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I r lv, 1 me McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 8, 1940 McCORMICK MD3SENG1 mblished Every Thursday Established Jane 5, IMS 1! Cotton Ginnings Given By South Carolina Counties f EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C„ as mail matter of ' the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ^ One Year $1.00 Btx Months .75 Three Months.50 HOW LONG CAN WE LIVE? COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO JANUARY 16 IN SOUTH CAROLINA: CROPS OF 1939 AND 1938. The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned prior to January 16, by counties, in South Carolina, were wholly dependent on him at the time of his death, and if he leaves no widow or child entitled to insurance payments. 4. Lump-sum death payments to widows, widowers, children and parents of fully or currently in sured individuals who die without leaving a widow, child or parent entitled to monthly benefits; or to persons who have paid the funeral expenses. Such payments equal six times the “primary in surance” payment to which the wage earner would have been en titled had he lived. xx In the ancient Scriptures we are Linters are not included.) for the crops of 1939 and 1938. -i /-'« • i The total for the State was made GrOOCI CrODS 1x111(16 public on Tuesday, January 23. T? T? l TT (Quantities are in running bales. | Jt 1 OF U 61)ril3ry USC told that the days of a man’s life County axe three score years and ten. We have become so accustomed to re garding seventy as the limit of human life, that it comes as a surprise to most of us to learn that science not only holds out promise that the time is at hand when the average man or woman can expect to live long beyond seventy, but also proves that the average age of the American peo ple has been increasing steadily for many years. n By taking the records of births and deaths, and the age at which each person dies* the United States Census Office has com piled a table of “life expectancy, which shows us some very inter esting facts about ourselves. In the year 1900, for example, the average boy baby could expect to live only to 48, but by 1930 the expectation of life for males had jumped to 59, and the latest vital statistics indicate that s the next tables will show a higher average life expectancy than that. Girl babies start life with an even bet ter chance of longevity, the aver age woman living three years longer than the average man. Some of the reasons for this r longer life of Americans are plain enough. Babies get better medi cal care now, and fewer die in infancy. Also, the general health of grown-ups is better than it used to be. Except for war and the great influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed half a million Americans, and 25 million in the rest of the world, there has been no wholesale cause of death in forty years, to shorten the life of any great number of people. Medical science has made great progress 'in the field of children’s health, and it is now concentrat ing on the ills incident to advanc ing years. More Americans die of heart disease than from any other single cause, but that is gradually being conquered. With more people living to grow up, and then living longer, the average American is considerably older than in the days of our grandfathers. The State Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson __ _ Bamberg Barnwell __ __ Berkeley Calhoun __ __ Charleston Cherokee Chester Chesterfield _ Clarendon __ Colleton __ __ Darlington __ Dillon 21,612 Dorchester Edgefield — —. Fairfield Florence __ Greenville Greenwood __ Hampton __ — Jasper __ Kershaw Lancaster __ Laurens 5,599 16,894 10,067 20,807 34,029 12,216 7,834 504 16,343 16,271 24,933 Augusta Fat Cattle Show And Sale April 2 And 3 Augusta, Ga., Feb. 5.—Prepara tions are under way to make the Fourth Annual Augusta Fat Cat tle Show and Sale on April 2 and 3 the outstanding event of its kind in this section, and the an nouncement is made by D. H. Johnson, president of the Twin States Livestock association, of the annointment of L. D. Holmes of Johnston, S. C., as general chairman. Mr. Holmes is vice-president of the Twin States Livestock asso ciation, a Master Farmer, and one of the leading livestock producers of South Carolina. Programs have been furnished county agents, vocational agricul ture teachers, and livestock com mittees of the 26 counties of the association in Georgia and South Carolina. Premiums totalling approxi mately $1,000 are offered exhibi tors in the various individual, pen, and carlot classes. Anyone de * siring further information about the show-sale should communi cate with Hillary H. Mangum, secretary, Twin States Livestock association. Southern Finance building, Augusta, Ga. President Johnson has requested chairmen of the 26 county com mittees of the association to call meetings of their committees at the earliest possible dates to work to have every one of the counties folly represented among the fat cattle show entries. 