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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938 FARM SHOW CALLS YOUTH Climaxing America’s yearly farm festivals is the Interna tional Livestock Exposition and Horse Show, held this year for the 39th time at Chicago, November 26 to December 3. Though the show will attract 14,000 head of livestock, though $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, much interest always centers in the national 4-H club congress which this year is drawing 1£00 youths, the envoys of some 1,000,000 boys and girls now engaged in this work. ABOVE: Melvin Wagoner, 16-year-old Illinois farm boy who will defend his junior corn crown. LEFT: Esther Maasen, Oregon canning champion, and H. C. Seymour who will lead this year’s Oregon 4-H dele gation. Homer Graver, nineteen-year-old shown several prize and champion winners in the junior cattle department. His Hereford steer (above) was champion of the junior feeding contest last year. Wisconsin boy who has Doris Montei of Michigan has won numerous prizes with her sheep exhibits. Other girls compete in cooking, canning, dress making and interior decorating, while both boys and girls com pete for national health titles. Most of the Chicago visitors receive free trips as rewards for their accomplishments in state contests. Many Chicago winners receive college scholarships. To all 4-H clubbers, the Chicago show is the ultimate in achieve ment, climaxing the past summer’s county and state fairs. TOP—These three Iowa farm boys with a prize-winning group of baby beeves typify the skill which hundreds of farm youngsters demonstrate each year. LOWER—Boyd Maryhew of Illinois showed this champion pen of lambs last year at the age of 13. He’s coming back this year. OUR COMIC SECTION P O P By J. Millar Watt . . OWNU © B«U Syndicate.—WNU Service. s A T T E R P O P By C. M. Payne OWNU International amphitheatre in Chicago, home of the exposition, COMING OUR WAY "Prosperity will soon be here." "Did you say prosperity or pos- UrityT” She Understood Lawyer (to woman on witness stand)—Now, Madame, please bear in mind that you are under oath. Do you understand the nature of an oath? Witness (hesitatingly) — Well, 1 would think that 1 do. My husband has tended the furnace for 30 years, my father has dabbled in the mar ket for the last 40 years and my oldest son is taking up golf. Yes, I would think 1 understand. FALL BREEZES Lily Firefly—Do you really love me? Jimmy Bug—Sure you are the light of my life. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FARMS FOR SALE Land Bank Farms between Pensacola and Marianna, Florida, and between Valdosta and Bainbridge, Georgia. One-fifth cash/* balance 5 to 20 years, low interest. Writ* FORREST E. DAVIES, Marianna, Fla. KODAK FILM FINISHING Any Size Roll With 8 Good Print* .... , W— ! 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