Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' V* t*roRMlCK MESSENGER rablished Every Thursday •j Established June 5» 1903 f EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of Cm second class. i WJBSCRIPTION RATES: Cne Tear $1.00 ; m Months : .75 Three Months JO —r Unemployment Discussed In rest of us on what to do and how to “succeed,” was 1 a visitor in Spartanburg .a few days ago on his way to Asheville. He stopped long enough in Spartanburg to “get a bite to eat” and to be inter viewed. And one thing he said lingers on as an identical question which so many of ms have asked for a long time. „ • Mr. Carnegie said he wanted to know why it was there were so few gardens around the farm homes he passed in his automobile trip through the South. Later he specified particularly vegetable gardens. He said he had “noticed” some flower gar- --j, j a i dens in towns and cities and per- u Orel Almanac haps there was not time for such ithings on the farm but the vege- The problem of unemployment l table garden seemed to him to be qf the chief issues before the cne of the prime essent ials of a farm. And right he is. There are some of us left alive who can recall vegetable gardens ci truly enormous size on McCORMTCK MESSENGER, McCORMTCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, "April 6, 1939 Fresh Meat Prices rid today, is discussed in the 1939 Ford Almanac, now being distributed free by dealers of the Ford Motor Company. Under the title, “Will There be Jabs in the Future?”, the Almanac .t^ally all the farms thirty and arfiele says in parf ( more years ago. The size and -Assuredly there will be jobs i n ;' ariet y cf the garden was a mat ure future. They will be made by t2r of pride - The man ’ the farmer himself, saw to it that the soil was what it ought to be and the work needed was always supplied. This Effective April 7th, the price of fresh meats at our markets will be as follows: Beef Steak, Choice, Per pound OUlf Beef Steak Per pound CwG# Beef Roast 90f* Per pound CUIo Round Veal Steak, Per pound WWW CHEVROLET JESTER’S CASH MARKET, DORN’S MARKET, O. C. TALBERT. poison in after- continued growth and im provement of American life, ■emulated by two factors: The fticreased wants of the people and was unders f anda hle because a lot Ere further development and im-^f the famil y focd came from that provement of American agricul- ■ s P°f- 8ure, industry and transportation I ^ * s different now. A stranger like Dale Carnegie riding possible, apply prac- :iocn. Other Recommendations 15. Pick up and burn all fallen squares, especially during the first 3 weeks of blooming. 16. The use of calcium dust is not recommended except under abnormally heavy weevil infesta tion and then in amounts not ex ceeding 2 pounds per acre (mixed with 2 pounds of hydrated lime). Equipment for proper dusting is expensive and atmospheric condi tions under which it must be ap plied ^re very exacting. Many farmers have suffered heavy losses The only /ow-pricet/ car combining All That’s Best at Lowest Cost” through the country in an auto-, ^cotton^other^crops ^ ,oerj mobile may notice it mere than use of calcium arsenate dust. If sweetened poison is properly used there will be practically no need to consider the use of dust. 17. Keep up with the picking of cotton as closely as possible, pick- those of us who live here. How any one with sufficient land or living on a farm can get along without a garden and or chard is hard to understand. ing only when perfectlv dry. Seed Not only is the matter of fresh cotton stored for 2 to 3 weeks and stirred wnen necessary will xnaxe a better grade of cotton. 18. Gin cotton only when per- vegetable food involved but it can be made to supply some extra cash for other things.—Greenwood fectly dry, then only on a gin in Index-Journal, March 29. -xx- Ju meet these needs. “The last 50 years have brought a development in the United Sfeies along these lines such . as feas astonished the world. But, great as these improvements have greater are yet to come in years ahead of us. Our a&tional development is not end- —it has but begun! "Many books the size of this Al- lac would be required to out- the needs of the American people already existing, to say soothing^ of new ones that will dferelop. Here we can list but a “More than . 