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'■iv Thursday, January 26, 1928 MeCORMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICR. South Carolina. LOCAL (IBIS Miss Maggie Wells of Plum Branch is visit ng here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Graves. Mr: E. 2. White and Dr. Sam A. Black have returned to their homes in*' Spartanburg after a few days visit 'with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Creighton.' Misses Mary Martin and Frances Britt, students at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, spent the week end here with relatives. Miss Cornelia D<r.n, student of Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga., spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. ^Dorn. Mr. P. R. Porter of Columbia spent several days this week here and at Willington with i datives. , — Mr. Metz Price of Anderson spent Sunday heie with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Price. Maag Hamlin, teacher at uy apentitfe W««k end-here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hamlin. Mr. art! MfrsT Charlie Cox of Belton repeat Sunday here as gu.sts of Dr. And Mrs. Rudolph Strom. We are sorry to report that Rev. W. W. Sisk is quite ill at his home parents, Mayor and Mrs. Austin Ab ercrombie. Glad to report that little Miss Mary Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. R. S. Owens, is recovering from her recent illness. Mrs. L. M. Horne of Troy was a visitor here Monday. After spending a month her:* with his son, ,pr. Rudolph Strom, Mr. Charles Strom returned to Bamberg Saturday. Troy. He says the boom is all off in Florida, and many of those who went there as carpenters, etc., are leaving for their old homes or places wher? work can be had—practically noth : ng going on there in that line now, wages cut in half and cost of living too high; hu.idreds and hun dreds of dwellings unoccupied and tourists 1 ving at the hotels instead of renting houses. Mr. William Freeland of Plum Branch \yas a business visitor here Monday. Mayor Abercrombie Announces Candidacy For Re-election Miss Erin Abeicrombie, principal of the Rutherford College Graded* School Connelly Springs, N. C., re-; ports that the graded school building j burned about 4:30 p. m., one day last week. Defective wires are thought to have caused the fire. Capt. W. H. Edmunds of Anderson was seeing relatives and friends here Sunday. Mr. John Bell has been slightly indisposed the past few days. The U. D. C. Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. W. K. Charles on next Thursday, February 2nd, at 3:30 p. m., with Mrs. L. N. Brown and Miss Laura Lowe sharing as hostesses. M : ss Fannie Edmunds is on an extended visit to relatives in Colum bia. Mr. G. H. McCain went to Spar tanburg one day r "'cently and drove > home the new Vealy combination ( ambulance and hearse which was added to the equipment of the G. P. McCain undertaking establishment. Susannah 'Wesley Bible Class Met At Home Mrs. Graves The large elpcfcric sign in front of Stroms’ Drug Store was wrecked by wind early Tuesday n ght, when a wind storm, accompanied by rain, struck town. No other damage has been reported. Mr. and Mr*. Carroll Abercrombie Johnson City, Tenn., arc spending le time here in the home of his Mrs. Austin Berry of Spartanburg returned > home Wednesday, after spending several days with her sist er, Mrs. Austin Abercrombie. Mr. F. P. Wells, who has been a resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., the past six years, is visiting relatives in Plum Branch, McCormick and r - COMING TO THE -'ff Friday and Saturday January 27th and 28th, 7:30 p. m. D. W. GRIFFITH’S GREAT PICTURE “ONE EXCITING NIGHT” - Nerve Tingle, Heart Throbs, Pulse Beat. SEE IT JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. THE LOVE DRAMA YOU’VE BEEN READING ABOUT! Romance sweeter than you’ve ever known. Daring that will thrill you! Blazing love that will overwhelm you! of art and beauty. ALSO- -PATHE WEEKLY .It’s a work Monday and Tuesday January 30tli and 31st, 7:30 p. m. JACK PICKFORD IN / “THE HILL BILLY” TEASING TEMPTING TANTALIZING Romance of love crammed with suspense, over-flirts with fun. Don’t miss this picture for it is our 18st Monday and Tuesday picture until March 13th. The members of the Susannah Wesley Bible class weie entertained on January 13th, at the home of Mrs. W. O. Graves w : th Mrs. Graves and Mrs. Elmer C:e*ghton as host esses. The meet’ng was presided over by the president, Mrs. W. K. Charles, and