Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t $ I McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937 r % Of INTEREST TO THE HOUSEWIFE S ’ JA. tablespoonful of vinegar will soften glue that has become hard ened in a bottle. A pinch of alum added to the water when washing blue or green articles of clothing will prevent the colors from running. • * * The stock left from cooked spin ach makes a valuable addition to vegetable soup. • • • Oatmeal on a dampened cloth is excellent for cleaning white paint. * • • Two or three slices of bacon placed on top of a liver loaf dur ing baking adds to the flavor. © Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service. only LUDEN'S MENTHOL COUGH DROPS will do these 3 things.. • and all for . • • 5? Clear your bead ^ Soothe your throat e Help build up your ALKALINE RESERVE WHEN A COLD STRIKES! Nature's Hymns Flowers are Nature’s hymns, with which in her inspiration, she greets the sun.—Heine. When Consolidated Human thought is one of the most dynamic forces on earth. 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Milnesia wafers (the orig- inal) quickly relieve acid stomach and give necessary elimination Each wafer equals 4 teaspoonfuls of milk Wtl of magnesia. 20c, 35c & 60c. m •v.v SJdei m une Twss This Way ® © By LYLE SPENCER © Western Newspaper Union. “Sail Pumps” Fill Salt Pans on Great Inagua. Prepared by National GeoRraphic Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. { { T OOK down now!” shouts a passenger. “We’re fly- | v ing over a Sahara desert with blue puddles on it.” “That’s all water,” explains the steward “But it’s so clear you see right through it — to the white, sandy bottom. The blue puddles are just deep ocean holes.” What with racing cloud shadows, play of light on green islands, paint- ad coral, and tinted sands, the hu man eye is easily fooled by some of physical geography’s tricks on an air trip through the Bahamas. Two hours from Miami, Florida, out over the Gulf Stream in a fast plane, you reach this 630-mile chain of some 3,000 British-owned islands, cays, and rocks that stretches al most to Hispaniola. Just now we are flying past the north tip of flat, brush-strewn An dros island, largest of the Bahamas, its west shore lapped by milky shal lows known as “The Mud,” where rheumatic sponge fishers ply their back - breaking trade in the blue- green depths. Everyone keeps his nose pressed against the windows, watching the fascinating panarama of reefs, is lets, sand bars and multi-hued wa ters below. So flat and low, so symmetrical are some of these tiny jungle-green isles that from above, in Jack-and- the-Beanstalk fancy, they suggest huge pumpkin leaves afloat on seas of opaline paint. “Look at that long strip of land, with a pirate’s tower on it!” some one urges. “That’s ‘Treasure Island’ (Salt Cay). It belongs to John T. Mc- Cutcheon, the Chicago cartoonist,” explains the patient steward. “Now we’re over Hog island, where hu man swallows from Canada and the States sun themselves in winter... There’s their Porcupine club, and Paradise beach. That wreck is an Did Confederate blockade runner, sunk more than 70 years ago. The big island is New Providence, and this town is Nassau, capital of the Bahamas.” Landing at Nassau. Flashes now of galloping ponies training on a dusty track, and a golf course dotted with palms bent by tropic winds; a ruined tower, which the steward says was Blackbeard’s lookout; then ancient, abandoned forts, their rusty, muzzle - loading cannon no more harmful now than blind and toothless watchdogs, yet still frowning grimly at that sea long explored by Spaniards and haunted by pirates. Swift glimpses, too, of stately Government house, the British flag, and stiff sentries on patrcl, spacious homes set in gardens aflame with red, yellow, and purple. Then lower we glide, back over the long, narrow harbor with its trading schooners, lazy white yachts, and glass-bottom sight-seeing boats drifting over cor al beds and canary-colored fish, and so down to a smooth, bumpless land ing. One hears the greeting, “Welcome to the Isles of Ju«e!” as he scram bles ashore. From the dock the arriving visitor drives through long, straight Bay street, which is the shopping center of Nassau. High - roofed, horse-drawn hacks, bells jingling and red curtains flapping, move in and out among motor cars, bicycles, and huge sponge carts, their cargo bulky but light. “To your right,” says your host, in mock imitation of a guide’s lec ture, “is Old Fort Montague, cap tured by the baby American navy during the Revolution.. .That wharf is where they hanged pirates. “That big shed is the sponge market. The hymns you hear are sung by the old women