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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 15, 1940 'is***'. * v~ McCormick County Makes Largest Acre Cotton Yield In History McCormick County farmers planted 10,442 acres of cotton in 1939 and harvested 3,161,109 pounds of lint or an average of 303 pounds of lint per acre. This Is believed to be the highest acre yield ever to be made in McCor mick County. The yield of "6,322 bales of 500 pounds each has not been, equaled in the county since the Agricultural Adjustment Pro grams were begun in 1933. The 1939 acreage in the county was the smallest acreage and the 1937 acreage of 14,300 acres was the largest acreage yet planted under any AAA. Program. The highest acre yield in the county .since 1932 and prior to 1939 was 191 pounds lint in 1933. “More Cotton on Fewer Acres and at a Cheaper Price” could well he the motto of every McCormick tanner for 1940. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BT J. FRANK MATTTSON, PRO BATE JUDGE: 'WHEREAS, Mrs. Birmah B "Young made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of E. C Young, Jr.; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to rite and admonish all and singu lar the Kindred and Creditors of the said E. C. Young, Jr., deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on February 24th, Next, after publication here of, at 11 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 10th day of February, Anno ' Domini, 1999 J. FRANK MATTTSOfc, ; Probate Judge. MASTER’S SALE By virtue of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of McCormick, S. C., here tofore made and entered in the case of The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, Plaintiff, Vs. P. G. Fboshe et al. Defendants, I will peH on Salesday in March, 1940, the same being the 4th day of paid month, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House Door in the Town of Mc Cormick, S. C., to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit: FIRST TRACT: All that tract rf land lying and being in Plum Branch School District, McCor mick County, South Carolina, con fining Eightv-Four and Flfty- fbree One Hundredths (84.531 seres, bounded on the North by lands of Mrs. Emmie Holly and Ram Buchanan Estate; East by Che lands of the Ludwick Estate Find the Estate of J. H. Lyon: South by W. R. Miner and West by T. D. Miner and C. to W. C. R- R SECOND TRACT: All that tract r f land lying and being in McCor mick School District, County of McCormick, State of South Caro lina, containing Eighty-Two and Six-Tenths (82.6) acres, bounded on the North by lands of T. O. McDonald and R. J. Mann; East hv M. G. to J. J. Dorn; South by M. G. and J. J. Dorn; and West by R^cky Creek. For a further description by rourses and distances, reference is n-ade to the morteage executed by P. G. Fooshe to The Federal. Land ^ank of Columbia, recorded in the office of the C. C. C. P. to G. S. pnd | or R. M. C. for McCormick bounty, S. C., in Mortgage Book 16. Page 225. TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. r "he purchaser is to nay for the rraking and recording of all rapers including the required -evenue stamps. The above de- r-ribed tracts will be sold as a ’ •hole and not as separate parcels. ”f the highest bidder should fail Immediately complv with his b<d in accordance with the terms the decree, the premises will hereafter be resold upon the f-me terms and at such bidder’s As no personal or deficiency '•^dgment is demanded in this rctlon. the same being expressly ~aived, the bidding will close at the sale and will not remain open for thirty days. J. FRANK MATTTSON, Blaster for McCormick County, S C Feb. 9, 1940.—3t. More Soil Building Urged By County Agent For 1940 County Agent D. Austin Shelley said to-day that McCormick bounty farmers carried out more oil-building practices in 1939 *han in any previous year. Urg ing that even more practices be "ondocted in 1940, the agent stated that the present oprxY- unitv afforded farmers for soil building under the AA.A. mav ■*ot be maintained on the present '•ale. Fmlainin* a few of the more timely practices that should re ceive the attention of McCormicK bounty farmers now. County ■'p'ert Shellev listed the following “'ractices with specifications set m by AA.A. officials which must v >e followed in order to receive pay for carrying out the prac tice: 1. Establishment of a perma nent vegetave cover bv planting crowns of Kudzu—Four units ($6.00) an acre. Specifications: All crowns must be set out before growth starts in ♦he spring. There must be at least 500 crowns of Kudzu planted per acre with a survival of at least 300 living plants. 