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Thursday, May 8, 1930 McCORMJCX MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SoutH CaroTinm. Page Number FT*l lENOEK JUIH SIEJKS ML AND — W What a treat. Of course, you like them who doesn’t? But, you say, the problem is to get that, kind. Well, we always have them. You can de pend on that. You’ll never be disappointed if you will let us furnish the meat for your meals. Good steak is just one of the many high lights of our meat service. We always have a complete var iety of the very best in every line. Our prices are moderate, too. You pay no pen alty for the superior quality of our meat. CITY MEAT MARKKET i. • Phone No. 61 J. L. REYNOLDS, Prop. Augusta Street McCormick, S. C. EED ROW NEWS ; niece, Miss Winona Penn of Cal- I lison. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Rush and daughter, Miss Francis, and Mrs. Daisy Hemminger, had a very Mr. Ralph Wideman has been Pl ea sant motor trip to Greenwood suffering a long serious spell but | Thursday. On their return home I is able to sit up and many friends! liie y stopped over in Troy where Mr. Joseph B. Blackwell, general and relatives are glad to see him * ^ e y were delightfully entertained chairman of C. & W. C. Ry., system up. Hope he will soon be well in tlle home cf Mr. and Mrs. Jas- division No. 81 O. R. T., left Tues- again and ab'e to get out and en- per R ush. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McNair and Albert McNair went Sunday for || If SX day to attend the telegraphers joy the beautiful weather. convention in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Buwui turn — - uuuuaj w* \\ He will be away about three weeks, children from Troy spent the week | a v * s h ^o the historic old Associate Mr. Grafton Harvley is working in end with Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon! ^ e t° rme d Presbyterian Church, ax bun Harvley is working in end with Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Mr. Blackwell’s place at the local Wideman. i Cedar Springs. Mrs. McNair says telegraph office. I Misses Alice and Maude Wide- had long been a desire of her cv. >, man spent Tuesday afternoon with ^fe to visit this church, which is Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Cheatham cf Mrs. Kittio Creswell. almost hidden from view by the j ‘Mrs. Sam Wideman and chil- grove of lovely cedars and oaks dren spent Tuesday with Mrs. which stand as sentinels around Moses Wideman. the church. While walking over Columbia were seeing friends here ^ 1 4x7^ Saturday. ii ! S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW The following record of indus trial activity lists items showing investment of capital, employ ment of labor and business activ ities and opportunities. Informa tion from which the paragraphs are prepared is from local papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be considered generally cor rect. Dillon — Ritz Theatre installed talkie equipment. Ridgeiand—State Highway Com- Mrs. Calvin Parks and baby from | Mrs. John Bowick is spending its extensive <: Silent City of the mission authorized to construct Greenwood spent several days hen) awhile with her daughter, Mrs. Dead, she found one name which an d maintain as surface-treated the past week in the home of her Wallace Reynolds, in Honea Path. was familiar to her, it was the roa d a section of State Highway - father, Mr. D. M. Bullock. j Mrs. Katie Mae Wideman and nam ^ °f Mr. Johnnie Chiles of jjo. 36, starting in. this city and children spent the week end in Bra dley, who, for many years, was extending to Hampton County line, Mr. and Mrs. Furman Mann from Sandover with her sister, Mrs. Ollie a familiar figure on the streets of | Dillon' — Dillop County’s gain in St. Petersburg, Fla., are visiting Wideman. • Willington, as a representative of cotton production during 1929 was relatives and friends here. | We are glad to welcome Miss Clark Milling Co., of Augusta, Ga. 172 per cent over the 1928 crop. j Willie Mae Wideman home, after at Mrs. Charles LeRoy is enjoying 1 Kingstree — Extensive building Mr. Charlie Carroll of Augusta two weeks’ visit with Mrs. Henry a v l s *f f° relatives in Chester. We operations under way in this city, was a business visitor here Satur- Moseley. , wish for her a pleasant stay and a Spartanburg — Group No. 6 of Southern Hotel Association recent ly organized. 