McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, November 07, 1946, Image 4
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GtMUnar School News
Chopd Fro gram
'She fifth grade had charge of
the chapel exercises on November
ihe first and the following pro
gram was given:
* Grace Deason conducted the de
votional and made the announce
ments.
Flay, A Lesson in Citizenship.
Omracters:
Instructor, Sara Will Talbert,
Nels Olson, Buster Sanders,
Patrick Riley, Virginia Leslie,
Gino Maffiola, David Dillashaw
George Westshire, Bobby Faulk
ner,
Sandy McLean, John Edwards,
Marie L'Enfant, Katherine L.
Dorn.
Emogene Price, Georgia Britt,
Marie Seigler. Sue Ellen Campbell
and Dorothy Dillashaw sang the
first verse of “America", after
which each made a short talk on
the meaning of some sentence or
phrase of which the jferse was
composed. Then the singing of the
other three verses followed.
A Game
Between the first and last bell
for the dismissal of school we
sometimes play games. The fol
lowing game has proved helpful
hi promoting interest in deep
breathing:
AH the children draw as deep a
"breath as they can and then the
teacher chooses three pupils who
ceem to have the best chest / ex
pansion. These three go to one
ride of the room. The rest then
breathe and the three pupils pick
out one who seems best to them.
This goes on until all have been
chosen or the last bell rings.
Raymond Wideman,
5th Grade.
Nature Chart .. Irl
We are making a nature chart
for November. This is the way we
are making it. The pupils gather
various things that are found. in
November, such as seeds, vines,
nuts, berries, acorns, different
farm products and pretty colored
leaves. Oh a large sheet of card
board these things are arranged
r-'d held in place with glue and
WANT ADV.
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In the market for timber land
size tract. See me before you
Harry Ream, McCormick, S.
C.
FOR SALE — Three-piece living
room suite, consisting of two rock
ers and one Daveno bed, covered
mKh leather; also one oak six-foot
dining table. Also two and a half
•or three tons of bright baled oat
straw; at my home one mile east
cf Plum Branch. W. Frank White.
FOR SALE — Five eighUweeks
dd Poland China and Duroc
crossed pigs, at $10.00 each, at my
home. Ralph E. Ridlehoover, R. 1,
Plum Branch, S. C.
i INSURANCE
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Fire Insurance And All
Other Kinds of Insurance In*
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eluding Life Insurance.
HUGH C. BROWN.
McCORMICK. S. C.
Starts Relief in 6 Seconds
.from All 6 usual > +L1C
. COLD PRIPARATION
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Covfion: Take only at directed
FOR SALE
We have in stock for sale a
good supply of Tires for
Trucks and Automobiles, Bat
teries and Seat Covers; also a
good stock of Accessories.
We have recently installed a
new wheel balancing machine.
Have your wheels checked.
scotch tape.
Katherine' Lott Dorn,'
- 5th Grade.
Globe of Berries and Moss
Gather some green thick moss
leaving about an inch of dirt with
it in order that the moss may be
kept fresh and green. Then line
% goldfish globe with the moss
putting the green part against the
glass and dropping in differert
colored berries with the moss.
Several kinds of small green ferns
are placed in the center. We
placed our globe in a window
where it can have sunshine to
help make the fern grow.
Bobby Faulkner,
5th Grade.
On Monday of this week Mrs.
Ted Harmon taught in the absence
of Mrs. W. M. Talbert.
High School
The chapel program for Novem
ber 4th was conducted by the
seventh grade girls. Most of the
program was on the subject of
Armistice Day. The announcer
was Nell White. The forty-seventh
Psalm was read by Joan Bonnette.
A national prayer was prayed by
Dot Wall. Connie McAbee gave
“The American's Creed'', by . Wil
liam Tyler Page. Then all of the
class pledged allegiance to the li
nked States flag and sang “God
Bless America.” The two last songs
were novelty songs, “She’ll Be
Coming Hound the Mountain”
(with motions) and Miss Crawford
played “That’s All” on the tonette.
USO Drive
At the regular assembly period
last week, Rev. Mr. Boozer, the
Methodist pastor, spoke to the
student body. As publicity chair
man of the USO for McCormick
County, he explained to us the
work of the organization and told
hpw money for literature, enter
tainment and the morale building
of our t soldiers is needed and urged
each; one of us to make a contri
bution to the USO fund.
Temperance Offering
We are' gratified with credit
able offering made to the temper
ance drive by the high school stu
dents last week.