was begun by all singing a hymn, “I Love Thy Kingdom Lord.” The following program was carried out: Devotional reading—Mrs. Ruth Duncan. Prayer—By members. Reading—Mrs. W. K. Charles. Bible Study—Miss Lowe. Music—Miss Burgess. Reports of officers. At the conclusion of the program the class manifested much interest over an impromptu • story, “The imaginary courtship of Col. Lind bergh.” A deFcious sweet course was serv ed by tho hostesses. -XXX- Preaching At M. E. Church Next Sunday Preachirg services will bo held in the McCormick Methodist Church next Sunday morning, January 29th, 1 at the usual hour, the pastor. Rev. J J. A. Bledsoe, doing the preaching.] A cordial welcome is extended everybody. X Miss Helen Dorn Passes Away At De la Howe School m VEIL BEST SERVICE RENDERED AT PIPKIN'S Besides being prepared to accurately and prompt ly fill prescriptions day or night with the best of drugs at reasonable prices, we have an up-to-date line of drug sundries, toilet articles, etc—all first class, and offered at moderate prices. We have a complete line of Ferry’s Garden Seed, and Flower Seed and shall be glad to have you call and get a supply. Try our sanitary fountain drinks and ice cream Our drug store is a place of better service at lower prices. Parker Fountain Pens and Pencils. PIPKIN’S DIG STORE" W. S. PIPKIN, Proprietor * Phone No. 42 McCormick, S. C. Miss Helen Dorn, fourteen years of ago, died at the De la Howe State School early Friday morning, Janu ary 20, after an illness of about ten days. A service was held in the school auditorium, and was attended by all of the officers and children of the inst : tution. Immediately af ter this sorvi'ce the body was taken to the Baptist Church near Modoc, S. C., where interment was made. The school was well represented by officers and children at the grave. The pallbearers were pupils of the De la Howe State School. A sister of the deceased is a pupil at tho school. During 1927 there was only one death at the school. The health of, the institution is on a very high plane. In the nine years of its exist-' ence as a State School, there have 1 been only four deaths. I xxx Boy Scouts America Plum Branch, S. C. The Plum Branch Boy Scouts met at the’r regular weekly meeting Fri day, January 20th. Rev. E. A. Wilk es, our future Scout Master, gave us an inspiring talk from one of Dr. Frank Crane’s essays. He said the big things that we do with all our hearts count mostly when we con quer the small daily task. Our meet ings are always begun with a devo tional exercise. The requirements of a good scout were fully discussed, the daily good turn, the scout law and oath, and the tenderfoot test. Due to delay in receiving our scout hand books we were not all prepared to pass the tenderfoot test, but we hope to send in our names to nation al headquarters at our next meeting. We shall soon have a meeting of th"* citizens of Plum Bvanch to en dorse the scout movement here and pledge their support and inter est in such an organization. We adjourned to play ball. ARCHIE LANGLEY, Scribe, ex-tempo. McCormick, S. C. January 24, 1928. To the voters of McCormick: Two years ago I announced for mayor of McCormick, and at the same time I told the people if they would elect me I would make them an honest mayor; and today I am announcing for my second term, ask ing the people for the place on my record. Hjive I made good, or has my ad ministration been a failure? Have I stood for the clean ikmg and for a better town morally artd spiritual ly, or have I played pol’tks and cat ered to every man’s appeal and whims ? I will answer this in my own way, and say that I have not played poli tics nor followed the advice of those who didn’t stand for law and order, and that I have acted according to my best judgment in each instance. I have tried to give every man’s suggestion due consideration and such as I thought was for the better interest of our town and people I would stand for, and that .which wasn’t, I would turn down. I have been appealed to by friends, or some who have always; pretended to be my friends, to dotTfchfe wrong th ; ng, but I am glad to stty that I haven’t yielded in a single instance, and many times have I met the reply that, ‘T will have my day later,” or “I can go to other towns and the fines for the same offenses are so much less,” or “Mr. So and So says the fines are entirely too high.” My position in that is, and has been, it ; sn’t the amount of money that we are after, but I have always