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Es .-•-'VV, v-yff : ii.i , ;.v v ,• „., rH MeCORMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thuraa.y, M»y 1, 1941 ,n ¥ ^ Wt i. %n- tf PSf,- 41 .«4 Bverf fhantey •> ItM ■DMOND J. MeCRACKEN, Editor mmt »« the Post Offle« at Me- OATmlck, S. C., as baU mAtter «t i SUBSCRIPTION One Tear .2 Btz Months Three Months r: ■>;—77—■—r - r %• t *' *•» When work at home • •• • V' •' . . tires••• pause and IP CULTURAL VALUES "Art is the shorthand of a na-| tion’s soul.” That definition, recently made by John Hay Whitney, president] of New York’s Museum of Modern < Art, is worth thinking about, forj today it is becoming more and more important for^us to discover) what really makes up the soul of this nation. When we use the word ‘‘Ameri can” to describe a way of life, it is difficult to give a clear-cut defi nition of just what we mean. But if we study our country’s litera ture, its painting, and its music, we learn what “American” means without the necessity of a diction ary-type definition. • Ever since this country was dis covered artists have been putting the spirit of Americanism on can vas. For 200 years we have been building museums to preserve these picture definitions of I Americanism. During these days of word-shak ing action, a museum is apt to be regarded as a hideaway for) scholars—a musty, lifeless insti tution to visit on tiptoe on a rainy j afternoon. But when we view the war as a war that will make vast changes in civilization as we know it today, our lifeless-appearing museums, our unexciting history- books, and our homey folk-songs become a raft a storm-tossed sea—something definite that we can cling to and know that here is the thing that expresses the spirit of America—the thing we are preparing to defend. We mustn’t let the intangible soul of our nation be lost sight of in our concern ovei* building the instruments necessary to preserve it. Ice-cold Coca-Cola is refreshment at its best. It leaves you with a happy, refreshed feel ing. It is pure, wholesome and delicious.. • the drink for home refreshment. So when you pause throughout the day, make it the pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. r - BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY -A**- ‘j GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Greenwood, S. C. TODAY—I fo» Don Robinson CIRCUS kids This the season when 50,000,000 kids, varying in age from 4 to 80, feed peanuts to monkeys, thrill to the roar of lions, cheer the man on the flying trapeze and laugh at the clowns. From coast to coast hardly a county has missed some “greatest show on earth” ranging from a small tent full of mangy animals to the big combined Barnum & Bailey circuses which pack Madi son Square Garden in New York and prove annually that even New Yorkers can’t pose as sophisticates in the face of dancing elephants, fire-eating men, yowling apes and ball-playing sea lions. I went to New York to see “the greatest show on earth” last week and there’s no doubt in my mind that it is the pinnacle of show manship—it includes the greatest aerial acrobats, the greatest ani mal acts, the greatest juggling, the greatest side-shows I ever ex pect to see. There was only one department in which it didn’t reach perfection. There weren’t any great or near-great clowns. In fact, I hardly remember seeing any clowns at all. And to me pie ity of clowns are as important as plenty of peanuts at any circus. STREAMLINING clowns This year’s big circus was streamlined by America’s Public Stream-liner No. 1, Norman Bel Geddes, who has streamlined everything from fountain pens to the famous Futurama at the New York World’s fair. Mr. Geddes is responsible for the sleek, bullet-shaped automo biles that are sold these days. He’s responsible for some of those streamlined trains that streak through country towns like ghost trains. He’s responsible for count less designs which make most everything a year old appear be hind the times. And I’ve a sneaking suspicion that Mr. Geddes may have con vinced the circusmen that clowns are old-fashioned. Perhaps there is some way that clowns can be streamlined. Per haps there is something that could make 50,000,000 kids laugh more than clowns have. But until it’s invented any tampering with the clown acts should be prohibited, even if we have to take it to the Supreme court. ACTS unbelievable The most outstanding thing a- bout the circus is that it gathers together under one roof a group of men and women each of whom can perform some act of muscular co-ordination that no one else in the world can accomplish. It pre sents the height of so many things. I’ve seen tight-rope walkers be fore, but never before had I seen a man jump eight feet, land on a tight-rope and keep his balance on it—and never had I believed it was possible for a man to walk up a 200-foot rope at a 45-degree an gle, turn around, and slide down the rope standing on his feet. I’ve seen trapeze experts jump from one trapeze to another, but never before had I seen one turn a triple somersault in the air and escape a broken neck twice a day by always ending the third somer sault by grabbing the fingertips of a man on another trapeze. I’ve seen people do miraculous things on a swinging bar, but never before did I know it was physically possible