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Thursday, May 15, 1930 McCOXMICK MESSENGER, McCORMIGK, SoufM CmroJlnm. •’ ""r'Pi-gr Page NumEer TEf0i mmewm McCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. DISPLAY ADVERTISING- 25 cents per inch for each inser tion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column dis play, nor less than 2 inches for single column display. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. BUSINESS READING NOTICES: 6 per cent per line for each inser tion, 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, 6 words to line. All advs, set in body type, 6 cents per single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column advs., except head and signature. constructing five, ten or fifteen miles of farm-to-market road for every mile of main highway. The United States has four times the number of automobiles of all the rest of the world combin ed, and less than half of the world’s road mileage. Our good roads movement is just getting well started. i—txt POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 HEALTH IS WEALTH Health is wealth, someone has said. It is also happiness, be cause to be unhealthful is to be unhappy. That happiness means health has a scientific basis, according to a noted scientist, who has experi mented with rats. Those that have been tamed so that they could be handled in the hand do not suffer the ill effects from experiments .as do those that are wild and afraid during the ex periment. This is directly due to proper ties of several glands which are like glands of internal secretions in the human, this scientist says. Since fear affects health and therefore happiness, wise people will avoid fear. Mcist fear is fancied, anyway, and is a mental condition that in a large majority of cases can be overcome. To be healthy and fearless, then, is to be happy, which is the goal of every human being. txt LONGER LIFE Fifty years ago a man was con sidered old at 60. Today he is only in the prime of life, with many years of usefulness yet ahead of him. In Poland the “oldest inhabit ant” is still farming at the age of 132, and he isn’t worrying about the approach of death. We appear to be a generation of people enjoying longer lives than our forefathers, a fact which the average man is unable to explain. Yet, the pessimists are still try ing to make us believe that the pace we travel will get us. It will eventually, of course, but the re markable advancement which has been made in the care of infants and the safeguarding of health early in life, that produces strong men and women, have been instru mental in adding to the years on earth of the average human being. ■ -XXX » cwi A Billion And A Half For Roads During 1930, the States and their counties will spend over $1,601,- 000,000 for highway improvements, $250,000,000 more than in 1929. According to the Department of Agriculture, $663,667,000 of this will be spent on local roads and bridges and the balance on State high ways. Officials of 45 states esti mate the total length of roads to receive attention as 32,532 miles. At present our greatest need is the construction of feeder or farm- to-market highways. The Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation has been a leader in an aggressive campaign to obtain for the farmer the year-round, hardsurfaced roads that, as one of our foremost pro ducers and taxpayers, he reserves. So long as a great majority of far mers are cut off from their mar kets during many months of the year because of impassable roads, agricultural progress must be re tarded. If our vast road building appro priations are fairly and efficiently used, ,with the aim of obtaining the bestrfpossible results, ' adequate feeder roads can be built without biirctenin^Hhe teixpayer. Every state should adopt a program for Old-timers are recalling an an ecdote concerning the tariff bill passed during the Taft adminis tration. A newspaper reporter ask ed the President if the rumor that he had said the bill was the best the country ever had were true. Taft denied that he had said it was the “best bill the country ever had” Put that he had said he “had nev er seen one better.” The reporter obediently wrote his story, making the correction, and then added his own comment, “This may not be the finest distinction ever made, but I’ve never seen a finer one.” (50 Years’ Use of Black-Draught "Aapur fifty years ago,” says Mr. Lewis G.O'ShieTc!s,of Port- ersville, Ala., “my mother gave me the ( first dose of Black- Draught, and I have taken it ever since, when I needed a medicine for consti pation. I have used this remedy all my married life, in rais ing my children. ”1 have used Black-Draught for heartburn, as I have had spells of this kind, off and on, for years. This follows indiges tion, and indigestion 'comes close on constipation. ”1 have found that the best way to head off trouble is to begin taking Black-Draught in time. It relieves me of dizzi ness, tightness in the chest and backache. “By getting rid of impurities, Black-Draught helps to keep the system