfolk Blue Scotch; sow
planning to conduct a plowing 1 ~ 2 ” dee P in open; 1 oz. to 100 ft.;
demonstration on terraced land. rows 2 1-2 apart ’’ thin 4 ” to 6
■UBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.00
Six Months .75
Three Months A0
Staall Farmers
To Get Increases
Under Farm Bill
Clemson, March 14.—Larger
Agricultural Conservation Program
payments will go to operators of
Wednesday morning March 23rd at
10 o’clock. This demonstration will
be held in the field located between
the homes of Henry Lunk Searles
and Nick Ashmore. Everyone inter
ested in the types of plowing on
terraced land is cordially invited
:o attend.
R. D. Suber.
County Agent.
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Annual Scout Circus
In Augusta April 8th
apart
Mustard—Giant Southern Cur
led; sow seed 1-2” deep in open;
1-2 oz. to 100 ft.; rows 2 1-2’ apart;
thin seedlings 3” to 4” apart.
Make Plantings In Hotbed
Tomatoes—Penn. State Earliana,
Bonnie Best, Greater Baltimore,
(wilt resistant—Break O’Day and
Mar globe).
Pepper—(sweet) Ruby King,
World Beater, Perfection pimento,
(hot) Long Red Cayenne.
Eggplant—Black Beauty.
Make Plantings Of The Following
Vegetables As Soon As Soil
Will Do.
Mustard, Lettuce, Parsnips, Car-
Augusta, Georgia, March 9.—J.
small .farms" whoT cooperate” in "the R . Ucke ^ Ne ^ bery - B °y Scojt exec- rots, Onions, Brussels Sprouts,
HrlVA T rr»Q A nnrn of o co ^ • s z t-* t m •
1938 program as a result of changes
utive for the Augusta Area, said Spinach, Radish, Parsley, Turnips,
which‘the recently'enacted" aSi- ; oday , plan J were nearln ’ com P le - Cabbage, Cauliflower,
cultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ? 10n f A or t , he , annual Scou ‘ Circu * j ‘ Transplant To The Open Field
made in the method by which pay- Apnl 3th ' 1 Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kohl-Rabi,
ments are to be made in connec- The Clrcus > a S ! 6antic display of Brussells Sprouts, lettuce, onions
tion with the program this year, ? coat act j vlties - wU1 b “ heid at the (seedlings).
Director D. W. Watkins of the Ex- Rlchmond Academy stadium fol- j Such plants as tomatoes, egg-
Intuirtor o Vitvata -r»o ck -f Vi i a. ~ i a. _
tension Service, says.
To provide for a scaling upward
of the payments on small farms,
lowing a huge parade through plants, beans, squash, sweet pota
downtown streets. toes, etc., should not be planted
More than 800 Scouts are ex- until the ground is warm and all
the farm Act provides a system of ”®P ted 40 P artlcl P ate in the clrc “ 3 danger of frost is over.
increasing the payments to farm- thls , year ' assuring th ® large3t dem - "
ers who would earn less than $200 ° ast f atlon recent years, Mr.
under the regular rates. The fol-, Ne J bery S£ud '
Matilda Bell,
Co. Home Dem. Agent.
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lowing scale will be used: When > th “ s Director Explains
payment (at regular rates) is not I „ l i , committee was _ .
more than $20, the total payment Boberts » former Auburn star Personnel Regulations
football player and now division O
will be increased 40 per cent; pay
ments of $20 to $40 will be in
creased $8, plus 20 per cent of
amount over $20; payments of $40
to $60 will be increased $12, plus
10 per cent of the amount over
$40; payments of $60 to $186 will
he increased $14; and, payments of
$186 to $200 will be increased to
$200.
superintendent for the Georgia
Power, Company.
Civic organizations from the Au
gusta area will enter floats in the
parade, while other groups will
have decorated automobiles and
bicycles.
