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Thursday, April 26, 1928
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McCORMICK HIGH
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DEBATING TOURNAMENT
HELD AT CLINTON.
Since in the triangular debates
lart week, McCormick teams tied
w th B. M. I. and Ninety-Six for
distr et honors, it was decided to sel
ect the district representatives by
a tournament—all teams to debate
before one set of judges. So on
Thursday, April 19th, at two o’clock
the debating tournament for the
tenth district was held at the Pres
byterian College in Clinton.
The schools competing Were, of
course, N nety-Six, B. M. I. and Mc
Cormick. The six teams were divid
ed n?.o three groups composed of
one affirmative and one negative
team.
First, the B. M. I. affirmative de
bated the N, ; nety-Six negative. Then
before the same judges, the Ninety-
S k affirmative met the McCormick
negative, and last the McCormick
affirmative debated the B. M. I.
negative.
The judges chose the best'affirm
atlve out of the three and the best
negative. The Ninety-Six aff ; rma-
tive and negative debaters were
chosen to represent the district in
the state contest.
Although McCormick did not win
the championship this year the.de
baters have not forgotten that this
school won last year and so they do
not feel that the : r work has been
in vain.
this school have entered their names
on the list of contestants.
This contest is put on by the
Ch lcan Nitrate Bureau Co-operating
wi'h the U. S. Department of Agri-
'■vdture. ard w"ll be conducted all
over the South.
Each contestant will plant either
three acres of cotton or three acres
of corn. The winner cf the prize
will be awarded a trip to the Inter
national Da'ry Show or some other
place that will be decided on later.
The prize w‘11 not be the only
feature as the contestants will make
some money from the project.
WILLIAM MOSS.
players.
Come cut and support your team!
NINTH GRADE GIVES PROGRAM.
A very interesting program was
given by the ninth grade in assemb
ly period, Thursday.
The subject cf program was “Ar
bor Day.” The origin of Arbor Day
was r.’ven by Maude Dowtin. The
n^em “Trees” by Julia Jennings
M rs Stewart sarg the song ‘‘Trees.”
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SINGING CLUBS ORGANIZED.
On Tuesday, during the assembly
period, the student body was organ
ised into four singing clubs, two for
the boys and two for the girls. The
captains on the girls’ side are Helen
Brown and Louise Bracknell. The
captains on the boys’ side are Eddie
Wfideman and ’Elliott Seigler.
The purpose of th*s organ : zation is
"to create interest in the singing.
This will also give the students
practfee for the- commencement
courses.
A play “James Learns
Abou L Trees” wa", given.
Lesson
COMMERCIAL CLASS TO SEND
STUDENTS TO STATE CONTEST.
The Commercial Class of McCor-
m ck High School is going to enter
the state Contest that is to.be hold
in Columbia Thursday April 26th.
The ores to represent McCormick
hi the Typewriting Contest are:
Melba Deason, Jack Rheney, Carl-
‘sle Merritt.
The ones for the Shorthand Contest
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Gladys Dillashaw, Melba Deason.
And the third contestant is yet to
be chosen between Sohpia Dillashaw
and Gertrude Chamberlain.
The rules for this Tontest have
been published.
BERTIE TUMBLIN.
AGRICULTURE BOYS ENTER
SOUTH-WIDE CONTEST.
Fourteen Agriculture Boys from
“A WALKOVER.”
On Wednesday. April 1§, McCor
mick baseball team upset the odds
that were against them cn account
of losing the f:rst three games.
Abbeville won from McCorm ck
at Abbeville on Tuesday at Abbeville
but McCormick with a healthy come
back and ’more determination to win
went into the game and ■ made four
runs in the fltst inning and kept this
up throughout the' game, the f : nal
score being 9 to 3.
Bryan Jennings pitched a beauti
ful game ard was backed by all
TRUTH AND THE LIE.
Truth will carry a person a long
way wh.Te a lie will carry him to des-
tiucton.
Truth is the great fundamental at
tribute of God. Mr. George A. Loft
on said in his book, “The Master
Wheel,” that God is no bigger, great
er or mightier than truth. He is
truth and all variation from truth
is variation from God, the violation
of his very being which is founded
upon truth. But there is a great
distance between truth and the lie.
The lie is the very being of the devil
it is about the lowest th : ng on earth.”
Just th ; nk of the man who lies—
and I am sorry to say there are a
great many of them who do. Just
what kind of a man is he, or is he a
man? Do you think a real man wobld
lie? I don’t think he is. This man
is weak! he is afraid that if he tells
the truth it will cause h ; m a little
trouble. If he finds that he can get
out of something by lying, he does
it, never caring what will be the con
sequence. Such a man should be
pitied.