in good order. I always keep, it in the home, and have recommended it to many peo ple, in my tune.” THEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT For CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS Women who need a tonic should tike Cardui. Used over 50 years. e*is«2 441 ~ -« « «'u ♦: >;• r* Dinner in a Diner v x x By JANE OSBORN (Copyright.) LIFE’S JESTS ''Nine-Tenth* Preventable Nine-tenths of all the diseases of the American people can be traced directly, to constipation, doctors say. Constipa tion throws into the system poisons which taint and weaken every organ of the body and make them easv victims for any germs which attack 1 them. Prevent constipation and you will avoid nine-tenths of all diseases, with their consequent pain and fi nancial losses. Herbine. the good old vegetable cathartic, will prevent con stipation in a natural, easy and pleasant way. Get a bottle today from STROMS’ DRUG STORE ; I shouldn't think the cookbook would be verv interesting reading.'* “Oh, there are some stirring passages in it.’* Your insurance policies do not make very interesting reading, but you should know how they protect you. If you want to make sure that your policies are all right, consult this agency of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. i Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick Set a time for a child’s meals, and allow no distractions*; during the meal hour.'' Regularity of schedule for meals, exercise, and sleep helps to keep the body healthy and th3 appetite normal. * T O BEGIN with, Gregory Ives merely knew her as the girl with the blue hat. She commuted in a blue hat for months. Gregory Ives read W’hat he found worth while of the evening papers and got through a good many mag azines besides, because from the time he left his office until he reached his house an hour and a quarter later he read whenever it was possible. He reached the station a few min utes before train time and used the few minutes reading. Occasionally he would give a quick glance to see whether the blue hat w T as in sight. If he saw it moving toward the train- shed, then he knew that it was train time. He would close his book or maga zine and walk along thinking of what he hud read, following the blue hat. One evening w’hen Gregory Ives was especially interested in an article in a scientific magazine he followed the blue hat without really thinking that it boarded the train on the right of the runway, whereas his train always made up on the left; and ft was not until the train had drawn out of the great shed and was already going at a pretty good rate of speed that he noticed that except for the young woman in the seat opposite who wore the blue hat there were no familiar faces in the car. Moreover, the conductor ns he ap proached was none of those who usu ally punched his ticket. “Guess I’m on the wrong train,” said Gregory. “This doesn’t stop at Arden, does It?” “This is a through express,” said . the conductor. “We make a straight run without stop,” and he mentioned a city that was three hours distant. “Don’t you stop at Arden even if there are passengers to get off there?” came a sharp query from across the aisle—the girl with the blue hat. “No, we don’t,” said the conductor. “You used to stop there. You’ll just have to get the engineer to stop to night. I*ve got to get off there.” “Sorry, miss,” said the conductor. “They may have stopped there on re quest once, hut not for a year or two. And of course we can’t make special stops.” “I think that’s perfectly outrage* ous,” said the girl as she fumbled in her purse to get the necessary car fare demanded by the conductor. Then, having collected fare from Greg ory also, the conductor moved on. “You thought we stopped at Arden, didn’t you?” said the girl, “Well, 1 think if two persons could he mistak en like this, then the railroad com pany must be to blame.” “I got on because you did,” said Gregory quite calmly. “You followed me!” said the girl with low-voiced rage. “I always do. It’s convenient—not you, but your hat. Then I can go on reading or thinking.” “I should think you were excessive ly rude, if not a little crazy, to talk the way you have been talking,” said the girl, “if it were not that I know who you are. You’re Mr. Gregor* Ives and I met you at a country club dance with my brother. He intro, duced you, but you have quite forgot ten.” “Not at all,” assured Gregory, lean ing across the aisle. “Now that I see you I remember. You’re Miss Fer guson, Max Ferguson’s sister—Marcia I believe. I merely knew your hat Charming hat. You always weai something nice. “Now I’ve told you why I got oh this train. You haven’t told me why you led me astray. I’m really rathet curious.” “I was hungry,” said Marcia sim ply. “It’s corned beef and cabbage night at home and I hate it, and I had a very skimpy lunch. And—as I was coming along and looked into the din ing car on this train I just was sc hungry that I decided to hop on and have dinner on the diner and then get off at Arden.” “Well, are you hungry now? If you are, let’s dine,” said