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McCORMTCK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 1, 1938 UcCORMlCK MESSENGER ( Published Every Thursday I Established June S, 190* EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Me* i Cormlck, S. C., as xuail matter of ? the seeond class. ( SUBSCRIPTION RATES: T One Year $1.00 ! Six Months .75 Three Months.50 Don’t Fool Yourself In commenting on the belief Of many that they “pay no taxes,” the Kansas f City Star says: “The complacency of millions over taxes would be sharply upset if a few facts were allowed to sink In.” The Star then takes a survey of “indirect taxes” made by .a large life insurance company and shows what the man who thinks he “pays no taxes,” actually pays in taxes each year. Out of the $960 annual income an $80 a month worker receives, he pays $10.29 a month, or $123.48 a year, in indirect taxes that have to be added to the cost of neces sities he buys, such as food, rent, clothing, fuel, light, recreation, Insurance and dozens of other things—about 13 per cent of his Income in this case. And the tax total increases as he earns more. Don’t fool yourself into believ ing that you pay no taxes! Solving The Farm Problem The ultimate solution of the farmers’ problem, we have been told for many years, is the de velopment of new uses for the products of the soil. The Farm Chemurgic Council has spent much money and time in labora tory research to discover indus trial uses for farm crops, and with encouraging success. Now the United States Depart ment of Agriculture is starting out on the same line. Four re gional laboratories are to be es tablished under a new Bureau of Agricultural Technology and En gineering, headed by Dr. Henry A New Industrial Viewpoint In a recent address before a gathering of carders and spinners division of the Southern Textile association, William P. Jacobs, secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers association, touched upon a vital point when he said, “We need a new indus trial viewpoint in South Carolina, and, indeed, in the United States.” According to Mr. Jacobs statis tics, industrial migration to South Carolina ended twenty to twenty- five years ago and the statistical position in active spindles in this J state during the past ten years |has been practically at a stand still. Said Mr. Jacobs, “Here we stand today struggling to hold our own, unable to induce new indus tries to locate with us while India increases ninety-nine per cent, China eight hundred and twenty- two per cent and Japan eight hundred and thirty-two per cent.” Mr. Jacobs is perhaps the most well-informed person on such matters in this state. He knows “whereof he speaks” and when he says that South Carolinians could solve the problem if there be a “transformation in the public at titude,” we believe him. The welfare of our working people and the progress of our state are at stake. With a new in dustrial viewpoint, things might be different. Certainly we have nothing to lose in trying it.— Newberry Observer. xx Better Farming Briefs Little Stories ' of Agricultural Progress From County Farm Agents. Uncle Natchel Back On Radio Go Into Your Dance Chilean Nitrate Folks Announce Return to the Air of Popular Broadcast Programs Five new type curing houses have been erected for sweet potato storage and more than a dozen tobacco barns, stores, and other houses converted into potato cur ing houses.—J. C. McComb, Lee. Farmers are getting in oats earlier this year than usual and indications are that we will have an increase in the planting of wheat for home use in Marion county.—W R. Wells, Jr., Marion. Arrangements are being made to get enough basic slag to treat a large acreage of permanent and annual grazing pastures according; to fertilizer and seeding recom- O. Knight, chief of the Bureau of mendations ._^j. l. King, Newberry Chemistry. The purpose is to find new ways of tying agriculture to in dustry, by developing industrial uses for such items as corn, wheat, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, cotton, sweet potatoes, peanuts, tobacco, apples, and milk. Those are on the list of farm ‘products in which the first research efforts will be made. In the meantime, an important step toward industrial utilization of the potato crop has been made in Maine. At Houlton, the center of the great Aroostook potato dis trict, two new starch mills are be ing built*. One of them, with a capacity of 2,000 barrels of pota toes a day, will turn out 20 tons a day of starch for the use of New England textile manufacturers, by a new process which takes only six hours instead of 72 from raw potato to finished starch. The other will make a type of PoulWy shipments for the year to date show that 1832 farmers have marketed 96,884 pounds of live poultry, which . has netted them $14,825.35.-0. H. Griffin, Oconee. It looks now as if we shall be able to begin construction of ru ral electric lines by spring and to have at least 100 miles built to cover the principal rural commu nities.—T. A. Bowen, Pickens. Several thousand pounds of crotalaria seed are being harvest ed from the largest crotalaria acreage ever planted in Richland county. The growth in popularity of this soil-building crop has been phenomenal.—David R. Hopkins, Richland. Twenty-two 4-H club Jersey calves were exhibited at the Spar tanburg county fair. One club member won $163 in premiums in the open classes.