who sit here in the shade and clip sponges with their shears, and get them ready to ship.” “But who are all these excited people,” you ask, “crowding the curio shops for trick straw hats, turtle shells, and pickaninny dolls? Surely they can’t all live in this small town!” “They don’t. They’re travelers. Each season 60 or 80 big liners call here on Caribbean cruises. Plus those who come by planes and pri vate yachts, Nassau winter visitors almost equal the whole population of the Bahamas. “Fifty-nine thousand people are scattered through these islands. Eighty per cent are olacks and mu- lattoes; many never even get to Nassau, much less the Florida mainland. This is a town now, you might say, of hotels—and history.” Where Columbus Landed. First and greatest event in all annals of our Western Hemisphere, in fact, occurred right here in these islands. That was on October 12, 1492, when Columbus discoverec America, in the form of San Sal vador. On this island, facing the oper Atlantic, is a monument set up bj the Chicago Herald in 1891 to com memorate the landing of the greal navigator. Here also a lighthouse rises, but not to show modern ships how to anchor where the Sants Marla did; rather, to help them keep safely away, for few visitors venture now where Columbus set up the Cross and traded trinkets with the shy Lucayans. All these Lucayans—about 40,OOC —were enslaved by Spaniards, sent to work in Hispaniola mines, and the Bahamas left quite uninhabited. Yet, in time, these islands were tc become not only a historic stepping stone by which Europeans and Afri cans reached our shores, but the stage for almost incredible adven tures. Enmity toward England, after the loss of the Great Armada, brought sanguinary conflicts, which in time became notorious for the nautical brigandage of the buccaneers. For generations these outlaws were the cause of constant diplomatic fric tion between London and Madrid, as when English sailors, seized from the Boston ship, Blessing, were stripped by Spaniards, tied naked to mangrove bushes on a Bahama cay, and left to die of thirst in plain sight of each other. Famous is the story of “Jenkyns’ Ear.” When Spaniards took an Eng lish ship commanded by a Captain Jenkyns, it is written that they cut off one of his ears and handed it to him, telling him to take it home and show it to his king! This ear, in a bottle, he exhibited later in the house of commons. Even Virginia and the Carolinas dreaded these Bahama pirates, es pecially one Edward Teach, o r “Blackbeard.” With his last com mand, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, mounting 40 guns, Blackbeard and another pirate leader spread terror all along our South Atlantic coast. When, in desperation, the British government finally sent that iron- fisted governor, Woodes Rogers, to hang pirates and make Nassau safe for honest traders, it began the first normal life it had ever known. That was in 1718, and the motto put on its coat of arms was, “Expulsis Pira- tis, Restituta Commercia.” “Pirate Treasure” Still Hunted. Today Blackbeard, his long whiskers worn in three beribboned braids tucked into his waistband among his many pistols, is but a memory—or a favorite model for Nassau masquerade parties. Yet hunting pirate treasure is still a constant adventure. Always, just around the corner, is a mysterious man with an “old map” for sale. “Feast, then famine, that’s been our history,” an Englishman born in Nassau will tell you. “Over and over again, in the last 300 years, hordes of people have swarmed into Nassau, on every errand from sell ing slaves to running rum; these boom periods meant lots of easy money, but there’s been many a lean time in between.” When Liverpool used to send 100 or more “blackbirders” to Africa each year, and when our own American-built craft were in this traffic, as many as 74,000 blacks annually used to be sold into the West Indies, of which the Bahamas got their share. After Cornwallis yielded at York- town, loyalists flocked to the Ba hamas, bringing their slaves, silver ware, and other personal effects. Cn plantations of cane and cotton developed by these royal refugees rose another tide of profits. This ebbed when slaves were freed, and when competing agriculture grew up in the States. Agriculture Has Failed. Loyalists, departing for England after this land boom faded, turned their farms over to ex-slaves or other retainers; lacking skill, capi tal, or sufficient energyy, these lat ter failed. Farming declined. An easier living—if on a lower standard — was offered by the sea. Hence today the once productive fields are idle and brush-grown. Andros island, for example, named for an early governor ol the Massachusetts