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1 TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. 9 Twenty-Eighth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, May 15, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 50 De la Howe Will Give Legion Rally At An Entertainment At Washington Hi School The De la Howe School will give its entertainment, that so pleased the McCormick people at the Washington High School, Friday night, May 16, at 8:00 o’clock. There is considerable expense attached .to the entertainment, and for that reason it will be necessary for the school to put on a moder ate charge. We believe that old and young will be highly pleased with the performance. When we showed in McCormick last Thurs day night, we took the town by storm. Many persons, who have seen hundreds of performances, said that this was the best thsy have ever witnessed. Come out Edgefield May 16 HAS PROMISE OF LARGE AT TENDANCE AND GRAND TIME FOR ALL EDGEFIELD, May 14.—Indica tions point to' a large attendance by Legion men of Edgefield, Green wood, McCormick, Aiken, Saluda, Newberry, Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Richland and Rich mond County, Georgia, at the big Legion Rally which will be held at Hollingsvrorth’s Play Ground, twd miles north of Edgefield on Nat ional Route 25, beginning at 8:00 p. m., May 16th. The Commander of Post 30 at Edgefield wishes to particularly emphasize that bad weather will not in any way interfere with the if you wish to see a beautiful and Region Rally. In the event of rain, „ - •« « —- -- ^ *^0 dinner will be served in the Pavillion where the speaking will take place. All highways leading well drilled set of entertainers. Grown folks will pay 25 cents and the young folks will pay 15 cents. The curtain will rise exactly at into Edgefield are in excellent con- 8:00. XJt- Praises De la Howe School Programme EDITOR MESSENGER: Nothing but praise of the high est nature can be heard on every members of the Legion Auxi**ary diticn, so rainy weather should not worry the Legion men, anymore than it worried them at Brest, France, during the World War. The dance which will follow the Legion meeting has been well ad vertised, and it is expected that a large crowd will attend. For the convenience of the ladies, both hand for the programme rendered by the De la Howe State School in the McCormick High School audi torium on Thursday evening before a packed auditorium. This programme was transfer red to the local high school audi torium in order that a greater number might witness it and con sisted of the following numbers: 1. Opening Choruses; 2. The Flags; 3. The Pavlowa Gavotte; 4. The Highland Fling: 5. Duet; 6. The Gypsy Jubilee; 7. The Circus; 8. The Potpourri. While it was all good, the third and seventh num- and ladies who do not belong to the Auxiliary, but who will attend the dance, rooms will be provided for them at the Dixie Highway Hotel,* and these visitors will be entertained by the Legion Auxili ary between 6 and 7 p. m., with a Poppy Tea at Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson's. Rooms will be provided at the hotel for Legioj men who desire to refresh themselves before going to Hollingsworth’s Play Ground at which place the Legion meeting will be held beginning at 6:00 p. m. The committee in charge of the Buying Day At Cream Station Is Now On Saturday Effective next week, cream day at the McCormick Cream Station will be changed from Wednesday to Saturday. No cream will be bought on Wednesday, May 21, but will be bought on Saturday, May 24, and every Saturday thereafter. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. The Town Doctor” Eight Farmers In 5-Acre Corn Contest DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS: ABOUT THE VALUE OF MOTOR Eight McCormick county farmers TRAFFIC .have entered the S. C. 5-Acre Corn Contest to date, according to an Baptist Convention To Meet Hartsville JUNE 23, 24 AND 25 DATES SET REPRESENTATIVE MEETING FROM SUNDAY SCHOOLS U. D. C. Has Good Meeting >ers boasted the greatest applause, j Legion meeting reports that before McCormick county is justly the sale of tickets was discon- ?roud of thU institution, in which tinned, several hundred applica- ire children from all parts of the ( tions had been received, so it is State, numbering 2*30, and among, expected that this rally will be a vhom there is some real talent, rousing success. Fhe De la Howe State School is ihe oldest industrial institution in fVmerica and a great number of aoys and girls have been turned Dut from it who are making “good” In various walks of life. Anne Carter Chapter, U. D. Superintendent Branch and his c ^ met , a t the home of Mrs. H. N. lieutenants are to be gongratul- Coleman Friday, May 2, with Mrs. ited on the “quality” of this en- xho6 w> Morgan and Mrs. W. E. bertainment and we must give him Lake associate hostesses, the “palm” for promptness in be-, The President, Mrs. Thos. W. ginning it. He has given us a Morgan, presided. The roll call valuable lesson. was answered with names of coun- “Perfectly Satisfied Spectator.”, ties of Sout h Carolina . and the fXt origin of their names. During the business hour, plans for memorial 'exercises in honor of the Confed erate soldiers were completed. Tie following program was rend- ered with Mrs. H. N. Coleman in S5 POUNDS BUTTERFAT WAS charge: BOUGHT FROM 85 FARMERS 1 Poe;Tl ~ The Veteran’—Mrs. E. LAST WEDNESDAY Cream Station Has Record Day e, Th B. Brown. Violin Solo—Miss Elizabeth Dill- arcl, accompanied by Mrs. J. K The McCormick Cream Station white at the piano, tad a record day on last Wednes- Paper—“Constitutional Conven- lay ,May 7, when 585 pounds of tion of 1787 and its influence upon mtterfat was bought from 85 far- subsequent events”—Mrs. C. II ners of the county. This is the Huguley. econd highest receipts on one day Talk — “The Carpet-bagger”— Judge L. G. Bell. A delicious iced course was cerv- ince the opening of the station ,lmost three years ago, says Thos. V. Morgan, county agent, and led by the hostesses ;oes to show that the dairy indus- 1 ry in the county is holding its wn in spite of the low prices. The price^f butterfat is very ow at the present time, but, Mr. Morgan urges all farmers to hold n to their cows, and continue to mprove the stock they have by seeding to pure bred bulls. There s still a margin of profit in the ale of dairy products where the eed is produced at home, and the armer who makes provision for his feed will be the one who will ome out ahead in the business. The Cream Station has paid out Tmost $25,000 in McCormick coun- Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday, May 19th, 3:30 p. m., Ml. Carmcl-Willington 4-H Club at Willington. Tuesday, May 20th, 3:30 p. m.. Rehoboth' H. D. Club at the home of Mrs. W. A. Winn. Wednesday, May 21, 3:30 p. m.. Bordeaux H. D. Club and 4-H Club at school house. Thursday, May 22nd, 12:30-2:30 f during the past three years, for p. r?., McCormick High school 4-H surplus products for which there Club T ~ as no sale. This money will con- nue to come in, and more far mers should make arrangements i get some of it. Friday, May 23rd, 12:30-2:30 p. m.. McCormick High School 4-H ■ Club Sr. Saturday, May 24th, office. The annual Baptist State Sun day school convention will meet at Coker College, Hartsville, S. C., June 23, 24, 25. Mr. J. P. Coates of Columia, is president of this convention and Miss Josephine Erwin, of Hartsville, secretary. The convention body is made up of representatives of the Baptist churches of South Carolina. Mr. J. L. Corzine of Columbia, state director of Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. work for South Carolina Baptists, has released the pro gram. It is admirably balanced with conferences and inspirational addresses. Mr. Corzine says, “Every phase and each department of the Sunday school work will have given to it several confer ence and round table periods, led by outstanding specialists from all over the South. These confer ences will be comprehensive, prac tical and adapted to city, town and country work. The general ses sions will be inspirational address es. Two of these general periods have been arranged each day. The distinguished pastor of the Char lottesville, Va. First Baptist church (Dr. Henry Alford Porter) will speak each evening, except Monday, when Dr. E. P. Alldredge, the statistical secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board of Nashville, Tenn., will talk on “South Carolina a Field for Expan sion.” Mrs. J. M. Dawson, the eloquent Texas Baptist who has | delighted the Baptist summer as sembly people with marvelous mes sages of faith and work for seven 1 years, will speak each day at noon.” The state Sunday school con vention is one unit of the Baptist General Assembly. Other assemb ly features, all of which are at Coker College, are as follows: State Baptist Ministers’ School, June 16-21. State W. M. U. Conference and Classes, June 16-21. Special State Missionary Pro gram, June 18. Special Denominational Program, June 21-22. State B. Y. P. U. Encampment, June 21-28. State B. Y. P. U. Convention June 26, 27, 28. This