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WcCORMICK MESSENGER, MeCORIVnCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 9, 1938 icCORMICK EL mblistaed Every Thursday Established Jane 5, 19M EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner EMered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C. f as mail matter of fkm second class. i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 YTiree Months .50 Sunday School Lesson BF RET. CHARLES E. DUNN Pacing the Supreme Test 6f Lesson for Today (June 12th). 14: 32-40. Golden Text: Mark 14:36. After the Last Supper Jesus re tired with his disciples to Gethse- ntane, a walled garden to the east of the brook Kidron. There he prayed in agony of spirit while his weary disciples slept. We are impressed by the loneli ness of the Savior. “Alone he goes, and none can go for him who goes, unto the land which no one knows.” Some one has said that human experience cannot pass beyond the Garden of Gethse- mane. There Jesus faced the profoundest, most tragic issues of the human soul. There he ac cepted the terrible ordeal of the Cross which “stands,” as Dean Sperry of Harvard says, “as an in alienable pledge that earth hath no sorrow which Christ hath not shared.” We do not wonder that Jesus shrank from the exquisite agony of Golgotha. He knew, to be sure, it was coming. In his days of temptation in the wilderness; at the- wedding in Cana, when his mother provoked him to think ol his “hour”; on the occasion when the crowd wished to make him a king; on the Mount of Trans figuration; when the mother of James and John sought the high est, most rewarding places of honor for them; at these and other times the Master foresaw his approaching fate. But it was perfectly natural for him to fear this sacrifice with all of the terror it involved. It was “the baptism of his sorrow, the cup of his agony,” as one com- mentator well says. We can fully sympathize with that poignant cry, “O my Father, if it be possi ble, let this cup pass from me.” Uie was precious to him as it is to every normal being. Death was a cruel choice. And through all those dark hours his disciples, up on whom he leaned so heavily, slumbered. Wistful for sympathet ic companionship the Master found it not. And at last the soldiers come with their torches, and the drama leading to Calvary begins its relentless pace. covered employment. Provision is made for paying partial benefits to workers who will have only part-time employment. Qualifications for Benefits To qualify for benefits, a work er’s record must show that he has had at least 13 weeks of work in covered” employment during the 52 wekes preceding his most recent week of work. He must also be mentally and physically able to work, and available for work; must register for work at a free public employment office—and accept suitable work if it is avail able, thus canceling his claim for benefits—and must serve a “wait ing period” of at least two weeks. An unemployed worker’s first ben efits check would therefore follow his third week of unemployment. A worker will be disqualified for benefits for one to nine weeks in addition to the waiting period if he leaves work voluntarily with out good cause; if he is discharged from work for misconduct, or for failing to apply for, or accept, suitable work. A worker will also be disquali fied for benefits for any week in which it is found by the commis sion this his total or partial un employment is due to stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute. CLAUSSEN’S SANDWICH BREAD * j TK<* a Bit €5^ \ Wave 6 daily Slices 0 [ dfkisSScjfltS Unemployment Insur ance-Eligibility I Requirements Columbia, May 31.—Weekly un employment insurance payments to be made to persons out of work beginning in July will not be as large as regular wages but usually they will be sufficient to tide them over during the time ordinarily needed to find new work, accord ing to information received from the South Carolina unemployment compensation commission of Co lumbia. Weekly payments will amount to one-half a worker’s average weekly pay in his past covered employment. No payment will be over $15 and none smaller than $5, or ttiree fourths the worker’s av erage pay, whichever is less. In other words, a worker who will have earned an average of $20 a week will get weekly benefit payments amounting to $10; those who earned $30 a week will receive $15, but if he earned $35 or $40 a week, payments will not be over $15. During total unemployment a worker may receive no more than 12 weekly payments on the basis of one full year of covered em ployment. The law also provides that the number of weeks a work er may receive benefits shall be in relationship to his employment record of additional years of past (The fourth and final of this series of articles on unemployment insurance will follow next week.) *xi T — Miller Commended For Loyal Service Bennettsville, June 7.