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f Thursday, July 26, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SouM Carotin*. Page Number Six J. S. STROM FUNERAL DIRECTOR, EXPERIENCED EMBALMER IN CHARGE McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA. FURNITURE AND STOVES Night Phone, 55 Day Phone, 76. Golden Rule Sunday Set For December 2 TO VOl QEXT KM’S VACATION The lakes, the mountains, the coun try and other pleasure haunts all beck on to you to come and play for awhile, away from the humdrum of everyday life. You long to answer their invitation but you just don’t have the money. Summer months drag and you enter the grind for another long season with out enjoying the pleasurable recrea tion of a vacation. START NOW TO SAVE And next year you can take the va cation of which you have dreamed. Each week deposit your surplus earnings at this bank—the money that you would have otherwise spent fool ishly. When vacation time rolls around next year, you will be all ready 10 g Q * IE PE0P1ES BANK McCormick, S. C. Goldc n Rule Sunday will be ob served on IVcembsr 2, announces J. Calv’tt Clarke, Regional Director of the Southern States fc>r the Near East Relief this date, he states, hav ing been, set by the American section of the International Golden Rule Committee at a meeting held recent ly at the Bankers Club, New York City. The date is selected in con junction with the International Com mittee which will hold its annual meeting in Geneva. Governor Da n Moody, of Texas, ard other state executives, not being able to attend the New York meet ing, sent strong endorsements of the cbr'rvance of Golden Rule Sunday. Charles V. Vickrey, international committee secretary, reported, says Dr. Clarke, that Golden Rule Sunday was observed last year by a million people, representing fifty different ccuntr'es and that, in the two months following the observance, of ferings for the under-privileged children of Bible Lands were $820,- 591. A message from President Cool- idge, read at the meeting, was as follows: “I hope the voluntaiy ob servance of Golden Rule Sunday may become increasingly prevalent in America and throughout the woild. Its practical help is the best ex pression cf friendship." zxt The Porto Rican Mole Cricket Improved Uniform International "S'vd- The Oil of Gladness ■ V-. By REV. W. TAYLOR JOYCE ) Director of Practical Work. Moody Bible • Institute. Chicago. t TEXT—Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness; therefore Cod thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows:— Ps. 45:7. This portion of Scripture is a beau tiful prophecy concerning the Messiah. but it may be fit tingly related to human experience from the fact that the meeting of several definite conditions will re sult in definite blessing. This world is hungry for happi- j ne?s. At the! same time It can ; seldom define ex actly what is de- | sired, or explain how it shall be obtained. All want happiness. All ore asking it, but the brand is of different types, not only V j v an Lesson V (Bv REV C H KITZWATER. 1).I>.. Dean Moody Bible Instirure of Chtcngo.K f(ET. 192R Weelerp Newsnaoer Union.* Lesson for July 29 THE FIRST FOREIGN ARIES MISSION- Rev. W. T. Joyce. LESSON TEXT—Acta 13:1-52. GOLDEN TEXT—Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them i i the name of the Father, and of the Son, and ot the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe ail thing? whatsoever 1 have commanded you; and lo. J am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. PRIMARY TOPIC—Paul and Hn Friend Go to Tell Others About Jesus JUNIOR TOPIC—Paul and Barnabas Sent as Missionaries. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—How Paul Found His Life Work. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Holy Spirit in Missions. This lesson marks the beginning of foreign missions as the deliberately ns to quality but also the condition planned enterprise of the church. The , DON’T LET THE HEAT WORRY YOU When Have Such Delightful Warm Weather Foods To Serve Cold Don’t labor in a hot kitchen cooking foods that require a lot of attention when you can get such ap petizing things here to prepare quickly and easily. The family will like the meals all the more, for it will he a pleasing change from the usual menu. A TRIP TO OUR STORE WILL OFFER MANY SUGGESTIONS Our shelves are loaded with a variety of summer foods which will make templing meals. Come in and look around. You will get many new ideas. McCORMICK. S. C. An undesirable imm grant from the We*st Indies, the Porto Rican mode cricket, was brought into the United States early in this century. Since then it has spread and caused serious damage to truck crops in thi? coastal regions of Georgia and the Carolinas, it has been ebserved in Florida and Louisiana, and is spread ing at the rate of about 25 miles a year along the coast and to a lesser extent toward the interior. The in sect overwinters in the ground below the frost level and mains