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TEU* TO OUKSELVifig, OUB NEIGHBOKS, OUK COUNTRY AND OUB GOD.
'' Thirty-Seventh Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMIGK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1938
Number 24
American Legion
And Auxiliary To
Celebrate Armistice
I
A joint meeting of the American
Legion and the American Leeion
Auxiliary will celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the Armistice, Nov.
11th, 1938, by enjoying an oyster
supper at the community house,
McCormick, S. C., at 7:30 p. m.
We are unable at this time to
announce the name of the speaker
for the evening, but rest assured
there will be a fine talk given.
' The daughters of veterans will
serve the supper.
All veterans are invited to at
tend.
F. H. Morgan,
Adjutant.
1938 Cotton Crop
Now Indicated At
12,137,000 Bales
Mt. Carmel News
Chestnut Ridge H. D.
Club Meets
2» •*
Mrs. G. P. Watkins and Mrs. B.
JL Henderson were hostesses Fri
day afternoon, October 28th, at
Mrs. Watkin’s home, when the
Chestnut Ridge H. D. Club met.
An unusually large number of
members were present, including
two new members who joined at
this meeting, also five most wel
come visitors.
Miss Bell’s lesson for this meet
ing was, “The House In Good
TTftstic 99
After all business was completed
an interesting program was put
on by the Recreational Leader,
Mrs. C. A. Gilbert.
The hostesses served punch and
cake, after which the meeting ad
journed to meet with Mrs. Frank
Pinson in November.
Reporter.
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Card Of Thanks
&
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our friends for the
many acts of kindness during the
illness and at the death of our
dear son a&d brother. We also
wish to thank each, of you for the
bekfitiful floral offerings and the
cards and letters of sympathy.
Mrfy God Bless each of you.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem
And Children.
V/ashington. Nov. 8.—The agri
culture department forecast today
cotton production this year of 12,- 1
137,000 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight. A month ago 12,212,000
bales were indicated. Production
last year was 18,946,000 bales—a,
record crop—and average produc
tion for the ten years, 1927-36, was
13,201,000 bales. !
The census bureau reported 10,-;
124,708 running bales, counting
round as half bales of this year’s
growth had been ginned prior to |
Nov. 1, compared with 13,160,423
bales a year ago, and 9,882,530
bales two years ago.
Indicated production this year,
is 219.7 pounds to the acre, com
pared with 266.9 pounds last year,
and 179.8 pounds, the ten-year
average.
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Wheat Acreage
»
Information has been received
in the County Agent’s office from
the State A.A.A. Office in regard
to the planting of wheat.
Eight acres of wheat may be
planted on any farm without a
penalty.
Farmers planting their usual
acreage of wheat, even though a-
bove 8 acres, and used for home
consumption will incur no penal
ties. (The usual acreage is the
average number of acres planted
on the farm for the past 5 years).
However, the total of such usual
acreage for all farms within the
Codhty may not exceed the 1937
planted acreage for all such farms.
If the wheat planted on a farm
exceeds the established usual
acreage for that farm, penalties
will be incurred.
Farmers selling more than 100
bushels of wheat are classed as
commercial growers and will have
an alloted acreage set up for the
farm.
A farm is the land covered under
a work sheet filed in the County
Agent’s office. , ,!
I The penalty is 50c per bushel
tinw the yield per acre times the:
Humber of acres over-planted.
. A farmer may plant, within his
usual acreage and sell less than
100 bushels and still not be penal-
ized. „ ^ „
R. D. Super,
County Agent.
THEATRE
McCORMIGK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
November 11th and 12th, 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30‘P. M.
ALLAN LANE—FRANCES MERCER
in
u
CR IME RING”
/
Also
MICKEY MOUSE CARTOON
“Mickey’s Parrot” „
and
Two Reel Comedy
“Rhythm Wrangler”
MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
November 14th and 15th, 7 P. M. and 8:40 P. M.
