McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 27, 1941, Image 8
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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 27, 1941
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1941 Cotton Stamp
Plan To Be Ex
plained At Meetings
Dear Producer:
Arrangements have been made
to hold meetings at the following
places for the purpose of explain
ing the 1941 Cotton Stamp Plan.
Tf possible, please attend one of
'these meetings:
McCormick County Court House
—Saturday, March 29th, 10:00 A. M.
Clarks Hill Depot—Monday,
March, Slst, 3:00 P. M.
* Plum Branch Depot—Tuesday,
April 1st, 10:00 A. M.
Washington Consolidated School
Yard—Tuesday, April 1st, 3:00
P. If.
X. M. Morgan’s Store, Plum
Branch, S. C.—Wednesday, April
2nd, 3:00 P. M.
WUUngton, (Yard of Community
Center) —^Thursday, April 3rd,
19:90 A. M.
Mt. Carmel, (Yard of Commu
nity Center)—Thursday, April 3rd,
3:09 P. M.
Mrs. Hollingsworth’s Store, Rt.
No. 2, McCormick, S. C.—Friday,
April 4th, 10:00 A. M.
Dowtin Community, (Robinson
Sdhool Yard)—Friday, April. 4th,
*3:00 P. M.
All of the above meetings ex
cept the meeting to be held in the
Court House Saturday morning,
March 29th, will be held out in
the open. Therefore, if weather
conditions are not suitable on
these dates, the meetings will be
postponed.
Very truly yours,
M. A. Bouknight, Secretary
McCormick, County A. C. A.
James O. Patterson, Jr.,
County Administrative Assistant.
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Union Meeting 4
Edgefield Association, Mountain
Creek Baptist Church, Sunday,
March 39th.
Five-Acre S. C.
Cotton Contest
OPEN AGAIN TO ALL FARMERS
The regular Fifth Sunday Union
Meeting of the Churches of the
Edgefield Association will be held
with the Mountain Creek Baptist
Church on Sunday, March 30th.
The morning session will begin at
eleven o’clock, and the afternoon
session will begin at two o’clock.
Dinner will be served by the
Mountain Creek Church. Interest
ing and helpful programs have
been prepared which it is felt will
be enjoyed by all who come. Each
church of the association is urged
to have delegates present; and a
cordial invitation is extended to
every one to attend.
A. D. Croft, Chairman,
Program Committee.
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On the West corner of Main Street and Route 43
Phone 40J McCormick, S. C.
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The South Carolina five-acre
cotton contest, which has been
conducted each year since 1926,
will be continued in 1941. This
contest is conducted by the Ex
tension Service, -and is sponsored
by the Sopth Carolina Cotton
Manufacturers’ Association. Prizes
for 1941 will be the same as. 1940,
which are as follows:
First state prize, $750; second
state prize, $275; first district
prize, $200; second district prize,
$125.
Since the beginning of the con
test in 1926 more than 11,000
farmers have entered from all
sections of South Carolina. Mc
Cormick County had a winner in
1939. This contest has been in
strumental in putting South Caro
lina at the top of the list so far
as quality of cotton and length
of staple is concerned.
There are no strings tied to this
contest. Any' variety of cotton
that pulls at least one inch staple
is eligible to compete. Any for
mula and quantity of fertilizer
may be used. The five acres must
be in one body of land. A simple
record of performance is required.
All McCormick County farmers
are invited to enter this contest.
Entry blanks may be obtained at
the county agent’s office.
M. A. Bouknight,
County Agent.
T'TT
PROGRAM
REPORT
to A merica
Edgefield Associations! Baptist
Training Union Rally, Sunday
Afternoon, March 30, At
Mountain Creek Church
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The Program is ,as follows:
Theme—“Following The Living
Christ.”
2:00—Song Service — Led by
Chorister—Rev. Yates Frady.
2:10—Devotional—“Obeying the
Living Christ”—Ethelyn Shuford.
2:20—Roll call of churches, bus
iness, announcements.
2:40 — Demonstration — “The
Bible and Records”—Plum Branch
Inter. Union.
2:55—Special Music. •
3:00—Message—“Following the
Living Christ in our Training
Unions.” Rev. J. F. Burriss.
3:25—Hymn—“Where He Leads
Me I Will Follow”—Congregation.
3:30—Dismissal.
X
National Defense
Work In State
Pushed By W.P.A.
Columbia, March 25.—National
defense work in South Carolina is
being pushed to the fullest extent
by the Work Projects Administra
tion through its 16,000 project
workers now engaged in defense
activities in this state. Acting
commissioner Howard O. Hunter
recently notified state administra
tor Lawrence M. Pinkney that
workers on certified defense con
struction projects of the WPA
could be employed on a 48 hour
per week basis “to expedite work
and move up completion dates on
certified defense projects”. For
merly the maximum weekly hours
were 140 for any one project
worker.
Mr. Pinckney reported yesterday
that more than 1,200 WPA workers
are currently employed in South
Carolina on projects for the de
partment of war, more than 150 on
national guard work, and more
than 1,500 on work of the depart
ment of the navy.