assembly is the most di versified program of the denomin ational year and is always attend ed by many hundreds of Baptists from all over the state. Among the names that appear on the State Sunday School Con- j vention program are the follow ing: Dr. W. W. William, Jacksonville, | Fla. Sec. L. W. Wiley, DuQuoin, Ill inois. Miss Verda Von Hagen, Nash ville, Tenn. Miss Mary Alice Biby, Nashville, .Tenn. j .Mrs. A. J. Foster, Columbia, S. C. j Miss Elizabeth Nuckols, Colum bia, S. C. ! Miss Lilian S. Forbes, Nashville, I Tehn. Mrs. James Wood, Birmingham, Piano Recital At Plum Branch Mrs. J. L. Bracknell presents her pupils in a piano recital Wednes day evening, May 21, 1930, 8:30 o’clock, at Plum Branch School Auditorium. The public is cordially invited. . x Memorial Exercises Attended By Many Memorial exercises, under the auspices of the Anne Carter Chap ter, United Daughters of the Con federacy, were held in the McCor mick High School auditorium Fri day morning, May 9, Mrs. Thos. W. ! Morgan, chapter president, presid ing. The exercises were opened with invocation by the Rev. W. H. Bar- field, pastor of the McCormick Baptist Church. Following the favorite old song, “Tenting Tonight,” by the high school quartet, Messrs. Acker, Mc Grath, Bentley and Langley, ac companied by Miss Julia Hall at the piano. Mrs. Thos. W. Morgan made a few remarks of welcome in behalf of the local U. D. C. chap ter. Judge M. L. Bonham, of Ander son, the distinguished speaker for the occasion, was introduced by Judge L. G. Bell, of McCormick. After a solo, “The Vacant Chair,” by Mrs. W. L. Acker, accompanied by Mrs. J. A. Talbert at the piano, and the singing of America by the audience, the program was con cluded with Taps played by Miss Elizabeth Dillard. Immediately after the exercises, flowers and wreaths were placed on the graves of Confederate dead by the children of the confederacy and the school children. The honor guests at the mem orial exercises and the U. D. C. dinner following, were Confederate veterans, wives and widows of vet erans and the women of the 60’s. tXt Card Of Thanks I wish to use this medium to ex press my thanks and appreciation to all., the people of McCormick county, both white and colored, for their many deeds of kindness rendered to me during my illness. May God’s richest blessing rest up on each and every one. W. O. GRAVES. BIRTHS Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Henderson, May 6th, a nine pound girl, whose name is Mary Irene. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bow- ick, on May 12, a fine boy, txx Many people who buy <£. itock, invest, and then investigate. Ala. j Mrs. Aurora Shumate, Birming ham, Ala. Miss Mattie Leatherwood, Louis ville, Ky. Dr. Henry Alford Porter, Char lottesville, Va. Mrs. J. M. Dawson, Waco Texas. Dr. E. P. Alldredge, Nashville, Tenn. There has been more than us ual newspaper comment recently regarding the amount of money expended by the motor traveling public, and for what the money is spent. This is due no doubt to the fact that many highway commissions are avoiding the business districts in routing highway traffic and of ten build new highv/ays complete ly around; rather than through any portion of the communities along the route. Some cities think this plan ruin ous to business and loudly voice their protests; others believe that it is sound sense. In the controversy that has aris en it has been stated that the motor traveling public is of no value to a community—that the cash expenditure of motorists is confined to hot dogs, a bottle of pop and an occasional ice cream cone. A pure case of where a “man can appreciate only that which he knows.” In this case he either does not know or it is sour grapes. The advisability of routing high way traffic away from a town does not enter into this—I take no is sue with any highway official—but I will say that the average town, regardless of the fact that they worked hard to get hard roads, does not deserve the traffic, for they have not only failed to take advantage of the business that this traffic has made possible, but have in many cases openly driven the business away from their towns by their unthinking practices and poor business judgement. Every highway is literally “Acres of Diamonds,” but like the story, those who dwell upon it are blind to it. Every strange motor car that travels the highways through Mc Cormick has an average potential value in cash business of $1.04, not only to McCormick but to every other town, regardless of size, through which it passes. These cars are to a community the