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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROUNA Thursday, July 1, 1937 Civil Service Exam inations Announced Tho United States Civil Service Commission has announced open comnetitive examinations for the positions named below: Junior aericultural engineer, $2,- COO a year, Soil Conservation Serv ice. and Bureau of Agricultural En'dneering. Chief of library service division, $5 600 a year; specialist in public lib-aries, $3,800 a year; and spe- cia’ist in school libraries, $3,800 a year; Office of Education, Interior Dcnartment. For positions in the apportioned service at Washington, D. C., ap plicants must show legal or voting residence in the State or Territory claimed for at least 1 year next preceding the closing date for receint of applications. All States except Iowa, Maryland. Mas sachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, have re ceived less than their quota of ap pointments in the apportioned de partmental service at Washington, D. C. Full information may te obtain ed from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D. C. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936. and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesdav in July, 1937, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Flem Butler, and is described as follows: Two (2) lots, No. 8 and No. 16, in block 9%, having a frontage of 50 feet each on Walnut and Oak Streets, running 100 feet back on Carolina Street, in.Town of Mc Cormick, State of South Carolina. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C.,' June 15, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in July, 1937, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of R. H. Middleton, and is described as follows: One hundred thirty-seven (137) acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 25, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by lands of L. C. Rich and Thomas Meriwether; east by lands of Thomas Meri wether and H. A. Adams; south by land of H. C. Middleton; west by Bailey lands, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C., June 15, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have fei^ed the following described property to satisfy the taxes due the P'atc cf South Caro’i^a and the County of McCormick, for the years 1933. 1934, 1935 and 1936. and the same will be sold to the high est bidder for cash on r.alesriay in July, 1937, during the legal hours cf sale in f»*out of the Co’irt House Door at McCormick, South Caro- i 5 ’"*. and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of J. F. Dalton, and ;s described as follows: ! Sixty-seven (G7> acres of lend, more or less, in School District ?To. 17, McCormick Countv. State of : South Carolina, bounded on north by Long Cane Public Road: east by land of M. DeLoach; south by lard of Mrs. Fra ez Engles and Hollingsworth land: west by Tim merman lard, and J. F. Dalton land, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C., i Juno 15, 1937j—3t. j New Degree For Newberry College Newberry, June 29.—(Special.)— Newberry College will, next fall, introduce a new degree, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Com merce. In doing this, it becomes one of the very few colleges in this state which offers this type of work. The four year college course leading to this degree, as outlined in the college catalog, includes not only those general college subjects ordinarily classified as cultural, but also those courses designed to prepare the student for the larger phases of business. In order to offer this degree, the Department of Social Sciences has been expanded and several new courses in Economics have been added. The elementary course in Economics has been expanded so as to cover a full year and the course in Sociology has been doubled in length. Also, because of ihe increasingly close relationship between government and business, \ full year course in American Government has been introduced. Dther new subjects announced (or next year are: Accounting, Money and Banking, Business Law, Corporation Finance, Principles of Marketing, and a course in the use xnd application of Statistics. A course has alrc been announced in nternational Relations and Amer- ean Foreign Pclicies which has foi its purpose the study of the new developments in American foreign trade and the new commercial policies which are being pursued. The college feels that in offer ing such a course it is filling a pressing need, since business today is becoming larger in its outlook and thus requires more prepartion for those who expect to enter it. In outlining this course, the pur pose was to provide adequate train ing for business life in all of its phases without sacrificing the benefits of a liberal college educa tion, and it is with the feeling that this purpose has been accom plished that Newberry College pre sents it. Also, with the introduction of these new courses, Newberry Col lege makes it possible for a