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Thursday, July 26, 1928 McCOTZMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, Soutll CaroTtn*. Page Number Fiv^ I * NOTICE TO j Mr. L. T. Faulkner JUNK DEALERS Celebrates 82nd Birthday July 16 SoaVd bids will be received until 12 o’clock, noon Wednesday, Aug ust 8, 1928, at the office of the PERSONAL AND 10CALITEAB Fla., where both have good posi tions. Mr. H. C. Middleton of Augusta was a business visitor here yester day. Mr. I. C. Hardison of Greenwood attended to business matters here a short while Saturday afternoon. On July the 16, Mr. L. T. Faulk- Western ^Division* Engineer of the ner, an old soldier passed his 82nd South Carol'na State Highway De-; birthday. His children and grand- Miss Sophia Dillashaw of Green- partment. Room 111, Palmetto Build-: children met at his home to celebrate wood BuS ? ness College returned to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murray from' n l ile frohri the de P ot on the Augusta his own hands” was the verdict of a ing, GreenvilW, S- C., for the pur- the occasion. All of his children j Grcemvood Sunday, after spending Greenwood v*;re visitors here one h jg hwa y fb ou t 9:30 o’clock Sunday coroner’s jury last night after about Arthur D. Wrenn Kills Himself Car And Truck Collide On Highway A Ford trucl4. belonging to Mrs. Robert McKinney, and driven by, suicide of Mr. Arthur D. Wrenn in Willie Freeman, colored, and a Chev-1 Columbia Monday morning appeared rolet roadster car, belonging to and i n Tho State of Tuesday: The following account c'f the being driven by Mr. Howard Smith, collided on the highway about half a A. D. Wrenn came to his death from pistol shot wounds inflicted by chase of miscellaneous unserviceable and grandchildren, met early to the week end with her parents> Mr> day the pagt week rolled and cast ii’on, steel, aluminum and tires. This property is located at the Highway Department Main tenance shops at the following points: Anderson, Greenville, Easily, Sen eca, Abbeville, Greenwood*. McCor- spend the day. One brother and one nephew were present. The day was and Mrs. J. T. Dillashaw. night, as Mr. Smith and his compan- five minutes’ deliberaticta following ion, Mr. S. C. Creswell, weie return-1 an inquest into the death yesterday ing to McCorrmck and the truck was morning of Arthur Wrenn,, for nine was found in bed about 7:30 yester day morning by his s'sh^r-in-law, Mrs. F. B. Best, with a bullet hole ,, Rev. and Mrs. Leon T. Pressly are . ~ — — spent pleasantly in social chat ana | Dr and Mrs R> q Jennings fiom leaving today to spend the month of leavin £ McCormick with a number year s a barber in the Palmetto Bar- exchangp of compliments. When dm- Thomasville, N. C., were vis'tors here August at his cld home in Stony of lumber haulers en route to their ber shop in Columbia. Mr. Wrenn ner was announced, all answered a j. tko kome 0 f ]yi r j ]yj Brown Mon- Point, N. C., his churches having bome s Mrs. McKinney’s planta- present. It was a bountiful spread d&y Migs wjinnie Thurmond return- granied him a month’s vacation. Dur- tlon • with everything of the season in ed w ith them for several weeks’ ing the month he will conduct a 1 car and ^ be f^ uc k were both mick, Newberry, Spartanburg, Laur- abundance. The afternoon was spent v sit i week » s mee ting at his old home badl y damaged. Mr. Smith received through his temple, a pistol by his ens, Gaffney and Union. ' in smoking cigars, eating ice cream I New sterling, which was or- ^ bad b J uise dn one arm, while the side and blood over the bed and floor. Inspection of th's material is in- and watermelons. | Mr. and Mrs. Gary Young and ganized 200 years ago. vited. Bidders are requested to biing So far aS Mr. Faulkner knows, he Mrs T w Gab ] e spont Sunday in their bids in person wherever pos- the only survivor of company , Columbia. j Mr. Lee Stream of Winston-Salem, sible. mere this is not possible, 7th Regiment, Capt. D. C. Tomp- b'ds should be marked the out- kins’ Company. He was m the fight- side—“Bid for the Purchase of around Richmond and Peters- Junk.’ burg, surrendered with G^n. Robert A certified check payable to Ben' E. Lee at Appomattox. M. Sawyer, Chief Highway Com-| As the evening shade began to missionei'. in the amount of 10 per approach, the clans began to ta e cent of the total bid will be submit- ler.MCf. saying that it was goo o ted with each proposal to show good have been there, and wishing the o faith, such check to apply on pur- 1 soldier many more birthday annivers- chasc price of successful biddei*; aries and that h s remaining days other checks to be promptly return- might be his best oi.