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Vhge Two McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA eCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, IMS EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, 8. Cw as mail matter of Me second class. > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Stac Months .75 Three Months .50 Sunday School Lesson BY REV. CHARLES E. DUNN Vision and Service Lesson for March 1st. Luke 9:28-43 Golden Text: Luke 16:13. Luke tells us that “Jesus went up flFre mountain to pray.” How often the Bible refers to the moun- fpfTis' Think of Mt, Carmel, that •old headland pushing its way In lb the sea, where Elijah held an extraordinary vigil with his God. Consider further Mt. Hermon, the rery mount of our lesson, the, peak upon which, according to Acadition, Jesus was transfigured! Why did the Master seek the reclusion of this mountain? Various t aeasons suggest themselves. First •f all he found quiet there. There & a beautiful phrase 16 one of the psalms, where we read that “the mountains shill bring peace to the people.” “Religion,” says Dr. L. P. Jacks, “comes forth in the majesty silence, like a mountain amid Mu lifting mists.” Oiie is remind- «V ef how Elijah found the Lord wfc Carmel not In th& wind, not in Uhr earthquake, not’ in . the fire But in “the still, sm’all voice.” Then, too, Jeftus found stability Bt Us mountain ..retreat. The pmlihist says that “as the moun- Dribs are round about Jerusalem, ao the Lord is round about his .** ' : ■ of ail our Loud found in- spfratipn in his mountain ekperi- wneek, especially in the Trans fig- uratkm illumination. We recall that when Moses climbed drown from ML Sinai with the tables of the Mar in his hands, his face shone wMh a heavenly light. Even more Ive was the radiant coun- of Jesus! BUt we must all come down from Dm mountain top, with its vision uC God, and take off our coats ami get to work. This is precisely whmL Jesus did when he had reach- ud, tbc base of the Mount of Trans- Hguration. He healed a lunatic Ihqf possessed by the demon. After the beatific vision came the lowly vaw- Every true soul descends flhnn the exhilaration of a high Don’t st l t* I* But ft Whether t&.e “Pain Remedy You Use is SAFE? -Li ' Don’t Entrust Your Own or Yow^Family’s Well - Being to Unknown , Prepkrdtions T HE person to ask whether the preparation yon or your family are taking for the relief of headaches • SAFE to use .regularly is your Bmily doctor.. Ask him particularly dbout Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN. He will tell you that before the Hscoveru of ’ Bayer Aspirin most. “pain remedies were advised: against by physicians as bad for thfj stomach and, often, for the heart, ; Which is food Mr thought if you. nxk quick, safe relief. Scientists rate Bayer Aspiriq among the feutfe# methods yet dit* severed lor the Taief of headaches and the pains oLRheumatism, neu- «tis and neuralpa. And the experi- mceofraiUiois of users b approved, it safe for the average person to use angularly. In your own inures* re* member thir. I You can get Genuine Bayer ^sat airy Mug Store — simply iYm* Ispimft. ‘ U mX T'; int to dp UOs ~ ynd ) Thursday, February 27, 1936 To Keep The Record When the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the moneys which were held in trust, returned to the mills, the step gave rise to public statements which caused misunderstandings. The processing tax went into effect August first, 1933. Prices of cotton goods, which were increased thereby, dropped hack to the pre-tax level within twenty-eight days. Witness the price records of a standard print cloth construction, 5.35 yards per pound, for the fol lowing dates: July 31, 1933 Day before processing tax imposed 6 3-4c Aug. 1, 1933 1st day after tax • 7 l-2c Aug. 8, 1933 End of 1st week after processing tax 7 l-4c Aug. 28, 1933] 28 days after tax went into effect 6 3-4c Aug. 31, 1933] End of 1st month of processing tax 6 5-8c Thus it is obvious that at the end of the first month the prices of cotton goods had fallen to a level 1-8 of a cent per yard less than the price before the tax went into effect. ✓ ’ ^ * * * ’ ' * • ■ ; ■ Witness also the record of recent prices of the same standard print cloth construction: Jan. 1,1936 Just before J f », \ *[ r’ : Supreme Court decision’ 6 3-8c } ; Jan. 10, ’36-to date Net Decrease * ‘ < period -f W *: •'V J*. • ■>/ «r «»• > . ^ July 31, 1933-to date. Re- I. 5 i , t following duction in market price * • decision !r 5 5-8c l tii- or * 16.6% Decrease Net Decrease ......v-.. ' ' '*■* I Aug. 1, 1933-to date. Loss since tax was added 1 7-8c or ' * - •. w 1 : v - -. # J 25% Decrease A [ . Prices (per.yard) quoted are from the Journal of Commerce of New York. . Furthermore, during this same period the price of New York spot middling cotton increased from 10.5c per pound on July 31, 1933 to 11.8c per pound on February 4, 1936, an increase of 12.4 % . -•**•**• \ l i r .t > • i.