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Thursday, January 23, 1930
McCVRMICK MESSENGER, McCOXMlCa.
Page Number Eight
WILLINGTON
NEWS ITEMS
(Too late for last week’s issue.)
Such ideal weather as we have
been enjoying for more than a
week. Our roads and highways
are in such fine shape, we are al
most tempted to wish this weath
er would continue through the
remainder of the winter.
Mr. Milton LeRoy of McCormick
left Sunday for the Government
Hospital in Washington, D. C.. for
another examination. It has been
feared that some trouble was de
veloping in his throat, an after- |
math of a wound sustained while ,
serving in the World War. On j
his last visit to the hospital, there ;
was no cause for alarm and we
are hopeful that he may be O. K.
this time and will soon return to
his anxious wife and little son,
Milton, Jr.
Mrs. Ada Kennedy is again with
her sistef-in-law, Mrs. Dr. Haggard
of McCormick, who does not regain
her lost strength so rapidly, as was
expected after she reached the
state of convalescence.
Mr. F. P. Rush spent awhile Fri
day afternoon with his good friend,
Capt. Sam McBride. They sat to
gether on the porch and enjoyed
the genial rays of sunshine.
We regret to report Mrs. J. M.
Giles hgs been quite sick from the
effects of cold. Dr. Workman of
Troy was called to see her, also
Willington’s recently graduated
nurse. Miss Viola Lawton, has been
with her. We hope she may soon
be well again.
Mrs. C. McNair and little son,
Edward, enjoyed the week end with
her daughter, Mrs. Broome and
family of Iva. They returned to
Willington Sunday morning.
Mrs. Geo Hemminger, whose vis
its are always anticipated with
;asore, called Thursday after-
to see. Mrs. F. P. Rush and
daughter, Miss Francis.
Mrs. Susan LeRoy had as her
week end guests, her nephew, Mr.
John LeRoy and family of Savan
nah, Ga. Mr. LeRoy is in govern
ment employ, and has been sur
veying near Willington.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Andrews
and son, Wright, Mrs. Daisy Hem
minger, and Watt Schrimp, motor
ed to Anderson county yesterday
for a visit,to Mr. and Mrs. John
Schrimp in their new location near
Iva. They also visited Gregg
Shoals before returning home.
Messrs. Langley and Quarles of
McCormick were business visitors
in our town today. They surely
make a success of their work, as
they always seem to be in a hurry.
We regret to report Mr. Charley
Cowan’s recent illnes. He seemed
sq much improved Christmas week,
his friends were hoping he would
be well again. His sister. Miss
Carrie Cowan, was with him in his
last illness.
. Mr. B«yd Dalton of Greenwood
spent the week end with his cous
in, Mr. R. M. Rush. Boyd’s visit
not only brought pleasure to R.
M., but to his entire home circle.
Mrs. Archie Andrews was pleas
antly entertained Saturday after
noon in the home of Mrs. James
Gibert.
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Stores
DIXIE SURFS
ANNOUNCING
26
Stores
Opening the DIXIE PRODUCE CO. for handling
all kinds of produce, fresh vegetables, fruits, etc.
We are now in position to serve you better than ever.
Specials—Friday and Saturday
JANUARY 24TH and 25TH
SUGAR, Dixie Crystal, 10 lb sack o 55
COFFEE, Dixie Red Drum per lb # 20
CHEESE, Full Cream, per lb # 25
Lettuce-Celery-Green Beans-Fresh
Tomatdes-Eiiglish Peas-Onions, Etc.
TOMATOES, No. 2 Can,
3 for
CORN, Marcellus Brand No. 2 Can
2 for
PEAS, Marcellus Brand No t 2 Can
2 for
BEANS, Chestnut Hill No. 2 Can
2 for
KRAUT, Chestnut Hill
No. 2 Can
SALMON, Pink No. 1
Tall Can
SALMON, Del Monte Sockeye
No. 1 Tall Can
MACKEREL, Del Monte
1 lb. Can
MACKEREL, Salmon Style
No. 1 Can 2 for
HERRING, Salmon Style No. 1 •
Tall Can 2 for
—POTATOES;
POTATOES, Sweet, Kiln-Dried
Irish, large smooth, 6 LBS.
-CABBAGE-
CABBAGE, Texas, fresh green
Firm Heads, per lb.
