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jli-COliMICK MESbfclNGER. M« CORMli.K. ^aiTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 21, 1938
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ERIE “Clinton’s Folly”
Another waterway which I knew
well as a young man is the Erie
Canal, which runs 300 miles across
New York from Lake Erie to the
than the wooded mountains | cause. Every driver ferventlv made to such climants, as well as
through which the Potomac fall*(wishes there were rome way to kill to those who had filed claims be-
and up which the C * O canal the glare. Such a way has been cause they had reached the age
•found to manufacture a : icw : la- of 65, represented 3 1-2 percent oi
terial which, when used in head- me total wages received from
light lenses and applied to wind- covered employment as defined in
shields, reduces the glare of an the Social Security Act.
approaching car’s lights to a ecu- ‘‘The highest claim certified fo:
pie of bright purple spots, while payment in March—for $549.50—
still permitting them to illuminate was filed in New York by a man
the roadway. who had reached age 65 and whe
It will probably be years befo~e had worked simultaneously for
•Hudson River. The Erie Csnal was
CANALS for recreation the dream of a great and far-see-
> The Federal Government is pro- mg American patriot. DeWitt this new anti-glare system comes several employers.-
.posing to buy the Chesapeake and Clinton. Clinton was first to real- in o gen la , A.‘ rri x> . , -.
Ohio Canal and turn it Into a ize, alter the Revolution, that the years after the invention of shat- 'J' () R emm( J You Of
public recreational waterway. I Korthwest Territory was bound to ter-proof glass before car mana-
«*n vouch for Its recreational pos- ”U1 up with settlers, whose prod- ac urers gen r P '
Abilities, for in my adolescent -nvld have to be shipped to Now many states refuse to license
youth in Washtogton the old “C the seaboard. Railroads had not a car which not equipped with
A V canal was one of the favorite been invented. The only water. safety glass, and I anticipate . a.
playgrounds of the boys to their routes to the sea were the Ohio to time every car will be requ
The Mother’s Day
Offering For The
baptist Hospital.-
TOiddle teens whom I used to go ”id Mississippi valleys, leading to to have anti-glare headlights and Edgefield Association
New Orleans, and the Great Lakes, windshields. , O
originally planned by George blocked by Niagara Falls, and even 1 Some day beyond doubt, driving
'Washington to provide a water- If commerce could get by the Falls on^ our highways ^ be a “J 1 ®
Dear Bro. Editor: Will you
church in the State for the Baptist
new to man Hospital, in honor of the 80,000
offer
ing will be applied on the bonded
itein V
rnSm
-way between the navigable lower It would go through Canada and safer occupation tnan.t is today; ^av^that 1 as^we
■waters of the Potomac and the the ice-bound St. Lawrence River. Automobiles have already killed valuable paper to say that as we
™p£ reaches that Subulent •'Clinton's Folly” as his poUtical more people In « years than were have done m the Past lew years
upper reacnes or tnai rurouient * rirtienied his canal killed to all the wars this nation we desire to do again. We want to
Tiver, the C & O canal was not enemies ridiculed ms canai . . hav<1 an n ff pr j nf r -vprv Tianfist
finished until 1850, after railroads scheme, made New York City the has been engaged in. have an offering in every Baptist
-had begun to replace waterways metropolis of America, for it con-
ior Inland transportation. But It centrated all of the freight origl- „ • • ' • ' ,. mot hers of the state which offer
warned a good deal of slow-moving nattag to the basin of the Great m proportion to the number of mothers of the state which offer-
wniea a good aeai oi siow moving > . 4 . K „ nasseneers and the mileage era- ing will be applied on the bonded
Jreight for 75 years, and It was a Li ^ e % at “ d t he ve^d the annual death-toll of indebtedness on the institution,
grand place to swim, fish and pad- water to the Hudson River and the , A , )H „, T Tear we Dald the
die a canoe seaport at Its mouth. Philadelphia aviation is far less than that of Last year we paid the legal fees
um a canoe. seayun, f . . f 00( . mo torine. News of fatal flying ac- for refinancing the indebtedness,
I remember the winter of 1886- was mer ca s arg ’ C idents • gets bigger headlines and by so doing we saved several
«7 when the Potomac River froze when the Erie Canal was opened, 01^1^ geu.^ mgge ^ thousand doUars for the institu-
the and Boston secon ^ * j death because, I believe, most tion above the legal fees, and re-
jrovided wonderful skathig Three people have a greater fear of fall- tired twenty five bonds ($500.00
other boys and myself started to GLARE accident cause m a height than of any- each). This year we hope to do
skate from Washington to Cum- More fatal automobile accidents t * else psychologists say that equally as well or better. Last
berland, 150 miles. There is no are caused by glaring headlights new _bom babies fear but two year we did not reach our set goal
more beautiful scenery in America than by almost any other single things: loud noises and famn g. of fifteen thousand dollars in the
— we get more of a shock from State on Mother’s Day. The ac
he aring about airplane accidents tual need, and aim, is to reach
than about motoring fatalities, the goal of fifteen thousand dol-
because flying and all that relates lars this year, or an increase of
to it are so new in human exper- fifteen percent above last year,
ience. Men have ridden horses, There are about three plan,
sailed ships, travelled on wheels suggested, one of which will work
since the very beginning of things. * n any church in this, or any other
The hazards of travel on the association. 1. That a do'lar be
ground or the sea have been dis- given in honor of each mother in
counted ages ago. But up to forty the church. 2. A dollar per mem-
years ago no man has ever flown ber for each , member of the
in the air. It is still a strange and church. 3. That each member
dreaded experience for 99 out of give seventy five cents in hono.
