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Thiffsday, January 15, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER SEC 8S IE US THANK 1U As we enter into the new year we want to thank our customers for their patronage in the past and in vite you to continue to make our store your head quarters for the very best to be found in staple and fancy groceries at moderate prices. Our aim shall be to serve you even better in the future. Let’s all pull together and make^his the best year yet. J. T. MARTIN Main Stret McCormick, S. C. BE PREPAHED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR OPPORTUNITIES 1 . . * , , ‘ " v Don’t wait until it is ton late—your big opportunity may come any time and if you haven’t the ready funds, it may be lost. 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State Forestry Meet In Columbia On January 20 and 21 Much interest being aroused in the 1 South ' Carolina Commercial Forestry conference, which M to be held in Columbia, Januaily "20 and 21, 1931, and indications point to a very large attendance, L.T; Guion, chaijman of the general commit tee, stated reCfeiftly. Invitations to . .the speakers have been mailed out ;||Bd it tSf hopjar Yb Ife ^bUrto an- upce the program within a short e. It is expected to include some oXvthe most prominent men in the co: itry. 3E 5g OUR THANKS TO YOU * Let us extend to you our most sincere thanks (or your patronage during the year just closed, and as sure you we shall strive to serve you even better dur ing the cdming year. HARDWARE GO. MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. G. Experience Service Facilities Those are the important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there ^is no additional charge for service oat of town J. S. J'W&H Street McCormick, S. C. .^ftuite a number of men ahd wo men of the state have accepted in vitations from the general commit- tee to become county chairmen and members of the state-wide commit-’ tee. All express keen sympathy with the purpose of the conference which is to develop a common un- derstanding of the importance of forests and the practice of com mercial forestry to the welfare of the entire state. .... # -» . ; • K • Among those wWd have accepted places as county chairmen or mem bers of the state-wide committee are: Dr. S. J. Summers, Cameroon; James C. Self, Greenwood; A. B. Jordan, Dillon; J. R. Unger, Bates- burg; J. Ross Hanahan, Charleston; Horatio G. Lloyd, Kershaw; 'A. M. Kennedy, Williston; Samuel Rus sell, Camden; Monson Morris, Aiken;, J. Russell Williams, Moncks Comer; F. H. McMaster, Columbia^ P. G. Gourdin, Kingstree; A. A. Richardson, Columbia; R. S. Stew art, Lancaster; B. W. Crouch, Sa luda; William E. Gonzales, Colum bia; Mrs. E. T. H. Shaffer, Waiter- boro; Mrs. Rufus Fant, Anderson; Thomas R. Waring, Charleston; Miss Claudia Phelps, Aiken; Char- Llles O. Hearon, Spartanburg and A. "^B. Taylor, Spartanburg. “Every citizen in the state,” said Mr. Guion recently, “is directly Interested In the utilization of our 12,600,000 acres of potential forest lands for on the success of com mercial forestry will ultimately de pend a great shaie of our develop ment. The farmer is interested di rectly because his woodlot is an im portant feature of a comprehensive forestry program and because com mercial forestry offers him a di versification of crops which will utilize his waste land to 'advantage. He also has a better local outlet for his crops to the towns built around a wood using industry. The owner [of cut-lands is interested in a com mercial forestry conference be cause he can point out the difficulr ties of fire prevention and unfair taxation in practising forestry. The persons and corporations engaged in logging operations are interest ed in the conference because log ging methods will be thoroughly analyzed and it will be shown how to leave cut-over lands in a mar ketable condition.” | Every other interest in the state should be anxious to back the movement, Mr.,Guion declared, be cause it is of vital. importance to every citizen in tested in the wel fare of the state/ 33 m This Week b Arthur Brissanb Comfort in Bigness There Is Improvement Canaries’ Malaria Radio Fights Poison Sometimes, whGn things seem to go wrong, it is a comfort to be reminded that nothing matters very much. If the earth fell toward the sun it would melt like a flake of snow falling on a red-hot stove long before it could reach the sun. And if, in turn, our gigantic sun, a million times as big as the earth, fell toward some of the really big suns in space, it also would melt before it could reach that sun’s surface. Professor Shapley, with his fore head high and his ears low down, the best arrangement, tells you that Har vard observatory has found and meas ured “about 18,(XX) new galaxies, each an island universe.” An island universe contains millions of suns. One little group, called the “Large Magellanic,” has 200,000 suns, every one 150 times brighter than our sun, and 2,000 suns that are ‘10,000 times as bright as ours. Under such circumstances, wall you please tell us what difference it makes whether Anaconda copper goes up or down? It says in Ecclesiastes: 4 *A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be.” Nevertheless, men of wisdom tell us that better conditions have started al ready. Mr. Lamont, secretary of commerce, sees a distinct upturn in business, and, also important, the conductor of one of the busiest Central Railroad of New Jersey trains says: *T know times are getting better. I can see it In the faces of passengers, business