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Thurssday, Marek 3, 1928 McCOmilCK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SoutM Csrolln*. Page Number Tfii Washington High School News TO OUR NEIGHBORS. To our neighbors, the schools of McCormick and Plum Branch, we ex press again our desire that all pupils fake advantage of the opportunity to see the Elson Art Exhibit at our school on Friday afternoon, May 4, frc'm 3 until 5 o’clock. The admis sion is only 10 cents and we believe that seeing these two hundred copies of masterpieces of painting and sculpture will be one of the biggest dime’s worth of education you will •ever get anywhere. Don’t miss it. / HONOR ROLL. FIRST GRADE- Lois Blackwell Doris Bennett Flack Bridges Edna Cartledge Clyde Crawford Eunice McDaniel Elizabeth Osborne Geneva Wood SECOND GRADE— Mayes Bass, Jr. Nina Bussey William McDaniel Marie Stc*ne J. R Wilkie William Wilkie Martha Sims THIRD GRADE— T R Cartledge, Jr. Myrtle McDaniel Mary Shumate Margie Reese : Mildred Blackwell Dorothy Osborne FOURTH GRADE— % jf Hinton Sims Mabel Cassels Clifford Ward Robertson, Jr. Mary Neoma Eckard Evelyn Blackwell FIFTH GRADE— Viola Wilkie Floyd Drennan SIXTH GRADE— ‘ Josephine Parks Elmira Wood Nellie Williams Lucile Parks SEVENTH GRADE— Grace Sims Annie Martha Ryan Alice Brown Joyce Bridges f * f\ a Evelyn Brown Annolle Edmunds . Mary Frances Drennan Alice Bunch T. J. Store J. M. Reese Emerson Bussey Eubcrt Eckard EIGHTH GRADE— Blanche McDaniel Louise McDaniel Blanche Middletcn Cora Arrowood Cornelia Holmes NINTH GRADE— Fred Bailey Ruth Cartledge TENTH GRADE— Catherine Bussey Goldie Hildebran William Croft Lake Middleton Nettie Thelma Bussey high school last session and made many friends hero.- This time chc is here on a visit to Mrs. L; V. Mayer. Miss Hendrix is gifted with a sweet voice and she favored us by I singing several popular selecticr.s. Among them were: ‘Smilin’ Through,” “An Old Fashioned Gard en,” and “My Blue Heaven.” Pleads Guilty Of Embezzlement Miller Admits Taking County Funds And Goes To The Penitentiary \ LITERARY SOCIETY. The Washington-Lee Literary So ciety enjoyed the following program at its regular meeting last Friday: Scripture reading—Fannie Cart- ledgtv Song—i“It Isn’t Any Trouble.” Reading—“My Master,” Blanche McDaniel. Debate—Resolved: That the mod em girl is a mc're useful citizen than her grandmother. Affirmative— Rosalie Bussey, Ralph Gales. Nega tive—Sallie M. McDaniel, Wi. P. Parks. Essay—“Keep Your Health’” Davis Bussey, Song—“Long Long Ago.” Business and adjournment. . NINA EDMUNDS. THE FORTUNATE CALAMITY. “The Fortunate Calamity,” a play presented in our auditorium last Wednesday night by a number of j people from Troy, was quite a suc cess. Every actor played his part well and the whole cast deserves con gratulations. The humorous charac ter, Rastus, in real life, Mr. Tittle, was especially good. He and Dinah appeared to assume the real super- stituous spirit as well as the ap pearance and peculiarities dialect of the negro race. f Before the play and between acts, the junior class representatives sold ice cream. The profits from the sale will 1)e used to defray the expenses of junior-senior reception. 1XX Negro Boy Is Held For Murder CHAPEL PROGRAM. Tuesday we enjoyed the following readings: /‘Encouragement”—Lois Blackwell. “Perfect Bliss”—James Jennings. “Myself”—Marie Stone. Wednesday—Glenn Self told the story of Amy Stuart. Thursday—George Bunch recited a poem “I Meant To.” , Friday—A piano solo, Georgia Ella McDamel. NETTIE THELMA BUSSEY. MISS HENDRIX DELIGHTS STUDENTS WITH SONGS. We Wefe pleasantly surprised last Friday morning when we marched into chapel and saw Miss Myrtle Hendrix, of Leesville, occupying the visitor’s chair on the stage. Miss Hendrix did substitute teaching in \ James Dansby Of Troy Is Found Dead After A Fish- • rri • ing I rip 1 James Dansby, 13-year-old negro of Troy, was found dead in a large field near a branch a short distance frem Troy Thursday afternoon with a wound in his neck and another on his head, inflicted either with a knife or pistol. Another negro boy, Floyd, 16 years old, was arrested and plac ed in jail at McCormick. Dansby and Floyd went fishing Wednesday morning and the failure of Dansby to return home caused a search, resulting in finding his body late Thursday. Floyd told officers that he and Dansby were attacked by some grown men and the fish they had caught were taken away from them. Floyd succeeded in getting away after he had been struck three times, he declared, but he said after he ran away he heard pistol shots which he believed were the cause of Dansby’s death. Examination of Dansby’s body, it 'was said, indicated that the wound in the head was made by a stick and the one in his throat by a knife. jfcr TrantfHmH— the N E W CONVERTIBLE SPORT CABRIOLET SPARTANBURG, Apijil 26.