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/ Word Guinea, Applied to Gold, Named for Country The word guinea was applied to the gold coin worth one pound, one shilling, because the precious met al from which the coins were made came from the country called Guinea. But the dollar, the most popular- word in the United States, is of real German extract, states a writer in Pearson’s London Week ly, coming from thaler, a coin that was made, at first, in the German valley, or thal, of St. Joachim, Bo hemia. And just to show that our esti mation of money is no more sordid than that of bygone days, consider the fact that the word wealth is only an extension of the Anglo-Sax on wela, which meant “bliss.” The origin of the word tax is found in both Latin and Greek, one of its first meanings being a list or enrollment sheet upon which names were entered. Synonymous with tax is worry, and this has come down to us through the German wurgen, which meant “to choke”! But every nation on earth seems to have had something to banish worry. Alcohol goes back to the Arabic, al Kol, the spirit arising from distillation. Whisky was for merly the Gaelic usquebaugh, from the two words uisge and beatha, which together mean “water of life.” Port is a drink that we owe •to Portugal, being derived from the name of Oporto, the town from which the wine is chiefly shipped. Brandy is Dutch, coming from bran- dewijn (branden—to burn, and wijn —wine). ; You may not believe it, but the real name for gin is “Geneva”! Reference to any dictionary will 'bear this out. Gin comes from the I Dutch genever—the juniper berry— the juniper being used to flavor the liquid that is distilled from grain. Because the Dutch special- |ize in its manufacture, it is also known as Hollands. Shaking Hands Unknown in Some Distant Lands The handshake is by no means universal. Inhabitants of bleak Tier- ra del Fuego welcome the rare strangers who come there with a bear-hug and a back-patting, mean while jumping up and down, the New York World Telegram says. An African west coast negro, on greeting a friend, may fling himself to his knees and kiss the ground three times. Israelites of old bowed ; themselves to the ground seven I times. Andaman islanders blow into one smother’s hands with a cooing sound. Indians on the Gulf of Mexi co blow into each other’s ears. Af ricans of the French Colony of Da- : homey twist their finger knuckles until they emit a loud crack. Eski mos rub noses. They are bewil dered by the sight of handshaking, assuming it to signify that when your right hand grows tired your friends help you hold it. A Mohammedan, according to an cient custom, may shake hands with you with thumbs up, then touch his breast, forehead and lips with his hand to signify that you are cher ished in his heart and thoughts, and are entitled to a bit of osculation. -■ i * 4 ; “Bouncing” Lightning There is lightning that bounces. And, unlike a rubber ball, it bounces back harder than it came, accord ing to a New Mexico university physicist. He believes some light ning first puts out a weak “path maker” stroke that clears the way to the ground. The bounce follows almost instantly, traveling back up the path to the qloud, destroying as it goes. Although lightning is generally thought to accompany on ly summer thundershowers, elec-1 .trical storms occur at the Poles about every 10 years. A great many storms are in South Africa, which is probably bombarded by lightning more frequently than any other place. Grimaldi, the Famous Clown Joseph Grimaldi, the most cele brated of En^Jjsh clowns, was born in London on December 18, 1779, the son of an Italian actor. When less than two years old, he was brought on the Drury Lane stage and at the age of three he appeared at Sadler’s Wells. As the clown of pantomime he was considered with out equal, his greatest success be ing in “Mother Goose at Covent Garden.” He retired in 1828 and died on May 31, 1837. His memoirs were edited by Charles Dickens. How Cats Sharpen Claws Cats clawing at tree-trunks are commonly said to be “sharpening their claws.” There seems to be a truth in this, says Science Service, in a quite different sense from the usual understanding of the phrase. If you will look at the bark where your cat has been scratching, you may find the split fragments of old claw-coverings. Pussy has been get ting rid of her old claws, releasing the new-grown, needle-sharp ones that have been underneath. Ancient Site Gripsholm castle is closely asso elated with Gustavus Vasa, the lib erator of his country from fore : gr yoke and the founder of the Swedish state in its modern form. It was back in Gustavus Vasa’s day that the castle’s famous portrait gallery was started—a collection that has grown through the centuries to prac tically the largest in Europe. McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROUNA Thursday, May 27, 1937 Australian Aborigines Were Natural Wanderers The Australian aborigines