Special Sale N. B. C. Crackers, one .05 pkg. any
kind FREE with 1 lb Royal Creamy Sandwich for .34
—FLOUR—
Charlie Chaplin
In "The Circus” At
The Dixie Theatre
LATEST COMEDY A MERRY TALE
OF PEANUTS, SAWDUST, TIG
ERS AND PINK LEMONADE
THINGS WORTH
KNOWING
A North Carolina trapper claims
the distinction of catching a cat
fish in a steel trap.
A WRONG DIAGNOSIS
Doctor—What you need to do, sir,
is to relax. You are overworking
yourself. Too much \t*ork and worry
will send any man to his grave years
before his time. Remember that.
Your brain is overworked. Now, just
what is your occupation?
Patient—I am a member of con
gress.
Doctor—Let me examine your pulse
again; I must have made a mistake.
A Drawing Card
“Mrs. Silver, I understand you are
a movie actress and that you have
been happily married for ten years.”
“Yes.”
“To one husband?”
“Yes.”
“Wonderful. I want to make yots
an offer to appear in vaudeville.”
INDIANA QUEEN
Plain, Self-Rising
12 lb. Sack.. .55
24 lb. Sack—1.00
48 lb. Sack. .2.00
CROWN DIAMOND
Plain, Self-Rising
12 lb. Sack.. .49
24 lb. Sack.. .95
48 lb. Sack—1.89
TOWN TALK
or Skylark
12 lb. Sack .65
24 lb. Sack 1.25
48 lb. Sack 2.35
No. 16 DIXIE STORES No. 16
McCORMICK, S. C.
Rev. E. F. Gettys delighted his }Ga., Thursday.
faculty spent an evening last week
with her friend, Mrs. Walter An
drews.
Mr. Reid Gillebeaux, Wright An
drews, and Guilford Cade were
callers, Thursday evening in the
home of the writer. Mr. Gillebeaux
favored us with fine guitar music.
Miss Mary Francis Rush and her
Sunbeam Band enjoyed an inter
esting meeting Wednesday after
noon. After the business was dis
posed of they had a program of
readings, music and an address by
£^0 leader
Miss Viola Lawton and mother,
Mrs. C. McNair and little son, Ed
ward, were visitors Tuesday after
noon to Mrs. Emma Bowen.
Mr. Albert Gibert and son,
James, and Mr. Bobbie Cowan
made a business trip to Augusta,-
congregation of the Presbyterian
church, with an interesting and
Impressive sermon Sunday evening.
The piano recently purchased by
the church and Sunday School
added to the musical program of
the evening.
As usual. Rev. W. H. Barfield
promptly met his appointment at
the Baptist church Sunday after
noon. We regretted so much that
our home invironments were such
that we could not attend the serv
ices, as Mr. Barfield always brings
to us an intcrestihg message from
God’s word. ^
l Mesdamfs. Charles and Susan
LeRoy were recent dinner guests
of Mrs. Archie Andrews. We fee’
sure they had a grand dinner as
their hostess is skilled in culinary
art.
WILLINGTON. Jan. 21.—Mr. and
Mrs. James Gibert and children,
James and Elizabeth, were guests
at dinner Sunday, with Mr. and
Mrs. John Schrimp of Iva We
:—My missed them at Sunday
w^liool. Mr. Gibert’s Bible class re
minded us of sheep without a shep
herd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Rush of
Troy, were gladly seen Friday
evening in the home of their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Rush. On
their return home they were ac
companied by Mrs. Rush, who had
the pleasure of a most enjoyable
night with them.
Another ray of sunshine came
Into the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Covin Wednesday. She will
be known to loved ones and friends
as Sara Alpha. May she be spar
ed to grow into a noble and use
ful woman, loved and honored by
all who know her—a living mon
ument to her parents.
Miss Miehand of the De la Howe
Messrs. Sam Ed. Cowan and
brother, Warren, were callers Sun
day afternoon in the home of their
sisters, Mrs. Ada Kennedy, Misses
Carrie and Sudie Cowan.
J. B. Curtis, Robert Scott and Mr.'
and Mrs. W. A. Scott.
Rev. and Mrs. Leon T. Pressly of
McCormick were dinner guests of
Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin
Sabbath. Miss Florence Patterson
also enjoyed the day with them.