—En tering a plea of guilty to charges of embezzlement and conspiracy and breach of trust in connection with the alleged looting of the Spartan burg County treasury of nearly $750,- 000, L. G. Miller, former treasurer of Spartanburg County and former pres ident of the defunct Bank of Dun can, was this afternoon sentenced to serve five years in the state peni tentiary. Miller left Spartanburg at 3 O’clock for Columbia in the custody cf John Barry of the county highway commission to begin serving his sen tence. The 5ndictm?nt to which Miller pleaded guilty charged him with em bezzling $500 000 of the county I funds. Five year terms were as: ess- j ed in four cases, but the sentences w.ll run concurrently. Miller was indicted on four com plaints covcr’ng the same period of time and the same transactions, but with different defendants. In cne of the indictments he was charged alone with embezzlement and in the others he was charged jointly with R. S. Ballenger, J. W. Buchanan, J. W. Kehoe and J. F. Parham; in another jointly with Ballenger and T. T. Grif fith and in the third with Ballenger and C. B. Pool. Kehoe, Parham and Pool are in the penitentiary now ser ving sentences for their participation in the crimes. Griffith is out on bond and Buchanan is in Washington where he is fighting extradition, with Senator Cole L. Blease from this state appearing as his attorney. No disposition was made at this time of the cases pending against any of the other defendants. The auditors checking up the affairs of the office of the county treasurer while Miller was treasurer fix the shortage at about three-quarters of a million dollars. Miller completed about six months ago a sentence of two years for vio lating the state banking laws in con nection with the same transactions in which he entered his plea of guilty today. And that was taken into con sideration in imposing the sentence on fcim. "j txt Rolls Royce Is Buick Prototype Adopts Several Features Of Popular Motor Car It is easier« now, to kill insects —and keep them away. Bee Brand Insect Pow der or Liquid kills Flies, Ants, Roaches, Poultry Lice, Mosquitoes, Fleas, Bed Bugs, and other in sects. Won t spot or stain. Use powder on plants and pets. V/rite ns far FREE insect booklet. If dealer can’t supply, we will ship by parcel post at prices named. McCORMICK ft CO., Baltimore, Md. BEE BRAND , Powder Liqtud 10c O 25c 50c & 75c 50c 9 $1.00 $1.25 30c ( c proy Gun) 35c Bee Brand /v INSECT POWDER ..4M OR LIQVm Wmk L q' i >•" ' ■ ' -'f-v-. . 'V ' .: r / r n 1 '-I! iS • i IPpr .GAIN Chevrolet introduces into the low price field an entirely new conception of style, distinction and elegance— —a new Convertible Sport Cabriolet with body by Fisher—a vivid, dashing, two-four passenger model that offers the practical comfort and convenience of the Sport Coupe, plus the smartness and distinction of the Sport Roadster! Finished in Romany Red Duco, with black body bead ing striped in gold *. • and embellished with artistic touches of gleaming polished nickel—this distin guished new model is one of the most attractive cars to be seen on the streets and highways. The Touring *495 or Roadster The Coach . * The Coupe • . The 4-Door Sedan . i The Convertible Sport Cabriolet The Imperial C Landau . . f -L3 Utility Truck $A.Qt£ (Chassis Only) Light Delivery $'2'7^ (Cnosais Only) J l ^ AH] price* f. o. h. Flint Michigan .*585 *595 *675 *695 McCORMICK, S. C. Come in today and see this sensational new car! miCK CHMOLET CO. Q U A T L I T Y A T L^O/VV C O S FLINT, Mich., April* 29.—More than a million Buick owners in America will feel, a glow of satis faction at the announcement that England’s most expensive motor car, Rolls-Royce, has recently adopt ed the valve-in-head engine. Besides confirming the judgment of the Buick Motor Company, which pioneered that type of power plant and now offers it at its finest in the Buick models, the annuoncement :s a tribute tc< the discrimination of every Buick owner. This British car’s similarity to Buick does not end with the engine, but includes also cellular radiator, worm and split-nut steering gear, torque tube drive, floating rear axle, and cantilever springs. Comparison of specifications tend to support the already overwhelming evidence—col lected by 2,000,000 Buick owners— in favor cf these advanced details of engineering. A point of more than passing in terest, in the opinion of Buick of ficials, is the fact that this British prototype of Buick sells at a much higher price than Buick. The ex planation is two-fold. The Rolls- Royce is of course a much larger and heavier car, and naturally costs more to manufacture. That accounts for a large part of the difference. In the second place, each of the features