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M,•<'',<>,(MICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 20, 1937 -we. j \ r \ First Aid a la Mode By DAPHNE A. McVICKER © McClure Newspaper Syndicate. ©—WNU Service. i d i^»HARMIAN caught her breath in V- 1 a little puff of indignation. She [had turned, her red mouth all jsmiles, to welcome the latecomer [who edged himself into the chair be- •side her at the table, and then her (long greenish eyes had shuttered ■themselves instantly and her lips ihad tightened and she had lowered jher gaze to the oysters in their ;beds of cracked ice. ; “So glad I could come,” the man jtold her pleasantly. ; She jabbed an oyster with a vi- fcious little dig of her fork. “Funny they think they need jice, isn’t it?” the neighbor added, ■picking up his own fork. “It’s al lready so chilly in here, or don’t ‘you notice it? I’d think you would jin that dress. New, isn’t it? And jjust the shade of red to do the most :for those smoky eyes.” ; He found himself regarding the [back of the notable dinner dress, jCharmian was giving all her at tention, dimples, eyes, to the infor- Imative gentleman on her other side. ‘He found her rapt interest in his account of the building of bridges very flattering and he was sur prised to ^ have her suddenly van ish under the table. She was pursuing her napkin which had cascaded suddenly to the floor. She was outraged, when her gaze had located it, to find it al ready in the grasp of the latecomer who took advantage of this supris ing rendezvous to murmur one hasty sentence. Charmian came up for air with Jistinctly reddened cheeks. She (turned to the bridge builder. “Do tell me more,” she said. “I fthink that’s so fascinating.” “Well, it is interesting,” he as- ;sured her. “Point is you never (know where you may turn up.” Charmian, about to a g r e e, scowled blackly. That napkin. She grabbed for it hastily and her hand came into contact with another hand, a hand whose long, skillful: fingers were as adept at catching a skidding napkin as at patching a broken bone. “Extraordinarily active napkin you have,” he told her. “I can’t think why it doesn’t know when 1 it’s lucky. If I were welcome to stay close to you—listen, Charmian, darling, I have so much to tell you.”; But he,was addressing the back; again, and he grinned mournfully at his filet mignon. * “But isn’t that very dangerous work?” Charmian asked the engi neer. He smiled modestly. “Well, sometimes it is. You see if you haven’t a head for heights— But Charmian’s dark head had plunged forward at the word. And: this time she found her face so dangerously, so tremblingly close, to another face, with eyes deep and menacing, with lips brushing her. cheek—so close that for a moment their hands forgot the napkin and clung, intertwined. “We get almost everywhere,” the engineer tojd her. “I suppose there’s no white man gets into as remote places as‘an engineer does.” The little red-faced man across the table spoke up suddenly. “Well now I differ from that, if I may speak,” he said. “How about the doctor? The doctor is like ly to get almost any place. Take this young chap who performed that difficult operation last night. They say he’s the first one who ever did such a thing. He’s been offered quite a post in the Far East, I hear.” Charmian’s breath caught. For their hostess was gazing down the table directly toward them. Their hostess, Annabel, who was crazy about Guy, who had no doubt yield ed to his insistence that he be placed next to Charmian at dinner. “We’re fortunate in having that very young doctor here this eve ning,” she said. “Tell us about it, Guy.” But this time he had dis appeared under the table in a stay that threatened to be permanent. Charmian, finding herself the cen ter of all attention, spoke swiftly. “He’s busy gathering up napkins from finder the table,” she said. “Bu$ he’ll tell us all about it after dinner I think.” • The engineer was gazing at her back. She herself was lost in the merry eyes next her. “You didn’t tell me it was that operation. Did they decide to do it immediately? Oh, and I made such a fuss about your breaking a little important date with me! I ,don’t see why you bothered to speak to me. When I remember that I said I’d never speak to you again, and you said perhaps some day I’d own an indebtedness to your profes sion and I said if I ever did, I’d own myself wrong—” “And the time has come,” Guy said softly. “What do you mean?” He held something out to her. It was an embroidered table nap kin of heavy linen. From one