for a girl to stand on her head on a bar, keep it swinging and not touch it with her hands or her feet. I’ve seen trick bicycle riders, but I still can’t see how it is possible to ride on a single small wheel sitting 10 feet off the ground and make the bicycle dance. The marvelous thing about the circus is that it presents a long series of things which anybody knows can’t be done—and shows people doing them! LIONS Hitler Watching the lion-trainers, who are able to frighten the fiercest of all animals into sitting on silly stools and behaving like puppy dogs, made me start thinking about Hitler. I began wondering what would happen if some Winston Churchill of liondom persuaded all of the lions to work together instead of following their every-lion-for-him- self policy. For in the cage were 15 lions and tigers all roaring and snarling at one small man with a whip. Each one appeared to hate the trainer, but each feared him. They apparently didn’t realize that they were all in the same boat—that they were 15 lions strong opposed to one man—and instead of work ing together they bit and snarled at each other instead of concen trating on their oppressor. If those lions ever learned that in union there is strength, the lion tamer would never be able to handle them with a whip or a gun. But what chance have lions to really learn that fact when, men, who have always known it, seem unable to stop growling at each other long enough to concentrate on devouring the little man who is trying to make the whole world, including his own people, cower at the snap of his whip? XAI Proper Preparation For Successful NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES Brooding Clemson, April 28.—Sanitation should be the keynote of success ful brooding and rearing of chicks, followed by proper feeding, hous ing, and care, states John W. Matthews, assistant extension poultryman, urging that poultry- men planning to purchase baby chicks should prepare for them several weeks in advance. The brooder house should be cleaned with some good disin fectant, such as lye water, and moved to clean ground. If the house is not movable, a wire sun- porch can be placed on the house for two or three months and then the pullets moved to a range , Ah election is hereby ordered to be held on the 20th day of May, 1941, in each of the *several school districts in McCormick County, S. C., for the purpose of electing school trustees for the several school districts as provided by law. The said elections shall be con ducted under the same rules and regulations as the general elections are conducted in the County and State. School Trustees now in office shall act as managers of said elec tion. Voting place shall be at the school house at each of the several districts. Polls shall open at 8 a. m.. and close at 4 p. m. All returns of said election shall be filed with the County Board of Education in ten days after date of election. E. P. BENTLEY, J. L. CAUDLE, P. T. ROBINSON, County Board of Education, Mc Cormick County, S. C. April 29, 1941.—3t. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION MeCORMICK BAPTIST CHURCH SCHEDULE L. K. SIMPSON, Pastor. Sunday school every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Preaching at 11 o’clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. every Sunday. B. T. U. at 7 o’clock every Sun day evening. these services. W. C. PLUM BRANCH CHARGE Preaching Appointments: Asbury Church—First Sunday, 11:00 A. M. Republican Church—First Sun day, 4:00 P. M., also third Sunday, 11:30 A. M. St. Paul (at Plum Branch)— Second and fourth Sundays at 11:30 A. M. Sunday School at Republican— Each second, third and fourth Sundays at 11:00 A. M.; on the first Sunday at 3:00 P. M. Foster Speer, Pastor. PREACHING At BORDEAUX Preaching at 3 o’clock the first Sabbath afternoon of each month. The services are held in a room adjoining Cade’s store. All in vited, children and adults. S. W. Reid, Minister. PLUM BRANCH GROUP OF BAPTIST CHURCHES. Geo. P. Lanier, Pastor. Plum Branch—Preaching, 11:30 a. m., 1st and 3rd Sundays. Sunday School, 10:30 a. m., each Sunday. Training Union, 6:30 p. m., each Sunday. W. M. S., 3 p. m., Wed nesday after 2nd Sunday. Dea cons’ meeting, 7:30 p. m., Friday before 1st Sunday. Quarterly Conference, written reports from all departments, 1st Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. Observance Lord’s Supper—Each 3rd Sunday, following quarterly conference. Parksville—Preaching, 7:00 p. m. 2nd Sunday and 11:30 a. m., 4th Sunday. Sunday School, 10:30 a. m. each Sunday. W. M. S M 3 p. m. Wednesday after 2nd Sun day. Quarterly Conference, 4th Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. Modoc—Preaching, 3 p. m., 1st Sunday. Quarterly Conference, same Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. W.. M. S., each month. Lord’s Supper, each quar ter. Bethlehem—Preaching, 3 p. m., 2nd Sunday. Sunday School, * 2 p. m., each Sunday. W. M. S., 3 p. m. Saturday before 3rd Sunday. Quarterly Conference, 2nd Sunday in Jan., April, July and October. Lord’s Supper, each quarter. METHODIST CHURCH SCHEDULE McCormick Methodist Church— Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00 a. m.; Preaching at 11:00 a. m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays, and at 8:00 o’clock every Sunday evening, except 3rd Sunday even ing. Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 8:00 o’clock. Young Peoples •Division every Sunday evening at 7:15 o’clock, except 3rd Sunday night when they have charge of regular preaching service at 8:00. Troy Methodist Church.—Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; 2nd Sundays at 3:15 p. m.; preaching 2nd Sunday 4:00 p. m.; 4th Sunday 11 a. m. The Epworth League* meets 2nd and 4th Sundays at 8:00 o’clock. Rev. W. M. Owings, Pastor. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. By J. Frank Mattison, Probate Judge: WHEREAS. Mrs. Clementina Barden made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Mrs. Maggie McDonald; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singu lar the Kindred and Creditors of the said Mrs. Maggie McDonald deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on May 12th, 1941, Next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. . GIVEN under my hand, thi- 28th day of April, Anno Domini 1941. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. shelter on clean ground. The brooder stove should be se up and operating correctly befon the chicks arrive. The prope brooding temperature is 95 degree F. and this ean be decreased 5 degrees each week until no heat i required. It is a good plan t place the feed on papers or ir paper plates for the first fe\ days to make it readily accessible The Rev. R. E. Craig makes the following announcements concern ing the services at the churches in his charge: TROY A. R. P. CHURCH Morning service on the first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 11 o’clock. Afternoon service on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 3:30 o’clock. Sabbath School on the first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 10 o’clock and on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 2:30 o’clock. Y. P. C. U. on first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 7 o’clock. CEDAR SPRINGS A. R. P. CHURCH Morning service on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 11:15 o’clock. Sabbath School on the second and fourth Sabbaths at 10:30 o’clock. BRADLEY A. R. P. CHURCH Afternoon service on the first, third and fifth Sabbaths at 3:45 j. in. Sabbath School on first, thirc nd fifth Sabbaths at 3:00 o’clock You are invited to worship witl s. Rev. R. E. Craig, Pastor. LONG CANE A. R. P. CHURCH Services on the first and thirf vabbaths of each month. Sabbath School at 2:30 p. m Ir. Horace D. Brown, Superin endent. Sermon by the pastor a 30 p. m. This church extends a cordia! mvitation to the public to attend MT. CARMEL A. R. P. CHURCH the 1st. 3rd and «th Sabbathr at 11 a. m. M - Sabbath School every Sabbath at 10:15 a. m.. Miss Lepnie Covin, superintendent. Rev. S. W. Retd, Pastor. PRESSLY MEMORIAL A. R. P. CHURCH, MeCORMICK. Preaching, the 2nd and 4th Sab baths at 11 a. m. Sabbath School every Sabbath at 10:00 a. m., Marshall Creswell, Supt. Rev. S. W. Reid. Pastor. MeCORMICK PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH SCHEDULE Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Preaching on 2nd and 4th Sun day mornings at 11 o’clock. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. J. W. Williams, Pastor. MeCORMICK CHURCH OF GOD Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Preaching service at 11 o’clock every Sunday morning and preaching every Sunday night at 7 o’clock. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7 o’clock. Young People’s Service every Saturday night at 7 o’clock. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. W. L. Davis, ~ ' •Pastor. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, MeCORMICK. S. C. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 056 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. Roofing And Paint . Galvanized Roofing Of All Types And Various Kinds Of Paints At Factory Prices. JAMES W. CORLEY McCormick, S. C. NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick, In The Court Of Common Pleas. MRS EULALIA YOUNG, ET AL, Plaintiffs, VS:,. MRS. HALLIE ROBINSON, ET AL, Defendants. PURSUANT to order of the Court in the above entitled matter, * I, will sell before the Court House Door in the Town of McCormick, County of McCormick, State of > South Carolina, on Sales Day in May, the same being the 5th day of May, 1941, during the usual hours of sale, the following de scribed property, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing Eight (8) Acres, more or less, and being bounded as follows: on the North by lands formerly of Francis. James and Rena New, now J. L. Smith; on the East by lands of Estate Lewis Robinson and lands of Estate W. O. Sturkey, Deceased; on the South by lands of Estate Lewis Robinson and C. & W. C. Railroad; and on the West by lands of J. L. Smith and C. & W. C. Railroad. Said lands being that conveyed by C. W. Patterson to G. G.* Palmer by his deed dated the 12th day of April, 1928, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for McCormick County in Book 8, Page 222. TERMS OF SALE, CASH, pur chaser to pay for stamps and papers. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master For McCormick County, S C April 16, 1941.—3t. V/HAT? HO wr' -m WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and We’ll Prim Seine For You In A Hurry!!