What about the student who cheats
on h : s examination? He lies when
he s ; gns his name to that paper for
if he has copied what he has from
suneone else, he has signed his name
to something that does not belong to
him. He has no right to put his
name on that paper. He has not only
lied but has stolen something which
does not belong to him. Wfhat if his
teacher finds cut he has cheated?
What does she think of him after
that. Does she have any confidence
in him anymore? I will tell you.
She, in the first place, gives him a
round zero on his paper, and, in the
second place, she loses all of her
cor.f dence and respect for him and
she is willing to trust him no more
after that. Why does she do all this?
Simply because he has lied. I think
it would be good to remember this:
“It is better to make an honest zero
than a dishonest one hundred.”
Think of that man who tells some
one else a falsehod about you? What
are you ready to do when you find
out that he has lied about yc'u to
hurt your character so as to bring
about a personal gain? I can tell
you what I, you, and everybody else
would want to do. You would want to
give him a good thrashing which is
a little endugh punishment for him.
There are a great many bad things
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done in the world and a great many
good things, but the man who lies
about his fellow man for a personal
gain has committed about the lowest
down crime in the world. Even if you
do not find out at c'nce that this man
has Led about you the truth will soon
come to light and consequently this
Lar sinks into disgrace.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again,
The eternal years of God are hers;
But the lie, wounded, withers with
pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
The liar is shunned and looked
down upon by all the world. He is
trusted by no one but is cast into the
p t of shame.
Now with joy we consider the
truthful man. This man is looked up
to and respected by the world. The
ma n who always tells the truth re
gardless of the trouble it will get
him into will never fail. He will
reach the vertex of that great peak
called success. Even if he does not
become wealthy of money, he will be ^
wealthy in the fact that he has a re
served seat in that wonderful place
where all of us want to go. That place
is Heaven. The man who is true is a
real follower of God. Truth is'like
the sun, whose rays shoot in straight
in every direction; and though ther
be spots on the sun there, there are
none on the perfect and luminous
orb of truth. “Truth,” says Milton,
“is as ’mpossible to be soiled by anj*
outward touch as the sunbeams.
Many times has a lie been used when
the truth would have been fur bet
ter. Horatus Bonar was T ght when
he said:
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All truth is calm.
Refugee and rock or tower;
The more of truth, the more of calm;
Its calmness is its powers.
Truth is not strife, ...
Nor is it strife allied; —
It .’s the error that is bred,
Of storm, by rage and pride.
JOE DUKES.
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The following art : cle, dopied from
the April number of Town Tidings, a
magazine, printed in New York City,
should be of interest to many Mc
Cormick County people who remem
ber Mrs. Almand as the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dorn of Mc
Cormick:
“Tell your dollars where to go,
don't spend ycHir energy chasing
them after they have van ; shed.”
Lucy Almand speaking to people who
are interested in making financial
ends meet and having something io
spare.
Lucy calls it “Budgeting for Hap
piness” and somebody else says it is
budgeting for peace, prosperity and
life interest.
Have you ever seen Lucy Almand?
She’s as big as a minute, has a soft
Southern voice and accent and sheds
enthusiasm as a sunbeam sheds
warmth and glow. “Glow” is the
word to describe her and she gets her
vis-a-vis to glow over planning a bud
get. When man, woman or child
leaves Lucy Almand after a serious
interview, that person is absolutely
convinced that the way to happiness
has been pointed out and made ex-
tremenly attractive—through budget
ing. More that that, she inspires
people in all walks of life to do it.
Some accomplishment!
Mrs. Almand assures everyone in
terested that she can be the mistress
of happiness, not in spite of—but be
cause cf—the importance of the “al
mighty dollar.” Sounds fine! You
are incredulous, however, are you
not. But it’s all true and an increas
ing number of women and girls in
this city are learning it from Lucy
Almand.
A woman worked out this new kind
of a pla n and a representative of the
United States Government told her
that she had humanized the budget.
Lucy Almand is one of the apostles
teaching the gospel of assured hap
piness no matter what your income
may be. Of course, even Lucy Al
mand insists that there must be an
income even though it be infinites
imal.
Whether your income be one thou
sand, ten thousand or twenty-five
thousand dollars a year, the way to
turn the happiness and prosperity
trick is to control your expenditures
rather than record them. Moreover,
the people who save money delight to
find added ways of saving through
budgeting.
Mrs. Almand believes in giving
chidren an allowance just as soon as
they need money for school supplies.
How she loves to get groups of lit
tle ones together on Saturday morn
ings and in the children’s clubs and
help them to plan their expenditures
—and their savings.
