McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 12, 1928, Image 3
Thursday, April 12, 1928
McCORMJCX MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South CtroTHm.
Page Number
McCORMICK HIGH)
SCHOOL PAGE !
GOSSIP TOWN.
Have you ever heard of Gossip Town,
On the shore of Falsehood Bay,
Wheie old Dame Rumor with rust
ling gown,
Is going the livelong day?
It isn’t far to Gossip Town,
' Fdr people who want to go—
The Idleness train will take
down
In just an hour or so.
you
The thoughtless road is a popular
route.
And most folks start that way,
But it’s steep down grade, if you
don’t watch out,
You’ll land in Falsehood Bay,
You glMe through the valley of vici
ous town.
And into the tunnel of Hate,
Then crossing the Add-to-Bridge,
you walk •
Right into the city gate.
The principal stieet is called They
Say,
And, I’ve Heard is the public well,
And the breezes that blow from
Falsehood Bay,
Are laden with—Don’t You Tell,
In the midst of the town is Tell-tale-
park
You’re never quite safe while
there,
For its owner is Madam—Suspicious
Remark—
Who lives on the street Don’t
Care.
Just back of the Park is Slander’s
Row,
’Twas there that Good Name died
Pierced by a shaft from Jealousy s
blow,
In the hands of Envious Pride.
From Gossip Town, peace long since
fled,
But trouble and grief and woe,
And sorrow and care you’ll find in-
REXALL ONE CENT SALE
Our One Cent Rexall Sale is in full force Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, April 12th. 13th and 14th. Come to our store
and etock up during this- sale, which is a sule where you buy
an item at the regular price, then another item of the same
kind for one cent. As an illustration: The standard price oj
Klenzo Dental Creme is 50c, you buy a tube at this price and
by pay.ng 1 cent more, or 51 cents, you get two tubes.
Every article in this sale is a h g'h class standard piece of mer
chandise, just the same as is sold every day at the regular
STROMS’ DRUG STORE
McCORMICK, S. C.
SAVE TIKE ON OROCEMES
Buying groceries for your home always takes time,
but it takes more time in some stores than others.
'In our store we save you time by giving you the
services which you have the right to expect from
your grocer.
And in addition, we give you merchandise of the
highest quality at honest prices and cheerfully take
back anything that is not satisfactory.
Save time by buying here and you will have more
time for the things you want to do.
T. CARLTON FAULKNER
McCORMICK, S. C.
PAY BY CHECK AND SAVE
THE DIFFERENCE
If you will make a habit of banking
your money regularly and checking it
out only when you need it, you will be
surprised how quickly the unchecked
surplus will grow.
This is only one of the advantages of
availing yourself of the services of this
\
bank, which welcomes your checking
account, however large or small.
A checking account is the most con
venient way of keeping trace of your
expenditures. It saves you time and
money.
HE PEOPLES BANK
McCormick, S. C.
stead,
If ever you chance to go.
DEBATING CONTEST TO BE
HELD FRIDAY.
The District Debating Contest for
the third district will be held Friday,
April the 13th.
The McCormick debaters have been
grouped with those of B. M. I. and
Ninety-Six in th's contest. This will
mean that one of our teams will de
bate one team from B. M. I. at
Ninety-Six and the other will meet a
Ninety-Six team at.B. M. I,. At the
same time the remaining teams of
these schools will meet each cither at
McCormick.
The school having both of its teams
to win out in this contest will have
won the district contest. However,
it is possible that no school will have
two winning teams, and in this case
a second fcontest w : ll be necessary.
LILLIE MOSS,
GLADYS DILLASHAW.
pleasure especially to the good cats
LUTHER DRENNAN.
SCHOOL SUPPORTERS HELP
BASEBALL TEAMS.
Messis. J. T. and D. M. McGrath,
seeing the need of work to be done
on the McCormick baseball diamond,
after continuous driving across with
automobiles, furnished two Fordson
Tractors with which to pull the road
drag that was furnished by Mr. B. B.
Cheatham, foreman of Highway de
partment in McCormick County.
The members of McCornrck fire
Department came ever and gave the
diamond a good sprinkling to settle
the dust after the drag had filled up
all ruts and made it smooth.
