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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April II, 1940 'Government To Dispose Of Surplus Cotton MAKE MATTRESSES FOR HOME :' ! USE. County Agent D. Austin Shelley raid today that The Department cf Agriculture is sponsoring a project in which low-income farm Emilies will be furnished, from fhe large supply of surplus loan ^otton, mattress ticking and cot ton for the purpose of processing *?uch materials into cotton mat- presses for home use. All farm families receiving ‘'400.00 or less in 1939, at least one- ^alf of which was derived from n 'Tricaltural occupations, are eligi- Daniel’s Store. m Parksville, George Bell Cartledge, Home. Plum Branch, Oscar L. Sturkey, Home. White Town, Mrs. H. M. Free land, Home. Rehoboth, Mr. Evan M. Morgan. Morgan’s Store. Callison, Mr. L. E. Reames, Home. Bethany, Mrs. Ernest Christian, Christian’s Filling Station. Dowtin’s, Mrs. P. W. Roper, Home. Chestnut Ridge, Mr. J. T. Cres- well, Home. Sandy Branch, Mr. J. B. Walker, Home. Sandover, Elvin Brock, J. C. Talbert’s Store. Uiatworthy’s Cross Roads, W. L. Oansby, Home. Willington, Wright Andrews, sons of Quality Boy of Mascot. Around twenty polled and horn ed Hereford females from 10 months to 3 years old will be of fered for sale. Those old enough to breed will be bred or will have calves by their sides. All interested farmers in Mc Cormick County are asked to at tend. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. IN HK NAME —by— WILLIE S. CROMER ‘The Witch Of Endor’» 7 'le to receive a mattress, provided, however, such family has not re- * tfved a mattress from relief M( , Carmeli Mrs . CecU omianli •'^urces. (A family means two or "'ore persons having a common or pooled income and living together rs. an inter-dependent economic rnit in one household.) The cotton and ticking are be- '"’g furnished by the Federal Sur plus Commodities Corporation '*om the large supply of loan cot- ion stocks and will be at the rate rf 50 pounds of cotton and 10 yards of ticking* per mattress. AH farm operators and land lords are urged to have their wage-hands and share-croppers vr ho are eligible to receive a mat tress to make application with one rf the following people as soon as possible: Meriwether, Mrs. J. j. Minarik, Hill, Mrs. C. Rich, Mt. Carmel Post Office. X Annual S. C. Beef Cattle Sale In After the death of Samuel, who was prophet and priest for Israel, Saul was left to manage the af fairs of the kingdom alone. This was a different task for Saul, for the Lord had departed from him, because of his disobedience. Very soon the old enemy of Israel, the Philistines, came to fight against Saul. The strength and power of his enemy terrified the king. He % # # ! knew not what to do. He had Columbia April 16 lcalled upon God, but without re- * suits. The prophets refused 4o TODAY and K>M| munism was abandoned because j the younger men rebelled at work ing to support other men’s fami lies. The Mormons have succeeded better than any other group in building a community life in which, though all are not equal, none is allowed to starve. The Mormon empire has been built on the foundation of rigid religious | control of the lives of its mem bers. That is also true of the only! A*PDfRN WfMfNl' Dr. m l.Maffett President of the National Federation of Busineee and Professional Wo* men’s Clubs, Inc. Miss Pearl Maus, instructor of 1 Clarks Home. Modoc, G. C. McDaniel, Mc- The annual South Carolina sale of purebred Hereford bulls and females and Angus bulls will be held at The John W. Conder Com panies’ sale bam at Fairwold 3 miles north of Columbia on Tues day, April 16th, at 1:00 P. M. In cluded in the sale will be around 20 homed and polled Hereford bulls ranging in age from 10 to 15 months and 5 Hereford bulls from 18 months up. Seven -Angus bulls are listed for sale, three of them from the Coast Experiment Station at Summerville which are PRESERVE YOUR NAME The chances are that your family name will long be remembered. How fitting then, that it should be engraved in lasting granite or marble—a sturdy tribute to an hon ored, sturdy clan. Mize & McCurley have long been en gaged in the designing and cutting of fine monuments and are experts in the art. Their prices are the lowest and their work the finest. You should arrange for that monument now! MIZE & McCURLEY MEMORIALS UNION STREET , SPARTANBURG, S. C. J. T. FAULKNER, Representative, McCormick, S. C. FOR SALE i ; ? ’ Typewriters, adding machines, calculators and several Burroughs posting machines, rebuilt and select rough at bargain prices. Come and get them while they last. 