Misses Juanita Curtis and Mar
tha Connor, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and
Mr.- Willie Hester were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King at Cal
houn Falls Friday evening, and
attended the Abbeville-Calhoun
Falls basketball game in Calhoun
Falls.
Miss Martha Connor and Mr.
Bever Williams were Anderson
visitors Sabbath afternoon.
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Mr. Dick
Parker of Calhoun Falls were El-
berton visitors Sunday evening.
Miss Juanita Curtis and Mr. Fred
Threadgill were AlibeviHe visitors
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell and
Mrs. Jim Jones of Calhoun Falls
were visitors of Mrs. Cecil Gilliam
Sabbath afternoon and worshipped
The epidemic of colds still clings ; at the Methodist Church.
to our town, but we are thankful
that, we haven’t had any genuine
cases of “flu” nor any serious re
sults from the colds. One of our
school bovs, George McNair, seems
to have been one of the greatest
sufferers of the town.
“Mar.”
MT. CARMEf.
NEWS
i
Mrs. H. S. Cason returned to her
home and business in Mt. Carmel
Monday. She reports Mr. Cason
able to sit up a little. Their many
friends hope his improvement will
rapidly continue.
Mr. N. S. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W.
U Scott, Messrs. Robert and Tar
rant Scott and Miss Gladys Scott
spent Sabbath in Columbia with
Mrs. J. T. Scott at a Columbia
Hospital. We are sorry to say Mrs.
Scott is running a high tempera
ture and is not doing so well. This
vM be sad news to her many
friends. Mrs. W. R. Boyd, who was
called to her bedside Friday, is
still with her. We hope the worst
is over and that she will soon be
quite well again.
Misses Martha Connor and Juan
ita Curtis. Messrs. Fred Threadgill
and Dan Myers of Elberton. Ga..
were Elberton visitors Saturday
evening.
Mrs. John Williams of Meri
wether and Mrs. W. A. Scott were
Abbeville visitors one day last
week.
Among the visitors from Mt. Car
mel to Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cason
over et Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cas
on’s last week were Messrs. Smith i" ■' ,, L
Scott, W. H. Horton, J. W. Covin, i cheese P er lb - 35 cts -
Mr. W. H. Horton was a busi
ness visitor in McCormick last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mitchell and
little son, Alex, Jr., of Mt. Pleas
ant spent several days in Mt. Car
mel last week with Mrs. Lena Hes
ter.
Dr. Archie Watson of Greenville
and a number of friends enjoyed
rabbit hunting around Mt. Carmel
one day last week.
We hope our Home Demonstra
tion Agent, Mrs. Nell Stallworth,
is rapidly improving and will soon
be able to organize the club in
Mt. Carmel.
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LOCAL MARKET
COTTON—
Strict Low 16 1-4
Middling 16 1-2
Strict Middling 16 3-4
Good Middling 17 1-4
Cotton Seed Bushel 40 cts.
Breakfast Bacm per lb. __ 35 to 5'
Eggs per dozen 35 cts
Bacon per lb. 15 to 22 cfc
Flour per sack $1.00 to $1.4
Flour per barrel — $8.50 to $11.0
Butter per lb. 50 ct;-
Green Coffee, per lb. 30 to 60 ct>
Roasted Coffee, per lb. -30 to 55 ct»
Rice, per lb. 7 to 10 et>
Grist, per lb. 5 cU
Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.0f
Corn per bu. $1.40
Fine Feed, 75 lbs. $1.85
Oats per bu. 90 cts.
Wheat per “bu. $1.50
Family Avocations
“Is Miss Freda at home?”
“No, she is out on her horse.”
“Is Miss Joan at home?”
“No, she is at the gymnasium.”
“Is Mrs. Smith in?”
“No, she is flying the Atlantic.”
“Is Mr. Smith in?”
“No, he is at the cookery class.”
NEVER REGAINED IT
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Charlie Chaplin in “The Circus”!
Peanuts—sawdust—pink lemon
ade—clowns, tigers, elephants,
rearing lions, acrobats, wire-walk
ers, and Charlie Chanlin in his
brand new comedy will all be at
the Dixie Theatre. Friday and Sat
urday. January 24 and *25.
Written, directed and produced
by Charlie Chaplin. “The Circus 4 ’
was two years in the making and
it is the first Chaplin comedy
since “The Gold Rush.”