student, through a judicious selection of subjects, to take more than simply a one year course of business trail ing and thus to prepare himself better for business. Ample ma terial is afforded by the new sub jects announced, together with the Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type writing already offered, for two full years of study In this field. The college is looking forward o o ]n»-nr e enrollment in this course next fall. So Refreshing J- V- sn so be refreshed at home GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Greenwood, S. C. Experience Service Facilities Those are the Important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional charge for service out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, a. C. LEADER/HIP DEMANDy ENERGY' Climb a mountain . . . tail a boat ... sink a putt... catch a fish .. . romp and play and tan and laze ... Yea IT TAKES ENERGY TO PLAY ON VACATION 1 Today — Claossen s Bread Is "Air-Conditioned" because It Is removed from ovens, prompt ly cooled In sclentIBc cooling rooms where the air Is dry. pure, washed ... then wrapped quickly at proper temperature. That's why Claossen's Bread Is always fresh at your grocer's. & ■ U. S. PLANS TO CUT FARM FIRE LOSSES By L. L. STEVENSON Recently a correspondent sug gested that I write about what high school students should see while vis iting New York. It’s rather a large order but I’ll try to fill it in part at least. The Battery may be seen and possibly an incoming or out going ocean liner. The Aquarium is also at the Battery and there a boat may be .taken for the Statue of Liberty, which will afford an op portunity for climbing. The boat also passes close to Ellis Island, the gateway to the New World. Or for a nickel each way, a municipal fer ry may be taken to St. George, Staten Island, with an excellent view of the harbor. On the' return, there is old Trinity church at the head of Wall street, occupying one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world and with a cemetery go ing away back into the past of New York. Almost in the shadow of old Trinity is the Stock Exchange, which may be visited during mar ket hours. Across from the Stock Exchange is a statue which marks the place where George Washing ton took the oath as the first Presi dent of the United States. • • • On the way uptown, a stop should be made at St. Paul’s chapel where > George Washington used to be a member of the congregation, his pew being marked by the great seal of the United States. Near St. Paul’s is City Hall, which goes away back to 1812. Across from City Hall is Brooklyn bridge, the first span across the East river and still do ing full service after more than 50 years. If there is time, a walk across the bridge is interesting be cause of views of the busy river. On the Brooklyn side, there is the navy yard. The Woolworth building, for many years the highest office build ing in the world, has lost that dis tinction but many visitors still visit the tower to get a view of down town New York. Farther uptown is the Empire State building with a tower 102 floors above the street and with a view extending for miles. - • • • A bus ride up Riverside Drive is always interesting and is even more so if there are any warships in port since they anchor in the Hudson. A bus ride up Fifth avenue is also interesting. By making a.transfer, it is possible to ride through Har lem, which is the largest colored city in the world. Gr, a ride may be taken up to the George Wash ington bridge, the first and only bridge to cross the Hudson in New York City. A view of the Palisades may also be had on that trip. On the Fifth avenue trip, the bus passes St. Patrick’s cathedral and far uptowm is the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. A bus top view of New York is inexpensive and worth while. V • • As for museums, the Metropolitan is naturally the objective of those interested in art. Then there is the Museum of Natural History, which has such an array of exhibits that even days might be spent there. The Hayden Planetarium should not be overlooked by those interested in astronomy or those to whom the stars are a mystery. Still another museum is in Rockefeller Center, the Museum of Science and Indus try. Instead of being a “hands off” museum it is a “hands on” place, j visitors being invited to operate the various exhibits. It is also a museum of motion since almost all i the exhibits can be worked by the visitor. * * * Bronx Park zoo, with its collec tion of animals, is worth the long ride out into the Bronx. Downtown again, there is old Fraunces Tav ern where George Washington said good-bye to his officers after the Revolution. It too, is a museum now. Uptown is the Jumel mansion, which was Washington’s headquar ters. Uptown also is Columbia uni versity. Then trips through the New York Times building can be ar ranged. Times Square is most in teresting at night when all the lights are blazing. As for a play, if it is still running, “King Richard II” should not be overlooked. It’s in- | teresting to non-Shakesperian stu dents. And here I am at the end of the space without having cov- ! ered nearly all the ground. But the suggestions made will keep the 3 uung visitors busy for quite awhile. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Toll Last Year 3,500 Lives and $100,000,000 Loss. Washington. — Due to enormous fire losses on farms, the Depart ment of Agriculture has instituted a program designed to reduce the deaths and damage from fires in agricultural areas. Here the greater part of the country’s loss occurs be cause of the absence of fire protec tion comparable to city control. The expert in charge of the work for the department is Dr. David J. Price who is directing research work on farm fire prevention in the chemical engineering division of the bureau of chemistry and soils. “The loss from fires on farms and in the rural sections of the United States,” said Dr. Price, “is more than 60 per cent of the total national fire loss; and in 1936 placed a $16 ‘fire tax’ on every farm in the country.” More than 3,500 lives were lost in farm fires last year, while property damage has been approximately fixed at $100,000,000 by Department of Agriculture experts. The Struc tural Clay Products Institute, spokesman for the brick and build ing tile industry with headquarters in Washington, is co-operating with department engineers in advocat ing fire-proof construction on farms. “It is highly important that farm buildings be of fire-proof materials,” said J. J. Cermak, secretary of the institute. “Usually, a fire on a farm means total destruction because of the remoteness of fire - fighting agencies. The great loss of property and even of life in farm fires last year demands that prompt steps be taken to curb the wasteful prac tice of exposing isolated farm struc tures to the hazards of uncontrolla ble fire. The best way to do this is to build with fire-proof material. Fire-proof construction makes un necessary the wide separation of farm buildings to prevent the spread of flames, thus making for more compact and efficient farm opera tion and less loss of land to cultiva tion.” The institute reports that brick and building tile are coming into increasing use for barns and silos, as well as ho", sheep houses and other farm buildings. When the Government Was Without Permanent Seat There was no permanent seat of government during the Revolution ary war, recalls a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The articles of confederation provided that “congress shall have power to ad journ at any time within the year and to any place within the United States, so that no period of ad journment be for a longer dura tion than the space of six months.” - When it could, the congress sat* during the war, in Philadelphia. But the “red coats” were as anxious to 1 go to congress as any of its mem bers, and the patriots were obliged to adopt a sort of itinerancy. Congress was in session in Phila^ delphia in December, 1776, when seeing that the British were likely to force themselves upon the hos pitality of that city, it adjourned to Baltimore. It soon returned to Phil adelphia, but after the American de feat at Brandywine, September 11, 1777, it moved to Lancaster, and then to York, Pa. From the first session to the last, the Continental congress met as fol lows: At Philadelphia, September 5, 1774, and May 10, 1775; at Balti more, December 20, 1776; at Phil adelphia, March 4, 1777; at Lancas ter, September 27, 1777; at York, September 30, 1777; at Philadelphia, July 2, 1778; at Princeton, N. J., June 30, 1783; at Annapolis, Novem ber 26, 1783; at Trenton, N. J., No ember 1, 1784; at New York, Jan uary 11, 1785. New York continued to be the seat of congress until th* adoption of the Constitution. Tarantula Bite Holds No Fear for Zoologist Minneapolis.—John A. Cederstrom, zoology instructor at the University of Minnesota, is the university’s un official tarantula keeper. J Excited grocers who have found a tarantula spider in a stalk of ba nanas are referred to Cederstrom. “They keep coming in, five or six every year,” Cederstrom said. “Ev ery one who finds a tarantula seems to think he has to turn it over to the university.” The instructor explained that ei ther he is immune to the bite of the big spider or its sting is not as poi sonous as is popularly supposed. He has been bitten three or four times with no more ill effects than that of a mosquito bite. i Cederstrom permits tarantulas to crawl contentedly cl his white lab oratory jacket. I “I jusi. put them in jars and watch them,” Cederstrom said. He explained that they escape oc casionally by pushing off their jar covers and he has to turn his office upside down to recapture them. i The instructor believes the taran tulas in laboratory jars become homesick for their banana stalks. Many starve themselves to death, he said. Some specimens eat noth ing for months, but drink water. i Their favorite food is grasshop pers, with cockroaches second choice. 