Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

, r TEurs Jay, November 3, T932 McCORMICK MkSSKI' -:R, McC hmick PAGE NUMBER FOIW McCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 THE COUNTRY MERCHANT edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Me* Cormick, S. C M as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 AUTUMN (Christian Science Monitor) There is one great group in this country which has taken its trim ming during the* past three years without letting forth a squawk, and no group in all the land has endured more of hardship, of sac rifices and depressions than this same bunch. We refer to the country merchant. He has stood pat through every thing. He has kept right on keep ing business as usual six days ev ery week while other classifications of business have been tearing their hair and yelling their lungs out. He’s worn a smile of optimism when the bottom had fallen out, and he’s still staying by the stuff when pret ty nearly everybody else has thrown up their hands and deserted the job. He is the real “forgotten” man Sun and Moon Legends of Primitive. Peoples The natives of the Malay peninsula have an interesting myth which seeks to account for the differences between the day and night sky and also the motions of the sun and moon. According to this legend, both the sun and the moon are regarded as women, while the stars are the chil dren of the moon. The legend tells that the sun once had as many chil dren as the moon. The children of the sun were bright like the sun it self. Fearing that the earth could not stand so much light and heat, the sun and moon made an agreement to eat their children. The sun carried out her part of the agreement, but the moon only hid her children. When the v moon’s children, the stars, came out at night, the sun was very angry and.began to pursue the moon. This accounts for the motions of the sun and moon through the heavens? which the Malay natives regarded as in all this political hurly-burly. Every other interest in the world a pursuit of the moon by the sun. !. The stars go out as the sun rises. This, the natives say, is because the sun is still devouring her children. But the moon hides her children dur- The schoolgirl who wrote in her has its champions—the country composition that “memory takes merchant has nobody fighting his you to places you’ve been and im- battles, and from the example of to pIa P eS - you ’ ve not been ” fortitude and courage set by him* thp daytime and brings them out at night. Among the American Indians we find the sun and moon generally re garded as brother and sister. One legend of the Ottawa Indians tells of two Indians who “sprang through a chasm in the sky and found themselves in a pleasant moonlit land.” There they met the moon, who was “an aged woman with white face and pleasing air.” She introduced them to her brother, who was the sun.—David Dietz, in the New York World-Telegram. Elephant Made History in Conquest of India If. In 17(K> It. C„ nuiiibers liad de cided tile eonllict between Alexander the (Jreat and the Indian prinee. I'orus. on the battlefield of .Tetluiu, tiie (Jreek influenee in India would have been unknown, but it was for the elephant to make history. In the forefront of the great Indian army was a vanguard of elephants whi«*h were experfed to trample beneath their feet and to terrorize the insolent | foe. Behind the elephants were the ] cavalry and the charioteers, and be- j hind the cavalry and the charioteers was file infantry. Alexander ordered his men to direct all their arrows against and to throw lighted torches in the faces’ of the elephants. 'Hie frightened pachyderms turned swiftly arouml and stampeded the cavalry and the charioteers behind them; these in turn stampeded the infantry, and in a few moments the fate of western India was decided. If. in deed. there had been no elephants, there would have been no Batalla and no Hyderabad. probably never had heard of philo- he needs nobody making a stir and sopny, but her budding insight had noise for him.—Dawson News, grasped a philosophical truth with the freshness of chilhood. The country merchants have These autumn days—and nights been hit as hard as any class in —in the country, when nature un- this country by the depression, but folds once again the mystic beauty have probably done less squealing of the changing seasons, summon than any other class. They deserve both memory and imagination to credit for their grit in toughing it enhance their glories. When we ou t and helping others through the watch the harvest moon sailing its clepression.—Anderson Independ- empyrean way we are seeing not en t. only this particular moon but the T xt - one that rose over the pasture of r> .. . |7> „ • our boyhood farm, or over the cam- JJCttCr r arilllllg pus on our first night at college, or above the purple waters one night 1 wivdi at sea. The soft haze which bathes the fields not only blends the gold of the sun with the browns of For Late Fall CLEMSON COLLEGE, Oct. 31.