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I 1 HcCORMTCK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, November 24, 1938 tfcCORMICK MESSENGER i Fablistaed Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Utered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 She Months .75 Three Months.50 The Trend To The City cro P ° f 1 ' 248 ' 000 bushe ^ ^ y™ Drive Carefully and the average production of ’ 905,000 bushels for the years 1927- 36. Soybeans are expected * to be gathered from 12,000 acres at the rate of 6.5 bushels per acre, the total crop amounting to 78,000 bushels as compared with 54,000 bushels last year and the average production of 53,000 bushels. Dry weather checked develop ment of sugarcane and the esti mate of 380,000 gallons of sirup this year is somewhat less than usual. The estimate of 312,000 gallons of sorghum sirup is about the us jual crop. Pecan harvesting revealed a shorter crop than expected earlier For years, socially-minded peo- in the season. The November 1 pie have been bemoaning the estimate of 1,133,000 pounds is trend of the human race toward about the same as last year but 21 the big cities and away from the per cent above average, country and the small towns. United States Now, however. Government stat- The abnormally warm, dry isticians have figured that there is weather of October favored the a decided movement of population harvesting of com, soybeans, away from the cities and back to beans, and other late crops, but _ interfered with fall seedings and e automobile Is principally i^urt some winter grains already responsible for this. It is possible lanted, but the net effect of the for people to live in rural regions fall drought on the crops of 1938 and work in the big towns, and has been rather small. ere is a growing desire to get The United States corn crop is away from the noise of the cities 3 per cent above the 10-year and to live in smaller and quieter a927-36) average, although the country places. acreage for harvest is 8 per cent Most people have an idea that below the average during that country life is the normal life of period. The late season has humanity, and that there is some- favored not only the yield, but mg modern and unnatural in a is 0 the quality of the crop, city life. The exact opposite is Aside from the 1 per cent in- we . are ^° lci by the anthropol- crease in com, the most important g who spend their lives dig- changes from the indications of a gng into the history of the hu- month ago are a 4 per cent in- man race. Primitive man lived in crease in beans to 14,859,000 bags k cities as he could (including some that were more ife anywhere else was too or j ess damaged by heavy Septem- gerous. ber rains), 2 per cent increases in is not only a gregarious SU g ar beets and flaxseed, and a ^ f° nd ° f ‘' he society of his nominal increase of around 1 per » 1 ’ Ut <. V f. ry f arly in his de " cent in peanuts. The more im- velopment he learned that the portant decreases from earUer in- open spaces were full of dangers, dications are 9 per cent In buck- There is nothing to be concern- wh eat, 4 per cent in grain sor- ^ » b P, ut . i " ‘ he gI ' owth 01 to ' fas | ghums, 3 per cent in pecans, and Probably the largest cities will not about j p er cent m tobacco and get much larger. Indeed, the potatoes . largest of all, the Island of Man- , , As yields of most crops are hattan, is losing population. There turnlng out about as eJtpected and are as many people as ever, if not the fall drought, which was be- more, w ° go to New York daily com t n g serious In some areas, was for work, but who sleep m some lte genera uy relieved by the ex- of the outlying boroughs of the teasiye rc , :n3 of early November , city, or in adjacent counties or the na ti 0na i cr0 p production sit- even in o er s ates. ! ^tion is still about as has been -vc steam engine is responsible; ^ for the last seyeral for the big modern cities When month s. The total acreage of large-scale factory industries were har vested is about the same .arted power could not be trans- th 10 _ vpar averatyp vipids ner mitted farther than the length of b ^ tv.c, o-pn^roi , ,. , . . . acre have been heavy, the general a belt. Now electric power is a- , ■ in Tv .... . . . devel being nearly 9 per cent above vailab.e everywhere, and the ^ 1923 to 1932 or “nre-droueht” tendency is to build factories 7' „ f a ™, ’ / ,, , ,, . , average. Supplies of feed grains near where the people live in- l are relatively P la compa re d with stead of making them move to the the reduced numbers of livestock, factory town. During The Thanks giving Period Columbia, Nov. 21.