its first appearance neai< the surface in March. It reaches maturity :n May and June and shortly thereafter egg laying takrs place. Hatching of the eggs continues until August, and the crickets carry on their destructive activities from August to October, damage during this period being the most serious of the whole year. The Porto Rican mole cricket can be con trolled by a petsoned bait made of the following: cottonseed meal, 100 pounds; rice flour, 100 pounds; cal cium arsenate, 10 pounds; Molasses,, 1 gallon; water, 9 gallons. Mix the cottonseed meal, rice flour, and pois on and then add the water and mo lasses slowly until a crumbly mash is fcTmed. About 150 pounds of the material, dry weight, will cover one acre, the cost be'ng from $2 to $4 an acre for one treatment. Two ap plications are usually sufficient to control the cricket, although three or more may sometimes be necessary to effect complete control. X Grasshoppers attacking soy beans may be destroyed by 'a common pois on-bran bait. The species of grass hoppers injurious to soy beans are the same that attack alfalfa, ruch as the red-legged, lesser migratc-Ty? and d’fferential grasshoppers. They are more likely to cause serious dam age on soy beans in semiarid sec tions, but during dry summers they may multiply sufficiently to cause serious injury wherever beans are j ol(] la(ly wllo had a grown. A good bait may be made of! jenance. The reply was that God within her. She was truly through which it is acquired. Tired Humanity. Pleasures of a thousand varieties are held out before weary humanity as things which will stimulate tired brains and bodies. Mil lions have learned, however, to their sorrow that the joys of life are fleet ing and elusive. Here the Psalmist speaks about “the oil of gladness.” \Vhich would not only refresh the sou! but make the person attractive to ! those about him. There is an element | of satisfaction and comfort suggested ; Oil is tha symbol of grace and j beauty. It was expected that the ! priest be attractive in appearance, j and it was the ambition of those who | served him to share this attractiveness. This comparative degree of being anointed with the “oil of gladness” above his fellows was obtained, ac cording to this text, by certain char acteristics. Lovers of Righteousness. In the first place. He loved righteousness; He was not simply drawn to it, nor did he merely wish for it, hut he loved it. It was the passion of his life; he yearned for it. He extolled its attractiveness. It was in his thoughts day and night. When one loves, everything will be risked for the person loved. His de sire will be to defend and protect that loved one. Such was the ambition of the person here described by the Psalmist. Haters of Wickedness. Now notice the negative. He hated iniquity. Mere is a condition, which will hear scrutiny. Some are content with re fraining from wickedness, but the Psalmist here speaks of one who hated wickedness. No wonder this character was anointed with the oil of gladness. Perfect love for righteous ness and perfect hatred for wicked ness! In such a heart could God find lodgment. The divine Savior can there take up His abode and shim* forth through all the windows of tin* soul. I am led to wonder whether a careful examination of our own souls would reveal a reason why we may not be anointed with the oil of gladness, let alone being anointed above our fellows. I know a man whom God once ques tioned severely as to whether he real ly loved righteousness; whether hi- agitation for good things did not arise sometimes from the prominence which he received by so doing; whetliei there was not a subtle longing some times for the things which were nos always commendable. Then God in quired as to the character of his pur pose of conquest against wickedness; whether he went out of his way to show his abhorence for evil; whether when he was alone he would as ve hemently subscribe to his antagonism to evil. Here is the test of sincerity. What are we when we are alone? Shining Saints. “What makes that woman’s face shine like that?” asked a man of a preacher, concerning an beaming conn - KEEP YOUR SKIN SOFT LOVELY IN SUMMER Willi Our Drug Store Beauty Aids AND aid- You will find a host of well known beauty here that will protect your skin from the ravages oil: summer sun and wind. Preparations that have been well tried and endorsed by women throughout the country. % Our Toilet Goods Department Is Most Complete Whatever you may want, we have and we are competent to advise you of the correct preparation for your particular needs. Come here for all of your toilet requisites. PIPKIN’S DRUB STORE We Serve To Serve Again W. S. PIPKIN, Proprietor “ ’Phone No. 42 McCormick, S. C. 50 pounds of wheat bran. 2 pounds of Paris green or crude arsenic, 1 gal lon of molasses, 6 gallons of watei, ard 1 1-2 ounces of amyl acetate.