GINGER ROGERS—DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.
in
“HAVING WONDERFUL TIME”
^ Also
Kt \ Musical Comedy
“A Radio Hookup”
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
ADMISSION: Adults, 2o cf'nts; Children up to 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
Capt. and Mrs. William Sharp
of Fort McPherson were guests oi
Mrs. Jennie M. Cade a few days
last week.
Mrs. Jennie M. Cade visited in
Columbia and Anderson several
days last week.
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam was a visitor
at Thornwell last Sunday. Glad
to say she found Billie very much
better.
Mrs’. Ida M. Black joined Mrs.
T. B. Frazier, Mrs. D. L. Bryson
and Mr. Terrell Frazier of Calhoun
Falls on a trip to Augusta last
Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Dusty Rhodes and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas McAllister for the day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Covin and
Miss Ellen Covin of Ware Shoals
were visitors here Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Myrtle Mauldin spent last
week in Anderson visiting relatives.
Mrs. George Peel, Mrs. Clara
Majette and Miss Virginia Majette
spent the week end with Misses
Lennie and Eliza Covin.
Mrs. Willie Beeks has returned
to Mt. Carmel after a week’s visit
in Abbeville.
Miss Virginia Watson is receiv
ing the hearty congratulations on
recently winning a trip to the
National Club Camp in Washing
ton. She was heard on the Nation
al Farm and Home hour from
W. F. B. C., Greenville, Saturday
morning. The subject of her talk
was My Four H Club Story* and
was very interesting and instruc
tive.
Mrs. Mabel Brown was the
charming guest of Mrs. Louis
Abercrombia for the Fair in An
derson last week.
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Camp Bradley News
Camp Bradley. Nov. 4.—Supt. W.
D. Allen is confined tp his home
in Edgefield with a Severe cold.
We sincerely hope that Mr. Allen
will have a speedy recovery so that
he may return to camp.
Camp Bradley was honored on
Thursday, November 3rd, with the
presence of General Van Horn of
Fort McPherson, Ga. The General
made general inspection of the
camp.
Mr. J. R. Remson has returned
to duty after being confined at
his home in McCormick for sev
eral days due? to a severe void.
Among the many who enjoyed
the dance in Edgefield Monday
night were Clerk Tom Robinson,
Sgt. Robert Trammell, Lee Hall,
William Frost, Steve Allen, W. D.
Burley, Robert Christe, Albert
King. “Mighty-Man” Jennings,
and Carl Johnson. A good time
was had by all.
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A Correction
In Honor Roll
Price Adjustment
Payments For Good
Farm Incomes
Columbia, Nov. 7.—That there
is no legislative provision for price
1 adjustment payments to farmers
after 1939, and that a permanent
source of revenue for these pay-
iments will have to be provided if
I effective farm programs are to be
; continued are pointed out to South
: Carolina farmers by R. W. Hamil
ton, state administrative officer of
I the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
i ministration.
j “The tariff system in the United
States has worked against Ameri-
1 can farmers for years”, Mr. Hamil
ton declares. “They buy the
things they need at high tariff-
protected prices. They sell their
cotton, tobacco, and wheat at low
er prices determined by the world
market. Industry, business, and
labor are protected by tariffs.
“For cotton farmers the nearest
approaches to a tariff off-set pay
ment have been the cotton price
adjustment payments or subsidy
payments made to farmers in 1936
and again in 1938. The $65,000,000
used for this purpose in 1936 and
the $130,000,000 used in 1938 have
come from the tariff collections.”
Mr. Hamilton said also that the
$500,000,000 per year for the AAA
farm program was no more than
was needed to pay farmers for
! shifting land to soil-building crops
iand to pay for soil-building prac
tices. It was considered insuffi-
icient to attain parity prices for
farmers unless supplemented by
price adjustment payments simi
lar to the checks now being re
ceived by South Carolina farmers.
