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J ■X McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 15, 1940 Set * ^• Cotton Report As Of August 1,1940 A South Carolina cotton crop of 840,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight is forecast from conditions as of August 1, according to report issued by Frank O. Black, agrfcul- ral statistician, Columbia, Au gust 9th. A crop of this size would e 31,000 bales or 4 per cent below production in 1939 but 52,000 bales «>r 7 per cent above average pro duction for the 7 years since the beginning of the control program .'n 1933. The August 1 condition of 79 per cent of normal indicates a yield per acre of 318 pounds lint, vhich would be 24 pounds below the record yield of 342 pounds last year but 43 pounds above the av erage of 275 pounds since 1933 and 4 urther compares with the aver age of 219 pounds for the 5-year period (1928-32) immediately pre ceding the control program. The forecast is based on 1,264,- 000 acres for harvest this fall, which. compares with 1,218,000 acres harvested last year and the average of 1,369,000 acres har vested during the 7 years 1933-39. Early Spring weather was too rod for proper germination and growth, but June and July weather was generally favorable and the crop has largely overcome the slow WANT ADV. FOR SALE—Good Jersey/Milch Cow, and Heiffer CalL-at-reason able price. W. A. Tumblin, Troy, S. C. • » ‘ FOR RENT—Connor Hotel in McCormick in two ' apartments, *25.00 for 1st floor, $25.00 for 2nd floor. Barrett Real Estate Co., 135—8th Street, Augusta, Gk, ————■■ —■n ii . , ,y^——i — , FOR SALE—Six room house with modern conveniences. Two (2) Jots within two (2) blocks of the High School. J. W. Wilkins, Mc Cormick, S. C. loot look 4 i* BIG 6*/4 a NEW 1940 inNH $114.95* attkSTurl N O QUESTION—die new Kel- vinstors are the greatest elec tric refirigerators ever built. 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And be sure and ask for your free copy of "The 1940 Refrigerator Guide’*, which gives complete authorita- dvt Information to help you select your 1940 refrigerator. *Jfca|r mmd Inti tax** vetr* Him ** *Small down payment —easy terms” McCormick Service Station t- McCormick, S. C. start and Is now about up to av erage in advancement. Plants are rather small in some ooaiities —.particularly on clay soils—where moisture has been omewhat deficient, but generally •peaking the crop is uniformly good over the entire State. Prospects on August 1 were bet ter in the extreme northwestern and southern portions, where the condition was reported as 84 and 83 per cent of normal, respective ly, but less favorable ^hruout the middle two-thirds of the State where the condition averaged 74 per cent. ., . Reported weevil infestation is the lowest in years. It appears that fewer weevils than usual emerged this spring, which, coupled with extensive poisoning and very favorable weather for weevil control during the last half of July, has reduced the weevil threat to a minimum. Crop correspondents estimate that 97 per cent of this year’s cotton acreage received commer cial fertilizer and that an average of 405 pounds per acre were ap plied. This is about the usual proportion of acreage receiving fertilizer but the amount applied is 5 pounds above last year and 75 pounds above the ten-year (1929- 38) average. ^ A United States cotton crop of 11,429,000 bales is forecast by the Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Ag riculture, based upon information gathered as of August 1% Such a production would be 388,000 bales, or 3.3 per cent, less than the 1939 crop, and 2,118,000 bales, or 15.6 per cent, less than the 10-year (1929-38)-average. . • The average yield for the United States is. forecast at 222.3 pounds per acre, which is 15.6 pounds less than the 1939 yield, but 24.2 pounds more than the average of 198.1 pounds per acre. The forecast production of 2,- 893.000 bales in Texas is slightly more than produced in 1939, but a million bales less than average production in that State. The Arkansas prospect of 1,315,000 bales is 100,000 bales less than last year and slightly above av erage. In Mississippi, a crop of 1,- 313,000 bales is about 18 per cent below 1939 and the average. The Alabama, Louisiana, and Okla homa crops are about 30 per cent below average. The Missouri crop is much below last year but 13 per cent ab6ve average, while the Tennessee crop is about average. South Carolina has a favorable prospect of 840,000 bales in com parison with the average produc tion of 820,000 bales in that State. Georgia and North Carolina crop prospects are about 20 and 10 per cent respectively below average. Production in the irrigated States of the West continues above av- erage. The cotton acreage of 24,616,000 acres used in this report is the es timated acreage in cultivation on July 1 less the 10-year average abandonment. The acreage is 811,000 acres, or 3 per cent, more than finally harvested in 1939, but 8,550,000 acres, or 26 per cent, less than the average of 33,166,000 acres. The Board secured such information as was available con cerning the number of acres which would be removed in order to comply with the Agricultural Conservation Program, and made due allowance for-such reduction in acreage to be harvested in de termining the probable produc tion. The reports from crop corre spondents indicate that the crop in the Mississippi Delta and in Alabama and Tennessee is from one week to 12 days late, due to late plantings and frequent rains and cool weather until late July In Texas and Oklahoma, the crop is only A few days late; in Geor gia, less than a week late; while in the Carolinas, it is average or earlier. Reports received up to August 1 concerning weevil presence and activity indicate a light prospec tive loss from this source in Vir ginia and the Carolfhas/ 'ln Geor gia, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, prospective loss is in dicated near to average. In Mis sissippi and Oklahoma, a relatively light loss is indicated. For the United States as a whole, prospec tive loss from this source is less than last year and less than av erage. WASHIM<nON Washington, August 12.