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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK., SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, January 20, 1938 VcCORMlCK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday • Established June 5, 1902 eomond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. flflOBSClllFTlON KATES: One Year ..SI .00 Six Months .76 Three Months.50 Sunday School Lesson BY REV. CHARLES E. DUNN lODAYoul Ministering to Physical Needs. Lesson for January 23rd. Mark 1:29-45. Golden Text: Mark 1:34. The Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, of which Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur was Chairman, esti mated that in the prosperous year of - 1929 the American’ public spent about $3,700,000,000 for medica care of every kind, an average of »$30 per capita, or $108 per family This is an enormous sum, and ought to assure adequate results The Committee found, however, that surprisingly large numbers of sick people go without proper treat ment. It discovered that 25 to 30% of all cases of serious illness never come under the supervision of a physician, and that about half of the families with incomes of less than $2,000 receive no medical care •f any kind, although these are precisely the folk who need such attention the most. This deplorable situation is not due to a lack of doctors or nurses for < both professions are over crowded. The trouble is that medi cal service is now organized on a hopelessly wasteful and chaotic basis. Vast stuns ere being spent*in a hit or miss fashion on the stupid assumption that “rugged medical individualism” is preferable to group practice on the cooperative plan. Dr. Wilbur's Committee, in its majority report, recommended “that medical service, both pre ventive and therapeutic, should be furnished largely by organized groups of physicians” centering their activities “preferably, around a hospital.” The famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is gear- ad to this technic. A complemen tary proposal is group hospitali zation which operates on an in surance basis. Our lesson gives a vivid portrait oi Jesus as the Master Physician. “He healed many that were sick,” says the Golden Text. Were he alive now in the flesh he would be eager to improve the health of mankind by every means available. The emancipation of the public from the cure of disease would be to him a major Christian aim. IX T SCIENCE is truth The word “science” is defined in the dictionary as “knowledge gain ed and verified by exact observa tion and correct thinking.” Which is another way of saying “truth.” Whenever anybody tries to twist the facts of science to conform to a political philosophy or a religious creed he is waging war on truth. There is a lot of that sort of warping the truth to fit precon ceived theories going on in the world today. That is why the Amer ican Association for the Advance ment of Science, at its mid-wintei convention, invited the British Royal Society to join with it in setting up a “Court of Wisdom” representing the free nations of the world. The purpose is to propagate truth and fight every attempt to prevent the teaching of science uncolored by political or religious propaganda. Many nations, numerous political bodies, are dictating today what shall and shall not be taught as truth. The action of the American Association is a new declaration of intellectual freedom from political restraint. evil effects follow good or evil con duct of one’s life. Science neither affirms or denies the final rewards or punishments which religion teaches. It merely says it has no proof one way or the other. The life hereafter is a mat ter of faith. But the whole trend of scientific research is toward prov ing that in this life the teachings of religion are the safest guide. ITS J BEAUTY even bigger ond better looking thon lost year's YOKD V-8! YES-o«A tnink of a V8 that gives 22 to - miles per gallon ! PSYCHOLOGY . makes strides The study of human behavior is a field in which science has made great studies in recent years. Why people act as they do, and how the mind can be trained to correct thinking is surely one of the most important fields of research. One thing which psychologists have proved is that our lives are controlled by our emotions, rather than by our thinking. We behave rightly or wrongly under the in fluence of emotions which take possession of .us. What can be more important than to see to it that children and grown-ups alike are not subjected to false ideas which cultivate destructive emotional re actions? The seeds of war are sown in such emotions as national jeal ousy and racial hatred, aroused by false teachings. That is the sort of thing the scientists hope to combat by in sisting upon the teaching of truth, and truth alone. / Mew thrifty H 60" : V ■ ‘W:- ■ * .,*_ . v - • . y--v* J'&y v • ■ • ' V /. •, y *««' V Freshly styled, with longer hood, sweeping lines and big, built-in tuggage compartment. S:c IN 1400 GQVIPMFht ‘ TVr WCttDED tr ‘ Ud H. I*. TuZ'^d'd * n Wude ' ? u Oor ^ Very Successful Year FREEDOM .... of