—Death took a holiday on Thanksgiving on the streets and highways of South Carolina last year, but worked overtime over the week-end to bring the total of traffic deaths up to the 1936 toll of eleven. On Thanksgiving Day itself, there were eleven accidents in which four persons were injured, but no fatalities occurred. South Carolina motorists who will take to the road by thousands over the holiday period are urged by the State Highway Department to drive safely. “The record of last Thanksgiv ing Day shows that we can a- chieve a holiday record without a traffic death”, said Wilbur S. Smith, Traffic Engineer of the Department. “Every driver should aim at a perfect safety record during the rest of the week-end as well.” The accident rate for the four- day period in 1937 was 15.5 mis haps per day, which is consider ably higher than the daily aver age of 9.8 for 1938 through Sep tember. The death rate per day for 1938 thus far is now 1.12, con trasting with the 2.75 death av erage per day during the 1937 Thanksgiving week-end. Three deaths were noted on Friday following the holiday last year, five on Saturday, and three on Sunday. Four of the dead were pedes trians. Four were killed in non collision accidents, one died when the car hit a fixed object. Two deaths resulted from crashes be tween two vehicles, one from a motor vehicle-bicycle collision. Sixty-two accidents were re ported over the four-day period, and 67 persons were injured. “Do not mar Thanksgiving with an accident”, urged Mr. Smith “Accident causes for 1937 show that 72.4 per cent of the wrecks reported to the Department were due to violations or failures of the driver. Consideration of yourself and the other man cn the road will pay you dividends in truly celebrating the holiday.” 1 xi Thanksgiving Worship Chevrolet Master 85 Town Sedan -XXX- General Crop Report As Of Nov. 1, 1938 What, Why, How Of Cotton Quotas For ’39 Explained Columbia, Nov. 19.—With the referendum on cotton marketing quotas for 1939 scheduled to be held on Dec. 10, every cotton grower should understand clearly what a marketing quota is and Supplies of nearly all food crops I h° w it affects his farm, states R. are large and total fresh fruit w - Hamilton, administrative offi- supplies for consumption this winter will be above average. A record production of grapefruit is , in prospect and the orange crop will be heavy, but these will be Due mostly to reduction in cot- partially offset by a small apple ton, aggregate crop production in cr0 p \ South Carolina this year will bej Fairly large supplies of vegeta- about 6 per cent less than last bles have been moving into con- jrear but 14 per cent above the J sumption at rather low prices, ten-year (1927-36) average, ac- gweetpotato production will be a- cording to report issued Nov. 14th, bout 77,000,000 bushels, or 10 per by Frank O. Black, agricultural cen t over average. The production statistian, Columbia. i 0 f vegetables for canning was 10 Harvest of all food and feed to 15 per cent below the rather crops is expected to be 6 per cent excessive production last year, but up and grain crops, including allowing for the carryover of can- com, 9 per cent above 1937 out- n ed goods, supplies of canned turn * vegetables are above average. On the other hand, cotton will There is an ample supply of cot- likely be off 35 per cent, tobacco ton due to a high yield per acre and cowpeas down 15 per cent a nd a large carryover. Tobacco each, and tame hay production production is fully 10 per cent a- slightly less than in 1937. jbove average. Soybean production The situation is about the same W iu probably be more than 20 per in yield per acre for all crops com- cent larger than in any previous bined,—below last year but above year. The production of cotton- average. 'seed was only slightly below av- The com crop is expected to erage. Flaxseed gave a good yield total 27,014,000 bushels which is per acre and production was sub- 8 per cent above last year and 28 stantially larger than in most of per cent above average. | ^he last few years, though still far Preliminary estimates place to- below the usual production prior bacco production at 91,910,000 t 0 1933 pr,.:nds this year which compares ,1: ^ ^ with the record high production of 108,080,000 pounds in 1937 and Expert Body And Fender • v ' average production of 76,724,- Work. John Tho»nas McGrath, pounds for the years 1927-36. p ..op The hay crop of 489,000 tons is ^clormicK, 3- i. 16 htly below last year but well above average. Sweet potato digging revealed a better yield than expected a I „„„„„„ „ month ago and the crop is now PE CANS FOR SALE-fine qual- estimated at 6,468,000 bushels ity of P ecans for sala at 20 cents which is 26 per cent above pro- 156r P° und bave 1 had in duction In 1937 and 32 per cent aome yea ^ , We1 ' fll » ed ou • ^ary above average. Cornelia Corley, McCormick, S. C. Reports from correspondents Indicate that an average of about LOST—Between Edgefield and 4.8 bushels per acre of cowpeas McCormick, One Poland China are being harvested from 221,000 Gilt, weight around 120 lbs. acres and that total production Finder please notify J. L. Smith, will be approximately 1,061,000 McCormick, or Will Jackson, Edge- buahels. This compares with a field. WANT ADV. cer of the AAA in South Carolina. Marketing quotas for cotton are provided in the farm legislation now in effect, to be used by pro ducers when the total supply of cotton exceeds the normal supply by 7 per cent. Normal supply is considered to be a normal year’s domestic consumption and ex ports plus 40 per cent of that a- mount as an allowance for a nor mal carry-over. To become ef fective the marketing quotas must be approved by a two-thirds ma jority of the. cotton producers voting in the referendum. If quotas