* I*’’. ; ‘ A ? During the late summer of 1935, because of the increasing doubt as to the constitutionality of the processing tax, buyers of cotton goods, refused to buy without a protective clause providing for a refund of the tax in case it was declared unconstitutional. It was therefore necessary to sell goods under a protec tive clause, or else secure no business to keep the mills running. If the latter course had been pursued it would have forced shut-downs for lack of orders, thereby throwing the employees out of work; and fur- ther resulting in a decreased consumption of cotton. These refunds will be passed on to each customer, and will result in reduced prices to the consumer. The mills, their customers and their customers'’ customers are naturally forced to this by the lower priced new, tax-free goods which have been made since the decision. In addition, as soon as the tax was declared unconstitutional the mills suffered an immediate shrinkage of the value of all goods on hand and in process. It is clear, therefore, that these funds will he required to protect the mills from direct loss on account of • • ■ ■ • ■ * ‘ ‘ . .- '* N > r V.\ • refunds they are under contract to make to customers and to cover the necessary mark-down of goods on hand and in process and . . . - to partially compensate the mills for the serious effects of the tax as shown above. The Cotton Manufacturers' Association of South Carolina ■Ljfr ■ 'tin# i altitude to the routine, immediate ! obligation awaiting, in the form 'oT human need, by the dusty roac at the foot of the peak. •'»r ; vy- yoiL T„4spirm mmm NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES: Pursuant to an order of His Hon or Q. Duncan Bellinger, Circuit Judge, dated December 18, 1935, an election is hereby ordered to be held< ! on the third day'<bf March, 1936* for the purpose of electing four trustees for. School District No. 4. McCOhnick County, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes in Said election shali be elected lor a full term of four years and the candidate re ceiving th£ next highest vote shall be elected for a *period Of t*ro years to fill an-OxlsWilg vkcancyJ t > •'•i Said election is held to fill the oiiices which became vacant in 1935 and, the term of office of each trus tee elected shall expire as if said trnafee had been elected in May, 1935. Said election shall be conducted under the same rules and regula tions as general elections are con ducted in the County and State, v School trustees now in office shall act as managers of said election Voting olace shall be at or near the school house of said district. Polls shall open at 8 A. M. and close at 4 P. M. All returns of sa'd '•’ectlo'** shall he filed ■ with the County Board of Education. J. W. CORLEY, T. J. SIBSRT, P. . J. ROBINSON, COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, McCormick County, South Caro lina. February io, 1936.-3t. f NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. The Federal Land Bank of Colum bia, Plaintiff, against C. E. Wilkie, G. Coy Wall, and J. A. Hamilton, Defendants. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of sale in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction on , Satesday in March. 1936, (the same being the 2nd day of March,) in front of the Courthouse door, in the City of McCormick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hdurs of sale, cm terms specified belpw, the following described real estate, to-wlt: ; All that certain piece, parcel or tract of- land.containing Fifty*-four and three-fourths (54 3-|) acres, more or less, situate, lying and be^ ^ S’ ing about 3 1-2 miles South-east from the town of McCormick, in Plum Branch Township, County of McCormick, State of South Caro lina, having such shape, metes, courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat of a survey thereof made by S. E. Rosenswike, Surveyor, Feb. 18th, 1919, being bounded on the North by lands of M. M. Wall, on the North-east by lands of W. S. Wall, on the South-east by lands of Britt and Banks, on the South-west by lands of F. C. Robinson, and on the West by lands of M. M. Wall and is the same tract of land which was conveyed to the said C. E. Wilkie by M. M. Wall hy deed dated Nov. 26th, 1919, and recorded in the Office of the* Clerk of Court for McCormick County in Deed Book NO. 4 at Page 263. ' A cash deposit of five (5) pen cent, of the highest bid, unless! : ^ v >•> * l m^de by the Plaintiff or Its At torney will be required as evidence of good faith, said deposit to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance therewith. TERMS OF SALE: CASH; Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. > • y • > J. FRANK MATTESON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. Feb. 8, 1936.—3t. dr. HENRY j. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street wi-* Augusta* Oa.