belief Everybody is, or ought to be, absolutely free to believe anything he wants to believe, and to try to convert others to his belief. But no man or social group should have power to compel the teaching of beliefs which are contrary to the proven truths of science, or to pro hibit the teaching of scientific knowledge. Many people still believe the world is flat. Certain religious sects refuse to accept the scientific fact that it is round. The whole church refused to accept Galileo’s first demonstration of the shape of the earth, and forced him to recant. Only a dozen years ago the intelli gent worl^i was shocked and amus ed by the trial of a Tennessee school teacher for teaching the truth about evolution, contrary to state law which undertook to deny a proved scientific fact. Such conflicts between Knowl edge and authority are not new. They can do incalculable harm. To teach history by suppressing facts which might lessen the glory of a national hero, or to reject as un true a new scientific discovery be cause it was made by someone of a different religion is little short of criminal. For Greenwood Pro- polici f s were cominende d. J- B. Burnett of Greenwood duction Credit Asso- stated that he wished to say that this association had been a good elation Is Reported thin e for him and tha t h e thought r * it would be a good thing for all At Annual Meetinsu worth y farmers. He stated that a man would have to be reasonably honest to get a loan through the Prom The Index-Journal, Green- Sree nwood Production Credit as- wood, Jan. 14. sociaticn,' that with the policies it The annual stockholders’meeting has had , n the past ha {elt surc of the Greenwood Production Cred- . hat as long M one attended to his it association was held at 10 o'clock oWigatlons he could negotiate in the court house in Greenwood i oans yesterday. Hammond Ethridge of Saluda W. H. Stuckey, president, pre- county ^ that he wanted to state sided and after his welcoming ad- f ac ts he saw them. He said dress, he introduced the following that he had d{me business with the special guests: R. D. Steer, county Greenwood Production Credit as- agent; Miss Carolyn Avinger, home 80 ciation for several years and that demonstration agent, W. B. Ezell, t he service rendered was all that vocational teacher at Ninety Six; | one could ask He said that whne the association demanded a frank and complete statement from the , . farmers they received their money tive of the Federal Land Bank; J. | p r0 mptly. He said that the asso ciation had helped him wonderful ly. Mr. Ethridge said that the re ports showed the association had T. Gordon Duckett, secretary of Greenwood National Farm Loan as sociation; Mr. Barnes, representa- H. Meadors, field representative of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, and Sam J. Overstreet, as- clstant to the vice president of th® I had quite a successful year ancTh Production Credit Corporation of Columbia. \ It fits in so refreshingly at JJome Bruises In Handling Cause Heavy Losses In Shipping Of Hogs Florence, Jan. 8.—“Packers claim that the greatest loss to the pack- believe and accept scientific truths | association was displayed on a did net see how the profits as shown on the charts could be made when so little interest was charged the borrower and what he wanted to thank God “for the Greenwood Production Credit association and _ ^ J , .. Cap Smith, and what they had The reports showed ^ an Increased | done for Saluda county „ Sam J. Overstreet, assistant lo The reports submitted by the of ficers and directors of the associa tion showed that this farmers co operative credit ^organization had had another successful year in 1937. volume of business done and, not withstanding the recession in farm prices, a good collection record. Complete and detailed reports were given to the stockholders at the vice president of the Produc tion Credit Corporation of Colum bia, addressed the stockholders at j . , _ , ., j j w the conclusion of the meeting. Mr. 1 the meeting which was attended by stressed the lact that ing house is caused by bruises in handling of livestock on the way to market”, says A. L. DuRant, livestock specialist of the Clemson °* malevolent unseen spirits in- College Extension Service. “There 1 vo ^ ed by the medicine man is the Is an average loss of $12,000,000 victim of the same sort of fear per year in livestock killed, crip- I which many people who call them- pled, or bruised in deUvery from selves civilized have of sitting in a farm to packing plant in the Unit- dra ^ or getting their feet wet. •d States. During the year 1935,' Tb® trouble with most of us is reports show, 9,000,000 animals that we have absorbed a lot of were injured.” half-truths, which are often more In hogs about one-half of the terrifying than utter ignorance. If bruises were on the hams, Mr. Du- everybody knew the whole truth Rant states. Since the bruised part ab out the world we live in and how TRUTH .... shatters fear The truth is that most people are afraid of the truth. Human nature prefers to live with its comfortable delusions about the world