Heading the parade will be sev
eral drum and bugle corps and
Columbia, March 15.—Regula
tions providing that the personnel
of the various employment offices
in the state shall be selected when
possible from the areas in which
the offices are located are not clear
in the minds of many South Caro-
s
This scaling upward of the ,, . .
smaller payments will be a flrst aa «y ^gs including an American
charge against funds available tor and troop flag and several P atro1
flags.
1a, u. u.u cuiu uugic OIm linans, as revealed by numerous
bands. Members of each troop will ( e ^ ers that have been received in
recent weeks, Clemson M. Wilson,
payments.
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director of the employment service
division of the unemployment com
pensation commission, declared to-
Sec. Wallace Names
Some Principles
Of Farm Program
The circus will begin at 8:00
o’clock with an impressive mass, tiay '
flag drill of more than 300 boys. He re * erred the three brief
This will be followed by various sendees in the regulations adopt-
stunts, including chariot races, 1 ed by the commission, in the early
three-legged races, obstacle races, days the employment service, on
boxing on roller skates, sled races a PP rova ^ °t the United States Em-
and wheelbarrow races. , ployment Service. These establish
An instructing, yet entertaining, the 1156 of the statewide merit list
part of the program will be a dem- i in fillin S Positions requiring state-
Secretary of Agriculture H. A.
Wallace calls attention to the fact
that the 1938 farm program is onstration of fire making with wide duties; the use of the district
being built upon the experience fii n t and steel, signaling, tent merit lists where district duties
which led to the original AAA farm 1 raising and knot^tying. ' i are involved, and the use of area
The Ford effort to make your dollars
buy a constantly better car is well illus
trated in the Standard Ford V-8.
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It has all the basic Ford advantages.
It is built on the same chassis as the De
Luxe Ford V-8. It gives you a choice
of smooth 85-horsepower or 60-horse-
power V-8 engines. But it sells at low
prices, and includes bumpers, spare tire,
cigar lighter, twin horns and other equip-
Thm Standard Tudor
ment that make it a still bigger bargain.
With the thrifty 60-horsepower engine,
the Standard Ford V-8 is priced espe
cially low and gives the greatest gas
mileage in Ford history. Hundreds of
owners report averages of 22 to 27 miles
a gallon — or even more.
Your pocketbook will approve of die
Standard Ford in every way. And so
will you when you drive it!
\
THE STANDARD
FORD V-8
legislation, plus all the experience j Tickets for this circus will go
or local merit lists where area du- i station has contributed during fancy woven cotton fabrics in the number for enrollment.
that has been gained since then!, n sa , e within the next few dav V ties are involved, such as when! the f years is varied and signifi- gray, over twelve inches in width. The law provides that young men
in administering national farm 1 ^c^ trooDs wilf receWe narf of two or “ore counties comprise an dant ; « deludes new and rniprov- all cotton felts, and cotton yarn selected “shall be unmarried, male
LKJcai troops will receive part oi f..n I ed P lan t varieties, better livestock and thread.
Programs. p rocee ds to be used for their area t0 be served fr o m one full effective methods of insect
In discussing the new legislation own activities —f-i imore errective metnods oi nioect
Secretary Wallace says, “The Act
time central office.
Explaining the meaning of local
Mr. Newbery said the purpose
supplies the basis for a program of the circus is not to make mone y or area lists, he said, for example,
designed to provide farmers with but to demonstrate to citizens of that _ Lexington, Richland, and
this section, the character building
stability of income needed to en- I activities of the Boy Scout pro-
able them to go on producing gram
abundantly and to maintain ample t Troops from the fo i 10 wlng coun
reserves of farm commodities for tles wlll p articlpate ln the circus:
use of the Nation.’
Edgefield, McCormick, Aiken and
adequate facilities and with the this sec tion. the character buildina Fairfield counties are serviced from
the Richland office and that all
personnel approved to serve these
three counties were selected from
a sub-list, of the general statewide
merit list, composed of those qual
ified persons living in the three
counties who stood highest on the
merit list. This arrangement ex
plains why, for example, a person
living in the lower section of the
state may have stood lower on the
statewide list than a person living
in the upper section of the state,
yet was selected to fill the position
in the office of his own locality.