1 Walterboro — Golf course estab lished in rear of Mrs. F. L. Kin sey’s home. Lexington — Lexington Manu facturing Company resumed oper ations recently. Walterboro—O. G. Bridge receiv ed contract for remodeling interior funds to be used in the interest of Q f ten cents store. POM TfiUCK MY 14 day. - Our poultry truck will be in McCormick on Wed nesday, May 14, 1930, from 9 to 12 o’clock, and at Abbeville that afternoon from 1 to 4- o’clock. We N I V will pay the following cash prices for poultry: Colored Hens 18c Leghorn Hens 17c Colored Fryers, 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 lbs. 22c Leghorn Fryers, 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 lbs. 18c Old Roosters 7c Turkeys, No. 1 « 15c Geese 12c Ducks 12c ’ v BUYER ALEX GETZ & CO. Greenville, S. C. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. MRS. NELL A. STALLWORTH, Home Dem. Agt. . ! Mr. Thayer Parks and children from Alabama City, Ala., are visit ing friends and relatives here and in Plum Branch and Parksville this Saturday with Mrs. Moses Wide- ‘ man. Misses Alice, Maude and Leon Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rhenoy have returned from a two weeks’ visit to friends and relatives in Georgia ; and Florida. Glad to see Mr. T. E. Deason up and about again, after his recent severe illness. j The P.-T. A. will meet in the high school auditorium at 4 o’clock next Thursday afternoon. May 15. All members are urged to attend. Messrs. Bryan and John Wesley Jennings and J. P. Holloway were visitors in Augusta, Ga., last even ing. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reel and Mrs. M. A. Bartley of Edgefield spent Sunday here in the‘home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lewis. -o- COMING TO THE -o- “DIXIE THEATBEtS McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, JtfAY 9th-10th, 8:30 “It’s a Bet—Your Father’s Honor Against Yourself” JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT in “MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER” He was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his life he threw away the winning hand; She was the beau tiful daughter of a Southern gentleman; yet she fell in love with the gamhler. How? Why ? See the answer in this utterly charming, smashingly dra matic and colorful romance of river days fraught with adventure. w ALSO—Taxie Man Special Cc;medy_ “CAUGHT IN TAXr % Admission Only 11 and 30c Free Tickets given away Friday and Saturday nights Special matinee Saturday 3:30, 10 and 20c. Also free tickets given away to children Mr. R. L. Blalock of Knoxville, jTenn., spent several days last week with his wife and baby in the home of Mr. Austin Abercrombie ! family. txi and Mr. Jim Wideman spent Friday sa ^ e return, with Mrs. Lizzie Wideman. j Your-scribe recently spent a very Mr. Leon Wideman spent Satur- plcusant morning with Mrs. Ada day with Mr. Napoleon Wideman, .| Kennedy and her beautiful White Mrs. Janie Spence and son spent Leghorn baby chicks. They verily keep .her employed. The Willington Sunbeam Band supplied our people with delicious Wideman spent last Sunday night i tee cream Saturday afternoon. It with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wide- was one of their schemes to raise man. Mr. and Mrs. John Kelley spent awhile Saturday evening with Mrs. Lizzie Wideman. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shannon sp mt Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. John Bowick. Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Wideman spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moseley. Mrs. Georgo Carroll and Rosalie Carroll spent Tuesday evening in Red Row. their work. Suffice it to say, as in all of their work they made a suc cess of their effort. “Mother’s Day” will be observed in the Presbyterian Church Sab bath morning, exercises beginning at 10 o’clock. The public is cor dially invited to come and to try to come early. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hemminger were recent visitors to their chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hemmin- Mr. Jim Brewer spent Sunday 8 er Sisk-Britt i Announcement is made of the marriage cf Mrs. Lillie B. Sisk of 'McCormick to the Rev. W. L. *Britt of Healing Springs, Va., on Wed nesday, April 30, 1930. They will make their home in Healing Springs. The bride has many warm friends here who are sorry that her marriage takes her away from McCormick. MT. CARMEL NEWS - Miss Martha Connor and Mr. Raymond Remsen of McCormick were Calhoun Falls visitors Sab bath afternoon. with Mr. Napoleon Wideman. Mr. Press Wideman called on Mr. Calvin Spence awhile Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Bowick and children spent Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bowick. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Brewer and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brewer. Messrs! Alvin Young and Otis White were visiting in Red Row Sunday afternoon. Mr. Alvin Walker from Lincoln- ton, Ga., spent Sunday with Mr. C. R. Edmunds. Miss Alice Wideman spent awhile Wednesday morning with Miss Eliazbeth Wideman. ”W. and A.” X WILLINGTON NEWS ITEMS Georgetown — Royal Funeral Charitable Society filed articles of incorporation. Walterboro — Peoples Water Service Company completed in stallation of additional pumps at power house here. Belton — Carolina Road Surfac ing Company will surface number of Ibcal streets. Easley — Harold Pickens opened Ice Cream Parlor in new Wyafct building on Main Street. Newberry — Newberry College Miss Willie LeRoy and sweet lit tle Martha Jean Covin w v ere pleas- has $400,000 campaign underway, ant callers in this home Saturday Denmark — C. M. Britt will afternoon. erect packing shed here at approx- Mr. R. M. Rush motored to hnate cost of $8 t 000. Greenwood on business Monday. Ehrhardt — Coastal Public Ser- The extremely warm dry weath er and scorching winds cause us to feel that May is borrowing a few days from June, or July. Our good house-keepers have been placed in a rather embarrass ing position by the drought, as their spring-salads, lettuce, Eng lish peas, etc., are fast yielding to the lack of moisture. However, they have much to be thankful J. S. STROM FUNERAL DIRECTOR, EXPERIENCED EMBALMER IN CHARGE McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA. FURNITURE AND STOVES Night Phone, 55 — — — Day Phone, 76. vice. Company’s ice plant started operations. - Georgetown — C* B. Colbert & Son’s store quarters being remod eled. Easley — General Electric Re frigerator agency opened in new F. A. Finley building on Main Street. Hampton — Hampton County will receive $18,000 from federal farm loan fund for relief of far mers this year. Belton — Local hotel porch re built. Greenville — Camperdown Com pany, capitalized at $300,000, granted charter to manufacture dyeing, processing and selling cot ton and other textile products.- Belton — Grounds along railroad being beautified by Civic League. Camden — Camden Golf Club opened. Sumter — Brohun Lake Club, capitalized at $1,000, granted charter to buy and sell land. Newberry — Weir’s Inc., city’s Clarks Hill Sold ” ew p e u s ‘ 1 ^ partment store - op8ned Clio — Edens Timber Company, ABBEVILLE, May 6.—Announce- capitalized at $3,000, granted char- ment has been made here of the ter. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hester and , while others are mourning the d^s- , sa ^ e th 3 old Middleton home at j Ridegl^id —; Construction of family and Mrs. P. L. McCelvey j truction, by tonadoes, of all that Clarks Hill, McCormick County, by j Ritter building practically corn- spent one day in Calhoun Falls ; life holds dear, therefore, may they Robert H. Middleton, owner of thejpleted. last week. ; humbly say, “Thy will be done.” j house and the large plantation on J Pickens — Clean-up week re- Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott and! Mr. Watt Schrimp of Starr was which it stands. The sale u'as cently held here, family w T ere McCormick visitors a very welcome visitor in Willing- macie through Mrs. F. E. Harrison Sabbath afternoon. 5 ton Saturday. Coming on busi- Abbeville, antique dealer. The between Abbeville and Calhoun | Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Blake. Mrs. ness, his stay was of short dura- house gees to Mrs. Kavanaugh of Falls. ;D. L^Bryscn and the Misses Blake- tion. j Winston-Salem, for the sum of! Newberry — Contract awarded to ! ly of Calhoun Falls were welcome i Mary Jane Morrow, one of our $8,500. * E. H. Livingston for remodeling G. visitors in Mt. Carmel Sabbath brightest girls enjoyed Saturday ini This place is one of great inter- B. Summer & Son’s store, morning^ and w T crshipped at the McCormick with her maternal es ^ man y people and for some Charleston — First rivetless car- A. R. P. Church, where the pastor, aunt, Mrs. Sallie Mattison. time has been a plum which an- go vessel constructed in ship Rev. L. T. Pressly, preached an ex- Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Rush of tique dealers have been anxious t” building yards of Charleston Dry cellent sermon on prayer, the