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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, January 13, 1938
VcCORMICK MESSENGER
Published Every Thursday
i 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.
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Sunday School Lessor
BY REV. CHAR1.ES E. HCNV
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Bginning a Life of Service.
Lesson for January 16th.
Mark 1:14-28.
Gorden Text: Mark 1:15.
In our study of Jesus’ prepara-
t-nn - for his brief but fruitful min
istry we must bear in mind that
the Jews were specialists in a re
ligion centering about the
Messianic hope. Galled by the irk
some yoke of Rome, it was natural
for them to yearn for an anointed
king of God who would make them
politically Independent and su
preme.
Then, too. it is pertinent to re
mind ourselves that while the He
brews were intensely religious they
were also excellent men of business.
Moreover it was a dark and
brutal century. Slavery in its worst
fprms was practiced; babies were
exposed to die; family life was de
teriorated; crucifixion was tolerat
ed; selfishness was rampant; phi
losophers were pessimistic.
The education of Jesus was like
that of any other Jewish lad of his
type. His parents gave him some
home instruction in the teaching
of the Scriptures. He attended the
synagogue school and the sabbath
synagogue services. But, unlike St.
Paul, he did not receive technical
training in a first-class rabbinical
school, for we are told in John 7:15
that ‘'the Jews marveled, saying,
How knoweth this man letters,
having never learned?” To offset
this lack he developed a passionate
concern for people, an intense love
of nature, and a consciousness of a
unique relationship to God.
With this background he pro
claimed, at the outset of his min
istry, the words of our Golden Text,
“The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of Gid is at hand; re
pent ye, and believe the gospel.”
This is the keynote of his teaching.
How fresh it sounds today! “There
is just one thing wrong with the
world,” said General Evangeline
Booth of the Salvation Army re
cently. “We are trying to get along
without God—and it can’t be done.”
That is the same note Jesus struck
long ago.
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McCORMICK, S. C.
Welfare Department
Reports Its Activities
For Six Months’
Period
-txi-
Use Of Electricity
Increasing On Farms
Clcmson, Jan. 3.—Rural electrifi
cation has made remarkable prog
ress in South Carolina during the
past three years, says C. V. Phagan,
extension agricultural engineer,
pointing out that over 14,000 farm
families in the state were receiving
electricity from highline service on
January 1, 1938, while less than
4,000 were receiving this service
on January 1, 1935.
“Progress in rural electrification
should mean more, however”, Mr.
Phagan states, “than increasing
the number of electrified farms.
There should also be an increase
in the use of electricity on farm;
that are already electrified. The
electric bill should not be consider
ed as an addition to present ex
penses but a replacement of cer
tain expenses already being pa.d
out for light, heat, or power.
“Furthermore, many farms can
make use of electrical equipment
that will help make money or save
money. Ordinarily, electricity can
be made profitable by using such
equipment as will release labor for
increasing production or side-line
projects, cr by producing a product
of higher quality that will com
mand better prices.”
Still another important advan
tage of the increasing use of elec
tricity on the farm is that it makes
it possible for rural lines to be
extended into areas that are with
out electricity, Mr. Phagan asserts.
The construction of rural lines is,
of course, dependent upon a cer
tain amount of business or month
ly revenue. Thifs, if farm families
can prolitably use more electricity
they are not only benefiting them-
leives but making it possible for
many ether communities to have
c.eetiieity.
Columbia, Jan. 8. — During the
first six months’ operation, ended
December 31, 1937, which in
cluded only five full months of
actual public assistance, the South
Carolina Department of Public
Welfare administered activities
which brought to the needy of the
State and their dependents cash
benefits in the amount of $1,285,-
170.39 including $769,500.00 from
C. C. C. allotments, and commodi
ties and clothing valued at $290,-
964.54, according to the Depart
ment’s report to be presented to
the Governor and the General As
sembly next week. The report,
which will contain more than fifty
type-written pages, will cover every
detail of the Department’s opera
tions in both State and county of
fices from its organization to the
end of the year.
