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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
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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.
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Mr. Roland A. Clem
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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:
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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
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Livestock Judging
Contest Held 10th
The McCormick County Club Boys
livestock judging content was held at
Mr. J. B. Ho loway’s dairy farm near
McCormick on Mo|iay .afternebn.
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.
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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-
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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.
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life—-to every* *ie except the n t r-
e?t/ d couple—is what they can sec in
each other.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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