cor ner of it there extended a long strip of adhesive tape—surgeon’s tape. “And in building such a bridge—” the engineer paused. He sighed. And he related the remainder of his story to his fingerbowl. Human Eye Regarded as Nature’s Greatest Gift Mother Nature polished off her happiest invention the day she took a sphere about the size of a ping- pong ball, implanted therein a few optical gadgets whose analogs can be found in a small box camera, and labeled her product the human eye, says Literary Digest. Nature practiced a good deal on the animal kingdom before she per fected her chef-d’oeuvre. She gave the eagle a set of eyes which are virtual telescopes, able to distin guish tiny objects from incredible distances. And the zebra has eyes with horizontal pupils, the better to see while grazing with head to the ground. A bee distinguishes ul traviolet light to which the human eye is blind. Insects have compound eyes par ticularly suited for seeing motion. The dragonfly’s eye has 30,000 fac ets, each set at a different angle. Owls can see in the semi-darkness. Fishes are specialists in underwa ter vision. Ages ago, Nature gave some of the huge reptiles a third eye in the back of the head to keep watch on danger from the rear. But man alone possesses an eye with vision sharp enough for read ing and close woiic. Man also has the inestimable advantage of see ing things in three dimensions. To practically all animals, vision is a two-dimensional affair like a pic ture on a bill-board, with colors more or less absent—birds, for in stance, can not see blues and vio lets. Forced Early Ferrymen to Charge Uniform Fee Just as persons who have monopo lies on the sale of necessities can extract exhorbitant prices, many ferrymen of early Ohio could de mand unreasonable rates to trans port passengers and freight. Not only that, they could spite persons with whom they had quarreled by refusing to take them across the river, notes a writer in the Cleve land Plain Dealer. So the Ohio legislature came to the rescue of those who were being victimized by enacting laws which compelled ferries to transport pass engers and freight as well as mails —within reason, of course, as when the waters were not raging from tor rential rains. The assembly set up a system of license fees for ferrymen, depend ing on the amount of business they were realizing at various points of passage, and fixed the following rates of pay: “10 cents for a foot passenger; 20 cents for a man and horse; $1 for a loaded wagon and team; 75 cents for any other four- wheeled carriage, or empty wagon and team; 50 cents for a loaded cart and team; 37% cents for an emp ty cart and team, sled or sleigh and team; 10 cents each for horse and cattle; and 3 cents each for sheep and pigs.” Powdered Mummy Remedies Mummies have always been par ticularly prolific of legend. In the Middle ages, powdered mummy was considered a potent specific for many diseases, and may still be pur chased in the East for medicinal purposes. But the effects of these ancient cadavers have not always been benign. There is a tale told of the mummy of Rameses II, the great Pharaoh, which was dis covered in the Valley of the Kings. Sacrilegious antiquarians put the royal corpse on exhibition in the Cairo museum: Rameses rose in wrath to a sitting posture, hit his head against the top of the case and cracked the glass. It is said His Majesty uttered strange sounds— probably old Egyptian for “Ouch!” —and several persons were killed in the ensuing panic. When “Do you love me still, grand dad?” asked the noisy little girl. “Yes. darlipg, when you are.” Commuting Death Sentences The power of the governor to com mute a death sentence to life im prisonment originated in the second decade of last century after a man named Jacob Lewis of Zanesville had been convicted of first-degree murder and ordered to be hanged, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Up to this time no person or official group had even the power of a re prieve. But Lewis had influential friends who made a plea to the leg islature for a commutation of his sentence. After much argument and discussion, the legislature passed a law giving the state’s chief execu tive the power to reprieve and com mutation of sentence. Lewis’ sen tence was changed to life imprison ment. Spelling “Scissors” Lexicographers have figured out that the word “scissors” can be spelled 58,305,440 ways, the Literary Digest observes in pointing out the various sounds of letters and diph thongs in the English language. Of six