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TSUI TO OUS8ELVXS. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUB COUNTRY AND OUB GOD. Thirty-Seventh Year Estabfished June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938 Modoc JNcws Well, the boll weevils are doing a great v work since we have had so much cool, rainy weather. lllll. C. H. Stone is spending several weeks with relatives in Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. T. D.' Howie were dtimer guests here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Miss Emilie Dukes spent the week end with friends at Jeffer son, Ga. Mrs. Nettie Thelma Baldwin returned to her home in Savan nah Sunday, after spending the past week here with her mother, Mrs. B M. Bussey. Miss Rosalie Bussey, who is working at North, is at home foa a week or so. Mrs. Mamie McDaniel and daughter, Miss Jeanett McDaniel, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. j. O. McDaniel. Mrs. Lunett Prince from 'Edge- field made a short visit here Sun day to her mother, Mrs. Minnie Bussey. Messrs. William and Grover Mc Daniel and B. F. Bussey made a short visit to McCormick on Tues day of this week. , Mrs. Minnie Bussey returned borne Sunday evening, after a week’s stay with relatives in Edgefield. Mr. H. W. Baily, who is working in Augusta, is at home for a week or bo. Notice All ex-service men are requested to meet at the regular meeting place in McCormick oa Tuesday July gw*, at t o’clock. This is for the 'purpose of officers for the coming G. E. Campbell, Commander. Typhoid Clinic Schedule For McCormick County The following is a schedule of typhoid clinics to be held in Mc Cormick County beginning Tues day, July 5th. Every one who has not had this treatment in the past three years is urged to take it. A fee of .25c will be charged for the three doses. McCormick, Health Office; Tuesday, July 5, 2:00 p. m. Dowtin 1 Section, Robinson School; Thursday, July 7, 10:00 a. m. Bordeaux, School House; Mon day, July 11, 9:00 a. m. Willington; Monday, July 11. 10:00 a. m. Mt. Carmel, Schpol House; July 11, 11:00 a. m. Plum Branch School House; Monday, July II, 2 p. m. Washington School; Monday, July 11, 3:30 p. m. \ Gertrude McGrath, R. N. Co. Nurse. xx Record Freshman Enrolment Seen For University Columbia, S. C., June 18.—^In dications point to a record enrol ment of freshmen at the Univer sity of South Carolina next au tumn. ' John A. Chase, Jr., dean of ad ministration, \ said that four times as many applications for admission from new students had been approved than at the same date last year. Five times as many applications from men and twice as many from women have been approved. _._ v v In addition, a large number of inquiries from prospective students have been received and a number of incomplete applications are on file. Mt. Carmel News .HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C FRIDAY and SATURDAY July 1st and 2nd. 7:15 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. BOB STEELE in 44, 111 COLORADO KID Also OUR GANG COMEDY “Mail 4 Female” and MARCH OF TIME MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY July 4th and 5th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. ALICE FAY FRED ALLEN TONY MARTIN—JOAN DAVIS V ' n ‘SALLY, IRENE & MARY” Also A Musical Comedy “Trailer Paradise” ;*nd LATEST NEWS EVENTS gapt. and Mrs. William Sharp of Atlanta are visiting Mrs. J. D. Cade and Miss Sallie T. Cade. Miss Lura Jean Watson has re turned home after a short stay at a mission training school at Ashe ville, N. C. Mrs. A. L. Humphries and Mr. Drennan Brown of Camden have returned home after a pleasant visit with Mrs. W. R. Boyd and Mrs. Mabel Brown. Mrs. W. M. Rowland of Augusta and Meriwether, Miss Emily Chiles and Mr. R. D. Suber of Mc Cormick and Mrs. L. L. Hester were visiting the yards in the Im provement Contest Tuesday after noon. ’ Mr. T. H. Seabrobk, Harriette and Mary Pascha: Seabrook of Beaufort, S. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Horton Wednesday. Mrs. J. T. Clinkscales and Mrs. Keller Middleton were business visitors here Tuesday afternoon. Rev. W. S. Patterson of Lancas ter, S. C., was a dinner guest of his sisters, Misses Florence and Susie Patterson. He was en route to Iva, S. C., where he will preach in the A. R. P. church this week. He is expected back to Mt. Carmel on the Fourth of July. / Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Martha Jean spent Sunday with his sisters near Bethany. Mrs. Workman of Edgefield and Mrs. Rush of McCormick were visitors here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White attended the marriage of Miss Polly Thur mond at Danburg, Ga., Wednes day evening. txx Civil Service Examinations Announced ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions listed below. For the first four positions, listed below, applications must be on file with the Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C., not later than July 25, if received from States east of Colorado, and not later than July 28, if received from Colorado and States west ward. Assistant Home Economist, $2,- 600 a year, Junior Home Econom ist, $2,000 a year, Junior in Home Economics Information, $2,000 a year, Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture. For Assistant and Junior Home Eco nomists, optional