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i I :*# I u > I 1 S-1 • ’ , • uvtuirl r -3 I McCormick Schools Close Sessions The Washington School Closes Exercises Began Last Friday Evening And Ran Through Monday Evening The 1928 commencement exercises of the McCormick High School were begun last Friday evening, June 1st, when the senior class presented “Seventeen,” a delightful comedy of yduth and romance. I Dr. R. H. Bennett, President of Lander College, preached the com mencement sermon Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium. 1 The class day program was given Monday morning at 11 o’clock. 1 Dr. D. M. Douglas, President of the University of South Carolina, delivered the commencement address on Monday evening, June 4th, after which diplomas and medals were awarded. This was one of the most success ful years the school has had, and the. teachers and pupils are to be com-J mended for their good work. The graduating class was compos ed of: Evelyn Blackwell Kathryn Bledsoe John Burnside Annie Kate Campbell Gertrude Chamberlain Annie Cowan Frank Corley Gertrude Culbreath Melba Deason Sophia Dillashaw Gladys Dillashaw Thomas Dowtin Luther Drennan Joseph Dukes Grace Dunlap Larkin Fooshe Kathleen Hollingsworth Frances Langley Essie Lee Langley Sue Ludwick Cowan McBride Mary Ellen Morrah William Moss Lillie Moss Charles Pennal Raymond Remsen William Robinson Elliott Seigler Roberta Smith Carrie Lou Strom Lee Strom ' Wallace Talbert Bertie Tumbli n Foster Wardlaw Eddie Wideman Caroll Winn. X President Acquitted, • Vice Pres. Convicted Case Tried At York On Charge Issuing False Statements YORK, June 2.—J. W. O’Neal, president of the defunct Citizens and Trust company, of Rock Hill, was acquitted, and D. C. Johnston, vice- president and director, was convict ed by a jury today on a charge of issuing a false statement of the bank’s condition. The tr'al which began "Monday reached the jury shortly before 7 o’clock last night and the verdict was reported this morning. The defense moved fer a new trial and Judge Giimball fixed Monday as the date for the arguments. The bond on which Johnston had had his freedom since his indictment by a York county grand jury several months ago was renewed. The minimum punishment for the offense of which Johnston was con victed is a fine of $500 and imprison ment of six months. O’Neal and Johnston are under indictments growing out of the failure of the bank last January, but Solicitor J. Lyles Glenn said today that none of these cases would be called until af ter John R. Shurley, indicted with the two officials for the same of fense for which they were tried here, is heard in Fairfield county two weeks hence. Shurley, who was active vice-pres ident and cashier of the bank, was granted a change of venue. m Oranges can stand a lower tem perature than lemons. -*Xt * Some fathers have their noses to the grindstone, which enables their children’s noses to turn up. Cammencement Exercises Washington Consolidated High School June 1-3 The commencement exercises of Washington Consolidated High School wero held in the school audi- toiium on last Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday morning. The five members df the graduating class are: Helen Harvley, president; Addie Lee Cartledge, Kate Edmunds, Ethel • McDaniel and Louise Ryan. Class Day The program for class day on Friday was as follows: Greeting Song—High School. Prayer—Rev. H. M. Hodgens. Welcome—Helen Harvley. Class Motto: “Tdnight We Launch, Where Shall We Anchor’’’—Kate Edmunds. Class Colors—^Oqr Gold and White,”—Louise Ryan. Class Will—Ethel McDaniel. Class Flower—“The Yellow Rose,” —Addie Lee Cartledge. Song—“The Days of- Long Ago,” —Senior Class. Prophecy—“What •Shall She Be.” —High Schdol. Shrubs and flowers were used to give the stage the appearance of a lawn at one end of which was a gate opening into the “Land of Dreams.” In the playlet, “What Shall She Be,” Ethel McDaniel, as the mother, was seated on the lawn singing to her baby daughter in the carriage beside hex'. As the mother sang and wond ered what her child would grow* up to be, Helen Harvley as Moon Maiden, the bringer of dreams, en tered through the gate followed by Joe Price as Perriot, the clown. With her magic wand Moon Maid en summoned from* the Magic Land a number of'characters to represent the possibilities of the ycting girl’s future, and after each one had pass ed off the stage, Peirrot made some appropriate remarks concerning them to the audience. Throughout the play, Miss Bobo played suitable sel ections on the piano. Graduation Exercises Programme for Saturday evening, June 2nd. * Prayer—Rev. E. A. Wilkes. Salutatory—Louise Ryan. Music—“The Sun Is Sinking in the West,”—Seniors and five girls from other classes. Address to Graduates—ProL E. W» Hardy. Delivery of Diplomas—Rev. Hod gens. Valedictory—Helen Harvley. Farewell Song—Senior