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McCORMICK. S. C.
Thursday, June 14,
1928 Established June 5, 1902
Number 2
S* G’s Section Furey’s
Ferry Road To Be Con
structed Immediately
The Augusta Chronicle of Satur
day says:
Contract for construction of the
h'ghway on the South Carolina side
of the Savannah river approaching
the interstate bridge now being con
structed at Furey’s Feny, 14 miles
from Augusta, will be made at the
July letting of the South Carolina
Highway Department, according to
plans now being worked out, and
will be ready for travel immediate-
lv that the bridge is opened for traf
fic.
The above information was devel
oped yesteiday at a conference be
tween Senator Frank C. Robinson, of
McCormick, S. C., and Chairman J.
Frank Carswell, of the highway com
mittee of the Augusta chamber of
commerce, held in the office of local
organization.
Senator Robinson was definite in
his assurance that there would be
no delay in the use of the bridge,
when it was ready for tiaffic,
through failure to finish construction
of the approaching "highway simul
taneously with cr before the bridge.
When asked why the contract could
not be let immediately for this road,
he stated that the surveys of the
state highway engineers were not yet
complete and that plans and specifi
cations fo;* the letting would have to
be prepared after the survey was
finished. These, he stated, would
not be ready fcr the June letting.
Moreover, in order to expedite the
master as much as poss ble he has
recently Jiad Mr. Blackman, ehief of
the location section of the Chief
Highway Engineer’s office, to per
sonally ' visit the scene with him.
This contract will provide for the
approxmiate 3-mile stretch through
the McKie Estate and will be upon
peimanent location. It is approxi
mately 27 miles from the new bridge
to McCormick court house, by the
present route, and it is now planned
to permanently locate and construct
the nomaining 24 m'les of this dist
ance the rust of 1929. as will be
done with the rest of Routes 20, 10
and 43 in McCc'rmick County not
row constructed upon permanent lo
cation.
All three of these highways for
their respective ent’re lengths will
be ha:d surfaced in 1929 with the
surface treatment type, according
to plans now being formulated, it
was brought out in the conversa
tion between Senator Robinson and
Mr. Carswell. When asked by Mr.
Carswell why concrete, or other per
manent type was not used instead,
Senator Robinson replied that the
interest on bonds for concrete pav
ing could not be raised without a
property tax and that the people of
McCormick County were not in pos
ition to stand further property tax.
On the Other hand, he averred, all
three of these highways could be
surface treated without levying a
property tax.
Another point developed in this
connection was that the plan called
for the surface treatment of all three
of these roads at the same time—
that there would be no preference
shown td anyone of them. However,
no roads will be hardsurfaced until
constructed to standard spec'fica-
tions upon permanent location. This,
according to Senator Robinson,
would obviate any waste when per
manent type df pavement is finally
laid. Suiface treatment, he* said,
had provided splendid highways, free
from dust in dry weather and mud in
wet weather, as long as they were
properly maintained. And he point
ed out similarly paved roads in
South Carolina were still in good
condition after bearing for several
years heaviei' traff ; c than any of
McCormick’s rdads would have for
some time to come. However^ Sena
tor Robinson will consent to surface
treatment only on condition that per
manent pavement will follow final
ly-
When asked what would become
of any surplus which might remain
from the Furey’s Ferry bridge bonds
after caring foi< all the expenditures
on this project, Senator Robinson
gave assurance that it would be ex
pended o n this particular road ap
proaching the bridge, the road au
thorities having no other option, as
it was a requirement of the law.
Route No. 20 traverses McCorm'ck
County for its entire length, from the
Savannah River to the Abbeville
County line, also traversing the lat
ter county and proceeding ultimately,
to Greenville, furnishing an alter
nate rdute between the latter city
and Augusta. Route No. 20 south of
Abbeville and Routes Nos. 18, 15 and
2 -north of Abbeville via Seneca and
Walhalla, furnish South Carolina’s
portion of the great trunk line high
way between Augusta and Knoxville,
Tenn., and traversing Smoky Moun-j
tain National Park, now under con-i
struction in North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
Route No. 20, the three'miles of
Route No. 10 in McCormick County
which is now being hard surfaced
frdm the county line near Troy to
the city of Greenwood, and Route 43-
to Edgefield, constitute McCormick)
County state highways in the, paying,
program, while-Nos. 39 and 82 - are;
not. being destined only for sand clay
construction.
