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Thursday, March 29, 1928
McCOTLMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SouiK Carolina
Page Number Four
McCORMICK MESSENGER
Published E»«rj Thursday
Bstabliwhed Juhc &, 1902
Notice Of Election
edmond i. McCracken,
Editor aad Owner.
CIRCULATION: 1,300, and growing
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF McCORMICK,
TOWN OF McCORMICK.
In accordance with the provisions (
of an ordinance of the Town of Mc
Cormick, an election will be held on
Tuesday, the 3rd day of April, A. D-1
1928, at the Court House in said,
McCORMICK HIGHI
SCHOOL PAGE
great an interest in the selling of
magazines ar. one of the pupils, Ru- "
cia Abe.crombie, the school wouh
have had a much larger number of
sale" than thev had l^st vear.
FRANCES LANGLEY,
FRANK CORLEY.
ELEVENTH GRADE FRENCH
CLASS PROGRESSING.
The setyor French tclass has just
completed a French reader, “La
i Fi ance Neuvelle” and are now tak-
Town of McCormick, to elect a May- {SENIORS WIN PRIZES
or and Six Aldermen for the said FOR AVIATION THEME. i * . -i t
Town of McCormick for the term Somet : me ago Mr. Carlton Faulk- mg up grammar for awhile. Late
commencing On the 6th day of April, ner offered a prize for the best we will start another reader entitled
1928, said term of office to be for theme on Aviation. “L’able Constantin,
two years; and also to elect a Com- Several themes were submitted to . All the French students seem to be
missioner of Public Works of the the iudges on the 22nd of February interested in La France Nouyelle
DISPLAY ADVERTISING —
25 cents pet inch for each insertion;
nothing less than 4 inches accepted _ __ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
for double column display, nor less Town of McCormick for the term j J after carefuT ^judging, Gladys as it told cf the customs and
than 2 inches for single column dia- -commencing April 6th, 1928. said Dillashaw won first prize, which was holdings of France,
snan * menus g u uui Commissioner of Public Wolks t o be ftn anH Tjillip Mos % ^ on S e CO nd We hope we will find “L able Con-
BUSINESS READING NOTICES,
6 cents per line for each insertion,
average of 6 words to line.
$5.00 and Lillie Moss won second
elected for a term of six years. prize.
Said election is to be conducted in SOPHIA DILLASHAW,
accordance with the provisions of BERTIE TUMBLIN.
law governing general elections for
municipalities and the
TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents
per line, 6 words to line.
All advs. set in body type, 6 cents
The eleventh grade gave an inter-
„ . .. , , same man-
WANT ADVS., 6 cents per Imp for j a g e rs who served at the last primary F vFNTH GRADE
each insertion, average of 6 words to election in the said town are appoint-
Hue I ej as managers of th s election. ^
AUSTIN ABERCROMBIE,
Mayc'r
ATTEST:
J. O. PATTERSON,
per single column line; extra charges 1 clerk ~
stantin” as interesting as the
already read.
GRACE DUNLAP,
ROBERTA SMITH.
cm
Coming Soon
Look For Special
Announcement Later
COUNTY AGENT REORGANIZES ig
4-H CLUBS IN HIGH SCHOOL. "
Mi. Morgan, County Agent, vis ted
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for big type on all single column _____
advs., except head and signature, j THE SEASON’S NEW
Positions given at ONE-THIRD
extra charge.
esting program in chapel Thursday the school Thursday, 22n4 for the
during assembly period. ] purpose of reorganizing the boys' />
1. The Origin of Courtesy—Joe 4-H clubs.
Dukes. j The loll call showed that a hund-
2. Law of Self Control—Roberta red per cent of the members was
Entered at the Post Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of
the second dsns.
#DESCRIPTION RATES:
w — Stsictly ^Cash In Advance —
One Year $1.00
Six Months .75
Three Months .50
Reduction Possible
The recent statement of Governor
Fuller of* Massachusetts that the
state will collect but $fl 500,000 from
cities ahd towns this year, as com
pared to $12,000,000 in 1927, r.hows
that trx reduction is a practical pos-
Smith.
3. Law of Self Reliance—Sophia
Dillashaw.
HATS FOR MEN 5. The Law of Kindness—Kathleen ,
Hollingsworth.
6. The Law of Loyalty—Gertrude
Culbreath.
7. Couitesy in the C!a , 's Room—
Luther Drennan.
8. Prave 1 —Edd ; e Wideman.
KATHLEEN HOLLINGSWORTH
GERTRUDE CULBREATH.