— the In field, orchard, and garden, there meadow, but brings back mellow are important November jobs essen- memories of other harvest seasons, tial toward better farming, brief The trees burst into gold and scar- hints for which are given by R. W. let, making the hillside resplendent. Hamilton, extension agronomist; E. The fairy touch of frost brings H. Rawl, extension horticulturist; sparkle to the earth. When the Alfred Lutken, extension entomo- leaves fade and fall their rustle logist; and J. T. McAlister, exten- makes a melancholy music all their sion agricultural engineer. Agronomy Fall plowing*# heavy clay land own. Orchards yielding their rich har vest of Northern Spies or Grimes makes spring work easier Goldens seem almost to sing a song j Oats can still be planted. . of joy and plenty. South Carolina wheat makes The farm boy following the plow good biscuit. Have you planted down the long, loamy furrow does any? not hear the robins and bobwhites ; Cotton left unprotected from that he did a few months ago, but weather may lose five to ten dqllars honking squadrons of wild geese per bale in value. It’s much cheap- fly far above him on their way to er and wiser to put it in a ware- another summer land. {house. The humble comcrib which serv- Horticulture ed as a storehouse for sundry farm Prepare land for settting fruit tools during the summer will soon trees in November and December, be swept clear of cultivators and Prune scuppemong type grapes cobwebs and the slats of its slant- last of November, ing sides will bulge with golden. Make cuttings of grapes and figs corn. 1 and set them out. The sun may be as bright as in. plant sweet peas in a well pre- June; but its mellow rays are tem- 1 pared trench, covering the seed pered by the premonitory tang of five inches deep, frost in the air. Even if no one pi an t strawberry and raspberry had invented the calendar, man as roots. well as beast and bird would recog- j Sow lettuce in coldframe for use nize the subtle changes which na- i n January and February, ture is working over the earth. Of Make hill selection of sweet po- such changes are beauty and boun- tatoes for seed at digging time. Even Ordinary Mortal Is Rich in Ancestors “A pedigree like this is, of course, such as few can claim,” says the Cana dian Mining Journal, commenting on an article on the subject of heredity. But, with reference to the pedigrees of very ordinary mortals like our selves. it is Interesting to recall that a distinguished legal commentator has estimated that at the fortieth gene alogical remove—that Is to say. in the course of sixteen or seventeen centuries—the total' number of a man’s progenitors Is more than 1,000,- 000,000,000. *• ’All of us have now subsisting,’ wrote the great Blackstone. ‘nearly ' ITWjOOO.OOO of_cuiw*hS- in the fifteenth degree; and if tills calculation should appear incompatible with the number of inhabitants on the earth, it is be cause. by intermarriages among the descendants, a hundred or a thousand different relations may be consolidat ed In one |»erson, or he may he relat ed to us in a hundred^ or a thousand different ways!* “What a field of speculation this train of thought opens up! Small wonder that each of us is supposed to have a ‘double.’ ” * r Museum Exhibit Recalls Tragic Arctic Episode The Museum of Science and Indus try. I’hicago. has among its exhibits several cans of soup which were car ried by tiie third relief expedition sent to Major General A. W. Hreely. Unit ed States soldier and explorer, more than a half century ago. Creely’s famous expedition to the Arctic regions was undertaken in 1SS1. The party readied Discovery Harbor on Lady Franklin hay. Urinnell land, during the summer. There they es tablished a permanent station, where they remained until the late summer of ISSo, when they retreated south ward, according to a prearranged plan, finally reaching Cape Sabine aft er a Journey of 400 miles. There they expected to meet relief ships, or at least to find supplies cached at desig nated points. Failing in this, they were obliged to spend the winter at Cape Sabine, where nil hut seven of the party lost rheir lives as a result of starvation and exposure. Monastery Founded by Monarch to Keep VoW King Leopold HI, first ruler of Ost- mark. Inter to become Oesterreich or Austria, was so opposed to women exposing any part of their forms, re gardless of the fashion, that he was moved to build the town of Klos- terneiihiirg and its cathedral and monasteries because his wife lost her veil, according to u writer in the De troit News. 'Hie veil was one he had given her for a wedding present, and one day while* standing on the balcony ! watching for her lord and master to j come home the wind snatched the veil j and wafted it away. Servants could ! not find it and the king was quite an- j gry about its loss when he came home. He swore it should he found and for seven years he drove his soldiers nearly mad In the search. He even had a number of tiie soldiers put to death because lie thought they were lax in looking for it. Finally he retired to his private apartment and prayed. He vowed that it his prayers were heard he would build a magnificent monastery on tiie spot where tiie veil was found. Oddly enough, ttie veil was found im mediately. lie summoned tiie Order of Augustine monks to help him, and they in turn brought thousands of la borers. Klosternetihurg and its