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t Thursday, March 1, 1928 McCORMKK MESSENGER Published Every Thunday fietabllehed Juae S, !»•* McCORMICK MESSENGER, AfcCORAlICK, South Carolina. Page Number Four EDMOND J. McCRACKEN. Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1,300, and yrowin* DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 25 cents per inch for each insertion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis play. BUSINESS READING NOTICES, 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. i TRIBUTES OF RESPECT. 6 cents per line, 6 words to line. All advs. set in body type, 6 cents per single column line; extra charges for big type op all single column advs., except head and signature. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. Washingron.” Al ee Brown. Quota tions, “Words of Washington.” An- nelle Edmunds. “A High Resolve,” ard. George Osborne. “The Boy Wash ington.” Robert Holmes. “Anecdote of Washington,” Eubert Eckard. Rec- 'tation, “Washington,” Louise Cas- sels. Music, “The National Flag,” Mary Frances Drennan. “A Tribute to Our National Flag,” by four girls and thrre boys, Joyce Bridges, Wil- mer Parks, W,. P. McDaniel, Middle- ton Self, Clara Rich and Geneva Store. Thursday—t‘The Wee Wee Boy,” a reading by Frances Mason. ETHEL McDANIEL, LOUISE RYAN. Jennings. 1 The Princess—Mary Neoma Eck- CATKEItlNE BUSSEY. SUN BONNET GIRLS. In the fourth grade drawing class the girls have been making Sun Bon-1 ret Girls and the boys jumping j Jacks. These are made out of con- j struction paper of different colors. | Th"? Sun Bonnet Girls and Jump ngj Jacks now stand in the windows and add a rote of cheerfulness to the room. GEORGIA ELLA McDANIEL. yCHEVROLET Timuj FRUIT TREES TO BE ORDERED. The Agriculture Classes of our school are getting up an order of fruit trees for any p?rsons that. In getting an order co- I Altered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. G* as mail matter of v the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: - Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year fl.H Mix Months .75 Threo Months i M Fundamental Law In every great crisis Our Country has been held together by sticking to fundamentals as laid down in the Constitution of the United States. During intervening periods and when the people do not feel the need of the •actual protection given by that graat document, the nation suffers perods of agitation when attempts are made to destroy consitutional lights, priv ileges and protect’on. We witness this every day in our state legislatures, in Congress and in initiative measures. A man who •raises. h‘s voice against the destruc tive process is often criticized as a xcactionaiy, an enemy of the people or a tool of big business. But when danger assails the. ra tion, we all rush back to the shelter of our Constitution. What safeguard would we haVe, if its fundamental soundness had been destroyed by the attempted tamperings of .more . than a century? The Now York Herald of January 22, published a ca:toon showing a log jam. Two loggers were break ing up this jam of logs, each of which was marked “a law,” and the loggers were marked ‘legislators.” The point of the cartoon was that more and more laws are being pro duced, and as these laws are propell ed over the dam by the, legislatures, they fall into a pool of water marked “fut’lity.” The idea conveyed by the cartoon was that we do not need more laws to clog our legislative bod ies and create larger and larger pools of unenforceable statutes, but that we need bettor enforcement of existing fundamental laws which al ready cover practically every field of human endeavor. Some day we will reach a cris : s in our legislative hysteria- and thon we will again be forced to fall back on the guaranties and protection afford ed by our fundamental law continued in our federal and state constitu- tibns. txi Washington High School News REV. WILKES CONDUCTS DEVOTIONAL. Last Friday morning we were de- want trees, lighted to havo Rev. Wilkes conduct operatively the trees will cost less, devotional exercise in chapel. After The agriculture classes have success- reading a few verses from St. Paul’s fully gotten an order of pecan trees Epistle to the Plrlipians he gave a for the farmers of this district and talk on “Striving Toward a Goal.” will be as equally successful with He urged the boys and girls to press this one if we have their co-opera- forward in thoir work, to