1939 1938 | That a good start is important 849,470 637,754 j s stressed by County Agent D 15,873 11,631 Austin Shelley in his February 26,748 18,475 f arm calendar of suggestions for 9,758 7,286 McCormick county farmers. 55,589 43,540 Agronomy 12,733 8,779 Manure is' one of the best fer- 22.524 14,499 tilizers. Make, save, and use more 2,893 2,901 of n 19,649 13,805 study your soil and past fertili 259 345 zer treatment and save money by 14,002 11,837 a dj us ting this year’s fertilizer to 15.524 13,118 pi an t needs. 33,204 20,640 Horticulture 18,949 15,419 plant strawberries, dewberries, 7,857 7,472 blackberries. 24,795 14,619 Set out g ra pe vines, fruit trees, 15,163 and ornamental plants 5,598 Transplant cabbage plants. 12,771 plant celery, kale, lettuce, mus- 7 ’® 68 tard, onions, parsley, peas, radish 14,743 es> S pi n ach, and turnips. 32,376 plant in hotbeds, pepper, tomato, ?’!?!! eggplant. ‘ ,li5D 1 Insects and Diseases Treat cotton seed with mercury 10,659 dus j. CO ntrol soreshin. 10,692 spray peach trees with lime- 21,598 su if ur or 0 n emulsion and Bor- 19,628 jjeaux to control scale insects and 12,046 diseases before the buds begin S to swelL 4,990 spray apple trees with lime- 20,926 S uiphur or oil to control scale. 16,351 complete the burning of orchard 129 q9 P runin S s an d clean off and bum 52,592 t j ie g rass an( i weeds from terraces 15,781 and ditch banks, with care not to I let fire burn under or near the fruit trees. Disinfect sweet potato seed by soaking for 8 minutes in a 1 to .’??? 11000 solution of bichloride of mer cury. Agricultural Engineering Check over farm machinery and order needed repairs before the rush of spring work. Grade yards or lots to provide better drainage away from build ings. Provide walks of gravel,- stone, or concrete to facilitate doing of Because of the increased num- I chores in rainy weather, her of old people applying for Use dra £ chain on two-mu e pensions” at the Social Security P lows to tu y n under stalks and Board, Miss Pressly, Manager, of other material the Field Office at Greenwood, 1 Lee 31,603 Lexington __ __ McCormick Marion Marlboro Newberry Oconee __ Orangeburg __ _ Pickens — Richland — Saluda Spartanburg _ _ Sumter Union __ __ Williamsburg __ York — All other X- 17,794 5,959 6,362 37,528 22,212 16,144 64,862 19,593 7,384 12,268 52,266 37,457 8,743 15,913 24,681 1,235 7,631 47,734 21,767 15,282 19,341 1,658 Wage Record Required For Old Age Insurance V SM/f FOR STYIINS If £** Feast your eyes on the smooth-flow ing lines and contours of this best-sellinz Chevrolet for ’40, with New “Royal Clipper’’ Styling. . . . Note that it’s the longest of all lowest-priced cars, measuring 181 inches from front of grille to rear of body. . . . 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VALVE-IN-HEAD SIX $i AND UP, at Flint. Michigan. Trans portation based on rail rates, state and local taxes {if any), optional equipment and accessories—extra. Prices subject to change without notice. A General Motors Value. rr 'Chevrolet's FIRST Again! McGrath motor co., McCORMICK, S. C. /CHEVROLET “announced today that her office U. S. Marine bandies insurance payments only for workers and their dependents who have been employed since January 1, 1937, and have a wage record in commerce and industry. Old people who are in need and have not been working should ap ply to the local welfare office in the county in which they live, and not to the Social Security Board, declared Miss Pressly. i With its authorized strength of Those who have just reached 25,000 approximately reached by years of age and have received as recru jti n g over 6.500 additional Corps Nears Goal Of 25,000 Enlisted RECRUITING TO BE CURTAIL ED AFTER JANUARY EN LISTMENTS. much as $300 in covered employ ment in the last three years, $50 or more in each of six calendar quarters, may be entitled to a men, an increase qf about 37 per cent, and replacing normal monthly losses since September, recruiting for the U. S. Marine monthly insurance payment. How- g wm be gr e a tly curtailed ever, she said, “Unless an old per- after January From month t o son has been working at some job