Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M m V ■ \ V* McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 1, 1941 REBUILT POWER UNITS For saw mills and frist mills. At money saving prices —installed for you —ready to operate. Georgia Truck ft Eqp. Co. 9th and Reynolds Street, Augusta, Georgia. WANT ADV. TOR SALE — Louisiana-Porto Rico Sweet Potato Plants, govern ment inspected, at $2.00 per 1,000 f. o. b.. Plum Branch. C. E. Wilkie. SALE—Coker's 100 No. 2, 200 No. 1, Coker’s 4-1, wilt b, cotton seed, at 75 cents per bushel, you furnish sack, at my home. T. A. Dowtin, R. 1, Troy. 8. C. TOR SALE—<200 bushels sound sHp shuck yellow corn at 85 cents per bushel of 80 lbs. at barn. L. W. Rtdlehoover, Plum Branch, S. C. MAN WANTED for 800 family Rawlelgh route. Permanent if you are a hustler. Write Rawleigh’s, X)cpt. SCE-211-123, Richmond, Va. McNeel Memorial Co., of Mariet ta, Ga., America’s largest builders of Memorials, Markers, Slabs, Mon uments, Coping, Memorials and Mausoleums. Horace D. Brown, Special Representative, Abbeville, S. C. Ten Colored Men To Enter Training, 8th Dan A. Bell, president of the local board of Selective Service, announces that ten colored men will report at Port Jackson on Thursday, May 8th, for a year’s military training. They are Carl Norman, Carl Keown, Plez Talbert, Jessie Hollo way, volunteers; Thomas Harris, Thomas Prank Drennon, Richard Allen Moore, Jr., Bernice Martin, William Walton and George Sulli van. Alternates are Alex Brown, Ernest Taggart, Walter Middleton, Balph Tatum, Gussie Martin, Wal ter Jones, Guinze Lee Gardenhire, Grady Moragne, Tomel Middleton and King Hill. Attention, Owners Of Dogs Any person residing in the Town of McCormick owning a dog must have same inoculated against rabies according to an ordinance passed by the Town Council. T. J. SIBERT, Mayor. Notice, Fishermen The lake at the Town Reservoir has been closed to all fishing by drder of the Commissioners of Public Works until further notice. D. M. McGRATH, < County Game Warden. READ THE AD$ Along With the News KELVINATOR New and used electric refrigerators. See our line of 1941 Kelvinators. Ask us about the easy payment plan before you buy. For modem refrig eration buy Kelvinator. McCORMICK SERVICE STATION J. L. CAUDLE, (Owner) Phone 64 McCORMICK, S. C. GULF SERVICE STATION I am prepared to render prompt and efficient service to the motoring public with that Good Gulf Gasoline, Oils, Tires, Tubes and Accessories. Cars washed, greased, polished and waxed on short notice. Radiators flushed and motors cleaned by im proved method. Give me a trial and be convinced that I have the service you desire. WALTER T. STROM On the West corner of Main Street and Route 43 Phone 40J McCormick, S. C. Refrigerators Buy a Westinghouse Refrigerator from us for $5.00 down and balance on small monthly payments. J. S. STROM PHONE NO. 76 McCORMICK, S. C. Farm Machinery Day At Clemson, May 7th Clemson, April 26.—The fourth annual all-day farm machinery demonstration will be held at Clemson College on Wednesday, May 7, when the latest designs of both ^ tractor and horse-drawn equipment trJII be demonstrated by farm machinery manufactur ers, in cooperation with Clemson College authorities, C. Y„ Phagan, extension agricultural engineer, announced here today. Branch managers of all the major machinery companies have just met with the college authori ties to lay general plans for the demonstration. Details of the program for the day are being made by the Agricultural Engi neering Department of the School of Agriculture, the Agricultural Engineering Division of the Ex tension Service, and the Farms Department of the Experiment Station. Replies received from machinery manufacturers indicate that there will be $35,000 to $50,000 worth of machinery and equipment on the grounds for display and demon stration purposes, Mr. Phagan re ports. All the machinery and equipment used will be the kind that is suited for South Carolina farms, college officials say. The type of machinery to be used in the demonstration will include equipment that farmers can utilize for seedbed prepara tion, planting, cultivation, and harvesting. Plans are also under way for the use of various types of terracing machinery for the con struction of terraces. This activity will be supervised by" members of the Soil Conservation Service. For the past three years 1500 to 3000 farmers have attended each of these all-day demonstrations and it is expected that an even larger number will attend this year as invitations have been sent out to county agents, voca tional agriculture teachers, farm ers, and others throughout the state, as well as in the adjoining states of North Carolina and Georgia. difficult to understand. Rules