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WRVA, and WSM, and every funday afternoon on WIS, WOLS, WPTF, WBT KWKH, WJDX, WMC, WT7L, WAGE WDBO, WSFA, WJRD, WJBY. prophesy. Saul no longer had visions and dreamed dreams. In his desperation he decided to consult the Witch of Endor. It was commonly known that this witch could communicate with the dead. She could bring departed souls back from the spirit world for brief periods. Saul hoped that he might be able to communicate with the dead prophet, Samuel. Having disguised himself, he went by night to the fonely hut occupied by the witch. Having stated his mission, the witch con sented to use her gifts at witch craft. So with all the arts of magic and witchcraft, she began. A vision came before the witch. “I see gods coming up out of the ground,” she cried. After this strange procession of the gods, the vision cleared and there, in the dark and quiet of the witch’s hut, Samuel appeared to them. The prophet had come back to life from the spirit world. When Samuel appeared, he looked very eld and wore a mantle He complained because he had been disturbed from his peaceful sleep of death. He questioned Saul concerning his troubles; to which Saul replied, that the Philistines were attacking and God had de parted from him. Then Samuel said, “God has given the kingdom to David because of your . diso bedience. The Philistines shall be victorious against Israel, and to morrow you and your sons shall be with me in the land of the * dead.” What a message to receive from a dead saint! In the battle the next day, the Philistines were victorious. Saul was wounded and, rather than have the enemy kill him, he com manded his armourbearer to slay him. When the armourbearer re fused, Saul fell on his own sword and was killed. This story is found in I Samuel 28:3-25 ; 31:1-6. Read it for your self. COMMUNISM system We use the word Communism nowadays to mean a particular. ^ system of government which has 0 ^ er 4 .^ ur ^y mg ex P eriment of the been adopted in Russia and to Ifp rt ^he Oneida Community. Both. ______ which the Russians are trying to Per |f ectior “ sts an ^. th ® botany at Washburn CoUege, To- convert the rest of the world. It Mormon Chur c h .<>* Jesus Christ 1 would mean a complete change in Latter Day Saints had to aban- i4C i. the special and economic order r*? 11 801116 of their original P^nci- two ducks who traveled two from that to which we are ac- ples m order ^ survive - thousand miles one summer. She customed. The Russian system is INDEPENDENCE efforts has had an air-conditioned crate actually not one of Communism in All of the early efforts in this made for the pets which she the literal sense of equal or com- country to establish something fastens on behind. The crate is mon ownership of all property, uke the communal system of the lined with grass and is so com- In Russia everything, including early Christians were made by fortable that the ducks continued the lives and liberties of the groups of individuals acting inde- their daily practice of laying eggs, masses of the people, is controlled I pendently of any government. j Miss Maus has been (Erector of by a small minority called the it did not occur to the founders triperaft work at Camp Kamaji, Communist Party. Its member- 0 f the most famous of the commu- in the Minnesota lake region ship is limited. Whenever the na i enterprises of a century ago, where she shares responsibility Party gets too many members the Brook Farm in Massachusetts, that with several other counselors in leaders kill off or exile a few their venture was anything in directing the activities of a large thousand, so as to keep control in which government was or ought group of girls. She also takes a small and well-disciplined group, to be concerned. The mdst emi- small groups of young people on The Russian system, therefore, nent intellectual and religious | iong canoe trips in Canada, is not real Communism but a leaders of the time joined in the tyrannical system of minority rule, j Brook Farm experiment, or gave it I Mrs. Oswald B. Lord is the new rmtic’rfAiuT'rv I their support, because they saw national chairman of the advisory CHR^TIANITY . communism l other way to demons t ra t e the committee on Woman’s Participa- At various times throughout his- ideal way of life which t hey had tion for the 1940 New York World’s tory the idea has taken root J visualized. Fair, succeeding Mrs. Vincent As- true Communism, in which no one Brook Farm failed because its tor, who will serve as an honorary