The report will show that 13,260
needy aged persons received
monthly cash payments averaging
$11.19, and totaling $386,622.09.
Monthly assistance checks were
sent to 500 needy blind persons,
averaging $12.95, and aggregating
$17,102.65. Grants to dependent
children who are deprived of the
care and support of one or both
parents totaled $85,112.61, and
averaged $19.85 monthly to 1,621
cases aided. One half of the
amounts given to the needy aged
and the needy blind is provided
by the Federal Government, as well
as one-third of the amounts
awarded as aid to dependent chil
dren.
The Department also paid out in
thirty-five counties to 1,054 other
handicapped and unfortunate per
sons not eligible for other forms
-i: assistance under tne Act, the
sum of • $27,833.04, in average
monthly grants of $11.65. This type
of relief is linanced by the State
and individual counties participat
ing equally.
Boys enrolled in the Civilian
Conservation Corps are certified
after investigation by the Welfare
Department, and each boy enrolled
is required to allot $22.50 from his
$30.00 monthly pay to needy de
pendents or relatives. The amount
of Federal money thus brought in
to the State during the period was
approximately $769,500.00, repre
senting allotments from the aver
age of 5,700 boys in camps between
July 1 and December 31.
Clothing and other commodities
provided by the Government were
distributed, under Government
regulations, only to persons certi
fied after investigation by the Wel
fare Department. The value of
commodities distributed during this
period was $290,964.54, given to 14,-
840 applicants.
In addition to these direct bene
fits, the Department administered
two service programs—Treatment
and Training of the blind, and
Child Welfare Service. The former
is financed wholly by the State out
of a $20,000.00 annual appropriation
provided in the Welfare Act. The
Child Welfare Service, financed
entirely by the Federal Govern
ment but administered by the State
Department of Public Welfare, is
confined to predominantly rural
areas, and includes a wide variety
of services in the way of fam ly
adjustment of children especially
needy in such communities. Neither
of these services gives any direct
cash or commodity aid.
The Department during the pe
riod covered by the report also
handled approximately 2,527 in
quiries concerning former resident
of South Carolina now seeking as
sistance or relief in other state;
These “service cases” require in
vestigation and report by the State
Department of Public We-fare, i
accordance with a policy of co
operation among the states.
The total cost of the Welfare
Department’s administration u
December 31, paid from assistanc
funds, including organizat on an.
equipment of the State Office anc
-six county offices, \va
$231,034.83.
To determine the need of person:
applying for assistance the Depart
ment had up to December 31 in
vestigated approximately 42,731 ap
plications of a total of 61,088 re
ceived, including those for aid tc
the aged, the blind, dependent chil
dren, general relief, commodities
C. C. C. applications and service
cases. Of these, 31,562 were found
to be eligible for aid, while 11,139
were disapproved, leaving approxi
mately 18,357 yet to be investigated.
The average cost per investigation
was $5.41. The cost of investigating
the 31,562 approved cases was $170,-
868.69 while investigation of 11,169
cases found to be ineligible cost
$60,466.14.
Registration
Books Open
WANT ADV.
MAN WANTED for Rawleigh
Route of 800 families. Write today.
Rawleigh’s, Dept. SCA-77-SA, Rich
mond, Va.
FOR SALS—One pair of mules
goed condition, work anywhere,
for $130.00. L. C. Talbert, R. 2, Troy,
S. C.
Treasurer’s Notice
G. C. Patterson has been ap
pointed supervisor of registration
for the Municipal Election. Regis
tration Book located at Patterson’s
Clothing Company.
T. J. SIBERT,
Mayor.
The County Treasurer’s Office
will be open for the purpose of re
ceiving taxes from the 15th day oi
September, 1937, to the 15th day o:
April, 1938
All taxes shall be due and pay
able between the 15th day of Sep
tember, 1937, and December 31
1937.
