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TV \ u ■u [i. TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Seventh Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, September 13, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Number 15 McCormick Schools Opened Monday SPLENDID PROGRAM CARRIED Results of Second Primary i Plans To Organize Local Al Smith For President Club OUT IN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM The public schools of McCormick hftH a most auspiciv*is opening Mon day morning, September 10th. The exercises were held in the auditorium of the high school building where the following program was carried out: After the singing of “America the Beautiful,” by the audience, devo tional exercises wei’e conducted by Rev. J. A- Bledsoe. Following the devotional exercises. Miss Sedelle Ellid of the grammar school faculty, sang “Ho, Mr. P-'per,” accompanied on the piano by Miss Florence Bur gess. The main address of the morning itniB delivered by Rev. Leon T. Press- Mr. Pressly spoke briefly on the necessity of co-operation between the members of the school; namely, the superintendent, trustees, faculty, patrons and pupils. He conpared most forcefully the school to the body*, saying each member was vital- . ly necessary to the well-being of the whole, and wherein one failed all failed. After Mr. Prey sly's address Miss Ellis sang again, using as her sel ection “Love’s Old Sweet Song.” In introducing Mr. Garvice Taylor, principal of the gramma;* schcol and coach* of boys’ athletics, Mr. Lake remarked that a three-fold develop ment was necessary in order to have a well-rounded personality, Mr. Tay lor made a special plea to the patrons for their support of spoits this year and anno meed the immediate begin ning df football practice. Mrs. C. H. Huguley, pres dent of the Parent-Teachers’ Association for the year 1923-29, gave a charming talk, pledging the hearty support of the P--T. A. to the schools, and invit ing in the name of the association the faculty patrons and friends of the scho <1 to a reception to be given Thursday in honor of the faculty at the home of Mrs. W.. K. Charles Supt. W. E- Lake, J.i, welcomed the pupils of the public schools to a new school secs’on and promised bis best efforts to the maintenance of the high standards upheld in the past. He commented on McCormick’s excellent standing among the second ary schools of the United States. He assured the pupils and teachers that our splendid board of trustees was iteady to do all in their power to im prove the schools and he asked the co-opcration of every one connected with the school in making 1928-29 the best school year McCormick has ever had. Folldw'ng an intro luction cf the, faculty to the audience by Superin tendent Lake, Miss Elizabeth Dillard, , gave a violin solo, “Der Sohn Der Haidee,” accompanied on the piano ,by Mrs Creighton. The audience was dismissed with the benediction by Rev. Leon T. Pressly. Th : s school year promises to be very successful. McCo muck is for tunate in scouring Mr. Lake as the superintendent of her schools. He has established an excellent record as an educator. Mr. Lake is ably supported by a capable corp of teach ers. There is splendid musical talent among the faculty. Mies Ellis sings with ease ard charm; Miss Dillaid plays the v'o.in skillfully and with .appreciation, artistically interpret ing her selections’; Miss Elizabeth Hill who w T as detained on account of illness, is an accomplished pianist. In addit on to its fine faculty and . teaching equipment, McCormick has a large enroKment of pupils to build a good school system. There is a total enrollment of over fdur hundred in the grammar and high school. tXt Mr. Roland A. Clem * * Passes Away Funeral services were held for Mr. Roland A. Clem, 87, Confederate .vet eran, and inteilnent made at Mt. Tab or Church Mondajr afternoon. Mr. Clem died Sunday afternoon follow ing an illness of two weeks. He is Unofficial returns from McCormick County’s second primary, 815 votes and was elected over his opponent, Mr. H. C. Walker, which was held Tuesday, 11th instant, show that Mr. Jasper Me- whose total was 766. Daniel is elected to the house of representatives over Hon. W. D. Morrah, incumbent, the total vote being, for Mr. McDaniel, 802; and for Mr. Morrah, 774. Mr. W. H. Parks received 820 votes and was elected superin tendent of education over Dr. R. G. Killingsworth, whose to tal vote was 758. Mr. W. T Strom was elected sheriff, his vote being 818, while that of Mr. M. R. LeRoy, incumbent, was 760. Messrs. R. N. Edmunds and C. C. Morgan, incumbent, were elected as county commissioners, the vote being 811 for Mr. Ed Mr. S. W. Wideman was elected cotton weigher at Plum Branch with a total of 124 votes, while his opponent, Mr. J. A. Ridlehoover, ran up a total of 118. The official count is to be made tomorrow, and is not calcul ated to materially change any of the races. The failure last week to mention a second race for superin tendent of education in the artcile on the front page was due to an oversight in The Messenger office and was not noticed until attention was called to it after most of the papers had been mail ed. The ticket was properly printed elsewhere in that issue. munds and 8^5 for Mr. Morgan. Mr. J. H. Banks and Mr. W.' however, and notwithstanding the fact that the omission did K. McDonald were