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K toeCORMIC* MeiSSENOER. McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA lburs.Iay, October 6, 1938 Bales Colton tied In McCormick lounty To Sept. 16 tTMENT OF COMMERCE UBAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON )N GINNING REPORT % , 3us report' shows that 1,198 of cofcton were ginned in lick ^County from the crop prior to Sept. 16, 1938, as ired with 616 bales for the W37. respectfully, J. E, Bell, Special Agent, ite, Sept. 29, 1938. —'tJ, x Supper At ’ Wideman School PWA Has Com pleted 275 Projects In S. C. In Past Five Years The Rehabilitation Loan Program O ladies of the . Wideman Demonstration Club are soring a box supper to be held home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W on Friday evening, Oc tober 21st, for the benefit of the school. * A program will be put on by the children qf the community. The program will begin at 7:45. All the ladies attending are requested to bring boxes. A prize will be given for the most attractively decorated box. The public'is cordially invited to -txt- : K Modoc News H we ip**sa . * Modoc, .Oct. ^--The camp el and a number of visl- enjoyed A squirrel barbecue ajt Camp F-ll Monday The visitors not connected the Forest Service were Dr. and Mr. Fred Buz- of McCormick, Messieurs Percivai, Harold Hines, J. R. 11 and R. A. Price of Former Camp Corn ier Donald Hancock and Mr. West of Modoc. The supper tras prepared under the supervis ion of Mr. Robert Wood of Parks- ville, and everyone agreed that he should get a vote of thanks for his efforts in making the supper a A dance was given in camp Friday night for the enrollees. The sound amplifying system re cently installed was used to fur nish the music. The men are looking forward to more of these dances, as the money saved on the music was used to furnish transportation for the dancers. Lt. Spearman, Medical inspector from Fourth Corps Area Head quarters, Atlanta, Ga., was in camp Monday on an official in spection. Lt. Spearman gave camp a good rating on cleanliness, ap- 'Vetrance, etc. Captain Kinard, Army Chaplin for this district, was in camp dur ing the week. We are always glad to have Captain Kinard with us. Chaplin Kinard has charge of the religious services at F-ll, and is held in high esteem by both the personnel and enrollees. Camp F-ll fought their first forest fire of the fall season Sun day night. A fire trespass case was made against the person re sponsible and a conviction was secured in Magistrates’ court. We are urging the public to cooperate with the forest service in keeping down this hazard. In addition to cutting down the revenue derived from timber sales, forest fires are a menace to both natural and wild life resources. Six rehabilitation projects have been completed by F-ll. The new bams are being used to advantage in storing grain, hay and feed of different kinds. Lack of storage space has been one of the main handicaps to the permittees. The camp area has been cleared of weeds and other debris for the fall planting of grass. New top soil has been added and in the next few days a lawn mixture will be planted. The officers and using service personnels’ dining room has been freshly painted. New chairs, tables, and a rug will be pur chased. We are striving to make both' the quarters and dining room more attractive. Visitors in camp during the week were Acting Ranger Wagner ©f Greenwood, Mr. Ed Vernon, Associate Civil Engineer of the Columbia Office. Mr. M. E. Nixon of Camp Bradley and Mr. Marion Hamilton of Camp Bradley. Ol’-mbia. Sept. 27. — Federal activity in South Carolina during the period from March 1933 through June 1938 has recently ^een tabulated in order to show the results * obtained from the leans and expenditures made on the work relief and public works programs, according to a state ment released by Lawrence M. Pinkney, State Director for the National Emergency Council for South Carolina. In listing the two major Gov ernment agencies participating, together with a brief summariza tion of their activities, the state ment points out that these Fed eral programs have been carried out with the cooperation of State, county, municipal and local bodies. The Public Works Administration, through loans and grants has completed 275 projects covering the. following:. 38 schools. 