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.. Thursday, May 28, 1931 McCORMIGK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER SIX (BY CLAYTON RAND) m “He who has lost confidence * can lose nothing more—Boiste To believe in one’s self—to believe in one’s neighbors—how essential to good business! The chronic knocks at everything except the door of opportunity. See ing no good in himself, he vents his spleen upon his neighbors and be- < comes a thorn in the side of the com munity. Pushing and pulling together, with the right view point, in the militant cause of a community’s fortunes and prosperity finally flows again in a golden stream. Give my community unbelievers, and it plays a dirge in the march of events. Give my community more believers and I’ll show you a citizen ship working miracles. Community confidence is the key stone to civic and commercial achieve ment. Cultivate it. THE PEOPLES BANK McCORMICK, S. C. Should Abolish County-to-County Campaign, Says Mays Also Suggests Small Registration ^ Fee to Be Paid by All Veters at I Time of Enrollment-r-Replies to Letter From Secretary J. Wilson Gibber (Greenwood Index-Journal cf Sunday.) 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 out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick. S. C. AN ADV, WILL HELP YOU "" - S - 4 * , No matter what you may want— buy, sell, find, trade, dr rent—an ad vertisement in THE MESSENGER will help you. There is no limit to the results it may bring. Your mes- / sage goes into the homes of several hundred people, and will be read in leisure time when decisions are made. You won’t miss the small amount that advs. in this paper will cost. ITORMICK MESSENGER McCormick, S. C. 1 The county-to-coun'.y campaign required by the democratic party in South Carolina for many years should be ^ ~ ’’ registration fee should be paid by ^ voters at time ox — §<£ two outstanding suggestions offer- ed by C. A. Mavs. coun f v Ob'"’ \ 88 . in reply to a request from J. Wil son Gibbes, secretary of cne staxe democratic executive committee, • for suggestions on changes :n tiie primary rules: Mr. Mays’ letter follows in full: I have yours requesting opinion of democratic county chairmen as to technical details of the opera tion of the democratic primary and also their opinion on several points suggested which might amount to fundamental changes in the rules. I heartily agree with your appar ent nlan to develop full discussion of the rules during an off-year when no one can be charged with framing the rules so as to affect the fortunes of any particular is sue or candidate. I shall offer a copy of this letter to the press as an invitation to others, whether officials of the party or not, to ex press themselves through similar channels so that the committee may have the consensus of opinion on the natter. The rules seem to provide that the enrollment book shall be k°ot at some place designated by the executive committee, and they have been so construed through two campaigns in this county. I am informed that in some places the enrollment book is taken from house to house for the conveni ence of the voters. The rules should be clarified in this resnect so as to insure uniformity of practice. Personally I feel that there’s less likelihood of irregularity and gen eral dissatisfaction if the book is strictly kept in the place designat ed by the committee. Voters should be willing to submit to slight in convenience of going to the regis- 3 tration place for the sake of regul- m arity. Can a vote be thrown out on the ground of non-residence where the point is noV ralsed until Sofne one challenges the voter at the ballot box on election day? My answer to this question would be “No.” Such objections should be filed be fore the rolls are purged and certi fied by the county committee in order that there may be time to determine the facts and law of the case after due investigation be fore the election is held. The rules clearly provide that enrolled voters who cannot come to the polls because of sickness can vote by mail. There is some con fusion as to whether persons ab sent for business reasons should also be permitted to vote which should be cleared up. Voting by mail is a valuable privilege to those who really cannot, without great sacrifice, attend the polls, ->ut in the interest of regularity md simplification of elections the privilege should be closely restrict- ’ 5d to cases of necessity. Do the rules permit the accept ance of ‘absentee votes only when '^ceived through the mails? If not an amendment should be made aroviding that persons otherwise qualified to vote bv mail can ap pear in person before the enroll ment committee within a certain "umber of days before the elec- ion and nrenare and deposit seal- 3d votes with the committee in stead of having to take them away and mail them back. Th« county-to-county meetings served a useful purpose when roads were bad and our people de^ oended upon horses and mules as hmr principal means of transpor- ption but the meetings have al ways been limited in their useful- less because of the vsrv short time which can be allowed to any one meaker. The meetings have fre quently amounted merely to con- ests either of good natured wit and story telling or of unseemly abuse and mud shngine to the en tire exclusion of intelligent and prions discussion of public issues. A candidate who has a personality 'mi nlatform worthy t of serious consideration can better present vis cause through a fewer num ber of privately arranged meetings mi through judicious advertising at a orobable saving of money and a certain saving of time and phy- tic'-'i energy. The reauiring of a preliminary showing of strength bv a petition as a prerequisite to the official recognition of a candidate would undoubtedly eliminate some per sons who take up the time of the other candidates to no