be- Troy were gladly seen Sunday af- secure. The house is cf romantic Dock and Machine Company, ginning of a series. . ternoon in the home of their par- history and has the background Oi Columbia $95,000 Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John D. Russell of ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Rush. several generations of aristocratic school addition under construction Atlanta, Ga., were recent guests of Business visitors to Augusta, Ga., ownership. for First Baptist Church. Mrs. Carrie Connor. Saturday from our town, were Mr. T ^ le house overlooks the Savan- , $x$ ■■ ■ —— Mr. Thomas Kind of Greenwood was a visitor here Sabbath morn- ! for, since they are graciously spar ing. jed their homes and loved ones. Mr. Edward Covin recently spent a day and night with his friend, Mr. “Guip” Cade. Miss Louise McBride has return ed from a-week end visit to friends in Ridge Spring. A number of our good people enjoyed a fish-fry at the Georgia- Carolina bridge over the Savannah river last evening. They report a delightful trip and a grand fish- supper. > Mrs. C. McNair and little son, Edward went to Starr this morn ing in answer to a message tell ing of the serious sickness of her daughter, Mrs. Broome. We hope she may find her greatly improved. The Home Demonstration Club met at the school house yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Stallworth . gave very interesting lessons in paint ing, which were enjoyed by all present. “Mar.” Middleton Home At Calhoun Highway being graded Miss Florence Patterson spent Albert Gibert and Mr. J. W. Mor- nah riv}r and in the olden da vs q nr 4 n o- ralves bevond 6 months the past week end with Mr. and rah. was one of the places at which 0 j SP g Tfn TocaUties where bTackle^ Mrs. H. O. Watson and family. | Miss Carrie Cowan has recently travelers between Ninety Six air is p reva i en t which includes near- ' ® = ^ =!===5!=SS5== ^ ==== ~ * Mr. Robert Scott was a Green- been enjoying a visit of days to Abbeville and Augusta stopped. T‘ all p arts 0 f united States An oblong kitchen is considered Gasoline for any sort of cleaning wood visitor Saturday. relatives in Bellvue. .was noted for its hospitality and exce p^ southern Atlantic and preferable to a square one for sav- should never be kept in the house. Messrs. J. W. Boyd and Glenn! Our farmers who have planted man y famous people have stayed Eastern Gu if states—should be ing space and consequently for It is so inflammable and so explo- Hardaw&y were business visitors in their river-lowlands in corn again, for the an d days within its vacc i na ted for this disease. If the saving steps. On the two long op- sive that the fire laws of many Abbeville on Monday. have been very busy in their effort spacious rooms. The mantels arc p 0WC i er vaccine is used. they posite sides most of the larger States prohibit storage in the Mrs. Edward Hammond and lit- to get it hoed before a rain, sure- a11 handcarved and there are many should ^g revaccinated before the equipment can be grouped in log- house of any but the smallest tie son, Jimmie, of Elberton spent ly have had plenty of time to do a , other evidences of great wealth. next black i eg season. Aggressin ical working sequence. To test for quantities. Keep the bottle or con- several days the past week with good job, as the rain still seems! The house will be taken down and filtrate apparently give the waste space in a floor plan see tainer tightly corked at all times, Mrs. Mary Smith. Messrs. Herman long deferred. iand moved to Winston-Salem and i on g es t immunity, which may last whether the equipment can be and do not open or use it in a and Barnard Smith of Greenville We are sure Thursday evening be re-erected there and used as a for 18 mon ths or even longer, says packed into a smaller well lighted room where there is a fire, a gas, spent Sabbath with them. Mrs. was greatly enjoyed by Mr. Frank residence. the Bureau of Animal Industry, area in the same telative positions, oil, or candle flame, or in bright Smith and the little baby Jeane Rush and family, as they had as leaving room enough to work com- sunshine. Only a little liquid accompanied Mrs. Hammond to their guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. fortably. 'should be poured oat at one time. Elberton Sabbath afternoon. I Rush of McCormick and U. S. Department of Agriculture. The most successful photographs Blackleg is especially prevalent in. their, usually tell the biggest lies. spring and fall.