The members of the baseball team
wish to thank all the school and ath
letic backers for what they have
done for the team.
LEE STROM,
LARKIN FOOSHE.
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TYPEWRITING AND SHORT
HAND CONTEST. *
The students having the highest
average in Shoithand and Typewrit
ing will represent^ the McCormick
High School in the Shorthand and
Typewriting contest held in Colum
bia, Thursday, April 26,- 1928.
The Amateurs, those having two
years of this work, and the Novice,
those having only one year of this
work, will be given a chance in Type
writ" ng for 15 minutes. The Novice
winning will be given a free trip to
California to enter the National Con
test.
There will also be a three minute
contest for the individual. There
will be three pr’zes awarded, first,
second, and third places.
The Shorthand Contest will have
a team of three taking dictat ; on at
80 words per minute. A Trophy Cup
will be awarded to the school for the
team winning. Then an individual
shorthand contest will be held giving
dictation at 100 -words per minute.
The prize awarded will be a gold
medal.
The names of the students chosen
to represent the school will be pub
lished later.
MELBA DEASON,
BERTIE TUMBLIN.
BIOLOGY CLASS
FIELD TRIP.
The 9 B & C Biology Class went
on their f'rst field trip Wednesday,
April 4, 1928.
The trip was very interesting be
cause the pupils secured for the Bi
ology Class some of the things that
they have studied in detail the past
semester.
Each of the pupils tried to bring
back something d'fferent for Miss
Davis, the teacher, offered extra
credit for each specimen of interest
to other members of the class. ,
Some of the Outstanding speci
mens which they brought back are:
A salamander, a crawfish, a thous
and legged worm, and flowers of all
descriptions.
FOSTER WARDLAW,
KATHRYN BLEDSOE.
PROGRAM IN CHAPEL.
The eighth grade gave a very in
teresting program in chapel, Thurs
day, during assembly period.
The subject of the program was
“Books.” Pearl White gave an in
teresting talk on the “History of
Books.” A one act play, entitled “The
Librarian’s Busy Day,” was given
illustrating the kinds of books in our
school library.
ANNIE KATE CAMPBELL,
EVELYN BLACKWELL.
FUTURE PALMETTO FARMERS’
CLUB SETTING OUT SHRUB-
ERY ON THE SCHOOL
GROUNDS.
The future Palmetto Farmers’
PATRIOTISM.
What I have to say in this short
editoral has been said many times
before; but I do not think it will be
a waste of time and words to say
them again, for patriotism is a thing
of which the world and especially
our United States of America are in
great need.
The word patriotism means “love
fdr one’s country.” Th is does not
mean on the Fourth of July, Inde
pendence Day or during the war, but
it also means the “love of one’s
country in peace as well as any oth
er time.” A patriotic person during
war is willing to fight and die for
his country and in peace he uses h : s
whole heart and soul for the good
and betterment of his country and
fellowmen.
Some may think that patriot’sm is
a new thing but -"t is as old as the
world itself. Many years before
Christ was bo”, n, Horace, a great
Roman said, “It is sweet and glor
ious to d'e for cne’s country.” The
people of the old Roman empire told
their children to love their country
and be patriots. This same thing
has been taught ever since, ; s being
taught now, and unless I miss my
guess, it will be taught until the end
of the world.
The man who ; s a patriot is a man
that our country should be and is
pround of, but the man who is not a
patr ; ot should be shown the right
way. I suppose you have heard of
buildings that were built from poor
and infirm material. You know what
soon happened—it •crumbled and fell.
As the house, so is the country. If a
country is made of poor material it
will also crumble and fall. In order
for a country to stand it must be
built of strong, upright patriots. So
let the people of this generation
teach their children to “love their
country and be patrots.” By so do
ing these United States will be a na
tion that will be impregnable. Let us
icmmeber th’s, “ a country is known
by the men and women it produces.”
You may ask how a person can
best practice patriotism, or be a pa-
tr ot. For a person to be a patriot
he must be a goed citizen. He must
cheerfully pay h’s taxes; support his
constitution of his governhrent; obey
the laws laid down by the people; do
all that is in his power to see that
others obey the laws; when voting
time comes to go to the polls and
cast his vote for the right man; and
when h:s country is in war, as I have
above said, support his country
whether it takes money, or even his
life, and at all times whether during
war or peace he must be reverent to
ward his Country’s Flag, its National
Anthem, and Government.