forget the tion. evil things in the past, to remember The prices for different trees are the good things, and to climb upward as follows: in life. He advised the Latin stu dents to keep for their motto “Esse Quam Videre” which means in Eng lish “to Be Rather Than to be Seen.” He used the story of Columbus d : s- covering America as an illustration of one who had a vision and contin ued to go forward through hardships and discouragement. We always welcome our visitors, especially ministers, and hope that Mr. Wilkes and the othor preachers of our community will visit us often. LUCY BUSSEY, NETTIE T. BUSSEY. Peach , 8 Cents Apple 21 Cents Pear 30 Cents Plum 50 Cents Cherry 50 Cents • Anyone ’nterested in buying fruit trees should see some member of the agriculture class or Mr. G. W. Butt- ram, agriculture teacher. WAXES KELLER. owest Price ever placed on an automobile with Body by Fisher! The COACH *585 4-Door Sedan . Tfce Sport STUDY BUSINESS ENGLISH. The tenth and eleventh grades have been studying Bus : ness Eng lish this week. We have been writ ing all k ; nds of business letters. This was especially interesting for the seniors because they are expect ing to graduate from high school in a few months and will need this training in applying for a position or : f or entrancp to other schools. The most difficult task we encountered was revis’ng faulty sentepces and etters. HELEN HARVLEY, FANNIE CARTLEDGE. (SSZJoS, *495 All price* f. o. b. FW, Mich. and LITERARY SOCIETY. In literary society last Friday we studied drama' i' poetry. The follow ing program wa^ given: Devotional Exercises—Kate Ed munds. Definition and General Pa per on . Dramatic Poetry—Fred Ba ley. Song—“Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms”— Society The Beginning of Drama— AdfV'e Lee Cartledge. Jokes—Joe Price. Modern Drama—Nettie T. Bussey. Current Events—Charles Osborne. Song—“Blue Belles of Scotland.” NINA EDMUNDS, WILLIAM CROFT. NEWS ITEMS. Mr. Mayer was called to Newberry on Tuesday on account of the death of his grandmother Mrs. Mayer. A number of our students have been suffering with colds for the last few weeks. STORY IN LATIN. In our first year Latin class we wrote a short story in Latin last Wednesday. We made up sentences illustrating the uses of all the ab lative and many other rules we have studied. There was much competi tion among the pupils. Each tried to make the best sentence first. The story was about a brave young Ro man sold er and his hard-working sister. There was not a pupil who was not interested in Latin during this class for we enjoy translating our own thoughts into another lang uage. BLANCHE MIDDLETON, CORNELIA HOLMES. JUNIOR HEALTH OFFICERS. The Junior Health officers from the third and fourth grades are Mildred Blackwell and Mary Neoma Eckard. The duty of these officers is to give individual reports each day. They report every student who does not live up to our good health rules such as: brushmg the teeth, etables and not drinking coffee. SALLIE MAE PARKS. Blanche Wilkie, one of the eighth , • , . . .... , . , , . I dunking milk, eating fruits and vog grade girls, has pneumonia. The , , , . , . „„ e eighth grade pupils have written let ters and sent flowers to her to show that we miss her and wish her an early recovery. Catherine Hildebran, who had a very serious ‘operation abou|t six weeks ago, is rapidly improving. DRAMATIZATION IN FOURTH GRADE. Last week the fourth grade dra matized some stories in They include the low* eet handling and financ ing charge* available. EVENING CLASSES FOR FARMERS. Mr. G. W. Buttram is conducting a series of evening classes among the adult farmers in the different parts of our school district. The schedule is as follows for each week: Flat Rock—Tuesday night. Modoc—Wednesday night. Farksvllle—Monday night. These classes begin at 7:30 last not more than an hour. The time of meeting in Parksvillc has been changed from Thursday to Monday n'ght so as not t> conflict with pray er service at the Method’st Church. The problem discussed last week at these meetings was “The Most Productive Vaiiety and Strain of Cotton for this Section.” After study ing and discussing the experiment station variety tests for the last four years, all of the farmers agreed that Coker’s Cleveland Strain 5 is the va iiety to plant. This is one of the most popular short s£fl£>le var:et : es in South Carolina, in the tests at Clemson College it ranks about sec-j ond from the top and has a staple Kate Edmunds, was proclaimed TKm Th£ Towing .