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Thursday, February 6, 1930 HfcCCfKMTCrR MESSENGER, ^fcCXTRMlCE, SoulM CffoThtw, Page Number F?^t PERSONAL AND LOCAL HENS Messrs. Hugh Brown, Gray Aber crombie, Luther Andrews, Arthur and Jim Bradley and Miss Carrie Sue Talbert, students at Univers ity of South Carolina, spent the week end here with relatives. i with the former’s daughter, Miss | Julia Brown and the latter’s sister, Miss Helen Brown, students at ' Winthrop college. 'Wrenn, Mr. Herbert Wrenn left', Monday to return to his work in Atlanta. Mr. A. J. Lollis of Camden spent several days here the past week with his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Pipkin. Sorry to report the illness.of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Sharpton at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Christ ian of the Bethany section. Mrs. H. Drucker has returned from New York, where she pur chased spring and summer mer chandise for the H. Drucker stores, McCormick and Honea Path. Dr. M. W. Cheatham of Colum bia attended to business matters here several days this week. Mr. Wiley Crawford and family of Aiken spent Sunday here and at Plum Branch with relatives. Miss Mary Elizabeth Britt, stud- i ent at Erskine College, Due West, spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. J. E. Britt. Miss Annie Harris, teacher in McCormick Public Schools, spent the week end at Belton with rela tives. Reports from the Greenwood Hospital, where Mr. Y. E. Seigler has been a patient the past two weeks, indicate that his condition continues to improve. Mrs. A. J. Andrews and Mrs. E. B. Brown and daughter, Elizabeth Brown, were visitors in Columbia Monday and Tuesday. WHILE COMPETITION HOWLS GALLANT-BELK CO. CONTINUES TOSE p mm Messrs. E. B. and P. R. Brown spent the week end in Rock Hill After spending a week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Dr. C. R .Strom has returned j from Memphis, Tenn., where he i .was a patient at the government hospital the past month. His con dition is greatly improved and he ! is back at his post of duty in the • drug store. Dependable Fuel POULTRY TRUCK HERE , FEB. 12 We will continue our, Poultry Buying Schedules with our Trucks at places and hours mentioned below: •McCormick, S. C._Every Wednesday 9:00 to 11:00 a. m. Abbeville, S. C.__Evory Wednesday 12:00 to 2:00 p. m. Due West, S. C.-_Every Wednesday 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. We will pay the following prices next Wednesday, Feb ruary 12, 1930: Colored Hens 23c Leghorn Hens 19c Colored Fryers 22c Leghorn Fryers 15c Colored Stags 15c Old Roosters 10c Geese 10c Turkeys — , 15c Ducks ,— 15c ALEX GETZ & CO. Greenville, S. C._ Anderson, S. C ..Phone 1634 Phone 207 • • • • • • • • • -o- COMING TO THE -o- DIXIE THEATRE McCORMICK, .S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, FEB. Tth-Stk Make A Date, Break A Date, But Don't Miss COLLEEN MOORE in “SMILING IRISH EYES" with JAMES HALL Imagine the most beautiful flower suddenly made twice as beautiful. Imagine the fastest airplane speeding twice as fast. Imagine the greatest box- office star in pictures twice as great. It will give you an dea of what to expect when you see Colleen Moore in “Smiling Irish Eyes." ALSO “THE CAMPUS VAMP” $1.50 To Be Given Away ADMISSION Children llcents; Ajduits 35 cents Our yards are filled with a di versified stock of the best coals obtainable. Variety to meet * • # every demand. Quality in every lump. And a fair price. Carolina-Georgia Service Co. / DEPENDABLE FUEL Sorry to report the illness of Mr. C. E. Newby at his home here. His condition is somewhat improved at this time and he hones to be up and about again soon. Saturday, a lady who had looked at rugs here, returned after looking at rugs at the store of a competitor and said that she had been told at the competitor’s store to ex amine our rugs and see if they did not hive holes or torn places in them. IT SEEMS THAT OUR LOW PRICES BAFFLE COM PETITION—WE SELL FIRST QUALITY MERCHAN DISE CHEAPER THAN LOTS OF STORES ASK FOR SECONDS. Mr. L. L. Rankin of Aiken spent the week end here with homefolks. The Carolina Glee Club will put on an entertainment here on March 6th, under the auspices of the Susannah Wesley Bible Class- of the Methodist Sunday School. More particulars later. The Anne Carter Chapter of the United ^Daughters of