At the last session of Congress
an amendment to the Relief Act
provided $212,000,000 to be paid as
a parity payment to producers of
cotton, wheat, corn, rice, and to
bacco in 1939. When this amount
is distributed to the producers of
these commodities it will mean a
payment of 1.8 to 2 cents per
pound for cotton producers, in
place of the 3-cent subsidy pay
ment in 1938.
Unless further funds are pro
vided as subsidies, tariff'off-sets,
or parity payments to cotton
farmers, the income to
farmers will be materially
1939 than in 1938.
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My Trip To
The State Fair
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McCORMECK BAPTIST
Church School 10:00 A. M.
Church Worship J1:00 A. M
Sermon: A WORLD WHICH CAN
NOT BE SHAKEN.
Training Union 6:30 P. M.
Evening Worship 7:30 P. M.
Union Service—Sermon, Rev. M. E.
Derrick
Mid-Week Service Wed., 7:30 P. M.
Subject for discussion: HOME
MISSIONS.
UNION SERVICE—Baptist Church
—7:30 P. M.
Preacher: Rev. M. E. Derrick.
Worship with us—all of you!
A. Thad. Persons.
BUFFALO BAPTIST
Church Worship 9:00 A. M.
Church School 10:00 A. M.
WILLINGTON BAPTIST
Church Worship 4:00 P. M.
A. Thad. Persons,
Pastor.
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Modoc News
cotton
less in
I wish to correct a mistake made
in the McCormick School Honor
Roll. In the first grade the name
Bettye Jean Davis should have
been Bettye Jane Deason.
Mrs. Bertha Harris,
Principal of McCormick Grammar
School.
Livestock Reminders
For November Notice
For the prooer care of livestock
in the late fall County Agent R. D.
Suber calls the attention of Mc
Cormick county farmers to these
reminders:
Animal Husbandry
Freed sows for sprins: litters.
Have all weanling pigs double-
treated for cholera.
To prevent the beef herd losing
the weight gained on pasture,
sunoly cheap roughage and a
little cottonseed meal.
Fatten a beef animal to be
slauehtered later for home use.
Remove the ram from the ewe
flock.
Feed idle mules ample roughage
and give only half ration of con
centrates.
See that all livestock hav*
and bedding during cold
rainy weather.
Dairying
Increase the barn feed as pas
tures are killed by frost.
let the cows clean ud the corn
and hay fields after these crops
have been gathered.
Provide warm, dry, clean stalls
for fall-born calves.
Use a carefully selected purebred
dairy bull from proved high-pro
ducing ancestry.
Use November spare time re
modeling barns, putting in con
crete floors, and other improve
ments.
Cull the low producers and feed
the best better.
Poultry
Select now the best hens
next year’s breeders.
Keep layers in good flesh
feeding grain liberally.
Keep all-night lights on
lavine flocks. If electricity is not
available, use kerosene lanterns,
one to each 20-foot section of
house.
Purchase male birds for next
year’s breeding flock.
for
by
the
On October 18 and 19, eighteen
4-H Club girls attended the State
Fair at Columbia. Our rooms had
been reserved at the hotel, and
after registering, we received our
fair tickets and dresses in the
National 4-H uniforms.
Before lunch on Tuesday, we
had to make our achievement
talks; most of the girls telling a-
bout their 4-H club work from
their first year until the present
year. After lunch we went to the
fair grounds. At the Home Dem
onstration booth, the 4-H Dress
Review was held. We spent a
oleasant afternoon and returned
to the hotel for rest; some of the
girls stopping to shop.
At eight o’clock Tuesday even
ing, we attended the banquet in
honor of the 4-H Club delegates.
The college 4-H Club presidents
made speeches. After the banquet,
all girls went on the fair ground
tour.
Wednesday morning, we had our
uniforms checked, gave fair
rickets to one in charge, and spent
the day at the fair grounds. The
Mrs. Charley Parkman and Mrs.
Lunett Prince from Edgefield were
visitors here Sunday to the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Minnie Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hancock
are on a visit to friends and rela-
tvies at Jefferson, Ga.
