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Thursday Jane 18, 1931 McCOhirfICK MESSENGER^ McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA 4>AGE NUMBER THREE DrinK Ipdkrioyfc^jRefinesKing * ,,>A SERVED OVER NINE MILLION TIMES A DAY TUN I IN on our radio program 31 piaoc, flilatrlna orchestra. Gr«ntJ«nd fiet intarvlawlns world calabrltlas. • Cvory Wodnosday Night • WSB ATLANTA, GA. GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Greenwood, S. C. i IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS Any business depression in the United States is quickly felt in Japan, for that country depends 'On the United States to take 95 per cent of its silk exports. Eyes examin ed. Spectacles, Eye Glasses, and Artificial Apes fitted without Drugs, Drops or Danger. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometrists fl&C Broad Street Augusta. Ga Galileo, the famous Italian as tronomer, was the first man to look at the heavens through a telescops, in 1610., AT S DIE so do mice, once they eat RAT- SNAP. And they leave no odor be hind. Don’t take our word for it —try a package. Cats and dogs won’t touch it. -Rats pass up all food to get RAT-SNAP. Three sizes. 35c size - 1 cake - enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size - 2 cakes - for Chicken Bouse, coops, or sjnall 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. Stiffen one end of your tape measure by sewing a small whale bone or piece of stiffening in it. You will find it easier to use for many purposes. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, checks a Cold the first day, and checks Malaria in three days. 6 6 6 Salve for Baby’s Cold. A scientist says plants have feelings just like humans, and if that is true the rose bushes must feel all stuck up. ALL LIGHT CARS $6.65 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE 622 BROAD PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA, GA. Use a stay under all buttons sub- ct to frequent strain. A stay may » a small flat baby button sewed rectly underneath the outside itton, on the inside of the gar- ent. Or it may be a trilled tape- Rending underneath stTI the but- 108 down the front ^>r around the slst-llne. DISASTERS RECEIVED RED CROSS AID IN 50 YEARS American Society to Celebrate Its Birth Year With Nation wide Observance Tornadoes, floods, forest fires and other calamities and upheavals of na ture have visited the United States more than one thousand times in the last half century. All of these were of severe intensity, causing loss of life and great property damage. Minor catastrophes were not counted in this list of disasters, which has been made public by the American Red Cross, in connection with the cele bration th|s year of its fiftieth birth day. It was on the evening of May 21. 18SI, in the modest home of Miss Clara Barton in Washington, D. C., that the American Association of the Red Cross was first formed. Before the year was out, aud before, indeed, the United States Government had officially moved to approve the Treaty of Geneva, adding this nation to the com pany of thirty-two others adhering to the treaty to protect wounded in war fare. Miss Barton had plunged the small society into a disaster relief task. First Red Cross Unit This was in the north woods of Michigan, where forest fires swept the homestead farms of pioneering fam ilies. Miss Barton, as president of the Red Cross, had organized a branch in Dansville, New York, where she was sojourning. This little group imme diately raised money, food, clothing and other supplies and sent them to the forest fire victims. In Rochester and Syracuse, New York, nearby, word spread of this charitable enterprise, and Red Cross auxiliaries were organ ized there to help. So began the disas ter relief work of the Red Cross fifty years ago. In the intervening years, millions of* men, women and children have been aided. Thousands of homes have been restored. Thousands of persons, overwhelmed by floods, tor nadoes, and fires until all they pos sessed had been wiped away, have been rehabilitated and prosperity and happiness again smiled upon them. This year has been dedicated by the Red Cross and its chapters in 3,500 communities to commemoration of the events which led to the birth of the society in the United States. * President Hoover Speaks Ttf& celebration of the anniversary was ihaugufftted-in Washington at a dinner, attended by many distin guished men and women, at which Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes presided, and President Hoover, who i$ the president of the American Red Cross, was the chief speaker. Judge Max Huber of Geneva. Switzerland, the president