100, and the human race is not of his or her mother. Will you
used to it. 1 try one of these plans?
Much the same reactions fol- If the Baptists of this state
lowed the introduction of rail- would give seventy five cents per
roads a hundred years ago. Now member we could more than meet
we all realize that the hazards of the entire debt on the institution
a railway trip are no greater than this year. I want to urge every
those of walking along the road, pastor of every Baptist Church in
We will feel that way, sometime, tne Edgefield Association to se-
about flying. cure as good contribution to this
* * * most worthy cause as possible.
TOMORROW a guess Literature and envelopes will be
Peering into the future is always sent to every Supt. of every Bap-
a fascinating pastime, but usually tist Sunday School as some of the
that is all it amounts to. Few churches will have to have their
people can foresee accurately what offerings in the Sunday School,
is going to happen tomorrow, let' Your Representative for the
.alone next year or ten years hence. Baptist Hospital,
All the prophet can do is to judge O* L* O rr *
by the trends of today the direc
tion in which events are heading.
Something may turn up tomorrow
to change the trend and discredit
the prophet. We wish to use these humble
I wouldn’t want to predict, for means to thank our friends fo;.
example, that the people of the 1 their prayers, and deeds of kind-
future will live in glass houses 1 ness during the illness of Joe New,
and wear glass clothes, but ohe and Danel New.
trend of scientific discovery and j Especially do we thank Drs.
its technical application points Workman and Fuller, also the
that way. Already line fabrics are j nurses of Greenwood Hospital for
being woven of glass fibers, and their untiring services. May God’s
building blocks are ! richest blessings rest on each and
Every Loaf of J j? S >
ClavSSenS ’
CONTAINS AS MUCH AS A Po*. BEEFSTEAK!
AOmLTX. TO*
TOAST
CLAUSSEN'S CHILDREN'S BBSAD
tolas ruwTT of protala. A ona-pound
loaf of this splandld brood contain* as
much protala os o nlna-ounea baafstaok!
And tha protala la CLAUSSEN'S
BREAD Is oi tha hlqhoat quaHtyl
Ordar from vow vrocar.
foi tkehtoHniMtflltllour
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Card Of Thanks
— aad the biggest bargain In travel
GREYHOUND SUPER-COACH
, Greenville __$1.50
Asheville 2.80
Knoxville __ 4.65
New York „ 10.85
Miami 9.65
Augusta $ .90
Richmond 6.90
Abingdon 5.25
Washington - 7.90
Tampa 7.85
Big EXTRA Saving* on Round Trip Tickafcs
practical
made of the same material. Sand ! everyon
and soda, the elements of which j
glass is made, may replace iron —
and lumber, cotton and wool, but
I won’t bet on it.
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of you.
The New Family,
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Strom’s Drug Store
Phone 95
McCormick, S. 6.
GREYHOUND
Federal Old-Age In
surance Lump-Sum
Claims Paid Average
$20.87 In South
Carolina
Applications For So
cial Security Account
Numbers Total
396,762 in South
Carolina
JESTER’S CASH MARKET
Phone No. 25 We Deliver
Main Street McCormick, S. C.
Open from 6:30 a. m. to 8 p. m.
*
When you are in town be *ure and come by our
market and let iis 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 be at your service.
Fresh Fish and Norfolk Oysters, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
We highly appreciate your patronage.