Mr. Wilson said he had received
numerous letters from persons liv
ing in this or that section of the
state complaining that they were
entitled to openings in other sec
tions, when as a matter of fact
South Carolina farmers who B arnwe il in South Carolina; Burke,
would understand the basic pro-i Je(ferson O i ascock , Richmond,
visions of the 1938 Farm Program Warrerli McDuffie, Columbia,
should consider these four points wllkes and Uncoln in Georgia .
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One—Continuance of the AAA
Soil Conservation Program and es- Gcircicil \^/ork
tabiishment of its objectives as a T'' t l
part of permanent farm policy j IOT March
represents a national investment
in soil fertility and insurance for
the Nation of future abundance The need of tonics and other
of food and fiber. | medicines in the spring of the year
Two—National acreage allot- is due largely to the lack of vege-
of appointing local qualified ap
plicants, when available, to serve
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ments are established at levels de- tables in the winter diet. If more
signed to give production ample for greens and leafy foods were oaten
domestic consumption, exports, and daily throughout the year 1 ess
reserve supplies, and payments are money would be spent for medi-
made to encourage farmers to pro- cines and doctors’ bills and there
duce up to these national allot- w o uld be less suffering from many
ments * °* tbe i bs that are constantly with
Three—Loan provisions in the us - Green vegetables are valuable j i oca i offices,
law encourage systematic storage i n l be di 6 ^ because they supply j ——
of surpluses of big crop years for mineral substance and vitamines.
use in years of shortage. The Gov- Hints x llty 1 0<irS oCrVICC
ernment is authorized to advance The wide-awake gardner has
money as loans to enable farmers planted Irish potatoes, radishes,
to hold surpluses until needed. onion sets and plants, has his
Pour Marketing quotas backed asparagus and rhubarb roots set state Experiment Station’s Latest
by penalties on sales in excess of ou L ^d Ids English peas and spin- Report Celebrates 50th Anniversary
the quotas can be used, subject to ach UP- I
approval of a two-thirds vote of Make Plantings Now If Ground Clemson, March 12.—In the pub-
the producers voting, to secure Will Do To Work lication of its Annual Report for
general participation of farmers in Potatoes—Irish Cobbler, Bliss, the year ending June 30, 1937, the Average hourly earnings in the
a program designed to hold surplus Early Rose; tubers 4 inches to 6 South Carolina Experiment Station cotton goods industry in South
supplies off the market until they inches deep in rows 2 1-2 feet celebrates its fiftieth anniversary Carolina were higher in 1937 than
citizens of the United States be-
Excluded were bleaching, dyeing tween ages of 17 and 23 years in-
and plant disease control, more and finishing departments of mills elusive, and shall at the time of
efficient methods of soil improve- engaged in finishing piece goods, enrollment be unemployed and in
ment, the use of labor-saving ma- as were mercerizing and finishing need of employment.” The Gov-
chinery and implements, and better departments of thread mills. ernment regulations define ‘‘unem-
cultural practices. I Using South Carolina as a base, ployed and in need of employment”
The Fiftieth Annual Report, like or 100.0, the index showed that covering young men “not reg—
its predecessors, is a record of ex- Tennessee ranked second at 98.0, ularly in attendance at school, not
periments and investigations con- ! two per cent below the South Car- possessing other regular or full
ducted in many lines of agricul- olina average. time employment; who need the
tural science including agricultural Widest difference was between employment, the job training, the
economics and rural sociology, average hourly earnings in South educational and other opporttmi-
home economics, field crops and Carolina and Mississippi. Cotton ties offered by the Civilian Con-
fertilizers, fruits and vegetables, goods wages in the latter ranked servation Corps, and who them-
plant diseases and insects, chemis- | 28 per cent below South Carolina’s selves or whose families, due to
try, animal husbandry, dairying, high. financial limitations, are not in a
and ooultry. j Southern states covered in the position to secure or provide com-
This research work is carried on study, together with number of ( p ar ohip exoerience and training.”
at the headquarters station at plants and number of employees, | CCC boys are paid $30.00 per
Clemson, the Pee Dee Station at were as follows: South Carolina, month by the Government, and are
Florence, the Coast Station at 36 and 17,595: Alabama, 19 and required to send approximately
Summerville, the Truck Station at 8,400: Georgia, 32 and 12,627; $25.00 per month to dependents.