2. Seeding lespedeza, crotolaria, sesbania. or sweet clover—One unit ($1.50) an acre. Specifications: (a). Minimum rates of seeding per acre are: Bur-clover—50 pounds in the bur. Sweetclover—20 pounds. Annual .lespedeza must be seed ed at a minimum of 20 pounds per acre. Lespedeza serecia—30 pounds per acre. 3. Establishment of permanent vegetative cover bv planting sod pieces of perennial grasses—Three units ($4.50) an acre. Specifications: Sod pieces must be planted not more than 3 feet apart or sprigs not m^re then 9. ♦®et aoart. This will be confined to areas sodded, to control run off water. If the sodding is done in con nection with the establishment of pasture, the following mixture of legumes and grasses must be seeded in addition to sodding: Dallis grass—10 pounds per acre. T-csnede^a—15 pounds ner acre. White Dutch elover—4 pounds per acre. 7. Seeding permanent pasture mixtures, containing a full seeding of Dallis. Bermuda, of carnet grass—Ttvo units ($3.00) an acre. Specifications: (a) . Non-cropland to be seeded to permanent nastnre shall be stirred by double harrowing or its equivalent. (b) . Mixture and rate of seeding per acre: * Bermuda grass—7 pounds. J. Dallis grass—10 pounds. Lespedeza—15 pounds. White Dutch clover—4 pounds. Or Carnet grass—8 pounds. Dallis grass—15 pounds. T-csnedeza—15 pounds. White Dutch clover—5 pounds. (c) . All preparation and seeding must be done in a workmanlike manner and in accordance with good farming practice. xx Chevrolet- LONG DISTANCE TRUCK If s WOMEN 40 ■nd This important Messagel D* you dread thoae "trying years" (38 to S*)7 Are you getting moody, cranky ana NERVOUS? Do you fear hot flashes, weak- —dinzy spells? Are you jealous ofatten- tiona other women get? THEN LISTEN — These symptoms often result from female functional disorders. So start today and take famous Lydia E. Plnkham’s Vegetable Com pound. For over 60 yesM Pink ham’s Com pound has helped hundreds of thousands of grateful women to go "smiling thru” diflleult days. Pinkham’s has helped calm unstrung nerves and Jewien annoyirp female func- tioniil M irregi?laritieG. M Ono of the TTiOit tie* ‘•woman’s” tonics, 'hu it! Detroit, Feb. 5.—Verified figures on the longest truck test run ever conducted under the auspices of the American Automobile Associa tion have been officially released by that authoritative body, with the completion of Chevrolet’s 100,- 000-mile, record-breaking truck tour of three nations. The run, which has been in progress since January, 1938, es tablishes a new world mark for sustained, certified operation. It began and ended in Ottawa, Canadian national capital, oh Jan. 10, 1938, and Jan. 21, 1940, re spectively. The unit selected for the test was a stock model, 1 1-2-ton Chevrolet truck, selected at ran- iom from assembly lines in Flint, Mich., by AAA officials. From the noment it left the assembly line, '^e truck has never moved an inch without AAA certification. hree official observers for the ’mpartial auto organization have een service with unit. First leg of the record-shatter- 5 ng run was a goodwill trip from Yttawa to Mexico City, after which the unit was returned to the United States for intensive coverage of American highways. Exactly four miles inside the border of the 48th state the unit had visited, the old world record of 50.000 miles of similar operating was equalled. From the state of Washington, where the mark was broken the unit continued to Pikes Peak, where it made the climb on “the world’s highest motor road” in time favorably comparable with that required by the average passenger ^ar and th* 1 - no motor or carburetion ad justments whatsoever. With the completion of the first phase of the test in 1938, the unit was taken to New York, where it was exhibited dismantled at the auto show. Reassembled under AAA supervision, it again took to the highways, and in the past year has visited every state once again adding more mileage. On Jan. 19, the 100,000-mile mark was passed as the unit enterea Detroit. The Detroit-Ottawa round trip added an extra 1,000 miles. Official AAA figures tell a story of economy, dependability, power and long life bearing out the slo gan of the Chevrolet truck depart ment. An average of 15.1 miles per gallon of fuel was maintained throughout the 100,000 miles, at an average operating speed of 33.07 miles per hour. Ton miles per gallon averaged 69.91, based on the 4,590-lb. fixed “pay-load” the unit carried throughout the run. Oil was changed 44 times throughout the run, and but five quarts were added between regular changes. Miles per quart of oil consumed I, 072. Of particular interest in the oil story, however, is the fact that mileage per quart during the final 10,000-mile period was ahead of the national average—1,181 miles per quart. Total operating cost, including gasoline, all oil used, lubrication, work, and replacement was $1,- 941.70, which is an average of $.01942 per mile and only $.00419 per ton mile. Water was added to the radiator 18 times in 100,000 miles, total amount added being 22 qts., 3-4 pint. The first pint of water was added after the unit had traveled II, 000 miles. The truck test run was the third