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Thursday, April 9, 1931
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER EIGHT
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Live At Home
Program Discussed
AT MERIWETHER AND CLARKS
HILL. TWENTY THREE INTER
ESTED MEN AND WOMEN
ATTEND MEETING
agent, apd Mr. Prevost, bee special
ist from Clemson College Wednes
day night; March 25, to discus*|nnd
History Of Dorn’s
Gold Mine
(Prepared by Mrs. Sarah Mattison)
In 1832 a Mr. Zeig while crossing
a small stream near Persimmon
* Twenty-three residents of Clarks Branch saw glistening in the water
Hiu and Meriwether met with W. a smaU object wljich was picked up
H. Wooten, agricultural teacher, E. land carried to Mr. BUlie Dorn, who
L. Rogers, ! county agent, Mrs. Nell I on examination found it was a
A Stallworth, home demonstration small piece of gold. From this
small nugget an investigation was
made from which the famous Dorn
_ Gold mine was discovered on land
help plan a long time live-at-home owned by Dr. John Wardlaw Hearst
program. Mr. Wooten opened the who lived and died at his home
meeting by outlining a tentative. north of McCormick, known as
program which was used as the Eden Hall, now occupied by J. C.
basis of discussiorf. This program Kennedy.
called for the growing of sufficient | After the discovery of the gold,
feedstuff such as com, winter Mr. Billie Dorn searched several
grains, winter and summer leg-1 years before finding it in paying
umes, hay and grazing crops, and , quantities. After this he went to
the maintenance of good pastures Dr. Hearst, told him he had found
to feed good grade cows, hogs and a rich vein of gold, proposed. to
poultry. It also called for the 1 show it to him provided he would
production and maintenance of let him have an interest in it, and
enough feed and* 1 liveitock to sup-'that they would work it together,
ply sufficient products for home Dr. Hearst would not consider Mr.
use and leav6 a surplus to . sell Billie Dorn’s proposition. At first
whenever possible. In addition to Dr. Hearst thought this a crazy
the production of feedstuff >■ arid notion of “fool” Billie DMm, as he
livestock, the program called for
good home gardens of sufficient
size to supply vegetables and fruit
for family use throughout the year
with a surplus to sell and can.
Realizing the necessity for a large
initial expenditure and
tendant risk involved to
ately inaugurate an extensive pro
gram of this kind, . Mr. Wooten
stressed the advisibility of “grow
ing” into it rather than “going”
into it. / ;
Mr. Rogers dealt largely with the
production of feeds for the animals
kept. i. He stressed the importance
of planning the acreage planted
according to the number of ani
mals kept and showed the amount
of different feeds necessary to
economically maintain each animal
unit on th£ farm. He also discuss
ed the relative value of the differ
ent feed and grazing crops as food
for livestock.
Mr. Prevost told of the import
ance of bees in the pollenization of
plants and briefly explained the
organization of a colony of bees.
According to Mr. Prevost, every
farm family should keep at least
one stand of bees for the bee is a
manufacturer of honey, nature’s
most healthful, delightful, and nat
ural sweet.
Mrs. Stallworth discussed the
gardening phase of the program.
She stressed the importance of
growing sufficient fruits and veg
etables for home use and told of
the work that is being done in the
state to promote a live at home
farm program. Mrs. Stallworth
said that the women buy ninety
per cent of the food bought for
family use and these wojnen over
the state are being requested to
ask their grocers for only South
Carolina grown products. The
merchants and jobbers are also be
ing asked to carry South Carolina
goods in stock whenever possible.
This should do much toward sup
plying a market for our Ijome
grown surplus products.
. The men and women who at
tended this meeting were Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Middleton, Mrs. Cassels,
Wm. Croft, Mrs. Ryan, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Rich, Mr. Lewis Rich,
Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Daniel McKie, Miss
Minnie McKie, Mrs. Lucile Mason,
James Mason, Mrs. J. M. Bussey,
Mr. and Mrs. Minarik, Mr. A. M.
Bass, Mr.- E. C. Jefferson, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Keller, Miss Louise Ryan
and Mr. and Mrs. Bridges.
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Deaths Among The
Colored People
ROBERT TALBERT
Robert Talbert died at his home
near Parksville last Saturday
morning, following a short illness,
and was buried at Cedar Springs
Church on Sunday afternoon. G. P.
McCain’s service in charge.