5,000,000 of our farm homes are still without elec- iricity. "There are more than 9,000,000 arty and farm homes in the United •fates which, though electrified, are without modem electric ap pliances. “But yesterday there came into IfcJng infc.nt industries that to an( j best drained soil equivalent to 400 pounds per acre arorrow will be giants—oil-burners, experience has shown will 0 f high grade fertilizer in produc- arr conditioning, automatic coal grow cotton off fastest after it cotton. stokers, Diesel engines, dry ice, comes up. | These suggestions represent the mimed trains radio colored 2 - Indications from more than b est information gathered from freamiinea trains ’ raai0 ’ coiorea 5000 Five _ Acre state Contest Extension Service; Experiment ^ims and new printing processes rec0 rds show that the highest stations, the experience of many are but a few of them. j yields are made from narrow rows, successful farmers and our own. “Glass is being introduced into the width depending upon soil coker’s Pedigreed Seed Company. Select good mechanical condition. Dry seed cottcn left on an unprotected wagon at night and exposed to dew, frost, or other moisture will not gin smoothly. 19. All stalks should be destroyed immediately after picking. If possible, this should be done at least two weeks before the first frost. 20. Build up your soil by plowing under winter cover crops and summer legumes. ^ t • I 21. Experiments at the Pee Dee Conditions Experiment Station were reported • by Supt. E. E. Hall showing chat 2 tons per acre (approximately 2 I two-horse wagon loads) of good your most fertile, stable manure in the drill is Suggestions For Growing Cotton Profitably Under Boll Weevil IN SALES The biggest selling 1939 model car ?n America—and more than that—the biggest selling car for seven out of the last eight years! IN PERFORMANCE It’s faster on the getaway . . . it’s better on the hills . . , and a much better all-round performer . . , than other cars in Its field* IN FEATURES Exclusive Vacuum Gearshift • New Aero-Stream Styling, New Bodies by Fisher • New Longer Riding-Base • Chevrolet’s Famous Valve-in-Head Six • Perfected Hydraulic Brakes • New "Observation Car” Visibility • Perfected Knee-Action Riding System with Improved Shockproof Steering (Available on Master Oe Luxe modelt only) • Tiptoe-Matlc Clutch- IN VALUE Dollar for dollar, feature for feature, car for car, it gives you more for your money than any other car in its price range—thanks to Chevrolet’s volume leadership. A GENERAL MOTORS V*Ltf« McGRATH MOTOR COMPANY, INC McCORMICK, S. C. Summer School At U. S. C. Offers Music Course ENSIGN $1.25 a. thousand new uses. Agricul feral and industrial wastes tynes and varieties. 3. Use liberal amounts of a well are i balanced fertilizer under cotton Hartsville, S. C. -x- «. | L/ctlClllUCLl Id l/l Cl Hi 111 Cl ClFl/wlFll w-^ i Tbl ■ * leing used in a new plastics in- I and side-dress with additional l^arlv X lailtlllff, dnstrv. Chemistry is giving us amounts of ammonia and potash. J _ & # Proper Spacing dnstry. Chemistry is giving ■ev alloys, new textiles, new krilding materials of many kinds. "Millions of homes need re- umting. There are 240,000 grade suit This should be adjusted to soil and weather conditions. 4. Follow fertilizer distributor with a small plow to thoroughly mix fertilizer with soil. . , . nrinf1 5. Use plenty of seed of known casssings to be eliminated. Good vitality a £ d treat Ceresan roads are needed over great areas before planting. You cannot make of this country. More than 55 per •eat of the factory machinery of tbe United States could profitably scrapped “All this is but an inkling of the jibs the future will bring. So long os American inventive genius xreates articles of use, people will Boost Sweet Potato Yields Research with sweet potatoes shows that the time of setting •ay them; and as long as Jtaoerican public buys, there We. iobs for all.” xx Opportunity In the will a crop unless you get a good stand. Plant as early as conditions and ^^^^ere drop^seed planter is P lants in the tield and spacing used, leave 2 to 3 stalks per hill, plants in the row are