Class. Announcements—Mr. Mayer. Benediction—Rev Hodgens. Prof. Hardy, who is an A. B. graduate of Furman University and a M. A. of Chicago University and who is now teaching in a Junior College in Augusta, Ga., made a very inspirational address. It was an in spiration not only to the graduates but also every one present. Prof. Hardy briefly pointed out many great developments of modern civil ization and emphasized the fact that the world today, more than ever be fore, is needing educated men and women of noble character. He re minded the seniors that this, in their lives, is really a commencement and not a finishing, and urged them to climb upward in service to 1 mankind. Baccalaureate Sermon, June 3rd On Sunday morning the services were in charge of Rev. Wilkes and Rev. Hodgens. Dr. R. C. Cranberry, President of Limestone College, preached the baccalaureate sermon. He used as scripture reading the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians and chose for his text Romans 8:9. “If any man hath not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” From this Dr. Cranberry brought a most inter esting and appealing message of brotherly love. To the graduates es pecially he stressed the importance of seeking Christ first when travel ing the road to success in any life. Dr. Cranberry himself is a living example brotherly love, he is a teach er, a preacher and a citizen and he ranks as one of South Carolina’s best in all of these fields. Those who heard his sermon and the wonderful message from Prof. Hardy the even ing before cannot but have a greater vision, a higher ideal, a stronger de termination to do well whatever it School Patrons And Tax Payers Invited To Meeting On 19th Matters Of Vital Importance Need Prompt Attention • All patron': of the McCormick Schools and tax payers of the Mc Cormick School District are urged to attend a meeting in the high school auditorium at 8:30 (/clock in' the evening of Tuesday, June 19th,! at which time matters of importance 1 pertaining to the school will be dis cussed ard action taken to provide; sufficient funds to operate the school next term—cr to decide just what is best to do about the school, which is at present in debt. Every patron and tax payer is urged to attend this meeting. At a meeting held in the auditoxium last Tuesday evening several men were appointed to review the situa tion and make a report at the meet ing on June 19th. falls their lot to do in life. 1928-1929 Faculty The faculty at Washington for 1928-1929 will be the same as it has been this session with the addition of one member, Mr. Sam H. Jones, who will teach science in high school and coach bcVs’ athletics. Mi'. Jones comes to us fresh frdm this year’s class at Erskine College. He has proved himself an outstanding member of the student body there and we are proud that he has ac cepted work at Washington. Fannie Cartledge W'ns Essay Prize Sometime ago the School Improve ment Association held an Elson Art Exhibit at our school and two prizes were offered: one to the room sell ing the most tickets and one to the student writing the best essay on the subject, “What The Art Exhibit Meant to Me.” The first was won by the pupils cf Miss McKinney’s room, with those of Miss Norris’s room coming second and those of Miss Lyon’s third. The essay prize was won by Fann’e Cartledge of the tenth grade. Music Pupils Awarded Prizes Sometime early in the session Miss Bobo offered a prize to every music pupil who would practice a , required number of hours every day until school closed. So to each of the following girls was given a p'n, a tiny sterling silver harp across which is written “Music:” Juliette McDaniel, Georgia Ell^ McDaniel, Annelle Edmunds, Nellie Williams, and Helen Harvley. The second prize, a silver compact, was awarded to Lois Stone. Blanche Middleton was given a box of stationery for not missing any practice period except two days when her grandmother died. Yearly Honor Roll The following pupils have aver aged above 90 on all subjects for the entire year: FIRST GRADE— Edna Cartledge El zabeth Osborne Eunice McDaniel. SECOND GRADE— , Martha Simms. THIRD GRADE— Dorothy Osborne Mildred Blackwell. FOURTH GRADE—* C. W. Robertson Mary Eckard Evelyn Blackwell. FIFTH GRADE— Floyd Drennan SIXTH GRADE— NONE. SEVENTH GRADE— Annelle Edmunds. EIGHTH GRADE— Beryl Bass. NINTH GRADE— Ruth Cartledge (except for one C) ' ^ . TENTH GRADE— Wates Kellar Lake Middleton. (except for one C) Perfect Attendance The following have been perfect in attendance all year: Figures de note days absent, FIRST GRADE— Edna Cartledge Elizabeth Osborne (1) Eunice McDaniel (3) SECOND GRADE— Martha Simms. ,l , THIRD GRADE— % Women Of America Have A Large Vote But Few Delegates At The Republican Convention At Kansas City WASHINGTON, June 2.