Safe Driving Road Test conducted by Chevrolet, and the longest operation of its type ever under taken. Driver of the unit through out was Harry Hartz, old-time race driver. Stanley Reed, official AAA observer, ‘ accompanied the unit. T X T AU-State High School Chorus S. C. E, A. Meeting 100 Voices To Be Heard At An- * nual Teachers Association Meeting In Greenville. One thousand school children will join in an all-state high school chorus to sing a 30-minute concert which will preface the last general meeting of the South Carolina Education association’s annual convention in Greenville, March 13-15. The concert will be heard at noon, Friday, March 15, and will be the preliminary phase of a program which will present a nationally prominent figure as speaker. Edwin T. Gavin, director of music for the Columbia schools, will direct the concert, for which schools over the state are now re hearsing separately. Music for the concert was dis tributed by the S. C. E. A. several months ago. The all-state high school chorus has been a feature of the associa tion’s annual meeting for three years. Presidents To Have Breakfast At S. C. E. A. Meeting Thirty Living Past Presidents Of Teachers Association To Breakfast Together The 30 living past presidents of the South Carolina Education Association will attend a breakfast meeting during the organization’s annual convention in Greenville, March 13-15. This session will be held at 8 a. m., Friday, March 15, in the Poinsett Hotel, and in accordance with custom, the most recent past president will preside over the program, to be Wholly informal. E. W. Rushton, superintendent of the Batesburg-Leesville' schools, who headed the S. C. E. A. last year, will therefore have charge of proceedings at the breakfast meeting. The 29 other living past presi dents and the years in which they served follow: Dr. Patterson Wardlaw, 1893; E. L. Hughes, 1902; E. S. Dreher, 1907; Dr. L. T. Baker, 1908; Dr. D. W. Daniel, 1910; A. J. Thackston, 1912; A. B. Rhett, 1915; Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, 1916; W. C. Bynum, 1917; and Dr. J. P. Kinard, 1918. Also Dr. E. C. McCants, 1922; A. Mason Dupre, 1923; W. J. Mc- Garity, 1924; Dr. B. L. Parkinson, 1925; Miss Kate Wofford, 1926; Col. J. D. Fulp, 1927; L. P. Hollis, 1928; George W. Wannamaker, 1929; Dr. Harry Clark, 1930; Mrs. John Hargrove, 1930; H. O. Stro- hecker, 1931; A. C. Flora, 1932; W. H. Ward, 1933; C. K. Wright, 1934; W. D. Nixon, 1935, Dr. W. D. Magginis, 1936; J. C. Holler, 1937; N. M; Huckabee, 1938; and M. E. Brockman, 1938. Chevrolet— JANUARY SALES BEST SINCE 1936. Detroit, Feb. 8.—Chevrolet deal ers’ sales of new cars and trucks in the month of January totalled 73,328 units, a figure which smashes all January records, with the exception of a single year. The announcement was made at the company’s headquarters here to day. Sales for the month showed a gain of 21,326 units, or 41 per cent, over those for January 1939. Sales for the final 10 days totalled 25,915 units, as compared with 18,843 in the same period last year. The records show that in only one other January—January 1936 —has the record of the past month been equalled, and the sales in January of that million- Chevrolet year were only 2,280 units ahead of the month just closed. Sales of trucks totalled 14,113, r gain of 1,170 units over Januar. 1939. Used car sales in January wer 118,272 units, a gain of approxi mately 3,800 over those in Januar 1939. Used car sales in the fine 10 days were especially heavy, ex ceeding those for the second 1 days by 7,923 units. TO SELL ’EM, TELL ’EM- With An Ad Half Of All Land . Damaged By Erosion Half of- all- the land in the United States has been damaged by erosion and the process is costing farmers of the nation at least $400,000,000 a year in the removal of soil fertility a- lone, H. H. Bennett* Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, declares in presenting his annual report to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. To fight this wastage of soil re sources, farmers are organizing soil conservation districts under state conservation legislation. By June 15, the report shows, 36 states had passed laws permitting farmers to organize these new subdivisions “for purposes of co operative attack on local land problems”. As of Dec. 15, 1939, the number of districts had been in creased to more than 200, cover ing nearly 120,000,000 acres. In South Carolina, 10 soil con servation districts covering 7,000,- 000 acres have been organized, according to E. C. Turner, Jr., soil conservationist of the Clemson Extension Service. The SCS is cooperating with six of these dis tricts with an acreage of 5,500,000. Defining these districts as “the most promising avenue to nation wide conservation of many of our natural resources, and to nation wide. improvement in the use of land”, the Soil Conservation Serv ice head declares “this type of co operative community enterprise is proving helpful not , only to farmers but to a number of gov ernmental agencies”, and. con cludes: , “All the evidence of history supports the conclusion that a nation’s soil is its most valuable and basic natural resource. In the final analysis this resource must be maintained almost re gardless of cost because it is the source of our food, clothing, shel ter, fuel, and other basic require ments. xx Spend Fencing Money Only On Good Pasture Clemson, Jan. 29.