also candidates for these offices, Mr. Banks not harm any one, the paper deeply regrets the oversight, receiving 642 votes and Mr. McDonald 756. The unofficial vote by precinct is given below, as nearly cor- For Magistrate, CapL J. B. Holloway, incumbent, receivedi rect as is obtainable at this time: 6* FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES JASPER McDANIEL 142 W. D. MORRAH 131 SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATION: 128 220 R. G. KILLINGSWORTH W. H. PARKS (FOR SHERIFF: M. R. LeROY W. T. STROM IOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: J. II; BANKS R. N. EDMUNDS w. k. McDonald CHARLIE C. MORGAN tOR MAGISTRATE: J. B. HOLLOWAY H. C. WALKER COTTON WEIGHER:—Plum Branch J. A. RIDLEHOOVER S. W. WIDEMAN 1541 253 I 1211 97 136| 213 I 1381 136| 111 136 pp 64 36! 34 45 127 62 24 73 43 54 to CB 108i 188i 50i 341 147! 169 119 159 104 172 153 170 216 1041 68 66! 34 72! 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Sept. 10, and Porter Doi<n, Jr., of McCormick, Charles Osborne of Shipment Of Vetch And Peas To Arrive Latter Part Of Week According to an announcement by Thos. W. Morgan, County Agent, the co-operative shipment of hairy vetch ard Austrian w.’nter peas is due to arrive at McCormick around the lat ter part c<f this week. Over a ton Parksville, and W. P. Parks, Jr., of of the vetch seed have been placed Parksville were selected as members already, and it is not expected that AJr. Tillman Gilliam Bold Robber Gets Buried Last Tuesday p a y R 0 H From Green- T liman Gilliam, age 38! who died; ville Lumber Lo. at £% Pctersbu:g, Fla., Friday, Aug-! ust 30th, was buried at Sharon j • Church near Abbeville Wednesday af- GREENVILLE, Sept. 8.—A well ternen at 2:30. The service was con- dressed robber entered the offices of ducted by Rev. Mr. Inabct, pastor of the Greenville Lumber* Co., here the church, assit^d by Rev. H. O. | shortly before noon today, picking up Chambers of the Methodist Church'- a ^ox containing between $750 and of Abbeville. Interment was made $£00 of the weekly pay roll and held at the church yard. [office w<**kers off with a pistol while Mr. Gilliam was a native of Abbe- he and a companion escaped in an au- ville County and had many frieods tomobile. and relatives there. A number of Officers called immediately were years ago he went to Florida and attempting to pick up the trail, but of the county livestock judging team! the shipment will last very long. The to represent McCorm'ck County in low price of the seed this year, to- ' the group judging ccitrst to be held gether with the value of these leg- at Greenwood on next Satu’day Sep- umes as feed and soil building crops tembc;' 15. Archie Langley of Plum make it very interesting for the far- had made his home at St. Pteersburg early this afternoon had found no Branch was selected a s alternate^ mer to consider this yea:i i c?i■*"»<'»/-» 4*Wo4- 4*ivy%o .ns-* ^ , , - . , , . Hairy vetch will be delivered at A large number of club boys from , . , , , , * . a* j. ^ , 11 cents per pound in broken bag all parts of the «ounty competed for i.nio ^ - i. * F ^ ! lots, and 10 1-2 cents in bag lots. places on the tc^rn, and the selections were made by Messrs. W. A. Mason, Vocational Agriculture teacher of the McCormick High School and W. H. Wooten, who holds the same posi tion in the Washington Consolidated High School. In the group contest at Greenwood on next Saturday, the McCormick team will compete against teams f/om Greenwood, Abbeville, Edge- field, and Saluda counties. The three winners of this contest will go to Orangeburg later in the month for the district contest, the winners, of which get a free trip to the State Fair in October for the entire week- Austrian winter peas will be deliver ed at not over 10 cents per pound. Mr. Morgan wishes to urge all farmers who are planning to put cut these c:5cos to get their orders itf earlj*. as the supply of seed on the market is being rapidly used up, and prices will very probably increase later in the season. He states that on the basis of advance orders from the farmers, he can contract ahead for seed at the present price, where- since that time. trace of the man. Mr. Gill'am is survived by his wife The. robbery was accomplished and eight small children!- His mo- quietly and the man who entered the they. Mrs. Joe Palmer, of Abbeville office had started out with the County also survives. money befoie he was noticed. Pallbearers were Messrs. J. W. According to the story told the of- Gilliam, O. M. Gilliam, Frank Purs- ficers, the men drove up to the of- ley, C. F. Gilliam and R. S. Robinson. fi ce and one of "them alighted from He is also survived by one brother, the automobile and asked permission Mr. Walter Gilliam of Iva, and three to use the telephone. While the corn- sisters, Mrs. G. C. McKinney and panion turned the car about, he call- Mrs. D. M. Bullock of McCormick ed two numbers but carried on little and Mrs. S. D. McCutcheon of Cc*!um-! conversation. MR. W. K. CHARLES IS SEIECT- ED AS PRESIDENT OF LOCAL ORGANIZATION The following letter dated at ’ Greenville, S. C., September 7, 1928,' is self explanatory with reference to the plans and purposes of a local or ganization of A1 Smith For President Club: Mr. W. K. Charles, McCormick, S. d, Dear Mr. Charles: Governor John G. Richards had re quested me to organize A1 Smith For President Clubs