of the International Cbm- mittee of the Red Cross, in which fifty- saven nations are joined in a Red Cross brotherhood, also was a speaker, as were Chairman John Barton Payne of the American Red Cross, and Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary, and veteran leader of the society. The Red Cross standard, which flies all around the world where mercy is needed, was first introduced as an ideal in our modern civilization in Geneva in 18G4. when the international Red Cross convention, afterward to be known as the Treaty of Geneva, was signed by twelve countries agreeing that on the battlefield the wounded should be given aid by doctors, nurses and others, who should wear the sign of the Red Cross, and be treated as neutrals in the warfare. Two Americans attended this first convention, the American Minister George C. Fogg, and Charles S. P Bowles, representative in Europe of the United States Sanitary Commis sion. a volunteer organization of sym pathizers with the North in our Civil War. Facts they gave resulted in adop tion of some of the American ideas. Returning to the United States. Fogg and Bowles sought recognition of the Geneva Treaty, but the Grant admin istration took no interest. Unri#M Hayes, the same lethargy was en Countered. Clara Barton Founder But there had emerged from the Civil War period a middle-aged woman whe had seen much service on the battle fields around Washington. This was Clara Barton. Ill nealth caused her tc make a trip to Europe in 1S69. There she became interested in the Red Cross idea, and joined a unit which saw service in the Franco-Pfrussian war. Upon her return home, she launched an active campaign for the treaty, but met the same opposition as her predecessors. However. Presi dent Garfield, when he came into of flee, recognized the merits of the movement, and when death by assassi nation removed him, his successor President Arthur, sought approval by the U. S. Senate of the treaty. Thus was consummated a seventeen-year fight in this nation for a humanitarian ideal. Clara Barton was recognized as the society’s founder and was its presi dent for twenty-three years. She died in 1912 at the age of 90 years. It Is not generally thought of, but the flag so familiar in every civilized nation as the emblem of the Red Cross had a simple derivation. Because the originator of the movement, Henri Dunant, was a Swiss, and the first treaty> to protect wounded ^in battle was drafted and signed in Switzorlapd, the flag of that ReppfeMc—a white pross upon a red background—was reversed, and the Red Cross came into being. S.C. WEEKLY INDLSTUIAL REVIEW Newberry — Reagin’s Shoe Shop installed new shoe repair equip ment. Columbia — Work on $300,000 education building at University of South Carolina progressing rapid- Jy. Belton — Dr. W. H. Bannister moved to new location over South Carolina Savings Bank. Columbia — Local streets being improved. Newberry — Busy Bee Cafe for mally opened. Bids will be received June 9 for approximately $6,500,000 worth of road work.—Sumter Item. Newberry — Ritz Theatre in stalled new air system. Sumter — M System Food Store opened at 32 North Main Street. Spartanburg — Sewerage pro ject underway here nearing com pletion. Newberry — Central Methodist Church parsonage completed. Pageland — Plans underway to establish curb market. Newberry — Peoples Staie Bank of South Carolina opened in old quarters of Exchange Bank build ing. Plans underway to pave Cal houn Highway between Abbeville and Calhoun Falls. Georgetown — “Georgetown Times” moved to new quarters at 629 Front Street. Allendale — Petite Golf Course on East Main Street reopened. Spartanburg — Construction of post office building progressing rapidly. Greer — DeLuxe Ice Cream Par lor opened on Victoria Street. Grading of State Highway No. 9 from Cheraw to Chesterfield com pleted. Keys Spring Lake, to be operated by Legion post, opened.—Belton ! lews. Belton — J. Allen Scott and R. 3. Scott to open grocery store in building being vacated by J. W. Hudgens. Plans progressing for paving Route No. 26 from Georgetown to Andrews. Andrews -p Mrs. Margaret Howell operating jewelry store in this city. Sumter — Well supplying 250 to 275 gallons of water per minute aow in use at Sumter Water Works. Union — Wright-Baker Co., mov ed to new location on Main Street. Greer — Greer Plumbing and Heating Co., formally opened. Bennettsville — W. G. Hazel plans purchasing weekly newspa per and plant in this city. Fairfax — Plans underway to re locate State Highway No. 33 at point one mile north of here. Camden — Belk Lumber Co., and Camden Lumber Co., merged. Columbia — Mutual Grocery Co., opened store at 1336 