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mmn McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 10, 1941 IcOORBDCK MESSENGER |p mblisbed Every Thursday p ■atabllshed June 5, IMS wr P EDMOND J. MeCRACKEN, . r ' Editor and Owner (Mtered at the Fost Office at Me- ; Mtermlck, S. C., as mail matter of •’ the second class. i f PUBSCRIPTION RATES: [ One Year $1.00 » Btx Months .75 f Three Months .50 Good Farriling Hints For July Attention Better farming suggestions for July by County Agent M. A. Bouk- night show no let-up for the good farmer. Agronomy 1. When field work slacks up, haul in grain straw, leaves, swamp grass, and other litter for the com post heap. 2. Sow peas, soybeans, or velvet beans now and they will make growth to . turn under for soil building. 3. If you do not think the acreage or prospective yields of corn and summer forage crops is sufficient for farm needs, plant additional acreage after thorough preparation of soil. 4. Be sure to dry wheat before stor ing it. Horticulture 1. Remove all broken and dis eased limbs from fruit trees im mediately after harvesting. 2. Pull sweet com shortly before meal time; it loses its sugar rapidly. 3. Place fruits and vegetables in the shade at once after harvesting, to hold their quality. 4. Make plant ings of tomatoes for a fall crop. 5. Dig early sweet potatoes for early sale when yields are 50 to 75 bushels per acre. Insects and Diseases 1. Keep abreast of boll weevil development and fight them where necessary. 2. Spot cotton fields where wilt losses are present. 3. Fight the housefly by all available means. 4. Examine banded apple trees every 10 days and destroy codling moth larvae. 5. Control Mexican bean bettle with derris dust or spray. 6. Destroy dodder in lespedeza. 7. Watch out for screwworms. 8. Requeen bees. Agricultural Engineering 1. Have trench silo ready when silage is ripe. 2. Waste crankcase oil prevents rust when used on plows, discs, and other bright parts of farm machinery. 3. Plan to install water system and other farm conveniences. 4. Get the mower in good running condition for the hay season. 5. Investigate possibilities of small streams for irrigating gardens and truck. wmsF/is/msrf a*n» Every Day '-in Every Way CHEVROLET ■"Mnuniwr OK M2 CM 90MS2*' iM W Its uwr»3*!*L 0,1 wwnuw 0 * \m HAS AU < And get this big satisfaction along with your savings • . . the satisfaction of knowing that your Chevrolet brings you all the necessities and most of the luxuries of cars costing hundreds of dollars more ... the satisfaction of knowing that your Chevrolet Is the lead ing car In popular demand— first again In *41 for the tenth time in the last eleven years! EYEIT TRY IT BUY IT.' McGRATH MOTOR CO., INC. McCORMICK. S. C Produce Summer Eggs Of Superior Quality Can More Peaches For Better Farm Living Columbia, July 7.—The peach crop this summer is estimated by the Agricultural Marketing Service to total 66 million bushels, 20 mil lion bushels of this large crop being produced in the states of North and South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas, reports Geo. E. Prince, chief of the Clemson College Ex tension Service. The peach crop in California is estimated to be two million bushels smaller than last year and this is the state that produces the bulk of the peaches grown for canning purposes, about two-thirds of the crop being clingstone varieties. “With the smaller prospective crop in California, and the im proved demand situation, it is anticipated that the price to be paid by canners will be favorably affected”, says Mr. Prince. “There fore, those South Carolina growers who are practicing the live-at- home policy for better farm living should take advantage of the op portunity which may be provided them by the excellent crop of peaches v/hich is now in prospect for the state. The Elberta variety, v/hich seems to be most popular for canning purposes, should be in plentiful supply from about July 2 ) to lugust 15. ' “If you are interested from the standpoint of food value, the food specialists advise that peaches are an excellent source of vitamin A, a fair source of vitamin B, and a good source of vitamin C”, the specialist concludes. “Peaches canned this summer will eat mighty good next winter, and prices of canned fruits may be higher next year. County and home agents of the Extension Service can give hrstructians on canning.” Clemson, July 7.—Many people think that because eggs are en closed in shells they are all the same with no difference in their quality, says P. H. Gooding, ex tension poultryman, suggesting some things that flock owners can do to produce more desirable eggs for consumption. Since the kind of feed seems to have little to do with the quality of the egg pro duced, provided a balanced ration is being fed, he concludes that the quality of egg produced is left almost entirely up to the flock owner or manager. Almost any summer day in South Carolina is warm enough to cause fertile eggs to start incu bating, which makes blood rings in the eggs and renders them un fit for consumption. The best and easiest way to prevent this is by separating the male birds from the laying flock and producing infertile eggs. Infertile eggs, if put on the market in a reasonably short time, will reach the . con sumer in fairly good condition. A bad practice among many farmers is allowing the eggs to stay in the nest all day and even several days before removing them. In most cases nests are located where the sun shines di rectly or almost directly on them, making the nests about the hot test place in the laying house. To avoid this condition, the eggs should be gathered at least twice and preferably three times daily during the summer. They should be stored in a cellar or the coolest spot on the farm until sold, which should be at least twice a week in hot weather. If one does not have a cellar, a good practice is to spread the eggs out on a wire platform about two inches above the floor, which will enable them to cool much more quickly than if kept in baskets or egg crates. The wire platform will allow ample ventila tion around all the eggs and being near the floor will keep them cooler than if they are kept in a container on a box or table. Another means of getting good eggs to the consumer is to keep the nests clean so that the eggs will not get dirty, which may cause them to absorb objection able odors and necessitate washing them. Diversified Farming Pays Chester Farmer Chester, July 5.