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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1937 Ttoyd ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! « Terrible Resurrection Bj FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter know, boys and girls, there are all kinds of fear. Some of T them are worse than others, and the fear that comes on you when death is staring you right in the eye comes pretty close to being the worst of them all. But there is one kind of fear that is worse than even the terror of approaching destruction. Martin J. Colbert, Chicago, had a taste of that sort of terror once— the kind of fear that has been known to make men’s minds crack and turn them into gibbering idiots. Mart had an experience with the ghastly unknown. He saw the impossible happen. He saw something that couldn’t be explained except as the horrible manifestation of some ghostly supernatural hand. He saw a row of dead and buried corpses start rising from their grave! It was a thing terrifying enough to make hardened men drop sense less from sheer fright. It shook Mart Colbert to the very marrow of his bones. All this happened in 1902, along about the end of June. For sev eral years Mart had been in South Africa, fighting with the British forces in the Boev war. Solemn Duty Precedes Big Celebration. When peace was declared at the end of May, 1902, he was a soldier in the Fifth R. I. Lancers, a cavalry regiment, stationed about fifty miles from its depot at Naawport, Cape Colony. When the good news Was received, the Lancers packed up and started back to their depot, and when they arrived there it was announced that they had two weeks in which to clean up and rest, and get ready for one last Job they would have to do before returning to England. That Job was to bring in the dead, scattered in temporary graves throughout the country, for reburial in a military cemetery. The two-week rest period passed all too quickly and Mart was de tailed to a squad consisting of himself, three other privates and a ser geant, commanded by Lieutenant Cooper. They proceeded to a point about fifteen miles from Naawport, where the Lancers had been in action some time before, and where a number of their men had fallen and were buried. The Kind of Work That Raises Goose-Flesh. Arriving at the spot, the men started to work at their grisly and unpleasant job. It was open country, and there was an abandoned farm house about a quarter of a mile away. The lieutenant carried a rough map, made in the field, which showed where all the dead of the regiment were buried, and he pointed out the graves which were to be dug up. It was the sort of work that gave the men the Jitters. They dug up the bodies of two of their old buddies, but none of them relished the Job. Corpses began pushing their way up out of the ground! As they took the second man out of his grave, one of the men discovered a third grave close by. It was a wide grave—much wider than the other. When it was pointed out to the lieutenant he said it looked as if several bodies were buried there together. He looked on his map, but this grave didn’t appear on it. Whatever was underneath that broad mound, it was evident that it contained none of the Lancers’ dead. But in order to be on the safe side, the lieutenant ordered the men to dig up that grave as they had dug up the others. Their Eyes Couldn’t Believe What They Saw. It was that grave which was to give Mart and his buddies the most terrible fright of their lives. The men were taking turns with the spades. Two men at a time went down into the graves to do the digging. Mart and another fellow had dug down the first couple of feet, and now two other men w$re in there digging. Mart, another private. Sergeant Kirby and the lieutenant were stand ing at the edge of the pit, watching the others work. The two diggers had worked their way down to about a level of four feet below the ground. Their spades were working rhythmically, tossing out one scooping of earth after another. Mart was looking at the bottom of the grave, when suddenly, his whole body stiffened. The other men saw it too. The earth at the bottom of the grave began to move. Dirt and stones fell aside, and a row of long buried corpses—hardly more than skele tons—began pushing their way up out of the aground! Strong Men Fainted in Terror. Down in the grave, the two diggers dropped—unconscious from sheer terror. Mart, with the icy hand of fear clutching at him, turned and ran. The rest of the men did likewise. No sensation Mart has ever known could quite equal that strange, horrible feeling that came over him at the sight of those long-dead skele tons pushing their way up through the earth at the bottom of their com mon grave! They ran full tilt for about fifty feet—and then they stopped, looking at each other in fear and wonder. They looked back at the grave, but there was no other