4< E Pluribus Unum,” the - U. S. Great Seal Motto “E Pluribus Unum”—one from many—is the Latin motto which ap pears on the obverse. of the great seal of the United States. It is thus the “official” motto of the govern ment, and by act of Congress is also inscribed on the coins. The motto was originally proposed on August 1, 1776, by a committee of three which had been appointed by the Continental Congress to pre pare a device for a state seal. The committee consisted, incidentally, of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Their suggested seal, states m writer in the Cleveland Plain DeaK er, was not accepted, however, andl it was not until June 20, 1782, that the motto was adopted as part of the] second and successful device, which was submitted by Charles Thom; son, secretary of Congress. r It was in 1796 that Congress di rected the employment of “E Pluri bus Unum” on the coinage. On the great seal it is inscribed upon a scroll issuing from an eagle’s mouth. It also so appears on many coins. The motto itself is an ancient turn of phrase; to be found in a num ber of the classical authors. ‘Rustlers’ Using Trucks Increase Raids in West Oklahoma City.—Cattle rustling in 1 Oklahoma has been increasing with the more hp-to-date method of us ing trucks to haul the cattle away instead of a horse to drive them. 1 Col. Charles W. Daley, chief of the state crime bureau, said rus tlers using trucks had stolen 1,000 head of cattle in the state during the last six months. He explained that modern rus tlers work at night in the thinly settled sections of the state. They concentrate on cattle found wander ing along the highways. “In some ways the problem is greater than in the old days,” Daley said. “Then the rustlers drove off the cattle in big numbers. Vigilan tes could follow their tracks and sometimes catch up with them. “But now the trucks enable the rustlers to whisk their loot to mar ket before the ranch owner dis covers his herd has been reduced.”' The Spaniel From Spain The Spaniel; once called Espaniol, came originally from Spain as the name signifies. It is not known when the spaniel first came to Eng land. Early writers refer to Water Dogges and’ Irish Water Spaniels but it is belived that both these breeds arjj descended from the French Barbet, the ancestor of the poodle. The old English Water Span iel, the progenitor of the modem family of spaniels, was a distinct breed, much like the spaniels of later times; says a writer in the Los Angeles Times, except for his coat which is curly like the poodle. Breeds that have been developed from the original spaniel family are Clumber Spaniel, Cocker Span iel, Field Spaniel, Welsh Springer Spaniel, English Springer Spaniel, Sussex Spaniel and. Irish Water Spaniel. “The Borders” The country lying south of Edin burgh, Scotland, is called “the Bor ders” and reveals the ancient cas tles and romantic monuments of the Middle ages. In this area are the remains of Melrose, Jtedburgh and Dryburgh Abbeys. A more mod ern note is in the district of the Ab botsford house, the manor built by Sir Walter Scott. Westward is the “Burns county,” which attracts vis itors as the birthplace of Scotland’s great poet near Ayr. Ban German Stamp in Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia. — Po- ice confiscated the latest issue ,<f German eiamps bearing Adolf litler’s image They took them from stamp icnlcrs' windows, because, they 'aid, each block of four stamps jorc a slogan from Hitler’s “My Struggle,” saying: “He who wants to save the people can on ly think heroically.” Prague authorities said that was calculated 1 ''ite public irritation. Hobos Now Pass Up City With Woodpile Springfield, 111.—A huge pile of wood is now used to lessen the stream of transient hobos into this city. Any itinerant who is given a night’s lodging is required to chop wood at the city woodpile, which stands in the Salvation Army’s yard. Before the advent of the wood- pile an average of 100 hobos daily were bedded at the cost of the city. Now there are about a dozen each night. Wells Wells were primitive man’s first means of obtaining water in places removed from lakes and streams. > Arabs in the Sahara desert have dug them for centuries. The deeper the ; well the warmer the water, since the temperature of the earth in creases toward the center. Artesian wells (so called because they were first extensively used in the French province of Artois) have been dug to supply warm water for heating hospitals, greenhouses and fish ponds. Greetings Among the Arabs Among the Arabs of northern Af rica, the ritual of greeting demands 1 at the man “looking down” should r ways speak first, irrespective of: h 3 birth, wealth, power or dignity. 'I as, notes a writer in Collier’^ V cekly, the man on a camel greets first the man on a horse, the horse- L;..ek rider nods first to the mule rider, the mule rider bows first to the donkey rider, the donkey rider to the pedestrian and the pedestrianj to the sitting man.. > yilMHi