colony, was once the scene of much sisal growing, well-known families in England be ing the owners. Now all that is abandoned. Yet today a new kind of prosper ity, wholesome and satisfying, is coming to Nassau. This is its rise as a popular winter resort, which compensates for the vanished reve nue of former more exciting days Learning to Shave ■ TV/T OST women probably think that the person who invented i shaving made a great contribution i to civilization. At least he made it unnecessary for them to look at and be scratched by sweeping mus taches and billowing beards. But this forgotten inventor, whoever he was, also condemned the male world to centuries of painful scrap ing before poorly-lighted mirrors. The invention of shaving goes back before the dawn of recorded history. Before the use of metal razors, men either pulled out the hairs one at a time or slashed them off with bits of sharp-edged stones. Some of the earliest draw ings found in Egypt and Assyria show men clean shaven. The American Indians, who have scanty beards like Oriental peoples, religiously cut all the hair from their faces with sharp flints. Many Polynesian savages still shave with two pieces of flint, and others use pieces of shells or sharks’ teeth ground down to a razor edge. The metal razor itself is very old, and was probably used by the As syrians and Egyptians as far back as 3500 B. C. Shaving is even men tioned in the first chapter of the Bible, where the book of Genesis says that Joseph “shaved himself, and changed his raiment,” when ordered to appear before Pharaoh. Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers to shave before they went into battle so that the enemy would not be able to grab hold of them so easily. But nowhere do the early books suggest that men shaved for romantic reasons. Not until modern advertising made the world razor conscious have, men shaved to please their wives and sweethearts. * Origin of Lead Pencils HE peculiar thing about the so- called lead pencil is that it is not a lead pencil at all. It is made of graphite and contains not the slightest trace of lead. The first pencils made of graphite (which comes from the Greek word “grapho,” meaning “I write”) were invented back in the time of Queen Elizabeth. They created quite a stir, because they were much easier to write with than the old goosequill pens and could be carried around anywhere. Stocks of the graphite mines in England underwent almost as big a boom as wildcat gold mine stocks did during the gold rush days. But after the first excitement was over, the early pencils proved to be too expensive for ordinary use. The graphite had to be cut with crude saws, and since it broke very easily, there was a tremendous waste. It was not until 1795 when a French man named Conte conceived the idea of using pulverized graphite with binding clay that pencils be came cheap enough for popular consumption. An even bigger impetus was given to the pencil industry when an Englishman happened to think of tipping them with rubber erasers. He was smart enough to patent his idea, and during the years that his patent lasted, his royalties amounted to over $100,000 annually. It just goes to show how much money can be made from one good idea. How Blotting Paper Was Invented IKE so many other inventions, blotting paper was discovered by a mere accident. One day early in the Nineteenth century, a care less workman in a paper mill in Berkshire, England, forgot to put the sizing in a run of paper he was making. The whole lot was ap parently ruined. Shortly afterwards the outraged owner, having fired his negligent employee, sat down to write a letter. He thought that some of the con demned paper would serve his pur pose, and was intensely annoyed when he was unable to write on it because the ink spread out all over its surface. Suddenly the thought flashed through his mind that if the unsized paper could not be used for writing, it could be used for drying ink in place of the sard then universally used. Under the name of blotting paper, he was able to sell all his damaged stock at a good price. Before long, he had turned his en tire factory over to making blotting paper, and had made himself wealthy in the bargain. Although he did not know it, the reason why this sort of paper dries up ink is because the paper fibres are really a mass of hair-like tubes that suck up liquids by capillary attraction. Put a fine glass tube into water and you’ll find that water rises in the tube due to this same principle of capillary attraction. Tallest Chimney Itazeci More than 50 pounds of dynamite were required at Ince, England, to bring down Britain’s tallest chim ney, v/hich weighed 5,000 tons and contained 1,000,000 bricks, and which was destroyed because the iron works it once served had been ibandoned. First Stirrings of Spring nPHE chic young miss above, cen- A ter, says, “I make my own clothes. I learned sewing from Mother first, got a touch of it in school, and a real exposure in 4-H activities. I choose this dress for Spring because it looks like Spring, and because it takes the minimum of time and money. Puff sleeves and princess lines give a formal note if I wish to impress the folks (which I often do) and the peplum jacket is added for frivolous reasons.