men that have traveled with me for years.” Two thousand Scientists gathered at Cleveland continue their contribution of amazing information. > ' Canary birds have a peculiar ma laria of their .own. German scientists investigating this disease developed plasmochin, a drag that cures human beings. The' * new remedy is a syn thetic product, called by chemists ”N- dieth yhuninoiaopentyl-8-amino -6 - meth- oxy-quinoline,” which you should re member in case you want to order some. Our problems are trifling compared with those of Great Britain. A Labor government that ? was to find employ ment for all has twice as many idle men on its- hands as when it started, and for nine months of the fiscal year ljust ended has a deficit of $903,000,000 —$53,000,000 more than a year ago. v Many hffve shivered with fear lest a comet should strike the earth. It probably wouldn’t do much harm If it did and you would know nothing about it except that, if a comet did sidewipe our atmosphere in passing, you would detect a strong smell of almonds. ^ Science finds in the tails of comets “cyanogen,” which has the almond smell. v Bacteriologists are told that violent diphtheria poison, the t<«tin carrying the disease that has killed so many ^ millions of children, has been success fully attacked by treatment with short radio waves. - These waves, with a frequency of from 80,000,000 to 158,000,000 per sec ond, reduce the strength of the poison by one-half. It is difficult to exag gerate the importance of this scientific announcement. With flints, bows and arrows and high-powered rifles, men have suc ceeded after 25,000,000 years in con quering their huge four-footed ene mies—tigers, Hons and bears. They may be able now to destroy their in visible and infinitely more deadly microscopic enemies with elective projectiles. While deeply religious believer* knelt in- the snow, praying, soldiers of the Russian government tore down a cathedral on the bank of the Dnieper river, making bonfires of sacred pic tures, images and vestments of priests This action of Russia’s government comes under the heading “worse than a crime, a blunder.” In old days, a man with $1,000,000 was a “millionaire.” That modest pit tance no longer means anything. A “millionaire,” in the new financial lan guage/;ls^ one h’ftoflias $1,000,000 or more of yearly income. In 1928, 511 Americans told Uncle Sam they had incomes of $1,000,- 000 or more. Several have $50,000,000 a year, and at least two or three have more. They represent the beginning of our billionaire class. There are probably six, certainly four, men in theJLTnlted States worth a billion. A report of General Foods com- pany for 1930, issued by Colby M Chester, president, shows that its bus! ness increased many millions in 1930 thanks to aggressive advertising, plus good management. And best news of all, no workers have been discharged and no ways reduced. The man who advertises courageous !y in a time of depression may set his profits diminish temporarily, hut he holds his business and the loss in profit is not ns great as it would be without the advertising. (©, 1931, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Improved Uniform litternational Sunday School ? Lesson' tBy REV. P. B. PITZWATER. D. D.. Mem- ber of Faculty. Mosdy Bible Institute • . of Chicago.) ((c) 1931, Wescern Newspaper Union.) Lesson for January 18 THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST LESSON TEXT—Luke 3:7-20 GOLDEN TEXT—Bring forth there fore fruits worthy of repentance, ami begin not to say within yourselves. We have Abraham to our father: for I sav unto you. That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. PRIMARY TOPIC—Jesus and John the Baptist. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus and John the Baptist. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—A Courageous Reformer. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Message of John the Baptist. I. 1'he Degeneracy of the Times (vv. J, 2). The Jews had sunk to a very low level of civil, moral and religious life. Luke carefully enumerates the civil and religions rulers in order to show the profligacy of the times and there fore the need of a messenger to call the people back to Gofi and virtue. Caesar has been described as “talent ed, ambitious, •cruel, licentious, infa mous, inhuman.” Civil rule was di vided between four of Rome’s vas sals. Pontiua. Pilate a little later at tained notoriety by unjustly and in a cowardly manner condemning Jesus to death. Herod, the koh of Herod the Great, was a murderer. Annas and Caiaphas were corrupt ecclesiastical rulers. II. The Nature" of John’s Ministry {vv 3-6). Out of^the wilderness John fiasheu forth, preaching the baptism of re pentance for the remission of sins (v. 3). The baptism was a sign of repentance. His ministry is declared to be a fulfillment of Isaiah’s proph ecy* He is .described,as one calling upon the nation to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. The only hope for the world -is- God’s salvation through Jesus Christ. The valleys ;of righteousness need to be filled. The mountains and bills of sin need to be brought low. The erooiced ways of commerce need to W straightened, aq^j, the rough ways of society and na tions need to be smoothed. men accept Jesus Christ "and all w3ff and contention will end. Men will then love each other. III. Ths Contsnt of John’s Message (vv. 7-18). 1. A denunciation of sin (vv. 7, 8). He called the people “a generation of vipers.” He charged them with being essentially wicked and deceitful. Knowing the, subtle hypocrisy of these Jews, he demanded evidence of their sincerity. 