—“When woods and idle land are fenced for graz ing. very little benefit is obtained and considerable damage is ac tually done by the acceleration of erosion and the destruction of young trees on areas not pro tected by a good sod”, says C. G. Cushman, extension dairy special- : st, discussing the cost and other >roblems of more fencing for more ivestock Mr. Cushman calls attention to findings of the Soil Conservation Service in this connection. Much more efficient use of noney spent for farm fencing can ■»e made by fencing first the best pasture land, rather than trying o fence in areas of woods pasture And idle land. Jack R. Hutcheson, Anil Conservation Service techni cian in the Richland county work unit of the Congaree Soil Con servation District, points out. Sinee the cost of fencing is about $100 per mile, the efficient use of ♦ence is an important economic consideration on the average farm Under ordinary conditions, mon- ev spent in constructing one mile of fence around such unproduc tive areas would be sufficient to develop six to eight acres of per manent, improved pasture bv liming, seeding, and fertilizing. PRIZE CONTEST For Our Customers* $2000 00 ir< CASH 10,000 | N A L PRIZE SJH NOW Is the Time to Buq NEW/ i HASTINGS' YELLOW PROUFIC Ji. CORN ADDITIOI IMPROVED STRAINS i^pUR QLD FAVORITES mms- peS m m Wm il ftH ■mM FOR YOUR SPRING GARDEN SEND TODAY FOR YOUR FREE 1940 GARDEN GUIDE CATALOG A POST CARD REQUEST BRINGS IT BY RETURN MAIL .v. -‘■.’V.-utr it I®' ft gggav Spsi?:: •v^lppgi NEW FLOWERS • FULL CONTEST DETAILS IN CATALOG ±r-*r H.G. [_815 HASTINGS AVE. / /1 Ih7SoutK/s«e<Jsm«n ATLANTA * 6A * ! FRESH SHIPMENT MULES AND MARES THIS WEEK T , aJ i * • .V , • *y - < This week I received a fresh, ship- y . Y* *• ' ment of nice Tennessee mules and; brood mares at my stables here. All guaranteed to give satisfaction. You are invited to come to my stables on Upper Main Street and look them over. y J. L. SMITH McCORMICK, S. C. With good pasture of this type the livestock will be concentrated on a small area that will provide more grazing than many times this amount of woodland or eroded hillside land. When eroded hillsides or other areas are planted to kudzu or other supplemental grazing crops, temporary or semi-permanent fences will usually suffice, Cush- j man advises. If property line fences are to be constructed, they j can usually be utilized, with a i minimum of additional fencing, | to exclude livestock from wood land and other areas not capable of producing good grazing. xx Lightwood Resources Of South Carolina Damaged By Fires Lightwood is a commonplace article in the lower South, par-! ticularly on the coastal plain and in the foot-hills and on the lower mountains. However, it is un known in the North, Middle-West, the West and Southwest. Lightwood is a product of the Southern Pines. It is formed in old-growth longleaf stumps after the sapwood has rotted away and in logs and tops of old trees which have been dead for some time It also occurs in the wood of long- leaf and slash pines back of tur pentine faces to various depth depending on how long the livin tree has been wounded. Othe wounds on any Southern Pine tree may cause resin to soak into a tree and produce areas of “fat’^ wood. Likewise the knots of all of these trees are pitch soaked. Lightwood is becoming scarce in many localities due to three fac tors advises the State Forest Ser vice. First, it is used in enormous quantities for kindling fires and for fuel by both farmers and city dwellers in the South. The sec ond reason is that the great rese- voir of old growth timber is al most exhausted and the fast growing second growth timber produces little lightwood. The third and most regrettable factor is that we are losing enormous quantities of lightwood annually by reason of woods fires consum ing huge quantities of valuable fat stumps and topwood which have a cash value for fuel * at present, or may be held for an increase in prices as supplies be come more scarce: “Farmers and other landowners can ill afford to permit woods fires to destroy this valuable ancT much used gift of Nature. If not destroyed it will remain on the land for many years, deteriorating very slowly and supplies revenue cr fuel for the owner. However, f fires burn over land containing : ghtwood it is gradually elimi- .ated and even the stumps below ;round are frequently consumed,” idvises the South Carolina Forest Service..