Before selling your cattle and hogs, see us. We
pay the market price for them.
Applications for Social Securitv
account numbers received by the
lump- Social Security Board at the end
Before.. The Ballot, The BalfyluM*
VIENNA . . . Propaganda is indispensable in Nazi politics^ He
ganda Minister Paul Goebbels arrives in Vienna to personally _
charge of the “build-up” for the plebiscite which affirmed fOthate
nexation of Austria by a 99.75% “pure” vote. Der Fuehrer
spoke immediately before the balloting began, shouting, **V _
Vienna as a pearl and *1 will give it a setting worthy, of Us vajjw.1"* t
So Sorry Please, But No Ammunition
SOT.-Tr CHINA . . . With the Sino-Japanese “undeclared:
nine months old, Nipponese forces find themselves fn-vehred H
<r?c?; bittev battle of their drive to break Chinese resistaae* m
e.-Rtegicallv important Shantung front. Besides losing appaRhuB
i •; o: troops, the hard-pressed Japs are reported seriously
•»n«-nunition for heavy artillery due to incesfeant raids ou.
a:ii»*ication Mnes by Chinese irregulars.
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-T&u AM MING AMERICA «J
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OLDEST LARGEST
LIVING THING
OCNCftAL SHERMAN TREE. IN SEQUOIA
NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA. IS THE
WHOLE WORLD'S OLDEST. LARCEST
LIVING THING..ANCIENT AS THE PYRA
MIDS. 36.S FEET IN DIAMETER.
HIDE-AND-SEEK RIVER
TNE CNIPOLA RIVER. NEAR
MARIANNA. FLORIDA.
DOES A DISAPPEARING
ACT. MORE THAN A
MILE AWAY IT REAP
PEARS AFTER A VISIT
TO THE UNDERWORLD.
FIRST MARDI GRAS
MOBILE. NOT NEW ORLEANS.
WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST OF
THESE GAT FESTIVALS .. AND
IT CELEBRATED NEW TEAR'S
DAT. NOT SHROVE TUESDAY.
Payment of claims for
sums under the Federal Old-Age of March amounted to 38,237,877,
Insurance plan of the Social Se- of which 396,762 were received or prospective employer
curity Act in South Carolina in- from South Carolina business and holder of: an account
creased to an average of $20.87 in industrial workers, Miss Martha number card should record' the
March, while the national average Pressly, Manager of the Green- number in one or more safe places,
rose to $38.29, Miss Martha Pressly, wood Field Office of the Bureau a ready and accurate knowledge
Manager of the Greenwood Field of Old-Age Insurance, announced of the number often saves thee
Office, Bureau of Old-Age Insur- yesterday. wage earner, employer and the
ance, announced today. “The wage earner should have Government xnuohi trouble* Du-
“Payments amounting to $3,- only one Social Security account plicates are not issued to totally
425,234.44 to pay 114,927 claims number,” Miss Pressly explained, unemployed or transient workers.”,
throughout the country have been “ r his number is good for his life-
certified since the plan became time. If a wage earner loses his
effective,” Miss Pressly said, account card, he should not apply
‘March payments totaled $836,- lor a new number. He should ap-
867.87. plv for a duplicate of his original i
“A total of 21,858 claims were number. My office at 302 Hodges
paid during March. Of this num- Building which serves Greenwood
ber 300 were from South Carolina and six nearby counties, is issuing
amounting to $6,259.71. Of ihe duplicate cards without cost to
| total number certified, more than wage earners who furnish proper
i 58. percent—12,700—were tiled by identification. This identification
j close relatives or representatives includes an accurate record of the
! of the estates of wage earners original number, latest home ad-
who had died. The payments dress and the name of the present
IF FLACED END TO END. TWE
HIGHWAYS SERVED BF
GREYHOUND DUSES WOULD*
TWICE CIRCLE THE CLOSE.
Watch And
Clock Repairing.
Prompt Service,
Reasonable Prices* .
FRED C. McCAIN, ,
Augusta Street,
McCormick,, S. C„_
Home Agent’s
Schedule Of Work
April 22-29,
Friday, office;
H. D?CX; 3 p. m.
Saturday, Bethany- —
Council of Farm Women,
Monday, office; MerfwwOser BL
D. C., 3:00 p. m.
Tuesday, office; Wicfenramr a. Dll
’ 3:00 p. m.
- r T ^ n
day, officer Mocftfcr ffk O. Ck
r •>. m.
Friday, office.
MatilUst B«n.
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