PRISON
C HATS
We are showing a nice as
sortment of the season’s new
Hats for men in Etchison
BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY
MARCH 23RD. „ t
McCcrmick High School boys had
a practice game w th the town team.
The town wen w'th a score of 11-7.
Some of the players were not pre
sent at this gam e. There are some
more that have not come out yet. If
all the players had been there the
outcome would have been different.
With the material the team has it
piomises to put out a winning cne.
The baseball team needs the support
of the entire school and community.
LARKIN FOOSHE.
present.
The record bock" for the coming
year weie distributed and the follow
ing officers elected:
President—Frank Corley.
V ce-Presider.t—AVallace Talbert.
Secretary and Treasure:—William
Moss.
Frank Corley has received the
first club diploma in McCormick
County. He has completed four
sitjces ful years of club work and
has made good all the way through.
EDDIE WIDEMAN.
sibility. Furthermore, it is expect- Straws and Schoble Spring
ed that the state indebtedness, which Felts in latest colors and style,! itm’rta T2KS
was I40.000.000 eight years ago, will rang i ng i„ price from $2.50 toj 00 MeCoim ck S. C.
be reduced to $13,000,000‘by the end
of 1928.
There is no secret abaut this suc
cess. Governor Fuller and Massa
chusetts legislators have no ready
panacea to cure the tax evil that s
denied other states. What they have
dene is to replace polit ; cs wfch busi
ness and the result has been econo
my. Any community or state can do
the rame thing.
Massachusetts is a good example,
ah is the c‘ty of Baltimore, of gov
ernmental competence that should
make citizens Tying ip many other
places sit up and take notice. Tax
reduct : on can be accomplished by the
right methods without neglecting
state, national or municipal necessi
ties, and even a few luxuries. Those
of us who “k*ck” about high taxes
will do well to remember that we
elect our own public officials, and
refTrm comes mostly at our
b ; dding.
txt
$6.00. Come look them over
and be fitted with the best at
lowest prices.
PATTERSON CLOTHING Co.
McCormick, S. C.
' Dear Julia,
March 26, 1928.
Since you were a graduata of Mc-
Cornrck High School ar.d a member
of our Debating team last year, we
feel that you might be interested in
the work the Debaters aie doing this
year.
W]e have not had any Debates this
year, for we have not organized our
material yet.
Miss Dozier carried the Debaters
to Columbia Friday to get some ma-
RUPTURE SHIELD
T?YPI7RT HFRF teiial on the subject. Our Query is:
Illilbli Peso j ve j ; That South Carolina should
- I emend her law so as to provide for'
E. J. Me nhard} of Chicago, the textbooks chosen by a unit of sup-
well-known expert, will personally ^ vl 4 slo n fr °. m ? ] ' s } approved by the
be at the Richmond Hotel, Augusta ' State Board of Education and furn-
Ga., on Thursday only, April 5th, 1 ! s he f d free to a11 P ubhc sch ° o1 siu '
from 9:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. Mr'" 6 " 1 ®-
Me'nhardi says- I F!rst » we went to the University
“The Meinhardi Vacuum Sh'eld” ii br , ai y to s ^ e ™ h&t material we could
will not only retain the Rupture per
ffcivitly, but contracts the opening in
10 days on the average 'case—usually
find there, but as they were busy
moving the per'odical stacks into the
^ rew w i n S °t the library, Miss Eng-
giving instantaneous relief w : th- bsb c ? u ^. no ^, Uud the material we
standing all strain regardless of the
own' s i ze or location of the Rupture.
CAUTION—Do not expose your
self to the danger of wearing old-
style trusses with understraps. These
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. Washington High
School News
were looking for.
At the Extension Biylding confus
ion re gned too. The legislature fail
ed to appropriate money for the con-
tifiunace of the Extension depait-
trusses usually place the pad on the jueut, and the package libraries that
• - nave helped so many students in
small high schools have been stored
CHAPEL EXERCISE.
lump and not on the rupture apen ng.
. This often causes strangulation , , . , , ^ ,
! which usually necessitates an im- ^ wa y an d locked up. Miss Parker,
■ mediate surg : cal operation or results however, was very accommodating
in sudden death I and locate d some matcr’al which she
< “The Meinhardi Vacuum Shield”,- aveas t° , brir e home - She promised
'.has nc' understraps. It is also per- a * r ° to f nd some more material and
pectly sanitary and practically in- sead tbls
destructable and can be worn while . '* e "’ ere vpry foitunate in secur-
bath'ng. [ ia £ an interview w-th Miss Watkins.