two factors Where drilled, leave an average of that have an important bearing 2 p ® r hp a ho ? on t* 16 quality and size cf the cultivation jerop. On the other hand, whether How To Use Molasses, Calcium plants are first, second, or third Arsenate Poison (1-1-1 Mixture) pullings has little effect on yields, 9. Make airangements for your lonsr as thev are of eoual size poison materials when you make,^ long a f tPe J ar ® 01 q * arrangements for your fertilizer. a nd are planted at the same time, so as to be sure to have it on hand according to A. E. Schilletter, ex- when needed. ! tension horticulturist of Clemson 10. For each acre of cotton se-' cure 3 pounds of calcium arsenate '•'Ouege. Cattfor Beans and 3 gallons of thick black-strap In tests with three varieties— molasses. This will usually be Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, and Big | sufficient to make 3 applications g£ ern Jersey—the U^ S. Depart- Mdver Williamson, )he agricul-jPe^ ame.^ ^ mQp from an old ment of A g ricu i ture found that in ftsral sage, in a note to The State ' ck or s i m ii ar material. This South Carolina early-set sweet 11 approves recent tentative sugges- j should be folded and tacked to a potatoes, in this newspaper that the ^ at . abo ^^ 2 i q C . b ® s , ^ d mother patches and late May or tfEiwing of castor beans might P a y of nd lat g The extension of the bag early June for the main crop, us South Carolina. | should be cut in strips about 1 which should be grown from vine ‘“This plant,” says Mr. William- inch wide. The slat should be of cuttings nroduce the best vields «. “which grows so easily in un- suitable length for person apply- Each J^cLive two-week defay in osed places and is so prolific, 12 p re p ar i n g mixture for planting resulted in a lower yield anight if handled right be turned making application, mix at the of roughly 30 bushels per acre of Wot wonderful profit. We know rate of 1 pound of poison ?n 1 No j grade and 50 b Us hels total fflaf, it will grow along the fences, gallon °^ te ^ dd stl 1 r ‘^Uon^ cf y‘ eld - Late planting cut the yield «r* ditch banks and in odd places, rno ] a3S o S ai ^ stir thoroughly. The of No. 1 grade potatoes to one- v’ffhoiit cultivation, and nothing mixture should be kept well stirred third that cf the early planting. A»fchers it; but we do not know at all times. Apply with mop when the lant ed 6 9 irt’iH" would nrofit us and held in front of worker so ns tn t . wimen lands wouid pront us ana, thp cotton plant 1 to 2 12 - and *5 mches apart in rows wrihich wou.d not. Wuh gieat e inches below the bud. pushing th*’ four feet apart, the total yields fort I di.’overed one kind that plant over so that the maioritv cf and No. 1’s differed little, but the was very prisonous and another poison is applied to the under- num b er 0 f Jumbo size increased tond tha, probably was net. I am J5hould bf? applied the same day as with the thinner plantings and mi succeed in getting any seed at ^ j s 0^^ the amount of No. 2’s decreased, xff, or any knowledge which would 13. This method is simple, cheap Because it is less expensive and print the way to getting a profit and effective^ But Hke any othcr requires les3 |abor t0 set the of the bean ; a y ® ^ done in a hanhazard wav mid pl a nts at the wider spaemgs, the 9a believe possible and which 1 should be closely supervised. spacings of 8 to 10 inches are con- believe possible—if we could 14. Watch fields carefully and sidered best, says Schilletter. sU: Ct U nd 2r;" dPl Uso; a ju D st Cat, £s n “tVrS Reports o, poor yie.ds from —Columbia^State, Mar. zi. j « bunches » in the top and j ust be _ second and third pullings proba- X——— ( fore the first square appears. Re- bly are the result of late planting. H_4rrii A,_ Peat with two to three other ap- studies of first, second, and third IB there An Answer; plications at intervals of 5 to 7 ... o . „ .. Q TT q ^ days. Fully 90% of those who use pullings by the U. S. Department - ■— sweetened poison wait too long in of Agricuiture showed about equal rarneffie an author who making first application. If an producing power when all are about April 15 for Columbia, April 3.