—That diversified farming pays is borne out by the experience of W. A. Thomas, Ches ter county farmer, who finds that diversified farming gives the farm er year-round labor distribution and also year-round income. Mr. Thomas’s farm account rec ord for last year shows that 7 per cent of his gross cash income was from the sale of livestock and livestock products, 8.8 percent from poultry and poultry products, 55.9 percent from cot ton and cottonseed, 3.6 percent from fresh vegetables and fruit, and 24.3 percent from miscella neous sources, says D. H. Caugh- man, assistant county farm agent. A significiant point about Mr. Thomas’s farming plan is that 8.4 percent of the gross cash income was from the sale of livestock and poultry, and 7.5 percent from livestock and poultry products; namely, milk, eggs, and meat. These livestock and livestock pro ducts Mr. Thomas markets locally in Chester, and most of the vege tables he sells at the club market there. Mr. Thomas states that by fol lowing this system of farming, he also produces most of the food and feed needed for home use. His ac count record for last year shows that only $109.60 in cash was spent for food for the entire fam ily of five people. It has been es timated that the farm value of farm-produced food needed for a farm family of five for one year amounts to approximately $400. Thus, by producing most of the food needed for home use, Mr. Thomas saved approximately $300 in cash expenditures that would necessari ly have been spent for food. “If I had not followed this sys tem of farming I would have been unable to meet my obligations during the year”, says Mr. Thom as. Cypress Lumber Sunk Fifty Years Still Sound In 1890 a barge load of lumber was sunk in Black River, South Carolina. The lumber was loaded with cypress and part of the load i was submerged and part of it ex tended above the water level. Subsequently, vegetation grew from the nearby bank over the top of the barge and right on top of the pile of lumber a dense mass of vegetation took root and pro ceeded to grow. Among the vegetations was a tupelo tree and in 1940, or fifty years after the barge sank, this tupelo tree, growing right on top of the pile of lumber, is nine inches in diameter at breast height. T. W. McKinley, Management Assistant of the U. ‘S. Forest Serv ice assigned to duty with the South Carolina Commission of Forestry, examined the cargo and ! took a picture of it as well as its | interesting covering of bushes and trees. It was found that the cargo consisted of cypress lumber and that even today the deeply piled lumber, some of which is entirely submerged and some of which is completely out of the water, is for ‘ the most part sound and usable. This bears out the often heard i claim that “black cypress or cy press growing on clear water streams or in clear water ponds is ‘The Wood Eternal’.” The sunken lumber is located at the Ornsby Plantation, fourteen miles northeast of Andrews, South Carolina, on Black River, advises the State Forest Service. WANT ADV. FOR SALE—One fresh Jersey Milch Cow, and ten Pigs, eight weeks old, at reasonable prices. W. C. Strom, McCormick, S. C. CHUHCH MW SCHEDULE FOR BUFFALO, TROY AND BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCHES. Buffalo—Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock. Preaching every 1st and 3rd Sunday morning at 10:45 o’clock. Troy—Sunday School every Sun day morning at 10:00 o’clock. Preaching every 2nd and 4th Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock. Bethany—Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10:30 except on 4th Sunday when at 2:30 o’clock p. m. Preaching every 4th Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. Wade Kay, Pastor. HEALTH McCORMICK BAPTIST CHURCH SCHEDULE Leonard K. Simpson, Pastor. Sunday school every Sunday morning at ten o’clock. J. S. Dukes, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 o’clock a. m and 8 o’clock p. m. every Sunday. Baptist Training Union at ? o’clock every Sunday evening. J. Fred Buzhardt, Director. Prayer meeting every Wednes day evening at 8 o’clock. Come, let us worship together in all of these services. PLUM BRANCH CHARGE Preaching Appointments: Asbury Church—First Sunday, 11:00 A. M. Republican Church—First Sun day, 4:00 P. M., also third Sunday, 11:30 A. M. St. Paul (at Plum Branch)— Second and fourth Sundays at 11:30 A. M. Sunday School at Republican— Each second, third and fourth Sundays at 11:00 A. M.; on the first Sunday at 3:00 P. M. Foster Speer, Pastor. PREACHING AT BORDEAUX Preaching at 4 o’clock the first Sabbath afternoon of each month. The services are held in a room adjoining Cade’s store. All in vited, children and adults. S. W. Reid, Minister. PLUM BRANCH GROUP OF BAPTIST CHURCHES. Geo. P. Lanier, Pastor. Plum Branch—Preaching, 11:30 a. m., 1st and 3rd Sundays. Sunday School, 