Gregory. “You mean together?” “I’m ^asking you to be my guest, Will your people be worried?” “Haven’t any 'people,’ ” said Mar cia. “Brother and I live at the board ing house and he’s away. They w*on’t worry—they may talk, at the board ing house.” At one o’clock * the next morning Marcia Ferguson rang the night bell of the boarding house where she and her brother boarded. She was let ic by the owner of the establishment, to whom she offered no explanation. Forthwith, Mrs. Prunes began to speculate and her speculation took an interesting turn when she learned from one of her boarders that she had seen a young man who looked like “that very brilliant and rather eccen tric Gregory Ives” leaving Marcia at the front door. The boarder had seen him through her front window. And so the gossiping began. Arden became Interested. Gregory Ives had been following Marcia Ferguson and she, the little minx, led him into the wrong train. Well, said Mrs. Prunes, when the engagement was announced, girls these days have to be pretty smart to get husbands. WICKED ANY DAY ‘T hear Mr. Brown plays golf on Sundays.” she remarked to her hus band. “Well, what of It?” commented the latter. “Why, 1 think it’s dreadfully wicked.” “Wicked! It’s wicked to play the kind of golf Brown does on any day of the week!”—Montreal Star. Spring scenery is beautiful, but many a man in a golf suit will do much to ruin it, as far as looks are concerned. txt The most difficult lesson in physics seems to be that an auto mobile and a train cannot occupy the same crossing at the same time, without more or less serious consequences. It is estimated that it costs the railroads of this country seven million dollars a year to blow their : whistles, and if automobile drivers j were careful at crossings, look what a saving would result. X One thing about reading news paper advertisements, you are not bothered with murders, suicides, divorces and bootlegger items. HE HOW SHE LIKE THEM N ; J j . Flapper (emitting smoke rings)— “How do you like cigarettes. Miss Goods?” Miss G.—“Between a man’s lips, Miss Flipp.” Gone Boom! My bonrle leaned over a gas tank. The height of the contents to see. He lighted a match to assist him— “Oh, bring back my bonnie to me/ Same Old Game She—In olden times, when a man had r. favor to ask of a girl, be went on his knees. He—Much the same nowadays. When a girl has a favor to ask of a man, she often does the sar.e. She (incredulously)—Goes on her Knees? He—His. Paid for Their Own Comfort "How could you afford to send your daughter abroad to continue her mu sical education?” “Huh I It didn’t cost me a cent.” "How does that happen?” “The neighbors sent her. 1 didn’t, though I wanted to, I’ll admit.” Take It or Leave It The Installment Buyer—How much is this hat? Clerk—It is $10 cash. Mrs. 1. B.—And how much by In stallments? Clerk—Fifteen dollars. Ten dollars down and one dollar a week for five weeks.—The Outlook. FRIED CRISP WITH EGGS Miss Belle Letters—How do you like Bacon, Mr. Smith. Mr. S. (more given to eating than reading)—Fried crisp with eggs, Miss Belle. Traveling to the Light Into the cloud there comes a rift ♦ That shows the sun's bright ray. When some one gives a friend a lift Along the stormy way. Equipped for the Job The Boss—1 can’t rake you on as a collector. You have u criminal record as h stickup man. The Applicant—But think of my experience. Day or night, with my little gat, I always got the money. Caged The Dowager—What has become of Mr. Gadabout? He used to be quite a society lion. The Old Tea Hound—He doesn’t go out any more. He married a society lion tamer. • Few,Reikf Producers There are more than 300,000 pro ducing oil wells In the United States, hut half of the ol! comes from less than 3 per cent of these. Preferred Her, Anyway Youth—1 would like to marry yoor daughter, Mr. Lambs. Mr. Lambs—My friend, I—I think you nad better meet my wife first. Youth—I have, sin And I still want to marry your daughter. S] NYAL AND REXALL SALE THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAY 22, 23, 24 Double value for your cash. You get two guaranteed nationally advertised NYAL products for the price of one. Bring a friend and share the saving. WHAT IS A REXALL ONE CENT SALE It is sale at which you purchase two identical articles, paying the standard price for one and only one cent for .xo- o.iiCA. jloi examp-;: The standard price of Klenzo Dental Creme is 50 cents. During this safe you mav buy f nbes f°r 51 cents, and thus save 49 cents. Every article on this sale is a high quality guaranteed product being sold all-year-round at the standad price. No limit —buy all you want. —Remember this sale lasts only a few days. STROMS’ DRUG STORE 3E 3E MAIN STREET McCORMICK, S. C. Whew! Wife (playfully)—Guess who thfs Is! Husband (anxiously)—Edna? Wife (furiously)—Edna I I f! Husband (quickly)—Guess who this is! Just That “In time of trial/* Inquired the speaker, “what brings us the greatest comfort?” “An acquittal,” interrupted a man ;ii ihe back of the hell j. s. 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