JOHN ROLLINSON
John Rollinson died at his home
icar Willington last Friday, follow-
ng a long illness. He was 64 years
if age and is survived by several
nembers of his family and other
elatives. Funeral services were
Leld and burial made at Harper’s
toappel on Sunday, J. S. Strom’s
ervice in charge. *
ALICE BROADWATER
Alice Broadwater died at her
ome at Modoc Sunday, following
short illness. Funeral services
ere conducted and burial made
t Hosannah Church Monday af-
>rnoon, J. S. Strom’s service in
large- _ /
was commonly called. La ter on
Dr. Hearst believing the report of
fered to sell the land to Mr. Dorn
on credit, giving a title to twelve
hundred and sixty-three (1263)
acres, when the note was paid,
the at-| When price was named, Mr. Dorn
immedi- told Dr. Hearst that he would take
the land, the papers were fixed up
and signed by Mr. Billie Dorn. In
a short while Mr. Dorn realized
enough on the gold mine to pay
Dr. Hearst for the land. He con
tinued to operate the mine suc
cessfully foi* a number of years,
getting as much as from two to
four thousand dollars a day, or
often reaching to nine # thousand
dollars a day. The mine was in
operation until General Lee’s sur
render. After this he leased the
property to Major Maxwell and
Dr. Vestrees, of Wheeler’s Calvary
who camped near Longmires, or
Liberty Hill. These men operated
the mine for months, took out
oonsiderable gold, got what they
wanted and returned to their
homes in Kentucky. Later on Mor
gan, Bruce and Company from New
York leased the mine from Mr.
Dorn.
In their operations, they used
labor imported from England as
first class miners. These thirty
Englishmen operated at Pounding
Mill (which derived its name from
their method of extracting the
gold from the ore.) The ore was
hauled to this place in dump cart
and placed in troughs so con
structed as to allow the natural
flow of the water to separate the
gold from the ore* leaving the gold
in bottom of trough. Up to this
time the Post Office was known
as Dorn’s Gold mine. These peo
ple not making a success of their
venture, sold their lease to Cyrus
H. McCormick of Chicago.
He, not being as familiar with
mining as the Reaper business did
not succeed and suspended opera
tion for a number of years. Then
the railroad was built from Au
gusta to Greenwood, a station was
established here under name of
McCormick 1882 in honor of owner
of property through which the
railroad ran. Mr. Jas. Cothran, Jr.,
acting as agent for Mr. McCor
mick, laid off the town according
to Mr. McCormick’s instructions,
into squares suitable for business
purposes and residential sections.
Cyrus McCormick donated to this
town lots for cemetery, site of
grammar school and lots for the
two churches, viz Methodist and
Baptist. Later on Cyrus McCor-
ixiick sold his holding to the Mc
Cormick Land and Lumber Com
pany. For a number of years man
ganese was mined in considerable
quantities, but for some reason
this was finally abandoned.
The Government estimate of the
gold mine here is a million and a
quarter of dollars—some think our
little town has a foundation of un
told millions secreted in the earth
on which she is built.
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Change In Main
Line Schedule
Beginning Sunday, April 12th,
the passenger train on the main
line of the C. & W. C. between Au
gusta and Spartanburg will leave
McCormick at 8:08 a. m. and the
afternoon train from Spartanburg
to Augusta will leave McCormick
at 5:39 p. m.
The bulletin posted at the depot
states that there will be no change
on the Anderson branch.
Improved Uniform International
Lesson
<By REV. P. B. PITZWATER. D. D.. Mem-
ter of Faculty. Moudy Bible Institute
of Chicago.)
(©. 1931. Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for April 12
THE PRODIGAL SON
LESSON TEXT—Luke 15:11-24.
GOLDEN TEXT—Like arise, 1 say unto
you, there is Joy In the presence of
the angels of God over one sinner that
repenteth.
PRIMARY TOPIC—What to Do When
We Do Wrong.
JUNIOR TOPIC—What to Do When
We Do Wrong.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—The Father's Welcome to the Wan
dering Son.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—The Church and the Repentant
Sinner.
The center of Interest In this parable
Is not the prodigal nor his brother,
but the “certain man who had two
sons.” He who fails to see the heart
of our Father God will miss the pur
pose of the story.
1. The Son f s Estrangement From the
Father (v. 12).
There is every indication that this
was a happy home, but a demon en
tered it and stirred up discontent in
the heart of the younger son. He be
came tired of the restraints of home.
His desire for freedom n&oved him
willfully to choose to leave home—to
throw off the restraints ’of a father’s
rule. Sin is essentially the desire to
be free from the restraints of right
ful authority and for selfish indulg
ence. At the request of the son “the
father divided unto him his living.”