Charlie plays a wandering lad
who is mixed up in a series of hil
arious adventures, chases, argu
ments and ovations that land him
in “The Circus” as a very fine fel
low. Merna Kennedy, with red
hair and just five feet, two, with
eyes of blue, is his leading lady;
she makes her screen debut in the
role. Others in the cast are Harry
Crocker, Henry Bergman, Betty
Morrissey and Allan Garcia.
According to officials of United
Artists Corporation, which releas
ed the new Chaplin comedy, “The
Circus” presents the Chaplin of old.
the Chaplin of “Shoulder Arms,”
“Pay Day” and “The Pilgrim,”—
the thumping, bumping little man
with the trick derby and cane, the
wriggling moustache and the feet
almighty. Chaplin himself an
nounced during production of “The
Circus,” which was made at his
own studio in Hollywood, that his
new picture would be “a low brow
comedy for high brows.”
Manager Creighton of the Dixie
Theatre said that he felt “highly
gratified” in being enabled to ore-
sent at his theatre Charlie Chap
lin’s first comedy in two and a
half vears. especially so because he
considers “The Circus” the fun
niest Chaplin picture he has seen
in his many years of motion pic
ture exhibition.
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Adriatic divers have brought up
ancient Swedish gold ducats of the
time of King Gustavus Adolphus.
An Italian priest put the fatal
question to a bridegroom and the
man shouted “No!” He accused
the girl’s father of withholding
her dowry .
The average person in the Unit
ed States ate 2.9 gallons of ice
cream last year.
Cotton boll worms are cannibal
istic and have no objection to eat
ing one another.
Insurance companies have made
a one-third reduction in Oklahoma
burglary and holdup insurance
rates.
Experiments in Australian indi
cate that a low grade rayon can
be manufactured from Tasmanian
stringy bark pulp.
An American scientist is to
make a survey of the fruit fly
situation in the countries border
ing on the Mediterranean sea.
The lichen, which appears to
be one plant, is really two; one
being a fungus which provides
support and protection for the oth
er which manufactures the food
for both.
! s
BIRTHS
Two girl were bom to Mr.
! and Mrs. J. C. Barden of Augusta
last Sunday afternoon at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Troy West, near
McCormick. One of the babies
lived only a short while.
The American lotus is rapidly
becoming extinct.
The United States patent office
issues about 1,000 patents a week.
Doctor—That man once lost his
health, but I’ve guarded it now for
twenty years.
Ex-Patient—And that’s the reason
why he’s never regained it, I suppose.
You All Know Him
He tried to cross the railroad track
Before the rushing train;
They put the pieces in a sack
But couldn’t find the brain.
A Cheap Triumph
Edwin—Don’t you believe me, dear
est, when I tell you that you are the
only girl I ever loved?
Angelina—Oh, yes. But that's not
nearly as nice as it would be to know
that I’d stolen you from some other
girl.
Knows His Business
' “Is he a good rabbit dog?” inquired
the hunter, after Inspecting the ani
mal.
“I’ll say he Is!” the dealer replied
: with pride. “You should have seen
the way he went after my wife’s new
sealskin coat!” — American Legion
Monthly.
, A Rumor
Boarding House Lady (to inmate)—
I heard today that you have a habit
of not paying your bills.
Poet Lovejoy—Ah ’ It’s only a rumor.
Boarding House Lady—If you were
only a roomer it wouldn’t be so bad,
but you eat more than anyone else
in the house.
That Crtiel Thrust
Young Doolittle—The little things
of life are dear to me. I love the
insignificant, the plain, the simple—
Miss Spiffins (interrupting)—Yes.
I’ve often noticed how self-satisfied
you seem to be.
HE RANG IN
Sister—Well, what luck did you
have with the latest belle?
Brother—Oh, I succeeded in ring
ing in.
They Cry for Them
Oeorgie, Porgie, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made ’em cry—
The time this happened is far away.
Kisses don't make girls cry today.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John
Wiley of the De la Howe section,
last Sunday evening, two fine
girls.