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A fashion article the other day
said that pocketbooks will be worn
this season. Ours always is.
Corruption In
Office Be De
nounced By Blease
Restoration Of State’s Rights.
Reduction Of Freight Rates,
Included In Senator’s Res
olutions; Says Smith
Cannot Win
COLUMBIA, June 9.—“Corruption
in office,” and abuse of the civil
service system” were denounced and
the “restoring of the right of the
state” called for in a tentative plat-
• form which United States Senator
Cole L. Blease today said he would
offer before the democratic national
convention ‘n Houston.
Senator Blease, a delegate at large
from South Carolina to the conven-
tidn made public the platforni in full
and in a statement issued with it de
clared that “if the convention will
adopt my platform and pick two out
standing honest men—men the peo
ple can have confidence in, the par
ty -'s sure to win the election.”
The senator announced his plat
form as follows:
1. Restoring of the right of
June Term Of
Court Called Off
All cases, both criminal and civil,
set fcr trial at the June term of
Court fo; McCormick County are
ordered continued until the October,
1928, term cf couxt for McCormick
County. All bonds and recognizances
for the appearance of persons, de
fendants cV witnesses, will be con-
t nued until the regular October term
of the court.
All ju tors, both grand and petit,
are hereby notified of the order of
Hon. J. W. DeVore, consented to by
T. C. Callison, solicitor.
J. A. TALBERT,
Clerk of Court, M. C., S. C.
June 13, 1928.
XXI
Bills Passed During
First Session Of
70th Congress
Bishop Guerry
Dies Of Wound
Mr. Meriwether Wants
Road Built Now
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11.—
After a protracted fib buster in the
Senate which prevented the Boulder
Dam bill from coming to a vote and
duiing which distinguished members
of that body engaged in extended
dissertations upon various and sun-
thei dry topics, occasionally break ng the
state * irT 'aff law-making* "matters and j monotony for themselves a.^d the
to not further encroach upon them, j galleries by wise cracks at each oth-
2. Reduction of tariff and reduc-. er, the first session of the 70th Con-
tion of railroad rates. 1 * r reSS on‘" n ° to ah end at 5:o ° p '
3. Abolition, of all bureaus. i May 29th.
4. Strict enforcement of all laws: Fortunately, the greater part of
without part ally to the rich, the) the session has not been marked by
poor, the office holders, representa-' such scenes as were evident shoitly
tives of foreign countries or any previous to the adjournment of the
Serate and a number of measures ol
nat onal interest and importance re
ign
other person or persons. .
5. Denounce congress for surrend-
i ering its power under the constitu-1 ^ e ^ ved congressional action,
tion as the law-making body and for ,^ re ; J?*,
transferring that right to boards,
bureaus, departments, etc.
inc<
farm relief, flood control, merchant
maiine, extension of the Inland Wat-
6. Denounce abuse of the civil erways Corporation Muscle Shoals,
service system and sale of public of- and , a ^^ n property 1 egislat!on.
£j ce r The tax bill, which was the first
7. ' Denounce corruption in office 1 introduced in the House during
and in any and all departments of ^ ast session, was one of the las
, the government.
A democrat who can carry a mid
west farm vote for president and a
southern or eastern candidate for
vice-president, were predicted by
i Senator Cole L. Blease today as a
winning combinat'on at the Houston
convention and at the general elec
tion in November.
The senator was :n Columbia for
a conference with other attorneys
representing John G. Shurley, Rock
Hill banker, whose trial on a change
of venue will begin in Winnsboro
Monday morning before Judge Grim-
ball. of Charleston.
“Governor Smith may be nominat
ed, but he cannot be elected. Presi
dent Coolidge is steadily weakening
in the western states and Hoover will
be able to muster but little strength
in that section. A democrat with an
adequate conception of the needs of
the western farmer will be able to
carry the doubtful republican
states, and this vote, combined with
the normal democratic strength, will
bring victory td the party.”
Senator Blease believes the chief
weakness of Governor Smith is
his inability to cope with foreign or
international affairs, and a lack of
appeal to the western farm vote.
The senator toc^k accasion to af
firm his former announcement that
he would under no consideration be
a candidate for governor in 1930.
“If I am in good health, I will be
a candidate to succeed myself,” said
the former governor.