*595 *675 .*665 I^£r^ $ 7i5 Wherever automobiles are driven, the emblem “Body by Fisher” is recognized as a hallmark of quality. Every where, it identifies automo biles that are distinguished for style, beauty, and comfort. The sensational success of the Bigger and Better Chevrolet is largely due to the fact that it brings all these exclusive ad vantages of Fisher styling and Body by Fisher. Long, lowand racy... finished in genuine Du co . • • and with its body built of selected hardwood and steel—it offers all those qualities of beauty, comfort and safety that are character istic of cats costing hundreds of dollars more! Come in today and inspect the Bigger and Better Chev rolet. Note the advanced en- craftsmanship within the gineering in every unit. Go for reach of everybody, everywhere! Consider, for instance, the Chevrolet Coach —•which carries the lowest price ever placed cm a car with MM CHEVROLET CO a drive and learn the full meaning of Chev rolet performance* Leam,like tens of thou sands of others have, that here is the world's most luxurious low- priced automobile! McCORMICK, S. C Q a U ALITY AT LOW COST that pulls abovo one inch in length. The demand for these seed is much greater than Coker’s Seed Farm can supply. Arrangements are being made among the local farmers to buy co-operatively two or three hundred bushels of seed just one year from Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Farm. The problem for discussion ip this week’s classes is “The value of Nit rate of Soda compared with other sources of Ammonia when used un der Cotton and Corn.” Those present at last week’s class es were: Flat Rock—J. M. Prescott R. H. E. Prescott, W. W. Gnffin, D. C. Bussey and son, and Henry Crawford; Parksville—Dr. Blackwell, J. H. Drennan, T. M. Brown, T. R. Cartledge. Fred Bass, J. B. Brun son, W. P. Parks, R. A. Buchanan, P. S. Hildebrand, W. F. Wilkins, J. H. Harvley, Ralph Gales and Floyd Drennan. TACKY PARTY. Last Friday evening the junior class of Washington High gave a tacky party to help raise money for the junior-senior reception. Five cents admission was charged each tacky person and a fee of ten cents extra was added for these who were not tacky. Everyone assembled in the auditor'um for an oxcemporaiy program wlvch v/as as follows: Piano Solo—Miss Lyon. Vocal Solo—/‘John Brown Had a! buckling the winner in that contest. Tho last part of the evening was spent upstairs in the big agriculture room where the guests played games and made merry in general. In fact everyone had a tacky good time all evening. txt “Twelve Miles Out” A Sensational Hit • John Gilbert says it with thrills in “Twelve Miles Out.” The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mystery drama now playing at the D xie Theati-e opens with a gasp;— thrills and sensations cram ev^.y in stant;—and still through it all runs a thread of genuine art stry that makes it unique among the picture offerings of the season. William Anthony McGuire’s fam ous stage play was a sensation be fore the footlights,—bi*t of course tho stage could not turn an ocean to the task of furnishing more thrills. This is what the picture did. The sensational race between the rum-runners and the revenue cut ters; the daring k : dnapping on the high seas that developed into one of the sweetest of love stories set in a maze of intrigue and battle; these are some of tho high spots in the daring drama. Gilbeit is glorious as the swash- motorcycle daredevil who Li’tie Indian,”—Miss Norris. j becomes the nemesis of the rum-run- Introduction cf the Celebreties ners; he has all the dash and fire of (the tacky ones). j “Bardelys” and all the romant’c ap- Debate—Resolved that Man may p?al of “The Merry Widow” all em- be Judged by His Clothes. Affirma- bod : ed in an ultra-modern young tive, Mr. J. H. Drennan. Negative, man. Mrs. J. M. Bussey. j Joan Crawford makes a charming Contest—Boys designing “newspa- heroine, and contributes one of the finest pieCes of acting in her rather r* . a. • • i class. The boys used the story “Rob- Eumce Stone is sick with pneu- . „ A „ A T t. j . m Hood” and “Little John,” and the m °D E * a girls used “Wings.” The characters Preston Agner went to Columb.a to „ Robin Hood „ „ L;tt|e John , consult a physician. LAKE MIDDLETON, ADDIE LEE CARTLEDGE. IN CHAPEL. Monday — Reading - that wins.” Ben Bussey. Tuesday — Reading—“The Birth and Death of George Washington.” Earl Parks. Reading, “The