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HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMTCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 24, 1938 |iwt rmruww HcCORMICK MG3SENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, IMS EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ntered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. Cm as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year 1__$1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 Sunday School Lesson ■ — ’ i BT REV. CHARLES E. DUNN Jerusalem. And most impor tant of all, he tried, as did the rabbis, to present to the people a clear picture of the character and commands of God. We are not surprised, then, to read in the gospel narrative that at first the scribes and Pharisees listened to him sympathetically, and even invited him into their homes. But it is clear that there were fundamental differences between the teaching of Jesus and that of nis fellow rabbis. Where they em phasized strict conformity to vhe .aw and ritual, he insisted on warm-hearted devotion to God and .nan. Many of tne traditions so precious to the Pharisees Jesu^ considered a stumbling block. To him the careful observance of elab orate ceremonial laws was apt sc olmd iolk to the larger obligation of a pure heart and an unselfish the Pharisees to be of primary significance. To correct the wrong emphases of the scribes in favor of a larger freer mode of thought and life was a task to which our Lord gave him self with complete devotion. IAI 17,335 Needy Aged Persons Given As sistance In Month Of February Correcting Wrong Ideas of Religion. service Lesson for Today: Mark 7:1-13. During the month of February 17,335 needy aged persons in South Carolina were given cash assis tance in the amount of $185,368.32, or an average of $10.75 each through the State Department of Public Welfare, according to final reports compiled from all counties St. Mark tells us why the Phari- anc * released by the Department Golden Text: Mark 7:6. Jesus has properly been called sees objected to the work and teaching of the Master. They dis liked his doctrine, brought into play at the time of the healing of the paralytic, of the forgiveness of I March 15. The Federal Govern ment furnished one-half of these funds, or $93,184.16, and a similar amount was provided by the State. In January the number receiving sins without the requirement of old a & e assistance was 15,145, the self-taught rabbi ” In manv wavs P enance - were banned be- ! average grant being $10.85 and the Wttyb f—4- total disbursements oora-rpcra finer he is a reminder of the scribes and Pharisees. He preached in the syn agogues. His methods of teaching cause he continually fraternized total disbursements aggregatin with sinners. They were shocked $164,370.05, provided one-half by because he failed to conform to Government and one-half by were akin to those ot the rabbis'. certain ceremonial laws, especially ^eedv^blind nersons in February (or he used their Uterary forms those on fasting. But their most Di P t ". February a n/ j efr.«oc. iorms, to the number of 646 were given and stressed the authority of the Old Testament. Moreover he and his disciples observed the feasts at dEI det E r^ht IN A BIGGER, SMARTER ( THRIFTY “60” WITH SMOOTH V-8 POWER luded Federal ami »ale lore, not »»« equipment included la fir*. 60 H. F. Ce.p. ' ft : ' , Price eludes trousj 2bumpet»;t- fl hcd elecW ic noru»- —Silent helical gears in al P !;« THEY GET 212 TO. 27 MILES PER GALLON! .J' >' r .y 'F" III i) \rj i w The New Thrifty “60 99 \ r severe censure was inspired by the $8,736.25 assistance, as against 571 disregard of Jesus for the laborious in January, who received $7,735.25, Sabbath legislation considered by furnished equally by State and "On Your Mark 99 rz Going- FALL (eSSt^sI zf%\] I/- Spring in the Maple Grove v f W4 ■&: v ft I ' i / i / i'll 7 *! (peer 0 . I ) PX-y—jj Federal Governments. The average the central offices at 1003 Main lowing a huge parade downtown. grants were $13.55 in January and $13.52 in February. Aid was provided in February for 7,341 dependent children, who re ceived $49,899.95, or an average of $6.80 per child. In January 5,928 dependent children received aver age grants of $6.76, or a total of street, Columbia, where an addi- with about 800 Scouts participa tion is being made to the building ting. occupied by the commission to re- j Spectators will see many of the lieve existing congestion and to activities of the Scouting program make possible the proper arrange- portrayed dramatically and vividly, ment of the new section. j Several bands will furnish music The official declared that if the for the parade and the mass flag legislature approved the proposed demonstration at the stadium. Other features of the Circus will include fire building, tent pitch ing, first aid, handicrafts, signal ling, knot tying and gymnastics. An added attraction this year $40,044.29. Of these amounts the i amendment to the state unemploy- Federal Government supplied one- i ment compensation act, providing third, or $13,348.09 and $16,633.32 I for quarterly employment reports, for the months of January and it would be possible to reduce the February respectively. The Stated ! personnel in the employe records share in aid to dependent children section and use these experienced will be the re-enactment of a sea was two-thirds, or $26,696.18 and workers in the new benefits sec- rescue by the Augusta Sea Scouts. $33,266.64 for the respective : tion when set up. The law as now These boys will show how a rope months. ; written requires employers to make I is passed from land to a ship in Thirty-six counties joinqd equal- monthly employment reports. i distress, and how passengers are ly with the State in granting $17,- { Claims for benefits will be re- rescued by use of a