Miss Rosalie Bussey returned
home Sunday, after spending
several months in Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie were
dinner guests Sunday to Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Nash.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bussey were
week end visitors here to the for
mer’s mother, Mrs. Minnie Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. William Reese
from Greer spent the week end
here with the former’s mother,
Mrs. Roseland Reese.
Messrs. T. J. Stone and B. M.
Bussey were business visitors to
Augusta on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Abna Clem from
Greenwood were visitors here Sun
day to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem.
Mr. Austin Clem is spending
the week with his brother, Tal-
madge Clem, at Fort Benning, Ga.
Mrs. Friends of Augusta was
dinner guest here- Sunday to Mr
and Mrs. W. M. Nash.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for the
kindness and sympathy shown us
during the illness and death of
our dear husband and father.
T. Earle Fuller.
Mrs. Earle Fuller, -
Mary and Betty Fuller.
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Camp Modoc News
November Important
In Better Farming
In field, orchard, and garden,
there are important November
jobs essential toward better farm
ing, says County Agent R. D. Suber
who lists the following brief hints
for special attention.
Agronomy
Plow heavy clay land now if
practicable and make spring work
easier.
Oats can still be planted.
Sow enough wheat to make a
good supply for home use.
Don’t leave any cotton unpro
tected from weather; it may lose
five or ten dollars per bale in
value.
Destroy at once any remaining
cotton stalks.
Begin preparing synthetic com
post piles.
Horticulture
Prepare land now for setting
fruit trees in November and De
cember.
Prune scuppernong type grapes
last of November. '
Make cuttings of grapes and
figs and set them out.
Plant sweet peas in a well pre
Camp Modoc, Nov. 5.—Foreman
Arthur L. Grady has returned
regular Camp duties after a three
weeks’ vacation at his home in
Jamestown. Foreman Grady re
ported a pleasant vacation and
says he is ready to tackle the big
job of fighting forest fires as be
missed several large ones while on
leave.
Superintendent Bodie left Sat
urday for a three days’ vacation.
We hope that Supt. Bodie -wjH
have a pleasant vacation .and -will
soon be back with us.
Foreman C. S. Cleland from..
Camp F-6 on the Enoree Disk,
reported to Camp F-ll Saturday*
with six enrollees. Foreman Cle
land will drive the piling for the
Prescott Road Bridge. We are
very glad to have Foreman Cle
land with us and hope that he win
enjoy his work on this district.
Camp F-ll will celebrate in a
big way Thursday night a full
year’s work without a lost time
accident. There will be a biff
dance and a real supper for tbe
enrollees, followed by a holiday
on Friday for both foremen and
enrollees. We are very proud off
this record and we don’t think it
can be beat.
Ten projects have been com
pleted on rehabilitation work by
this camp. The dry weather has
been in our favor on this type of
work as we have covered a number
of houses.
The camp beautification pn»~
gram made rapid progress during
the week. Winter grass was
planted on the entire camp area
and we were fortunate in having
a good rain at a very appropriate
time. We are looking forward to
having the best looking camp in
the district.
The Educational Dept, purchased
five hundred baby chicks for one
of their projects. These chicks
are over -ten days old and onljr
« three have died. This camp has-m—
real record on poultry projects
and we are looking forward to
more of those famous chicken
suppers.
Visitors in camp during the past
week were: Acting Ranger Wagner
of Greenwood; Jr. Forester Grauno
of Camp Bradley; Mr. J. R. Resn-
sen of Camp Bradley; Jr. Asst.
Tech. M. E. Nixon, of Camp Brad
ley.
4-H rally was held that day and j pared trench, covering the seed
we all got a thrill out of seeing
md welcoming the 4-H members
from our counties. At 11:15 every
one was at the grand stand for
♦he 4-H rally program. Among
f he women guests present was
Mother Walker, our plant lover.
Our short stay at Columbia was
nioved bv everyone, and was
made possible by being a 4-H club
member and being interested
enough in the club work to keep
going. I hope we will all strive
this year to be a good club mem
ber. remember our 4-H pledge,
and try to “Make The Best Better”.