Ruptures often cause Stomach ^ be ^ nows more about this debate
On Monday the pupils of Mrs.; Tr oub!e7 Backache, Constipation, 1 thanan y° ne else . for she was ap
Rountree s^room had charge of the Nervousness and other ailments Pointed to prepare the bulletin. After
chapel program and the following
p; ceram was excellently presented.
‘The story of Mar^h” by Joyce
Bridges.
which promptly disappear after the f be worked all summer c»n the task,
Rupture is properly reta ; ned. I f bc ’ e £i s l a ture fjyled to appropriate
Only gentlemen are invited to call ! 0r „ tb : e Pobhcation of the de-
u-kii i.r> a i.- ^ , a t this time as special arrangements ba f ej s bullet n. Miss Watkins care-
March —An acrost c by .the fol- wiH be announced later for women explained the difficulties and
lowing fifty grade g-rls: Viola Wil-: £n( j children i expressed her opinions on the ques-
kie, Geneva Stone, Clara Rich, Euzile NOTICE: Please do not write ask- 1 ^ 0 "- She als ? outlined the question
and . Glenn r Self. | in g for literature or to be f ; tted by f? r us as she had done for t he bulle -
Spring by the ma ji as ^his is impossible. Every n,, tt au
following sixth grade girls: Jose- case must be seen personally; there- ~ Then we called on Mr. Hopa the
plnne Parks, Lucile Parks Do-othy fore i v ; sit thig sec tio n every year— S ‘ ate Superintendent of Education,
wa B a SS x T y i,- L w-i S Spying demonstration without charge, wbo explained how textbooks are
atone, Elmira Wood and Nelre Wil- 0r w m b e pleased to f t you if desir- selected under the system. He gave
iia *" 3 - . , _ ,, led. All cases that I have fitted here' usb s °P ini on on the proposed plan.
Quotations and a song by the en- during the past five years will please , Wc saw a11 the McCorm ck people
« T> U- ». J c ^ for inspection. Please note the v b ? a, ; e ® tad ents at the University.
O.i Tuesday Miss - Robinson had ak ove dates and hours carefully. ^eff Go umbia about 6 o clock
charge of the following program: Business demands prevent stopping and arr.ved about 10:30 o’clock. Each
He Didnt Think by T R. Cart- at an y other C ; ty in this section.— one en Joyed the tup very much and
m . < f race and b y Myrtle (This visit 's fdr white people only.) are planning to go back for the
McDaniel. i —E. J. MEINHARD* Home Office, rtat $/ orte ® t - __ J
— — Affirmative — Kathryne Bledsoe,
Negative
Dillashaw.
. some of Miss 1551 N. Crawford Ave., Ch : cago. 1 . • v * „
Woods pupils srave the follow ng p. s# FRAUD WARNING: Beware Aa V^. Fate Campbell.
A playlet Spring and of imposters who imitate mv notices
. by ,1 tbree sovonth grade an d claim to represent me. I have no
£ C i Edmunds, Alice Bunch, representatives, therefore, remember
, .u 4 * tbe aa me “MEINHARDI” and al-
Song—f March to Jbhe tune of My ways insist on seeing me personally.
Bonnie is over the Ocean,” by sev- - 11 r ' - ■n.-'.
•nth- grade girls
Lillie Mess, Sohph : a •
EDISONS’ SUCCESSOR. I
Some may be interested to know
_ , _ that another Thomas Edison is en-;
After the devotional led by Rev. P le smile, these are all included in ro led n the McCormick High
Pressly on Thursday, we heard two f be definition of kindness. There School. He is James B. Baughman,
delightful poems read by pupils from ne X e r was a time when kindness was He has invented an instrument for
Miss McKinney’s room. They were: a miss. Nothing can take the place electrocuting flies.
‘Thus Sayeth Man,” by William Wil- c f it; - It; helps two: he who gives He is now trying for a $10,000
k'e. “Have a purpose,” by Nina ar -d he who receives.” pr.'ze offeied by the Humane Society
Bussey. We appreciate visits like Rev. for the device which will kill fur
On Friday Catherine Bussey gave, Pressly’s and hope that he will come bearing animals instantly without
in her individual manner, the read- to see us again soon. njuring the fur. qtyt'w r-nAnT? 1
ing “Angelina in Louisville.” > He ( is credited with several other A; ^
CORA ARROWOOD PLAY COMING SOON. simple inventions and is one of the n Wj,lkpr
CORNELIA HOLMES. A number of people from Troy are outstand-ng students of the science
HONOR ROLL FOR FOURTH
SIXTH WEEK.