—when I want to feel a bit sophisticated, and it makes a sweet all - occasion dress.” A Practical Choice. The Lady on the Left says, *T’m practical. I choose patterns that I can cut twice; then I have a gingham gown to set me off in my kitchen and an afternoon dress in which to entertain the Maggie- Jiggs club. The all-of-a-piece yoke and sleeves make me look years younger, the shirred pockets give the decorative note every dress needs, and I can run it up in an afternoon.” . Three-Purpose Pattern. The Girl in the Oval has a far away look in her eyes. She says it’s because she wears glamorous blouses like this one. She cuts her pattern three times—no less—and evolves a blouse in eggshell for her velvet skirt; one in velveteen for her tweeds, and the third in metallic cloth for after-five activi ties. “The skirt with its simple well directed lines is equally well, suited to tweeds for sport, velvet for dress and wool for business,” says Madam. , The Patterns. Pattern 1832 (above left) comes ID sizes 32 to 44. Size 34 requires 4% yards of 39 inch material. Pattern 1263 (above center) is designed in sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 bust). Size 14 requires 4% yards of 39 inch material for the dress and 214 yards for the jacket—to line it requires 214 yards of 35 inch material. Pattern 1958 (above right) is available in sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 46 bust). Size 16 requires 2% yards for the blouse in 39 inch material and 2 yards of 54 inch material for the skirt. New Pattern Book. Send for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Bar bara Bell well-planned, easy-to- make patterns. Interesting and exclusive fashions for little chil dren and the difficult junior age; slenderizing, well-cut patterns for polite By Dorothy Dix Writer Barbecue Chicken Broil the chickens in the usual way and when they are dished pour over them this sauce: Melt two tablespoonfuls of but ter in a saucepan, add the same quantity of vinegar, a teaspoonful of made mustard, a strong dash of tobasco, a teaspoonful of Worces tershire sauce, a teaspoonful of sugar, a saltspoonful of salt and half as much pepper. Blend all together, heat to a boil and pour over chickens. Serve in 5 minutes. £)—WNU Service. the mature figure; ■ afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occa sions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Send 15 cents today for your copy. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, I1L Price of patterns, 15 cents (m^ coins) each. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. DON'T TAKE REMEDIES DEMAND AND GET GENUINE BAYER ASPIRIN * — Need. Privacy Sometimes the great must envy nobodies whom the public let alone. QO much trouble is caused by chronic const!* O pation! Headaches, upset digestion, nervous ness, lack of pep are frequently caused by poi sonous wastes that accumulate in the bowels. Too often people merely use some temporary relief. See for yourself if itdoesn’t make a world of difference in the way you feel after using a purely vegetable laxative. Give a thorough trial to Nature’s Remedy (NR Tablets). Note how gentle they are — and non-habit forming. Get a 25c box, containing ^ i drugstore. Sometimes It’s Pleasure In combining business with pleasure, one or the other suffers. Health-Wrecking Functional PAINS Severe functional pains of men struation, cramping spells and jan gled nerves soon rob a woman of her natural, youthful freshness. PAIN lines in a woman’s face too often grow into AGE lines! Thousands of women have found It helpful to take Cardui. They say it seemed to ease their pains, and they noticed an increase in their appetites and finally a strengthened resistance to the discomfort of monthly periods. Try Cardui. Of course if it doesn’t help you, see your doctor. Some Justification We love a boaster when he’s got what it takes. FOR THE HAIR SNOW WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY Believe the Ads They Offer You Special Inducements • Sometimes in the matter of samples which, when proven worthy, the merchandise can be pur chased from our community merchants.