—W. J. Martin, starch new in American industry, Sp ^ tanb !! r Ki4. f ^ h The exhibit of brood mares and mule colts was one of the most interesting exhibits at the county been im- which has heretofore ported. That is the sort of thing which . „ . will do more to put agriculture on ta,r ' an ? Mr Frazier, the judge. stated that the colts were as good as any he had seen in Tennessee Uncle Natchel is coming back to the radio. This news, just re ceived from the Natural Chilean Nitrate folks, is good news to many thousands of listeners ‘who. have been entertained through! past winters by the kindly old negro character who is featured in these Chilean Nitrate of Soda broadcasts. As usual the Uncle Natchel pro gram will consist of songs, natural observations by old Uncle Natchel to his young friends, and drama tized stories dealing with person alities and episodes of the old days of the South. Almost all of the Uncle Natchel stories in the new series of broadcasts are historical —some dealing with the war be tween the States, some with pre- Revolutionary days and others with the stirring times of the pioneers. ' These stories are written by Ethel Parke Richardson, formerly of Nashville, Tenn., for some years a teacher of history and long an authority on early ballads and folk lore of America. The Uncle Natchel role . is played by Frank Wilson, considered one of the foremost colored actors in America. He currently appears on Broadway in New York in the play “Kiss the Boys Good-bye” in which Miss Helen Claire, formerly of Union Springs, Ala., who played the feminine lead in the Uncle Natchel programs last season, is scoring a real hit as the featured star. Miss Claire’s successor in the Uncle Natchel series is Miss Jean Dante, a young Virginia girl who has had considerable stage, screen and radio experience. On the stage she has played with Philip Merivale and Gladys Cooper. She has had two years in Hollywood, and in radio has appeared on the Rudy Vallee hour and in Lux Theater of the Air. The new Chilean Nitrate series begins the first week in December. On most stations it is broadcast late Sunday afternoons except in the case of WSB, Atlanta, and WSM, Nashville—when it is broad cast from 6:30 to 7 Saturday even ings. A complete list of the sta tions, with broadcast hours, is as follows: WIS—Columbia, S. C. WSB—Atlanta, Ga. WBT—Charlotte, N. C. WJDX—Jackson, Miss. WMC—Memphis, Tenn. WAGF—Dothan, Ala. WSFA—Montgomery, Ala. WJBY—Gadsden, Ala. WPTF—Raleigh, N. C. WSM—Nashville, Tenn. KWKH—Shreveport, La. WRVA—Richmond, Va. WWL—New Orleans, La. WDBO—Orlando, Fla. WJRD—Tuscaloosa, Ala. In the case of all stations ex cept WSB and WSM, the period of broadcast is late Sunday after noon. WSB and WSM carry the program Saturday evenings, 6:30 to 7. The programs will continue for approximately six months. rzagBEZJl l Farm News Bright Spots Edgefield, Nov. 26.—A. H. Day of Trenton made an outstanding success with crotalaria this year, says County Agent J. F. Jones. The amount of green matter from an acre calculated by the county agent and E. H. Rawl, extension horticulturist, amounted to 31,798 pounds. Figuring the nitrogen at | one-half of one per cent, this J would be equivalent to 994 pounds of 16 per cent ammonia, Mr. Jones states. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION W. H. McCurley & Son Granite Co. Winnsboro, Nov. 26.—The staple of cotton grown in Fairfield coun ty runs now from one inch to one and one-sixteenth inches, and much of this improved staple is due to the five-acre cotton staple improvement contest, ac cording to County Agent R. H. Lemmon. “With the use of im proved varieties, treating seed, poisoning the weevil, and judici ous use of fertilizer some farmers are making the best cotton crop that they have ever made”, says Mr. Lemmon. “Some splendid yields follow winter cover crops and also use of manure made from feeding steers.” Monuments, Markers, Coping. The Best Elberton Blue Granite. Prices And Quality Guaranteed. ELBERTON, GA. J. T. FAULKNER 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BY J. FRANK MATTISON, PRO BATE JUDGE: WHEREAS, N. G. Price made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration cum testimento annexo 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 they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick, S. C., on 3rd day of December, Next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 19th day of November, Anno Domini, 1938. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. Orangeburg, Nov. 26.—L. B. Massey, county farm agent, re ports that a larger acreage of Austrian winter peas and vetch has been planted this year than ever before. “Through the co operation of teachers of agricul ture and the Soil Conservation District, we have ordered over 28,050 pounds of vetch and peas and at considerable saving to the growers”, says Mr. Massey. “This indicates that progress is being made in carrying out the recom- Representative MeCORMICK, S. Trespass Notice NOTICE USC Grounds A rnendat;ion of the Planning Com- Xi-FC V^lvTcillCvl w.jff Vinvo n croon or on crow- Should Grow Vegetables a stable footing than all the bene fit payments, crop control plans , , . and price-fixing projects that an ^ °‘ h " rnule-producing states, anyone has proposed. " .