were true nomads, and lived by hunting as they traveled about. They were less advanced culturally than any other primitive people discovered by explorers. They had not yet reached the higher stone age. Their weapons and utensils were made of wood and bones. Weapons consist ed of clubs, spears, and boomer angs. Their houses and canoes Were built chiefly of bark, and were flimsy affairs, put together quickly for short time use. They wore only a small loin cloth to cover their nakedness; sometimes nothing. Subsisting by hunting, growing nothing for food, the tribes were continually moving about from place to place. The only domesti cated animal was the dog. When the first white settlers came, their holdings for grazing sheep and growing wheat did not sufficiently curtail the hunting grounds of the natives to cause troublq. True, the natives did not always respect the white man’s boundary lines, and there were clashes that led to kill ings on both sides. The black men had no idea of property rights in land or animals. To them a sheep was a “woolly kangaroo,” fair game for family meal or tribal feast. Sheep kill ings led to reprisals. Lives of na tives were valued lightly, and sheer slaughter of many followed every massacre of a white man. ■ i Gold Spike Joined First Transcontinental R. R. It was a gold spike driven with two silver sledges that dedicated the joining of the two railroads which completed the first transcon tinental railroad in the United States, observes a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Union Pacific was built west from Omaha, while the Central Pa cific was built east from Sacramen to. The rails of the two road:: were joined on May 10, 1869, by a cere mony at Promontory Point, on the tip of an isthmus projecting into Great Salt lake, Utah, from the northern shore. The last spike to be used in the railroad was made of gold, and was presented by David Hewes, a prom inent citizen of California. Also, a specially prepared tie of Califor nia laurel wood had been provided for the ceremony. Leland Stanford, president of the Central Pacific and formerly governor of California, swung one of the silver v’edges for his railroad. An official of the Union Pacific swung the other one. Im mediately after the ceremony the gold spike and the laurel wood tie were removed and an ordinary tie and iron spike substituted. The gold spike is in the museum at Leland Stanford university. Budapest, Hungary Budapest, or Budapesth, is a beautiful city situated on both banks of the Danube. Buda is the older town, comprising several small hills, and was founded by the Romans in the Second century A. D. It is the home of the old residential fam ilies. Pesth. which is of more re cent origin, commands a low,'fiat plain, and is the center of the indus trial activity. It is the center of the largest electrical works in Europe and is a shipping point for the grain, wine. wood, cattle and flour of sur rounding countries. The prosperity of the city dates from the Nineteenth century, after the union of the two cities, and the population is over a million. The word, Pesth, is of Rus sian derivation, and means oven. It is supposed to apply to the great lime kilns which were once an out standing feature of the country. In Palestine Like Egypt’s amazing discoveries, Palestine contributes her cradle of civilizations to the archeological world. From Cilicia to the outskirts of the Holy Land may be seen the great castles and temples erected by the Crusaders. During two cen turies all the expeditions and all the raids of the Latin knights start ed from these castles. The Frankish castles are found in these moun tains, of which Massyaf guards one of the peaks. The giant ruins, typi cal of many similar fortresses, rise to a height of over 200 feet and cover practically five solid acres of space. Guards Copper Art The art of coppersmith has been the main industry of Villedieu-les- Poeles, France, quaint Normandy village for seven centuries, and throughout this time its secrets have been faithfully passed down from father to son to the twenty- first generation. The village indus try began in the Thirteenth centbry when the Knights of Templar formed a commandery here and instructed the villagers in the an cient science of fashioning copper- ware. Lock of Hair for Mourners At elaborate funerals in Seven teenth-century America, a mourn ing brooch, containing a lock of nair of the deceased, was usually presented to every woman mourn er, says a correspondent in Collier’s Weekly. When a late lamented gen tleman was bald or had an insuffi cient quantity of hair to fill several hundred brooches, men relatives and friends were called upon to meet the emergency. V/e Two By JOSEPH CARLOS © McClurf' Newsnaner Syndicate. WNU Service. 