—The wo men of America, constituting 49 per cent of the el giblc electc’rate, will be represented at the 1928 republican convention by less than 6 per cent of the delegates. Final returns from all states except West Virginia show a total of 64 republican women dele gates, in a total of 1,089 as com pared tc 120 with 111 votes, at Cleveland 4 years ago. Women alternates this year will number 239, exclusive of West Vir ginia, as compared to 279 in 1924. This brings the number of women who will have seats in the conven tion hall up to 303, or about 15 per cent of the total representation. Four years ago 399 women weie delegates or alternates. Although several states have cer tified a large number of women as al-grnateis, Missouri having an ale most wholly feminine alternate slate, f’fteen states will send no women delegates, and five states, four ter ritories and the District of Columbia will send no wome n at all, either delegates or alternates. This last fact does riot represent a change numerically sir.ee 1924, as the same number of states and territories sent dnly men to Cleveland. But this year the states sending no women Bordeaux Section Needs Better Roads are predominantly western, Mon tana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Cut leaving the old road more than Bordeaux, S. C. May 28, 1928. Mr. E. J. McCracken, McCormick, S. C., Dear S.r: In the interest of fair play and just'ce please publish the following lei ter: Messenger: The whole county commission and all the rest of the county seem to think that the only time that the section of the county along the old Anderson and Augusta rc'ad on the ridge between Savannah and Little livers, from Republican Church to A. B. Andrews’ above Wellington, a distance of 13 miles, is in the county, is when they go to collect taxes, and the'officers arc hunting votes. This road is almost impassable in dry weather and is a drag to get an empty wagon over in wet weather. One cf the cries of McCormick when they • were trying to get the county was, “we are not going to do as the old counties are doing and put all the w’ork on some roads and leave others to shift.” Abbeville did keep this and other rdads over here in passable condition. The road from Bordeaux to Cade’s mill is impassable in wet weather, ■» though it is supposed to be an im proved one. and old Barksdale ferry had to be abandoned on account cf the roads to it. This old road, which traverses as good a farming section as there is in the county, could be re-located with in addition to South Carolina where as in 1924 they were chiefly south ern, South Carolina, Louisiana, Geor gia, Alabama, together with Idaho. 200 yaxds at any point, thereby necessitating very little grading, and the right of way could be had for the ask'ng. Two states, Wisconsin, and Louis- This r °ad nms into the McCor- it i ~± a l> iana, will have women delegates at the convention but no women alter nates. This happened in the cases of Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, and Oregon in 1924. The outstanding change at Kans as City is in the decreased propor tion of women delegates frem the mick-Calhoun Falls road at A. B. Andrews’ and could be connected with it at Cade’s Mill, with practical ly no grading from John B. Har mon's via Bordeaux, a distance of 2 miles. What the tax payer wants is seme benefit from his money, whrch we states sending them, and in the in- ar « not e cttin e hore - , ^ , creased number of sending women 11 scems ‘ hat s0me P e °l> le thmk only as alternates, in 1924 there w’ere only three in the latter cate gory, Florida, South Dakota, and West Virginia, whereas this year there axe fifteen, Alabama, Arkans as, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ida ho, Indiana.. Kansas, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexicd, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wy oming. Mildred Blackwell . Dorothy Osborne Ed. Brown Jas. McDaniel. FOURTH GRADE— C. W. Robertson Hiriton Simms (1) FIFTH GRADE— Jas. Lyon Mason Geo. Osborne Floyd Drennan (2) W. C. Brown (3) SIXTH GRADE— Ben Bussey Jas. Bussey Albert Howie Henry Osborne (1) Lois Stone (2) Lucille Parks (3) Josephine Parks (3) SEVENTH GRADE— Grace Simms Evelyn Brown Watson Parks (2) Annelle Edmunds (3) Alice Brown (3) EIGHTH GRADE— Blanche McDaniel Cornelia Holmes W. M. Bussey Juliette McDaniel. NINTH GRADE— Ruth Cartledge. TENTH GRADE— Lucy Bussey Rosalie Bussey Georgia Ella McDaniel Wates Kellar. ELEVENTH GRADE— Louise Ryan. P. T. A. June 1|. We take this means of thanking The Washington P. T. A. will meet our neighbors and other friends for at the school house at 3:30 on Thurs- the many deeds of kindness and ex all that is necessary to induce tour ists to stop in a county and invest larger sums in farms and million dollar indusrties is to have the road graded to a water level and paved. What will they think when they have to jump gullies and be pulled out of mud holes as we have to do over here, and on investigation, what high taxes we have to pay for such “luxuries ?” Do something to help this long suffering community and thereby help McCormick. As it is, when peo ple start from here, and after slash ing through mud until they get to the highway, they are so disgusted, they say McCormick does not care a rip for our trade or they would see that we had a better way to get to them, and strike out for Abbeville or Greenwood and do their trading there. In fact this road could re-locat ed at a much less cost than the old road could be put in condition. Why couldn’t some of the bond money now in bank be used for this road. W. M. McINTOSH. X Dedicate Willington Church Next Sunday Presbyterians To Dedicate New Edifice June lOtb The dedicat'on o£ the Presbyter ian Church at Willington is schedul ed to take place Sunday, 10th in stant, with one sermon at 11:00 o’clock a. m. and one at 3:30 p. m., Dr. S. L. Monis of Atlanta .doing the preaching. Dinner will be served on the ground. The public is cordially invited. —X Card Of Thanks Public Sales Made Monday Three Sales Made; One Call ed Off , The master. Judge L. G. Bell, made twt sales htye Monday morn ing as given below. One was call ed off before the hour for sale: The Norwood National Bank vex. R. F. M<?rris et ah, six lots in of Willington, bought by W. K, Charles, attorney, lot 1 and 2 for $825,00; lot No. 6, to Mrs. R. L. Ar'ail for $25.00, lot „ 4 and 5 to C. E. Cooley, for $1,000.00. The Farmers Bank of McCormick vs. T. J. Britt, et ah, storehouse and lot in town of McCormick, called off. The Federal Land Bank of Colv n- ' bia vs. J. G. McKinney, 78 1-2 acres seven miles west of McCormick, bought by W. K. Charles, attorney, for $800.00. The tax collector, Mr. T. J. Sibert, sold one piece of property, that of Mrs. C. N. Nixon, 216 acres, which was bought by W. K. Charles, at torney, for M. M. Marshall, for $610.00. X Governor Richards To Head State Campaign For The Bryan Memorial University COLUMBIA, June 2.—(Governor Jofln G. Richards has accepted the chairmanship of a campaign which will be conducted throughout Scuth Carolina shortly in the interest of the Bryan Memorial Univers'ty at Dayton, Tenn._ it was made known here today by the Bryan Memorial University Association. In a statement by officials of the Association, Goventor Richards is quoted as heartily endorsing the movement and urging South Caro linians to have a part in the erection of the univei’sity as a fitting tribute to the late “commoner.” In review ing the or gin and purpose of the movement, Governor Richards says, in part: “A national campaign plan was adopted to enlist fifty thousand friends, who admired the sincerity, purpose and spirit of th : s great American citizen, and who would subscribe the sum of $100 each, nay- able either in cash or installments, for the building of the school ar a memorial to him in the little city in the heart of the Cumberland Moun tains, where he breathed his last. “Over $700,000.00 has already been subscribed and work has com menced on the first building. It now remains to develop the institution to such an extent as to make it a worthy memorial to the great citizen whom it is to honor, and to enable it to exercise a large influence in ihe life of the nation’s youth, standing strongly for the old faith which has iduals and which was splendidly ex emplified in the life and character meant salvation to nations and indiv- of him whose name it bears. “And surely in this hour when even the most thoughtless :s given pause by the rapid disintergration of the American home, by the spirit of materialism that is abroad in lives land and by the reckless search for fleeting pleasures at any cost, and when the teachings of the F’v 1 y Nazarene are being assailed as rover before in modern times there is a need for such an institution as this, and I hope that the peopel of South Carolina will find it in their hearts to have a part in its ercct’o".” F. E. Robinson, of Dayton, presi dent cf the Bryan Memorial Uni versity Association, rays contribu tions totalling approximately $725,- 000.00 have been received from friends and admirers of Mr. Bryan in twenty-nine states, although active campaigns have been conducted only in parts of five states. A fund of five million dollars is being sou^ t, half for buildings and equipment and half fori endowment. South Caro lina’s quota has been set at $50,000 or 500 of the $100 units. : X After all, happiness is the cheap- day afternoon, June 14. All mem- pressions of sympathy shown us dur-j ° n earth - but too many peo- bers are urged to be present. ing the illness and at the death of j p e t ink ]t costs money. School Re-opens September 10. our dear husband and father. May i *' iXt —— Washington Consolidated High Grid’s richest blessings be with you School will open again on Monday, all. September 10, 1928. j Mrs. W. S. Seigler and Children. We all hope that everyone who harps, will be so fortunate in the next worild.