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.<* f If? v" tv- HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, lay, January 7, 193? m Ykf ■■■ IRMICK MESSENGER published Every Thursday Established June ft, 190* EDMOND 1. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ml the reel Office at Mc- Oennick, S. as mail matter of tte-second class. EDBSCR1PTION RATES: 'One Year $1.00 Efat Months .75 Three Months 30 Sunday School Lesson Mi REV. CHARLES E. DUNN New Life in Christ. Lesson for January 10th. John 3:1-17. Golden Text: John 3:3. There are three characteristic words ir the gospel of John, Light, Love, and Life. The book assures ns that Jesus is the Light of the world (chap. 8:12). We are at once reminded of Holman Hunt’s fa mous painting, “The Light of the World,” depicting the Master knocking on a door long shut. Will we open the door? Will we admit the Light? And John also teaches that the climax of Jesus’ message is Love. Consider that familiar verse in our lessxm text, John 3:16, which Luther no aptly called the “little gospel.” Or turn to John 15:12 where Jesus urges his disciples to love one an- other even as He has loved them. But we are especially interested in the third key word, Life, for our lesson is entitled, “New Life in Christ.” John’s gospel opens with the assurance that “in him was life,” and it closes with the hope "that believing, ye may have life through his name.” And in be- j tween we read such declarations as “T am the bread of life,” “I am I came that they might have life,” ( "I am the resurrection and the life.” | What does John mean? He is telling us that life in its full reality Is given to us here and now through the living Christ. We do not need to wait, for example, un- til we die before .we can enjoy eternal life, for heaven is now available this side of the grave, i Death does not alter in any fun damental way the ever-flowing •current of divine life. The resurrec tion takes place in this present world when men are born again, and ft is this new birth which carries them from spiritual death into a new life imparted by a liv ing Person. So our Golden Text, “Unless a man is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God,” is of central Importance. The destiny of man j hangs upon it. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given tnat Miss Elizabeth Grant, Administratrix of the estate % of Miss Ella Grant, de ceased, has this day made appli cation unto me for a final account ing and discharge as Administra trix of the estate of Miss Ella Grant and the 28th day of January, 1937, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. AH persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick County, 8. C. December 28th, 1936. 4-i. The Sanitary Barber Shop McCORMICK, 3. C. Regular And Reliable Service Ladies And Children Cordially Invited J. B. ORR, Prop. Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, Jan. 2.—The New year was greeted very heartily Thursday night by the half of the company whose lot it was to be on fire duty at the Bradley camp. The fire alarms, Sergeant Hardigree’s loud whistle, and Lieutenant May er’s even louder voice could be heard above the many other noises. Due to the general rains, the work has been at a virtual stand still during the past week; the rain has also lessened the fire danger to such an extent that the boys are really enjoying the Holiday season. On the night before New Year’s, Superintendent Wad D. Allen ar ranged a goodly crew and all boarded the good ship, Rattle-trap. First Pilot Jake Ray turned the ship toward Edgefield and gave her full speed ahead. After several exciting adventures, such as running on mud banks, and after almost foundering the ship, Pilot Jake Ray was re lieved and his place was taken by Helmsman Leon Hall. Hall kept the boilers going at full steam until the port of Edgefield was reached after which Admiral Allen took charge of the boilers. It is said by all that the Admiral has a very good way of taking care of boiler^ The wonder is that he did not overload them! The crew was soon enlarged, for the Port of Edgefield had a number of people who were interested in assisting in the fill ing of the boilers. A dance was given at the Community House, after which the crew began the re turn voyage, leaving the harbor at five bells. The sailing was smooth and the wind was sending the good ship, Rattle-trap, home in a right grand fashion—then came trouble. The ship stopped; not even the best prayers could start her. All tried to diagnose the difficulty and after each one had expressed an opinion as to what was wrong with the craft,. it was learned that the concensus of opinion indicated the chief fault was with the gas tank. How terrible it was that after so much pains had been taken to make certain the boilers were all filled, nothing at all was done to fill the gas tank! Pilots Jake Ray, Pete Cantelou, Leon Hall, et al, were promptly reduced to the ranks of sea cook and deck washer by Ad miral Allen. He even threatened to tie them to the mast and set fire to it; and, failing that, he promised a walk down the plank if they did not have some gasoline in the tank within a short time. “There was blood in the Admiral’s eye; His temper rose so high. That he promised death by fire. The crew said, ‘My, oh my, oh my; It’s gasoline or die.’ And all did sob and cry. At last one of them did spy A gasoline tank close by; There they themselves did hie, And gasoline did buy.” Since Santa Claus gave Superin tendent Allen a new and shiny Bulova wrist watch, he has insist ed upon taking all calls from the lookouts who call in at regular in tervals to check their time. Proud ly, he looks at his watch and tells them that at the first sound of the fire alarm the time will be such and such. The other day he was heard spelling the word Bulluva! We all regret very much that Ranger David has been confined to his bed with the flu during the Yule season. Superintendent Allen is not a student of medicine, but he is a student of human nature; and he was heard to recommend for the Ranger a nice vacation in the low country. xx Announces Dates Credit Meetings Call Gone Out To 53,033 Farmers To Attend Annual Meetings Of Their Production Credit As- sosiations this year. At the annual meetings of th associations complete reports op- last year’s operations will be made. Mr. Graham said, directors elect ed and plans made for this year’s operations made. All of the associa tions had a most excellent year .ast year, he said, and closed the year with their books in splendid shape. All of them expect an en larged volume of business this year, he declared, as each year more farmers become acquainted with the short-term credit service which the associations offer. The dates of the annual meet ings of the associations in South Carolina follow: Aiken, January 6; \nderson, February 3; Barnwell, January 7; Bennettsville, January 4; Chesterfield, January 20; Clin ton, January 16; Columbia, Janu ary 5; Dillon, January 18; Florence, January 13; Greenville, February 2; Greenwood, February 4; Harts- ville, January 6; Horry, January 15; Kershaw, January 5; Kingstree, January 11; Lake City, January 12; Marion, January 14; Orangeburg, January 9; Rock Hill, January 22; Spartanburg, January 27; Sumter, January 9 and Walterboro, Jan uary 3. -xx- Openings In Marine Corps Examination of 50 applicants for entrance in the United States Marine Corps will be held at the Marine Corps Recruiting District Headquarters, Post Office Building, Savannah, Ga., during January, it is announced by Captain Arthur C. Small, officer in charge. Young men between 18 and 25 years of age, ranging in height from 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet 2 inches with corresponding weights, sound physiques, and a fair educa tion come within the category of those eligible to receive the oppor tunities offered by the United States Marines. The Savannah office considers applicants from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Florida and Southeastern Georgia, and is the only Marine Corps office where applicants in these States are ex amined, Captain Small stated. Full information regarding the various opportunities the Marine Corps has to offer young men may be obtained by visiting or writing the Marine Corps Recruiting Sta tion at Savannah, it was announc ed. James T. Anderson Reappointed Member Board Of Directors Of Federal Land Bank Of Columbia by Miss r&r ces The Spirit of Christmas—by Miss Eva Young. Christmas 1936—by Mrs. D. A Young. The meeting was turned over to Miss Harvey, who gave a demon stration on Balancing our Diets. The club bought Christmas Bonds, amount to $1.00. The club voted to remember the sick and shut-in during Christmas with fruits. The next meeting will meet wit! Miss Frances Walker. Reporter. —x- Insurance lire Insurance And t>her Kinds of Insurance crpt Life. m en c. rrown, McCORMICK, S. C. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 2, 1937.— The call has gone out to nearly 50,000 farmers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor ida to attend the annual meetings of their production credit associa tions in January and the first week in February, according to Ernest Graham, president of the Produc tion Credit Corporation of Colum bia. Last year over 25,000 farmers braved snow, sleet, almost impass able roads and icy winds to attend these meetings, and with a better break in the weather this year of ficials of the associations predict a very greatly increased attendance Columbia, S. C., Jan. 2, 1937.— Notice of the reappointment of James T. Anderson as a member of the board of directors of the Fed eral Land Bank of Columbia was received yesterday by Julian H. Scarborough, general agent of the Farm Credit Administration of Co lumbia and president of the land bank, from Governor W. I. Myers of the Farm Credit Administration, who made the appointment. As a district director of the land bank, Mr. Anderson will also serve ex officio as a director of the Fed eral Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia and the Columbia Bank for Cooperatives and as a member of the council of the Farm Credit Administration of Columbia. Mr. Anderson has been a director of the Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia since December 3, 1928. He is a farmer, having extensive farm holdings in Georgia and also has a large ranch near Waxahachie, Texas. He is the owner of a very fine herd of Hertford cattle on his Texas ranch. Baptist Sunday School Conference At Green ville Januray 19-20 The second of a series of con secutive Sunday School confer ences for associational v/orkers throughput the states of the South- Baptist Convention will begin with the meeting of South Caro- workers held at the First Bap tist church, Greenville, January 19, 20. A similar meeting held in Columbia last year was attended bx representatives f^m each of the thirty-eight associations making up