“W- H - Stallworth, Spartanburg. , ^ j The seven growers who entered in the cotton improvement contest | averaged 1976 pounds of seed cot ton, cr 726 pounds of lint, per acre. The highest yield was 2678 pounds of seed cotton per acre.— It kind of “gets our goat” to use R. A. Jackson, Williamsburg, an expression which really ex-1 A survey of the purebred dairy presses what we think, to see a sire situation made in the county farmer come into town and carry. shews that 30 bulls have been back home vegetables. Ordinarily! placed since we started our pure- , this spells “laziness” on the part bred bull campaign in 1934.—M. of the purchaser. The proof is C. Crain, Chester. i that someone grew the vegetables With a rather large corn yield being carried home, and if this this year, farmers are finding that other person could grow them, livestock can market their surplus then why not the farmer buying com at a much better price than them. It is a kind of reflection on un the open market.—W. H. Columbia, Nov. 14.—The Univer sity of South Carolina campus is being re-sowed with grass in many 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 COURT in the above entitled matter, I will sell, before the Court House Door in the Town of Mc Cormick, County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, on Sales Day in December, the same being the 5th day of December, 1938, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real prop erty, to wit: All of that certain piece, parcel Trespassing in any form or I allowing stock or cattle to run at j large on my lands is hereby I strictly forbidden. BUSSEY BOWICK. McCormick, S. C. Nov. 19, 1938.—3t. Glass Cut And Fitted To Any Size. John Thomas Mc Grath. McCormick, S. C. Trespass Notice Hunting, fishing, or otherwise trespassing on our lands is hereby strictly forbidden. Mrs. Mattie K. Britt, W. E. And T. L. Britt, James B. Britt. McCormick, S. C. Nov. 21, 1938.—3t. mittee ‘to have a green crop grow .... ----- . mg on every acre of land the year ? r .tract of. j^uate^^ngjind round’.” Sumter, Nov. 26.—J. M. Eleazer, places and is undergoing a general county farm agent, reports t a “sprucing up” with the completion 2 9 farmers entered tne oO-ea of the campus paving program. Brick walks and asphalt road ways now provide easy passage for automobiles- and pedestrians on the campus where mud formerly tne corn contest in which the corn is shucked before the judges. Six good prizes are offered, to reward the men who really have the best corn in their barfis. “It has al- prevailed during rainy weather, ways seemed to me that the usual Fertilizing, cultivation and sowing prizes on the best 10 ears of corn with winter grass of campus lawns rewarded diligence and pams- insures a pleasing aspect through- | taking care in selecting a few out the year. § ood ears - and dld not necessanl y x ' reward the fellow who was grow- x the best corn „ says Mr Eleazer. “Many farmers watch the prog ress of the shucking and judging, Plnn^ IVPule and tt has P roved to have distinct educational merit in addition to rewarding the fellows who really Year Book dime for their purchase. CHARLES & GAYLE Attorneys At Law the buyer which we do not like to Craven, Bamberg. see. Many people in town, also, can grow vegetables and save many a There is more excuse, however, for the town dweller than for the person living on the farm. A few minutes a day spent in the gar den will provide vegetables for the family all the year around, or very nearly so.—Walterboro Press and Standard. Robinson Buildinn; Augusta Street McCormick, S. C. Phone No. 78. Columbia, Nov. 14.—Contribu- have good corn.” tions for publication in the 1939 ( ^ ; edition of the South Carolina All Kinds Of Welding. John High School Literary Yearbook Thomas McGrath, McCormick, must be submitted prior to Feb. 1. C. For five years the University of South Carolina’s school of educa tion has published the yearbook to encourage creative writing in high schools of the state. An- being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, contain ing one hundred forty-six (146) acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of W. L. Rid- dlehoover: East by lands of J. R- White, South by lands of J. L. Reynolds and West by lands of W. M. Woods. This being the same tract of land conveyed to J. L. Reynolds by W. M. Wocds by his deed dated April 16, 1919, and re corded in the Office of the Clerk nf Court for McCormick County, S C ” Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay extra for deed and stajnps. If the highest bidder should fail to immediatelv comply with the bid, the premises will thereat ter be sold upon the same terms and 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. WANT ADV. FOR SALE — Ten-weeks old nouncements and copies of regu- White-Rock Fryers, milk fed. lations are being mailed to all Sanitary Milk, Butter and Cream, high school principals in the state. Se® Mrs. G. H. McCain. ^ Trespass Notice Hunting, fishing, or trespassing in any other form is hereby strictly forbidden on our lands. MRS. SUDIE P. EDMUNDS, CALHOUN PALMER. Have Your Winter Clothes Cleaned Now. WE RENDER SERVICE TO MeCORMICK AND VICINITY. WATCH FOR OUR TRUCK. Greenwood Dry Cleaning Co. ‘“‘Dependable Cleaners ,, J. C. Dalton. Mgr. Expert Body And Fender Work. John Thomas McGrath, McCormick, S. C.