II. The Son’s Departure (v. 13).
Having made th^ fatal decision, he
went posthaste to the enjoyment of
his cherished vision. He quickly got
his goods in portable shape. Having
thrown off the restraints of his fa
ther’s rule, he eagerly withdrew from
his father’s presence. This Is always
the way sin w’orks. Adam and Eve
after they had sinned hid themselves.
The son could not now stand the
presence of his father so he hastened
away, having “gathered all together.”
III. The Son's Degeneration (vv. 13,
14).
He had a good time while his money
lasted, but the end came quickly. The
indications are that his course was
soon run. From plenty in his father’s
house to destitution in the far coun
try was a short journey. The sinner is
soon made to realize the famine when
such powers as ministered to his pleas
ure are burned out.
IV. The Son’s Degradation (vv. 15,
1G).
Having no friends to help him wtien
his money was all gone, he was driven
♦o hire out to a citizen to feed swine.
It was a tragic change from being a
son in his father’s house to feeding
swine in the far country. It is ever
so. Those who will not serve God are
made slaves to the Devil to do his
bidding (Romans 6:16). How vividly
this portrays the history of many men
and women about us, and yet It is the
picture of the Inevitable consequences
of sin.
V. Ths Son’s Restoration (vv. 17-24).
X “He came to himself’ (v. 17).
Upon reflection he was made con
scious that though he had wronged
his father and mined himself, he was
■till a son of his father. In the days
of his sinning he was beside himself.
The sinner continues In his sin be
cause he is insane. The world calls
the sinner who leaves off his evil ways
crazy, but irreality he has just be
come sane. ;
2. His resolution (v. 18).
His reflection ripened into resolu
tion. The picture of his home, where
even the hired servants had a super
abundance, moved him to make a de
cision to leave the far country and
go home.
3. His confession (vv. 18, 19).
He acknowledged that his sin was
against heaven and his father, that
he had forfeited his right to be called
a son, and begged to be given a place
as a hired servant. The sinner not
only should make a resolution—he
should confess his sin.
4. His action (v. 20).
Action was needed. Resolution will
not avail unless accompanied with 'ac
tion. When the confession is genuine,
action will follow. Good intentions will
not avail.
5. His reception by his father (vv.
20-24).
The father had not forgotten his
son. His unchanging love followed the
son all the time he was away, and
longed for his return. He must often
have looked for him, for he saw him
when he was a great way off. So anx
ious was he for him that he ran to
meet him and fell upon his neck and
kissed him. So glad was the father
that he did not even hear his confes
sion through, but ordered the tokens
of honor to be placed upon him, re
ceiving him back into a son’s position.
Boundless Resources
He Is the God of boundless re
sources. The only limit is in us. Our
asking, our thinking, our praying are
too small. Our expectations are too
limited. There Is but one measure
given for his blessing, and that is “ac
cording to the power that worketb In
us.”—A. B. Simpson.
Prayer Opens the Way
Prayer opens the soul to God. Pray
er opens the life to the workings o£
infinite grace.—J. H. JowetL
ITS RAILROADS
Bankers Association President
Asks If Unfair Aid Is Given
Lie tor Ized Transport—
For Rail Mergers.
N SW YORK.—Fair treatment for Ike
railroads ih respect to highway
motor competition, was called for by
Rome C. Stephenson, President Amer
ican Bankers Association, in a recent
address here. He also strongly en
dorsed “sound economic railway con
solidation” and praised President Hoo
ver for his initiative in this respecL 1
“I am very strongly of the opinion
that one of the measures which would
help materially to put back business
where it ought to be is the Eastern
four-system plan of railroad, consoli
dation as announced recently follow
ing negotiations instituted by Presi
dent Hoover,” said Mr. Stephenson.
“Its adoption by the Interstate Com
merce Commission would tend to stabi
lize the transportation industry, fa
cilitate operation and exert a favorable
influence on business in general.
“It is a fact well known to business
leaders that our railroads are now fac
ing a crisis. Not only do they need
protective laws to meet competitive
situations arising from increased use
of our highways and waterways by
other carriers, but they need unifica
tion isuch as the proposed four-system
plan provides. • Our President has
acted wisely in assuming a leadership
in this respect and his move deserves
the support of every clear-thinking
citizen.”
Mr. Stephenson declared^ that the
railroads have served this country “so
superlatively well that we are prone in
our public affairs to overlook our de
pendence upon them and our obliga
tions to them. The past, present and
future progress of the United States is
inseparably bound up with their wel
fare. In neglecting just consideration
for them we are even more neglectful
of the public’s best economic interests.