Among the Girl Scouts and the
HIM HELPS
When you get ready to clean house, don’t worry. Let us do
the worrying for you—we like it. We know what it takes to
make house cleaning a pleasure, and what it takes, we have,
ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY FOR THE JOB.
Floor Paints and varnishes of all kinds—paints and enamels
for woodwork and furniture—waxes and polishes of all kinds—
sponges—chamois—fumigators—soaps—ammonia.
IF WE HAVEN’T WHAT YOU WANT, WE’LL GET IT.
STROMS’ DRUG STORE
McCORMICK, S. C.
CHOICE NEATS
Are always to be had at this market. We have
built our trade on the repetition of well pleased cus*
tomers and we are certain we’ll add you as a steady
customer, once you have traded here.
We have a complete choice for you every day so
that you are enabled to plan varied menus.
Fish every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and
Barbecue Hash every Saturday.
Full line of Best Groceries and Country Produce
at all times.
J. PRESS BUCKIIfEU.
MAIN STREET
McCORMICK. S. C.
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Camp Fire Girls, the Woodcraft
League and ether organized grchips,
Mrs. Almand is known as “the money
lady.” Besides to be and those of
yesteryear as well as conf'rmed
business spinsters. Normal college
and high schood students—all flock
to Lucy Almand for aid in budget
making and the control of their fi
nances.
“If the United States GcVernment,
if the State government, if the
municipality finds it necessary to
budget,” explains Mrs. Almand,
“surely today’s womanhood must
come to reaLze that the most im
portant business on earth — that of
operafng a home—must bo done
with equal thoroughness. The most
profitable business on earth—charac
ter building—is the greatest job in
the hands of the home makers. Their
responsibility is equalled only by
their opportun ; ty. They need to
know and to teach the difference be
tween senseless spend 1 ng and invest
ing dollar for dollar—the difference
between true and false happiness and
the meaning of honest-to-goodness
thrift.”
The prize definition for Thrift in a
household economics class one year
in a great university ran sometlrng
like this: “Thrift is such a manage
ment of one’s affairs as to increase
constantly the value of one’s pos
sessions.” There’s a good deal to
it, isn’t there? Try to improve on
it ; f you can. Probably another
pr'ze awaits the improved definition.
Whether one realizes it or not there
can be no wise spending without
L hi-ift and no thrift without a bud
get, for, according to Mrs. Almand,
a budget is a spending plan for the
year to come/ the road to true hap
piness, the way to irtcreased savings,
an educat : on in the real value of
money and the knowledge of how to
be the mistress—not the servant of
one’s money.
‘Tell your dollars where to go,
don’t spend your energy chasing
hem after they have vanished.” If
ou want to have an interview with
Lucy Almand, Budget Expert, ad
dress a letter to her, care of Town
Tidings office and you or your club
will be given an appointment that
will delight you, be of prof’t to you
and result in your increased happi-
:ess through your new knowledge of
hc-.v to make a spending plan for
yourself and your home.
—GRACE E. WOOD.
A Little Talk On
Thrift
Thrift An Essential Of Success
With Most Of Our Presidents
(By S. W. STRAUS, President of
American Society For Thrift.)
If you would learn a lesson in the
constructive values of thrift, study
the lives of our Presidents.
John Adams taught school as a
young man to obtain money for h's
education in the law; Zachary Taylor
labored as a boy on his father’s
southern plantation and had practi-
caly no early educational advantages;
Millard Fillmore worked as a village
school teacher and borrowed the
money to enable him to study law.
The early struggles of Abraham
Lincoln and the disadvantages under
which he became one of the greatest
men of all times, are known the
world over. As a boy Lincoln,, “the
ra’1-splitter,” worked for ten years
on his father’s farm and it is said
that all of his schooling amounted
to only one year. Andrew Johnson
came from a poor family in North
Carolina and as a boy was apprentic
ed for ten years t6 a tailor, during
which time he taught himself to
read and write.
James A. Garfield had practically
no educational advantages as a
young man and was compelled to
maintain himself early in life by the
hardest of farm labor. At one period
he earned his livelihood by driving a
team of mules for a canal boat.
Warren G. Harding started life
doing chores on a farm in Ohio. For
several years he earned his liveli
hood as a typesetter, school teacher;
insurance agent and newspaper re
porter.
Calvin Coolidge’s first job was a
chore boy on his father’s farm. He
worked his way through cdllege part
of the time. His vacations all were
spent in earning money.
One irr'ght easily add to the list of
our Presidents who have learned the
value of thrift as an element of suc
cess. Hayes, Cleveland. McKinley
and Wilson learned its value out of
the book of their ow n early strug
gles.
These are not new facts. Every
schoiol boy should know them. Every
young man beginning a business
career should be reminded of these
splendid examples of obstacles over
come.