same as pedestrians to a store. Every individual that passes a store has a certain potential value, but the store has to get them inside be fore they can even expect to sell them; still no merchant would say that those who passed, but only looked in his windows, were \ of no value to him. The same is true with motorists —can’t sell them unless you stop them, and if you "stop one out of five, each one stopped is worth an average of $5.20. One hundred cars stopped a daj is equivalent to a factory payroll of $23,000 per month, and the traffic of the average highway is sufficient to get several times that What would McCormick do what would McCormick give to ge a factory with a payroll of twen ty, fifty, or one hundred thousanc dollars monthly? \ ! Several thousand expense ac counts of motorists will prove tha expenditures cover everything ii the mercantile line—directly or in directly—there is no line of bus: ness that does not profit . It is no | just the hot dog stand, nor is jthe hotels,‘cafes, garages, ana ge j stations alone that make mon: from motor travel. | Any town can get its share o this business if they will take tell- |ing to make their community look good and then “get going to go- get it.” announcement by Thos. W. .Mor gan, county agent. These far mers are all planting improved varieties of corn, and with a fav orable season, will show some high yields this fall. Much interest has been aroused over last year’s contest, in which the contestants produced an aver age of around 40 bushels of com per acre at a cost of fifty cents per bushel, the costs including fertil izer, rent on land, labor, and all other costs entering into the pro duction of the com. The names of those entered in the 1930 contest are listed as fol lows: J. M. Gibert, R. W. Cowan, Mrs. Viola C. Cowan, and D. M. Wardlaw, of Willington; B. F. Tal bert, W. E. Sheppard, and H. T. Christian, of McCormick and John Quarles, of Plum Branch. Fairfield Has Home Demonstration Club INTERESTING MEETING; GOOD MEMBERSHIP AND READY FOR WORK Fairfield Home Demonstration Club was organized at Young’s School house, April 29, 1930. The purpose of the meeting was to elect officers to serve for the next 12 months, with the following officials: President, Miss Alma Young. Acting Vice-president, Miss Willie Young. Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. D. S. Dove. With the following enrollment: Misses Ruth Young, Bertha Young, Claire Young, Eva Young,. Nora Young and Mesdames S. O. Young, S. L. Long, M. M. Sears, Ralph Spence and Miss Zellis Langley. The -meeting was opened with devotional conducted by Mrs. Ralph Spence. Club song, “Little Church in the Wildwood,” was sung. Mrs. Stallsworth, the very capable lemonstrator, telling so pleasantly, “What our club repre sents.” She gave out literature on helps pertaining our club. Miss Bertha Young made pictures of the club. After the business session a little recreational period was en joyed in games, etc. A most delightful meeting, the initiative, was encouraging and we are giving Mrs. Stallworth our hearty co-operation in this oar club work, and feel sure wo will all be benefitted by her many instruc tive lessons. The way to sue°eed is all work together and succor will come our way. The next reg ular meeting will be heid at Young’s school house, May 29th, in the afternoon. This closed the meeting. MRS. D. S. DOVE. Sec. and Treas. TXT Widemaii Home Demoiist ration Cl u 1) Has Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Wideman Home Demonstration Club met at the school house Tues day afternoon. A very interesting program was carried out and a re port was given on the council meeting in McCormick. Then the use of club work was. read. After all the business was (Editor’s Note:—Write the Town iattended to Mrs. Stallworth gave Doctor if there is any information a very mteresting and helpful talk and demonstration on meats. A “Swiss Steak” was cooked and en- desired regarding the Value of Mc- itor Traffic. All that is necessary . ^ ^ . . for a reply is to say that you are 1°^ by alh .. Gam f s were p.ayed. a reader of McCormick Messenger! and the meeting adjourned, and enclose a 2 cent stamp. Ad dress your letter to McCormick MATTIE SPENCE, Secretary. 4-1 XT Easy street is always the hardest Bldg., Chicago. (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Reproduction prohibited in whole ot all to find. or in part. This editorial pub- j X lished by McCormick Messenger The most important matter in in co-operatien with the local the world is gray, but it isn’t the Lions Club.) most -pentiful.