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Thursday, March 17, 1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER TWO McCORMICK MESSENGER | Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Cntered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ■— Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 GOOD ROADS GOOD EDUCATION Writing in “Roads and Streets, M. S. Winder points out the inti mate relationship that exists be tween rural roads and rural edu cational facilities. During 1930, 50,000 school buses transported 2,000,000 children to and from 17,000 schools. From year to year the number of one- room country schools has been gradually decreasing, and the num ber of consolidated schools increas ing. In 1917-18, there were 195,- 397 one-room schools and 5,349 ^consolidated schools. ' By 1927-28, the number of one-room schools had dropped to 153,306, while con- solidated schools jumped to 17,004. During the same period there has been a large increase in the num ber of pupils transported to schools at public expense. In 15 states, from 1920 to 1928, this increase was 191 per cent. It is obvious that the children of familes living on unimproved roads which become impassable or semi- impassable during several months of the year, are at a tremendous disadvantage when it comes to their education. The decline in the small schools and the increase in the large consolidated schools serving a much wider area, makes it necessary for each child, on the average, to travel farther. In one town which Mr. Winder cites, only 12 of 300 pupils enrolled in a school jage jsdthin walking distance, while the others dwell in a district 240 square miles in area and are brought to classes in five large buses whose daily mileage is 125 miles each. We usually think of improved rural roads from the standpoint of their effect on the social and eco- nomic life of farmers and small town residents. But the influence they have in making a high stand ard of education available to more children, is of extreme importance, and is alone all the justification that the good roads movement could desire. Honor Roll For McCormick Schools Those who have made 90 in all work and 95 on deportment: FIRST GRADE— Herbert Caudle Jamie Sanders Mary Sue Furqueron Kathryn Smith Virginia Wideman SECOND GRADE— Mildred Creighton Norma Holloway Virginia Fooshe Vivian Chiles Donna Ludwick THIRD GRADE— Natalie Brown £ I . Betty Fuller Selma Rush Douglass Bradley FOURTH GRADE— Margaret Abernathy Jim Bradley Chiles Aurelia Caudle Maggie Franklin Willie Mae Hall Wretha Lewis Imogene Sanders Frances Sdhumpert FIFTH GRADE— Herbert Sturkey Charles Henry Williams. SIXTH GRADE— Mary Elizabeth Giles SEVENTH GRADE— Mary Sue Coleman Rebecca Drucker William Fooshe ! Elizabeth Harris Eunice Rush Margaret Smith Elizabeth Talbert EIGHTH GRADE— Marie Reames Annie Laurie Sturkey Connie Lee Brown NINTH GRADE— John Bradley Claude Workman TENTH GRADE— Lorenzo Sturkey Maggie Lou Parks Helen Crawford Those who should have been among list the last month, but who were unintentionally left off: Maggie Lou Parks Sara Schumpert txt More Good Beef Cattle Come To South Carolina -txi- Body, Like Auto, Needs Right Fuel How many persons are working below par simply because they do not eat the proper foods? An un- dernourshed person cannot be ex pected to be at the top level of ef ficiency, just as an automobile which does not have the right fuel mixture cannot be expected to run at its best. Sometimes appetite is a good guide to the foods one should eat and, if combined with a knowledge of the science of nutrition, makes an invincible corhbination. Inez 8. Willson, home economist, says, ‘‘Choose the foods you like, but at the same time use common sense in irour choosing.” In explaining what she means by common sense, she tells what nutrition workers, by much painstaking work, have found that the body needs to produce the highest efficiency. Proteins, car bohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins are necessary, or in ordin ary foods that means meat, milk, eggs, fruits, and green leafy vege tables. To be sure, all of these foods need not be eaten every meal. Meat can be eaten as often as the appe tite calls for it, and it should be in cluded regularly in the diet because of the adequate protein which it furnishes, as well as the vitamins and minerals that it contains. Es pecially do the glandular organs contain large amounts of minerals jsuch as iron and phosphorus which the body must have for efficiency. X Roman traffic cops who obtain convictions of fraudulent taxi driv ers, experts at meter-juggling, are rewarded with bonusses of 25 lire, tx about $1.30. COLUMBIA, March 12.