of the road, established by law, have been featured with other •things such as the duties of the driver in case of accident, how to prepare for examination, where driver tests are given and the nature of such examinations, safe driving practices not covered by law, and frequent reference is made to safety, good sportsman ship, pride in skillful driving to help mold attitude and persuade the driver to comply with the regulations voluntarily. Information on standard' signs, signals and their meanings is of fered in clear language and throughout this booklet illustra tions, diagrams and pictures are used in teaching the right and safe way to travel. Mr. Bohlen said that individuals or groups can obtain copies of the handbook upon application at the highway department or district patrol offices. He believes it would be “a splendid idea if vari ous organizations would obtain supplies of these handbooks and discuss them at a meeting.” More Than 100,000 » Persons Employed IN TEXTILE MILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAST YEAR. -xx- Driver’s Handbook For South Carolina Available To All A. W. Bohlen, motor vehicle di vision director of the State High way Department, announces pub lication of a new driver’s hand book for free public distribution. Traffic laws, rules and safety practices are concisely presented, together with illustrations and in formation on standard signs and signals. “We have tried to reduce the laws and regulations to simple language, attractively presented, and we hope that the public will take advantage of the handbook,” Mr. Bohlen, said. “The primary purpose is for distribution to per sons applying for driver’s licenses, but the handbook is available for all who wish it.” There are many books and pamphlets on driving, Mr. Bohlen pointed out, but the new > South Carolina publication is devoted mainly to South Carolina laws and conditions. Realizing that ignorance of safe driving rules is an important source not only of traffic confu- ion but of accidents. It is hoped that thorough education of the driving public, by means of a standard driver manual of this sort, to enlighten the motorist and reduce accidents. “Many accidents,” The Director said, “are caused by lack of knowledge about laws and signs. Most people, of course, want to obey the law, but our accident rates continue to increase. No matter how hard we apply en forcement we are not going be able to get real results rntil drivers acquaint themselves • ith what is right and wrong r ^ut iriving. Most accidents are r void able, and many traffic nr os -esult from doing something \ve didn’t know was wrong. “A few minutes study of ‘ iis handbook every day for a • 'ek or so would give a great mr i ^ ity of drivers a new conception r- che laws and safe driving practir \ If observed these laws and prr ices would greatly reduce our t.affic toll.” Lengthy or difficult words .lave been avoided in this manual and the phraseology of the law with legal technicalities has been guarded against, since too many people are hopelessly confused by it and legal language is sometimes Clinton, April 29.—More than 100,000 persons were employed in textile mills of this state last year, and the 1940 total was the highest in the history of the industry, ac cording to a statement released here today by the Cotton Manu facturers’ Association of South Carolina. Using figures of the state De partment Of Labor, the association reported that including part-time and “spare” labor, the mills gave employment to 100,512 people, which was the highest total on record. The statistics covered the year ending June 30, 1940. Previous high in total textile employment was reached in 1937, with 99,173 employees. Figures on “average” number of employees, which eliminate spare and itiner ant labor, show 1937 slightly above 1940, but last year was the first year in which the employment total crossed the 100,000 mark. Additionally, state-wide figures show that in 1940 three out of every four’ industrial employees were employed by the textile mills, and the association pointed out that hundreds of thousands of other South Carolinians partici pate in textile pay rolls through sales to textile workers, through mill purchases of coal, power and other items, and through mill tax contributions to state and local government. According to the Department of Labor figures, 66,237 of the 1940 textile employees were males, and 34,275 were females, giving a pre ponderance of males of slightly less than two to one. The Labor Department showed further that no children under 16 years of age were employed in the textile mills, and that none had been employed for a number of years. The association pointed out that although employment was at a record high in 1940, the rate is running even higher during the early part of 1941. IX X Can Reduce Tomato Fruit Worm Damage Blackville, April 28.