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ivR- S •. McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA TKnrsday, Aptil 9, 1936 UcCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ■Mered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of ! the second class. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 inspire our lives. We are living in troublous times, and those of little faith are crying aloud that the old truths have failed, the old beliefs are dead. But even as they scoff, Spring brings her perennial symbols of the eternal life. And this coming Easter Sunday millions upon millions of believers will meet to testify anew to the truth that their faith is a living faith, that it still rules the hearts of men. -1X1- Sunday School Lesson A Thought For Easter BY REV * charles e. dunn From the beginning of time, men have hailed the coming of Spring as the resurrection of the earth from the death of Winter. Long before the Christian Era be gan, every religious cult celebrated in one way or another the return ing season of growth and sunshine, with its promise of life beyond the grave. If the dead trees and grass es could so demonstrate immor tality, wl^y should man alone die to rise no more? In a few days the whole Chris tian world will join in testifying, on Easter Sunday, to its faith that death is not the end, that life goes on forever, in new and unknown but more glorious forms, that we earthbound plodders can no more imagine than can the maple tree or the wistaria, shedding its scar- j let robe of Autumn under the kill ing breath of Winter’s frosts, imagine the glory of the Spring time garments of green w,hich it will wear in its new life. The belief that this is true, that there is a life beyond death, a life of release from toil and sorrow for ouch as.truly believe and strive to live up to their belief has been the most powerful force in the history of our modem civilization. In this faith men have found a common tie of mutual service for the com mon good. All of the concepts of duty, honor,. self-denial, self-re spect and loyalty upon which great nations have been founded derive from the faith which is the very root and heart of Christianity. Let no one say that the faith of our fathers is outmoded, that it no longer has its old power to Jesus Triumphs Over Death. Lesson for April 121h. Luke 24:1-12. Golden Text: John 11:19. The message of Easter is two fold. It tells us, first of all, that Christ is alive. It is a triumphant witness to a living Master. What actually happened on the day of resurrection will perhaps never be fully understood. It is enough te know that Jesus could not be crushed by the bars of death. But what is meant by the living Christ? Primarily we mean the per sonal pressure or pull of the Mas ter’s soul upon our own spirits. The two disciples felt this in their walk to Emmaus. “Were not our hearts burning within us,” they said, “while he talked to us on the way?” But such experiences of inner rap ture are rare. Most of us find the living Lord more often in the outer, positive expression of Christian ideals which, despite the acute sickness of our present society, are more widespread and compelling than ever before. We must never forget, in the midst of our anxiety, that there are great forces laboring in the world today on behalf of good-will. One of the most important of these is the Christian church. But there is a second truth in the Easter message. Not only is Christ alive, but those who served him, and died sharing his faith and pur- KING of Them All ■ixM. i m mi- ■m mim '■v* ■ Mi Foremost Highflyer, 1935 Grand Champion Jersey Bull. Olined by A. H. Goss, The Oaklands, Ann Arbor, Mich. T HERE ARE PLENTY of Jersey bulls in America, but only one among all the thousands, stands out as National Champion. 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What a wonderful confession of faith! -x- Resettlement Benefit To McCormiek County .BAN NITRATE OT SODA W||H VITAL Mrouras Of HATOan OWN BALANCE AND BLEND The Rural Resettlement Division 'of the Resettlement Administration has come to the rescue of the farm families who were not able to get aid from other sources and has given assistance to them by advancing funds for the pur chase of fertilizer, stock, farm im plements and subsistence. | It is a loan agency developed to aid farmers who have been caught ( within the tangles of the economic J depression. The leans are made at five per cent interest and are se cured by recorded mortgages held over capital goods, crop and stock. The family is given a reasonable period of time to repay and at the close of the first year a fair per centage is repaid. The Resettlement Administration is not a relief organization, for the families repay all they borrow. In order to keep the loan within the means the farmer to repay, the County and farm supervisors care fully study and work out with the man and his wife a farm plan in which the supervisor studies the mar* and his family as well as the farm, what it produces, number acres, etc. During 1935 McCormick County lead 169 families deriving benefit from the program. All the families were furnished with sufficient capital goods and supplies for the farming operation. For the year 1936, 170 families have been ap proved to date for sufficient sup plies for farm and family needs. 191 mules, 45 milch cows, some beef cows, chickens, pigs, etc., were pur chased since 1934 for family and farm needs. The Resettlement families are under close supervision of farm and home supervisors. The farm super visor makes periodic visits to the families for the purpose of j>lah- ning wilh them the orooei 1 method" of production and management. He advises to the best of his ability as to the soil conservation, fer tilizer, rotation of crops, garden ing, etc., thus encouraging the families to practice the live-at- home program. He tries to impress each family to strive for honest payment of debts. E. Hanvey is Farm Supervisor in McCormick County. The farm home is supervised by , the home supervisor. She visits the home regularly and works out with the wife a convenient home living plan giving the wife a broad- | er perspective on her home life. She assists the wife in planning ■ and carrying out the family bud- ! get for clothing, household equip ment, food conservation, gardening, canning, poultry and pig raising, etc. She tries to create on the part of the family a sense of responsi bility for its own problems and a desire to become self sustaining. She tries to develop interest be tween the farm family and com munity affairs. At all times she has the welfare ef each family at heart, thereby helping each one to set high standards for the bet terment of family relationship and health conditions, making home life worthwhile. In order to visualize the accom plishments in *' the Resettlement honU one must know something of the fanning record. In 1935 Mr. Dash and his family ob tained a loan from the Re- settlement Administration, the farm and home already being in the family’s possession. With his farm supervised by an experienced farm supervisor he was encouraged to better management than before, therefore his farm records show 1780 cans of vegetables canned at the County cannery besides the 300 quarts of fruits and vegetables put up by the house wife for home use. Also a quantity of fresh veg etables were sold locally. Plenty of meat and syrup were made for family use. The farm pro duced 150 bushels of oats, 250 bushels com, 48 bushels wheat, and an abundance of hay for live stock. They have one milch cow, one mule, a nice brood sow, chick ens, etc., for sufficient family liv ing. Only six bales of cotton was produced due to wet weather and boll wevil ravages. They have an approved loan lor 1936 and with the supervisor’s aid they expect greater at tainments than before. Seeing the constructiveness of the program and what was done by RR families during 1935, many farm families have made applications and been approved for 1936. Therefore as the Resettlement program continues our South land will be greatly helped- by 'its veiopments. • • ^ '