-es. ^ | Those present were Mr. R. L. Right is reserved to reject any or Faulknpr of Ninety-Six, Mr. and all bids. Proposal forms may be Mrs. S. S. Faulkner dfi Greenwood, had on application to the undersign- Mies Lcttie Mr**; Faulkner of Spar- ^ i tanburg, Mrs. E. O. Dukes of /Au- C. J. DUNSTON, ' gusta, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Faulkner, driver’s 13-year-old brother, Ellis 1 N. C., is spending some time "here, Freeman , who was also riding on the Mr. and Mrs. Mike McGrath will with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 1 t ^ uck » suffered a severe concussion I'eturn to their home here Sunday C. Strom, from a visit in Elberton, Ga., with her mother Mrs. Addie Dye. of the bra'n. was hurt. None of the others | Mrs. W. W. Adams and children of _ Edgefield are here on a visit to her Mr. Metz Price of Greenville is mother, Mrs. M. L. Carroll. here on a visit -to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Price. Misses Pansye Wplliams and — Mamie Keown will leave Saturday Mr. Ed. Bell and family of Green- to resume their duties as teachers in ville a:e spend'ng a week or more the Woodville school, near Gveen- here with his mother, Mrs. Mamie ville. Bell. Mr. L. L. Rankin of Aiken spent driver of the truck had one leg brok-j Mrs. Best was at breakfast with Mrs. en in the smash up. and the truck Wrenn, M:i. Best and her two chil dren. A report of what was thought to be a pistol was heard but was dis missed as the backfire of an automo bile ufitil a sound as of some one choking was heard. Mrs. Best went to Wrenn’s room and found him ly ing dead in bed. Mrs. Wrenn, who, at her own re quest, was called on the witness stand at the inquest at the court -|-i» rpi i house last night, after saying Wirenn -T ir6 JL liesdav ; had threatened suicide for the last •/ J —. three weeks, made following state- FIREMEN DO FAST WORK AND ment: Mr. J. W. Corley’s Home Destroyed By SOON CONQUER FLAMES The home of Mr. James W. Corley I got up this morning and asked Mr. Wiuonn if he wanted breakfast. He said he didn’t feel like it. He was reading and asked for a cigaret. Div'sion Engineer. | Mr. J. T. Faulkner and family, Mr. returned to their heme here Monday Room 111, Palmetto Building, Greenville, S. C. 16 July, 1928.—It. T. C. Faulkner and family. Mr R. L. Faulkner, Judge L. G. Bell and oth ers, of McCormick. After spending about three weeks Sunday here with homefolks with relatives and friends in Cam-J . ,. .. ** den, Mrs. W. S. Pipkin and ch ldren Mr. Wiley Crawford and family of ^ him „ 1 ^ ^ • Aiken visited relatives and friends rr„ ac , An , T • a ^ _ eating bmakfast, he said I should g< PEAK FOR SALE Elberta Peaches for sale at 25 cents per bushel in orchard at Bordeaux, S. C. They are as perfect as ever grew and the quantity is unlimited. Come and get them now. O. G. CALHOUN Bordeaux, S. C. . . , , „ „ . Tuesday morn ng, and would have nr- nM „ . 1 m : * nd Y McCormick the past be(m a ile of smduldering cind . M:ss Edna Pcttigaaw of Starr is week end Spending several days here as guest of Mrs. T. C. Faulkner. ers and ashes had it not been for the „ _ ^ .heroic work of the town’s firemen Mrs. E. O. Dukes of Augusta and who tacklcd the job witb a dcter _ „ M,ss Lett,e Mae Faulkner of Spar- millat i on to win> and that they did j n Mr. Elmer Creighton and family tanburg are spending some time here less tban 20 m ; nutes after the alarnl are visiting relatives in Charlotte, N. with their father, Mr. L. T. Faulk- , vas hl , n . Tbe ,. oo( and ceilin C., this woDk. ner. v, . , , j were ablaze at the same time, but Hi- r ^ o . , . the fdur streams of water played on Miss Inez Witt of Spartanburg is: Mrs. T. J. S.bert, who underwent f thom s00n had them t00 wet t0 burni ^ ere ,°w!. V S t0 hCr brother ’ Mr - !,n cpccation at the Greenwood Hos- and tbe hout . th h practical i y Miss Wilmer Hudgens of Andorson spent the past week hen.i as guest of M ss Frances Britt. BARBECOE HASH DINNER AT PLUM BRANCH, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 27TH Come to the county campaign meeting at Plum Branch on Friday, July 27, 1928. Speaking starts at 11 o’clock a. m. A well prepared Barbecue Hash Dinner will be served from 1 to 2:30 o’clock, at 50 cents per dinner. R. H. WJDEMAN, Manager Plum Branch, S. C. M:«. George Nelson and family from Spartanburg are spending the week here with his mother, Mrs. Louise Nelson. p tal on Tuesday, is reported to be ru i nc( j an( | a i m ost devoid of a roof, doing nicely. stands there as evidence of heroic and quick work done by the firemen Mr. Cecil Bowen, who has been