—At a well attended meeting of the Marlboro Educational society, held in the courthouse today, E. P. Miller was elected by acclamation to succeed himself as secretary of the society. Mr. Miller has held this position with honor for the past 27 years, and his fine service was com mended in a resolution unani mously passed. This society, es tablished under a special act many years ago, is in charge of the schools here and elects the trustees. Mr. Miller, although he has been state treasurer for the past five years, has retained his citi zenship i.i Bennettsville and con tinues to be active in matters that are of interest to the town and couftty, especially the schools. Mr. Miller, after graduating from Wofford, came here as school mperintendent, which place he held for seme -years. Afterward he went into banking, and was later appointed chief bank examiner. Jpon the resignation of Julian Scarborough, he was appointed state treasurer. He was re-elected without opposition four years ago, and has filled the place with hon or and credit to himself and the state. He is a candidate for re-election this summer, and at the recent meeting of the county democratic convention resolutions were u- nanimously passed endorsing his candidacy. Old-Age Insurance Queries Answered (By Miss Martha Pressly, Manager, Bureau of Old-Age Insurance, Social Security Board, 502 Hodges Building, Greenwood, S. C. (Whenever the term “wages” is used, it refers to wages for services performed after 1936, and before the age of 65 in included employ ment). CLAUSSEN’S THIN SLICES For soft toast and sand wiches Look for the brown and yellow wrapper. CLAUSSEN’S CHILDREN’S BREAD Ym — doctors agree that bread should bo a part of the diet of even thooo who are reducing their weight under a physician'a Since Tor Nearly the South’s 1841 a Century, Finest.' The kiddies love it ... a-*d it s good for them. Mak*-s marvelous soft toast, too 1 CLAUSSEJTS BREAD Is high In energy ▼alue — it's made of rlthty of rich miiw . . . butterfat . . . sugar and pure vegetable shortening. Air-Conditioned, too — removed from ovens, quickly cooled to proper tem perature in special cooling rooms where the air is dry. pu.e. washed—then wrap ped Immed’oteV to Insure fre*h«e»s — that's why H's al- —‘--sli at your grocer's I . 7 or making dainties ant *-risp toast — In the trans parent wrapper. FOR PARTIES! Bread IHOK FOR THClROiri nno YELL0U1 WRAPPER • RT YOUR GROCER'S CLAUSSEN’S WHOLE WHEAT HYE . . . RAISIN B^EAD SPLIT ROLLS 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 out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, 6. C. Q. I am a young woman em ployed as stenographer in a busi ness firm and was recently married. Should I get a new Social Security account card? A. No. You should write, or call in person at my office and re quest the simple form known as “Employee’s Request for Change in Records”. Since wage accounts are kept in the name the worker | gives the employer, individuals who change their legal' names should correct their records to Insure accurate recording of their wages. Q. I am a married woman, but I don’t want my employer to know it because he might fire me. I got my Social Security card under my maiden name. Will the Social Security Board tell my employer £ am married? A. No. Names given to the So cial Security Board are kept strictly confidential. The only ’information a wage-earner is re quired to reveal to his or her em- plcyer Is the number on the ac count number card. It is very important that correct names, ages and other information neces sary in the maintenance of the wage-earner’s records must be furnished the Board. Q. When I applied for a Social; Security account number I gave my age wrong. I don’t want to lose my old-age insurance bene fits, but at the same time I don’t want to be embarassed by having people know my true age. What must I do? A. You should write, or call in person at my office, and request the simple form “Employee’s Re quest for Change in Records.” Wnile the Board will accept with out question a new age declara tion, the