1LT AVING put the dinner dishes away Margaret came into the living room of our little apartment and said, “You know, Ed, your vacation begins in two weeks.” “So it does,” I replied, laying aside the newspaper. “I haven’t thought much about it.” “I have. I’ve been thinking that it would be nice if we could spend this vacation alone together —just we two. We’ve been married almost three years now, and with you only home on week-ends, I haven’t seen much of you. We haven’t even been alone on your vacations. The first year mother was with us; last year, your brother.” “Right you are, honey,” Ed re turned. “We’ll just slip away this time. Where would you like to go? Biloxi again?” “Oh, any place. Biloxi will do. It’s such a pleasant contrast to these Knoxville hills.” “Okay. Biloxi it’ll be. And we will just slip away.” One morning two weeks later the rising sun found us headed south ward, our sedan loaded with golf clubs, fishing tackle, tennis rackets and other vacation paraphernalia. As we approached Birmingham around five o’clock Margaret sud denly had an idea. “Oh, Ed,” she exclaimed, “let’s stop and see Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien here in Birming ham!” “We can do anything we like, hon ey,” I replied. “But just who are Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien?” VThey were neighbors of oubs years ago. Mrs. O’Brien used to play with me when I was a little girl. They live here in Birming ham now. I’d love to see her!” “We’ll look ’em up and say ‘hello.* Then we’ll go to a hotel for the night, get an early start in the morning and reach the coast some time tomorrow afternoon.” After consulting the Birmingham telephone directory and making sev eral inquiries, we drove up in front of Mrs. O’Brien’s house. The door was opened by a fat woman past middle age, gray- haired and with a double chin, who stared at us. “Hello, Mama O’Brien,” gurgled Margaret. “Well if it ain’t little Margaret Ware!” gasped Mrs. O’Brien, op ening the screen and throwing her huge arms around Margaret. Mar garet reciprocated, and for several seconds they stood there kissing and hugging and showering each other with joyful greetings. We went in and sat in the living room where they talked of old times. “How is Mr. O’Brien?” asked Mar garet. “Pop? His health ain’t been so good the past few years. Had to give up his plumbing business and now he just putters around. He’s out now taking his afternoon walk.” About that time the front door opened and “Pop” entered. In sharp contrast to his portly wife, Pop was a weather-beaten little man, bent and wrinkled. After a while I suggested that we’d better go, ex plaining that we were getting an early start in the morning. “Why, you’ll do no such thing!” exclaimed Mrs. O’Brien while Pop grinned toothlessly. “We’ve got plenty of room; you’ll stay right here. I haven’t seen this little girl in over ten years. • Besides, it’ll save you a hotel bill.” We stayed. Next morning Mrs. O’Brien pre pared an early breakfast for us, after which we made ready to leave. We went through the good- by formalities; I thanked them for their hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien stood on the front porch as Margaret and I went out to the car. As a parting adieu I waved a hand and called carelessly, “Better go with us.” Mrs. O’Brien said something to Mr. O’Brien. Mr. O’Brien said something back to Mrs. O’Brien. “Hey, wait a minute!” called Mrs. O’Brien. She came waddling out to the car. “That’s an idea,” she said. “The coast climate would be good for Pop. And I ain’t had a vacation in twenty years. You just wait till we pack—we’ll go with you!” Wet and Dry Gravel It is stated that dealers in gravel figure a very slight difference in the weight of dry and wet gravel, as when trucks are loaded with the wet gravel the water runs out quick ly and the gravel is loosely packed. A cubic yard of the wet gravel is said to weigh from 5 to 10 pounds more than a cubic yard of dry grav el. Marks’ Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook gives the weight of dry, loose sand and gravel as 90 to 105 pounds per cubic foot: dry and packed sand and gravel, 100 to 120 pounds; wet sand and gravel, 118 to 120 pounds. The effect of water on sand is different; dry sand is heav ier, measure for measure, than wet sand, up to a certain percentage of moisture. A film of water forms around the individual grains and prevents them from flowing to gether. If the sand is thoroughly saturated so that the voids are filled with water, it again approxi mates the original weight of the dry sand. He Never Told a Lie — Cy EMILY MARGARET V/ALSH © McClure Newsoaoer Syndicate. WNU Service. TT WAS a dirty, thawing day: warm -*• fog enveloped everything in a sticky blanket. Giuseppe, with his eyes on the pavement, plowed homeward. He was pondering heavily on the terrifying thing that had happened to him, and he felt bewildered and frightened. He had lost his job. When Blake had arrived at sev en o’clock and found him staring in horror at the raging torrent which, with the rain and thaw, had swept away the first frail structure of the bridge, it had been like a