elementary sounds in “scis sors,” it stater, the first can be in dicated by seventeen combinations, the second by thirty-six, the third by seventeen, the fourth by thirty- three, the fifth by ten » nd the sixth bv seventeen: making the result 17x36x17x33x10x17, or 58.365,440. Manufacture Sunshine If the sky is cloudy, manufac ture a little sunshine of your own to start the day with. Begin each day with a smile on your lips and a song in your heart, and there is no fear tut that the day will go well. “Pieces of Eight” Knov/n in Time of Shakespeare The Spanish peso or eight reals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries circulated throughout the American continent and was known as the “piece of eight.” This name, relates a writer in the Detroit News, is found in English literature as early as Shakespeare’s time. • The coin was worth approximately as much as our dollar. Because of its design, it is sometimes known as the “pillar dollar,” and it has been supposed by some that these “pil lars of Hercules” with the ribbon about them gave rise to the dollar sign. Webster’s dictionary, howev er, shows that this was originally a modification of “Ps,” Mexican ab breviation of “pesos” or “pias tres.” The “s” was at first placed above and to the right of the “P” but later was lowered and twined around that letter. Early manu scripts have shown the sign to be the result of evolution, independent ly in different places. It was v/rit- ten after the numeral in Spanish America, but before the numeral, like the pound sign, by the English colonists, and was widely used be fore the adoption of the United States dollar in 1785. It is employed also for the dollar in Canada, West Indies, Hong Kong and Straits Set tlements; for the peso in Argen tine, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Par aguay, Uruguay: for the milreis in Brazil: for the escudo in Portu gal; for the lempira in Honduras. Ancient Holyrood Castle Once Was a Royal Palace Edinburgh, the capital and shew city of Scotland, consists of an old town and a new, both as much un like each other as are Paris and Constantinople. Both are situated on lofty, parallel ridges, separated by a broad, deep ravine planted with trees and shrubbery, across which stretches a bridge of giddy height. Holyrood palace, long the seat of Scottish royalty, is perhaps the outstanding historical attraction in Edinburgh, says a writer in the Los Angeles Times. Holyrood is the thank offering of a Scottish king, David I, who met the adventure which started the story surrounding the old place. Attacks by an infu riated stag here, the legend goes, he was miraculously saved by the lost Holy Cross, or Rood, which fell from the stag’s antlers, and at sight of which the animal turned and fled. In his joy over his deliver ance, the King erected an abbey on the spot as a mark of gratitude. Four hundred years later the abbey was replaced by a great palace, built by King James V. Many royal names are written into the history of the old gray pile, but the nimbus of romance encircles especially the memory of three: Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley, her husband, and David Rizzio, her chief minister. The Conic Hand The Conic hand is medium-sized, tapering slightly in the palm. The fingers are long and tapering, full at the base and slightly pointed at the nail. With this kind of hand, according to a writer in Pearson’s London Weekly, you are artistic and luxury-loving, but are inclined to be over-impulsive and indolent. Not for you is the strife of the world and you would far sooner be left to vegetate in some quiet back water of life. Emotional and sensi tive you have in you the qualities of the great artist and the world- famous musician. However, wheth er or not you will make use of these fine qualities depends largely on whether or not your hands are hard and firm. The firmer they are the more likely it is that you will make your mark in the world. Name cf Lake Is Longest in the English Language Lake Chargoggagcggmonchaugga- gcggchaub’jnagungamaug is a beau- liful body of water lying within the limits of Webster, Moss., and near the Connecticut line. It has an area of about two miles and is noted chiefly for its unusual name, which is believed to be a combinafen of the names of three Algonquin Indian villages which once stood on the shores of the lake, with a termina tion meaning, “fishing place at the boundary” thrown in for good meas ure. The lake has three divisions, notes a writer in the Indianapolis News— upper, middle and