acceptance should not be regarded as final since an em ployee may be called upon to furnish proof of age on filing a j benefit claim. Your age will be kept confidential. Q. I lost my account number card and don’t remember the number. What should I do? A. Apply in person or by mail for a duplicate account number card. Do not apply for a new number. Q. Will It take long to obtain another account number card to replace a lost one? A. If you have a record of your original number and can furnish proper identification, you may ob tain a duplicate card by return mail, or in a few minutes upon calling at my office. If you have no record of your original number, it will be necessary to check the j records in the Wage Records Di vision at Baltimore, which, of course, will take a few days. XXX Camp Modoc News Camp Modoc, June 4.—Con struction on the Dordon Road continues at a satisfactory rate, in spite of the fact that rains have continued in that section. J Topsoiling of the Key Road, north of Key Bridge, is also pro gressing satisfactorily, although we have had some difficulty in locating topsoil which was suit able for this road. However, some has been located and is being put down as rapidly as possible. One of the box culverts to be installed on. this road was completed dur ing the current week. Captain Harris, of the U. S. Army Medical Corps, was with us during the week and showed the picture “Damaged Lives” for the benefit of the enrollees. He made a brief talk introducing the pic ture which was intended to drive home some very serious lessons. Mr. Albert Smith, Jr., of the Ranger’s office, was with us on Wednesday and Thursday of thi. week, doing acquisition exalmina- tion work. The seasonable rains have been a big benefit to the flower plant ings of this camp. It is hopec that reasonable seasons may pre vail in order that we may realize the benefits intended by our flow ers. Last Sunday was the day t' learn if the enrollees of F-ll had been taught how to produce an eatable “fryer”. Some forty cf the “fryers” decorated the festive board at Sunday dinner and it was generally conceded that they can really produce a palatable product. We are strong for an “encore”. x Nitrate For High Oat Yield Yield of Oats Greatly Increased by Nitrate Fertilizer By D. Austin Shelley, Assistant County Agent. Aiken, May 31.—That the yield of oats is greatly and economically increased by the application of a larger-than-usual amount of ni trate fertilizer was clearly shown by the demonstration recently conducted by B. W. Crosland, Aiken. Mr. Crosland applied 20C pounds of nitrate of soda on Feb ruary 26, 1938, to one acre of Ful- ghum oats. As a check plot, he left an adjoining one-tenth acre plot not fertilized. The acre plot which had been fertilized with 200 pounds Nitrate of Soda produced 61.25 bushels, while the one-tenth acre plot yielded at the rate of only 27.2 bushels per acre. The oats which had been fertilized with Nitrate of Soda stooled con siderably more than those receiv ing no nitrate. There was quite a striking difference in the plots from the time of applying the nitrate, while there was no ap parent difference before that time. Each of these plots produced cotton in 1936 and 1937, having been fertilized with 600 pounds 8-3-3, 100 lbs. Nitrate of Soda, 100 lbs. Muriate of Potash and 3 tons of barnyard manure per acre each year. At present prices, 200 lbs. or $3.30 worth of Nitrate of Soda would yield 34.05 bushels of oats, (61.25 minus 27.2) value at $17.03. This means $13.73 labor income from the application of 200 lbs.. Nitrate of Soda to the acre of oats. This demonstration was con ducted through the cooperation of H. E. Savely, State Educational Manager, Chilean Nitrate Educa tional Bureau, Columbia. JESTER’S CASH MARKET Phone No. 25 We Deliver Main Street McCormick, S. C. Open from 6:30 a. m. to 7 p. m. 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 be at your service.' special on Balentine’s Sugar Cured Sliced Break fast Bacon, per pound, 29 cents. Fresh Fish on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We highly appreciate your patronage. Before selling your cattle and hogs, see us. We pay the market price for them. V -iS SAwAif NNdinUVM I ST'cEtWttT OVSRTOTEU. 0FT.CE.W T 1A ■met MrfT 1 MO S9EED L\M\T \ HERE) / ! SATISFACTION As You’d Like It: % "1 here's something about summer that makes one want to have everything bright and -clean. It makes you feel and look cooler. 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