the Baptist Convention of the state. This meeting was one of the best in the whole Southern Baptist Convention territory, during 1936. Dr. T. L. Holcomb, the ne^lv elected executive secretary of the Sunday School Board of the S. B. C., along with heads of each of the departments of the institution’s work, will appear on the Green ville program. Mr. J. L. Corzine, state director of Sunday School and Training Union work for the Baptists of South Carolina, along with Mr. J. N. Barnett of the Sunday School Board’s administration department, will have charge of the program. The churches of Greenville are entertaining the associational workers on the Harvard plan. It is expected that this meeting will be fully as well attended as the one of last year. One of the main items of interest will be reports frem the various associations on their progress during 1936 toward goals set in a five year program adooted in the Columbia meeting. Another special feature of in terest will be announcements and plans for the twenty-third annual session of the South Carolina Bap tist Assembly to be held at Coker College, Hartsville, June 7-19. This meeting will include a State Sun day School Convention and a Sun day School Encampment for South Carolina workers. According to Mr. J. L. Corzine, director of the As sembly, plans are now well under way for this meeting which is said to present the most diversified program of the denominational year. Among the speakers for the Greenville meeting will be the fol lowing persons from Nashville, Tenn.: Dr. T. L. Holcomb, Dr. P. E. Burroughs, Dr. Homer L. Grice, Miss Mattie C. Leatherwood, Mr. J. N. Barnett, Mr. Harold Ingra ham, Miss Mary Alice Biby and Mr. Wm. P. Phillips. Young’s* H. D. Club Meets 4,036 Bales Cotton Ginned In McCormick County To Dec. 13th Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ' State of South Carolina, | County of McCormick. I Cotton: Census report shows that I there were 4,036 bales of cotton ginned in McCormick County from | the crop of 1936 prior to Dec. 13 1936, as compared with 5,143 bales ginned to Dec. 13, 1935, crop of 1935. Very respectfully, James E. Bell, Special Agent. Date, Dec. 28, 1936. the remainder of the winter. Furthermore, if cash crops are con tinued on a reduced acreage basis pastures and forage crops will t more abundant than usual. Regarding supply and demanc for beef cattle, Mr. Clark explains: Cattle numbers following thei normal cycle probably would have reached a peak in 1935 or 1936 but the severe drought through a large part of the country in 193' checked toe increase. The numbs: of all cattle has been decreasin since 1934, and is expected to b somewhat smaller at the begin ning of 1937 than it was a yea earlier. The number will probabl be considerably smaller than in 1934 but will most likely be large than the average for the last 1 years. If pasture conditions are favor able in 1937, there will be a tend '*n.ov for cattle raisers to increase their herds. Assuming no setback in 1937, the general trend in ca t numbers will probably be upwar: duiing the next few years. Becaus of the reduced slaughter supplie: of hogs during the next two year which now seem likely, the cattU industry will be in a rather favor able situation even with an. in crease in slaughter supplies. How ever, with normal hog numbers and increased cattle supplies, the situa tion would be less favorable. Because of short feed supplie? and relatively high prices of feeds, a smaller supply of finished cattle is expected during the first half of 1937. On the other hand, con,- sumer demand for beef and veal is expected to show further im provement during 1937. Hogs Look Better For Next Two Years Clemson, Jan. 2.—Asserting that the present outlook for hog pro duction is favorable for at least two years, O. M. Clark, extension agricultural economist, says that it does not seem likely that slaughter supplies of hogs will reach the five-year 1929-33 average before the fall of 1939 or 1940. Regarding demand and supply and consequent prices he explains: The unusually short corn crop of 1934, caused by (1) the severe drought that year and (2) the con trol program, reduced the number of hogs to the lowest figure in many years. An increase in num bers started in the fall of 1935. This expansion was checked bv the short corn crop of 1936. High prices of corn in relation to the prices of hogs at least until another com crop is produced will quite likeiy cause fewer pigs to be raised in 1937 than in 1936. Little change in the foreign out let for hog production seems likely. It is expected that there will be a further improvement in consum er demand for hog products dur ing the year. Because of this an ticipated improvement in consum er demand, the relativelv sm^l 1 storage stock of pork, and the out look for small slaughter suppne. of hogs next summer, much of the strong demand for hogs thus fai this season has been for hogs for storage. The demand for hogs for this purpose will probably remain strong throughout the winter. In South Carolina the corr crops were normal in 1934 and 1936 so that the reduction in hog num bers in this state from 1934 to 1935 was much less relatively than for the country as a whole. The in crease started in 1935 has not re ceived a setback from a short corn crop as has been the case in the principal commercial hog-produc ing states. -xx- The Young’s Home Demonstra tion club met Dec. 9th at the home of Mrs. John Goff with our agent president and 8 members and 2 visitors present. The meeting was called to order by the Vice President, Miss Alma Young. The following program was car ried out: Scripture—Luke 2; 8-20—by Mrs John Goff. Prayer—Mrs. John Goff. Song—Joy to The World. Christmas—by Frances Goff. Christmas Eve — by Miss Alma Progress Reported In Saving The Soil Beef Cattle Outlook Given By Economist Clemson, Jan. 2.