proper equipment and an ample manager of the Dixie Store in Me- supp ]y d f -water. No better work Ccrm.ck the past six or eight can be done anywhere. Mr. J. T. Ludwick and family from Greenville are visiting rclat'ves and friends in and near McCormick this week. rr.orthst. has gone to Belton to work in the wholesale department for the same company. Mr. J. P. Tr bble of Belton succeeds Mr. Bowen at Mc Cormick. Mr. Jack Bullock and family from Lexington. N. C., are vis ting here in the home of his fathe:', Mr. D. M. Bullock. Mr. and Mrs. Archer and family are spending some time at his fath er’s home in Sparta. Ga. Sorry to report his illness there with malaria fever. Mr. R. H. Wideman of Plum Keow n and Mr. William Kecwn Branch war, a business visitor here spent the wcek e nd in Augusta. Mrs. Monday. He is making prepara- Grose went down on business. tions to serve hash dinner to those who attend the campa'gn nveting at ( ]yir. r iy Talbert and family of; Plum Branch tomorrow. His adv.' Win : ston-Salem, N. C., will arrive here one day the latter part of the week for a visit to relatives in and :i ar town. All the household effects were moved out, some of which were slightly damaged by water, and have since been stored in Mr. J. T. Fooshe’s vacant store building. Mr. Corley and family were away from home at the time. It is not known where nor hdw the fire orig inated. The blaze was breaking through the roof and walls near the k'tchen when first seen, and rapidly spread to otheii portions of the roof. Mrs. H. B. Grose and children, j osg j g par (;i a ]jy. covered by in- Mrs. J. Frank Mattison and children, Mrs. Sarah Mattison, Miss Mamie go get a cup of coffee. I was at the table about five m’nutes when I heard the shot. ‘My God,’ I exclaim ed, “something’s happened!” About five seconds later I heard some one groan. “Financial affairs did it It was not anything he could not have got out of. He just got despondent.” Mr. Wrenn* who w r as 38 yoai's old, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alma Wrenn; by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wrenn Of McCormick; by two brothers, Julian Wrenn of Columbia and Herbert Wrenn of Atlanta; by two sisters, Mrs. Paul Miller of New York and Mrs. James Speights of White Hill. Funeral services will be held at the Dunbar funeral home on Gervais street at 5:30 this afternoon, con ducted by the Rev. John H. Webb, pastdr of the First Baptist Church. Interment will take place in Elmwood cemetery. txt ^ 1950 surance. Mr. Corley and family are occupy ing the Baptist parsonage for the present. X Card Of Thanks appears elscwdiere in this paper. -o- COMING TO THE -o- DIXIE TOEATRES:; Mr. Garfield Bowick and family of near town have the sympathy of many friends on account of illness at their horn five of the children be ing seriously ill. We take this method of extending our most sincere thanks to our neighbors and other fidneds for the Mr. J. W. Corley a nd family left splendid service rendered in saving eaily Tuesday morning for a visit to ’ our household effects whe n our home Mr. and Mrs." J. H. Campbell of Belt- I wa s practically ruined by fire Tues'- on, but immediately returned to Me- day morning. We also wish to thank Cormick after receiving a telephone the McCormick firemen for their ex ec nquer ing the Mrs. Theodore Hoskins, of Pike- ville, Ky., i s here on a visit to her mC ssage that the'r home had been cellent work in sister, Mrs. G. J. Sanders, Jr. Mrs. Ralph Spilman and son, cf Alexandria, Va., arc spending some destroyed by fire. ^ | time here as guests df Misses Mary week en[k Mr. D. C. Mundy of Athens, Ga., was seeing friends in town the past ; and Neal Connor. M: ' • • va : « Mrs. Jerome Sally a • • * c« n t i -txt- u FRIDAY AND SATURDAY July 27th and 28th, at 8:30 p. m. LOVE ’EM AND LEAVE 'EM Sally and son, Jerome Preaching At Baptist Sally. Jr., have returned to their, ^ t home at Sally, after spending a (JlllYCil jNcXt SlHlCiaV flames and saving the shade U'ees. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Corley. txx Weevils In Lull But New Brood Is Coming ; month here with her parents, Mr. and \ _ _ CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 23.— During the week July 16 to 24 the Itev. E. D. Sturkie of Orangeburg new brood of boll weevils was not ?•> ‘ Mrs. W. B. Quarles Mi 74^* • r x Miss Mary Quarts is spending t , gt Church at 11: o 0 o’clock next overwintering brood had A«»V * * * ' will preach at the McCormick Bap-1 yet on in full force and most of the died off of WITH EVELYN BRENT LAWRENCE GRAY LOUISE BROOKS “LOVE ’EM AND LEAVE ’EM, that’s me,” rays the heroine. And, oh. the laughs. With Louise Brooks as the girl who vamps ’em and pets ’em Evelyn Brent as the girl who loves *em and leaves ’em and Lawrence Gray as the hoy who can’t choose between *em. And you’ll love ’em all. The comedy that Broadway roared at for one solid year. Produced by the man who made “Kid Boots.