Charleston, the Sandhill Station at North Carolina, 79 and 22,862; Ten- During the last fiscal year the
Pontiac, and the Edisto Station at nessee, 5 and 1,871; Mississippi, 1 amount of money allotted to de-
Black ville. and 803; Texas, 6 and 1,133. pendent relatives by South Caro-
Copies of the Fiftieth Annual in addition, Virginia, Arkansaj lina boys in CCC camps was $2,-
the* commission with"the sanction Re P ort may be had through coun- and Oklahoma were covered, but i35 >8 85.28. There were 6,007 boys in
of the Federal authorities is fol- ty farm a sents or from the Publi- the data was too incomplete co the C amps on January 1, 1938, and
lowing the general rule and policy cations De P artment at Clemson permit the presentation of an a/- 1 total expenditures in the state
College. erage. from Government funds in con-
— ~ The complete index was as icl- xiection with CCC camps last year
Average Hourly Earn- South Carolina 100.0
95.0
Georgia -- 94.2
North Carolina __ 94.0
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ings In Cotton Goods £“
To Farming Science Industl T 0f S - C
Card Of Thanks
Higher Last Year
Than In Any South
ern State
I wish to take this opportunity
Texas __ 76.0 of expressing my thanks to each
Mississippi -- 72.0 individual for their acts of kind-
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^ ^ C'C'C' ^ and for tbeir beautiful floral offer-
ooys ror vAA* tramps ings that were rendered to me at
the death of my husband.
Mrs. Arch Lewis.
are needed.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
Sight
Specialist
Eyes Examined
Spectacles And Eye Glasses
Professionally Fitted.
055 Broad Street Augusta, Oa
To Be Enrolled Dur
ing Period Of April
lst-20th f
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apart; hills 10 inches to 12 inches of service to the people, says Dr. in any other Southern state, rang-
apart; 12 to 15 bushels per acre. H. P. Cooper, director of the sta- ing from two per cent to 28 per
Spinach—Bloomsdale and Ara- tion. cent above averages of neighboring
gon; sow seed 1-2” deep in open,! The beginning of this service of states, according to a Cotton Man- Official notification that boys
1 oz. to 100 ft.; rows 2 1-2 ft. apart; fact-finding regarding agricultural ufacturers’ Association of South for CCC camps will be enrolled
thin 4” to 6” apart. science dates from July, 1887, when Carolina index just completed and during the period April 1-20 has
Beets—Crosby’s Egyptian; sow the state board of agriculture based on U. S. Department of Labor been received by the State Depart-
seed 1-2 to 1 inch deep; thin and organized two “South Carolina studies. ment of Public Welfare, according
transplant to rows 2 1-2’; seedlings Experiment Stations” which had The Department of Labor survey to announcement March 8 by
3” to 4” apart. been authorized by the General on which the index was based cov- Thomas H. Daniel, State Director.
Peas—Thomas Laxton, Laxton- Assembly in December, 1886. ered 63.470 mill workers in 10 The department is charged with
ian; sow seed 2” deep in open, 1 qt. 1 The record of progress to which Southern states. It included estab- the duty of investigating appli-
to 100 ft.; rows 2 1-2’; sow thinly the South Carolina Experiment; Ushments manufacturing plain and cants and certifying a suff;c‘.ent ( jj.
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with comfortably fitted glass
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and Associates, Phone 5761,
Hodges Building, Greenwood,
S. C.