Annie Humphreys.
Plum Branch.
and raspberry
Old-Age Insurance
Average $33.18
During September 139 old-age
insurance claims, averaging $33.18*
naid in South Carolina, it is
announced by Martha Presslv.
manager of the social security
board’s Greenwood field office. In
tv*p same oeriod the national total
of claims paid was 17,133 and an
average of $59.05.
“Since the old-age insurance
r.fo|v* wpjit mto effect January 1,
1937, more than 216.500 claims,
representing a total of $8,539.44
have been certified for payment.’
Each single
five inches deep.
Set strawberry
plants.
Sow lettuce in coldframe for use
in January and February.
Make hill selection of sweet
potatoes for seed at digging time.
Insects and Diseases
Disinfect seed of small grain for
smut control if necessary.
Avoid diseased sweet, potat:
vines where selecting seed.
Purchase materials for dormsyV
orchard spray and overhaul spray
equipment.
Fumigate weevil-infested grain.
Plow under corn stubble, cover
ing it deeply to control the south
ern com stalk borer.
Plant oats on wireworm infested
iand and save velvet beans and
crotalaria seed for interplanting
Reduce entrance to bee hives to
two-inch space for the winter
months, and feed bees where nec
essary.
Keep careful watch against
~orp*" worm until flies are killed
by frost.
Agricultural Engineering
Repair and construct farm
buildings while materials and la
bor are available at reasonable
cost.
Store corn and other grains in
buildings made rat-proof and
tight enough to fumigate against
weevils.
Store cultivating machinery and
grease parts that are likely to rust.
Clean dead leaves, w^eds. and
from around buildings
Cotton Ginnings
Given By South
Carolina Counties
Cotton Ginned Prior To October
18 In South Carolina: Crop*
Of 1938 And 1937.
The Department of Commerce^
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report
on cotton ginned prior to October
18, by counties, in South Carolina,
for the crops of 1938 nnd io*T.
The total for the State was
public on Tuesday, October l
(Quantities are in running
Linters are not included.)
Miss Pressly said.
cash payment is equal to 3 1-2 per grass ,
cent of the total taxable wages fences to avoid fire hazards
naid to the individual for work in to destroy harboring places
industry and commerce.” insects.
and
and
for
County
1936
1937
The State
511,083
629,678
Abbeville
9,377
9.287
Aiken —
17,130
24,931
Allendale
7,031
9,167
Anderson
32,499
41,61(1'
Bamberg
8,603
11,574
Barnwell
13,933
17,951
Berkeley
2,580
3,030
Calhoun __
12,587
16,72fr
Charleston __ __
186
443
Cherokee
6,239
10,352
Chester
10,377
8.984
Chesterfield — _
16,382
22,500
Clarendon
14,375
19,674
Colleton __
7,209
10.251
Darlington __
12,944
16.530
Dillon
13,469
17.394
Dorchester __ __
5,490
7,884’
Edgefield —
11,622
11,893
Fairfield
6,080
4,505
Florence
11,959
14,830
Greenville — __
19,737
26,077
Greenwood
6,485
5,715
Hampton _ ___
6,939
8,693
Jasper __
566
1,313
Kershaw __
8,340
lO.HS’-
Lancaster __ —
7,032
6,33*
Laurens --
17,176
17311
Lee _
17,602
20,811
Lexington __ --
10,238
12,821
McCormick __ __
3,273
3.148
Marion
4,32J
5,24*
Marlboro
18,980
26.768
Newberry __ —
13,574
10.234
Oconee __
8,860
11.048
Orangeburg __ _
49.49''
55 857
Pickens --
7,994
15,273
Richland __
3,924
6.094
Saluda
6,443
5,547
Spartanburg __ _
28,147
34,554
Sumter __
19,571
27<TO
Union __
6,043
7.7-80
Williamsburg __
14,144
15.431
York
10,760
15.073
All other __
1,364
2,001.