sign of life there. Then they got a grip on themselves. What about the two men who had been digging—the men who were now lying senseless in that ghastly pit with its row of moving corpses? They had to get them out of there. Explanation Is a Satisfactory One. I They went back slowly—reluctantly. The men were still lying there unconscious. The corpses—a row of bones clad in rotted clothing and topped by grinning skulls, were where they had been when they last saw them. They had moved upward a few inches and then stopped. They went down and pulled out the two unconscious men—and found out the explanation of thp whole grisly business. The corpses had been buried on a bed spring. It had collapsed with the weight of the earth that was piled on it, but as the men dug down, the pressure was relieved, until, when the earth was almost all shoveled g W gy f the spring rebounded again, pushing the bodies upward. “We found that this was a Boer’s grave—probably people from the abandoned farmhouse a quarter of a mile away,’’ says Mart. “We could tell that by the remains of civilian clothing that still clung to the bodies. The lieutenant ordered us to put the bones back in place and fill up the grave again. But afterward, we did no more digging for the rest of the < * a ^‘ e-WNU Scrvtc*. Oldest Catholic Settlement According to “Famous First Facts,” the first Catholic church settlement was formed at St. Au gustine, Florida, in 1565, though Mass was said as early as 1524 in Manhattan island for Verazzano and probably earlier services were held by the explorers from Greenland. Figures on church membership in the Catholic Almanac indicate highest percentage of Catholics to church members in New Mexico, lowest in North Carolina. Carbon Monoxide Carbon monoxide gas in itself is not harmful nor toxic. It is dan gerous due to the fact that it pro duces oxygen starvation. Gradual starvation is more dangerous than sudden saturations by much larger quantities. Carbon monoxide poi soning is a serious matter at sea level. The medical profession claims that thousands of persons are daily affected to some degree by this gas. Serious, even fatal, poisoning is common URGES FIRST AID FOR FARM MISHAPS Specialist in Health Cites th# Equipment Necessary. By Miss Fannie Brooks. Extension Special 1st in Health. University of Illinois. WNU Service. With the peak of farm accidenti soon to be here in the rush seasos and the busy summer months, this is a good time for farm folks t* check up on first aid treatment. Knowing what to do until a doctoi can be reached will go far toward cutting down the toll of farm acci* dents. Farm folks should check up on what to do when: A barefooted child steps on a rusty nail, broken glass or other sharp object. A child contacts poison ivy or poison oak. Somebody becomes overcome by sunstroke or sunburn. A child is burned by firecrackers, an injury which may result in te tanus unless taken care of prompt ly. A child is bitten by a rabid dog. A child has gone swimming too soon after eating and therefore is attacked by cramps or acute indi gestion. A child receives small cuts and scratches while playing about the farm. A good first aid kit which can be managed in any home will contain a good book on first aid to the in jured; a small drinking glass; two gauze bandages which are 2 inches by 10 yards; two gauze bandages, 1 inch by 10 yards; one all-cotton elastic bandage, 2 inches by stan dard; one package of absorbent cot ton;* one box of band-aid; one roll of adhesive plaster, 2 inches by 5 yards; one package sterilized gauze of 5 yards; one triangular bandage; six sterilized gauze pads; one tour niquet made of a handkerchief or wide muslin; safety pins; small scissors; tongue depressors; bar of soap, ammonia; camphor, iodine, and mercurochrome. Proso Is Recommended as a Feed for Poultry Plan for a patch of proso this year fpr the poultry. Proso is also known as hog millet, broom corn millet and Russian wheat. It is an enormous yielder and matures a crop in a very short time; our plantings in July were ready to harvest in less than sixty days, states a correspondent in Wallaces’ Farmer. It grows more rapidly, stands a lot of hot, dry weather, and matures more quickly than other grains; reaches a height of three to four feet, stools and branches, mak ing twelve to twenty heads instead of one, one head having as many as 1,185 grains by actual count. That is why it is an enormous yielder—up to sixty or seventy bushels per acre. Proso makes extra fine poultry feed, fully the equal of wheat. It is also an excellent hog feed. It may be fed either as clean grain or in bundle form, as the kernels are readily scratched out of the heads. Vaccination for Mastitis We have not found vaccination for mastitis to be satisfactory. Thera seems to be no satisfactory treat ment for this disease because nu merous kinds of drugs, vaccines and other treatments have