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* n' iV THUS TO OUBSELVXS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Eighth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, May 22, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 51 *.4 Contest Day For The Club Girls i TEN CLUBS REPRESENTED AT MEET HELD HERE SATURDAY County Congest Day for the 4-H Club Girls of McCormick County was held on Saturday, May 17th, in McCormick. Ten clubs were represented in this contest with thirty-one girls contesting for first place in the various club activities and fourteen girls entering the dress review. The Home Demon stration Agent was assisted in this work by Miss Blanche Tarrant, District Home Baptist Young Folks To Meet June 26-28 At Hartsville Mu/ic of flhie farm “The Town Doctor” Music Recital DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS: GOOD PROGRAM BEING AR RANGED AND LARGE ATTEND ANCE EXPECTED The Baptist young people of South Carolina will gather in‘their annual convention June 26, 27, 28 at Coker College, Hartsville, S. C. This meeting is always largely at tended by B. Y. P. U. members ««« from a11 over the state - ' Mr - w * norne De ® onst ^ ‘°" S aitcr of Columbia, will preside Agent, Dr. Brodie ° 11V £over this meeting, as president. Braun of Health Department of Mf ^ L Corzine state director( Greenwood and Dr. Workman ^. has ^ eased the prosram a nd In D ^n^ Ufcen f f McCorm ^ ' . .. Jdoing so makes the statement, The contests were held in the Lee Lawt0Ilj our Cl. J. Dunlap morning. At the noon hour lunch review state B. Y. P. U. associate, has prepare^,for us this year the great- was served, and the dress was held to the ztternoon contention program we have 1 Thoae wtootog in club activities, er had xhe conferen c e groups were as fo ows. ' W i;i have as leaders outstanding Itealth Mary Frances Drennan, p u leaders from all over of Parksville, S. C. Second, Eula Caudle, of McCor mick, S. C. Health Improvement, Edith Henderson, of McCormick, S. C. Second, Harriet Miller, of De la Howe. Project Winner, Thelma Reames, of McCormick, S. C. Second, Louise Vaughn, of Mc- Cormick, S. C. Fourteen girls entered the dress review and were presented in the dresses made in the clothing clubs of McCormick High School and Mt. CarmeL The dresses were most at tractive and well made, and each scored high in the contest. N. G. Brown & Son offered $10.00 in prizes to the winners in this con test. Five dollars was given as the first prize and two and one-half dollars were given as second and third prizes. The first place was won by Helen Talbert; second by Thelma Reames and third by Maude Do^Hin, all of the McCor mick High Schodl. I^elen Talbert will represent this county in the dress review at Winthrop College at the Short Course. The three first winners in club activities wilh also represent this county at the Short Course and will compete in the District Con test to be held there. Martha Con nor of Mt. Carmel and Evelyn Armstrong of De la Howe will be the other two representatives from this county at the State Short Course. : x Governor Richards Will Not Enter Race For U. S. Senate COLUMBIA. May 16.--Governor Richards does not choose to run. In a formal statement issued this afternoon, th^ governor said “it has never been my purpose, no is it my purpose now to offer cor Population and number of farms any position in the elections thir in Newberry, Saluda, Edgefield and the South and at the general lec ture period we will have the un usual privilege of hearing Mrs. J. M. Dawson of Waco, Texas, and Dr. Henry Alford Porter of Charlottes ville, Va. Two greater speakers could not be found for this type of meeting.” The convention is the climatic period of the B. Y. P. U. encamp ment, which will be held for the whole week, June 21-28. Over 200 young people are ex pected for the encampment period and several hundred more will be on%hand for the final days which are given to the state convention. These B. Y. P. U. numbers are a part of the greater general as sembly program, which will be in progress for the two weeks, June 16-28. Other units of the assemb ly program, with the dates for each, follow: Baptist ministers* school, June 16-21. W. M. U. conferences, June 16-21. W. M. U. Classes, June 16-21. ' Sunbeam camp, June* 16-21. Special mission day, June 18. G. A. camp, June 16-21. Special denominational days, June 21-22. R. A. camp, June 1A-21. State Sunday school convention, June 23, 24, 25. . This is the fifteenth annual ses sion of the Baptist General As sembly. It is always attended by a few thousand Baptists and Mr. Corzine, the director, says that he expects a record attendance this year. IX*- McCormick County Shows 5,147 Loss . In Population GREENWOOD COUNTY HAS GAIN OF 37 IN TEN YEAR PERIOD They lolh about the music of the .far of host of Glars, . * songs the xuinding river sings across its sandy bars. I’ve heard, the echo in the hills oF breezes sinking there, And heard Hie jxtima donna sin&uulh. roses . m her hair; , _ E>ut -ujihen I ivant a harmony thats lull ot- ^ _ homely charm, Jhen I recall the music of the d*v>r old. \ peaceful farm Jhe mellou> son&s of meadow larks that rose \\ , to meet the day, Co-mingled with the blatant bawl of cattle ‘ x \ . far away, r ( jne distant neighing of a horse and barking -All tanked wi cru of sheep end scraedl ^ TToF hungry ho4 . /V ^ CThen over all I hear a voice half full of / .1 wild alarm Uhat juerces like a trumpet blare the quiet | of the farm; And everywhere it bears the news through orchard, field, and glade Behind the salt barrel in the oin. the hen hoe laid. speckled curT- a \ \ Vv Coy~ TM® OUD F*ARM < SWW«^' > L- Two Dairy Meetings To Be Held County ONE AT PLUM BRANCH TO NIGHT AND ONE IN McCOR- ' MICK TOMORROW NIGHT year.” The governor had generally ocn^deicd as one of