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rv. im Thursday, November 15, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SoutM Cmlhm. Page Number Hint McCORffiCr MESSENGER Published Every Thuredaf Established June ft, IftfS edmond J. McCracken. Editor and Owner. Entered at the Post Office at Me Cermick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. display advertising — v cents per inch for each insertion; nothing: less than 4 inches accepted for double column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis play* BUSINESS READING NOTICES, ft cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. -WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per line, ft words to line. All advs. set in body type, 6 cents sr single column line; extra charges big type on all single column ra., except head and signature, sitions given at ONE-THIRD charge. Value Of Visiting Nurses \ f LATION: 1,300, and growing IPTION RATES: f Strictly Cash In Advance — to Year $1.00 $ Months .75 tree Months .50 rhinking In Right Channels FA penny for your thoughts”—how n have you heard that expres- • ery frequently, no doubt. You y expect some such a quiet re- :e fron a ifriend when you 'are st” to everything about you. Yet, how many of us waste much luable time with “penny for your ought” thinking ? It’s nothing new that as a man hinks, so is he. And the more he hinks :n the light channels, the bet- r he will be able to reach the goal i life which he has sot for ifself. But he is selfish if he thinks c-ily t? himself and his aims. He is not good cifzen unices h-r- shares his houghts with tho place where he Ives. ^ And when he thinks of the com- iiunky where he lives, docs he hink constructively or dcstructive- ? Dees he see improvement and a right future for his home town, or s he visualize J n his thoughts only bject failu:es for every public e;i-j rprise that is att^mpter That all depends on what manner f man he is. If ho believes in the lace he has selected to live in. he! rill think cf it as a growing, thr'v- g community that is going to be- me more attractive every year. If o is a community sccCfer, he will j ink only of the failures that are head. McCormick reeds the fc-mer class id none of the latter. Men and wo- en, who bel'eve in this community id a:e willing to put their thoughts to action, are the ones who put us ’ the map. txt >ver 5,000 Chairman Named For Gold en Rule Sunday I Forty-five states ai e now co-op- ''rating under the Sheppard-Towner Materni'y Act to maintain a visiting -urse service for mothers, according Lr > r^nort by the Children’s Bureau of the Labor Depa:tment. In 1927, rep * ts from 39 states and the Terr tory of Hawaii show that here were mere than 721,000 home •ris’ts bv nurses. Practically all of these were to, expectant mothers, in fants, and pre-school children in their Homes; soim were to mid-wives. Largely through the activities of these visiting nurses the bureau re ports, the infant mentality rate in the United States was reduced last year to the lowest point since records have been kept. The rate was 64 deaths for every 1,000 live births, which compares with a previous low rate of 71 in 1924. In 1226, the rate was 73. The work of the visiting nurses is chiefly educational and aims to reach parents with advice on * the care of mother and child. In many cases, however, the nurses are present at the time of birth and assist the phy sicians. Sometimes, too, no doctors are available and the nurses work alone. Letters from nurses on file in the! Children’s Bureau recount innumer able thrilling and amusing experi ences they have encountered on their visits to out the way places. Most of the' nurses visit rural ar£as by automobile and arc f:equently snow bound or “washed out” on lonely country roads. Many counties have full time nurser, wh’le in ethers, the nurses are employed In t{*wn3 and by com munities. The value of such work is most commendable. Vapors inhaled quickly clear head McCORMICK HIGH SCHOOL NEWS STAFF: Editor-in-Ch'cf Kathryn Bledsoe Assistant Editor -i__ Carrie Mayson Feature Ed'tor Gertrude McGrath Sport Editor Carlisle Meiritt Business Manager __ Larkin Fooshe Joke Ed tor Arn Cowan Reporters: Louise Remsen, Billie Britt and Bettie Workman. Faculty Advise s—Miss Joyce, Miss Atkingon, Miss McGee Vigils 666 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria It is the most speedy remedy known At this season of the year, the hats in the ring, don’t interest the vv • nen rearly as much as the hats in the windows. Treasurer’s Notice CONSERVATION OF BIRD LIFE The conservation movement began under Pres'dent Roosevelt and was begun by Gifford Pirichot. He po nt- ed out that the natural resources were threatened by two great evils— unnecessary waste and unregulated and selfish monopoly. Our bi;*d life is abo threatened by these two evils. Some of our people acquire such a taste for hunting that they forget themselves and shcot at birds not because cf need but using them only as one would an ordinary target. Therefore our bird life is being rapidly exterminated. Clubs are being o-ganized to pre vent this waste and it would be well if all our high school students would jo‘n and help preserve our