Boyhood of George Washington.” Evelyn Blackwell. Reading, “Geoige Wash ington and The Cherry Tree.” Mabel Cassels. Wednesday—Read'ng, “Life of were: Robin Hood—Clifford Ward Rob ertson, Jr. L ttle John—Jack Rich. The Foresters—Preston “The Man Hinton Sims, Henry Williams. James Bass, George Bunch. The characters in “Wings,” were: Tho Bird—Earle Parks. The Fairy—Alice Belle Buchanan. The Fanners Daughter—Evelyn Blackwell. The Merchants Daughter—Mabel Cassels. Greta, the pleasant girl—Esther reading per dresses” for girls. The introduction of the tacky ones' meteoric career, afforded a great deal of fun as each | Ernest Torrence delights in un person was requ'red to perform some usual roles, and as McCue, the big stunt, make a speech or sing. Miss vum-i’unner,, he gives a remarkable Lucy Bussey, who wore a dress over portrayal of a nature in which vici- a hundred years old and had her ousness is mixed with a queer brand golden locks arranged in typical old of whimsical * humor. Bert Roach, maid fashion, was awarded the prize Eileen Percy, Tom O’Brien, Edward Agner, for being the tackiest person pres- Earle, Paulette Duval, Dorothy Seb- ent. ; astian and Gwen Lee, all give The debate between Mr. Drennan splendidly balanced performances, and Mrs. Bussey was rich. Each Jack Conway, who triumphed in brought out many good points as “Brown of Harvard,” gave a splen- well as many humorous points to did example of intelligent direction, ma'ntain his or her side of the argu- and A,- F- Younger’s adaptation from m^nt, but the judges decided in favor the stage play left nothing to be de- of the negative. ; sired. Thrills and romance; artistry Mr. Kenneth McDonald, who de-! and sensat'on; this picture has them s'gned a newspaper dress for Miss all. WANT ADVS. FOR -SALE t A J*\ rr bushels -Delta-type "Webber, Strain 5, Cotton Seed at $1.50 per bushel in new 5 bushel bags. Seed bought from Coker last year and are now absolutely pure. This cotton : s Early, Drought resist ance, Bolls large, Hulls thick, resists weevil punctures, picks good, length 1 1-4 to 3-8 inch. Produced last year equally as much as any short staple and sold early in fall at a premium from 8 to 12 cents. Why not increase your cotton acreage this year at least 25 per emt and let this be in Delta-type Webber, the cotton with a premium? R. M. WINN, Plum Branch, S. C. McCormick, known as Davis Land. Two good houses and one barn. For particulars apply W. W. and Newton R. Pinson, executors of the will of Mr. L. M. Pinson, Lincolton, Ga., R. 6, Box 69, 4 tpo. wlilREiHii McCormick, S. C. FOR SALE- 5 •Seed Oats for sale at 90 cents per bushel. S. J. CHILES, R. 2, McCor mick S. C.- I ACT—One White Liver Colored Pointer, female, medium size. Last seen between Parksville and Key Bridge. Has collar on. If found please notify M. R. LeROY, Sheriff, McCormick, S. C. PURE BRED —iRhode Island Red Eggs 75 cents setting, post paid. Donaldson strain. Mrs. Hany Ream, Plum Branch, S. C. 1 tpo. MI If DC — Just received a car load of Tennessee mules. The right kind at the right price. C. F. Franklin, McCormick, S. C. DAR CAf P—Bright^ baled oat rim oAU!i straw at $ 1000 per ton. K. Dowtin, R. 4, McCormick, S. C. 2 tpo. Dili I —Registered Jersey Bull for OULiLi service at $2.00. K. and J. C. Dowtin, R. 4, McCormick, S. C. . 2 tpo. FORD BATTERIES $7.95 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE %22 BROAD PHONE 116« AUGUSTA. GA. - H AY FOR SALE - My best Bermuda Mixed Hay $16.00 Per Ton At my Packing House on Highway 4 miles West of Furey’s Ferry. W. M. ROWLAND, Meriwether, S. C. LOCAL« COTTON— Middling 18 Strict Middling 18 1-4 Good Middling 18 1-2 Cotton Seed, bu. 60 eta Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. Eggs per dozen -—- 20 cts. Bacon per lb. 12 1-2 to 18 cts. Meal per bu. $1.50 to $1.75 Flour per barrel — $8.00 to $11.00 Butter per lb. 40 cts. Green Coffee, per lb. —30 to 60 cts. Roasted Coffee, per lb. -30 to 55 cts. Rice, per lb. 7 to 10 cts. Grist, per lb. 4 cts. FOR SALE - ° ne Chevrolet 1 ton Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.00 truck, for $200.00; Corn per bu. $1.10 one Dodge Graham, 1 1-2 ton truck, Fj ne feed, 75 lbs. $2.00 new tires, $175.00; both trucks in Oats per bu. 90 cts. first class condition. McCormick Wheat per bu. - $1.50 Chevrolet Co., McCormick, S. C. Cheese, per lb 40 cto. FOR SAI F“ SeVenteen Acre; of In !902 the record non-stop flight ^ Land, Northwest of: was 825 feet, now it is 3,905 miles.