McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, June 30, 1938, Image 1
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,
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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.
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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. .