A Question of Public Interest
“We are confronted with the ques
tion as to how much more the public
economic interest will stand an inva
sion of the welfare of the railroads by
forces and difficulties not of their own
Creating and not within the scope of
their own unaided powers to combat,”
said Mr. Stephenson. “I refer especially
to new competitions that are undermin
ing the hard-earned position of the rail
roads, not only with the aid of natural
economic forces but also through the
aid of government policies which, posi
tively or negatively, tend to give these.
competitors undue advantages over the
railroads.
“It goes without saying that the rail
roads have no right, nor claim any, so
far as I have been able to discern, to
complain at legitimate competition in
the field of transportation, for the pub
lic is entitled to the best possible trans
portation at the lowest practical cost.
But equally does it go without saying
that this cannot be fairly brought about
by using, or by failing to use, the tax
ing powers of government to enable
competitive methods of transportation
to do things they could not otherwise
do as unaided private enterprises, par
ticularly when such action impairs the
invested rights held in good faith by
great masses of our people in estab
lished enterprises that are serving the
public well.” *
Mr. Stephenson said it was not his
purpose to argue against such com
petitive transportation as the highway
passenger motorbus and motor truck
as such, when conducted under proper
conditions and in keeping with public
welfare and benefit. He declared, how
ever, there is need for serious consid
eration whether such competition is
being developed under conditions that
are unfair to the railroads, because
feither the outright or obscure aid cf
government policy is the deciding eco
nomic factor in that competition.
Would Investigate Bus Traffic
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Railroad rights of way, he declared,
represent tremendous capital invest
ments, on which the railroads have
also heavy current costs to meet.
“They pay every day a million dollars
in taxes and most of this is on their
rights of way,” he said. “Also they
spend daily over two million dollars ad
ditional for the proper maintenance of
way.” He asserted that the motor-
buses have not had to pay for their
rights of way in any sense that the rail
roads paid for theirs.
“They have simply taken possession
of public highways built by public
funds, both, state and national,” he con
tinued, “and they have extensively
made those highways vastly less com
fortable, less safe and less serviceable
for private motorists and others who
are contributing chiefly to their crea
tion and maintenance.”
Mr. Stephenson declared that all
these matters should bo thoroughly in
quired into by competent public
bodies, both state and national, with
a view of determining the equities and
basic public economic Interests in
volved, “particularly in respect to their
effects upon tho nation’s railroads.
“I venture to say,” he added, “that
such inquiries would show whether it
U-to the public interest to let things
remain as they are. whether the situa
tion calls for a new basis of motorbus
and truck taxes to satisfy the equities
cf the case or whether it would call for
such drastic action as the exclusion of
this- traffic from our public general
highways, end tho requirement that,
even as tho railways, it provide as a
part of its own private capitcl invest
ment its own rights of way and for its
own maintenance of way out of operat
ing income.”
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F THERE was one thing in the
world that Jenny’s Siamese kitten
loved to play with it was a bit of
paper rolled into a ball. Had the lit
tle pet enjoyed anything else by way
of amusement then her mistress might
have missed a quite thrilling adven
ture. But, since Anne, the kitten,
felt in a frolicsome mood and had in
dicated the fact, Jenny took up the
morning paper and was in the act of
tearing off the corner when a person
al advertisement caught her attention.
It read: $25 reward for return of
small Siamese kitten. Brown spot on
ear and one on paw. Strayed from
fiat of Mark Lester.
“Oh,” sighed Jenny. “I suppose
that’s the Mark Lester who wrote
Love in Arabia and Desert Nights.
How perfectly wonderful. I have a
good notion to doll you up, Anne,” she
said aloud to the waiting kitten, “and
Jake you along to Mark Lester’s flat.
I should just love an excuse to meet
him. You have no brown spot on
your little ear and none on your paw
—you wouldn’t mind being dyed with
some of that cold water dye—just for
a day and in quest of adventure—
would you?”
Not waiting Anne’s consent Jenny
went out to her small kitchen and
found ttfie remnants of a package of
brown dye which she had been giving
longer life to a faded hat. She mixed
this up, then went in search of her
victim. The dye had been easier to
put her hands on than was the kitten.
Each time Jenny made a dash for the
kitten it slipped away, seeming to
think she and her mistress were hav
ing one of their usual frolics togeth
er. But finally kitten and mistress
went to the /kitchen.
“The question is,” said Jenny with
paint brush in hand, “which ear do
you suppose Sir. Lester’s cat has a
spot on?”
It must have been just cat wisdom
that made Anne scratch her left ear
because being a perfectly respectable
house pet she had none of those
things that make alley cats scratch
any ear at all.