lower, and ac cording to a popular story two In dian tribes living on opposite ends of the lake had a long dispute as to which tribe had the right to fish in the middle section. Finally they framed a treaty providing that each tribe had exclusive rights in its own end of the lake, but neither had the right to fish in the middle, and they applied to the lake a name made up from the terms of the treaty and meaning: “You fish on your side; we fish on our side; no body fish in the middle.” The word is pronounced “char- gogg - a - gogg - mon - chowg - ga - gogg - chow - bun - a - gung - a- mogg,” accent on the 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 12 syllables. On many maps and in many reference works the lake is labeled “Chaubunagunga- maug,” which is a contraction of the longer name. The average na tive of the region is satisfied to call it simply Lake Chaug. In 1932 a committee appointed by the commonwealth government to determine the correct spelling of the names of cities, towns, lakes and rivers in Massachusetts decided that “Chargoggagoggmonchauggag- oggehaubunagungamaug” is the cor rect spelling of the lake. Formerly the name was also often written “Charagungamaugg.” Semi-Dry Grass Used by Indians to Smoke Meats Although hickory and oak have long been favored in meat smoking, certain nut shells and aromatic seeds have been preferred by primi tive tribes. Semi - dry grass, that develops a “bonfire” smell, has been used by plains, Indians, while West ern tribes have tossed green sage brush sprigs on their fires. The burning, however, destroyed most of the sage flavor, scientists say. The use of saltpeter in curing was probably brought about through its being an impurity in the salt em ployed, or it may be that the early meat curers did not distinguish too well between flavor or pure salt and the bitter-salt tang of saltpeter. The discovery that it preserved the red dish tinge of meat, however, led to its use. Early salting and curing did not provide for uniform penetration, so that the unsalted, uncolored and sour spots resulted, with which meat curers must contend. Ear-Pierciny Social Event The young lady of Burma who reaches the age of 12 to 14 years is introduced to the marriageable status by an ordeal which takes courage to endure. This consists of the ceremony of ear piercing which has been arranged by the family astrologer. When the proper hour and minute arrives the young lady is surrounded by happy rela tives and friends who enjoy music and feasting and, therefore, help to divert attention away from the ominous needle. Afterward comes the glory of wearing handsome ear rings of glittering jewels and heavy filigree v/ork, or if she is of lowly estate, then gaudy glass adorns the ears. “Ringside Seats” for Battle The only real naval battle for which excursion boats sold “ring side seats” took place in the Eng lish Channel on June 19, 1864, ac cording to Collier’s Weekly. The American Union ship Kearsarge was about to attack the Confederate cruiser Alabama—docked at Cher bourg, France—when French offi cials warned its captain to do his fighting outside of the three-mile limit. Three days la'.er the battle took place, before thousands of “fight fans” from France and Eng land. Youth Needs Much Sleep A boy fifteen or sixteen years old needs more sleep than at any other time in his life after his infancy. He should have about nine to ten hours a day of sleep. He also needs more food at that time than at any other because of rapid development at that period of his life. Much of his future health depends on the care exercised through adolescence. “Taupe” of French Origin The color term “taupe” originat ed in France in the early Nine teenth century and was immediate ly adopted into English. The word, according to the Maerz and Paul “Dictionary of Color,” means “mole”—the name of the little bur rowing animal. Quicker Than Thought The quickest-acting muscles in the body are those controlling the eyelids. That is why the eye itself Naming the Ladybug The ladybug, ladybird, or lady beetle is not named for Ma, the Great Mother of the Gods, but for Our Lady, the Mother of Jesus, to whom the insect was dedicated in the Middle ages, perhaps for its services to man, says a writer in the New York i World-Telegram. Most of the lady beetles are preda cious, feeding as larva and adults on small insects and eggs of larger ones, plant lice and scale insects. When the cottony-cushion scale in sect came to California from Aus tralia the ladybird Vedalia was also I brought from