That when taxes charged shal
not be paid by December 31. 1937
the County Auditor shall proceec
to add a penalty of one per cent
for January, and if taxes are no-
paid on or before February 1, 1938
-v«« C'-iitltO' Au f, ’*''~’ tr
add Two Per Cent for February,
and if taxes are not paid on or be
fore March 1, 1938, the County Au
ditor shall proceed to add 3 pe:
cent for March, and if taxes arf
not paid on or before April 1, 1938
the County Auditor shall proceec
to add 4 oer cent up to the 15th o
April, 1938, after which time th:
County Treasurer shall issue exe
cutions for all unpaid taxes, plu
7 per cent penalty.
The tax levies for the year 193 r
are as follows:
For State Purposes 5 mill
For County Purposes 3 mill
For Bonds 14 mill
Constitutional School Tax_ 3 mill.
Mt. Carmel School
District No. 1 2 mill:
Willington S. D. No. 2 5 mill
Bordeaux S. D. No. 3 2 mill:
McCormick S. D. No. 4
and Bonds 14 mill.
Buffalo S. D. No. 5 4 milh
Bellvue S. D. No. 6 10 milk
S. D. No. 7 00 mill
Bethia S. D. No. 8 3 mill:
Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 __10 milk
Young’s S. D. No. 10 00 milk
Wideman’s S. D. No. 11 2 milk
Milway S. D. No. 13 2 mill:
Robinson S. D. No. 14 6 milk
Dornville S. D. No. 15 2 milk
Bethany S. D. No. 16 8 milk
Lyon’s S. D. No. 17 8 milk
Hibler S. D. No. 18 6 milk
Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 milk
Plum Branch S. D. No. 24
and Bonds 20 mills
Consolidated S. D. No. 1,
Parksville, Modoc and
Clarks Hill, and Bonds_18 mills
All male citizens between the
ages of 21 and 60 years, except
those exempt by law, are liable to
a poll tax of $1.00 each.
The law prescribes that all male
citizens between the ages of 21 and
55 years must pay $2.00 commuta
tion tax or work six days on the
public roads.
Commutation tax is included In
property tax receipt.
RUTH P. DUNCAN,
Treasurer, McCormick County.
JESTER’S CASH MARKET
Phone No. 25
Main Street
We Deliver
McCormick, S. C.
* When you are in town be sure and come by our
market and let us suggest your meat needs for you.
We will give you your choice of meats.
Prices are Reasonable, Meats the Best.
We carry a full line of Fresh Meats at all times
and are always ready to he at your service.
Fresh Fish and Norfolk O ysters, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
W e highly appreciate your patronage.
Before selling your cat lie and hogs, see us. We
pay the market price for them.
W e have reduced prices on pork and are offering
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it at the following prices:
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Pure F >rk Sausage 20c
Perk Chops 20c
Fork Roast 20c
Pork I lam 25c
Pork Ribs 20c
We grind sausage for the public.
Pure refreshment
serve Coca-Cola at home
Ice-cold Coca-Cola belongs in your icebox at home.
And Coca-Cola is easy to gf t whether you buy a few
bottles or a case (24 bottles) from your dealer.
Greenwood Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
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 OCR SERVICE
and there is no additional charge for service oat of town
J. S. STROM
Main Street McCormick, o. C.
, C.
B REAK winter’s spell with an invigorating trip-
in real comfort. The cost is absolutely minimum,
with fares 25% to 65% lower than other travel ways.
Round Trip Fares
Greenville __S 2.70
Asheville 5.05
Knoxville — 8.40
New York __ 19.55
Miami ,17.40
Augusta $ 1.65
Richmond _ 12.45
Abingdon 9.45
Washington 14.25
Tampa 14.15
STROM S DRUG STORE
Phone 95, McCormick, S. C.
Insurance
Fire Insurance And All
Other Kinds of Insurance Ex
cept Life. ;
HUGH C. BROWN,
McCORMICK, S. C.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
Sight
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Professionally Fitted.
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