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r HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCGRMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 12, 1937 f cCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of • the second class. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 8ix Months .75 Three Months .50 Sunday School Lesson BY REY. CHARLES E. DUNN God Gives Laws To a Nation. Lesson for August 15th. Exodus 20:1-17 Golden Text: Matt. 22:37, 39. It is a pity that the legal litera ture of the Old Testament is gen erally ignored by Christians. The tendency has been to exalt the prophets and, by contrast, to rele gate the law-givers to such an in ferior position that they almost drop out of sight. Such an exag gerated emphasis on the impor tance of prophecy is misleading for it leads to the false assumption that the laws of Israel are in op position to its prophetic oracles. As a matter of fact law and prophecy belong together as dif ferent versions of the same divine revelation, it is well for us then to study the Hebrew laws with sympathetic appreciation, for they have much to teach us today. Un fortunately our Bible, in its stand ard versions, presents them in a confused, unsystematic form, and the reader is bewildered to find that many of the laws contradict one another. Hut if the student will consult Prof. Kent’s translation and arrangement of the Old Testa ment in “The Shorter Bible,” he will find an admirable compilation of the statutes dealing with such topics as property rights, kindness to men and animals, the duty of parents to-instruct their children, and the need of upright dealing in business transactions. *”Our lesson is the famous Deca logue, the most significant and memorable formulation of Jewish legislation. According tp Hebrew tradition Moses was its author along with all the rest of the laws in the Pentateuch. We now know that this elaborate body of legisla tion represents a long historical development and so could not, in its present form, be the creation of Moses. But it can at least be said that the fundamental prin ciples and his insistence upon the exclusive worship of God as Israel’s only deity, and on loyal obedience to His Will furnished the two cor nerstones upon which the Bible’s impressive Temple of Law* was built. Says Guard Against Screw Worm Danger Clemson, Aug. 7.—The true screw worm was found in South Caro lina July 28 at Coosawhatchie and in Berkeley county by representa tives of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. This is the first specimen to be found in South Carolina during the present year, though limited numbers occur across the Savannah river in Geor gia. “This finding is made public as a reminder to livestock owners that every effort should be made to reduce cuts on animals at this season of the year and to apply pine tar oil to every injury found”, says W. C. Nettles, extension en- tomokngist. “In the screw worm territory pine tar oil and benzol have been widely stocked by drug stores. County farm agents will gladly demonstrate the use of these ma terials to any group of farmers wishing the Information”, Mr. Net tles states. “This announcement and sug gestions are of particular impor tance to livestock owners in the Coaital Plains area where screw worm injury would naturally be heaviest in an outbreak.” ■w 0 every way with a <> 5> e on First Cost e on Gas and Oil e on Upkeep a » « CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION, General Motors Sales Corporation, DETROIT, MICHIGAN General Motors Installment Plan— monthly payments to suit your purse. FOR ECONOMICAL ^CHEVROLET TRANSPORTATION . . . . and enjoy better motoring too, in this smarter, more modern, more comfortable car McGrath motor company McCORMICK, S. C. JESTER’S CASH MARKET Phone No. 25 Main Street We Deliver McCormick, S. C. So yA^lcome PURE REFRESHMENT We carry a full line of Fresh Meats at all times and are always ready to be at your service. ,1 We highly appreciate your patronage. Before selling your cattle and hogs, see us. We pay the market price for them. WANTED SAP PINE CROSSTIES Will purchase Sap Pine Crossties to run 50% Dense Grain or more, at loading points outlined. C. & W. C. R. R. from Georgia line to Green wood, S. C. C. & W. C. R. R. from McCormick, S. C., to An- % derson, S. C. G. & F. R. R. from Edgefield, S. C., to Green wood. S. C. 7”x9” 8^4’ 60c T\8" S 1 /^’ 45c O 1 /^ 35c All ties B 1 /^ ft- long- payment will he made at time of inspection. Wagon loads will he purchased at points where yards are operated. For further information see or write, J. C. WINN, PLUM BRANCH, S. C. GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Greenwood, S. C* 383 \ *’experience Service Facilities Those are the Important things In measuring the wortb 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, S. C. HAS TIMED 950 MILLION LIVES ROOFING If possible see me before you buy your roofing. I sell direct from the factory to you. I sell 64 kinds of roofing (galvaniz ed guaranteed not to rust.) J. W. CORLEY, Agent, S. S. I. R. Co.. McCormick, S. C. For Sale PLANTATION 652 acre 0 , at Meriwether for $10 per acre; reasonable terms of pay ment: Runs to Vi mile of R. R. Station, post office, electric light, long distance telephone, etc. Ru*? to Savannah River, with some 60 acres of bottoms somewhat grown up, needing re-cleaning. No resi dence; 3 or 4 tenant houses, only fair condition. Go see it. Address: H. C. Middleton, 314 East Capitol St., Washington, D. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given that William M. Rowland and Charles A. Rowland, Co-Executors of the estate of Miss Annie McKinne Winter Rowland, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and discharge as Co-Executors of the estate of Miss Annie McKinne Winter Row land and the 30th day of August 1937, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. All perons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTTSON, Judge of Probate, McCormick County, S. C. July 31, 1937.—4t. Notice For Bids For Transportation Pupils Sealed bids will be received un til 11 a. m. August 25, 1937, for the transportation of pupils from the following school districts: Mt. Carmel School District No. 1 to Calhoun Falls School. Willington School District No. 2 to De la Howe State School. Bordeaux School District No. 3 to De la Howe School. Flatwoods School District No. 7 to Sharon School. Milway School District No. 13 to Greenwood High School. Robinson School District No. 14 to McCormick High School. Dornville School District No. 15 to McCormick. Lyon’s School District No. 17 to McCormick High School. Hibler School District No. 18 to McCormick High School. Vernon School District No. 19 to Sullivan’s School. All bids shall be addressed to the County Superintendent of Educa tion. maiked on outside of sealed envelope, “Bid for Transportation of nuniJs in , School District No. and shall be opened at the hour des ignated in this advertisement. Bids will be opened and awards made by the County Board of Education, who shall have the right to reject any and all bids, and to re-adver- tise for new and additional bids. E. P. BENTLEY, County Supt. of Education. McCormick. S. C. Aug. 3, 1937.—3t. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist * Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. Insurance Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Ex cept Life. ' "' l ) HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Missouri, Mississippi Rivers The Missouri river is 2,945 miles from its source to the point where it empties into the Mississippi river, while the Mississippi river is 2,486 miles from its source to the point of outflow into the Gulf of Mexico. In some lists of principal rivers of the United States, however, the Missis- sippi-Missouri river system is listed as a unit, and is 4,221 miles long.