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Dedication Services
Were Held At Will-
ington Sunday
For Presbyterian Church: Ser
mon Delivered Bv Pastor
The Presbyterian Church at Will-
irgton was dedicated with appropri
ate and impressive exercises last
Sunday mOrning. The church in its
long and eventful history since its
organization, has occupied s^veial
buildings. The building dedicated
Sunday is a comfortable and hand
some structure that was constructed
about four years ago. In spite of
the financial deflation, the congre
gation have given faithfully to re
move all indebtedness and now,
through their sacrifice and efforts
have a beautiful place of worship of
their own.
Dr. S. L. Morris. Extension Secre
tary of the Assembly’s Home Mis
sion. was to have been the speaker
of the day, but On account of ill
ness could not attend. The dedica
tory sermon was delivered by Rev.
H. E. Gettys, pastor of the church.
Following the sermon Rev. J. B.
Branch, superintendent of the De la
to receive f’nal approval. As final
ly sent to the President it provides
for a reduction in government rev
enue estimated at $222,000,000 a
year.
The flodd control bill, which was
almost constantly before the atten
tion of the legislative body during its
entire session and was passed only a
few weeks before adjournment, pro-
v'des $325,000,000 for flood control
work on the Mississippi River and di
rects a survey to be made of the
principal tributaries of that stream
w.th a view to the possibility of fu-
tu e flood control werk on these
smaller streams.
The Jones-White Shpping bill,
which was passed, provides for the
expansion of the merchant marine
under government control and opera
tion with the possibility of eventu
ally turning the ships dver to priv
ate hands.
The McNary-Haugen farm relief
bill, includ'ng the equalization fee
provision for handling the exportable
surplus of agricultural products, was
passed by both Houses of Congress
but was vetoed by the President.
Another proposal ctf long standing
disposed of during the session just
ended was the Muscle Shoals joint
resolution, which provides for gov
ernment operation cf the power fa-
c lities at Muscle Shoals and for the
manufacture of nitrates.
The life of the Federal Radio Com-
mission was extended and provision
made for an equable division of
wave lengths and power allotments
among the various radio zones.
The expansion of the Inland Wat
erways Corporation to a capitali-
zat'on of $15,000,000, with provision
for more extensive operations of
Government barge lines on the Miss
issippi and W^airior River systems,
also was provided for by Congress.
. This bill in add'tion authorized a
j survey of the inland waterway from
j Boston to Beaufort, N. C., with the
view to the possibility of operating
a Government barge line on that
route.
Postal rates will be reduced more
than $16,000,000 annually in accord
ance With the postal bill which was
passed by Congress and s'gned by
the President. This will, among oth-
ei< things, restore one-cent post
cards, provide for acceptance of busi
ness reply cards and letters in busi
ness reply envelopes, and lor the col
lections df 1 cent addit : onal an ounce
on first-class matter when mailed
with deficient postage. Second-class!
lates on advert sing sections of pub
lications and the postage on maga
zines and newspapers, when sent by
others than the publisher or news
agent, are i<educed. A minimum
charge per piece is fixed on second-
class matter when there are more
than 2 pieces to the pound. Postage
rates on fourth-class matter are re
duced and the bill provides for bulk
pound rates on third-class matter, a
special late on library books and
combined spec’al handling and spec-:
ial delivery at reduced rates.
The Opponents of the Curtis-Reed
Noted Episcopal Leader Died
At 9:35 Saturday Night
CHARLESTON, Ju;;e 9.—Bishop
William T. Gueny, who was shot
ar.d seriously wounded by the Rev.
T. H. Woodward, Monday, died at
9:35 tonight.
, The distinguished church leader,
head of the South Carolina Episco
pal Diocese, died cf pneumonia infec
tion from the bullet wound through
his lu.:g inflicted last Monday noon
ui his office by the clergyman who in
a minute later turned his revolver
and fatally wounded himself.
The Rev. Mr. W’oodward who was
alt*ne in conference with the bishop
at the time, died 10 minutes later.
Physicians bulletins early tonight
said that pneumonia was feared, and
later in announcing the bishop’s
death they gave the cause as fa’lure
of the heart due to infection with
the disease.
Death followed by five minutes a
bulletin issued by attending physi
cians which read “he is sinking rap-
cily. He probably will not live the
night out.”
A tuYn for the worse came in the
condition of the 67-year-old clergy
man early this afternoon after sev
eral days since the shooting in which
bulletins described him as having
“comfortable” days and “restful”
nights.