had any advantage over any other pe0 pi e f a ii ed to recognize inequali- vice-chairman this year, in material possessions, but all ties ^ ^lent and ability between Mr s. Lord is a native of Minne- contributed to a common store of i nd i V i dua i S) and were so com _ apolis and after graduation from wealth, which was at the disposal plete j y comm itted to the ideals of school took an intensive course in. of every member of the commu- D emocraC y and individual liberty practical social service, then went :ii L y - ^ ^ , • that they would not subject * any to New York. Here she put in five That was the principle under mem tjer of their colony to disci- years as a case worker for the old which the early Christian commu nities and congregations lived. They took this pure form of Com pline, either religious or political. txt Pastor, Duke Church. Street Baptist Ninety Six, S. C. —x r Destroy Poultry Pests Which Destroy Profits Poultry lice and mites will eat up the profits from the poultry flocks if not controlled, says Coun ty Agent D. Austin Shelley, urging poultrymen to follow simple practices that prevent these pests. “Most poultry flocks that have not been treated for lice and mites during the last six months are in fested with these parasites”, the agent states. “Lice stay on birds all the time and feed on the outer layer of skin and cause the dam age chiefly by annoying the birds. Mites infest birds usually when they are on the roost at night an'* when they are on the nests ar'' pass the day in cracks and crevic and beneath debris. "To destroy lice, treat the bi - with sodium fluoride dust or V applying a nicotine sulfate b compound to the perches one hr before the birds go to roost, r 'd another application within 10 c to destroy those hatched dur ;• this period. Nicotine sulfate cc pounds give excellent results a : 3 with one application from a small oil can, placing a drop n the fine feathers on the flu f, under each wing, and on the bf 3k of the neck. “Thorough cleaning of the Charities Organization Society. She was president of the New [York Chapter of the Junior | League. * * * . , Miss Mary Simpson is the first brothers and all should share a -1 MARCH^S.lI.ES^iOMlL^GAINiNG | woman to be appointed an in like. This got them into trouble with their non-Christian neighbors, and with the political powers of munism to be the direct teacl V n £ (^lipvrnlpt— of Christ. Brotherhood meant to' them literally that all men were 41.1% OVER FEBRUARY Detroit, Mich.. April 4.^-Chevro- the I tet dealers’ retail sales of new cars countries in which they lived. It and trucks in the month of March prevented the politicians from | totalled 106,014, an increase of 41.1 taxing them, because if nobody owned anything he couldn’t pay taxes. Since people existed chiefly to provide revenue for their political rulers, this early form of Chris tianity was so persecuted that after a few hundred years Chris tians gave up the struggle and ac cepted the existing political sys tem. UTOPIA real More than four hundred years ago Sir Thomas More, recently elevated to sainthood by the Ro man Catholic Church, wrote a book about an imaginary country which he called “Utopia.” It was a description of a whole nation living happy and contented lives under a Communistic system * in which wealth was shared, every body contributed his labor to the common welfare and everyone’s needs were met out of the com mon store of wealth. Recently it has been learned that Sir Thomas had heard from a sailor who had been shipwrecked on the coast of Peru, an account of the still mysterious kingdom of the Incas, long before the con quest of Peru by the Spanish. The treasure of the Incas was stolen by the conquerors, its leaders were 3lain and the people reduced to slavery. But such authentic records as still exist indicate that this trange people, whose origin is unknown, lived for thousands of years in the nearest approach to the perfect state that has ever been achieved by humanity. They were able to make Com munism work because they were' completely self-sustaining and shut off from envious neighbors by high mountains and impassable rivers. PERFECTION . . . . . experiments The word “Utopia” has become a common noun meaning an ideal and perfect community or state. Scores of philosophers have writ ten books telling haw universal contentment might be achieved, and hundreds of attempts to work it out on a more or less limited scale have been made. All but one or two of these attempts have failed utterly, and the ones that survive have done so by abandon ing most of their