** You know it must he good. ALSO—PATHE WEEKLY COMING Next Friday and Saturday “Private Life Of Helen Of Troy.*’ ^; seme time at Sally with her s :ster, Sunday morning, July 29th, and at consequently the puncturing of ; Mrs. Jerome Sally. j 8;3() 0 > clock that evening. The pub- s Q«a re s is not increasing very rapid- v\ . lie is cord ally invited to either or^ ly for the moment, says Prof. Frank v \j ^ r * Uarmon, Jr., and family bo ^ k services. i bn Sherman, state entomologist. I have returned home from a wieek’s 1—tXt ! Infestation is high enough so that ' ' visit to relatives at Holly Hill. Hej says the brst crops he saw 3 aw on the Series Of Meetings MnPnvm if»lf t - Begin At Republican Church Monday I j trip were right lure in McCormick ! County. ^ j i Mrs. Talulah Sanders is visiting relatives and friends in and near vk , Harlem, Ga. j ^ series cf meetings will begin at i Republican Church Monday night, ^ Sorry to report that Master Law- j u j y 30th, preaching to be done by ^ cr -ce Strom, son of Mr. and Mrs. the pastor. Rev. J. A. Bledsoe. Serv- Wilbur Strom, is quite ill a his home j ccs morn : r.g and evening, beginning vA bc e ‘ j with Tuesday. ! tXj ™ Mrs. Rowland lo Entertain S. I. A. Of Washington School “Johnny, leave that monoplane! alone and come here this minute.” “Quick, Mary, stra'ghten up the room. The Smith’s have landed.” Scteiety Item: “Mr. and Mrs. Reg inald Sprunt took off yesterday in their new triplemotofed artiphibian plane for Europe. They will return in a fortnight by way of Calcutta, Bombay, Tokyo and the Aleutian Is- alnds.” “Something really must be done about this jay-motoring.” “Yes, we have decided to turn in our last year’s plane fdr a 1950 mod el.” “Thanks ever so much for the ride. Jnst drop me off wherever it’s most convenient.” “Look at all those parked planes. The Browns’ bridge club must be meeting.” “Whatever are we coming to ? Just suppose we had been seen loop ing with a man when we were young.” “Be careful, there’s a woman pilot just in frent of us.” “It’s very early. Must you really be hopping off?” “Hangars We bu'ld ’em Steel, concrete, stuccq. brick or shingled.” “I prefer to drive to the office in a motor car. Landing is such a nui sance.” “George, do watch what you’re doing whon you vol-plane.” “Dear, if you’re not very busy. j worst iklds should be dusted in - j would you m’nd flying with the cook belt from Barnwell and Orangeburg j |. 0 bus j- Re ?» “The Biowns aro so quaint? They vX owners c£ lots or sections in the city cemetery that the first week in Au- gust has boon declared clean-up week Wi and that they give this their atten- ik tion. to Horry counties and in the belt from Greenwood to Fairfield and ] ove pEC k a hamper and go off for Chester counties. In the sandhills a mo ^ or drive in the country.” new weevils are emerging and are -General Aircrafts is selling at a more plentiful than a week ago. j new high.” The weevil ha s not yet become ser-1 But one thing w iH not have chang- ious in Anderson. Oconee, Pickens, | ed; “Great heavens. Look at this bill Greenville, Spartanburg and Chero-j for ^pairs!”—Balt more Sun. kee counties. From Greenwood and Chester ————IXT counties eastward the fresh punc- Ordinary drain tiles 3 or 4 inches tu!*es whicji appear hereafter will be in inside diameter and 1 foot in from weevils of the new brood and | length are very good for blanching if weather cc'ntinues rainy this new ce’/iry in the home garden. The After spending several weeks with brood may be expected to increase the per centage of punctured squares. bunches should first be tied together with string and the tiles slipped down over the tops of the bunches. re- The members of the S. I. A. will relatives in and near McCormick, be guests in the hon*e of Mrs. W. M. j lain but an application which Messrs. Calhoun and Frank Edmunds Rowland at Melrose on August 2nd,; mains 24 hours before being washed aue leaving today for St. Petei’sburg, from four to s'ix o’clock p. m. J off is considered to be effective. Dusting is in progness on perhaps, Drain tiles are especially desirable more farms than in other years. | because they produce celery of good There has been some interference by flavor. If heavy paper is used for blanching, it should not contain tar dr citeosote. as these will injure the flavor of the celery.