Australia to save Cali- i fornia’s oranges. Wrote for Posterity When Samuel Butler, the English ruthor, wrote his first book the pub- 1 c received it coldly, in other words it remained unread and unnoticed. Eutler declared he would write no more for his contemporaries but would write for posterity only. And rare enough, he was right. He died in 1902, he and his books almost i - .known, and immediately after his t cath his “Erewhon” took the world hv storm, and he was placed among i..e great writers of his generation. Families Control Art First-rate Chinese lacquer work is 1 rgely kept in the hands of certain 1 milies or districts, where the in- < viduals employed attain wonder- j l.il hereditary skill. This accounts in some measure for the fact that no individual names seem to stand out as skillful artists or creators, a piece of work being known to the | native connoisseur as the product invariably escapes injury. The sud den, sharpest blow rarely lands be- | of such and such a district, not of fore the lid has closed. 1 such a man. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County ryf McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas. Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, against Ellick McDuffie and G. H. Geieer. as Receiver cf Abbeville-Green- wood Mutual Insurance Associa tion, Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court rrd a Decree of Sale in the above entitled matter, I whl sell at public auction on Salesday ? n June, 1937 (the same beine the 7th day of June) in front of the Court House doer, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the follow- described real estate, to-wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being :n the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing Ninety-three (93) acres, bounded on the North by lands now or for merly of G. E. Calvert; on the East by lands of McKelvy; on the South by lands of F. B. Gary Estate and Russells Creek; on the West by lands of Louis McDuffie. For a further descrintion by courses and distances, reference *s made to the mortgage executed by Ellick McDuffie to the Land Bank Commissioner, recorded in the Of fice of the C. C. C. P. & G. S. and R. M. C. for McCormick County, South Carolina, in Mortgage Book 16 at page 331. A cash deposit of five (5%) per cent, of the highest bid, unless made 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. No deficiency judgment being asked, the right thereto being ex pressly waivted, the bidding will close at the completion of the same. TERMS OF SALE: CASH: Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. FRANK MATTTSON. Master for McCormick County, S. C. May 18, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas. The Federal Land Bank of Colum bia, Plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Jennie L. M. O. Duncah, Trus tee, Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of ;he Court and a Decree of sale in the above entitled action. I will sell at nublic auction on Salesdav in June. 1937 (the same being the 7th dav "f June' in front nf th" House door, in the City of McCor mick. Countv and State afo r esaid. during the lee^al hours of sale, on terms specified below, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit: All that certain tract, plantation or parcel of land, situate. Iving and being in the County of McCor mick, State of South Carolina, con tainin'? ina? acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North b^ lands of Lewis Jones and George W. Mitchell: East bv lands of Lewis Jones, George W. Mitchell and West-Coat Creek to the mouth of Sandy Branch: on the South by lands of Dr. R. G. Killings- worth following Sandy Branch from West-Coat Creek to a corner in a springs, thence to the mouth of pno+her branch Southwest of Sandy Branch to a corner on the Weeks Place, and from there a straight line to the Chamberlain Ferrv Road; and bounded on the West by lands of Dr. R. G. Killings- worth and the Chamberlain Ferrv Read, being the identical tract of ’and conveyed to Irene Jose^hi^c Duncan by Deed from Dr. R. G. Killingsworth dated January 13th. and recorded in the Of f icc of the Clerk of Court for McCor mick County, in Deed Book No. 4 -•t na™ 373. as will more fullv ap pear bv reference to a plat of tv*'- -orrp made by S. E. Rosenswike Surveyor, dated September 2. 1919 A cash deposit of five <5%) per of the h 5or hest. bid. nnl^ cr mode bv the Plaintiff, or its At torney. will be required as evidence .