6 court houses or city halls, 53 water works systems, 19 sewer systems 7 disposal plants, 6 hospitals and ^ther projects covering university buildings, libraries, auditoriums, "ecreational centers, bridges and street paving, fire departments, igrlcultural buildings, and school gymnasiums. In addition, as of June 30, 19?8, there were 14 proj ects under construction. The PWA has already allotted funds to 52 (non-Federal) • new projects (July 31, 1938) in South Carolina. These include 9 school buildings, 7 waterworks systems, 13 bridge'construction and street improvements, 4 auditoriums and other projects covering university buildings, and heating plants, libraries, sewer systems, gym nasiums, and recreational centers. The Works Progress Adminis tration has constructed, through its works progbam, more than 170 miles of new highways, roads, and streets. Improvements have been In This County Calls For Soli Im provement And Better Tenure Arrangements This Year. LOCAL COMPANY W!NS NATIONAL AWARD “The rehabilitation loan pro gram in this County calls for soil improvement and better tenure arrangements this year,” states E. Hanvey, county rehabilitation supervisor. “Longer leases are necessary to make real headway in rebuilding soils to produce a- bundant yields.” “The old system of leasing a farm for one year or for a crop ping season has been determined one of the principal contributing causes to the plight of many farm "amilies and the present condition of lands.” “Effort* will be made to aid fam ilies who rent lands to secure leases* for at least three years, and where possible for five years, so that a soil-building program can be included in the farm plan for next season and for subse quent years. Written leases will be required detailing the agree ment between tenant and land lord and both will be adequately protected by definite provisions of the leases. By soil-building prac tices the tenant will see improved yields come from his labors and the landlord will have his land improved for future advantage,” continued Mr. Hanvey. Farm plans this year include a livestock program where proper leases are secured and a start will be made in pasture developments. The fine feed crop made this year now enables many families to in crease their herds or to make a start if no livestock is owned at present. Approximately . 128 families in ;his county were aided last year and most cf them will farm again with the assistance of the re habilitation program. Many of J. G. Hofgaard. Superintendent, of Atlantic Greyhound’s Mato* tenance System. Atlantic Greyhound Lines Serving This Area Lead Nation In Completeness and Efficiency of Bus Maintenance these families made a real jump made to more than 2,807 miles ot upward toward security and many other roads, and. In addition, 47, more weI1 on the w wlth miles of road shoulders have been ample food and feed reserves. repaired. The highway system was further benefited by the con struction of 232 highway bridges, and the reconditioning of 95 others, most of which were wood structures. Other drainage struc tures include 1,614 new culverts, nearly 407,460 linear feet of new roadside ditches, 23,563 linear feet of ngw pipe, and 30 miles of new curb or gutter.- r A total of 333 new public build ings were erected on PWA proj ects and an additional 791 were otherwise improved. Of the 333 new buildings, 160 were schools, 77 were recreational buildings, including auditoriums, stadiums, grandstands, and gymnasiums; and 7 were administrative or'of fice buildings. More than 483 of the 791 buildings Improved were school buildings, and 32 were rec reational buildings; the remainder include 29 courthouses, offices and Other administrative buildings. Facilities for outdoor recrea tional activities in South Carolina have 4 been increased by the pro vision through WPA projects of 19 new athletic fields, 7 playgrounds, 7 new swimming ' and wading pools, 1 golf course, and 15 new parks. Improvements have been made in 64 existing athletic fields and playgrounds and 114 parks. The achievements of WPA workers oh water supply and sewage systems include the laying of 39 miles of new water lines, and 56 miles of trunk and lateral sewer lines. The construction of 353 manholes and catch basins, and 6 new sewage treatment | plants. WPA non-construction projects have also contributed materially ^ oublic welfare in South Caro lina. Sewing room projects have produced approximately 1,8514256 varments and other articles, in cluding about 1,496,900 garments for men, women, and children in need. Nearly 15,073,000 hot lunches have been served to school children, and housekeeping aides, -mploved by WPA, have made 105,808 home visits to families in need of such assistance. About 1,- 112,043 public school and library books have been rebound and enovated. good workstock, tools, livestock and their equipment almost paid for. Applications are now being re ceived in the local office for group service loans to buy needed sires, harvesting or farming equipment. These loans are made to finance purchase of needed services or equipment in any community where fees charged for use of same may repay purchase loans. Mr. Hanvey says application:: for farm loans for 1939 are now being taken. Old-Age Insurance System Further Sim plified As Employers Form SS-3 Abolished Attention cf employers subject to Title VHI of the Social Security Act is called to the Treasury De partment’s recent decision abolish- BUS LINE OPERATING HERE WINS NATION WIDE HONORS : Local officials and employees of Atlantic Greyhound Lines have beei receiving congratulations