Exchange Fair Displays
Both the Agricultural and the
Home Economics Department en
tered displays in the McCormick
County exhibit at the Augusta Ex
change Fair which was held last
week. Miss Bell, our 4-H Club
leader, had charge of the exhibit.
Glee Club
The High School Glee Club, un
der the direction of Mrs. McGrath
and Miss Crawford, has been or
ganized. The members will meet
for practice twice each week.
Girls' 4-H Club
The Girls’ 4-H Club met for the
first time this year and elected of
ficers as follows:
President, Dot Brown,
Vice President, Marion Freeland,
Secretary and Treasurer, Frances
Bodie.
Plans for our club work were
discussed, after which the program
oh Citizenship was carried out.
4-H Club citizenship pledge by all
members.
Devotional led by Dot Wall.
Others taking part on the pro
gram were:
Doris West, Betty Anne Camp
bell, Frances Bodie, Joan Holliday,
Nelle White.
The citizenship prayer was given
by Dot Brown.
J. H. A.’s Meet
The Junior Homemakers’ Asso
ciation met October 31st in the
auditorium The meeting was call
ed to order by the Vice-president,
Evelyn Wall.
After singing “Follow the
Gleam” the scripture was read by
Sarah Shannon. Our program con
sisted of the formal initiation of
twelve new members.
Following the program, finance,
program and entertainment com
mittees were appointed.
Late Fall Important
' In Better Farming
In field, orchard, and garden,
there are important late' fall jobs
essential toward better farming,
says County Agent M. A. Bouk-
night, who lists the following brief
hints for special attention.
Agronomy - -j.
1. Save zugheient seed for next
year’s plantings. 2. Use a liberal
amount of complete fertilizer un
der small grains. 3. Sow enough
wheat to assure a good supply for
home use.. 4. Don’t leave cotton
unprotected from weather. 5.
Destroy at once any remaining cot
ton stalks. 6. Start preparing
compost piles. 7. Buy and apply
limestone. 8. Keep all fields green
with cover crops this winter,
thereby saving plant food for next
year’s crops, fl. Plant Dixie won
der winter peas for home-made
nitrogen. 10. Order fertilizer
now.
Horticulture
1. Prepare land now for setting
fruit trees in November and De
cember. 2. To prevent bleeding
prune scuppernong-type grapes
last of November and no later than
January 1. 3. Make cuttings of
bunch grapes and figs and set
them out. 4. Set strawberry and
raspberry plants during November
and December. 5- Sow lettuce in
coldframe for use in January and
February. 6. Plan and prepare
for the 1947 garden.
Insects and Diseases
1. Disinfect seed of all small
grain for disease control. 2. Avoid
diseased sweet potato vines where
selecting seed. . 3. Purchase ma
terial for dormant orchard spray
and overhaul spray equipment. 4.
Fumigate weevil-infested grain
where practical. 5. Plow under corn
stubble, covering it deeply to con
trol the southern cornstalk borer.
6. Plant oats on wireworm-infest-
ed land and save velvet beans and
crotalaria seed for interplanting.
7. Reduce entrance to beehives to
two-inch space for the winter
months, and feed bees where ne
cessary. 8. Clean up and burn
mummied Irish potatoes to pre
vent worm damage next spring.
Agricultural Engineering
1. See the county agent for plans
of ratproof corn cribs, machinery
sheds, and other types of farm
buildings. 2. Check over farm
machinery for needed repair parts,
and order these parts now to pre- j
vent delays next spring. 3. Store
farm machinery after cleaning and
greasing parts that may rust.
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Farm Products
Demand For ’47
May Be Lower
WHAT ARE THE FACTS
ABOUT THE TELEPHONE SITUATION?
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EMPTY PROMISES NEVER SERVE ANY GOOD PURPOSE. EVERY PER
SON WHO IS WAITING FOR A TELEPHONE ALL THOSE WHO DESIRE AD
DITIONAL TELEPHONE FACILITIES—jVND THOSE WHO ARE IMPATIENT
OVER SERVICE DELAYS ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT
THE SHORTAGES WHICH TELEPHONE COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY NOW FACE:
1. During the war, additional telephone equipment, telephones, cable, wire, poles, and
other vital materials could not be obtained in adequate quantities because of .gov
ernmental restrictions, which were necessary to conserve materials for war uses and
to insure th^it our armed forces would be supplied with the communication equip
ment they needed. Thus the war delayed, by several years, the normal expansion
of facilities as well as the repair and replacement of existing facilities.