—The outlook for beef cattle producers in South Car olina and most of the other cotton states is relatively somewhat more favorable for the next two or three years than for the region where a large part of the market cattle is produced, says O. M. Clark, ex tension agricultural economist. Producers in South Carolina have not had to sell off their breeding stock and replacement heifers. Hence they do not have to buy replacement stock and will not have to buy high-priced feed for Clemson, Jan. 4.—Field activities of the Soil Conservation Service in South Carolina, working in co operation with the Extension Serv ice of Clemson College, were con siderably enlarged during the past fiscal year, it is revealed in the an nual report of H. H. Bennett, chief of the Service, to the Secretary of Agriculture, made public Jan. 2. The number of SCS demonstra tion projects in the state was in creased to five and the area of privately owned land under co operative agreements was increas ed to 126,158 acres. A total of 13 CCC camps are assigned to the SCS in the state. In cooperation with the Exten sion Service, practical information on erosion control was made avail able to farmers throughout the state; and beneficial farming prac tices were demonstrated including terracing, strip cropping, contour County Auditor’s Notice FOR YEAR 1937 I will be at the different places on the dates given below to take tax returns on all kinds of personal property, by owner, or executor, ad ministrator, guardian, attorney, agent, etc., for year 1937: Office, Jan. 1st through Jan. 16th. Monday, Jan. 18th, Willington, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Monday, Jan. 18th, Mt. Carmel, 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 19th, Bordeaux, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Wednesday, Jan. 20th, Jos J. Link’s, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Thursday, Jan. 21st, E. M. Mor gan’s, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Thursday, Jan. 21st, White & Freeland’s, 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Friday, Jan. 22nd, R. T. Mayson’s, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Friday, Jan. 22nd, Bethany School, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Monday, Jan. 25th, Young’s School, 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 26th, Clarks Hill, 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 26th, Meriwether P. O., 12 m. to 2 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 26th, Hines’ Filling Sta., 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 27th, Plum Branch, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday. Jan. 28th, Parksville, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Friday, Jan. 29th, Modoc, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Office, all of February, after then the law says add 10 per cent penal ty to those who failed or refused to make returns. All male persons between 21 and 60 years are liable for Poll tax, and 21 to 55 years are due road tax unless exempted. So please make your returns. C. W. PENNAL, County Auditor. A Three Days’ Cough Is Your Danger Signal No matter how many medicines you have tried for your cough, chest cold or bronchial irritation, you can get re lief now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble may be brewing and you can not afford to take a chance with any thing less than Creomulsion, which, goes right to the seat of the trouble to aid nature to soothe and heal the inflamed membranes as the germ-laden phlegm is loosened and expelled. Even if other remedies nave failed, don’t be discouraged, your druggist is authorized to guarantee Creomulsion and to refund your money if you are not satisfied with results from the very first bottle. Get Creomulsion right now. (AdvJ DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Mary E. Parker and Mrs. Mar garet J. Cade, executrix of the es tate of Mrs. M. M. Kennedy, de ceased, has this day made appli cation unto me for a final ac counting and discharge as execu trix of the estate of Mrs. M. M. Kennedy and the 19th day of Jan uary, 1937, at 10 o’clock has ’Bee^t fixed for hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick County, S. C. Decemoer 18th, 1936. checks COLDS and FEVER Liquid, Tablets ^ ^ v LjAV Salve, Nose Drops first day . Headache, 30 minutes. Try “Rub-My-Tism” World’s Best Liniment WANT ADV. Brood mares for sale or trade. J. L. Smith, McConrjick, S. C. LOST—One red mule, weight about 900 pounds, and one black mule, weight about 850 pounds; strayed off from home Sunday right. Reward for recovery. James Gilchrist, Route 1, Plum Branch, S. C. FOR SALE — One good mule, cheap. J. B. Harmon, McCormick, S. C. tillage, contour furrowing, wood land and gully planting, and the retirement of steep slopes and bad ly eroded areas from cultivation. Experience and scientific experi ments have proved that fanning practices that conserve soil and water have a directly beneficial ef- j feet on the control of floods and the alleviation of drought condi tions, Bennett says in the report.