^ The- poison and bran should be thor- oughly mixed while dry, and the mo-, lasses and water stirred together; and th? amyl acetate added to this j licuid. The bran-mixture should be, * j thoroughly wet with this 1 quid, butj not so wet that it cannot be easily | distributed. The bait should be i broad-cast thinly and evenly; if dis- ! tributed in lumps there is danger of i pcicocring to livestock. About 8 or; ! 10 pounds (wet we’ght) are needed to an acre, the best time of day for, d st ibut.cn beinr the early morn-1 i " 4 .• . 1 -*C5 • I x I ! Splendid results in'controlling the j ■ j chicken m.te and fowl t’ck have been | secured through the application of 1 I some of the heavy coal-tar distWl-, ! ate , such as anthracene oil. together with the construction of simple de mountable roosts and nests. The fowl : tick not only continues to be a men ace to poultry raising in the South, but it is constantly invading new ter- ■ ritory. Although this r.< st is paitic- | ularly well adapted to conditions in the ar d and semiarid Southwest it seems able to adapt itself to the more humid sections of the country. lived anointed with the oil of gladness. She was patient, always finding the good in her friends, shielding weaker ones, and praising the Lord. An Unfailing Formula. There is only one to whom the Psalmist could refer who might fit in exactly with his description and that was the Lord Jesus whose example and whose pur pose is to share with us this beauti ful spirit of blessing and attractive ness. Any one who follows the prin ciple slated in this brief portion of the Psalm will shine and shed radi ance and fragrance in proportion as it is followed. Fair are the meadows. Fairer still the woodlands. Robed in the blooming; garb of spring: Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer. Who makes the woeful heart to sing. Fair is the sunshine, Fairer still the moonlight, And all the twinkling, starry host; Jesus shines brighter, Je-ms shines purer Than all the angels heaven can boast. occasion for the beginning of this work was a meeting of certain proph ets and teachers at Antioch. While these ministers were engaged In pray ing the Lord laid upon their hearts so heavily the evangelization of the world that they refrained from eat ing in order to seek the will of the Lord in prayer. This is the kind of fasting that nr 'ts God's approval. I. Barnabas and Saul Sent Forth (vv. 2, 3). The Spirit directed the church to send forth Barnabas and Saul to the work whereunto Lie had called them. The Spirit called and the church sec onded the motion by sending those who were Spirit-called. A real call lo missionary service comes from the Holy Spirit. It should be the concern of the church to constantly seek the mind of the Spirit relative to the send ing forth of laborers into the Lord’s vineyard. It is to he noted that the Spirit called and the church sent the very best men from their company at Antioch. This is as it should he. Suc cess in the mission field is dependent upon the laying of her best men and women upon the altar by the church II. Bsrnabas and Caul Preaching the Word of God in Cyprus (vv. 4. f>). After a second season of prayer amt fasting the church formally ordained these first foreign missionaries foi their work. Ordination by the impo sition of hands has its proper place. Cyprus being the home of Barnabas perhaps accounts for their first going to this country. It is most natural that those who have heard the good news should go first to their kindred and friends. Then, too. Barnabas was acquainted with the country and peo ple and could thus he assured of a j proper hearing among them. Andrew first went lo his brother, and the man out of whom the ile.nons were cast was commanded by Christ to go home and tell what great things the Lord had done for him (Luke !*:39). III. Barnabas and Saul Withstood by Elymas, the Sorcerer (vv. 0-12). Sergius I’aulus, the deputy, invited Barnabas and Saul to tell him of the Word of God. Elymas maliciously sought to turn the deputy’s mind from the faith. This first obstacle encoun tered, as the gospel was being carried to the heathen world, was overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit. I’aul denounced Elymas in most scath ing terms, calling him the child of the devil, declaring that he was full of guile and villauy, pronouncing him the enemy of ail righteousness, and accus ing him of preverting the right ways of Hie Lord. IV. Paul and Barnabas in the Syn agogus st Antioch in Pisidia (vv. 13-1G). From Paphos I’aul and Barnabas with Mark went northward to Perga. It is from this place, perhaps because of hardship, that Mark went back. He started out with good intentions, but the trials seemed too great for him to endure. Mark redeemed himself later though when they started on their sec ond missionary journey Paul would not consent for Mark to accompany them, although he later testified in Marie’s favor (H Tim. 4:11). From Perga they went to Antioch in Pisidia and entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day. While he was the apos tle to the Gentiles he began with the Jews. After the usual reading of the Scriptures, in response to the invita tion of the rulers. Paul delivered his first recorded sermon. This sermon is worthy of careful sttxly. When an alyzed we find it had four parts. 