been relative ly inefficient. The acute attack of mastitis probably is best treated with hot applications, or, if neces sary, a suspensory bandage. Most essential, however, is the preven tion of the disease. It is contagious, and infected animals are danger ous to the rest of the herd. Animals infected with mastitis should be seg regated at one end of the barn and milked last. The hands of the milker should be carefully cleaned and dis infected following the milking of each animal. Platforms on which the animals stand should also be disinfected. —C. P. Fitch, chief. Di vision of Veterinary Medicine, Uni versity Farm, St. Paul. Farm Notes A farm of 97,000 acres is adver tised for sale at Johannesburg, South Africa. • • • Veal calves should be at least four weeks old before they are slaughtered. • • • Depth for planting sweet corn va ries with the soil and season, ac cording to the College of Agricul ture, University of Illinois. • • • Rye, oats, millet, buckwheat, and soy beans are common annual cov er crops used in the orchard. • • • The color of egg shells depends on the breed of the hen. It does not indicate differences in the food content. • • » The United States now has 876 dairy herd - improvement associa tions. One of their main jobs is to find out exactly what each sire is able to do in building up the pro- duct!'*" nt a dairy herd. The SUPREME s COURT Mr AND HOW IT WORKS Justice—Here and Abroad By ROBERT MERRILL HE power which the Con stitution vests in the courts is called “the judicial power.” This means the power not merely to decide controversies but to decide them according to the principles which judges in English-speaking countries have long been accustomed to apply. In the United States the same courts have equal jurisdiction over the highest officials of the nation, the humblest citizens and every body in between. If an American citizen brings suit against a government officer for an injury done him, the defendant can not plead his official position as a ground for transferring the case to some government-controlled court. On the continent of Europe, how ever, he would be able to do this; because under the continental sys tem there are two sets of courts: ordinary courts for private citizens and administrative courts for those in the service of the state. One set of courts for everybody, with the Supreme court of the United States as the court of final appeal, is our guarantee that the man without “pull” will get a square deal. ’ Need for Fair Tribunal. Many persons have asserted that there is a difference between the attitude toward a citizen in an American court and in a govern ment department. In the govern ment department, they explain, the citizen is apt to find himself in the hands of a subordinate official who looks at every question from the government point of view. If, for instance, it is a federal tax question the official knows that the government needs the money and that his own record, or the record of his unit, as a good collector is at stake. The federal estate tax unit wants to make a better record than the income tax unit, and vice versa. Under such circumstances the citizen wants access to a court to find out how an impartial umpire would look at his case. Take two actual cases to illustrate the point. A citizen had several children, each of whom had property of his own. The father promised the children that if they would con vey all their property to him he, in his turn, would by his will leave to them all the property so con veyed and also all of his own prop erty. They did as requested and he kept his part of the bargain. Upon his death, however, the fed eral government proceeded to treat for tax purposes the father’s estate as if it included the property re ceived from the children and by him willed back to them under the agreement. The children protested that the property in question was theirs—not their father’s. In the government department and before the board of tax appeals they got nowhere. Finally they appealed to court and there they won their case. Court Protects Insurance. A widow had taken out insurance on her own life and named her children as beneficiaries. She had no right to change the beneficiaries or power to raise money on the policies without the consent of the children. After her death the fed eral government attempted to treat the insurance money, for tax pur poses, as part of the mother’s es tate. The children contended that as it was beyond their mother’s power to get any value out of the policies, they, the children, were the real owners and that the mother’s estate had no interest in the policy money that was subject to tax. They pressed the matter all along the line in the government department, but the tax officials and the board of tax appeals refused to change their position. On appeal to court the position of the children was sus tained. In thousands of cases