** ~^z'^ fojfv, " applied on the bid should there De a compliance therewith. No deficiency iudgment being '»sk°d. the rieht thereto bmng ex pressly waived, the bidding will at the completion of the same. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas. Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, _ against r^rvin Long, also known as Erwin l ong. Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of Sale in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction on Salesday in June, 1937 (the same being the 7th day of June) in front of the Court House door, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit; All that tract, lot or parcel of land located, situated, lying and being in Yeldell Township, County of McCormick, and State of South Carolina, containing Two Hundred Fifty-three and five-tenths (253.5) acres. Said lands being bounded on the North by First Joint Stock Land Bank: on the east by lands formerly of w. C. Hollingsworth; South by E. Davis and Cook. Dom Brothers and Hollingsv/orth Es tate: on the West by Hard Labor Creek and Doughton lands. Copy of said Plat now being on file with the Agent of the Land Bank Com missioner, at Columbia, S. C. For a further description by courses and distances, reference is made to the mortgage executed by Ervin Lone, also known as Erwin Long to the Land Bank Cbmmis- * sicner, recorded in the office of the C. C. C. P. & G. S. and R. M. C. for McCormick County, South Carolina in Mortgage Book 16 at Page 243. The above described premises will be sold subject to a mortgage to The Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia in the principal sum of $1,100.00, said mortgage being re corded in the Office of Clerk of Court for McCormick County in Mortgage Book 16, Page 241, and the purchaser will assume payment thereof. A cash deposit of five (5%) per cent, of the highest bid, unless made 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. No deficiency judgment being- asked, the right thereto being ex pressly waived, the bidding will close at the completion of the same. > TERMS OF SALE: Cash; Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. FRANK MATTTSON, Master for McCormick County, S. G. May 18, 1937.—3t. NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Jim Seigler, Hamp Seigler, Johrr Martin, Bob Martin, Hannah Mor^ gan, Rosalee Cunningham, Luther Shaw, George Shaw, Gabe Shaw, Luther Seigler, Arthur Seigler. Wil lie Seigler, Janie Blair, Mattie Brunson, Minnie Swearington, Fannie OliphanJ, Mamie Swear ington, Beulah Harmon, Minnie- Seigler, Julia Mae Walker, Gary» Seigler, William Seigler, Boise Seieler, TAKE NOTICE, The Town authorities of the* Town of McCormick, South Caro lina, require a right of way through the property belonging to Minnie Talbert’s estate, located on South Main Street in the Town of Mc Cormick, County and State afore said. said property being bounded by South Main Street, a County- road, lands; of J. P. Deason, and* probably the lands of others, in* which said property you have or claim to have some interest. Said’ right of way is to have a width of sixty feet and the authorities of the Town of McCormick will make- application to the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for McCormick County, South Carolina, on the 28th day of May, 1937, for a draw ing ot a jury in condemnation to determine and fix upon the true and real value of said land, and any damage thereto by reason of the widening of said street and to ascertain the increased value of said property by reason of the widening and paving of said street. T. J. SIBERT, Mpvo” for the Town of McCormick, S. C. ATTEST: J. O. PATTERSON, Town Clerk of Town of McCormick, S. C. McCormick. South Carolina. May 11, 1937.—3t. TERMS OF SALE: CASH: Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. FRANK MATT1SON,\ Master for McCormick County, S. C May 18, 1937.—3t. WANT ADV. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined FOR SALE—One second hand dining room table. Dr. Garnett Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. Tuten. 956 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. Peas For Sale—100 bushels, a" $2.15 per bushel. Some straight va rieties. J. L. Mason, Meriwether, S. C. FREE! If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching Bloating, Nausea, get free sample ! doctor’s prescription, Udga, at Strom’s Drug Store, Street Tax Notiee Street Tax due May 1st. Last day- fr- payment June 30th. Prrahy of 5 cents or six days’ wor’- on the' s' cgts W in be imposed after June 3C'.h. J. O. PATTERSON, City Clerk McCormick, S. C.. May 11, 1937.—3t.