month thereafter only a limited in a store, shop, mine, factory, or | number of men W i|j pe enlisted to other place of business, it is use less to apply to the Social Securi ty Board Field Office.” The requirements are lowered to enable workers already close to retirement age to qualify for monthly insurance payments. For this group, beginning January 1, 1939, wages earned after age 65 are permitted to count toward in surance payments. There are four groups now, ac cording to Miss Pressly, who may be entitled to monthly insurance payments under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance provisions of the Social Security Act as amend ed. They are: 1. Wage earners 65 years of age or over who decide to retire and who have sufficient wage credits from jobs covered by the act; the wives of such workers if or when they are 65; or any children under 16, or 18 if attending school. 2. Widows at age 65 of insured workers; widows, regardless of age, if there are young children in their care; and dependent chil- replace those discharged, retired and transferred to the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve after com pletion of 16 and 20 years service. Sub-Stations in Atlanta and Augusta will be closed in February and the District Recruiting Head quarters at Macon will accept ap proximately 15 men each month from this territory. The Southern Recruiting Divi sion with Headquarters at New Orleans, La., enlisting men from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisana, Arkansas, Ok lahoma, Tennessee and Texas, will close 2 District offices and 18 Sub-Stations in February. Full information concerning the Marine Corps and application blank for enlistment may be had by calling at or writing the U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Macon, Ga. Extra Fine Values In USED TRUCKS — and — POWER UNITS They are real bargains. Come and see them. GEORGIA TRUCK & EQUIPMENT CO. 9th and Reynolds St. AUGUSTA GEORGIA WHY suffer from Colds? For quick relief from cold symptoms take 666 « 6GS The Augusta Fat Cattle Show dren themselves until age 16, or sml Sale is sponsored by the 118 if they are regularly attending TTwtn States Livestock association school. sod the Augusta Chamber of 3. 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Link’s Store, Feb. personal property, except the 20th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon, kind that is returned to the tax e. M. Morgan’s Store, Feb. 20th, commission. All owners, agents, 3 p. m . to 5 p. m. guardians, administrators, attor neys, etc., please take notice and make returns: Office all of January and through February 13th. J. C. Talbert’s Store, Feb. 14th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Bordeaux, Cade’s Store, Feb. 14th, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Mt. Carmel, Feb. 15th —Mrs. N. S. Scott’s Store, Feb. 15th, 9 a. m. to 10 a. m.; W. A. Scott’s Store, Feb. 15th, 10 a. m. to 11 a. m.; W. H. Horton’s Store, Feb. 15th, 11 a. m. to 12 noon. Hollingsworth’s 10 a. m. to 12 Mrs. Mattie Store, Feb. 21st, noon. Vernon Church, Feb. 21st, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Young’s School House, Feb. 22nd. 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Modoc, Feb. 22nd—C. T. Bussey’s Store, Feb. 22nd, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m Parksville, Feb. 23rd—J. P. Brun son’s Store, Feb. 23rd, 1 p. m. to 2 p. m.; W. T. Self’s Store, Feb 23rd, 2 p. m. to 3 p. m.; J. H. Percival’s Store, Feb. 23rd, 3 p. m. wiiiwion irih 1 efu wri«7*it it0 4 P- m.; D. M. Blackwell’s Store, Willington, Feb. 15th—Wright F h d 4 n m k n m -.Wi. A nrc> OfrvvA 1 KtV* Q r-» m -PCD. Zoru, * p. HI. W D p. m. Andrews’ Store, Feb. 15th, 3 p. m to 4 p. m.; Mrs. L. F. McNair’s Clarks Feb. 27th—Jeff Store, Feb. 15th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. Sharpton’s Store Feb. 27th, 3 p. m. Plum Branch, Feb. 16th—G. Aijo 4 P- m;W W. Hammond’s Talbert’s Store. Feb. 16th, 1 p. m. j Store, Feb. 27th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m to 2 p. m.; J. L. BracknelJ’s Store,! Meriwether, Feb. 28th—J. O. Feb. 16th, 2 p. m. to 3 p M *m.; J. J. Marshall’s Store, Feb. 28th, 3 p. m. to 4 p. m.; J. M. Rich’s Store, Feb. 28th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. After February 28th 10 per cent penalty on all who failed or re fused to make returns. All male persons between 21 and 60 years are liable for poll tax. 21 to 50 years are liable for road tax or street tax. C. W. PENNAL, Auditor. . ag— . » WE'RE our/ VJHAT? 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