original Commu nistic principles. Nearly all of these experiments have been tried in the United per cent over the February record it was announced today at the company headquarters here. Sales for the month were the highest recorded since April, 1937, com parison of the figures showed. Sales in the final 10-day period were 45,356 units, only 15,302 units less than the total for the two previous 10-day periods combined. The 10-day figure was higher, by 35,4 per cent, than that for the previous 10 days, indicating an ex cellent outlook for continued high volume in April, it was stated. Sales for the first quarter, the report showed, were 254,751, as compared with 191,607 in the first quarter of 1939. The increase amounts to 33.0 per cent. Movement of dealers’ used cars also continued heavy through the month, the report indicates. Sale of 162,663 of these units was re corded, as against 141,700 in the same month last year. Farm Plan Gives Information On MO AAA Program States, beginning with the settle- house and spraying with a cresol 1 ment of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, or other spray is necessary to get where everything was owned in county or community AAA the mites.” [common. After seven years Com-jmittee. Full use of the individual AAA Farm Plan in planning their 1940 farming operations will assist county farmers in obtaining greater benefits from AAA Farm Program, according to County Agent D. Austin Shelley. In filling out his Farm Plan sheet, each farmer is offered the assistance of his local AAA Com mittee. Farmer and committee man discuss what soil-building practices are most needed on the farm: and how the farmer can use the maximum assistance available to the best advantage. Taking in to account farm allotments, rater of payment, and other factors, the farmer can plan his operation in such a way as to bring greatest benefits under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Through this personal contact with the committeeman, the farm er is better able to become ac quainted with all provisions of the 1940 program, said Mr. Shelley. State handbooks, containing ful details of the 1940 program, als are available to each farm op eratOr. Any farm operator who has n~ had an opportunity to work c his AAA Farm Plan, may obtr. this assistance by contacting ! county agent or a member of ) con structor at Dartmouth College,. Hanover, N. H., but she will teach in the athletic, not the academic department. One of the first sports she will teach is figure skating, and it is said that Dartmouth will be the first college to include this variety of recreation in its extra-curricu lar activities. # * * Mrs. Maude Staples, of Charles ton, West Virginia, is said to be the only woman road contractor. She has been directing this work for seven years, but doesn’t ad vise other women to taker it up. * *. *- Mrs. Dorothy Clark has the un usual honor of being appointed Chief ot Police of Warren, N. H. She has four children and says she isn’t afraid of any man. *-*•*> Miss A. , L. Rutherford is the “boss” ot Clayton county, Georgia, having been made head of the Board of Commissioners for Roads and Revenue. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK. S. C STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. TO MRS. STELLA C. THOMP SON, MRS. LILLIAN C. BLACK- WELL. FLOYD L. CARROL, C. M. CARROL, and MRS. JANIE C. MAURICE, TAKE NOTICE: The Town Authorities of the Town of McCormick, South Caro lina, require a right 'of way through the property belonging to you located on Gold Street in the Town of McCormick, State and County aforesaid, said property being bounded by Gold Street, Oak Street, property of McCormick Baptist Church and property of VIrs. L. L. Wescoft and an alley. Said right >of way is to have a width of 75’ that is, 37 1-2’ on each side of the centerline of said highway, and the authorities of the Town of McCormick will make application to the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for McCormick County, South Carolina, on the 2l9th day of April, 1940, for the drawing of a jury in condemnation to determine and fix upon the true and real value of said land and any damage thereto by reason of the widening of said street and to ascertain the increased value of said property by reason of the widening of said street. Said proceeding will be held ac the office of the Clerk of Court for McCormick County, South Carolina, on said 29th day of April. 1940, at eleven o’clock, A. M. T. J. SIBERT, Mayor For Town Of McCormick. ATTEST: J. O. PATTERSON, Clerk To The Town Of Mc Cormick.