—Successful control of the tomato fruit worm with poisons hinges largely on starting the treatment before damage becomes evident, says J. G. Watts, assistant entomologist at the Edisto Experiment Station here, who has\been carrying on fruit worm experiments at the station. It is essential, Mr. Watts points out, that the first application of insecticide be made by the time the first fruits set or when the plants have attained a spread of about a foot, whichever comes first. Treatments should then fol low at weekly intervals until four applications have been made, re peating those which * are washed off by rain within 24 hours. Encouraging results for economi cal control have been obtained with a corn meal bait containing 10 per cent of either calcium ar senate, lead arsenate, or cryolite —slightly better control than when, the same active ingredients were used as dusts at 50 per cent strengths. Hence, where fungi cides are not to be applied for disease control, it is more eco nomical to use a corn meal bait than dust. A dry mixture of nine World’s Largest Airplane ■w . o 0«Vyi'-X.. .V>V^vl>V.V->> < >vCvy4 .V , - - v-^ '-v '•■'OOOCX-Cv. )&jyt i Shown here prior to Its final Inspection and ground check, the Dong- las B-19, “Guardian of a Hemisphere/* poses for one of Its first pictures ; outdoors. Its mighty wings, designed by the Army Air Corps to span two 1 continents, measure 212 feet from tip to tip. Four motors total more than 8,000 horsepower on this—the world’s largest airplane. Its cruising range la 1.750 miles- Mass Production for Defense A major step in mass production of armaments for the expanding U. S. defense program was completed when these machine guns—the first produced by General Motors—rolled off the assembly line at Sag inaw, Michigan. K. A. Deloria (left) civilian in charge of ordnance op eration and K. V. Keck, general superintendent, are shown making in spection of the first "croo.” Chilean IS aval Officers in U. S. Example of the increasing friendship solidarity between the Amer ica's of the Western Hemisphere is this picture of Chilean naval officers being welcomed by U. S. navy officers in San Francisco. The Chilean officers are on a naval transport training cruise. ?• im pounds of corn meal to one pound of calcium arsenate or cryolite should be scattered by hand light ly but uniformly over all of the foliage, 40 pounds per acre at the first application and 60, to 70 pounds per acre at each of > the remaining three. Calcium arsenate, when used as a dust at 50 per cent strength, has shown promise in controlling the tomato fruit worm, but less than 50 per cent has been unsatis factory. Calcium arsenate gave slightly more worm-free fruits than lead arsenate and cryolite and also it is less expensive. In applying dusts the use of single-nozzle hand-operated guns requires two trips, or one to each side of the row. If a power duster is used, two nozzles should be directed to each row. Special effort should be made to cover all young leaf growth with the poison, using 15 pounds per acre for the first application and 20 to 25 pounds per acre at each of the remaining three applications. Estimated 300,000 Men And Women Became New American Citizens During Past Year Through Naturalization. Columbia, April 29.—F. E. Bocr- ner, immigrant inspector for the | Immigration and Naturalization Service, said m an interview today that an estimated 300,000 men find women became new American citizens during the past year through naturalization. More than 2,000,000 others, he added, attained the full rights of citizen ship by reaching their 21st birth day. Urging cooperation with the Im migration and Naturalization Bu reau’s planned observance of I AM AN AMERICAN DAY on May 18, Boerner described the occasion as an event marking “the beginning of the rights and responsibilities of new citizens which make them much more important to the com munity than they were before.” I AM AN AMERICAN DAY, he said, has been proclaimed by the Presi- dent at the direction of Congress, and its nation-wide observance is being sponsored by the Depart ment of Justice. i “We have been talking a great deal about the necessity of na tional unity,” Mr. Boerner de clared. “I AM AN AMERICAN DAY provides us all with the op portunity of demonstrating that although we are a nation of many different peoples, we are one peo ple in our attitude toward Democ racy and. in our determination to keep its principles alive.” Mr. Boerner was. interviewed over radio station WIS in a pro gram arranged by Lawrence M. 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