breeches buoy. 512.20 as general relief in February ceived in this state from unem- I There will also be lots of clowns, to 1,553 handicapped and unfortu- ployed wage-earners for the first games, and stunts, nate persons not eligible for other time in July. Only persons whose The Circus will start at 3:00 forms of assistance under the pro- employers contribute to the un- o’clock, while the parade will be visions of the Public Welfare Act. employment compensation fund earlier. employ ment, and only “covered” workers will be eligible for benefits. xx The average award was $11.25. In ; are engaged in “covered January 1,396 persons in thirty- seven counties were given average grants of $10.92 as general reliex, .otaling $15,237.36. During February che Department distributed to needy persons food commodities valued at $45,308.93, and clothing of the value of $33,- 871.38. The figures for January xx- Dummy An Individual Farm Program Spells More Balanced Farming Columbia, March 28.—“Dummy” Clemson, March 19.—“If the were $8,966.08 in food commodities is an individual in South Carolina ^ b t ^ t( V^ e and $28,267.26 worth of clothing. |-not just one of numerous on- it™ ? y d_ Food commodities are providea by fortunate persons who are desig- j '! ™ ei ? an ^ the Federal Surplus Commodities nated as such by their friends and ~ 1 ” sanln =- “ ,s to gn ' e m ( dlv1 ?- Corporation, which purchases Ore acquaintances. ! , h opportumt y “> articles as a method of stabilizing The South Carolina unemploy-j , c ®. nl | , eir agricu ural the market for agricultural prod- ment compensation commission V ' 1 lesu m a more ucts of which surplus quantities recently received an employment are produced. The Department of j report on which “Dummy”—noth- balanced and profitable type of farming”, says D. W. Watkins, di rector of the Extension Service of Public Welfare has no control over ing more—was listed as the name C j emson Coll the type or the quantity of com- of a wage-earner. The commission • i ^ w modities available. The clothing requested the employer to give the imDro ^ T ! 1 pJ lt U whirh hn ^ distributed is produced in local | wage-earner’s full name, explain- ! WPA sewing rooms. ing to him there were many per one of the fundamental problems Approximately 6,007 boys were in sons who were nicknamed “Dum- CCC camps during both January rny” and that it did not know to and February, each of whom re- ; which one he referred, ceived $30 per month and was re- The employer replied that the quired to send approximately $25 : wage-earner had no other name— per month to dependents at Home. | that he was deaf and dumb and The monthly amount earned by could not read or write, and that the State’s CCC boys was about | his acquaintances knew him only $180,000. of which approximately as “Dummy”. $150,000 was sent home to needy ; The employer gave the wage- aependents. The Department of earner’s social security number, PuDiic Welfare is designated oy the however, and the commission was Federal Government fur certifying able to locate his account in m. boys for enrollment m CCC camps, tiles. The Social Security board ; __ ,, r likewise had his name listed as ... 0 . “Dummy”, nothing more. "'Benefits Section in South Carolina agriculture. It is the low yields per acre in compari son with yields secured in other competing areas that have much to do with low incomes. At the same time, we recognize that most of our lands are capable of much better yields and therefore of supporting a more prosperous agriculture.” Director Watkins points out that a better balance in our farm pro duction means increasing our live stock production at least to the -X- To Be Established Boy Scouts Selling Tickets For Annual poultry and eggs, pork, and milk and butter for use on the farms. The census shows that there are thousands of farms in this state that either have no cows, chickens, or hogs, or have inadequate num bers of these types of livestock. For proper efficiency, health, and better living, farm people cannot do better in 1938 than to give at- Coliunbia. March 21.—Plans for the leorganization of the unem ployment compensation commis sion to include a “benefits” section, in view of the rapid approach to the time for beginning benefit ^ payments in this state, was an-; Augusta, Ga„ March nounced today by R. Brice Waters, than 1,000 Boy Scouts in this Area ress along these lines that we have administrator. i are busy this week selling tickets had in many years. The work of those in the for their annual Scout Circus here “In this connection”, Director new section will include the April 8. Watkins continues, “we cannot this Scout Circus In Augusta Anril 3 tenti °n to the production of these ® a i commodities on the farms, and the present situation appears to offer 17.—More the best opportunity to make prog- examination of all claims forwarded to the central of fice in Columbia from the respect ive county and district employment offices to determine what appli cants are eligible for benefits, whether or not the claimants were engaged in “covered” employment, and the amounts and duration of weekly payments. The benefits section will be in / J. Rucker Newbery, area exec utive, said today more than 12,000 tickets have been distributed in | Augusta and surrounding counties. Scouts in every community are selling these tickets, and part of the proceeds is to go to the local troops for its expenses in taking part in the Circus. The Circus will be held at the Richmond Academy stadium vfol- \ k year afford to overlook adequate farm gardens to supply food during the summer and fall, and make available for canning and preserv ing adequate supplies for the winter. A prosperous, permanent agriculture cannot be maintained in this state if we must continue to importgMirfons of dollars worth of foodd^^Hicts consumed by the people^^^ft state.”