subjects are: Food economics, clothing econom ics, and family economics. Junior Aquatic Biologist, $2,000 a year. Bureau of Fisheries, De partment of Commerce. Optional branches are: Fisheries, limnology and oceanography, and physiology of aquatic organisms. Chemical Engineer (Explosives Manufacture and Plant Manage ment), $3,800 a year, Navy De partment. College training with major study in Chemistry or en gineering, preferably chemical engineering, and professional ex perience in explosives engineering, including engineering work in ex plosives manufacture and pro duction, are required. Various grades of Specialists in Cotton Classing, $2,600 to $3,800 a year, Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics, Department of Agriculture. Closing date, Assistant Electric- Rate Investigator, changed.—Ap plications will be received for the Assistant Electric-Rate Investiga tor examination, $2,600 a year, Federal Power Commission, not later than July 11 from States east of Colorado, and not later than July 14 from Colorado and States westward. Full information may be ob tained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Sandy Branch H. D. Club Meets The Sandy Branch H. D. Club held its regular meeting on June 16th at the home of Mrs. J. P. LaGroon. The home was attrac tive with bright summer flowers A large number of members and visitors were present. Mrs. B. C. Owings, the president, presided. This was the last meeting of the year and all record cards were completed and turned over to Miss Bell. Plans were ihade for the July camping trip, also for a club and Sunday school picnic to be held in August. Miss Bell gave a very instruc tive lesson on how to buy sheets. During the social hour the hostess served delicious little cakes and ice cream. The meeting then adjourned and’ will not meet again until September, when we meet to re organize and plan another year’s work. Reported IXI Piedmont Soils Lack The Legume Bacteria New Research Publication Re ports Studies Directed By Ex periment Station. Clemson, June 25.—Station Bul letin 314, “Distribution of Legume Bacteria in the Piedmont Soils of South Carolina”, recently publish ed by the South Carolina Experi ment Station, Clemson, gives con clusive evidence that the soils of the Piedmont soil province are very deficient in legume bacteria. The authors. Dr. T. C. Peele, associate soil scientist of the South Carolina Experiment Station, and J. K. Wilson, professor of soil technology, Cornell University, point v>ut that Dr. H. P. Cooper, director of the South Carolina Ex periment Station, found approxi mately 60 per cent of the soils examined in the Piedmont with a reaction of below pH 6.00 and over 18 per cent below pH 5.30. This acid condition of the soil, combined with frequent freezing and thawing, fertilizer deficiencies, and absence of organic matter, has resulted hi a marked deficien cy of legume bacteria. An important conclusion drawn in the new bulletin is that in or der to obtain maximum benefits from legume bacteria the soil should be limed when necessary to decrease the acidity, and that organic matter, in the form of manure, should be applied to the soil. Inoculation of the legume seeds would be expected to result in increased crop yields. Bulletin 314 can be secured, free of charge, from the Publica tions Department at Clemson Col lege. -xx- Reforestation The District Office of the South Carolina State Forest Service re ports that landowners in the Aiken District planted approxi mately one million seedlings dur ing the fiscal year 1937-1938. Of this total, the number of the various species planted are as fol lows: 542,500 slash pine, 209,500 ongleaf pine, 235,000 loblolly pine, md 3000 black locust. These trees were planted on abandoned farm land for the pur pose of putting that land back to work, to check erosion and foi the production of forest products such as sawtimber, poles, piling posts, ties, pulpwood and naval stores. Cognizant of the fact that much of their future prosperity depends directly upon their woodlands, many landowners are planting trees on submarginal land. Orders for tree seedlings are being taken for landowners who wish to plant during the fall. For more detailed information write to the State Forester, Co lumbia, S. C., or the District For ester, Aiken, S. C. Tells Of Work W. H. Hester Has Done With Beef Calves •(By Jack Wooten, Intension In formation Specialist.) W. H. Hester (the young folks in McCormick county call him Mr. Bill) had an idea. South Carolina needed more diversified farming and he concluded that one of the ways to teach that lesson was through 4-H club boys. Now, Mr. Bill had planted cotton on his own farm for a number of years, but he had been following other agricultural pursuits, too. Among these was raising beef cattle. Three years ago in talking to Mr. Suber, McCormick county a- gent, he learned that some club boys were interested in beef calves but were financially unable to finance the project, and so, Mr. Bill unhesitatingly told the county "agent that he had a plan which /would point a way out of this difficulty. Here was his idea: He had some beef calves on his farm—some Anguses of the finest sort. If Mr. Suber would carefully select those boys who were not only capable of taking proper care of the calves but had access to good