The largest single group, more
than 9,000 workers, is employed
on the Santee-Cooper clearing
project where the men are located
in 30 different camps. The San
tee-Cooper hydro-electric devel 'p-
ment was recently declared es*^T-
tial to national defense by v r :l-
liam S. Knudsen, OPM Director
General.
Approximately 300 addP r ^ • al
WPA employees are reccj i tg
training in skills and trades v e-
quired by defense industries. '' 're
than 400 other workers al’ ^dy
have completed this training, in
South Carolina.
Others of the 16,000 WPA le-
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to produce bomber airframe
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5 Several months ago work was
started, on our own initiative, on
an entirely new 1500 horsepower air
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XX
New African Squash
A Fine Winter Type
fense workers in South Car-ina about eight feet by eight
are employed on various air/ rts, when danger of frost is past
the strategic highway netwov
Blackville, March 24.—The new
African squash, which has been
under test at the Edisto Experi
ment Station near here, has pos
sibilities of becoming an impor
tant winter-type squash for South
Carolina, according to O. B. Gar
rison, assistant horticulturist of
the station.
“Unlike other winter-type va
rieties, the African squash appears
to be well adapted to the South
east, is highly productive, and the
fruits keep well during the win
ter”, says Mr. Garrison. “A plant
ing of this variety yielded about
5 1-2 tons per acre at the Edisto
Station last season and some of j
these fruits, now in common stor- J
age, are still in excellent condi- j
•tion. An adequate supply for
family use can be grown in the
home garden and the fruits kept
throughout the winter months
when other vegetables of similar
flavor and palatability are not
available.”
This squash, chemists, point out,
is a rich source of vitamin A and as
such is valuable for supplementing
sweet potatoes and the leafy vege
tables, particularly turnip greens
and collards, during the winter;
and spring. The raw squash con
tains 1 1-2 times as much caro
tene (pre-vitamin A) as does raw
sweet potato.
This variety has thus far shown
remarkable resistance to the in
sects and diseases which common
ly attack the squash in this sec
tion; therefore, spraying or dust
ing is not likely to be necessary.
The seed are planted in hills
feet
The
a bell-shaped fruits are left on the
survey of employment and : ^ed,
facilities for naval aviation and
maxhie activities at the Citade
piHYjKiealth activities schools
serVfSwdrcn of military and
naval • >Siployees, recreational
activities in communities adjacent _
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vine until they reach maturity
when they turn to a bright yellow
^color. They range from four to
IP poundstjin size. As soon as the
ithey should be
and stored in a cool, dry place, the
fruits will keep for months.
When sectioned and baked, one
medium-size fruit will provide six
to eight tasty servings. They may
be used to prepare delicious pies
similar to sweet potato and pump
kin pies.
IXt
Better Farming Notes
In January, the Hampton Coun
ty Livestock Marketing Associa
tion sold 212 hogs for 47 farmers,
netting them $3259.88. The associ
ation membership has now reach
ed 225.—J. C. Anthony, Hampton.
The poultry project committee
has approved loans to 4-H club
members for poultry projects
which total at least 5,000 baby
chicks, largely with new producers.
—R. D. Steer, Greenv/ood.
J. A. Blakely is conducting a bar-
ley-for-silage demonstration which
looks very promising. John W.
King, Jr., states that he can pro
duce green feed more economically
with barley than with corn.—W.
R. Gray, Greenville.
Members of the one-variety cot
ton community having for sale
good seed one year from breeders
are having their seed tested for
germination. We hope to place
all good seed in the communities
where they were produced.—J. D.
Miller, Greenville. I
Since lime was distributed last
season through the AAA, a good
many farmers have applied for it
this year for permanent pastures,
and sites are being selected for
this purpose.—M. M. McCord,
Georgetown.
We have received 31 cars of
lime through AAA, most of which ;
will go to improve pastures. We
have secured seed and lime for 20
acres of permanent pasture dem
onstrations.—J. W. McLendon,
Florence. •
Eight farmers have been assi-'^dl
in selecting suitable locations ' 'r,
pastures, with fertilizer and f''*' : -
ing recommendations for c \'
Many others have been r'"i
assistance in the office.—J. J.
King, Florence.
To encourage better home or-
ards we fielt^armersjx) select
cooperatively. We have thus far
ordered 300 fruit trees and 61
pecan trees for 22 farmers.—R. H.
Lemmon, Fairfield.
Several farmers on rural electric
lines have been advised regarding
brooding/chicks with electricity.
Three fafmers have decided to
brood this method.—J. F. Jones,
Edgefield.
D. D. Kiser of Reevesville pur
chased a registered jack from an
outstanding breeder in Tennessee,
and thus should stimulate mule
raising as an added farm enter
prise.—J. M. Lewis, Dorchester.
We shipped eight cars of hogs 5.n
January. With improving prices,
interest is increasing, our farmers
are doing a better job of feeding,
and will give more attention to
the spring litters.—S. W. Spps,
Dillon.
To date 42 farmers have ordered
pine seedlings through our office.
Many more would set out these
seedlings but feel that they have
no protection from forest fires.—
F. M. Hast, Clarendon.
We assisted four farmers in
grading and marketing 525 bushels
of sweet potatoes which netted
$658.25. Interest is gradually grow
ing and there will be some new
producers this year.—J. C. Willis,
Chesterfield.
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