from all quarters upon their company’s win ing Form SS-3 entitled “Employ- t n i n g the national Bus Transportation er’s Information Return,” by Miss 1 Award for completeness and etfi- Martha Pressly, Manager of the . cienc y in maintenance of itr buses. There Is A Great Opportunity To Control Boll Weevil ' * nn HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Bye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. Never since the boll weevil ar rived in this section has the cot ton been gotten cut of the field as promptly as this year. Never has the boll weevil done greater damage to unpoisoned cotton or to late cotton. Never has intelligent active work in poisoning paid greater dividends than this year. It is nothing unusual to see fields where cotton came up late or where no poisoning was done which will make less than one- fourth as much cotton as other fields where early stands were se cured and where poisoning was done. We have a great opportunity this year to practically get rid of all boll weevil damage to the next crop. If every live stalk of cotton is killed within the next ten days the weevil will have nothing to sustain him for several weeks before the normal frost date and most of them will die. I cannot too strongly urge the farmers to cut their stalks and rip up the butts and to do this work as fast as they finish picking. I was delighted to see that several farmers around Hartsvllle have al ready begun doing this. It will not only pay them handsome dividends but will pay them profits in the good will of their neighbors. I suggest that every cotton farmer get behind this proposition at cnce and try to create a senti ment so strong that all farmers will do their share in this bene ficial work. David R. Coker. Hi Social Security Board’s Green- Yv’ood Field Office, today. Employ ers have been required to file this form with local collectors of in ternal revenue when an employee reached age 65 or died before reaching age 65. This form was abolished last Friday (September SO). “Abolishment of Form* SS-3,” Miss Pressly says, “is another step n the program of the Social Se curity Board and the Treasury department to simplify and re duce the number of reports re quired of employers under the Federal old-age insurance pro gram. Marked progress was made in this when these agencies work ed cut Form SS-la for the periodic eporting of employee wages un- ier the system. Form'SS-la com bined three previous forms and is equired only quarterly. It wa. cut into use the past April for th( report of employee wages covering the first quarter of 1938.” According to the Treasury De cision, Form SS-3 should not be Tied by employers “for any em >loyee who dies after Septembe i0, 1938, /or whose 65th anniver- ary of birth occurs on or aftei October 2, 1938.” Miss Pressly emphasized tha abolishment of Form SS-3 has -i: : earing on the filing of Fora 3AC-1001 entitled “Statement o Employer” — the final employet wage report under the Federal old-age insurance system. Em ployers should continue to file this form with the nearest Social Se curity Board office when an em ployee reaches age 65 or dies be fore reaching that age. Demon Deacons Next Bird Foe 4i r Columbia, Oct. 3.—Following F uth Carolina’s T-6 defeat at the hands of a powerful Georgia ma chine, Ccach Rex Enright’s Game . cocks settled down today to re count their mistakes, examim heir injuries, and plan their cam 3Dign against the invasion of tV>e sensational sophemore eleven from Wake Forest. True to Enright’s pre-game predictions, it was inexperience and offensive weakness that cost the Birds a bitterly fought Home- Announcenicnt of the local Grey hound company’s victory in the na tion-wide competition was made when Bus Transportation magazine presented the gold award to Atlantic Greyhound’s officials at the National Association of Motor Bus Operators Convention in Chicago, September 21 23. This marks the third time Atlantic Greyhound has won highest honors for its maintenance methods and practices. The competition is held annually and awards have been pre sented by Bus Transportation every year since 1930. Atlantic Greyhound lias won the trophy every time it has competed. Faced with many diversified prob lems in servicing its coaches, the local Greyhound company has de veloped an unrivaled degree of effi ciency in maintenance and has been responsible for the evolution ot num erous shop methods and practises now in general use by bus companies in all parts of the country. ic 000 MILES DAILY W. H. McCurley & Son Granite Co. Monuments, Markers, Coping. The Best Elberton Blue Granite. Prices And Quality Guaranteed. ELBERTON, GA. J. T. FAULKNER » Representative McCORMICK, S. C. Treasurer’s Notice; Ti e ,»us ».i i u lii>phy is gi\cn :*->i \ thourngli- ness and etficiemy in ihe systems employed in maintaining the large number of coaches in daily service. The volume of facts and figures sub mitted to the judges of the competi tion contains scores