fixed the fines at the very least figure as I saw it to get the required results. Now, as to the fixing of fines, it is being circulated around town that Chief Brown sets the fines and fixes bonds instead of myself. My answer to that is this: The council and myself hired Chief Brown to go on our streets and clear them of drunkards and other law vio- ators that would not be in keeping with a clean town. The chief’s re ply to these- demands 'was, that if he failed, to turn him off. Now, he has done his .part welU and I have tried tip do mine. I will just refer anyone.who would lika to investi gate these untruths to ask chief about it. I stand for law and order—as we have had it for the last 12 months— nothing more nor less, and as long as I have anything to do with the town government the drunkards and their sympathizers shall not rule this town. Respectfully^ AUSTIN ABERCROMBIE. XXX » Plum Branch Wistar Hi Announces To the McCormic I hereby didate for the o! town of McCormf for this office, I I am not being bio man or any set of m 1 will not be under obli one if I am elected to Someone has put tb policeman into this race a I will say that this is no !! me. I am neither for nor agSins any man for this office. I am in the race for mayor, and if I am elected mayor, I intend to be mayor and the policeman can he policemani. I stand for law and order just as much so as any man or womrfn in McCormick, and if I am elected mayor I promise to see that the law is enforced in every respect, or I will resign the office. Under my administration in 1924 and 1925, the town was just as clean morally as it ever was, before or since, and just as good financially. When you cast a vote for me on February 14th, you won’t be voting for a policeman, but for a mayor. WISTAR HARMON. -xxx- Buick Company’s Year Good One I M. E. Charge Beginning first Sunday in Febru ary, the Plum Branch M. E. charge schedule will be: ASBURY — Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.; preaching every first Sunday at 11:30 a. m., and third Sun day at 7:45 p. m. BORDEAUX—Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.; preaching every first Sunday 3:30 p. m., and third Sunday at 11:00 a. m. PARKSVILLE — Union Sunday School at 10:00 a.' m.; preaching every second Sunday at 7:00 p. m., and fourth Sunday at 11:00 a. m.; prayer services, Thursday nights at 7:00 o’clock. ST. PAUL—Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.; preaching every second Sunday at 11:30 a. m., and fourth Sunday 7:30 p. m.; prayer services, Wednesdays 7:30 p. m.; Epworth League, 7:30 p. m. every Sunday. BARS CHAPEL—‘Sunday School at 10:30 a. m,; preaching every sec ond and fourth Sunday at 3:30 p. m. E. A. WILKES, Pastor. FLINT, Mich., Jan. 24.—Wiewed in retrospect, the year 1927 stands out as one .of the most satisfactory in Buick history, in the opinion of Buick Motor Company offic*als. Be sides building the 2,000,000th Buick and thereby shattering all records for the manufacture of fine motor cars, Buick brought out a l : ne of new models which has received public endorsement unparalleled in Bu : ck h ; story. The year also saw expan sion steps which leave Buick better equipped than ever, from the factory standpoint. The 2,000,000th Buick was built early jn November, heavy sale of the 1928 models advancing the date of its production considerably. These new models, introduced to tho pub lic , in late July, attracted 1,526,152 persons to Buick Sales rooms during the first three days of its display, in the larger cities where attendance was chocked. The sale of the new models was so sustained that Buick finished the year with a new pro duction recoid of approximately 250,000 cars. The 2,000,000th Buick, a five-pas senger coupe, is being exhibited by Buick in connection with tho nation al automobile shows. It was on dis play at the New York Bu : ck Branch, Broadway and Fifty-fifth street, during the New York show, and Chicago also will see it. The contract between this luxurir ous creation in maroon Duco, shin ing nickel and rich upholstery, and the Buicks of 1904—Buick’s first production year—|is vast. The 2,000,- 000th Buick is scarcely recognizable as one of the same genus as these early motor cars, so great has been the advance in engineering, body building, and all else connected with automobiles. Figures kept by the Buick cigiui- ization indicate that 1,500,000 of the 2,000,000 Buicks still are in active service today. Many date back fif teen or more years. An 18-year-old Buick