Assembly Street. Parlers — Bids received for pav ing 20-mile stretch on Route No. 30 from Rosinville - to this city. Contract let for construction of 11 miles of highway between Allen dale and Martins. Greer — Minature Golf Course opened on North Main Street. Ruby — Two carloads of cab bage shipped from here recently. St. George — F. L. Rickenbaker erecting filling station and garage at corner Main and Raysor streets. THINGS WORTH KNOWING Salvaging of waste metals is a $1,000,000,000 industry in the Un ited States. Seal skins vary so in size it may take from three to skins to make a coat. thai nine Many of the lower animals are such cannibals that the mothers often eat their own young. The United States produces more than 21,000,000 goldfish for com mercial purposes in a year. Supervisor’s Monthly Report Statement of Claims Paid by McCormick County Supervisor April, 1, 1931 CLAIM NO. PAYEE PURPOSE More fatal accidents occurred in homes in this country last year chan in the industrial plants. How a disease wipes out human beings who are not resistant to it was shown when influenza was introduced into a Labrador com munity of 360 Eskimos, causing the death of 300. The north Atlantic states con sume as much fuel oil in one year as all Europe—100,000,000 barrels. The city of Washington has more than 106,000 trees lining its streets. Tuberculosis is a disease of civ ilization, and was practically un known among primitive tribes. Cormonants are sometimes train ed to catch fish, a band being placed around their necks so that they can not swallow. A new sponge rubber is expect ed to prove useful in making mat tresses for ocean liners, hospital cots and Pullman cars. Pecan oil is being produced from nut fragments which ac cumulate in large pecan shelling slants. The native land of the pomme- granate is believed to have been Persia. A lion’s charge upon his prey is as swift as the speed of a gallop ing horse. San Antonia, Tex., plans a me morial foundation to honor the Alamo’s dead. 10765 10766 10767 10768 10769 10770 10771 10772 10773 10774 10775 10776 10777 10778 10779 10780 10781 10782 10783 10784 10785 10786 10787 1G783 AMOUNT The 76th field artillery, once stationed at Monterey, Cal., has been disbanded. Los Angeles and vicinity con sume 60,000 carloads of fruits, nuts and vegetables yearly. Art treasures in the New York’s Metropolitan Museum are guarded by a delicate alarm system. The Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago will celebrate its 100th anniversary this fall. Only 44 per cent of male stu dents in southern Methodist Uni versity, Dallas, Tex., use tobacco, a survey found. A Hollywood comedian uses a movie wind-machine to protect ;he fruit on his twenty-acre ranch near Escondidi, Cal., from frost. Professional Card W. K. CHARLES Attorney-At-Law office, Farmers Bank Building . Days at McCormick WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS Slip covers are attractive on bed-room chairs at any time. They protect the upholstery from dust and hard wear and provide variety in decoration. On small chairs, materials with a small design should be used. Eighty kinds of skins are now used in making fur garments and trimmings. 10789 10790 10791 10792 10793 10794 10795 10793 10797 10798 10799 10800 10801 10302 10803 10804 10805 10806 108G7 T. J. Price, Treasurer, Interest on Bonds $ 1,203.00 M. L. Miller Secretary, Insurance 28.80 T. J. Price, Treasurer, 10 Bonds Retired 10,000.00 T. J. Price, Treasurer, Interest 3,731.78 Carolina-Georgia Service Co., Coal 15.40 W. T. Strom, Expense Trip New Jersey for prisoner 125.00 W. T. Strom, Jail Ex. Sept., Oct. Nov. Dec. 1930 312.25 W. T. Strom, Jail Expense Jan. Feb. March, 1931 139.75 W. T. Strom, Paid for arrest of Prisoners 38.11 W. T. Strom, Salary 105.04 W. L. Brown, Salary 94.66 W. O. Graves, Salary 105.04 W. H. Parks, Salary 73.24 L. G. Bell, Salary 23.97 T. J. Price, Salary 55.55 C. W. Pennal, Salary 55.55 J. A. Talbert, Salary 60.07 J. O. Patterson, Salary 45.04 R. N. Edmunds, Salary 12.50 C. C. Morgan, Salary 16.68 M. L. B. Sturkey, Salary 8.33 Jesse Remson, Salary 31.83 A. V. Morgan, Salary 25.00 H. C. Walker, Salary 44.33 County Pension Fund. Support of the Poor: WHITE Miss .Lou White 5.90 Miss Bettie Holliday 5.00 Miss Carrie Freeland 5.00 Mrs. Mary Carroll 5.00 Mrs. Martha Turnage 5.00 Mrs. Mary Furqueron 5.90 Miss Julia Davis 5.00 Miss Miranda Holsenback 5.00 Miss Emily Wideman ^ 5.00 John P. Wideman 5.00 O. D. White 5.00 William Tram el 5.00 Miss Ella Stroud 5.00 J. W. C. Waters 5.00 Miss Sally Wideman 5.00 75.90 COLORED Victoria Tolbert 3.00 Delsie Goode 3.00 Miller Harmon 3.00 Milton Garrett 3.00 Herbert Williams 3.00 Jack Bradley * 3.00 Caroline Green 3.00 ; Tildy Sheppard 3.00 Ann Marshall 3.00 Morriah Bussey 3.00 Jim Anderson 3.00 Amy Edmunds 3.00 ; ; Polly Elmore 3.00 Alex Calhoun 3.00 • Pomp Matthews 3.00 Lucy Martin 3.00 John Moore 3.00 Anna Collier 3.00 Georgia Callahan 3.00 Will Holloway 3.00 Lee Tolbert L j_ 3.00 Jane Yeldell 3.00 Steve and Rosa Pullian 5.00 Ed and Ella Rayford 5.00 76.00 George P. Watkins, Salary 94.52 John A. Creswell, Salary 74.96 W. R. McBride, Salary 60.00 R. A. Price, Operation of Ferry 12.00 J. B. Harmon, Jr., P. M., Postage j v 14.00 Ben Spence, Moving Convict Camp • 8.00 T. J. Price, Treasurer, Note Eyer & Co. 25,000.00 T. J. Price, Treasurer, Interest on Note 1,373.61 S. C. Continental Tel. Co., Rents J. B. Gilchrist, Work on Plumbing T. J. Price, Treasurer, Vital Statistics A ale and Towne Mfg., Co. Repair Time Look C. W. Patterson, Rent on Land 3 years J. R. Palmer, Ax Handles G. P. Watkins, Supplies T. J. Price, Treasurer, Ex. and Int. Eyer & Co. F.’C. Robinson Inc. Agcy. Prcm. officers Bends W. J. Hines, Lumber J. J. Dorn and W. D. Morrah, Copies Act 379 8c Tel.__ T. J. Price, Treasurer, Vital Statistics 25.65 8.75 104.25 15.00 79.77 3.00 59.42 56.95 170.90 23.61 4.39 14.50 TOTAL $13,708.04 Frigate Constitution Malaria received its name through the mistaken idea that it was caused by bad air. bridge, Stewart, meant more to our # young nation than the victories To Tnkc Jllly Oruisc cred itcd to her in the pages of his- tory.” The restoration of the ship has been carried out in such a manner types of corn—dent, flint, pod, pop and sugar. flour. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3.— Persons who contributed to the American farmers raise six main work of restoration of the Consti- ! as to brin S ttie Constitution to the tution, famous as Old Ironsides are same condition in a11 detaiIs as at invited to inspect the vessel on its the time of her greatest victories cruise along the eastern coast from from 1812 to 1814 ‘ CredIt: for this Portsmouth, N. H„ to Yorktown, task belongs to Lleut - John A - Va., beginning "July 3, the Secre- Ij0rd > nava * constructor, and a na- tive of Bath, Ma. Mementos of Tags attached to salmon proved that these fish traveled 1,300 miles in forty-four days. At least twenty nations will be represented at the Internationa' film congress in Brussels next Tune. Simonds F Inserted Tooth Saw holds ii- If.th list lony. r .I,,d . 1,1k 10 . mure md hetlf Imrit er I el us < h.ini'e xour s.iu In this ' H,, h "i ir 'd.' .t if (mi t new Siiiuinds. Our ' 1 MINI, ! 1 Ml! I U ni vi I ,rd HOW To m k \ 11. n r i \ \ i > i s m r i > ■< \ u 1 i k r k • J. H. MINER -SAW CO. It doesn’t profit a man much il he gains the 'eaves a rich whole widow. world an The forms of speech in the world today are believed to rep resent more than 100 entirely un related language stocks. Canadian mental receiving about 6,500 new patients each year, and discharging 2,500 as recovered or improved. tary of the Navy, Charles Francis Adams, announced recently • the shi P’ s earlier days have beel1 The Department's announcement S raciousl y delivered by descendants of the men who cruised on the Constitution-Old ship to the committee in charge of the Constitution’s restoration and Four pastors in Raymond, Wash ington charter a bus to carry chil dren to Sunday school. reads: The U. S. S. Ironsides—will commence her post restoration cruise July 3. 1931. This t * iese ^ ave been supplemented in historic frigate, now nearing the recent weeks through the efforts of completion of her reconditioning at Comdr - Louis J- Gulliver, U. S. N., Boston navy yard, will be commis- wbo bas been detailed to com- sioned July 1 and will start her mand the ship on her cruise ' voyage from Boston two days later The announc e d itinerary includes hospitals are in tow of Grebe ports along the New England Coast, “We hope,” Secretary Adams where the ship was built and man ~ stated, “that the children and ned and was fought so wel1 ’ and patriotic citizens whose contribu- Atlantic Coast ports as far south tions made possible, to a large de- as Chesapeake Bay. Her present gree, the restoration of the fam- itlnerar y carries old Ironsides as ous old ship, will accept this invi- far as Yorktown * Va., where she tation to board her. Old Ironsides wdl be P resent at the Sesquicen- tennial Celebration Oct. 16 to Oct. Chirfc has more than 1.390.000 insane who are iuncared :or, ac cording to a cansjrvative .sli- : ia:e. is more than an inspiration—she is an American tradition. The sue- 2 ^’ cessful accomplishment of her mis sion at manded txx- sea when she was com- Canned rabbit meat has been put so ably by Hull. Bain- on the market.