2. With the end of the war, use of the telephone for both local and long distance
service was expected'to decrease, and the wartime demand for new telephones was
expected to diminish., What has happaned has been exactly the qpposite.
3. Today, the telephone companies are staggering under the biggest traffic load in
their history, and the number of unfilled applications for service is higher than ever -
before. . j— ■
4. Orders for needed equipment have been placed with the manufacturers and sup-’
pliers, who, as a result, are faced with an engineering and production problem -
without parallel in the history of the Business. Because of shortages of material 1
and trained personnel, deliveries are uncertain. The indications are that it will
take at least three years to balance production and demand, and for some items five
years may be needed.
5. The shortages of materials have been further aggravated by numerous strikes in
basic industries, with the result that one after another critical item has been in
short supply, making our job of meeting service demands still more difficult.
6. Everybody knows how difficult it is to build a house, or buy an automobile, a pair
of nylons or a white shirt. Telephone equipment, is just as hard to get, if not
more so. - How soon this situation wir. improve nobody knows, but the indications
are it will not be soon.
THESE, THEN, ARE THE CONDITIONS WHICH WE, LIKE OTHER TELE
PHONE COMPANIES, NOW FACE, AND OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CON
TROL. WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MEET SERVICE DEMANDS,
BUT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS. IN THE
MEANTIME/YOUR CONTINUED TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING WILL
BE HELPFUL.
South Carolina Continental Telephone Company
Vi;
Gin Notice
FAULKNER TIRE & SUPPLY
Main St., McCormick, S. C.,
Phone No. 1.
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Clemson, Nov. 2.—The demand
for farm products in 1947 is ex
pected to continue strong, but good
crops in 1947 may encounter some
weakening in both foreign and
domestic demands in the latter
part of the year, says Dr. M. C.
Rochester, Clemson extension agri
cultural economist.
The probable results of main
taining a high level of production,
with some weakening in demand
during the last half of the year,
are that the prices received by
farmers for 1947 may average 10
to 20 per cent below the present
level.
With declining prices in the lat
ter half of the year, the receipts
from farm marketings in 1947 may
average 5 to 10 per cent lower than
in 1946. Farm production costs are
expected to average higher next
year. The results of a decline in
the receipts from marketings and
an increase in farm production
costs may mean that the net in
come realized by farmers will be
as much as 15 per cent below *hat
of 1946. For particular conr'-odi-
ties, however, this situation nay
not be true.
Even if such reduction in
and income as indicated re
alized in 1947, the average f
vear would not be consider"
low level of income. In f~
the above situation devel"*^-
average level of income f •
year would be about as hi'
any previous year un to IP'”'
oeak of demand and the V’-hrst
net income from fr" r ’i ^ ’ucts
were probably reached in IP" 5 .
With hieher wages, higher
prices, and increased production,
the national income is rising. It
is evident, however, that produc
tion along some lines is now in
excess of normal requirements, and
ices
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After this week our gin days will
be Friday and Saturday of each
week until further notice.
M. G. & J. J. DORN, INC.,
McCormick, S. Q.
“A Louisvillian who became
wealthy as a manufacturer bought
a large farm apd lost so much
money annually that income tax
collectors said he wasn’t farming
for profit but playing with a farm.
‘No,’ he said, T am farming seri-
diftly; but when I began I was a
victim of the error of supposing
that it takes more brains to run a
factory than to run a farm.”—
From Louisville (Ky.) Times.
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“Many farm families, in the best
financial condition in history, are
at the fork of the road. Wise in
vestment of present funds offers
an opportunity to provide consid
erable financiaf security in the fu
ture. Unsound use of present sav
ings and current income will take
agriculture ‘off the deep end’ a-
gain.”—From U. S. Treasury cir
cular
mands may be met within a few
months provided another wave of •
industrial strikes does not occur, j
If production reaches the point j
that it must adjust itself to cur- !
rent requirements, some unem- j
ployment is likely to develop, al- j
though requirements in certa in j
basic industries are such as to pro- J
vide opportunities for a high level j
of employment.
It will not be possible to make
promptly all the readjustments
necessary to maintain this level of
employment. Consequently, there
is likely to be a period of business
recession beginning sometime in
Mie second quarter of 1947 cr later
in the year. This will reduce the
demand for agricultural raw ma
terials and the purchasing power
of consumers. Several months or
even a year may be Required to
make the readjustments and re-
Westinghouse Refrigerators,
Maytag Washing Machines
Now on display.
S. STROM
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McCormick, S. C.
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