Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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♦ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMlCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, January 23, 1941 Best Lineman WASHINGTON. D. C. . . . Duch Bersman (left). Catholic University coach, presenting the Knute Rockne Trophy to Robert Suffrldge, Univer sity of Tennessee star when the latter was selected as the outstand- grid lineman for the 19HkO sea- Appeasers > '• V % 5 ■ 'Mm* 1* -L' '&y\ •>. > v. x V : PITTSBURGH. Pa. ... An old Eng lish Sheepdog and a German Dachshund stop to exchange a few loving words, all unaware of the turmoil in their homelands. Walt till they see the newspapers! About 800 Army Families Billeted In And Near Columbia Just arrived Tuesday, a fresh load of Mules and Mares. All sound and good workers. See them at my stables on Upper Main Street. Agent for Studebaker Wagons. J. L. SMITH Main Street — Phone 1420 — McCormick, S. C. GULF SERVICE STATION I am now operating the Gulf Service formerly operated by Mr. J. T. Faulkner on the West corner of Main Street and Route 43, and am prepared to render prompt and efficient service to the motoring public with that GoocL Gulf Gasoline, Oils, Tires, Tubes and Accessories. Cars washed, greased, polished and waxed on short notice. Give me a trial and be convinced that I have the • * service you desire. WALTER T. STROM Phone 40J McCormick, S. C. WOOD BURNING STOVE Buy Your Automatio Wood-burn ing Stove And Furniture On Easy Payment Plan. J. S. STROM I PHONE NO. 76 McCORMICK, S. C. Sample Savings One Way Rd.-TTip Greenville, S. C. $1.15 $2.10 Spartanburg, S. C. 1.60 2.90 Charlotte, N. C. 2.20 4.00 Asheville, N. C. 2.05 3.70 Augusta, Ga. .65 Jacksonville, Fla. 4.15 Charleston, S. C. 2.70 Columbia, S. C. 1.55 Knoxville, Tenn. 3.70 Savannah, Ga. 2.55 Strom’s Cut-Rate Drug Store Phone 95, McCormick, S. C. 1.20 7.50 4.90 2.80 5.85 4.60 RIYHRIIND Fort Jackson, S. C., Jan. 19.— Between 750 and 800 Army fami lies have been placed in homes and apartments in Columbia, S. C., and surrounding towns during the past six months by the Post Bil leting office here. Major Ellis Moore, Billeting officer, said to day. “Despite this amazing increase in demand for living space,” Major Moore said, “The people of Columbia have cooperated to the fullest extent in not raising rents and in trying to help in-coming families get located. Southern hospitality has never been more truly proven.” Of the total number of Army families seeking new homes through his office, the Major said, 95 per cent of them have been placed in Columbia. The remainder have taken houses or apartments in the near by towns of Camden*. Lexington, Sumter, Orangeburg, Newberry, St. Matthews, Fort Motte, Winnsboro, Ridgeway, Springfield, Batesburg, Gaston, Leesville, North Pelion, Rembert, Sally, Swansea and White Rock. “However, these Army families are not the only new families moving into this region, Major Moore said. At Fort Jackson, some 5,000 civilians are employed in the vast construction program of readying the Post for the 45,000 men who will be in training there by spring. Many of these civilian employees have also rented places in Columbia and nearby towns. “As a matter of fact,” Major Moore said, “A recent check by the Chamber of Commerce reveals that only two out of every seven families turning on utilities in newly rented houses or apart ments are Army families. “All of these Army families and civilian Army employees have moved into this area during the past six months,” the Major said. “Naturally, this sudden increase in demand for places to rent has caused a shortage of places avail able.. At the present time, for example, there are no apartments of the cheaper class for non-com missioned officers in Columbia. Other priced apartments and houses are scattered and difficult to find.” More Dairy Cattle In State Big Need Clemson, Jan. 18.—“There is large outlet for dairy products in South Carolina which if supplied with reasonable adequacy would require many more milk cows than we now have”, says O. M. Clark, extension agricultural economist, discussing the general outlook for dairying and the need for more dairy cows in South Carolina. “A recent survey indicates that | about 44 per cent of the farm families of the state do not have a milk cow, and only 38 per cent] have an adequate supply of aailk’\ Mr. Clark explains. “An increase in dairy cattle numbers in this state is desirable for the purpose of correcting this deficiency re gardless of the national outlook for dairy products.’ Regarding the dairying pros pects in. the country as a whole] Mr. Clark points out that the number of milk cows on farms has been increasing during the last few years and will probably j continue to increase over the next] two or three years. The produc tion of dairy products will quite likely be greater in 1941 than in 1940, but the demand is expected] to be stronger, and price§ of dairy products will probably average a] little higher in 1941 than in 1940. The total income from dairy prod ucts will be higher in 1941 than the year before. The areas in which the fresh or fluid milk is produced for mar kets in South Carolina are so separated and independent of each other that the national out look with respect to dairy products may not apply in any great de gree to the fluid milk markets of this state. However, the national situation does influence the prices] of other dairy products of this state and of milk cows themselves, | x- Aiken’s Com Contest Reveals Good Farming I Death