10:30 a. m., each Sunday. Training Union, 6:30 p. m., each Sunday. W. M. S., 3 p. m., Wed nesday after 2nd Sunday. Dea cons’ meeting, 7:30 p. m., Friday before 1st Sunday. Quarterly Conference, written reports from all departments, 1st Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. Observance Lord’s Supper—Each 3rd Sunday, following quarterly conference. Parksville—Preaching, 7:00 p. m. 2nd Sunday and 11:30 a. m., 4th Sunday. Sunday School, 10:30 a. m. each Sunday. W. M. S., 3 p. m. Wednesday after 2nd Sun day. Quarterly Conference, 4th Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. Modoc—Preaching, 3 p. m., 1st Sunday. Quarterly Conference, same Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. W. M. S., each month. Lord’s Supper, each quar ter. Bethlehem—Preaching, 3 p. m., 2nd Sunday. Sunday School, 2 p. m., each Sunday. W. M. S., 3 p. m. Saturday before 3rd Sunday. Quarterly Conference, 2nd Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. Lord’s Supper, each quarter. Primitive Methods Need Not Be Followed in Advertising sg? * ^ Be Modern ADVERTISE HERE!! SMART MONEy KNOWS WHERE TO GO AFTER \ READING THEADS,.,,, IN THIS ' /,K NEWSPAPER. METHODIST CHURCH SCHEDULE McCormick Methodist Church— Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00 a. m.; Preaching at 11:00 a. m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays, and at 8:00 o’clock every Sunday evening, except 3rd Sunday even ing. Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 8:00 o’clock. Young Peoples Division every Sunday evening at 7:15 o’clock, except 3rd Sunday night when they have charge of regular preaching service at 8:00. Troy Methodist Church.—Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; 2nd Sundays at 3:15 p. m.; preaching 2nd Sunday 4:00 p. m.; 4th Sunday 11 a. m. The Epworth League meets 2nd and 4th Sundays at 8:00 o’clock. Rev. W. M. Owings, Pastor. The Rev. R. E. Craig makes the following announcements concern ing the services at the churches in his charge: TROY A. R. P. CHURCH Morning service on the first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 11 o’clock. Afternoon service on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 3:30 o’clock. Sabbath School on the first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 10 o’clock and on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 2:30 o’clock. Y. P. C. U. on first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 7 o’clock. CEDAR SPRINGS A. R. P. CHURCH Morning service on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 11:15 o’clock. Sabbath School on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 10:30 Keep Your Health Account Balanced The vital energy of a human body may be compared to a bank account in which everything we do is either a withdrawal or a deposit. We cannot go on indefi nitely cashing checks against our financial accounts unless we keep paying back the amount expended. So too, continuous drawing on our energy demands replacements if we are to escape physical bank ruptcy. It is easy to understand that our chief expenditures are found in our daily work and in active recreations which, while refresh ing to the mental processes, tax physical strength. What we are likely to forget is that rest and sleep are the principal sources of energy revenue. In other words, during sleep or intervals of com plete relaxation we balance ac counts by replacing the energy lost in daily activity. Consequently, if we neglect to give our bodies the proper rest, we will soon be “in the red.” Like the house that Jack built— we have to work to earn the money to put in the bank to spend for the things we need and want. In our physical bank accounts, we must give up a few nights to re place the strength we need to do our work, to feel well and to en joy our next night off! Give it a thought when social activities begin to crowd too thick and fast. It is mighty hard to pay back borrowed money. It’s harder still to pay back borrowed sleep. Vi HAT? NO Oyr/ LETTERHEAOf WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and We’ll Print Some For You In A Hurry!! o’clock. BRADLEY A. R. P. CHURCH Afternoon service on the first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 3:45 p. m. Sabbath School on first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 3:00 o’clock. You are invited to worship with us. Rev. R. E. Craig, Pastor. LONG CANE A. R. P. CHURCH Services on the first and third Sabbaths of each month. Sabbath School at 2:30 p. m. t Mr. Horace D. Brown, Superin tendent. Sermon by the pastor at 3:30 p. m. This church extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend these services. W. C. Kerr, Pastor. MT. CARMEL A. R. P. CHURCH Preaching, the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths at 11 a. m. Sabbath School every Sabbath at 10:15 a. m.. Miss Lennie Covin, superintendent. Rev. S. W. Reid, Pastor. PRESSLY MEMORIAL A. R. P. CHURCH, McCORMICK. Preaching, the 2nd and 4th Sab baths at 11 a. m. Sabbath School every Sabbath at 10:00 a. m., Marshall Creswell, Supt. Rev. S. W. Reid, Pastor. McCORMICK PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH SCHEDULE Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Preaching on 2nd and 4th Sun day mornings at 11 o’clock. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. J. W. Williams, Pastor. McCORMICK CHURCH OF GOD Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Preaching service at 11 o’clock every Sunday morning and preaching every Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. Young People’s Service every Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. W. L. Davis, ... Pastor.