“The left—is it?” laughed Jenny
and administered a soft swish of
brown dye to Anne’s left ear. She
laughed aloud at the quaint appear
ance of her pet, but Anrte didn’t mind.
She submitted not only to having a
brown ear but soon had a brown paw
as well.
“And you mustn’t lick it off until
after we have shown you to Mr. Les
ter,” admonished Jenny and somehow
it looked as if Anne grinned.
Mark Lester was thinking aimlessly
beside his open window when his
housekeeper produced, from goodness
knows where, a lovely young lady and
a Siamese kitten.
“I read your advertisement in the
morning paper,” said Jenny shyly and
with heart beating like a trip hammer,
“and thought this might be your lost
kitten.”
He turned to his housekeeper.
“Bring Robert the Prodigal In,” he
told her before addressing himself to
Jenny.
“Extraordinary tiling,” he comment
ed and smiled because, for some rea
son unknown to him, Jenny was blush
ing.
“My kitten was returned to me
about two hours ago,” said Mark, “but
when you talk about Siamese twins—
well, they’re not In It when it comes
to these kittens. Look at that!”
Mrs. Brady had brought in a small
animal so exactly like Anne, in her
present makeup, that Jenny laughed
outright at sight of the two kittens.
Mark liked the sound of the laugh
as much as he was enjoying the sight
»>/ Jenny in his writing den.
Aloud he suggested, “Robert would
Fke to have a romp with his visitor,
if you wouldn’t mind, and I say—my
mother and sister will be along in a
few minutes—would you be unconven
tional and wait for a cup of tea with
us—I’d love to show them the Siamese
twins.”
“Oh, I would love the pleasure <>f
having ten with Mark Lester.” Jenny
agreed happily. “I have gobbled up
every one of your novels and sighed
when I had finished them. When will
there be another out for a waiting
public?”
“One on the press now,” said Mark,
and while the Siamese kittens dashed
about the fiat like two long cousins
Mark Lester and Jenny made much
of the passing time.
x It was not until Mark paid his
first visit to Jenny in her own flat
that Anne produced something in the
nature of a bombshell. She sprang
out from under the couch In all the
glory of her natural coloring and con
fusion seized Jenny when she saw
Lester’s, eyes following the kitten’s
antics.
“I didn’t know you had a pair of
Siamese kittens—how jolly.”
4 I haven’t,” confessed Jenny.
“Do Siamese kittensp change color
like chameleons then?”
When Jenny finished What she had
to say Mark had moved over to the
chesterfield beside her and Anne—well
all Anne wanted was a bit of crumpled
newspaper to play with. Later she
was to have Robert as a regular play
mate, but she didn’t know that as yet.
Worthy of Hunter’* Steel'
The wild duck is said by hunters tn«
be the most impudent, tantalising and
skillful creature that ever roused
man’s hunting iostinets.- - • -
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CORN—White or yellow, dry and:
sound, shelled or in ear, at $1.00
per bushel. White or yellow meal’
at $1.00 per bushel. T. A. Dowtin;.
Rt. 2, Troy, S. C. #
HEMSTITCHING IGc per yard.
Prompt service, mail orders given
special attention. Mrs. J. H. Bush,
315 Ellis St., Augusta, Ga.
FOR SALE—One milch cow, fresh
with first calf, and one to be
fresh this month, $30.00 and $353)0:
Good drag harrow for $103)0, and:
spring tooth harrow for $7.50. Com
bination planter, cost $25.00 nfew,
for $15.00. See W. R. Bodie at
Parksville. Mrs; Corrie Gilmer.
FOR SALE—Coker Strain No. 5
Cottonseed. Ginned pure, 65
cents per bushel, f. o r b. farm. W*
L. White, Rt. 3, McCormick, S. C.
FOR SALE—Coker No. 5 cotton
- seed. Ginned clean. Seventyr
five cents per bushel. W. K.
Charles or J. L. Strother, McCord
niick, S. C. \
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MESSENGER 1
John Crawford
Held For Court
The inquest into the death oF
Nora Lee Crawford, negro woman
found dead in a well in town Marcir
23rd, was completed here Monday;,
and her husband, John Crawford,
is beihg held' in jail. The inquest
was started on March 24th, and a:
second hearing <Jh the 25th, and
was finished' April 6th. Solicitor
T. C. Callison was present Monday
and helped conduct the inquest.
The world’s largest waterfalls
are the Victoria falls of the Zam
bezi river in Africa.
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A coal mine at Sydney, Australia,
; s 2.000 feet deep and has its main
shaft under the harbor.
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The Romans were the first road
i builders to draw minute plans ot
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