EIGHTH “A” GRADE—
Mable Lyon
Helen Talbert.
EIGHTH “B C” GRADE—
We'bouine Schmnpert,
J. B. Baughman,
James Prtterson.
NINTH “A” GRADE—
Mark Dowtin.
Thelma Reames.
NINTH “B. C” GRADE—
Mary Edwards,
Maude Dowtin.
TENTH “A” GRADE—
Mildred Below,
Helen Brown,
Edna Du .’.can,
Carrie Mayson.
Clara Lee McComb,
Jack Rheney.
Harriett Sturkey.
TENTH “C” GRADE—
William Giles,
Kathleen Simpson.
ELEVENTH GRADE—
Luther Drennan,
John Bu-ns de,
William Moss
Frances Langley.
Sohnia Dillashaw,
Melba Deason,
Charles Pennal.
Frank Corley.
Gladys Dillashaw,
Annie Kate Campbell.
FIRST GRADE—
Oscar Cooper,
Charles Edward Fooshe,
Charles Morgan,
Herbeit Sturkey,
Carlisle Wharton,
Charles Henry Williams,
Alice Blackwell,
Hazel Brown,
Thelma Brown, *
Vanda Ludwick,
I-niQ WT o 1 Iz-oy»
ADVANCED FIRST GRADE—
Murtice Hall.
Marion Swaney,
Thomas Patterron,
Irene Shaw,
Charles Owings,
ADVANCED SECOND GRADE—
Tench Owens,
Doris Below,
Lou se Blackwell.
SECOND “B” GRADE—
Eleanor Mae Ban.uster,
Winona Below.
THIRD GRADE—
William Bradley.
Effie Lee Crawford,
Nellc Fooshe,
Belle Hester,
William Fooshe,
Helen Cheatham,
Elizabeth Harris
Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Woodward.
Andrew Henderson,
Mae Coleman,
Mable Wiggins,
Rebdcca Drucker,
Mary Sue Coleman,
James Faulkner,
Virginia .Cheatham,
Elizabeth Talbert,
Sara Frances Franklin.
FOURTH GRADE—
Sara Lou Bledsoe,
Joseph’ - ne Bowick,
Connie Lee Brown,
Henrietta Brown, •
Doris Charles,
Sara Frances Duncan,
Mary Ellen Edmunds,
Maiy Fullen, »
Margaret Robinson,
Annie Laurje Sturkey,
Matilda Williams.
FIFTH GRADE—
Frances Robinson,
D. I». Woodward,
J. B. Martin,
Sara L. Smith,
Sara L. Strom,
Evelyn Walker,
Frances Watkins,
Whitfield Cheatham,
Alma Faulkner,
James Hester,
Mable Johnson.
REV. PRESSLY SPEAKS
ON KINDNESS.
planning to present a play in Wash- department.
:ngton School Auditorium. Keep your
eyes and ears open so that you may
WALLACE TALBERT.
In leading the devotional exercise know when to come. (And of course MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN,
in chapel last Thursday, Rev. Press- y° u ’ r f coming.) | There has been a great deal of in
ly spoke to the students on the sub- terest taken in the selling of the
ject “Be ye Kind to One Another.” ELSON ART EXHIBIT. magazines, but not as much as there
His talk was made up of one excell- The S. I- A. is planning to hold an should have been,
ent thought ri^ht after another, exhibit’on of masterpieces of Art This year’s sales are much less
Among other things he said, “Kind- at the school house about the first than they were last year, but this is
ness is one of the greatest assets cf May. The exhibit is made pos- largely due to the fact that there
man can have. Just as love begets sible through the courtesy of the were a large number of “Country
love, kindness begets kindness. What Elson Art Company and we feel that Gentlemans” sold and the subscrip-
is kindness?—Love, consideration, ; t should be quite an educational ton lasted fdr three years. .
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courtesy, little things to make peo- project. Plan to see it.
I If all the pupils had taken as
Sara Walker,
Dollie Rankia
Helen Crawford),
Sara Schumpert,
Ann’e Sue Graves,
Kathryne Brown,
Lorenzo Sturkey,
Jewel Patterson,
Eula Caudle.
Louise McBride.
