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USmrsday, June 4, 1931 HT-WAD AND SPENDTHRIFT (By Clayton Rand) i As one separates ihe goats from the sheep, com munity gossip frequently, points the finger of scorn to tight-ioad and spendthrift. One school of thought would have us spend more money, another admonishes us to save it. *In between are the saner hosts of spenders and savers, using their money wisely. Both tight-wads and spendthrifts however, serve a purpose bulls and bears they balance the budget. We have seen extravagant ones squander their wealth to the last sou, and the old tight-wads holding the purse strings, in times of distress, save the day. But the financial backbone of the country, through good times and had, lies with that tHVifty multitude of toilers, who live within their means spending and saving and building the community’s fortunes. THE PEOPLES DANK McCORMICK, S. C. 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G McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER SIX Secretary Of Agricul ture Hyde Tells About Washington’s Plows “The modern farmer, who is al ways trying new farm methods, can certainly claim kinship of spirit with George Washington,” 3scre- tary of Agriculture Hyde remarked ^ith conviction. The Secretary had been consult ed by a representative of the Divi- W sfe' sicn of Information and Publiea- tion of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commis sion, for light on the workings of a certain plow which Washington mentions in his Diaries as of ills own invention. The query had sefr Secretary Hyde to a new reading of Washington’s iournals and cor respondence, with the result of convincing him that scientific re search in agriculture had a firm friend and constant practitioner In the Nation’s first President. “Washington,” Said Secretary Hyde, “was apparently moved to experiment on his broad acres partly because of dissatisfaction with farm practice then prevail ing, and partly because he wanted so to farm his lands as to leave them in better shape than when he acquired them. I find that in 1786 he wrote to Arthur Young, editor of the English Annals of Ag riculture, as follows: “ ‘ The system of agriculture, if it deserves the epithet of system, v/hich is in use in this part of the United States, is as unproductive io the practitioners as it is ruin ous to landholders. Yet it is per tinaciously adhered to. To for sake it; to pursue a course of hus bandry, which is altogether differ ent, and new to the gazing multi tude, ever averse to novelty in mat ters of this sort, and much attach ed to the customs ol their forefa thers, requires resolution, and, aushout a good practical guide, may ce dangerous; because, of the many volumes which nave been written on this subject, few have been founded on experimental knowledge; are verbose, contradic tory, and bewildering. Your An nals, therefore, shall be this guide.’ “Feeling as he did,” Secretary Hyde continued, “and having no State or Federal agricultural re search bodies to turn to, Washing- on conducted nis own research, aith his own farm and laboratory. What he wanted to know about his or that new crop of machine or cultural method, he had to find out mainly for himself. From vhe Annals, and from a few other such sources, Washington derived many suggestions, but he accepted them with reservations, .subject *0 actual test on his own farm. “Thus we find him, in the fall of 1764, sowing ‘a few Oats to see if hey would stand the ‘winter,’ and finding, of course, what chey would not. the inside of the barrel, and that the barrel worked better if not kept too full of seed. A harrow followed the drill, to cover the seed with soil. “The drill must have worked fairly well,” Secretary Hyde smiled as he called up the picture of Washington’s own ‘own Invention,’ wen though at times :'.t nust have acted up and prompted the opera tor to indulge in a few expletives. Washington wrote to a friend that the drill would not ‘work to good effect in land that is very full of either stumps, stones, or large clods; but, where the ground is tolerably free from these and in good tilth, and particularly in light land, I am certain you will find it equal to your most sanguine ex pectations, for Indian corn, wheat, barley, pease, or any other toler ably round grain, that xou may wish to sow or plant in this man ner.’ “Though the modern farmer knows many things that Washing ton could not know,” Secretary Hyde ended, “a rereading of his life and experiments as a farmer must be of constant interest and inspir ation.’ ” -tXI- Soils Develop Through Process Of Evolution Controversy as to whether here dity or environment is most pow erful in molding the lives of hu man beings may continue unabat ed. but Dr. A. G. McCall, chief of i,he soil investigations unit of the United States Department of Agri culture, recently told members of the Agricultural Historical Society that studies by scientists of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and by the Russians with whom soil Thence originated clearly indicate hat environment :.s the all-impor tant factor in developing the char- \cteristics of soils and in determ- ning whether they shall be good er bad, fertile or unproductive. Doctor McCall pointed out that he chief stumblingblock to our knowledge of soils and to the de velopment of soil science has been the persistent assumption by sci entist! that soils were chiefly the product cf heredity. “Until very recent years,” he eaid, “students of soil science have believed that soils must necessarily retain the properties and qualities which they inherit from the rocks and geological formations from which they are derived, but such is not the case, for soils, like human deings, can not escape the inexor- ible process of evolution, and, like animals and plants, they pass from youth to maturity and on to old xge.” In this process, says Doctor Mc- He made many experiments | they lose their early charac- ;vith Lucerne—which we know as alfalfa. He tried winter wheat and barley and spelt. He attempt ed to utilize marie, mud from the river bottoms, and composts of various sorts, as ::ertilizer. “But plows especially drew his attention, for the plows of Wash ington’s day were cumbersome, in efficient, and altogether exasper ating. In March, 1760, Washing ton jotted down, for example, ‘Fit ted a two Eyed Plow instead of a Duck Bill Plow.’ But this new model was on the whole a failure, so a little later we find him re cording, ‘Spent the greater part of ‘eristics, inherited from the par- icular geological formations of -lie earth’s crust from which they are urmed, and are influenced -o a constantly greater extent by the climate and vegetation. As proof if the dominating effect cf en- hror.ment on the development of oil characteristics he cited the ’act that a soil derived from gran ts :'n New Jersey would develop in- o a wholly different soil as re gards color, texture, and fertility ban one developed from the same kind of granite in Georgia. “In the light of progressive sci- ntific discoveries we find it im- the day in making a plow of my 5 osrible to believe that the ‘death’ own invention.’ The next day he; -jf a SO ii i S necessarily anything tried the plow ‘and found She an- -noje than a stage of coma or sus- lended animation,” says Doctor McCall. “Soil surveys are studies Washington,” Secretary Hyde went 0 f the relationships cf soil on- on, “was finding a machine to do i v j ronmen ts in which their evolu- what the modern grain drill does j tj on has occurred. Our faith in at planting time. Washington fin- i ?C ience is so profound that we be- ally developed, evidently from nints j eve < n the possibility of resuscit- gathered from his reading and cor- a ting even a dead soil, and who respondence with Arthur Young knows but that in the near future and others what he called a bar- we may’be able to treat dead soils rel plow. i and start them on a brand-new swered very well.’ “But a greater difficulty for “At that time all grain seed had to be sown by hand, then covered with a harrow or a hoe. Washing evolutionary course from youth to old age?” The Bureau of Chemistry and ton wanted a machine for this soils, in which Doctor McCall di purpose, both to save labor and to | rects the soil investigations unit, do the job more efficiently. His barrel plow consisted of a hollow cylinder of wood, mounted on a wheel plow, so arranged that as the plow moved forward the barrel tUmed. In this barrel Washing ton cut holes for the seed to run down the tubes into the ground. The thickness or thinning of the sowing he could determine, rough ly, by the number of holes left open in the barrel. , . “Much, experiment with this crude drill convince^ Washington that it was necessary.to make these holes larger on the outside than on has differentiated more than a thousand types of soil in the pro cess of mapping and describing the agricultural lands of 1,200 counties in the United Stages. In the soil survey reports the various soils are described in detail, their origin is traced, and their present agri cultural value is emphasized. The maps and reports, which now cover half of the agricultural land of this country, are serving increas ingly as an inventory of the Na tion’s soil fertility resources and a guide in the use of our agricultural resources, he says. Improved Uniform International Sunday School 7 Lesson' (Dy REV. P. R. FITZWATER. D. D.. Mem ber of Faculty. Moody Rible Institute of Chicago.) <Cc\ 1931, Wes-tern Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 7 J ECUS CRUCIFIED HOLDEN TEXT—But he was wound ed tor our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chas tisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. LESSON TEXT—Luke 23:33-4G. PRIMARY TOPIC—Jesus’ Death on. the Cross. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus Taking the World’s Huilt. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—What We Owe to the Lord Jesus. YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Love’s Supreme Sacrifice. ILLS RATS and mice—that’s RAT-SNAP, the aid 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 - encuigh for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCormick, S. C. I. The Piece of Crucifixion (v. 33). They led Jesus away to Calvary, a hill north of Jerusalem resembling a skull. Calvary is the Latin word and Golgotha is the Hebrew. This is a most significant name for the place where man’s redemption was accom plished. The skull is an apt picture of man’s condition as the result of sin —life and intelligence gone, leaving only the dark empty cavern which once contained them. Jesus was not crucified in the city for he was to suffer without the gate (Heb. 13:12). II. His Companions on the Cross (v. 33). Two malefactors were crucified with him. This was in fulfillment of the Scripture. “He was numbered among the transgressors” (Isa. 53:12). He was sinless, but became sin for us. III. His Forgiving Love (v. 34). lie cried, “Father forgive them.” He not onlf had in mind the soldiers who acted for the government, but the Jews who in thoir blindness were ignorant of the enormity of their crime. IV. The World Revealed (vv. 34-43). Jesus Christ on the cross is the su preme touchstone of human life. It is at the cross that the world's heart is revealed. Take a cross section of the world at any time since Christ was crucified, and representatives of the various classes therein were found around Jesus on the cross. In a real sense the cross is the judgment.of this world (John 12:31). 1. The Covetous (v. 34). They gambled for his seamless robe right under the cross where he was dying. This represents those whose primary interest in Christ is a means to get gain. If they had had eyes to see they could have beheld a robe of righteous ness being provided in his death to cover their sinful nakedness. 2. The indifferent (v. 35). “The people stood beholding.” They gazed upon him with indifference. The great mass of the world still gazes upon the Crucified with stolid indifference. 3. The scoffers (vv. 35-30). a. The rulers reviled him for his claim to be the Savior (v. 35). They wanted a savior hut not a crucified sa vior. .Many today are re.’igious but have only contempt for a salvation which centers in an atonement made by blood. They uttered a great truth when they said. “He saved others, let him save himself.” He could not save himself and others, because God’s plan was to save others by giving himself. b. The soldiers reviled him for claiming to be a king (vv. 30, 37). The title “King of the Jews” had been placed over him in bitter irony, hut it was true, for by right of the Davfdie Covenant he shall one day he King over Israel (II Sam. 7:8-10). Through his death lie came into the place of Lordship over all who wl’l acknowl edge him. The fact that the super scription was in Greek. Hebrew, and Latin shows that he was to he King over all the world. , c. The impenitent malefactor (v. 3D). This brutal man joined in revil ing the Savior, even though he per sonally was under condemnation. 4. The penitent malefactor (vv. 40 43). This conscious sinner who dis cerned the heart of the Savior prayed for mercy. He saw that the dying man was the forgiving God. The fact that he acknowledged his sin as against God showed that he was penitent. His request for Christ to remember him when iie cafne into his kingdom shows that he recognized that the One who was dying on the cross was making atonement for sin and that he would one day come to reign as King. The salvation of this penitent thief was immediate. Christ said, “Today shalt thou he with me In paradise.” V. The Death of Christ (vv. 44-40.) So shocking was the crime that na ture hereelf threw around the Son of | God a shroud to hide him from the j godless crowd. Darkness was upon the land at noonday. When the price of sin had been paid, he cried with a loud voice, showing that he still had vitality, that his death was not through exhaustion hut by his will. CHURCH CARDS Lower Long Cane Church Schedule Sabbath school every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbath afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. 1 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. 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 £1:15 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. -txt- 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’clhck. A cordial welcome ia extended to all. O. E. TAYLOR, Pastor. -txt- A. R. Presbyterian Preaching at Mt. Carmel, S. C., on the first and third Sabbath at 11 a. m. Preaching at McCormick, S. C., on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 11:30 a. m. Sabbath school at both churches every 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 Our Lame Praises Whnt are our lame praises in com parison with his love? Nothing, and less than nothing; but love will stam mer rather than be dumb.—Robert Leighton. The Power of God The power of God is available pow er—J. Hudson Taylor. God Novor Chaafoe Peopla may change—but God never —Gospel Banner. 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 even ing at 7:80 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 on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3 p. m. Troy — Sunday school at 10:0# a. m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; 2nd Sundays at 8 p. m.; preaching 2nd Sundays 8:80 p. m.; 4th Sundays 11 a. m. . Beulah — Preaching every d* Sunday afternoon at 8:80 o'clock. W. S. HENRY, 1 Pastor.