Confederacy will meet at the home of Mrs. J. S. Strom at 3:30 o’clock this after noon. Members are urged to come and be prepared to pay their dues. The regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers’ Association will be held on the afternoon of Thurs day, February 13th, at the school house, beginning at 3:30. A nice program has been arranged, and a full attendance is desired. xxx The natives of Liberia have great veneration for certain trees, in connection with their “devil worship.” MODOCNEWS One good thing that comes out of a little sleet and snow flurry, like our county has just experi enced is that it makes a lot of automobile drivers understand that there are many things they don’t know about driving. A goodly number from here at tended court on Monday of this week. Miss Billy Bass from Clarks Hill was the honored guest the past week end here to Miss Rosalie Bussey. # Mrs. W. M. Nash was a week end visitor to relatives in Augusta. Mr. G. E. Dukes, who has been touring Florida the past month, is spending a few days here this week with homefolks. Mrs. Fred Thomson and Mr. Homer Bussey from Augusta were visitors here last Sunday to their father, Mr. A. V. Bussey. Miss Georgia Reese was the guest Sunday night and Monday to Miss Rosalie Bussey. The many friends of Mr. Fred Bussey will be glad to know that he is able to be out again, after being confined to his bed a couple of weeks with flu. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Reese, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie, Mrs. J. T. Reese and Miss Georgia Reese were the guests Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Master James Bussey was the guest Sunday night to his cousins. Masters Clarence and Albert Howie. • Mrs. Will Morrison of Palm Beach, Fla., is on an extended visit here to her father, Mr. J. C. Harv- ley. Modoc. XXt MT. CARMEL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White are Au gusta visitors this week, where Mrs. White will possibly be in the hospital a few days. Misses Juanita Curtis and Lily Parker, Messrs. A. Thornton of Georgia Tech, Atlanta, and Roy Smith of Elberton were Abbeville and Greenwood visitors Sabbath afternoon 9x12 FELT BASE RUGS Made By Makers of Congoleum and Certainteed Rugs WITH AND WITHOUT BORDERS With no holes or torp places as our com petitors tell customers to look for. We do not sell goods in the dark we’ve plenty of light look ’em over ... $3.95 9x12 GOLD SEAL RUGS Attractive patterns with borders $7.95 9x12 WOOL NAPARA RUGS Looks like ami wear better OR than S25.00 Rugs 9x12 GENUINE GOLD SEAL CONGOLEUM RUGS Without Borders RA OR for only ,_i ■ ww 9x6 FELT BASE RUGS WITH AND WITHOUT BORDERS AND 9x6 GOLD SEAL RUGS No w r onder ouf competitors think these rugs have holes in them. We believe in giving our customers dj-«| QC values ^ * bww • * Not only on rugs but on everything else yo u can save time and money by coming to_ Gallant-Belk Co. GREENWOOD ANDERSON A THENS, GA ELBERTON, GA. this place invited the Presbyter ian Auxiliary of Calhoun Falls to join with them in a mission study class in an all day meeting at the Presbyterian Church here on Tuesday. A tempting luncheon was served by the ladies. Although the weather promised to be very bad, quite a number of ladies en joyed the day. This meeting was to have been held last Thursday, but was postponed on account of the snow and ice. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hester, Mrs Lena Hester and Mrs. W. H. Hor ton were visitors in Calhoun Falls Monday afternoon. Misses Juanita Curtis and Lily Parker,. Messrs. Thornton and Smith enjoyed a .few pleasant hours in Elberton Monday evening. Mr. N. S. Scott was a business visitor in McCormick Monday. Messrs. L. L. and Willie Hester were McCormick visitors Monday. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Miss Juanita Curtis were shopping in Elberton last Wednesday. Mrs. W. R. Boyd has returned home from a visit to her daught er, Mrs. J. T. Scott, at a hospital in Columbia. Mrs. Scott is very much better now and is with her sister, Mrs. Humphreys, in Cam-1 Bobo, den now. This will be good news to her many friends. Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, our very popular home demonstration agent, organized a very nice club at the club room in Mt. Carmel last Tuesday afternoon. It was bad weather and roads bad, so all WILLINGTON NEWS ITEMS better in some respects, and in others he is holding his own.” Willington has much to be proud of in. her younger set of musicians, Messrs. James Gibert, R. M. Rush and Reed Guillebeau. Mr. Gibert leads with violin, and Messrs. FEBRUARY 4.—We certainly ex perienced a snow storm last w r eek which reminded us of the halcyon Rush and Guillebeau second with days of childhood, when we con- ! guitar and banjo. They had not sidered a “deep snow” quite as! practiced together since before great a treat as the coming of the yule-tide. Since we have reached maturer years, to see mother-earth covered with a mantle of snow it lies so cold and so still the first thought it suggests is a serious one, for it reminds us of the wipd- ing-sheet of nature, ’till from^ its almost super-natural whiteness comes the thought of the spotless robes of glory which only the the Christmas holidays, but decid ed they would attend the “Fid dler’s Convention” in Abbeville last Tuesday evening and test their skill. To their very great surprise when the winners of the prizes were announced they re ceived first on band music. We extend to them the Chautauqua^ salute. • • Mr. Oscar McNair who has been righteous shall wear. It is this working for the C. & W. C. R. R. last thought which should linger for a number of years was called with us and prompt us to make to Augusta, Ga., on business Sat- our lives like the falling of the urday and on his return to his snow flake on the meadow which place of business, Laurens, stop- leaves a mark, but not a stain. Miss M. F. Rush returned Sun day afternoon from a most pleas ant visit to the home of her brother, Mr. J. F. -Rush of Troy. While in Troy she had the pleasure of attending services at the Bap tist church and hearing a very impressive sermon by Rev. Mr. ped over in Willington with his parents, and was here until Mon day morning. “Mar.” X Notice To Taxpayers There will be only one per cent penalty charged on 1929 jmpaid Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gibert en- taxes to March 15th. The one per tertained a number of their friends Friday evening with rook, complimentary to Miss Louise Por ter of Union, who is visiting rela tives and friends in Willington. Mrs. Archie Andrews was called to Calhoun Falls last wedk on ac- the ladies couldn’t be present, but i count of the serious illness of her every one seemed very much in- sister. We are glad to report her terested and will strive to make better. this the best club in McCormick county. Mrs. L. L. Hester was elected president, Mrs. D. J. Mc Allister vice-president, and Mrs. W. H. Horton, secretary and treas urer. Miss Louise McBride was host ess to a few of her friends at a rook party Monday evening, in honor of her maternal cousin. Miss Louise Porter of Union. Af ter the games a delicious raiad course was served with sal tines and hot coffee. The evening was one of real pleasure to all pres- Mrs. Edward Hammond and lit- Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Mr. Willie | s ° n ^ sseA , t ^ rough Mt ‘ Carmel Hester were visitors in Calhoun j last Tuesda y afternoon. Falls Sabbath afternoon. i Mr - an< * Mrs - James Boyd and ent. Rev. and Mrs. Leon T. Pressly j handsome little son, Julius, of j it being the day for Mr. F. P. of McCormick were dinner guests Greenville spent a few pleasant Bush’s treatment, Mrs. Rush and j w—.. xir rr •*tv ? iHmirc with Mr and Mrs. J. iinrfoi-ai* Vfioc *•»> of Mr. and Mrs.'W. H. Horton last hours with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sabbath. Boyd. The Presbyterian Auxiliary of Mt. Carmel. daughter. Miss Francis, motored with hi mto Greenwood yesterday. Dr. Eubanks says, “his condition is cent for February and 5 per cent for March have been suspended by order pf the Comptroller-General approved by the governor. T. J. PRICE, Treasurer McCormick County. The order follows: Therefore, under authority of Section 830, Vol. 3, Code of Laws, 1922, and with the Ap proval of the Governor, the penalty of one per cent for February and five per cent for March is hereby suspended until March 15th, when the same will be added to all un paid taxes for the year 1929, and the books shall be closed; that is to say that the one per cent added for January will be collected without further in crease until March 15, 1929. tXX Palestine is slightly larger thail the state of Vermont.