Craft—With 300 MPH Goal LfNES\ “When we do locate apartments or houses to rent,” Major Moore continued, “We try to inspect them and appraise their rental value. In many cases, owners here come to us and request we make such an appraisal. “Now and then we find an owner who has set the rental price higher than we think is justified. These cases are excep tional, but nearly always when we explain our position the own er changes his price to our figure,” the Major said. “Such friendly cooperation as this speaks highly for the hospi tality not only of Columbia but also of the entire State of South Carolina.” At present the personnel at Fort Jackson totals 23,000 troops. By spring it will be over 40,000. Major Moore said he believes that the problem of meeting the demand created by these incoming units will be met by the building pro gram in Columbia and by the evacuation of places to rent by civilian employees of the con struction program which will be drawing to an end by spring. In many places in Columbia new garage apartments are being com pleted each week, and other building programs are being plan ned. As for the civilian employ ees, Major Moore pointed out that already their number has de creased from 7,000 to 5,000. Today, Major Moore said, be tween eight and 30 calls come i ito his office each day from / ny people seeking places to it. Most of these calls have beer 1- lowed up by recommendat ' v is and lease-signing; however, is so-far successful program as been possible largely becaus of the splendid cooperation of • Co lumbians and others in this r^ in. One of the foremost organ za- tions in Columbia to coop ate with the placing of Army far, lies has been the Columbia Hor ing Board. Its members include I\ M. Edwards, president, R. B. Mobley, secretary, and R. G. Childs, R. L. Merchant, C. Wilmot Brown, Lt. Col. John A. Hettinger, George A Aiken, Jan. 20.—A total yield of 309.5 bushels on five acres at a total cost of $59.40 and total re turns of $185.70 at 60 cents per bushel won for H. C. Coward first place in the Aiken county five- acre yellow corn contest conduc ted in 1940 by the Clemson Ex ten sion Service under supervision of County Agents F. H. Corley and C. P. Guess, Jr. Mr. Coward’s winning of the com contest centers attention on his progressive well-balanced farming, says County Agent Cor ley. After graduating from Clemson College in 1931 Mr. Coward ~man- aged his father’s fanp for three years. In 1934 he rented the 225- acre farm from his mother and began farming for himself, and in 1939 he purchased from the es tate this acreage. Mr. Coward now plants about 55 acres of cotton and averages bet ter than a bale and a quarter per acre. In 1938 he had the distinc tion of winning second prize ?n the state five-acre cotton contest with a yield of 1134 pounds of lint cotton per acre. Each year he feeds out 15 to 20 head of steers, using the surplus feed stuffs produced on his farm. He keeps a herd of some 75 hogs and is using three registered sows and two gilts as a means of maintain ing good blood lines in his bogs. Under the present program of reduced cotton acreage, he plants each year 8 to 10 acres of sweet potatoes as a source of additional On Guard! SST A!.- > DONT TELL ; AUNTY & UNCLE vmt&m WASHINGTON. D. C. . . . Counter part of the “Don’t Tell War Secrets” placards so widely used in England, Is this new poster which has made Its appearance throughout the USTROIT, Mich. . . . This weird craft appeared In the Detroit River to be tested by its Inventors, A. W. Reed of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, ond T. F. Thompson of Des Moines, Iowa,'who designed it as an experimental torpedo boat. The large wheel is powered by a 360* horsepower motor. Objective Is a sneed of 300 miles per hoar. Quiz Kids Quiz Quints’ Doctor NEW YORK, N. Y. . . . Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, who brought the Dionre Quintuplets into the world and is their medical guardian, is at the receiving end of a barrage of questions as the “Quiz Kids” of ratLo fame stump him with a few puzzlers. v =is= A New Legion in France *•4 fey. GRENOBLE, France . . ; These French school girls are dressed in the uniform cf the “Young Ladies of the Legion of Honor.” Black dress** and white collars are the order of the day in the school conduclca the French Legion. - :J ...1.!, 11 . . '■'Bill “Pretty Nifty, Huh Kid!” SOUTH EASTON, Mass. . . . Chanticleer, prize light Brahma cock, casts an admiring eye at his reflection in the looking glass after having walked off with the grand championship of the New York Poultry Show. He is owned by Dr. H. W. Kingman, of the Maplewood Stock Farm, here, a prize-winning veteran of many shows. United States War Department. Buchanan, Jr., and Major Mzcre. | t T °cle Sam Is taking no chances. income. In addition to his personal prop erty Mr. Coward farms coopera tively with his brother 275 acres of land. They operate three tractors, one combine and binder, and a hay baler, both for custom work and for their own crops. On 125 acres of rye they average ap proximately 15 bushels per acre; on 200 acres of oats, approximate ly 32 bushels; on 10 acres of wheat, above 18 bushels. Each year Mr. Coward purcba c; new grain and cotton seed d ' , from the breeder, and with c~ ful management sells good quz / seed first year from the breedc j farmers in South Carolina :..id Georgia. In so doing he lot only has another source of cash income but he also helps to spread better seed among other farmers. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AT YOUR SERVICE TO v HELP YOU SE