X
The little pig that doesn’t get
to market has much to do with
losses in the swine industry. The
average hog raiser markets only
56 per cent of the pigs farrowed
and gets no direct benefit from 14
per cent of the feed used on this
account. Efforts toward reducing
this infant mortality obviously
must begin with the sows. A plan
that has proved successful at the
U. S. Animal Husbandry Farm at
Beltsville, Md., to put the bred
sows in a corn field after the corn
has been gathered. When they
have cleaned up the field, shelled
corn is fed by scattering it thinly
over the field. This gives the sows
plenty of exercise. About 2 pounds
of corn per 100 pounds weight is
allowed, and enough com is thrown
out at one feeding to last a week.
Good third-cutting alfalfa is al
ways accessible in a rack, also 60
per cent tankage cr fish meal in a
self-feeder. Then each sow gets
about 1 pound a day of middlings
or shorts, fed dry in a trough.
Water is always available in an
automatic waterer. The sows are
housed in ordinary hog houses with
plenty of good, dry bedding.
tXI
A good homemade damp-proof-
in.g naint for cellar walls or floor
can be prepared by dissolving par
affin in gasoline or kerosene
warmed to 30 degrees Farenheit.
Several coats of a 10 to 20 per
cent solution (3-4 to 1 1-2 pounds
of paraffin per gallon of gasoline'
are usually applied . The more
dilute solution is best for stone,
and the heavier one for brick o:
concrete. Work of this kind should
be done only where there is good
ventilation and, as gasoline i r
highly explosive, no open flame
should be permitted in the vicinity
of the operation. The gasoline or
kerosene may be warmed in a ves
sel of water previously heated.
X
The housewife should refuse te
accept a can of food from the
grocer when the can shows signs
of leakage, bulges at the ends or
snaps back when pressed. Upon
opening an apparently good can,
if the food is moldy, disintergated,
cloudy, or otherwise abnormal it
should not be eaten.
X
Approximately 4,500,700 people
are directly dependent for their
livelihod on the textile industry.
Clothes pins of rustless metal are
a novelty which, it is claimed will
not tear the most fragile textiles.
Coffee plantations in Porto Ri
co are menaced by a green scale
insect until recently comparatively
unknown there.
In the United States, exclusive
of Alaska, there are sixty-one
peaks that reach or exced 14,000
feet in elevation.
Necessary as flie Saeds
Blinks—Wait a minute. I'm going to
start my garden tonight and I have to
stop in »be drug store.
Jinks—Hub! You can’t buy sueds
in there, can you?
Blinks—It’s a porous plaster for my
back, not seeds, I buy there.
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Instead of making apple saue
to serve with pork serve baker
apples occasionally. . With very
thick pork chops place half a-
apple, cored but not peeled, o
each chop after it has been brown
ed. and cook in a casserole, or r
raok. ti^ht'y covered, but ithon
water, until the meat is tend:'
■. •.» J. v.-.'c ..ppit: is Gone.
Little Talk On Thrift
(By S. W. Straus. President Ameri
can Society for Thrift.)
Students of economic conditions
in this country tell us that pover
ty ia; steadily being eliminated
through the processes of education.
There was a time within the mem
ory of many now living when dire
poverty existed in every city if not
in every community. The general
standard of living has been stead
ily advancing for the last fifty
years and conditions are such to
day that there is hardly a person
anywhere who is not in a position
to save money if he so chooses.
This does not mean that all who
are able to save are doing so. There
are many who do not.
Numerous persons excuse them
selves from practicing thrift on the
plea that they cannot save any
thing and maintain a good stand
ard of living. While it may be true
in some isolated cases that circum
stances over which they have no
control make it impossible for them
to get ahead in the world, these
instances are exceptional.
The old saying, “Where there’s a
Will There’s a Way,” applies with
full force to the practice of saving
rmney. Those who do not save or
who think they cannot are not
fair with themselves. They are un
willing to make certain sa«rifices.
T 'heir minds are biased by false
pride or egotism. Their viewpoint
s incorrect.
If they should think the prob
lem clear through they would de
termine to find ways by which they
could save something even though
the amounts be small.
Upon one’s ability to find such
ways of saving money, depends
very much of one’s chances of suc
cess in life.
This is a phase of the matter
that should be given the deepest
consideration. Also it should be
borne in mind that those who arc
not sufficiently interested in their
! own welfare to lay by a certain
; portion of their earnings for the
future do not care enough about
veal success ever to achieve any
substantial place in the affairs of
nen.
Before there can be succes there
must be a desire to succeed. And
this desire must be so deep that it
| overcomes every barrier.