—South Carolina farmers were buyers of about half of the 29 Aberdeen Angus cattle sold at a breed pro motion sale at Savannah, Ga., March 9, says J. R. Hawkins, exten sion animal husbandman, who is pleased with this further evidence of the growing interest in beef cattle in this state. The cattle offered, which were furnished by breeders around Knoxville, Tenn., and Etowah Farm, Canton, Ga., and which Mr. Hawkirfs states were of excellent breeding and in good condition, sold at an average price of $61.68, a conservative figure in keeping with the times. There were 19 bulls and 10 heifers, in the lot. Purchasers from South Carolina included Savannah River Lumber Company, taking three of the top bulls and two females for their beef cattle development at Ridge- land in Jasper county; Col. W. M. Copp, Spring Island Plantation, Ridgeland, taking perhaps the out standing young bull of the sale to head his purebred herd; H. S. Cram, Bluff ton, two choice bulls; George H. Ellis, Joanna Mills, Gold- ville, two outstanding yearling heifers; Tobias Coleman, Hardee- villfe, S. C., and Swainsboro, Ga., six bulls. The sale, Mr. Hawkins states, was put on and supervised by the Aberdeen Angus Association, Chic ago, with W. H. Tomhave, secretary of the association, present. Co operating were W. H. Ward, agent in animal husbandry of the Georgia State College of Agriculture; J. R. Hawkins, extension animal hus bandman of Clemson College, Tap Bennett, National Cottonseed Pro ducts Association; and the agricul tural agents of the several rail roads. Speaking of the markedly in creasing interest in beef cattle, Mr. Hawkins remarks that current changes in our farming leave a lot of rough feedstuffs on farms that can not be disposed of to advant age except through feeding to live stock, and that there is much mar ginal land that will grow good grass. In the coastal areas and on heavy lands elsewhere there is he says, excellent reason for de veloping a worthwhile beef cattle industry. Birthday Party DE LA HOWE NEWS Little Miss Margaret Holloway was over-joyed when her little friends surprised her on her tenth birthday at her home here last Thursday with a party. After many games were played they had an Easter egg hunt. Those present were: Misses Imogene Sanders, Mar garet Creswell, Mamie Louise Wal ker, Jackie McGrath, Thelma and Natalie Brown, Juanita and Doris Chamberlain, Mary Cornelia Jen nings, Mazelle Rush, Bebe and Dora Ludwick, Betty Fuller, Eliza beth Talbert, Vivian Chiles, Mildred Shiflet, Frances Schumpert, Mar garet and Norma Holloway; Mas ters Jim Bradley Chiles, Willie, Travis and John Edward Dorn, Charles Morgan, Charles Henry Williams, Herbert Sturkey, J. B. and Edwin Holloway. Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn of Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., spent the day here Sunday. Dr. Lynn conducted the morning and afternoon services. Misses Dewitt and Abbott spent the day in Augusta Saturday. Mrs. G. C. Roper is spending a few days with relatives in Kings- tree. Misses Maggie Young and Fran cis Walker of Troy spent the week here with friends and relatives. Mrs. D. W. Wiley is spending awhile with her daughter, Mrs. T. O. Young. i Messrs. W. D. and J. Thos. Wiley spent Friday afternoon with Mrs , S. T. Young. Mr. J. E. Wiley and family and Miss Mamie Wiley spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. J. A. Wiley of Troy. Bussey were visitors to McCormick on Tuesday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Self made a short visit here Tuesday to the lat ter’s sister, Mrs. H. W. Bussey. Miss Bernice Moore from McCor mick is spending the week here with her grandmother, Mrs. C. H. Stone. Friends and schoolmates of Mas ter G. E. Dukes, Jr.’ will regret to know that he is suffering with ton- silitis this week. -X- Meriwether-Clarks Hill News Items SANDY BRANCH NEWS ki —■ — Mr. Lyn Jennings spent Wednes day afternon with Messrs. T. P. and Charles Jennings.' Miss Evelyn Walker spent Tues day night with her grandmother, Mrs. Susie Walker, of McCormick. Mr. Earle Sturkey of Lincolnton was the pleasant guest of his uncle, Mr. W. T. Walker, last week. Dinner guests of Miss Evelyn Walker Sunday were Misses Sara and Betty Walker. Messrs. Paul Jennings, Tommie Willis and W. T. Walker were wel come guests of Mr. Jesse Jennings Sunday. Mrs. Manning Brown spent Mon day afternoon with Mrs. J. B. Dea- son. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Edwards of Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Edwards and little daughter, Lois, of near Troy enjoyed Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McNeill. Mrs/Marion Schumpert was in our community awhile Saturday. Mr. Martin Ramsey spent Friday in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McNeill and little Billie McNeill were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Deason Monday. . L . Little Elsie Duncan has been suf fering for several days with a boil on her face. We think she is bet ter at this writing. »Mr. Loyce Jennings spent awhile one afternoon last week with Mr. Pearce Brown. -XXI- -txx- MODOC NEWS Mr. G. W. Dorn of Augusta is spending a week or so here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Dorn. Mr. N. E. Reese and Mr. H. T. Hornsby spent last Sunday among friends and relatives in Augusta. Miss Dotty Warren from Parks- ville was a week end visitor here to Misses Caroline and Emily Dukes. Mrs. G. L. Robertson from Union spent a couple of days here last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Dorn. Mr. R. L. Scott spent the week erid here among friends. Mr. Arthur Reese Bussel, Mr. Robert Buckhalter accompanied by the former’s sister, Miss Susie May Bussel, all from Augusta, were callers here Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes, Mr. E. F. and Mr. F. M. Bussey were visi tors to McCormick Saturday even ing. Mr. R. E. Bussey from De la Howe School spent the past week end among relatives here and in Augusta. Mrs. W. McDaniel returned last Friday to her home in Au gusta, after spending a week here with Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McDaniel. Mr. C. A. Seigler was a business visitor to Augusta last Saturday. Messrs. J. C. Harvley and Carrol Mr. Wates Kellar of Erskine Col lege, Due West, spent the past week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kellar. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hines had as their guests Saturday night and Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Hill Fleming and little L. H. Hines, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fleming and chil dren, all of Leah, Ga. Miss Claudia Bass spent last Fri day night with Miss Joyce Bridges. Messrs. Warlick Kellar and Eu- b'ert Eckard spent Saturday in Au gusta. Miss Mary Neoma Eckard spent the past week end in Augusta with her cousin, Miss Virginia Fox. Mrs. L. H. Hines entertained the H. D. Club Friday afternoon. Those present were: Mrs. Nell A. Stall- worth, demonstration agent, Mrs. W. M. Rowland, Mrs. W. G. Black- well, Mrs. H. E. Bunch, Mrs. Heath, Mrs. B. T. Sharpton, Mrs. R. H. Middleton, Mrs. D. E. Eckard, Mrs. J. J. Minarik, Mrs. W. H. Ryan, Mrs. L. H. Hines and Mrs. R. A Cobb Mrs. Coran Bridges and two chil dren, Joyce and Earl, and Miss Claudia Bass spent Saturday in Augusta. Mr, E. C. Jefferson and little son, Jimmie, spent Saturday in Augusta. Miss Lake Middleton spent the past week in Augusta, visiting. Miss Joyce Bridges gave a prom party Saturday night, which was enjoyed very much by everyone present. Those present were, Misses Billie and Claudia Bass, Alice Bunch, Annie Martha Ryan, Claire Rich and Joyce Bridges of Meriwether and Clarks Hill and Messrs. Jack Wood, T. W. Savage, Pat Robertson and Clyde Morgan of Parksville and Messrs. Eubert Eckard and Warlick Kellar of Meri wether. We are sorry to say that Mr. W> E. Kellar is still confined to his bed. End. -txt- MY HOME I want a home on the top of a hill Where I can live, laugh, and love as I will; I want a garden and a garden wall To hide wee vi-lets, and hollyhocks tall. I want a black earth for the raiix to soak, t I want a chimney with a curling smoke, I want an attic where-in I may hide ♦ i Memories and treasures set side by side. A nondescript cat with lazy eyes That looks contented and ever so wise; I war-t rambling roses and daffo dils; And sunlight streaming on the window sills; I want a house with a heart—a home— “Be it ever so humble”—a place of my own. LOUISE DOMINICK. De la Howe State School Willington, S. C. X THE STARS A slender silver crescent, The moon, hung in the sky; And while the twilight deepn’d. The stars peeped out on high. t Deepened, darkened, twinkled So beautiful and bright, Silver lanterns strung along The pathway of the night. So Jesus came to earth, A light of men to be That He with goodness light The way that makes men free. LOUISE DOMINICK. De la Howe State School, Willington, S. C. X An Englishman has designed a midget fire engine which can dodge and dash through traffic and can bring two firemen to a fire ahead of the bigger, less flexibe engines. Scene of the Kidnapping of the Lindbergh Baby WHITE TOWN NEWS | ipi "■ It has been quite awhile since we’ve seen any news from White Town, so we decided to send fn a few dots. We are sorry to feport that Miss Frances White is ill at this writing. Miss Ethelyn Gable of Bethany spent the week end here with her cousin, Miss Kate White. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Shrine Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Whitten of Ware Shoals. Spend the day guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ridlehoover and family Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. O. C. White and family, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Ridlehoover of Plum Branch, Misses Mildred, Sallie and Frances Mae Winn. Callers in the after noon were Misses Evelyn and Eunice Jennings, Mr. Ellis Jennings and Mr. Curtis Jennings. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gable and little son, Thomas, visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Quarles recently. Miss Evelyn Jennings spent Monday very pleasantly with Miss Lillie Mae Gable. Callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ream Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jennings and family. Mr. Frank Coleman of Edgefield spent the week end with Mr. W. S. Clem of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jennings and family were spend the day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tillman White Sunday. Mrs. H. M. Freeland spent Wed nesday evening with Mrs. Hamp Miner. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman White call ed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jennings and family awhile Sunday evening. We are glad to report that Mrs. Dewey White is at home from the Greenwood Hospital and is getting along nicely at present. “Amos.” x The death penalty for crime has been abolished in Denmark. i( i *i in n * u if « LLJs Wmm :■ • : ^ ' x - : * • m & ■ .Yl-IvXy! v. ^ oc<’i' -’ob •Xy. v ^ > s ' ... W?' Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 20 months old, was stolen from the new home of his parents at Hopewell, N- J. A rough ladder was placed at the window of the baby’s sleeping room, marked “A” in the picture, and the infant taken from his crib. The ladder was later found at "B” while footprints were discovered at the point “C.” WtU-WHAT WE Comma Do WITH HALF A CRATE o' Rotten Tomatoes*'. ya can never TELL. 1 OH-THERE ITH BUD'M' BUBSIE - | MUTH JoiM THEM- Yoo-itooo-oo i i 4 ^EVEN A BAy JbMATOt CAH, po SOME GOOD,