cathe dral were finished in after a la bor of years. King Leopold died six weeks after his vow was accomplished. ty, happiness today and pleasant remembrance of the past com pounded. X THE HOME COUNTY PAPER Insects, and Diseases Disinfect seed of small grain for smut control. Avoid diseased sweet potato vines where selecting seed. Purchase materials for dormant Only a few years ago we vrere told orchard spray and overhaul spray that the local newspaper was pass- equipment. ing—that it could not compete with Fumigate weevil-infested grain. thq$e of the big cities—and that it Plow under corn stubble, covering must yield to the inevitable. it deeply to control the southern But the prophets were wrong. It corn stalk borer, is true that the smaller paper can- pick up and burn severed twigs not supply in detail all of the news of pecan, hickory, and persimmon, of the world. It cannot compete to control the twig girdler. with its city contemporary in illus- Reduce entrance to bee hives to trations and features. two-inch space for the winter And yet the local paper is still months, and feed bees where nec- with us, and it is growing in essary. strength and usefulness as the Agricultural Engineering years go by. Some of the reasons Repair and construct farm build- for its existence are summed up in ings while materials and labor are this paragraph from an exchange, available at low cost. Plans can be The local paper should be found had for the asking, in every home. No children should Store corn and other grain in grow up in ignorance who can be buildings made rat-proof and tight taught to appreciate the home pa- enough to fumigate against wee per. It is said to be the stepping vils. stone of intelligence in all those A special type cutter bar with matters not to be found in books, metal seed pan behind is an inex- Give your children a foreign pa- pensive method of harvesting Jas per which contains not a word pedeza seed. about any person, place or thing, Give the tractor proper lubrica- which they saw or perhaps ever tion and attention to the air filter heard of, and how could you expect to save expensive delays and repair them to be interested? But let bills. them have the home paper and X Pelican’s Big Appstite It is interesting to see a fiock of pelicans on the wing. They usually fly in single file, and when the leader starts or stops Hopping his wings the others follow with mechanical pre cision. From three to- five white chalk-in- crusted eggs are laid by the pelican on its crude, bulky nest. Usually not more than two birds are raised. When the chick breaks shell it is black skinned and the long hill already is noticeable. Within a few weeks the bird is downy white and his faint squawking is brought about by a desire for more lish daily. When he is only three weeks old he must have several pounds of lish daily. And when the young pelican reaches his fifth week he displays a ravenous appetite.—An- j thony V. Itagusin, in the New York 1 Herald Tribune. Edible Frogs and Snails Fried cuttlefish is one of the great delicacies of the restaurants in the south of France. Spain, and Italy. The frogs the French eat are not the same as those which inhabit our rirers and ponds. They are bigger and greener. Only the legs are eaten, and they taste rather like the best parts of a chick en. In several fofelgn countries big fat snails that you find on ivy-c«iv- ered walls are highly esteemed. The oyster is a snail, as are the scallop, the whelk and the winkle. Many Brit ish rivers teem with fresh water cray fish. They are as tasty as any shell fish, but they are seldom eaten by English folks. Abroad, the river cray fish commands high prices.—London Mail. Dogs That Uphold and Others That Break Law Dogs are used to smuggle contra band into Spain. They swim ashore from the smugglers’ boats, carrying “duty-free” goods in waterproof pack ages strapped to their backs. They work swiftly and silently, not even shaking themselves when they reach the shore, but making off at a good pace for the smugglers’ inland depot. They are trained to avoid men in uniform. But dogs can assist the police as well as break the law. The work of police dogs abroad is well known, and even “amateurs” sometimes act as de tectives. In one recent case a dog. after snif fing for some minutes in a room which had been burgled, ran away. It en tered, climbed the stairs, and sat down outside a room which had Just Greenwood, assisted by Rev. Ina- been vacated. When its former occu pant was arrested he confessed to the theft. Dogs have also a good record as life- savers. and hardly a holiday passes withvmt swpe' venlnresqqie youqg^jter In difficulties being restated by a fouf- footed hero. Death Of Mrs. Baughman Mrs. Mattie Talbert Baughman, aged 67 years, died at her home near Calhoun Falls on Tuesday morning, October 18, about G o’clock. She had been in unusually good health until two weeks ’before her death, when she suffered a hear^ attack, from which she never ral lied. Her children and other loved ones had anxiously watched and prayed oy h^r bedside, and had done ev erything, with the help of her kind physician, foi* her comfort, hoping that God would spare her for awhile, but her Master, whom