SEVENTH GRADE—
Charles Below,
Mildred Britt,
Lo ; s Deason,
Minnie Dunlap,
Hoi tense Goddard,
John William Morrah,
Mary Moss,
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PREPARE
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Will
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We have several used tractor outfits
with plows and harrow, which have
been thoroughly overhauled and put
ill first-class condition, that we are of
fering for sale at very low prices. Get
one of these outfits and prepare your
land thoroughly and quickly, and
thereby save time and money in get
ting your crops planted.
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AUTHORIZED FORD, FORDSON AND
LINCOLN DEALERS
McCormick. S. C.
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Rosella Rankin
Emmette Sandifen.
James Willis,
L:lber Rushton.
I w'll use myself for example and I
'■ ow all school children have made
the same mistakes that I have. I
•ave often stood tests thinking I had
.nado a good mark until I received
THE HARDEST JOB ny paper and found that I had fall-
txt rrup wrkDi rk cn far below my expectations. Why?
IN THE WiORLD. . . ' Because I did nut th'nk.
Just what is the hardest job in the Thinking will save time. I am sure
world ? Have you ever stopped to y OU have seen a person when he was
think what the hardest job n the s0 me thinking ask four or
world really is ? Some may be sur- fj ve silly quest : ons which he could
prised when I say what it is. Some y, ave thought out for himself in half
may say it is the job which calls the time it took to ask them,
for an exhaustive supply of muscular Thinking w'll not only help pre-
exeition; ( thers may say it is the vent murdeij raise the scholarship
job that requires great care, where standard of the schools, and save
the one who is doing the job must time, but will also help to prevent
use the utmost care to do every tmy accidents. If we go out on the high-
part <?f the job or it w 11 all be v;a y we see automobiles passing us,
wrong; still others may say that it is i “burning the wind,” so to speak;
the job that require', the use of the ^his man usually finishes up by
brain. It is t:ue that all these tasks breaking h : s own neck or hurting or
are hard and it takes a man to per- killing some one else, all because of
form them and I nrght also say that^ no t thinking. If the person who is
-1. ...:n
tbe person who says that the job
which requires brains to accomplish
has hit the nail on the head; for the
job that is the hardest in the world
is closely related to the brains. That
job is the tremendous, brain racking
task of thinking.
No doubt, you will say that people
do nothing but think, think, all day
long, day and day out. But we do not,
and I am ready to say that the man
who does think all the time is a good
one. We do not really think, we
merely have hundreds and hundreds
of ideas in our minds. I do not say
that we should do away with ideas
for that is one of the steps in think
ing. We must have an idea before
i we can begin to think,
j When one thjnks he takes an idea
j and tears it into its elements and
i then puts them back together. Af-
1 ter this has been done he under-
! stands thoroughly what that idea
means and can consequently put it in
to proper use. Unt 1 a person does
tear a n idea into its elements and
remoulds them he cannot use an idea
properly because he does not know
what it means.
I sincerely believe that if people
were allowed one minute to think;
nine out of ten of the murders that
are committed would not be so. Un
less he is totally crazy, he will not
kill if he has one moment to think.
He will see and understand the aw
fulness and uselessnes of murder and
consequently will not kill.
If the childien of today who are
attending school would do more real
thinking, the scholarship standard of j sight better place in which to live.
diiving will think a little, these
things will come into his minds: How
do I know when a wheel is going to
run off? Something may go wrong
w th the steering gear. Will brakes
hold in case of an emergency? And
manv other questions will enter his
mind' If he thinks about these things,
he is going to slow down. How many
t meg has a telegraph operator given
the wrong order to a train, because
of not thinking? I cannot attempt
to tell all the ways in which think
ing will prevent accidents.
As we study over all these things
that thoughtlessness will cause and
thoughtfulness will prevent and help,
we ask /ourselves w>iy we don’t
think. Well, that is a hard question
to answer. Probably it can’t be an
swered; but I will give you my opin
ion on the question and you can take
it for what it is worth. I believe that
the reason that people don’t think
is because they do not know how: or
they are too lazy to exert their
brain to that extent. The reason that
people don’t know how, I think, is
because they have never been train
ed or taught to think. When they
were children in the lower grades
they were unconsciously taught to
depend on someone else to do their
thinking, and not upon themselves;
consequently when they grew older
they were helpless. Now let us, the
people of this generation, • strive to
teach ourselves and the people com-
ing after us to think and accomplish
the hardest in the world. If this is
done this old world will be a great
Klcht hpl-tor* nlosw, .. i l.
.chords would be greatly raised.
JOE DUKES.