Funeral services for the late b’sh-
op will be held here Tuesday after-
! noon at 3 o’clock at St. Michael’s
church with interment in St. Philip’s
churchyard, it was decided tonight.
Affairs of the diocese will be in
the hands of a stand'ng committee
headed by the Rev. Albert Thomas,
rector of St. Michael’s, until a con
vention can be called to elect a suc-
| cessor to Bishop Guerry.
Funeral services for the bishop’s
assailant, the Rev. Mr. Woodward,
were held Wednesday at Darien, Ga.
In accordance with an expressed wish
of Woodward, he was buried at sea,
iff St. Simon’s Island.
William Alexander Guerry, a min-
sler of the Episcopal Church since
1880 and since 1908 bishop of South
Caiolina succeeded to the bishop’s
eftice on the death of the late Bishop
Ellison Capers with whom he had
been bishop c^fedjutor for nine
moi tns.
Born in Sumte- County in 1861,
the son of Rev. Legrane Guerry,
Si shop Guerry attended Porter Mil
itary Academy of Charleston and the
Ln versity of the South at Sewanee,
'aking his master’s degree from the
Ifiter ineiitution in 1884, and grad
uating from the theology school at
ScAvrar.ee Jour years later.
Bishop Guerry was ordained in
1889 and held par shes at various
cities in the state before becoming
bishop coadjutor i n 1908.
A man of brilliant attainments in
church activities, he took part in the
Lambeth Decennial conference in
1920 in England at the personal in
vitation of the archbishop of Canter
bury.
The war took him overseas with
the Y. M. C. A. for seven months
in 1918-19.
As bishop of South Carolina Doc
tor Guerry was head of the Epis
copal Church in the entire state un
til about five years ago when the
upper half of the state was set up
as the diocese of upper South Caro
lina, Kirkma n G. Finley of Columbia
being made bishop.
In 1889 Dr. Guerry married Miss
Anna McBee of Lincolnton, N. C.
Children surviving include Mi's. J. Y.
Perry of Columb'a, Rev. Moultrie
Guerry of Hagood ,S. C., Alexander
Guerry of Chattanooga, Tenn., and
E. B. Guerry of Columbia.
XXl
Construes Rule 32
Howe Industrial School, made the! Education bill, which provides for a
dedicatory prayer. One of the en-J Department of Education with a sec-
joyable features of the morning ser- retary in the President’s Cabinet,
vice was the special music by a num- were successful, in spite of the in-
ber of young ladies of the De la creasing demand on the part of the
Howe School. • ' public for its enactment, in prevent-
The second service of the day was ing the measure from being reported
held in the afternoon when Rev. G. out of committee. It is believed that
M. Telford, pasWr of the Presbyter- when Congress again convenes the
ian Church of Abbeville, delivered a people will make known their desires
masterful sermon. Dinner was serv- in this matter in such insistent terms
ed on the grounds by the ladies of that some favorable action will be
the church. taken. H.
South Carolina democrats who are
conscientiously opposed to A1 Smith
may vote in the primaries and then
remain away from the polls at the
general election in November with
out violating their oath, according
to the construction placed upon Rule
32 by James H. Price, chairman cf
the democratic county executive com
mittee, in the Greenville Piedmont.
Mr. Price said that if white su
premacy in the South were threat
ened that it would be the duty of
every man and woman to go to the
polls in November and support the
party nominees. With this net be
ing the case, however, inasmuch as
the republicans have not put up nom
inees for congress and there is con
sidered no possibility of that party
carrying this state, it is not neces
sary for those who oppose Smith’s
nomination to support him at the
polls.
Continuing Mr. Price said:
“I know that there are those who
are circulating a contrary opinion,
but I have been making study of
democratic rules and primary laws
for 15 years and I am absolutely
sure my construction of the rule is
correct.
“Therefore, I earnestly urge all
democrats who have not enrolled to
place their names on the club books
and get ready to cast an honest bal
lot in the primaries. It must be
remembered that all our local of
ficers are in reality elected gt the
primaries.”
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After all a specialist should'
charge you more. Your family doc-!
tdr has a chance with you for life.'