good pur- nose at the campaign meetings. If the county-to-county meetings are abolished, that in itself would de ter persons from offering for office for any purpose other than that of seriously striving to be elected. The state should not be called upon through taxation to pay any part of the expense of conducting strictly party affairs such as the primary. The state must hold aloof and be i» position to give equal treatment to all parties. The sta tutes which we now have regulat ing primaries should be repealed and the conduct and financing of the party be left entirely to the party itself. There is considerable expense at- HIGHESTouAury LOWEST PRICE! TUNI IN on our radio program 3l*piecc, all-string orchestra. Grantiand Rice Interviewing world celebrities. • Every Wednesday Night • WSB ATLANTA, GA. GREENWOOD COCA-COLA L BOTTLING COMPANY Greenwood, S. C. IT HAD TO BB GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS J NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF CAROLINA-GEORGIA SERVICE COMPANY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson, In Court of Common Pleas. CLARENCE A. SOUTHERLAND, RALPH J. RITCHIE AND WILL- ITS H. SAWYER, AS RECEIVERS OF ATLANTIC PUBLIC SER VICE ASSOCIATES, INC., Plain tiffs, against CAROLINA - GEORGIA SERVICE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, Defendant. Notice is hereby given that nur- suant to the Order of court in the above cause, granted on the 12th day of May, 1931, all creditors of the defendant, Carolina-Georgia Service Companv, are notified, di rected and required to prove their claims against said Carolina-Geor gia Service Company before the undersigned, as Special Referee, at his office at Anderson, S. C., on or before July 15, 1931, and notice is further given that by the terms of said Order any and all creditors failing to so prove their claims as therein required and as herein above directed shall be barred from participating in the funds derived from the administration and dis- oosition of the assets of the de fendant as administered by said court. H. E. BAILEY, Judge of Probate for Anderson County, South Carolina, as Special Referee, loth 1931.—2t. IMPORTANT CHANGE IN SCHED ULE C. & W. C. RAILWAY Effective, Sunday May 31, Train Mo. 1 Daily, for Greenwood, Laur en*?. Spartanburg and Greenville will leave McCormick at 7:25 a. m. in ino. 4 uany. irom Spartan burg and Greenville for Augusta will leave McCormick at 5:19 p. m. ANDERSON BRANCH: No. 21 nixed except Sunday, leave Mc- nimick 7:3J a m.: No. 5, Sunday mly, leave McCormick 8:00 a. m.; Mo. *21 mixed, except Sunday, ar- ive McCormick 4:15 p. m.; No. 6, mixed, Sunday only, arrive McCor- nick 4:00 p. m. sonbly accurate estimate of the imount of money which will be xquired, but have great difficulty in knowing how much to assess :he candidates because they can not know before-hand ju o <t how many candidates will offer. In off- ,.i5 when there are fewer offices o be filled, the assessments must '3 mad3 higher and sometimes be- •ems unduly oppressive. Some neans should be devised for sup plementing the assessment fund. c, igp p "st fo r considera ion the idea cf requiring a very small ’•egistration fee to be naid at the time cf enrollment. A fee of only en cents paid bv each voter would L o a large extent, remove the fin ancial worries of the executive committee. I realize that this nlan vould be a sharp departure from former practice, and I have not hed sufficient time to have a def inite opinion of my own as to its merits, but it is worth considera tion. I feel though that voters interested in the welfare of the party wo \ 1 make no objection to carrying what they might consid er as their fair share of the fin ancial burden of maintaining the party. ^ I hone that other democrats, par- tached to the proper conduct of ty officials or otherwise, will feel the primary which is now raised free to express themselves publicly exclusively through the* assessment on these questions. of Candidates. The executive com- ? A MAY ®; mittee in the beginning of the County Chairman, Greenwood ‘campaign can usually make a rea- County. Improved Uniform International SundaySchool ’ Lesson v (By REV. P. B. F1TZWATER. D. !>.. Mem ber of Faculty. Mooily Bible In tittite of Chicago.) (©. 11)01, Western Newspaper Union.) Lesccn for May 31 JESUS IN GZTHSEMANE K ILLS RATS COIjDEN TEXT—Saying', Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me. nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. IjESSON TEXT—Luke 22:3!>-54. PRIMARY TOPIC—Jesus in the Gar den. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus in the Gar den. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Obeying God at Any Cost. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Meaning of Gethsemane. and mice—that’s RAT-SNAP, the old reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in cakes—no mixing with other food. Your money back if it fails. 35c size - 1 cake - enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size - 2 cakes - for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size - 5 cakes - enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCormick, S. C. I. Jesus at the Mount of Olives. (v. 39). He went from the upper room under cover of the night to the Garden of Gethsemane, a favorite resort on the slope of the Mount of Olives, a short distance east of Jerusalem (Matt. 2G:30). It is a place where the oil was crushed out of the olives. Geth semane means “oil press.” Olive oil was precious, being used both for food and lighting. The bruising and crush ing of Christ in this Garden has yield ed the largest blessings to the world. M. His Companions (vv. 39, 40). Peter, James and John, who had been with him on the Mount of Trans figuration, wore permitted to go with him into the deep shadows of the Gar den (Matt. 2G:37). He took those who were best able to apprehend the mean ing of the tragic hour to he his sympa thizing companions. This was needed to prepare them as his witnesses. Knowing the peculiar trial through whMi they would soon pass when the Shepherd should be smitten, he needed to prepare them for it. ♦ They needed to taste the hitter cup of which he drank and of which they, too, later should drink. III. Jesus Praying (vv. 41-44). 