A man, I think, cannot be a pa
triot by merely being a citizen. Why
do I say th's? I said he must be a
good citizen. There are kinds of cit
izens. These citizens are: the law
breaker or bad citizen, the don’t care
citizen or the man with cut a back
bone, and lastly the good citizen or
the one who has a backbone.
First, I will take up the bad cit
izen. What kind of man is he who
wins down his government when ever
he can ? What kind of man is the
criminal and law breaker the man
who Sooks for an opportunity to vio
late the laws of his countiy? What
k : r.d of citizen is the one who makes
his living by dishonesty or swindles
his government for a personal gain?
What k : nd of citizen is the man who
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is a slacker during war, who will not
fight for his country? Just what |
kind of men are these that I have
just mentioned ? Are they good citi
zens? No. they are not good citizens
or I would say .they are not citizens
at all, they are low down cu»*s, unfit
to live and God knows, unfit to die.
Second, we have the don’t care cit
izen or the one with out the back
bone. This man doesn’t care which
way the wind blows, he doesn’t vote
for he doesn’t care whether there is
a good or bad man in office. He
obeys the laws but just barely does
keep out of jail. He pays his taxes
but usually complains a little,, ntft
much, for he doesn’t care enough to
complain much. This man is living on
the flowery beds of Ease. Is he a
good citizen? No, he is not but there
is one consolation he is a little above
the bad citizen-
Last and best is the good citizen.
I have already partly explain?d the
gcod cit'zen. He is the man who
looks the world straight in the face,
is honest, and kind to every one, his
country, his government, and him
self. This is a good citizen and pa
triot, something of which the world
is proud.
To have a patriot we teach him
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We are offering first prize of $25.00 and second
prize of $15.00 to the two farmers residing in either
Plum Branch, Rehoboth or Washington School Dis
tricts who enter the State Five Acre Cotton Contest
and produce highest and second highest yields of lint
cotton in this territoi'y.
The object of this offer is to encourage the pro
duction of higher yields per acre of cotton of a bet
ter staple. South Carolina cotton mills are demand
ing cotton of full inch staple or better, and we
should improve our staple to meet their demands.
Farmers who compete for these prizes must enter
the State Five Acre Cotton Contest and abide by
rules governing same.
For furher information see the county agent, or
J. W. BRACKNELL & SON R. M. WINN
Cotton Buyers
PLUM BRANCH, S. C.
Club is beautifying the school patriotism when he is a child. “Train
grounds by planting shrubery and a child in the way he should go and
climbing roses. he will not depart when he becomes
They are planning to improve the a man.” If this is earned out, our
grounds more each week. The Ag
riculture boys are also planning
a
country will be invincible, immorable
as the large rock that has been
picnic at Cuffytown Creek, Friday fought by centuries but has not de
evening, Apt il 13, 1928. They are j cayed. It will withstand the wear and
looking forward to th : s with great tear cf life and war. It will stand
out above the rest of the world like
a majestic mountain.
JOE DUKES.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
Optometrist
Thirty Years
Experience.
A Specialist
Examining Eyes and Fitting Glasses
at Your Service.
956 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA.
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Inside” Information
Chicken shortcake is boned stewed
chicken in its own gravy, slightly
thickened served on biscuits.
A few glasses of strawberry or
rhubarb preserves made this spring
will be handy for Christmas gifts
next winter.
Try borax and water for a tea
stain, or keep the stain moist with
lemon juice and expose it to the sun
for a day or two.
Cotton charmeuse is an excellent
material for smocks and house dres^
es, and, because of its smooth a*jft
texture for baby’s first rompe/s!
The way to get rid of flies is to
elinrnate their breeding places. De-
Paris green, it was discovered re
cently, is effective in killing malar
ial mosquito larvae in swamps. The
Bureau of Entomology of the United
States Department of Agriculture
has found that Paris green dust may! stroy any that get in the house or
be successfully applied from the air hatch unnoticed. Put up screens at
by airplanes. The demand for the the earliest possible time in the
poison has been increased by this spring. See that all screens and doors
rew use. 1 fit closely.