every year the court is appealed to in differ ences between the American citi zen and the administrative rulings of government officials. That is one of its functions as the guardian of the people’s liberties. © Western Newspaper Union. Lake Bottom for Speedway The speed laboratory of all motor- dom, the mecca of speed enthu siasts from every land, and the probable testing ground for motor- powered vehicles of the future, is located on the dry salt bottom of ancient Lake Bonneville, 125 miles west of Salt Lake City. This great level body of smooth, hard salt formed by the drying of the ancient lake is fifteen by thirty miles, with an average depth of four feet. The salt flats are as white and daz zling under the noon-day sun as new snow. The salt has the consistency of ice and is almost as hard as concrete. It crunches under tires like snow, is 95 per cent pure and needs only a slight treatment for human consumption. The flats ac commodate many ten and twelve mile circular speed courses and Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 301-mile-an- hour straightaway was thirteen miles long.—Popular Mechanics Magazin® AROUND >■» HOUSE Items of Interest to the Housewife little milk. Cover with a thick layer of breadcrumbs with pieces of butter on top. Bake for 10 minutes. • • • Washing White Gloves.—White gloves can be kept white by wash ing them after each wearing with a soft brush and a pure soap. * • • Removing Peach Stains.—Fresh peach stains can be removed from linen with a weak solution of chlo ride of lime. • • • GREETINGS From Nature’s air cooled Playground —Lookout Mountain Hotel now open, modern, fireproof every room with pri vate bath offering the greatest degree of qomfort and luxury to bo found anywhere. Dance, ewlm. golf, ride horseback to the musical roar of the mountain breesee. Como, live and en joy tha refreshing luxury of this world- famed resort, whore life runs the gamut of stimulation, enjoyment, and relaxation. A dining ealon of unsur passed beauty, cuisine of excellence. Our new Patio with dancing beneath the starlit ekieo to EHis Farber’s cele brated New York Orchestra. Beauty and gown shops — swimming pool, horseback riding, walking trails. Rates: $6.00 up Including meals (special family and seasonal rates) We urge you to make your vacation an unparalleled adventure by coming to the Lookcut Mountain Hotel this summer. Write, wire or telephone , Keeping Peeled Apples.—Peeled apples can be kept white until used by keeping them immersed in water to which a little salt hat been added. WNU Service. Foreign Words ^ and Phrases m , Vultus est index animi. (L.) The face is the index of the mind. Troppo disputare la verita * fa errare. (It.) Too much disputa puts truth to flight. A tout prix. (F.) At any price. Caecus iter monstrare vult. (L.)' A blind man wishes to show tha way. SAMUEL J. LITTLEGREEN, Manager see Luncheon Dish.—Boil 2 pounds spinach, press out all moisture, and chop fine. Have ready % pound cooked macaroni and 2 hard-boiled eggs cut into slices. Well grease a pie dish, put in a layer of macaroni, sprinkle with grated cheese, and season with pepper and salt. Then put a layer of spinach with sliced eggs on top. Repeat the layers and pour in a "Quotations" A The body has been divided into blood, cells and organs; the soul has been neglected in the analytical process.—Dr. Alexis Carrel. More homes are wrecked through women worrying about their clothes, pride and the comforts of their hus bands than when they are interested in politics.—Lady Astor. With all the friction, jealousy and antagonism rampant in the world, radio offers a wide channel for the mutual improvement of relation ships.—Newton D. Baker. Morality, like life itself, is not static; it is dynamic and progressive. —Sherwood Eddy. Too few people are more intent npon living than making a living.— Dr. Lin Yutang. Bavardage. (F.) Idle talk; prat tle; garrulity. Macte virtute. (L.) Proceed la virtue. Patience passe science. (F.) Pa tience exceeds knowledge. Rara avis. (L.) A rare bird; a prodigy. Omne trinum perfectum. (L.) Every perfect thing is threefold. Ruit mole sua. (L.) It falls to ruin by its own weight. Questo vento non criba la biada. (It.) This wind winnows no corn. THIRSTY- West Florida Calls I Thm fimh arm rntrikSag, tha battle la am Fishing is at its bsst in Gulf, Boy and lakss. Wonderful swimming, safest booches. Golf, booting, fun few sVory*. ono. Low summer rotes. Good roods! air-conditioned trains. For booklet writ* C. A. Deoderick, Secretory West Coast Association. Bradenton, Florida. Ask For BLUE STEEL OVERALLS “Big and Strong” • Jewel makes finer cakes and hot breads, too. And it’s grand for pan and deep-fat fry ing. Millions prefer this Special-Blend to any other shortening, regardless of price! LIFE’S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher “She thought if the hid my clothes I’d have to stay at home l”