throughout the state. I am selecting one outstanding Dem ocrat in each County to be Chairman of the organization in that County. You have rendered splendid service to your Party in the past and you aie familiar with the Democratic or ganization in your section and I have appointed you as Chairman for Mc- Coi mick County. It will be your duty to call meetings * of the Democrats in the sections of McCormick County where you think a Smith Club could be organized, the number of Clubs to depend entirely upen what you think is best. I have formulated a few simple rules to gov ern the organization of the Clubs, a copy of which is enclosed herewith, f am anxious to have one good strong A1 Smith Foj President Club in each County and as many more as desire to oiganize. While we all realize that South Carolina is absolutely safe* for the Democratic Party, I think it ’s im pel tant to have these organizations for the purpose of arousing interest# in each County sufficient to cause every wh tc Democrat to go to the polls and place his ballot in the.hox. Please issue a call through v the lo cal press immediately and organize one goed strong Club and then as many more as it is possible to organ ize Yours very truly, C. GRANVILLE WYCHE, Chairman of the A1 Smith for Pres ident Clubs of South Carolina. biat and one half sister, Miss Dora Palmer of Abbeville. He resided io McCormick a number as later it may be impossible to buy 0 f y ears a g Q> an d had many friends them for less than several cents per ’pchnd higher. txt here who will regret to learn of his untimely death. He had just com pleted his day’s work and come home Expressing his thanks for the use of the phdne, he walked by the desk, casually picked up the money box and almost had reached the door be fore Miss Violet Moore, a stenogra pher, observed him with the box. She sounded an alarm and follow- The market value of cowpeas may | a nd was playing with his little baby ed the robber to the street, where where they judge against the boys improved by recleaning after w hen he dropped to the floor dead of' upon he pulled dut a gun and held finVm the state at large. The winner, threshing or hulling, according to the, heart failure, of the state fair contest will be u g. Department of Agriculture-! awarded a free trip to the Interna- -T--I* t’onal Livestock Show at Chicago fi a ii e d out by hand. If a small hull- This is especially true of cowpeas; The amazi. g question in married along with his county agent. The team will be in charge of Thos. survived by the following children: jW. Morgan, county agent, who states Ben Clem, Greenwood; Mrs. Sudie that the boys are working hard, and Talbert, Greejiwcod; Mrs. John Wat-j several more demonstrations will be ers, McCormick; Mrs. Lizzie Me- put on befcee the meet at Greemvo'xl | girls playing ^bee> Rock Hill. _• 1 Saturday. e r is used, the cowpeas should be run through it a second time to remove more of the ft«re:'gn matter. X life—-to every* *ie except the n t r- e?t/ d couple—is what they can sec in each other. txt 0~e of th*’' ni?e things about being Yc‘u don’t see so many pictures of shinny is that you can eat all th? tenn : s, because dc*rt play in bathing suits. they things you want without 1 fatter. becor.ri.f her and others at bay until he climb ed in the waiting automobile and dis appeared, X As an aid : n controlling wheat scab in sections where this disease is pre valent—«the central States and east ward—winter wheat should be sown when the ground is cool, on the lat- .sl- cafe date in the fail. Rules Governing The Organization? Of “Al Smith For President Clubs” 1. Each Club shall haye the name of Al Smith for President Club of (here insert the name of the City, Town or Ccoiniunity.) 2. Tho officers cf each club shall be a President} Vice-President, Sec retary and Treasurer. 3. The minimum membership of each Club shall be ten, with no maxi mum. 4. Each memben of the Club shall be icquired to contribute not less than One Dollar ($1.00) to the cam paign funds of the Democratic Par ty, although no contribution shall be ccmpu!so;*y. The amounts contributed by each member shall be paid to the Treasurer of th e local Club and. for warded by him or her to Hon. Guy A. Gullick, Treasurer of the Al Smith Clubs of South Carolina, Greenville, S. C. 5. Upon organization each Club shall be required t(. send a 1 st of the fficers, together wPh the name and address of the Club, to C. Granville Wyche, G.eenvllla S. C., to be filed for future reference. 6. The primary purpose of the Club shall be to elect Governor Alfred E. Smith President of the United States and Senator Joseph T. Robinson Vice- President of ihe United States and it shall be the duty of each member of the Club tc. go tc> the polls or etec- lion day and cast his ballot for those twe' candidates and to promote in eveiy proper way the cause of De mocracy in South Carolina. X Mr. Barney Weeks Girnied First Bale The first bale of this year’s cotton crop was ginned here last Saturday morning by Mr. Barney Weeks of near town. The bale weighed 550 pounds and was sold on the local market to N. G. Brown & Son fov 18 1-4 cents per pound. Some half a dozen or more hales have been ginned and sold here this week, however a flush is not expected just at this time, due to the lateness of cotton opening on account of - so much rain the past several weeks. .V / v ■, f V m