night mare. “I told you to look out for this!” Blake had roared. “What d’you think we hire a night watchman for? I told you all you had to do if things looked bad was to phone me! Well! What have you got to say?” Giuseppe had said in his sketchy English: “I fall asleep. I justa woke up a minute ago.” “You fell asleep,” Blake repeat ed. “You’re through! Come back tomorrow for your pay. No, I’ll send it; I don’t want to see you again.” Incoherently Giuseppe appealed. He’d had no sleep for two days. His wife had pneumonia. Blake left him talking. Giuseppe gathered his coat and hat, his lunch box, and left. He stopped on the corner to wait for the light to change. His absent gaze fell on a poster. It was like the posters they had last fall at election time; but Giu;eppe didn’t think there was any election now. He had been in America less than a year and there were many things he did not know. The man in the poster wore a uniform and had long hair. Perhaps he was a great soldier: there was his name beneath. Giu seppe sounded it out: Ge-orge Wash-ing-ton. The children, Manuel and Rosa, bounded to meet him at the door. “No school today. Papa,” little Rosa shouted in broken English. “You can sleep today. Manuel and me, we weel tak care off the mama.” From the bedroom his wife’s voice sounded weakly. “It is- nice, Giuseppe, isn’t it? I am much bet ter today and the children can look after me.” He sat by the bed and pressed her hand. How could he tell her? “Why is there no school?” he asked tiredly. “Eet is because eet is the birt’day off the Georga Washington,” little Rosa pronounced. “Please—please, Rosa,” Giuseppe said shaking his head wearily, “speak in Italian. I am so tired—it makes me dizzy to listen and un derstand.” Obediently Rosa rattled in their native tongue. “George Washington was the first president of the United States. He was called the father of his country. He fought many battles and he never told a lie,” she ended breathlessly. Giuseppe laughed shortly. “He never told a lie. What a fool! He must have had many troubles.” At five o’clock the children woke him. “Papa, get up. You’ll be late for work.” “Go away,” said Giuseppe who was never cross. “I don’t go to work today.” He sat up and looked dully about. “No,” he said. “I don’t have to. Today is a holiday, isn’t it? They said I don’t have to work tonight.” The children still chattered about Washington as they prepared his evening meal. “And look,” Manuel said, “what we made yesterday.” He displayed a paper hatchet and tree. “When George was a little boy he chopped down his father’s best tree and when they said who did it he said: T cannot tell a lie. Papa, I did it.’ ” “And what did the papa say?” Giuseppe inquired ironically. “He said he would not whip him because he told the truth.” Giuseppe digested this. “How do you know this is true?” Rosa's eyes grew round. “The teacher read it out of the history book.” Someone pounded on the door Giuseppe raised his voice. “Rosa, see who it is.” A man’s voice said: “Does Giu seppe Del Costa live here?” Blake! He had brought the pay envelope and w’ould give everything away. Giuseppe hurried to the door “Oh, hello, Del Costa,” Blake said before he could be silenced. “I— well, I changed my mind.” “Changa you min?’ ” Giuseppe shook his head dumbly. “You’d better come to work to night. A lot of fellows would have 1 ed. You see,” he grinned, “my '.ids got to telling me w’hat they arned about George Washington \'ot telling lies and so on—and— v. ell, get your things and ride down ./ith me!” Food of Sea Gulls Sea gulls are literally flying ap petites. Their regular diet is fish i efuse from ships and insects, bui ihey have flown as far inland a*- the Dakotas in search of worms ir i.eshly plowed earth. The famou: monument to gulls in Salt Laki City, Utah, may be considered i tribute to their appetites. It com memorates delivery of the Alor mens from a plague of grasshop pers. A swarm of gulls appearei from nowhere to devour the insects Good Farming Briefs Marion, May 15.—“We have the largest number of entries in thr five-acre cotton improvement con test that we have had in severe years”, says W. R. Wells, Jr., coun ty farm agent. “All of these dem- '"'•strators are using improved seed and farmers of the county general ly have planted better seed, as r whole, than ever before.” Walhalla, May 15.