, Believes Surplus Should Be
Used Right Away On Furey's
i j Ferry Road
Editor Messenger:
We aic glad indeed down here to
, read Seratcr Robinson’s card in your
paper saying that he intended to do
: all he humanly could to grade and
j pave the road between McCorm'ck
I and the bridge, at Furey’s Ferry
j soon, and that the surplus from the
' bridge bonds would be used for this
purpose. We believe, though, that
I this surplus ought to be used right
! away to grade the rhad as far as the
i money will go, even if the county
I has to topsoil it. Our soil is nat
urally gravelly down here, as is gen-
. orally observed, and very l : ttle top
' soil is ever needed. The present road
shows that. Therefore, the objection
that it might be better tc wait until
next year to spend this surplus on
this grading so that surface-treat
ment could be put on at the same
time is not entirely apprcable. The
j surface treatment would go on the
i gravelly roadbed and the public
j would be getting the use of the road
earlier, and the money, rather than
to let the money lie in bank where it
; is doing the public no good. As a
matter of fact the banks are paying
3 per cent interest to the county on
I it and the county is paying 5 1-2 per
j cent. o n the bonds—a loss of 2 1-2
' per cent as long as it is held. It
should be put to Avoik as soon as
pi acticable.
I note that Senator Rcbirson
thinks this bridge bond surplus here
will amount to only about $15,000 af
ter the link of road is built from
the bridge out to the old road. It
is not thought this link will cost
ever $5,000 per mile, for 2 to 3 miles
of $15,000 at the most. Then, the
lemain’ng $15,000 would re-locate
and grade the road some 5 m les
lurther it is believed. This would be
of great immediate help on this read
and also increase the tolls taken.
However, we figured that the bonds
haAdng been f^r $125,000 and the
premium they brought about $4,600
(which certa nly belongs to this pro
ject being a part of the bonds)
amounted to practically $130,000,
and the total cost of bridge to Mc
Cormick County being about $80,000
would leave a surplus of about $50,-
000. The bridge contract is for about
$148,000 and engineering is thought
will not be above $12,000, mak ng
total cost of about $160,000, one-half,
or $80,000.00 being the cost to Mc
Cormick County. Whatever surplus
there is, we wish it could be ap
plied at once to grading on this road
from the bridge northward.
We are still more pleased to see
Senator Robinsc'n’s interview in the
Augusta papers in which he says
:h:‘s road through from Bridge to
Abbeville and Greenwood lines, and
the read from McCormick to the
Edgefield line will all be graded to
standard next year and surface-
treated, provided the state agrees to
put dow n standard concrete paving
ultimately. He is exactly right about
the- concrete finally—otherwise bet
ter go slow and wait; that is, use
concrete for what we actually do. It
stems l.kely the next legislature
.will follow the reedmmendations of
the h'ghway department, and divide
the state into highway districts and
let the districts issue bonds and take
up all present bonds and pave all the
roads in the next two or three
years. This will permit the cities
to help the country. In that case, Mc
Cormick’s roads will all go down in
concrete. If this bill passes, we will
not need to worry. Otherwise, we
should use surface treatment, as
proposed by Senator Robinson, if the
state will later substitute concrete
for ail of it. It seems that we are
destined for a wonderful develop
ment in the near future. We will
begin to attract settlers and capital.
Our efforts of years to open up our
country is about to bear fruit. We
can have one of the richest counties
in the state if we can later get in
dustries to use our electric power
along the Savannah River, of which
we have an ero^mc'us quantity, more,
probably, than any other county in
the- i tate.
In any event, it seems best that
we should go ahead now and use our
surplus from these bridge bonds and
grade this road as far as the fund
will go, while we have it-—if we wait
for the highway districts we do not
kr.ow how that would be. Pity the
bridge could not also be made free
Gen. J. M. Kennedy
Recipient Of Honor
The 'Many friends of General
James M. Kennedy will be pleased
^ kn 'w that the University of South
Carolh*&, his Alma Mater, is confer
ring upon him the honorary degree
of L., D. at their commendbment
to be held today.
General Kennedy is a brother of
Mi's. Douglass Haggard of McCor
mick and was reared within four
miles c*f McCormick. Dr. and M
Haggard expect to attend the cere
monies at Columbia.
General Kennedy will be the gu si
of Dr. ar.d Mrs. Haggard over the
week end.
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Quillen Pictures
South Carolina
Says State Is In Hands Of
“White Trash”
Georgia is ready to make it free. If
the interest on those bonds could be
paid out of funds from the state, as
the Calhoun Falls highway bonds
are, the bridge could be free.