1. Historical (vv. 17-23). 2. Political (vv. 24-27). 3. Doctrinal (vv. 38, 3'.)) 4. Practical (vv. 40. 41). The effect of this sermon was that many Jews and proselytes requested to hear these words again. Almost the whole city came to hear the Word of God the next Sabbath. While many came to hear these words jealouay provoked open opposition. Episcopal Services At Willington There will be service at St. Steph ens’ Church, Willington, on the first and third Sundays cf each month- When there are five Sundays in the month there will also be service on the fifth Sunday. The hour of the service at St. Stephers’ is four o’clock in the after noon. A good program of music is provided under the direction of Mrs. . James Hester of Calhoun Falls with Mrs. James Hemminger cf Willington acting as assistant. The services are in charge of the Rev. R. C. Topping of Anderson who promises a short sermon upon an in teresting and vital topic with each service. -X Plum Branch M. E. Charge Beginning first Sunday in Febru ary, the Plum Branch M. E. charge schedule will be: ASBURY — Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.; preaching every first Sunday at 11:30 a. m., and third Sun day at 7:45 p. m. BORDEAUX—Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.; preaching every first Sunday 3:30 p. m., and third Sunday at 11:00 a. m. PARKSVILLE — Union Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.; preaching every second Sunday at 7:00 p. m., and fourth Sunday at 11:00 a. m.; prayer services, Thursday nights at 7:00 o’clock. ST. PAUL—Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.; preaching every second Sunday at 11:30 a. m. f and fourth Sunday 7:30 p. m.; prayer services, Wednesdays 7:30 p. m.; Epwofth League, 7:30 p. m. every Sunday. BARS CHAPEL—Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.; preaching every sec ond and fourth Sunday at 3:30 p. m. E. A. WILKES, Pastor. Pentecostal Holiness Church Schedule Sunday school every Sunday morn ing at 10:30, at McCormick. Preaching every 3rd Sunday at 11:00 o’clock a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Public cordially invited to all our services. W. RAY ANDERSON, Pastor. txt Plum Branch Baptist Schedule Plum Branch — Sunday School every Sunday at 10:30. Preaching every first and third Sunday at 11:30 a. m. B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Parksville — Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00. Preaching every second and fourth Sundays at 11:00. B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at 7:30. RED OAK GROVE — Sunday School every 1st and 2nd Sunday morn : ng at 10:30; 4th Sunday p. m. at 2:30. Preaching every 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m. Clarks Hill — Sunday School ev ery Sunday at 2:00 p. m. Preaching every first Sunday at 3:00 p. m. Modoc — Sunday School every Sunday at 10:30. Preaching every third Sunday at 3:00 p. m. H. M. HODGENS, Pastor. -X- Effect of Prayer Prayer pulls the ’-ope below, and the great hell rings above in the ears ol God. Some scarcely stir the bell, foi they pray so languidly; others give but an occasional pluck at the rope; but he who wins with heaven Is the man who grasps the rope boldly, amt >pulls continuously with all his might —C. H. Spurgeon. Take Heed Wherefore take hoed of being paint ed fire, wherein is no warmth; and painted flowers, which retain no smell; and of being painted trees, whereon Is no fruit: “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift, Is like clouds and wind without rain.”—John Bunyan. God Will Aid Ua As long as we work on Go4’ff line, he will aid us. When we attempt to work on our own lines, He rebukes us with failure. McCormick Methodist Church Schedule McCormick — Sunday school every Sunday at 10:15 a. m.; Preaching at 11:15 a. m. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Sun days, and at 7:30 p. m. on fourth Sundays. Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 7:30 o’clock. Board of Stewards meets Monday night following 1st Sundays. REPUBLICAN Sunday School at 11 a. m. on 2nd and 4th Sundays. 1st and 3rd Sun days at 2:30 p. m. Preaching on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3 p. m. Troy — Sunday school at 10:00 a- m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; 2nd Sundays at 3 p. m.; preaching 2nd Sundays 3:30 p. m.; 4th Sundays 11 a. m. ... Beulah — Preaching every 4tn Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. J. A. BLEDSOE, Pastor. -:xj- A. R. Presbyterian Preaching at Mt. Carmel. S. C., oi he first and third Sabbaths at 11 t. m. _ Preaching at McCormick, S. C., oi the second and fourth Sabbaths at 11:80 a. m. . Sabbath school at both churches every Sabbath day throughout the Leo* T. Preesly, — . is**. 1