—Oconee coun ty farmers who had brooded a fair ly large number of broilers for market called on G. H. Griffin county farm agent, for assistance in finding a market for their broil ers, and Griffin arranged a cooper ative truck sale at which 12 farm ers sold 2970 pounds for 23 cents per pound. This sale combined with other sales for the year amounts to 65,579 pounds of poul try marketed by 1151 farmers for a total of $10,379.33, Griffin reports Sumter, May 15. — Kennedy Coulter has a litter of 10 pigs which he will enter in the Savan nah ton-litter contest. T. O. Bow en, assistant county agent, reports that this youngster started with one purebred pig which he pur chased from another club boy and now he has one purebred litter and four first cross litters. He plans to use the purebred litter to build up his herd and from the others he will market hogs, Bowen says. | The Sanitary I I Barber Shop I | McCORMICK, S. C. f Regular And Reliable Service Ladies And Children Cordially Invited ^ J. B. ORR, Prop. NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, against Ellick McDuffie and G. H. Geiger, as Receiver of Abbeville-Green- wood Mutual Insurance Associa tion, Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of Sale in the above entitled matter, 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- 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 bv land^ of McKelvv; on the South by lands of F. B. Gary Estate and Russells Creek; on the West by ’ands of Louis McDuffie. For a further description bv -•ou’-ces and distances, reference made to the mortgage executed bv 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. S^uth Carolina, in Mortgage Book 16 at page 331. A cash deposit of five <5%) ner cent, of the highest bid, unless made by the Plaintiff, or its At torney, will be required as ''viden'‘e 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 cx- nressly waivpd, the bidding will -Jose at the completion of the same. TERMS OF SALE: CASH: Pur chaser to pay for papers anc stamps. J. FRANK MATT1SON. 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 F’ea*- The Federal Land Bank of Colum bia, Plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Jennie L. M. O. Duncan, Trus tee. Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a Decree of sale in the above entitled action. I will sell at public auction on Salerday in Tune 1937 (the same being the 7th da v ~f June) in front of th" Cour 4 House door, in the City of McCor mick, County and State aforesaid during the legal hours of sale, or terms specified below, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit: All that certain tract, plant a *i or parcel of land, situate. Iving and being in the County of McCor mick, State of South Carolina, con taining 103.2 acres, more or less, md bounded as follows: On the Nrrth bv lands of Lewis Jones and George W. Mitchell; East by lands of Lewis Jones, George W. Mitcnelf 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 another branch Southwest of Sandv 1 Branch to a corner on the Weeks Place, and from there a 'Straight line to the Chamberlain Ferry Road; and bounded an the West by lands of Dr. R. G. Killings- worth and the Chamberlain Ferry Road, being the identical tract of land conveyed to Irene Toseohine Duncan by Deed from Dr. R. G. Killingsworth dated January 13th. 1920 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for McCor mick County, in Deed Book No. 4, at page 373, as will more fully ap pear by reference to a plat of the same made by S. E. Rosenswike, Surveyor, dated September 2, 1919. 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 ffood 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 MATTISON, 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. Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, against Ervin Long, also known as Erwin Long, Defendant. Pursuant to judgment of the- Court and a Decree of Sale in the above entitled cause, I will sell afc public auction on Salesday in June, 1937 (the same being the 7th dajr 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 ^volina, 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 former I v of W. C. Hollingsworth; Sooth by E. Davis and Cook. Dorn Brothers and Hollingsworth Es tate: on the West by Hard Labor Creek and Doughton lands. Copy of said Plat now being on file with ‘he 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 Commis sioner, 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 Cleric 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 MATTISON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. May 18, 1937.—3t. SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court of Common Pleas. D. J. MCALLISTER, PLAINTIFF, against EFFIE BELCHER JOHNSON, DE FENDANT. TO THE NON-RESIDENT DE FENDANT. EFFIE BELCHER JOHNSON: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKET NO TICE, That the Summons and Complaint in the foregoing action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Mc Cormick County, South Carolina,, on the 19 day of May, 1937; that by the terms of said Summons you are summoned and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers Thurmond &r Buz- hardt, at their office in McCor mick, South Carolina, within ^WENTY DAYS after the service- I'^reof upon you, exclusive of che- cite of such service; and if you *1 to answer the Compla nt with in the time aforesaid, the olaintiff }'•' this action will apply to the r rurt for the relief demanded in L e complaint. THURMOND & BUZHARDT. Plaintiff’s Attorney*. McCormick. S. C. May IS, 1937.—3tL.