—A short course in “the Fundamentals of Playing and Teaching Musical In struments” will be offered by the University of South Carolina’s division of extension June 12 to 22 in connection with the summer school session. Lee M. Lockhart, nationally- known authority in the fie’d of public school music, will conduct the course, designed specially for teachers who conduct or wish to organize school bands and or chestras. A beginner’s band will be train ed in connection with the course, and instruction will be given in playing and teaching all the in struments of the band and or chestra.* Teachers enrolling for the course should be able to read music and should have some abili ty to play a piano or other musi cal instrument. POCKET and WRIST WATCHES *1.00 to *3.95 ALARM CLOCKS *1.00 to *2.95 LOOK FOR iSFcMg? ON THE DIAL FINAL SETTLEMENT FAIR OPENING MARKS 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF WASHINGTON’S STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. Notice is hereby given th&t Mary H. Harmon, Administratrix i of the estate of Wistar Harmon, I deceased, has this day made ap- ! plication unto me for a final ac counting and discharge as admin istratrix of the estate of Wistar Harmon, and the 2nd day of May, 1939, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on cr by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON. Judge of Probate, McCormick County, S. C. April 1st, 1939.—4t. FINAL SETTLEMENT Been able to cash in quite apnlto- plt \ r ' te t d th under , mndMons ntlally in suggestions to the tion, as soon as possible. Where and at fc “ e time. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. Notice is hereby given that Rosalind S. Reese, Executrix 'f the estate of J. Morgan Reese, de ceased, has this day made appli- • cation unto me for a final ac counting and discharge as Execu- | trix of the estate of J. Morgan Reese, and the 3rd, day of May. 1939. at 10 o’clock has been fixed for hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON. Judge of Probate, McCormick County, S. C. April 3rd, 1939.—4t. The date of April 30, 1939, which will mark the opening of the New York World’s Fair, was decided by choice, to commemorate that same day in 1789 when George Washing ton was inaugurated first president of the United States. From 1789 to the present — a period of one hundred and fifty years — there have been many changes in American life. Change is dramatically depicted, not only at the Fair, but in the new forma adopted to herald the Fair. Now It is not alone possible to travel to the Fair from all parts of the coun try in comfort and with speed, but a model of the Fair is actually traveling through 368 southern com- But in 1789 the day was decided j munities, bringing to the people of by events rather than by choice.! the South an advance showing of The Presidential electors were chosen in January and met in February. The new Congress was the wonders to be seen. The New York World’s Fair 1939 Pre-View on Wheels and Southern scheduled to assemble March 4th Motorcade of “The Arcadian and the electoral ballots were then Grower” is sponsored by the dis- Plenty of Mules and Horses for sale or trade. Come to see me. J. L. Smith, McCormick, |S. c. I to be counted by the Senate. But travel, by horseback or in uncom fortable wagons or coaches was slow and often even dangerous. By March 4th only eight Senators and thirteen Representatives had ar rived in New York, and It was the first week in April before a quorum could be got together. Washington and John Adams were elected President and Vice President. Washington arrived in New York on April 23rd, but Federal Hall was unfinished and the inauguration was put off still another week. At last on April 30 the new ship of State was launched. tributors of Arcadian Nitrate, the American Soda, and is officially ap proved by the New York World’s Fair. It depicts all of the buildings of the Fair, including Its famous Trylon and Perlsphere. Floodlights reproduce the vivid coloring at the Fair, while sound effects and ani mated figures, representing the vis iting crowds, lend realism. Supple mentary exhibits dealing with the self-containment of the South and the distribution of “The Home Folks’ Dollar” arouse the interest and enthusiasm of all who vlegr them.