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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK., SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, January 20, 1938
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ’
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Experience Service Facilities
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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
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Knoxville 8.40
New York __ 19.55
Miami 17.40
Richmond _ 12.45
Abingdon __ 9.45
Washington 14.25
Tampa 14.15
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Books Open
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pointed supervisor of registration
for the Municipal Election. Regis
tration Book located at Patterson’s
Clothing Company.
T. J. SIBERT,
Mayor.
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