and its mechanism, rather than be dis turbed by the revelation that things we have already believed ( Saluda and Greenwood coun- "onTremU of our reluctance to! "“Si""I b ? ^ & T°~, of credit for responsible fanners One result of otir reluctance to | C j a tj on The financial statement of organlzed on a ^pe^e basls . Tnese associations have a systema- . ^ . . . . tized farm financing, are farmer formation showing cost of opera- controlled and operated , lend tlon etc was Ukewise disp^yed on m to fa meet aU charts The reports showed a total the term credit Greenwood Coca-Cola Bottling Company Greenwood, S. C. 470 people from Abbeville, McCor- th(j credit assoctation is a permanent, dependable source is that most of us live under the shadow of needless fears. The savage who believes in the power big chart and other interesting in- of 840 loans amounting to $240,000 were made last year. Reports were made by W. H. Stuckey, president, W. L. Warner, director, and J. L. Bracknell, direc tor, reported for the executive committee. The financial report was made by J. C. Smith, secretary- treasurer. J. H. Watson and S. F. Sherard were elected as members of the must, be cut out. and since the ham hve in it we would all be rid of boar< j 0 f directors. Other members Is the most valuable cut of the the illusions which make us un- hog, this will cause considerable happy. loss. “This loss in transit is shared by truth sha U set y° u free - shipping associations, railroads, of the board whose terms did not expire are W. H. Stuckey, J. L. “Ye shaU know the truth and the Bracknell, and V. L. Warner. The association passed a resolu tion on the death of J. T. White, packers, and farmers, but in RELIGION . . . and science Held representative of the Prqduc- the final analysis the farm- i often hear people speak of “the tion Credit Corporation. ers are the heaviest losers”, conflict between science and re- the livestock specialist says, ligion.” There is no such conflict, :f “If these losses can be pre- one understands both. Dr. Robert vented the packers could afford to A. Millikan, one of the greatest pay more for livestock which in scientists in the world, says chat turn would be received by the pro- science and religion go hand in ducers.” j hand. Both are concerned with “Much of this loss can be pre- truth and truth alone, vented by starting at the farm and! Religion is, in essence, a rule of handling livestock carefully to life, a guide to right living. It guard against contributing causes, teaches that if one does evil, evil such as excessive feeding before consequences will follow to him- shipment, improper loading chute self or to others, while if he lives cm the farm, catching hogs by the by the rules of his religion he will legs, trucks not properly bedded gain health, contentment, comfort with sand or straw, overcrowding and eventual happiness. Science In trucks, clubbing instead of us- does not dispute any of those Ing flaps or canvass slappers, nails fundaments 1 truths of religion, but or other projections In cars, and rather tends to prove them true by insufiicient bedding of cars.” ^why and how good or needs and are operated by farmers in the interest of farmers. While the association is a local organi zation having local control, it has the advantage of being connected with a nation-wide system, he said. WANT ADV. WANTED: Man for Rawleigh Route this winter. Route will be permanent if you are a hustler. For particulars write Ralweigh’s, Dept. SCA-77-103, Richmond, Va. FOR SALE—One pair of mules, good condition, work anywhere. Henry A. Adams of McCormick for $150 00 ' L * c * Talbert ’ R * 2 ’ Troy ’ 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, b. C. n 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 Faros Greenville 2.70 Augusta $ 1.65 county stated that the services of the Greenwood Production Credit association were such as he had been looking for for years and that with the proper budgeting of his farming operation and the cheap ness of the money he did not owe a cent that he could not pay within 15 minutes, that he had plenty of feed in his barn, and in his pan try, and he said that he was facing the future with a great deal of con fidence. Dr. T. O. Kirkpatrick of Abbeville county said that he wanted to ex press his appreciation of the ser vices of this farmers cooperative organization. This association, he said, has met his every need and its Asheville 5.05 Knoxville 8.40 New York __ 19.55 Miami 17.40 Richmond _ 12.45 Abingdon __ 9.45 Washington 14.25 Tampa 14.15 Insurance STROM’S DRUG STORE Phone 95, McCormick, S. C. Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Ex cept Life. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. G- COAL I am now ready to fill your or ders for High Grade Domestic Coal. Phone 82R, or see me. G. J. SANDERS. Sr. McCormick, S. C. Registration Books Open 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. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight ; Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glaasee . t Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta, Q*.