pastures where beef calves could be grazed and keep down the feed cost, he would let the club boys have the animals at the prevailing market price without putting out a cent of money. He had no intention of giving any boy a calf, he said, as this would tend to destroy initiative and defeat the object of training 4-H club boys to be able to stand on their bottoms when they started to farm in earnest. But he would furnish the calves with out any initial investment until the clubsters were able to grow out their animals and dispose of them on the market. After the calves were sold, according to this plan, the boys would then pay in an amount equal to what the calves weighed when they were turned over to the boys at the market price prevailing at that time. It seemed to the county agent that this was an ideal arrange ment. Accordingly he selected a group of 4-H boys in McCormick county and they in turn selected their calves from Mr. Hester’s herd. At the time the beef ani mals were obtained, “Mr. Bill” talked to each boy individually— a sort of pep talk, you might say— and assured each of them that by raising beef calves on a small scale they were receiving the kind of training that would ultimately lead toward a balanced farm pro gram. This past year nine club boys took advantage of Mr. Hester’s offer. During the three years the plan has been in vogue. 26 beel calves have been allotted to club boys in McCormick county and so far not a single boy has failed to pay his obligation to “Mr. Bill”. Besides, each one of them has re ceived some welcome profits by growing out the calves. Last year the McCormick county beef calves were sold at the auction sale at the state fair. “Mr. Bill” was right there with them while the auction was underway. Bill Hester is partial to the An gus breed. He says that some people have the idea that they are wild and unmanageable. But that, he avers, is pure imagination, for these coal black animals can be made just as gentle as any other beef animal, provided the owner takes proper care of them and shows the butt-headed animal that though he is kind and gentle with him he (the owner) is still the lord and master. At the present time Mr. Hester has 200 beef cattle on his farm. He has both a bottom and upland pasture, each adjoining and com bining with the other. There is nothing artificial to his pastures, either. They are natural grazing flats, usually green and worth while the year around. Number 5 Summer Camp For 4-H Club Girls And Boys Planned For July 20-23 Joint camp for 4-H Club girls and boys will be held at the Cita del, Charleston, S. C., July 20-23. Clubsters will leave McCormick on Wednesday morning y and th*' Citadel on Saturday morning. All members who are eligible to at tend have been notified by the Farm and Home Agents. While in Charleston the camp ers will visit the museum; Gibbs Art Gallery; Dock Street Theatre; Clyde Line Boat; Town Hall, St. Michell’s Church, and the Isle of Palms for a swim in the ocean. All members expecting to at tend this camp should notify the Farm or Home Agent at once. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. R. D. Suber, County Farm Agent. txx— Rehoboth H. D. Club Meets Members of Rehoboth Home Demonstration Club met in the * home of Mrs. Mollie Moultrie in June with ten members present and one visitor. Our president, Mrs. E. M. Mor gan, read 13th chapter of Romans. Mrs. B. S. Culbreath led in prayer. We sang “Tiritomba.” We payed our part on Mrs. William’s, our State president’s, trip to London. We all love Mrs. Williams and hope her health will permit her to go. Mrs. W. R. Gilchrist gave an interesting talk on her trip to short course. We had two mem bers from our club to attend the short course at Winthrop. Miss Bell made plans for members to go to camp at the Citadel in July. She also gave a short demon stration on buying sheets whicll was very helpful. We payed up everything so as to start a new year in September, also made out report cards and gave them to the agent. The hostess served delicious refresh ments. Reporter. xx Dodder In Lespedeza Is Best Controlled , By Summer Pasturing Pasturing during the summer months is the best means of con trolling dodder, or love vine, if it has become established, in lespe deza fields of the Southeastern states, says County Agent R. D. Suber. Dodder is a serious men ace, especially where farmers are growing lespedeza for seed or for hay. Although starting from seed, dodder socr* attaches its tentacle*- like vine to other plants and thereafter lives the life of a true parasite. A single plant may pro duce as many as 3,000 seeds which, of course, if harvested with les pedeza makes the seed of the legume dangerous to use. The pale yellow or orange-colored vine appears in the summer and sometimes attaches itself to wild plants, but it seems to have a particular liking for legumes. Mr. Suber points out that the surest way to fight this weed is to plant lespedeza seed that is known to be free of dodder. This means that growers should not harvest seed from fields that are heavily infested with dodder. Under the seed laws (except Georgia) dodder is a noxious weed. Farmers purchasing lespe deza seed should note the noxious- weed content on the label. Be cause of its size and shape, dodder is difficult to screen out of les pedeza seed. .