1. Withdrawal from the disciples (v. 41). Even these members of the inner circle could not now go with him. He tore himself away from them, for he must be alone in this darkest Lour. He kneeled down and prayed. 2. What he said (v. 42). “If. thou be willing, remove this cup from me.” The cup did not mean primarily the physical sufferings of the cross, though they were exceeding great. He did not now desire to escape from the cross and thus to stop short of his redemp tive work, for this was the supreme purpose of his coming into the world (Heb. 2:14). He was so completely identified with a sinning race that the judgment of a holy God which right fully would have fallen upon it was about to strike him—the Father’s face was actually turned from him. The cup, therefore, tneant his death as the hearer of sin. He came to Gethsem ane with the full knowledge of what it meant, and consciously brought his human will into accord with the di vine will. He bowed in submission to the Father's will. So great was his agony that he sweat, as it were, great drops of blood. In ‘this crucial hour an angel from heaven strengthened him. He won the victory irt submis sion to his Father’s will, and from henceforth went with unfaltering steps to the cross. IV. The Disciples Sleeping (vv. 45, 40). They had boasted of their fidelity (Matt. 20:35), but could not watch with him for an hour. He had issued a word of warning to them (Luke 22:34), but they were so benumbed with sorrow that they failed to keep awake. He gently reprimanded them and commanded that they should arise and pray lest they enter into tempta tion. i V. Jesus Betrayed (vv. 47, 48). 1. The betrayer (v. 47). It was Judas, one of the twelve. He had en joyed the most intimate relations with the Lord: eating with him. listening to his teaching, witnessing his mar velous miracles, and enjoying his countenance. These privileges inten sify the horror of the deed. He even guided the mob to arrest Jesus. 2. The sign of betrayal (v. 47). It was a kiss, the token of the most tender affection and friendship. 3. Jesus’ tender words to him (v. 43). These words to the infamous disciple reveal the infinite tenderness of the Lord’s heart. Many professing dis ciples today are proving their disloy alty to Jesus and even are betraying him. All who bear the name of Christ, and especially ministers and teachers, who deny the virgin birth, deity, and vicarious atonement of Jesus Christ, are following in the footsteps of Judas. VI. Jecus Arrested (v. 54). The multitude led by Judas invaded the sacred precincts of the Garden and arrested Jesus and brought him before tlse High Priest. Peter followed him afar otfY. Peter’s downfall may be traced to his self-confidence. LHIIRCHCARDS Lower Long Cane Church Schedule Sabbath school every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbath afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Preaching every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbath afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. A cordial welcome awaits you at these services. W. C. KERR, Pastor. X Plum Branch M. E. Church Schedule ASBURY—Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00 a. m.; Epworth League every Sunday at 7:00 p. m.; preaching 1st Sunday at 11:15 a. m., and 3rd Sunday at 8:00 p. m. BARR’S CHAPEL—Preaching 1st Sunday at 3:30 p. m., and 3rd Sun day at 11:30 a. m. BORDEAUX—Sunday School ev ery Sunday at 10:00 a. m„ on the 1st Sunday; 3rd Sunday and the 4th Sunday, and at 3:00 p. m. on the 2nd Sunday; preaching. 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p. m., and 4th Sun day at 11:15 a. m. ST. PAUL—Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00 a. m.; Epworth League every Sunday at 7:00 p. m.; Preaching, 2nd Sunday at 11:15 a. m., and 4th Sunday at 8:15 p. m. ixi McCormick Holiness Church Schedule McCormick —- Preaching service Saturday night before 3rd Sunday at 8 o’clock; third Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock and third Sunday night at 8 o’clock. A cordial welcome it extended to all. O. E. TAYLOR, Pastor. t\t A. R. Presbvb'rian Preaching at Mt. Carmel S. C.» on the first and third Sabbath at 11 a. m. Preaching at McCormick, S. C., in the second and fourth Sabbaths it 11 *30 a. m. Sabbath school at both churches Sabbath day throughout the year. LEON T. PRESSLY, Pastor. tXt Troy A. R. P. Charge TROY—Sabbath school at 10:00 every Sabbath 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. McCormick Methodist Church Schedule Faith a Necessity There is only one door into heaven; thsit door is faith. There is only one ship that sails for the skies; her name is Faith. There is only one weapon with which to contend with oppo sition ; that weapon is faith.—Tai- mage. A Great Mistake There is no greater mistake than to suppose that Christ!anp ogn impress the world by compromising with It.— Selected. q McCormick—Sunday school every Sunday at 10:00 a. m.; Preaching at 11:00 a. m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sun days, and at 7:30 p. m. on fourth Sundays. Prayer meeting Wednesday avail ing at 7:30 o’clock. Board of Stewards meets Monday night following 1st Sundays. REPUBLICAN Sunday School at 11 a. m. on Sad 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 10:09 a. m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; Sundays at 8 p. m.; preaching Sundays 8:30 p. m.; 4th Sundays 11 a. m. Beulah — Preaching every Sunday afternoon at 8:30 o'elosk. > , W. S. HENRY,