Yours truly, <
THOS. MERIWETHER.
Meriwether, S. C.
June 11, 1928.
X
Poke shodts are delicious when
carefully cooked. To lessen the
slight astringency of flavor, discard
the first water, after cooking 5
minutes, and continue cooking in
fresh boiling water. Serve like as
paragus, with butter and seasoning
of salt and pepper.
TXt
If the automobile manufacturer
wants to be a success, he has oniy
to build a car that will last until the
final payment is made.
GREENVILLE, June 11. — The
Greenville News published from Rob
ert Quillen’s Fountain Inn Tribune
an editorial by the paragrapher and
editor which says that “South Caro
lina is in the hands of ‘white trash’
of the hypocritical, detestable sort
with the decent people forming the
minority unable to lift the state from
a disgraceful situat’on.”
In a scathing denunciation of con
ditions in the state as he sees them,
| Mr. Quillen adds that the better type
! of citizenship in South Carolina was
killed off during the Confederate war
and that since that time the “white
trash” has been in the saddle.
“The majority is dirt,” the editor
ial says, “—psalm-singing, Jesus-
shouting, liquor-guzzling trash, with-
Cut the slightest conception of the
meaning of honor—<cdnstitutionally
incapable of decency—inherently fil
thy in body, mind and soul.”
Admitting that there is a good
percentage of decent people in the
rtate, Mr. Quillen’s editorial adds
that present conditions of crime and
illiteracy wore the result of their
being in a hopeless minority while
“hypoerit cal. thieving, dishonorable
white trash hold sway, electing dem
agogues to office and giving the
state a bad name over the country.
“There is no section of America
where nqen are so quick to defend
their honcir as in South Cai'olina,”
he adds. “There is no section where
men are au'ek to fight when given
the lie. Yet, their religion is a
sham, their chivalry is a sham, their
honor is a sham. Their much mouth
ing about righteousness is a pcse.
They do not understand what honor
is. They are not capable bf shame.
They expla n South Carolina.
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Birthday Dinner
An occasion of great joy was the
dinner given Sunday, June 3rd, in
honor of Mr. P. B. Parnell’s 75th
birthday anniversary. •
After a morning of pleasure, a de
licious dinner was served in the hall
where a long table was arranged, on
Avhich spotless linens were spread.
There were fifty-thi’ee present to ei>-
joy the dinner.
.The afternoon was enjoyed as
much as the morning and every me
left w ishing Mr. Pprnell many more
happy birthdays.
At the request of several, the
names of the ones who enjoyed the
dinner will be given:
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Parnell, Sr.;
Mr. and M:s. P. B. Parnell, Jr., and
children, Clarence and J. P.; Mrs.
Lillie Gibert and children, Marie and
Virginia Mae; Mr. and Mrs. Will
Farrell and clrldren, Etta. Emma,
Arnie and Alice; Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam Boyd and sen, James; Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Parnell; Mr. and Mir. C.
E. Parnell and children, Preston,
Christine, Mantague, Emmit, Law
rence, Bertha and Vera Mae; Mr.
Tom and Miss Minnie Lindley; Mr.
and Mrs. W. R.. McKinney and chil
dren, Henry, Bennie and Pauline;
Miss O’Dessa and Mr. Grady Hill;
Mrs. Hen:y Wideman; Mts. J. R.
Brown and daughter, Sarah; Miss
Pearl and Mr. Watson Wideman and
Mrs. Lizzie Hill.
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Big Reduction Sale
Starts At Plum
Branch Tomorrow
• Tomorrow mo’toiro- Jnnc 15th, at
9 o’clock, J. W. Bracknell & Son of
Plum Branch throw open their store
doors and offer the public the op
portunity to buy seasonable merchan
dise at greatly reduced prices. Their
stock consists of almost everything
to be fotond in a first class store, is
new and of lari st styles and best
quality.
They are usiner 2 000 c ; rcula > 's and
a double page adv. in The Messer \*er
this week to extend the invitation tc
their friends and the public in gen
eral to take advantage of this op
portunity to save money and at the
same time get number one merch: n-
dise. Read the circular or the adv.
for full particulars.
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The ecvr'rnment estimates that a.
dollar bill will last six months, and
most of u s have a hard time making
one last five minutes.