of details that are as in^prestiug to the general pub- lit as to the bus operators and con test judges. In an industry that operates more than 51,000 buses over 393,000 miles of streets and highways and carries nearly three and a half million pas sengers a year, Atlantic Greyhound can well be proud of being acclaimed first. Its fleet of 223 buses travels an average of 51,903 miles every day in the year—that’s farther than two trips around the world every twenty- four hours. Twenty-one million miles is Atlantic Greyhound’s annual total. This one company operates 48 dif ferent routes, covering 6,677 miles. Last year each bus on the system averaged 102.11! miles, facing almost every conceivable type of 4»perating conditions. To keep its ctxiches in perfect shape for such service, At lantic Greyhound maintains two main garages and twelve secondary garages and service points strategi* cally located throughout the terri tory it serves. Several hundred main- lenance men are employed to inspect, service, grease, wash, repair, and re- Tondition the large fleet of Super- 'Coaches and other buses. So suc cessfully did these men accomplish ‘their work that last .car there was •chargeable to mainleram e only one delay for rboui every 100,000 miles •of operation. coming battle with the heavier Bulldog eleven. Pre-game favorites with the experts, Georgia, however, escaped the Gamecock’s spurs by only a The County Treasurer’s Offices will be open for the purpose of re ceiving taxes from the 15th day of. September, 1938, to the 15th day of April, 1939. All taxes shall be due and pay able between the 15th day of. Sept- tember, 1938, and December 31». 1938. That when taxes charged shall’, not be paid by December 31, 1938, 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, 1939*. tne County Auditor will proceed to> add Two Per Cent for February, and if taxes are not paid: on Or be fore March 1, 1939, the County Au ditor shall proceed to add-' 3T per cent for March, and if taxes are . not paid on or before April 1, 1939, the County Auditor shall proceed, to add 4 per cent up to the 15th off April, 1939, after whicth time the County Treasurer shall issue exe cutions for all unpaid taxes; plus- 7 per cent penalty. The tax levies for the year 1938) are as follows: For County Purposes 9 mills For Bonds 18 mills Constitutional School Tax_ 3 mills Mt. Carmel School District No. 1 2 mills. Willington S. D. No. 2 4 mills Bordeaux S. D. No. 3” 2 mills McCormick S. D. NO. 4 and Bonds 16 mills Buffalo S. D. No. 5 4 mills Bellvue S. D. No.. 6:' 10 mills S. D. No. 7 00 mills Bethia S. D. No. 8 8 mills Bold Branch S. D. Ndc-9 __10 mills Young’s S. D. NOc 10 1 00 mills Wideman’s S. D. Noc 11 ... 2 mills Milway S. D. Noo 13 2 mills Robinson S. D. NO.. 14 6 millss Dornville S. D. No. 15 ^—- 2^«jlls Bethany S. D. NOr 16 -_„14 mUET^ ~ Lyon’s S. D. No: 17 8 mills Hibler S. D. NO: 18' 6 mills Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 mills Plum Branch S7 DYNO. 24 and Bonds — 20 mills Consolidated S. D. No. 1, v Parksville, ModOc and Clarks Hill, and : B0nds_18 mills All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are liable to< a poll tax of $1.00 each. The law prescribes that all male citizens between tlie^ages of 21'ahd 55 years must pay $2.00 commuta tion tax Hr work six days on the public ro&ds. Commutation tax is included in. property tax receipt. v RUTHTP: DUNCAN, Treasurer, McCormick County. 1 ■ ' 1 narrow margin of one point and the enthusiastic thousands who. witnessed the 60 thrill-packed minutes, had nothing but praise for a new, hard-hitting, hard- fighting South Carolina, team that apparently thrives on punish ment-draws strength from set backs. In the closing minutes of the game, it was a. greatly out- veighed Gamecock aggregation that knocked at the gates of the 3uildogs, playing in their own * territory, driving its determined opponent to the wall,, and pro- iding thrill after thrill with ouchdown attempts. Questioned immediately follow ing the game. Coach Enright had ,nly approbation for his fighting Gamecocks. “It -ras our weakness ;n offense that stopped, our plays —we still have a long ways to go before we are an offensive factor— the boys showed a rugged, deter mined style of play against a superior team—the game was a valuable lesson to the sophomores and other newcomers—we must continue building until we reach a higher, peak of effectlypness.” These were many of the com ments passed by the Carolina mentor yesterday. A light Monday afternoon drill was the opening item on Enright’s program of preparation for the: Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. Following their 31-0 victory over the Citadel’s Light Brigade,, tfce. Deacons rule the favorites to whip, the Birds in their forthcoming p rmer in South. <Efiralina?s Capital! Ci y this Saturday. Coach Enright no.st piair: aa new defense to stop the ground-gaining of Ringgold,. Wlrtz, Edwards, and other tal ented Deacon backs.. J