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Thursday, July 16, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER TWO tn EPNCST CAMP JB City Fright Everybody who vists New York is seized at some time or other with a sense of panic at its immensity, no matter how well travel seasoned they have become. Practically ev ery noted foreigner, from Dr. Al bert Einstein to the youngest Brit ish flapper, yields at some time or other to this feeling. People in country towns who may have kept away from the city be cause of their innate fear of the town ought to conquer this feeling and spend some time here. It is more than a liberal education. No Real Danger Life here is as safe as in any spot on earth, in spite of the monsters that roar in the subways, clatter on the elevated railroads and screech on the streets. That noise is what saves lives, probably. At the same time it is nerve-shaking to the stranger, from its potential menace. Being lost in this enormous city is no great shakes. All one has to do is step up to some one of its 19,000 policemen and let him straighten out your mental tangle. Years ago they earned the name of “The Finest’* and there is no reason to think of them as other wise, even in these days of news paper exposes. Auto Tourists Hardly fen hour passes, day or night, that one cannot see an au tomobile carrying a load of farm folks out to see the sights of a great city, bowling along through the heart of Longacre Square—the focus of all this country’s the atrical activities. Nothing is miss ing on most of these autos; the tent strapped on the running board; camp paraphernalia piled in, rusty old baggage, and dad up front in his shirt sleeves calmly moseying along past the friendly traffic cops; and mother in calico getting an eyeful while soothing her unruly brood. Everybody they stop to ask for directions takes pleasure in help- BEAUTIFUL NEW FORD UsXC * T ;i TOWN SEDAN ' DE LUXE SEDAN .1) CONVERTIBLE SEDAN DE LUXE TUDOR VICTORIA N. CABRIOLET The most striking fine car types ever offered at such low prices are now being presented by Ford dealers. These are the six newest de luxe creations ot the Ford Motor Company. They are designed and built to meet every need of the automobile buyer whose desire for motoring luxury and outstanding perform ance is tempered with sound economy. Get the facts about these fine cars. Compare their lithe, clean-cut style with any you have ever created in your own imagination. Learn about the de luxe materials with which each car is trimmed and uphol stered, and how carefully these are tailored. Sit and ride in the wide, restful seats and you will realize that just as no restrictions have been put on mechan ical performance, so no limits have been placed on comfort and beauty. There is much to interest the careful buyer—a choice of sparkling colors, a variety of rich uphol- etery materials. Rustless Steel, safety glass, Houdaille double-acting shock absorbers, one-piece welded steel wheels, slanting windshields, and many other features which make the Ford a happy investment. ** ■•■yr'i'V OUR GROCERY SERVICE BEST Not only because of best quality foodstuffs and low prices, but also because of the quick service, courteous- treatment and personal attention. You’ll enjoy these many pleasing features of our service and want to make this your permanent headquarters for foodstuffs. You Can Depend On Us The Year ’Round v There is never any variance from our fixed high stand ards. Everything is always the same here. Our delivery service will bring your things to your door if you wish. Just phone 43. 1. I MARTIN How to train BABY’S BOWELS Babies, bottle-fed or breast-fed, with any tendency to be constipated, would thrive if they received daily, half a teaspoonful of this old family doctor’s prescription for the bowels. That is one sure way to train tiny bowels tc healthy regularity. To avoid the fretfulness, vomiting, crying, failure to gain, and other ills of constipated babies. Dr. Caldwells* Syrup Pepsin is good for any baby. For this, you have the word of a famous doctor. Forty-seven years of practice taught him just what babies need to keep their little bowels active, regular; keep little bodies plump and healthy. For Dr. Caldwell specialized in the treatment of women and little ones. He attended over 3500 births with out loss of one mother or baby. Dr. W. B. Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN A Doctor's Fami1j> Laxative Peoples Bank Seeks Bring New Firms To This State (Greenville News, Tune 17, 1931) ing them along and, even if they don’t stay long in the city but hike right out to some tourist camp, they get to see the greatest show on earth at a minimum of expense and effort. It’s a good stunt for anybody in the country who is wondering where to go for a vaca- uon. Transportation No city in the whole world has as complex a system of street cars. It takes weeks before one learns iust where they all go to, the problem being intensified by the subways, where one loses all sense of direc tion and can rely only upon the verbal directions given by the guards on the station platforms. And a lot of those fellows don’t know any too much about the city. On the Second Avenue Elevated Road the difficulties are added to by the type of trainmen employed. Most of them appear to have left Ireland only a few weeks before and their brogue is often too rich for an ordinary American to un- 1 derstand what they are trying to tell you. The man who hires for that road must be a full-fledged Irishman with an intense love for the Quid Sod. ' A Busy Spot Perhaps the busiest spot in the whole world, judging by the num ber of people who pass by it, is Greeley Square at Thirty-fourth street and Broadway. No fewer than seven double lines of rails cross the intersection. And they run on five different levels, three being underground, three on the street level and one on the Elevated track and besides them are many buses* Within a block of the corner one may ride in the elevators of the Empire State Building for 102 floors above the street, besides- go ing some six floors below, if one can get by the janitor. To those with a spark of adventure left, this city offers several weeks of gorge ous exploration possibilities and will form an unforgettable experi ence. Latchstring Always Out. New York has an unwritten law to treat all visitors well. Local drivers are hauled off to court for any infraction of the law and dealt with summarily. But let your li cense plate bear a North Carolina, Ohio or Iowa license and all you get, unless you kill a pedestrian, is a smiling order from the cop to “watch what you are doing!” We know one man who moved here from Michigan three years ago who still carries an up-to-date Detroit license—just to get that extra touch of courtesy paid to visitors. x-x Stimulation of South Carolina’s economic progress by the establish ment of state branches of outside industrial firms and through the encouragement of a closer relation ship between manufacturers and retailers was forecast here yester day in an 1 announcement of such plans formulated by the commun ity development department of the Peoples State Bank of South Caro lina. The announcement came from R. W. Barnwell of Charleston, vice- president of the banking group and supervisor of the community de velopment department. Questionnaires will be sent to chambers of commerce and similar organizations in all parts of the state. The questionnaires will ask information as to facilities for new industries, nature of enterprises which might be operated profit ably, natural resources, tax rates, availability of sites and suitable buildings and what inducements could be offered to industrial con cerns. Information obtained in this manner for distribution to corres pondent banks in New York and to industries concerned. This step will be followed by interviews in which it will be pointed out addi tional advantages of the state. Thus lengthy research by industrial concerns will be saved and facili ties of the state for every phase of manufacture will be available. While data is being gathered through questionnaires, the com munity development department of the Peoples State Bank will con tinue its policy of bringing to the attention of merchandisers, trado expansion hints obtained from au thoritative publications and other sources. This week 750 retailers Will receive lists of all the manu facturers in this state of products sold in stores. Mr. Barnwell said it probably would be the first of next year be fore all data on state possibilities for outside industries will be ob tained. You Can Keep Your Skin Lovely as last winter if you depend on us for good beauty aids' The effects of out-or-doors life on your complexion need hold no fears for you if you fortify yourself with a supply of the excellent lotions, creams, and ointments we offer you in our toilet goods department. You 11 need Cold Cream, Face Powder, Freckle Cream, Cleansing Cream, Talqum Powder, Face Soap, etc. We have them all of the very best and most popular kinds. Prescriptions a specialty. STROMS’ DRUG STORE MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. C 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. ALL-COTTON WRAPPER (Spartanburg Journal.) Main Street, McCormick, S. C. ’Phone 43 IN GOOD SHAPE In many sections of the country, school boards are having great dif ficulty in paying teachers and in maintaining an even keel finan cially. Some localities have found their $chool affairs in bad shaps too late to provide the immediate relief so needed to avert disruption, and teachers are dissatisfied and outstanding claims have accum ulated on a large scale. It is needless to mention where such conditions exist—it is more of an exception than a rule to find Substituting an all-cotton wrap per for jute in putting bales of raw cotton in marketable shape would take at least half a million bales a year off the markets, in the judgment