birds. K. B. HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING TO HAVE MODERN CONVENIENCES. Mcdera conveniences are now being ’nstalled in our new High School building. After two months of wait ing, all of the pupils, at last, have brought their dollar which was nec- essaiy before the work could be sta'ted. After already having a new high schoo, the students feel that this work is all that is necessary to have an ideal high school. The work will be done 'n tho grammar school also. • TALK ON CONSERVATION OF ANIMAL AND BIRD LIFE. Friday morning when the students came to school they wero delighted to sc3 presenti Mr. Herbert K. Job, State Director o e the Conservation of Nature and Education. M '. Jcb came to the high school last y3ar ard made an excellent talk core erring his worl' When the faculty and students as sembled for chapel they wor'e glad, indeed, when Mr. Lake announced that Mr. Jcb wou'd talk about the conscrvatl • ■ of animal and b'rd life. In a very stirring ard influential marnc 1 he spoke about the lack of spcrlmar.ship in regard to the de struction cf game throughout the state and elsewhere. He said that Over 5,000 chairmen for Golden iile Sunday (December 2), have appointed by governor^, cf uthein States, Dr. J.. Calvitt irke, of Richmond Va., announces, ese chairmen will ask the people their communities and churches to member on December 2, the more an 32,000 orphans cared for by the ar East Relief. Many persons !l have a simple meal, similar to icse served in Near East orphan- es. Near East Relief is conducting last appeal to the American peo- ; the need for America’s support s year is imperative. C. C. Thurb- •formerly of Virginia, now director orphanage work in Greece, in a re- t report to the Southern Regional ice for Golden Rule Sunday at E. Grace St.. Richmond, - Va., l s of a 12-year o’d girl trained in Syra Orphanage, who is now t only self-supporting but also sporting an invalid widow, adopted her as her mother. Thousands of Idren still remaining in the or- nages are dependent upon Golden le Sunday and the gifts of the erican people, says Dr. Clarke, > is Southern Regional Area Di- tor. FORD BATTERIES $7.95 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE >22 BROAD PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA, GA. The County Treasurer’s Office will be cpm for the purpose of receiving ^axes from the 15th day cf October. 1928, to the 15th day of March, 1929 All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1928, ard December 31,. 1928. That whrn,taxes chai’gcd shall rot he pa’d by Decarnber 31. 1928, the County Auditor cha'-l proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for Janu- a:y, and if taxes are not paid on cr befone February 1, 1929, the County Aud tor will proceed to add Two Per Cc: t and Five Per Cent from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time unpaid taxes will be col-j membei ship. The purpose of the club leeted by the Tax Collector. : is to make a study e i different birds The tax levies for the year 1928, and animals and t ) create a love for are as follows: ithem. For State Purposes 5 l-4*milh ' For County Purposes 24 mills | MR BLEDSOE SPEAKS TO HIGH Constitutional School Tax — 3 mills SCHOOL \NI) F\CULTY 6-0-1 Law ' 4 mills Mt. Carmel School fish as well as bads were being ex-’ i t'nninated in large quant ties. He made a plea to the boys and girls to • help project the game. He, alsc told about the prize con- j tc^t that was being offe:ed to each' ituclnr.t in the state The student thatj nakes the best snapshot of a wild an- j !ma! or bird will "ceeive as a prize j a framed picture cf a tinted animal or b’rd. In addition to the contest lie told about the clubs being o’gan-! 13'd. Any student is eligible for! District No. 1 2 m ils Mr. Bledsoe spoke to thr* high , school students and faculty Wednes- ] day during Assembly period. We Willington S- D. No. 2 2 mill-*, were g,i a( j as always, to have him, Bordeaux S D. No. 3 2 m |^ s w ith us. He spoke of Armistice Day and of the joy and peace that this McCormick S. D. No. 4 24 milh Buffalo S- D. No. 5 6 mills Bellvue S. D. No. 6 4 mills day brought years agq. when bells were rung, and there was excitement everywhere. V , cj t* XT in „ ... I 1 think that we are forgetting too Young s S. D No. 10 2 mills quick , y the horrors of , he the ' i cman . . °- - m sacrifice made, and* the peace of the Chestnut Ridge S. D. No. 12 8 mills Armistice i Bethia S. D. No. 8 8 mills \ Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 — 7 mills Milway S. D. No. 13 8 mill? Robinson S. D. No. 14 —— 10 mills i This was the last visit that Mr.! | Bledsoe will pay us before the An nual Conference. Wie hone that we shall have the pleasure of having him back with us after the confer ence. Dornville S. D. No. 15 __ 8 mills Liberty Hill S. D. No. 16 8 mills I Lyon S. D. No. 17 8 mills. Hibler S. D. N<J. 18 —— 8 mills Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 mills ! Talbert S. D. No. 21 8 mills ! Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 24 mills 1 ° n Thursday November 8, the Consolidated S. D. No. 1, * | eleventh grade presented a very | Parksvillq. Modoc, and unique program in assembly. The Clarks Hill, __ 17 mills All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those ox- president explained to the audience how, in a dream, he had seen his' classmates as they will be ten years empt by law, are liable to a poll tax from n <>'v and had asked them to ap- of $1.00 each The law prescribes that all male citizens between the.age s of 21 and 55 years must pay $2 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. Commutation tax is not included in property tax? so ask for road tax pear before the rest of the high [ school as thev will be in 1938. As i each was introduced, he or she gave | a very amusing sketch fro m their j future lives. They were introduced! as follows The fates have decreed that Joe Sibert will spend his life selling pea- as a vender of nuts. Two members of the class have startled McCormck by becoming cabaret girls in a night club. Be cause of their twinkling toes and happy smiles. C ••nelia Winn and Emma Kate Brown are quite the ra"e oa Broadway. One ,of our classmates has felt the results cf trying to please a mere man. Amelia Wideman, two years after f'n'shing high school, fell in love with a very lean man who has spent his life longing to be fat and vho had always tremendously admir ed a perse* \ with avoirdupois. To pFase him Amelia ate and ate and ate and ate some more until she now weigh-, seven hundred and fifty pounds ard ‘s the fat lady in a circus Another person who has joined the circus where he displays his most wondrous abilities is Pup Merritt. He brings with him his partner, John Thomas McGrath. William Giles has just gotten out of prise-1, having been put in for break ing the hearts of five hundred girls in one town. Next, we have a renowned portrait printer, Tommie Walker, who has at tained such note-worthy success that he;* portraits now hang in the Louvre and in the Metropol tan Museum Among the celebrities c»f the Senior Class cf ’29, one of the girls in the limelight cf the world is Annie Louise Talbert She is the first and only woman who ever swam the Med- iterranean Sea. She is now on her way to swim the Pacific Ocean. Per haps she will tell you something of her training. The mc*7t eminent politician in the United States is with us today and will interest you with his eloquent oratory in the form of a campaign speech. One of the girls decided that farm products grow bettor for flappers so she has remained in her mother coun ty and is now known as its master farmer. The ptfato that Ncla ex hibits is one from her private twenty acre patch and 's the largest one grown since the history of man. The next celebrity appearing cn our program was Carrie Sue Talbert. She is known throughout the United Stqftes and alsc Alaska and Green land as the sweetheart of the Ameri can Sci*een. Her French maid, Lucile Caudle, appears with her. I am sure that all cf you are ac quainted with the awe-insp:ring poems of James McComb. As you all know, he was recently appointed poet-laureate of the South Sea Is lands. You will recognize- the domineer ing wife and the hen-pecked husband of the next number as Mrs. and Mr. Talber ■, The children following this couple, of course, explained them selves. , The Metropolitan Opera Company has kindly consented to our request that two cf our former classmates be pcrm'tted to appear on our program. The famed prima donna Louise: Brack: ell, and h3r accompanist, Hel-! en Brown, rendered “I Love You Truly.” Harriett Sturkey, head of a very popular sanatorium where weak peo-. pie go to get strong, exhibits her un- j surpassed muscular ability. .One would not think of going to Co lumbia Uriversity unless they were able t . take a course in exprcss : on under Carrie Mayson. We are propd to anrcunce that Carrie is the head of the expression department there and also that she has received the A B. B. S., M. A., Ph. D, D. D., and M. D. degrees. As we all expected, Edna Duncan j has become an old-maid school j teacher Her first grade class, being very true to life, eat, talk, and play t:> their hearts content, and Edna very untrue to life, docs ncfhing but stand them up in a coiner or pat their hands with a ruler or something like that. The next number showed Minnie Pearl Strother, private secretary tO| A! Smith, typing a Thanksgiving Proclamation. After this, the audience was warn ed to beware of the foibles and fol- j lies of the Seniors, but to emulate theh success and their virtues. TENTH GRADE GIVEN PROGRAM An interesting program was given i by the tenth grade girls during extra | curricula period on Tuesday. The following took part on the program. Piano Solo Myrtle Ruth Deason Story Thelma Reames Poem Sara Price Jokas Louise Walker Story Frances I.ee Cowar Tho class hopes that their next program will be enjoyed by tho stud ents and faculty as well as the tentf grade for they are scheduled to en tertain the entire student body ai the jo nt extra curricula period next week. MNT BE HANDICAPPED Don’t start off through the fall and winter sea sons handicapped by the various little ailments that naturally come with the changing weather, when we can supply remedies to remove the cause at small cost. Come in and talk it over w r ith us. We specialize in prescriptions, accurately com pounded on short notice and at nominal cost. 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