touring car crossed the con tinent from San Saha, Texas, to Flint, Mich., last summer, and re turned, making the trip without trouble of any kind. 4XX- -txx- Card of Thanks We wish to express to our friends and relatives our thanks and appre ciation for their k ; ndness shown us during our recent bereavement, the death of our beloved one, P. P. Doo little. We also wish to thank you for the beautiful floial tributes. May God’s richest blessings rest upon each of you. Mrs. P. P. Doolittle and daughters, Mrs. W. A. Winn and Mrs. M. Ous- ley. txt Maple syrup and maple sugar are pi’oduced only in the northern Unit ed States and Canada. The gradual spring of the North is necessary for a profitable sap flow. Highway Inspectors Continue Their Drive COLUMBIA, Jan. 23.—Last week, the week of the campaign of enforce ment of the automobile license law, saw 467 cases made against viola tors, ahd the inspectors for the state highway department are this week renewing their activities, with a view to covering the whole state be fore they let-up on automobile li cense “dodgers.” During the first week Charleston lod in the number of cases against violators, with 99. Columbia was second, with 83 cases. Greenville had 73 cases, Florence 73 cases, Spartanburg 74, BranchviHe 20, Sumter 18, Williston 15 and Ander son 13. The inspectors work in bunches. A group of them go to a town and work out in the surrounding terri tory. The same policy will be used in covering the entire state, accord ing to Nat Turner, director of the automobile license division. of desif spectacula! which calls fori than a millionj are attracting and hamlet in than 20,Q00 pq^ factory and d tions of the < pany. R. H. Gi charge of saje general sales charge of the covering the country, and em half. ■’ The itinerary^ parties into 36 throughout .the] dealers in neif ready access, meeting of New the meetings are] weeks until the Birmingham on Each meeting hour afternoon held at (the large! town—followed by even : ng banquet, while IHPfe til has been provided for dealers take up their individual problems with the factory officials. More than a carload of scenery* props, stage properties and special lighting equpment are .necessary for the presentation of the sales pro gram in every c’ty. A stage mana ger and a specially trained show crew direct the work behind the stage, while in front of the foot lights the dealer organization sees, the most interesting sales show ever presented in the industry. Both Mr. Grant’s and Mr. Kling- leris part es will be together at New York, Detroit and Chicago where the sales meetings are held in conjunc tion with the automobile shows. In addition to stage hands and property men Mr. Grant’s party will include the following factory offii cials: D. E. Ralston, D. G. Frazer, W. G. Lewellen, Gus Ek, J. R. Rog ers and D. U. Bathrick. With Mr. Kkngler will be M D. Douglas, R. K. White, William A. Blees, J. P, Lit tle and Sidney Corbett. Following is the itinerary of Mr. Grant’s party: New York, Jan. 11; Buffalo, Jan. 16; Pittsburgh, Jan. 18; Detroit, Jan. 26; Chicago, Feb. 3; Kansas C’ty, Feb. 6; Wichita, Feb. 8; Oklahoma City, Feb. 10; Dallas, Feb. 13; Little Rock, Feb. 15; Mem phis, Feb. 17; St. Louis, Feb. 20; Cincinnati, Feb. 22; Louisville, Feb. 24; Boston, March 8; Charlotte, March 12; Columbia, March 14; At-, lanta, March 16; Jacksonville, March 19 and Birmingham, March 21. Following is the schedule of meetings for Mr. Klingler’s party: New York, Jan. 11; Washington, Jan. 14; Indianapolis, Jan. 16; Cleve land, Jan. 23; Detroit, Jan. 26; Chicago, Feb. 3; Minneapolis, Feb. 6; Omaha, Feb. 9; Denver, Feb. 14; Salt Lake City, Feb. 15; Butte, Feb. 17; Seattle, Feb. 21; Portland, Feb. 24; San Francisco, Feb. 29; Los Ang eles, March 5; El Paso, March 10; Houston, March 13 and New Or leans, March 15. Card Of Thanks We take this opportunity of ex pressing our deep appreciation to the people for the many acts of kindness shown us since the death of our father and brother, J. N. Tal bert. Helen and John Nixon Talbert, and Brothers and Sisters. .v iodic Croup Often checked with one application of Vicks. Just rub on throat and chest _£/ VaroRub Over t?M/LUONJARS Used Yearly All kinds of guns repaired and pistols fixed by G. T. BAUGHMAN, McCormick, S. C. The fact that hourly wages paid to American workers, recogirzing 1913 as 100, have increased from 89.7 in 1907 to 259.5 in 1927, tells the as tounding story of the American workers’ rise in prosperity in the past 20 years.