2. An announcement of judgment (v. 9.) He declared that the ax was laid at the root of the tree and that the tree not bringing forth fruit was to be hewn down and east into the fire. John made it very plain that for their sins they should be called into judgment. To be brought face to face with judgment lias a sobering effect upon men. Paul’s preaching of a judgment to come made Felix tremble (Acts 24:25). While John preached sin and judgment, be accompanied it with the assurance of pardon on con dition of repentance. 3. Instructions to the inquirers (vv. 10-14). (1) The people (vv. 30, 11). Each man was to turn from his be setting sin and show love and kind ness to his fellow men. Clothing and food were to be given to those who had need. The people were to turn from a life of selfishness and greed and do unto others as they would he done by. (2) Publicans (vv. 12, 13). These taxgatherers who were guilty of greed and oppression were not asked to give up their occupation, but to ex act only that which was appointed by law. (3) The soldiers (v. 14). These were probably the policemen of that day, at least men on military duty. They were to refrain from false accu sation and doing violence to men, and to be content with their wages. 4. Testimony to Jesus (vv. 15-18). The people were musing in their hearts as to whether John was indeed the Messiah. When John perceived this he, with fine humility, declared that his mission was so lowly by compari son with that of Christ that he would be unworthy to perform the menial act of a slave in loosing the lachet of his shoes. John baptized with water, but Christ would bqptige with the Holy Ghost and with fire. IV. John’s Imprisonment (vv. 39, 20). Because of his reproof of Herod for his lewdness and other sins, John went to the dungeon and eventually was beheaded. God’s faithful prophets are usually despised by the world, and some.are even imprisoned, burned, or beheaded. Faith It is the wind that carries the ship across the waves; but the wind is pow erless unless the hand of the boatman is held firmly upon the rudder, and that rudder Is set hard against the wind. This is the attitude of steadfast faith to divine omnipotence. Wt hold the rudder ^ God fills the sails. It is not the rudder that carries the ship, but it Js.the rudder*which catches the wind which carries the ship. And so God keeps us In perfect peace while we are stayed In him.—A. B. Simpson. The BEST Gray Bair Remedy is HomeMade To half pint of water odd one ounce bay rum, asmaU box of Barbo Compound and one-fourth ounce of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can 1 mix it at home at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired shade Is ob»! tained. It will gradually darken streaked, faded or gray hair and make it soft and glossy. Barbo will not color the scalm is not sticky or greasy and does not rub offi. Eyes examin ed. Spectacles, Eye Glasses, dim Artificial iCyes fitted without Drugs, Drops or Danger. DR- HENRY J. GODIN Uptometristi 958 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. CHURCHCARDS McCormick Holiness Church Schedule McCormick —. Preaching service Saturday night beforfe 3rcl Sunday at 8 o’clock; third Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock and third Sunday nigfii’ at: 8 o'clock. A'cordial welcohne fb extended to all. ± O. E. Taylor, Pastor. 4X$- A R. Presbyterian Preaching at Mt. Carmel. S. m he first and third Sabbaths at 12 Preaching at McCormick, S. G» eft the second and fourth Sabbaths at 11:30 a. m. .Sabbath school at . both chmehte every Sabbath day throughout the Leoa T. Prosily, -txx- Baptist Schedule r,. ^ BETHANY—1st Sunday, preach ing service, 3?30 p. m.; 3 rd Son- <*»&!>*•! *-“• ’ BUFFALO—1st Sunday, Sfindiv School, 10:30 a. m.; Preaching 11:30 a. m.; 3rd Sunday. Sunday* School 2:30 p. m.; Preaching, 3:90 p. m. McCORMICK—1st Sunday, Sunday School 10:00 a. m.; B. Y. P. U. 6:45 p. m.; Preaching 7:30 p. m. 2nd Sunday, Sunday School 10:00 a m.; Preaching 11:00 a. m.; B. Y. P. U. 6:45 p. m.; Preaching -7:30 p. m. 3rd Sunday, Sunday School 10:00 a. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:45 p. m.; Preaching 7:30 p. m. 4th Sunday/ Sunday School 10:00 a. m.; Preaching, 11:00 a. m.; B. Y. P. U. 6:45 p. m.; Preaching, 7:30 p. m. WILLINGTON — 2nd Sunday, Preaching 4:00 p. m.; 4th Sunday, Preaching 4:00 p. m. W. H. BARFIELD, Pastor. Troy A. R. P. Charge TROY—Sabbath school at 10:00 every Sabbatti morning; morning worship, 11:00. Y. P. C. U. meets 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbath evenings at 7:00 o’clock. Prayer meeting, 2nd and 4th Sabbath evening at 7:00. BRADLEY—Sabbath school, 3:00 p. m. 1st and 3rd Sabbaths; wor ship 3:30 p. m. CEDAR SPRINGS—Sabbath school at~3:30 o'clock, 2nd and 4th Sab baths; worship 4:00 p. m. J. H. BUZHARDT, Pastor.- -XXI- 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, .^v’•..>&> • ' ' 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 Sn4 and 4th Sundays. 1st and 3rd Sun days at 2:30 p. m. Preaching oa 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3 p. m. Troy — Sunday school at 10:06 a. m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; tod Sundays at 3 p. m.; preaching 2nd Sundays 3:30 p. m.; 4th Sundays II i. m Beulah — Preaching every 4t$ Snndav afternoon at 3:80 o’clock an—si—■—i^—nm——a^—————■M—m—B—m For sewing up stuffed roasts and poultry tkdep on hand a thick, strong, curved mattress-ne«tfe with a large eye, and some Ite&n white cord of a suitable size.