are voted into effect, Mr. Hamilton explained, the quota for an individual farm will be the actual production or the normal production, whichever is the greater, of the farm’s cotton acreage allotment, plus the a- mount of cotton which the farm er has on hand from a previous crop which would not have been subject to penalty if marketed in 1938. While the rule for figuring the amount of the quota is the same whether the farmer plants within or exceeds the cotton acreage al lotment, the practical effect is cmite different. Farmers who plant within the cotton acreage allotment in 1939 will not be sub ject to any penalty unless they market in 1939 cotton which '"ould have been subject to pen- altv if marketed in 1938. Consequently, producers who complied with the acreage allot ment in 1938 and 1939 will net be subject to any penalty, and non cooperators in 1938 who cooperate in 1939 will not incur a penalty unless they should have excess cotton from a previous crop which j they carry over and market in ex cess of the 1939 quota. In a year for which quotas are in effect, a farmer who overplants his acreage allotment will be sub ject to a penalty on any cotton that he markets in excess of his farm’s quota. Sleek, graceful beauty characterizes this five-passenger two-door Town Sedan, one of the new models which Chevrolet presented to the public October 22nd. Trespass Notice Trespassing in any form or allowing stock or cattle to run at large on my lands is strictly forbidden. BUSSEY BOWICK. McCormick, S. C. Nov. 19, 1938.—3t. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Trespass Notice STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BY J. FRANK MATTISON, PRO- hereby B ATE JUDGE: WHEREAS, N. G. Price made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration cum testimento annexe de bonis non of the Estate and effects of J. P. Price; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said J. P. Price, deceased, that NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court Of Common Pleas. M. G. & J. J. DORN, INC., PLAIN TIFF, VS: MRS. DORA REYNOLDS, MRS. LUCY REYNOLDS, FOOSHE, MRS. LAZINKA REYNOLDS CARROLL, JAMES REYNOLDS AND ROBERT L. DENDY, AS LIQUIDATING AGENT FOR THE PEOPLES BANK OF McCOR- MICK. S. C., DEFENDANTS. PURSUANT TO ORDER OF THE they be and anoear before me. in _ Hunting, fishing, or otherwise the Court of Probate, to be held at COURT in the above entitled ' trespassing on our lands is hereby | McCormick, S. C., on 3rd day of, patter, I will sell, before the Court strictly forbidden December, Next, after publication i House Door in the Town of Mc- x/Trc iv/rattip tr Rj-ut hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore-i Cormick, County of McCormick, . Mrs. Mattie K. Britt, noon, to show cause, if any they State of South Carolina, on Sales have why the said Administration, ^ ay December, the same being should not be granted. j ^ le . f^ ay December, 1938, GIVEN under my hand, this ? 1 aril } g 11 usual hours of sale, 19th day of November, Anno th e following described real prop- Domini, 1938. erty, to wit: J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. W. E. And T. L. Britt, James B. Britt. v McCormick, S. C.. Nov. 21, 1938.—3t. tr Have Your Winter Clothes Cleaned Now. WE RENDER SERVICE TO McCORMICK AND VICINITY. WATCH FOR OUR TRUCK. Greenwood Dry Cleaning Co. ‘Dependable Cleaners*' J. C. Dalton, Mgr. “All of that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, contain- CITATION OF BETTERS i n g one hundred forty-six (146) OF ADMINISTRATION acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of W. L. Rid- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, dlehoover; East by lands of J. R. I County Of McConnick. White, South by lands of J. L. BY J. FRANK MATTISON, PRO- Reynolds and West by lands of W. BATE JUDGE: M. Woods. This being the same WHEREAS. Mrs. Rena A. Brad- tract of land conveyed to J. L. ley made suit to me to grant her Reynolds by W. M. Woods by his Letters of Administration of the deed dated April 16, 1919, and re- Estate and effects of John E. corded in the Office of the Clerk Bradlev: . of Court for McCormick County, : THESE ARE THEREFORE, to S. C.” cite and admonish all and singular I Terms of sale cash, purchaser to the Kindred and Creditors of the pay extra for deed and stamps, said John E. Bradley, deceased,! If the highest bidder should fail that they be and appear before 1 to immediately comply with the me, in the Court of Probate, to be bid, the premises will thereafter held at McCormick on November be sold upon the same terms and ! 29th. Next, after publication here of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 15th dav of November Anno Domini 11938. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. -A) Glass Cut Arul Fitted To Any Size. John Thomas Mc Grath, McCormick, S. C. at such bidder’s risk. As no personal judgment is de manded in the action and as no deficiency judgment is sought, the bidding will close at the sale and will not remain open for a period of thirty days. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master For McCormick County, S. C. November 14, 1938.—3t. All Kinds Of Welding. John Thomas McGrath. McCormick, S. C.