listed is more costly than the cor responding part in cars of cconven- tional design. I n the aggregate, rep resented by the completed car, the difference becomes very great. Rolls-Royce builds for limited con sumption. Hence, even were the specifications of the two cars iden tical, Buick’s volume production would make Buick’s price relatives ly low. Volume manufacture alone makes it possible to sell such a com bination of expensive features at a ! figure within popular reach. The British manufacturer’s an nouncement, it is pointed out here, also shows the European trend to ward American ideas in automotive engineering. That Buick’s signal success abroad played its part in bringing about this latest adoption of the valve-in-head engine is regard ed as certain. t ‘Zdr Smart* Itbuthfid* * Cbhrjuh * BUICK leads dte fashion parade Fashionable throngs . . But Birick lead* any/ other sparkling motor cars... .and three cars in its fiel \amdoU standing out like a frock from lar fbir dollar safes: and* this Paris—today's Buick! Fleet, low lines, suggesting rocket-like getaway and tremendous volume makes possible unequided value* . You may as well have a kar unnvaiea power .. . glisten- car, when you can buy it a* ing colors, vivid and varied Bitick's prite. Smart— as die harmonies of Spring youthful—-Colorful—Buick • . . and soft, rich upholster ies, delightful to the sight and touen. Luxury like this ordinarily : fashion parade. SEDANS *1193 to *1995 COUPES *1193 to *1850 SPORT MODELS *1193 to *1523 Ml prism/. * *■ f**- T%*G. UiuLSL HARRISON MOTOR COMPANY, Dealers Greenwood, S. G Farm Calendar Things To Be Done This Month Agronomy Close spacing of cotton pays, therefore leave it thick in the drill. Make liberal applications of read ily available forms of ammetoia to cotton shortly after c'scpping. Do not allow grass ana weeds to get a start in cultivated crops. For every row of corn plant a row of soybeans. The shortage of the small grains makes it necessary to plant feed and 3 ! forage crops early and in abundance. Prepare the soil well before plant ing, for a good seedbed is the first step in getting a good stand. Horticulture Plant tomato seed ‘for transplant ing in July. Set sweet potato plants in the field. Make another planting of sweet corn, snap beans, and lima beans. Cultivate the garden frequently to save moisture and destroy weeds. Plant watermelons, cantaloupes, and cucumbers at once, and sow cab bage and collard seed about May 15, for August transplanting. Apply nitrate of soda to garden growing chicks. September farrowing. Select hogs to be shown at fair* and give them special attention. Make use of forage crops and pas tures to save feed. Treat sheep for stomach worms. Dairying Cool cream immediately after sep aration and keep it cdol until de livered to the creamery. Cqntinue to feed grain to milk ing cows when turned to pasture. Allow pastures to get started be fore grazing them heavily. Mow pastures to destroy bitter- weed and wild onions. Destroy all breeding places of flies. Keep salt in the pasture salt box every day. Plan sufficient acreage of feed crops. Feed yearling heifers two pounds of grain per day while on pasture this summer. Poultry Separate the cockerels and pullets at 10 weeks of age. Select the best cockerels for breeders. Cull slow growing and off type pullets and sell as broilers. If natural shade is not available, provide temporary shades for the crops if not growing well. Mulch tomatoes heavily with straw or leaves to hold moisture and pro long frhe fruiting period. Plant Diseases Apply orchard sprays on*time. Destroy “June drop” peaches to reduce brown rot, etc. Start spraying melons and cucum bers when vines begin to run. Discard sweet potato plants with black shanks or other disease signs. Use home-grown plants to avoid bringing in new diseases. Be sure that bought plants are grown according to Crop Pest Com mission regulations. Dust roses with sulphur to pre- them. Entomology If you are going to put up a fight against boll-weevil this year, it is time to be looking forward and de ciding what manner of fight you will make. Spray apple and peach orchards to control codling moth and curculio. Control potato beetle and blight by combining the beetle poison with Bordeaux mixture. Keep aphis on garden and flowei* plants under control by use of nico tine sulphate or strong soap solution. Destroy seedling mustard plants along with whatever insects are on vent mildew. Livestock Control the terrapin bugs by hand picking or brushing into pans con- Sow soybeans for summer graz- taining tar or oil. inp. 1 Remembe.r that most of our small Castrate pigs 6 to 10 weeks'old. land birds feed largely on insects. Wean pigs when 8 weeks old. It is nice to have plenty of birds Breed sows about May 12 for around.