of those who should know what they are talking about. Therefore it is encouraging that so many mills of the Southeast have signified their intention of allow ing seven pounds extra weight on all bales covered with cotton bag ging. If all ginneries and the re mainder of textile plants fall in line, a substantial new demand for cotton is created that will in crease from year to year. With other nations of the world growing cotton, it is high time the south ern planter should wake up to the situation. It is true that no oart of the globe can produce a tvpe of ’.otton comparable to that of otv cotton belt. But it is equally t"n- that other nations can grow the staple and sell it in the world markets, and the buying public is out to buy as cheaply as possible. The southern farmer must make more cotton of a longer staple and super ior quality on less acreage and make it at a production cost far cheaper than obtains at pres ent. Then he can go into the world market with the best pro duct and sell it at low prices and outstrip the growers of the infer ior staple. school districts where they have not existed, or are not in existence now. It is a condition brought about by the lack of interest taken by the public in the management of school affairs, in some cases; by politics and inefficient manage ment in others; and in the minor ity of cases, by corrupt practices. More often negligence, petty fav oritism, lack of business adminis tration and politics are the con tributing factors that cripple American school management. Anderson is to be congratulated, ■ or School District 17 is most for tunate that its affairs are conduct ed in business-like manner, and the affairs of the district main tained on a high plane of effi ciency, which is reflected in the creditable showing our schools make by comparison with those of less fortunate sections of the country.—Anderson Daily Mail. $ jSI BE REM FOR FIRST AID Yon should always be ready to administer first aid and especially in summer when out-of-doors life greatly increases the possibility of accidents. You never know when something may happen, and there will be no time to lose then. Here you will find the best and freshest supplies Our complete stock includes the following need ed items Iodine, Bandage, Alcohol, Adhesive Tape, Unguentine, etc. We make a specialty of promptly and accurately filling prescriptions at moderate prices. PIPKIN’S DRUG STORE “WE SAVE YOU MONEY” W. S. PIPKIN, Druggist Main Street McCormick, S. C. 3E * ^BRDC WHAT DOES IT MATTER? Last summer there was a water shortage in a town where I was visit ing. 1 ha opened to be chatting with my host, who is a noted man, while he was shaving, and I noticed how careful he was to use very little water. “It seems sort of silly for you to be so conscientious,” I remarked. “After all, the few drops that you conserve won’t make any difference.” “They don’t make any difference in the final result,” he said, “but they make a lot of difference to me.” When he saw from my expression that I did not quite get his mean ing, he proceeded to give me his philosophy of life. He said that when he graduated from college, a quarter of a century ago, there was a great deal of popular emphasis upon so-called “social service.” Science had begun to introduce wonderful new inventions for in creasing human happiness. Men were stirred by the hope of a quick millennium. Young people graduated with the notion that a few years of earnest effort would transform the world. My friend was one of the most eager of the reformers. He organized, and voted, and agitated, and did all the things that he should. But nothing happened. The good candidates for whom he cast his vote were defeated. The good causes made slow progress. Human nature showed a discouraging unwillingness to change. “I went through a period of deep disillusionment,” he said. “I thought to myself, what’s the use of doing anything when one’s single effort seems so futile? “One day while I was in this mood I discovered these words of Socrates: T, therefore, . . . consider how I may exhibit my soul before the judge in a healthy condition. Wherefore, disregarding the honors that most men value, and looking to the truth, I shall endeavor in reality to live as virtuously as I can; and when I die, to die so. And I invite ill other men, to the utmost of my power; ... to this contest, which, t affirm, surpasses all contests here.’ “That flashed across my mind like a bolt of lightning,” my friend continued. “It clarified everythin 0 ,-. “I realized that I am not respon ible for the success or failure of any •;ood cause. All I am responsiK' for is my own best effort in that ?ause. Whether my vote be eff 'Live or not; whether the amount of water I can save will make any di Terence—these are not the questions. “The only question is: Am I do : ig my best? “That discovery gave me great comfort,” he concluded. “Maybe you ould use it in one of your editorials?” “Many thanks,” I answered. “I cab.”