she had loved and served for 67 years, called her heme. Mrs. Baughman was a good wo man, and had lived a long and useful Christian life. She never grew tired of planning and sacri ficing for her family and friends. All who knew her loved her feu: her noble traits of character, and cheerful disposition. She was noble, upright, patient, honest and true to all, and always had a smile, and a cheerful word for everyone. She was a daughter of Simpson Talber- and Jane Hanvey Talbert. She is survived by her husband, Mr. John Baughman; two daught ers, Mrs. Charlie Link, of Green ville and Mrs. Matilda Banks, of McCormick; four sons, Mr. Ben. Baughman of Greenwood; Mr. Bob Baughman, of near Charleston; Mr. Ernest Baughman, of Abbeville and Mr. Paul Baughman, who made* his home with his parents; two brothers, Mr. G. A. Talbert of Plum Branch, and Mr. A. Talbert, . of Calhoun Falls; forty grandchil dren, and several great-grandchil dren, who have the sympathy of friends and relatives. On Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock the funeral services woe- held at Bethia, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. J. R. Hooten, of Luminous Paints The luminous constituent of paints is usually the sulphide or sulphate of calcium, barium or strontium; when these are exposed to very strong light they become luminous. The luminous paint on watch dials is made from zinc sulphide, which has been exposed to rays emanating from radium. An ex ample of a luminous paint giving a violet light is as follows: 100 parts each of sulphur and a strontium car bonate, .5 parts each of potassium chloride and sodium chloride, .4 parts of manganese chloride. These mate rials are heated together to a very high temperature for some time. Vagaries of Spiders Spiders are cannibals. Members of some species often associate with members of other species, all living together without animosity, apparent ly, when there is sufficient food for all. Members of other species are in tolerant of strangers. Some webs are suited to snare very small and deli cate insects that breed in water close to the spiders’ dwelling places. Not far from these webs may he seen stout webs that hold heavy Insects. Some hunting spiders live in flowers and catch Hying Insects that sip the How ers* nectar. Other spiders live all their lives under stones, and feed al most exclusively on creatures that crawl. They shun moths and butter flies and other insects that flap their wings.- Treasure Lure Strong Cocos island, in tiie South Pacific, is again luring gold hunters, notes the Atlanta Journal, referring to expedi- | tions to “that olden haunt of pirates in the South Pacific,” in search of “treasure fabled to be worth between $25,000,000 and $75,000,000—a treasure that has long proved a will-o’-the- wisp,” according to the Journal. “But,” comments this paper, analyzing , Elephants Roamed Rome the persistence of the search, it isn t ! q-ii* last resting place of a Roman Army of Women Chinese women formed an army to save their country and turned defeat into victory, in 185’5 during the Tai- ping rebellion, which broke out three years before. At Nanking, an army of 500,000 women recruited from vari ous parts of the Chinese empire, was organized and divided into brigades or 13,000 each, under female officers. For garrison duty in the city. 10,000 were selected and the rest performed the ordinary routine of a soldier’s life. Though they were a great help they did not bring immediate victory to the cause. The rebellion was not finally suppressed until 1804. Famous English Scholar Peter Mark Roget was an English physician and scholar horn in London, 1779; died in 1805). He studied medi cine at the University of Edinburgh and removed to Manchester, where he became physician to the lunatic asy lum, tiie fever hospital and the in firmary. He settled in London in 1808, and was long secretary of the Royal society. Among his works are “Ani mal and Vegetable Physiology” (1834) and “A Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases” (1852), which passed through 28 editions in the author’s lifetime, was edited by his son in 1879 and became a standard work of ref erence. binet of Calhoun Falls. Two beau tiful hymns, her favorites, were- rendered by the choir: “Shall we Gather at the River” and “Sleeping In Jesus.” The remains were laid to test admidst a mound*.# beau tiful flowers, in the Bethia cetae- eery. Her passing away, though ♦ so painful to her loved ones, is not a tragedy, but the etid of a mortal woman and the beginning of a spir itual and divine existence, and we should rejoice that she is happy in. the reward of a well-spent life. Dearest cousin, thou has left us; Here thy loss we deeply feel. Yet ’tis God that hath bereft us— He can all our sorrows heal. —Cousin. X Piedmont Junior Judges Win Some Livestock Honors the gold merely that these smitten hearts desire; it’s the sea wind, the lonely beach, the forest tangle, the very hardship and danger that lift life above humdrum in their foretaste if not in reality. Men will ever be hunt ers and sailors; and the wilder the chase, the more perilous the voyage, the better they will fancy it. read of people whom they meet OffWra Rairli and of places of which they are luaKC J\aia& familiar and soon an interest is Sheriff W. T. Strom and Deputy awakened which increases with ev- sheriff W. L. Brown on Tuesday ©ry arrival of the local paper. destroyed a 60 gallon steam boiler Thus a habit of reading is form- and 60 gallon wooden still and ed and thus children will read the poured out 250 gallons of beer about papers all through their lives and 6 miles south of McCormick near become intelligent men and women, Savannah river, and destroyed a a Credit to their ancestors, strong 200 gallon still and poured out 20C iu the knowledge of the world as it gallons of beer about two miles fur is today.