—The presidential campaign machinery of both the major parties has now been set up and the actual cam paign is about to begin. The selection by the President of Ed ward J. Flynn, of New York, as Chairman of the Democratic Na tional Committee to succeed Post master-General Farley, while not expected, is considered by Demo cratic politicians generally as a THE/TREND IS TO TAYLOR! Voterfe All Over Third District Are Rallying To Andersonian — Textile Workers Say Taylor Was Right On Wage Law And Are For Him — Whole District Recalls His Fine Record And Faithful Service >r- Taylor favors a strong Ajvny. Navy and Air Force with which to defend America. He isv'no new convert to this view^naving al- 11 ways advocated a^,strong defense nolicy for this jration. He is in full accord with President Roose velt’s defense program. six years he repre- the people of the Third t Taylor was a tireless ker. He was successful in pre senting the needs of many towns and communities for various Fed eral projects. Many of'these were built during his term in office, sent way possible. He voted for full payment of the soldiers’ bonus. He is a World War veteran. He voted to take the profit out of war. Personally and politically he is a dry. Taylor is a frank, sincere, man of deep convictions. He values his word, makes no idle promises. The people know they can trust Taylor to keen his word and serve them faithfully. He served the Third District well for six years, giving prompt atten tion to every letter and request i STEM DENT TOOTH BRUSH Pure Strong OO* i Bristles uilt for looq life ■SPECIALS 1 FREEl4-oz. SQUIBB’S MINERAL OIL purchMB PINT SIZE SOTH PEOPLES DRUG STORE DR. C. R. STROty And JOE A. SIBERT, Props. 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PHONE NO. 76 McCORMICK, S. C. Mr. Roosevelt wanted Senator Byrnes of South Carolina to take the post. Mr. Byrnes is regarded as the smartest political strategist in his party. He declined the Presidential invitation on the plea that he is a victim of hay fever which always lays him low for a month or more at the very time of year when the campaign will be at its height. Chairman Flynn inherits from Chairman Farley a thoroughly or ganized party machine. He has not the intimate knowledge of party leaders and workers throughout the nation that Mr. Farley has. He also lacks much of Mr. Farley’s personal megnetism which has made the retiring Chairman one of the most popu lar politicians in the country. Mr. Flynn has a long and excel lent record of public service. He has been Secretary of State of New York, Sheriff of Bronx Coun ty and is now the acknowledged political leader of that most popu- ous borough of New York City. Larger Bank-roll The Democrats start their cam paign with a larger potential bank-roll than the Republicans have. Under the Hatch law, no national party organization may spend more than $3,000,000 in any presidential campaign year. The Republicans have already spent, since January 1, 1940, about $1,- 500,000, while the Democratic National Committee has still about $2,000,000 margin left for use in this campaign. But the Hatch law permits State Committees and other political groups to spend as much as they can raise. That, at least, has been the general interpretation of this new “Purity in Politics” measure as understood in Wash ington, and it has been confirmed in a formal legal opinion given to the Republican National Commit tee by its General Counsel and former Chairman, Hon. Henry P. Fletcher Mr. Willkie, the Republican nominee, has set his foot down firmly against extravagant’ ex penditures on his behalf. Nobody is to be paid for making speeches for him. The radio chains are worrying for fear they will not get their usual large revenue for broadcasting political speeches. But nothing is to stop State and County Committees, “Willkie-for- President” clubs and the rapidly organizing. Democratic Willkie Party from spending whatever they like for local newspaper ad vertising. Martin Tied Up Representative Joe Martin of Massachusetts, the new Chairman of the Republican National Com mittee, is not likely to be able to give the close attention to the campaign that he did in 1932 and 1936, when he was in charge of the Eastern headquarters of the party. Mr. Martin has his hands full as leader of the Republican minority in the House of Repre sentatives. So John Hamilton, the former Chairman and now Assistant Chairman, will run the campaign from national head quarters in Chicago and Samuel F. Pryor will be in charge of the New York offices. The heavy work in the East, however, is expected to be done by the Willkie Clubs, under the direction of Oren P. Root, the young man who actually started the Willkie movement, and who has associated with him Russell W. Davenport, formerly manag ing-editor of “Fortune Magazine,” and Raymond W. Buell, former President of the Foreign Policy Association. Besides those politi cal amateurs there is a large bloc of experienced politicians, former ly active in the Democratic Party, who are undertaking to organise Southern Democrats for Willkie in the hope of repeating their suc cess of 1928 when they carried ^ states of the Solid South for Hoover, by the aid of Democratic votes. The best and most scien" political forecasters today r e pointing to a strong trend in ? direction of a Republican vir’ / in November. But the sma* it of them are pointing out that at this period in the 1936 campaign the trend also seemed strongly Republican. In what direction, it may swing or continue depends upon events in Europe affecting our own national security, prob ably as much as upon any .other one possibility. Defense Non-partisan There is no political capital for either side to be made out of the National Defense program, nor does there seem to be any partisan angle which either party could use to advantage in the question of conscription of young Americans for military training. The bill ■ which Congress has before it pro- 1 viding for such conscription was sponsored by a Democratic Sena- i tor, Burke of Nebraska, who has since bolted the party and de clared for Willkie, and by Repre sentative Wadsworth of New York, a staunch Republican. One of its principal backers is Republican Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. On the other political side. President Roosevelt’s declaration that he favors the plan is ex pected to carry much weight. Mr. Willkie has promised to state his position on conscription in his speech of acceptance. Some who have talked to him lately expect his attitude to be the same as that of the President. A recent poll of daily newspapers through out the nation shows more than 87 per cent in favor of compul sory military training. The indications are, however, for a hotly contested and long- drawn-out debate in both Houses of Congress. wr'ittr WHAT? MO LETTERHEADS l WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and We’ll Print Some For You In A Hurry!!