—Anacrc-ifei ~»any i .a.. I down che river. City of Venico Unique Venice is at the head of the Adri atic sea, between the mountains and the sea. The whole of the plain has been formed by the debris swept down from the Alps by rivers. In the proc- j ess of time some of these banks, as in the case of Venice, raised themselves above the level of the water and be- j came the true shore line, while be yond them lay large lagoons formed undoubtedly by fresh water brought down by the rivers and partjy by the salt water tide which found its way in at the channels of the river mouths. On a group of these mud banks about the middle of the lagoon stands the city of Venice. The soil Is an oozy mud which can only be made suitable for erecting buildings' by the artificial means of pile-driving. or fossil elephant that died perhaps 25.000 years before the Christian era was believed to have been found re cently at the foot of a small hill be tween the Oolliseum and the Constan tine Basilica. A molar tooth three meters (about 117 inches) and 75 cen timeters wide was unearthed at the loot of the hill. It was at a depth of about 45 feet in ground formed by alluvial sand. It is believed the car cass was transported to Italy by Hoods, as prehistoric mammoths have never been traced near Rome before. Harp’s Long History The harp is the oldest of stringed instruments. Tiie Bible mentions Ju- bal as the inventor. Tiie harp has been used by all nations in one form | or another. The improvements which i have rendered the modern harp an efficient musical instrument are due to Sebastian Erard. who in 1794 took out a patent for a harp with seven ped als. and again in 1808 for a double action harp with the same number of pedals, each of which effects two ( changes in the pitch of the strings. I Various improvements over Erard’s harp were made during the Nineteenth century. One of Heaviest Trials To have produced works of genins and to find them neglected or treated with scorn is one of tiie heaviest trials of human patience. We exaggerate our own merits when they are denied by others nnd are apt to grudge and cavil at every particle of praise be stowed on those to whom we feel a conscious superiority. In mere self- defense we turn against the world when it turns against us; brood over Him undeserved slights we have re ceived nnd thus the genial current of the soul is stopped.—HazllU! The Spirit of the Age. Monkeys Are Mimics The monkey always has been a no torious mimic. Since first becoming acquainted with man, his favorite di version has been the Imitating of hu CLEMSON COLLEGE, Oct. 31.— William DuPre, Oconee county 4-H club boy, felt well repaid for cbn- istent study and hard work when he w'as announced high scorer of th2 State Livestock Judging Con test held at the South Carolina. State Fair, Columbia, October 19. This champion junior livestock judge was a member of the Pied mont District team which placed first in the contest. Other mem bers of the team were R. A. Patrick, Fairfield county; and John Phittips, Greenville county. Second honors went to the Pee Dee District team composed of Win ston Miller, Dillon county; Parker Fralix, Colleton county; and Fran cis Atkinson, Marion county, who won first place in this group. Only slightly behind the Pee Dee District team was the Savannah Valley District team, composed of Jacob Carter, Bamberg county; Melvin Cope, Allendale county; anu S. H. Houck, Calhoun county, Houck placing first for this team. Young DuPre’s high hono’- en titles him to represent South Caro lina 4-H boys at the National Boys’ and Girls’ 4-H Club Congress ui Chicago, November 25 to December 3, with all expenses paid by Wilson and Co., Chicago. “Since the judging work began with county elimination contests* followed by district contests, and man actions and mannerisms. The finally by the state contest, hun- very expression “aping a person” has jdreds of boys were trained to know. come to mean mimicking him The the marks of an outstan coW dog has been called mans truest . f .. „ friend, but the monkey Is hie best Iml- ° f 5““. says Theo tator. The movie producers have cap- ‘ Vaughan, assistant state boys club italized upon this propensity of the agent, discussing the benefits of th5 ape and have filmed pictures with all- contest. “This is one phase of the simian casts. Every character has 4-H club program which trains the been a chimpanzee, or a monkey ac- young farmers to become livestock- tor has been a chimpanzee, or an minded> a thiRS greatly ne?ded ^ ' 1 South Carolina agriculture.” orang-outang.