the :nor/ likely candidates to opoose Sen> tor Cole L. Bicase in the Demo cratic senatorial primary. The governor's statement fol lows: “I ha TT e to run for the United S atrs ate in the Democratic primary t*ii summer, and have ueen given offers of support than for any oth er office in my • xperience. . “Of course, I deeply appreciate this evidence of continued confi dence, and the kindness of my friends. However, it has never been my purpose, nor is # it my purpose now, to offer for any posi tion in the elections this year. “I shall devote my efforts to the discharge of the duties of the great office I now hold, with full realization of the responsibilities involved, and with grateful appre- population; 4,622 and 3.282, loss of elation to the people of South 1.340 in farms McCormick counties show a big de crease during the past ten years, according to preliminary census figures announced Saturday by Walter S. Peterson, supervisor ot the Sixth District, at his offiee in Greenwood. Of the five counties in the dis trict Greenwood county alone showed an increase @f 37 persons but the number of farms decreased by 950. Figures for the other counties follow, the first being for the year 1920 and the last for 1930: Saluda 22,088 and 17,333, loss of 4,695 in population; 3,924 and 2,485, loss of 1,079 in farms. McCormick 16,785 and 11,638, loss of 5,147 in population; 3,012 and 1,802, loss of 1,210 in farms. Newberry 35,652 and 32,453, loss of 3,099 in Carolina for past and present hon ors, and for the opportunities of service which they have so gener ously given me.” Edgefield 23,537 and 19,326, loss of 4,261 in population and 3,931 and 2,722, loss of 1,209 in farms. Two dairy meetings will be held in the county this week in the in terest of the Greenwood Cheese Factory, according to Thos. W. Morgan, county agent, who urges all farmers and business men in terested in securing first-hand in formation regarding the plans of the cheese factory people to attend these meetings. The first meeting will be held at the Plum Branch Schol auditorimn on Thursday night, May 22, at 8:00 o’clock. The second meeting will be held at the court house on Fri day night, May 23, at 3:00 o’clock. Mr. E. L. Rogers, county a&ent and Mr. J. T. Beason, Dairy Spec ialist, from Greenwood, will be present at these meetings, and ex plain the plans and policies of the cheese factory people. Mr. Morgan states that great in terest has been shown over the county in the establishment of the plant at Greenwood, and that a large crowd is expected at each meeting. tXl Columbia To Have Street Cars Again WASHINGTON, May 19,—The South Carolina Railroad commis sion was victorious in the supreme court today in its effort to compe the resumption of the operation of the electric street car linos in Co lumbia, S. C. The Columbia Railway Gas and Electric Co., operated street care and furnished electricity and po wer at Columbia, S. C. The Broad River Power company asserted it acquired all the assets and rights of the" Columbia com pany with the exception of the electric street railways. The two companies contended that under these circumstances, the Columbia company had the right to abandon operation of the street car lines when it had been demonstrated operation would be at a loss. The state railroad commission declared the Broad River company had taken $6,000,000 of the assets of the Columbia company and was attempting to escape responsibility for the operation of the street rail ways, as required by franchise and charters, by asserting that the Co lumbia company had retained them. Mr. Abercrombie • Not A Candidate To my friends of McCormick and McCormick County: I wish to say that I haven’t made up my mind to run for any office this year. I make this statement on ac count so many inquiries as to what my intentions are in regard to running. I have held the office of mayor for four years and done my best to let right be my guide and I am thankful that I didn’t yield to any thing that I believed to be wrong. I • am also "thankful for the hearty co-operation of the best people in our town. If it had not been for the help of the council and the good people my adminis tration would have amounted to but very little. " I make these statements only in an appreciative spirit, and whether in office or private life, the people may expect to find me making a fight for a clean government and fight as I see it. Respectfully, AUSTIN ABERCROMBIE. -txt- Mt. Carmel H. D. Club Meets The Mt. Carmal Home Demon stration Club met in the club room last Tuesday afternoon at 3:3C o’clock, with all members but om present. The meeting was called to ordc and devotionals lead by the presi dent, Mrs. L. L. Hester. After th' roll call and reading of the mir* utes by the secretary, the minute were approved; then a literary pro gram was carriel out. The meeting was then turner over to our very efficient hom agent, Mrs. Stallworth, who ha: prepared an interesting subject- vase painting. The entire crowd was interested and enthused, and quite a numbe: of articles were transformed intc lovely vases. Mrs. G. S. Mauldin was a new member or visitor. Mrs H. S. Cason and Mrs. J. D. Dean acted as hostesses and served very tempting saucers of strawberries and delicious iced fruit drinks. Everyone lingered until the sun was getting very low and the meeting adjourned after it was decided to continue vase painting at our June meeting when Mrs. Stallworth will be in Winthrop. txt Laying the law down is an old expression, but in some instances it would be a good thing to take it up again. TO THE LADIES OF McCORMICK xMen often think that they are the ones, too often the only ones, that can “build” their community, but I might as well let it be known now that I learned many years ago that if you want ANYTHING done in a hurry—get the ladies behind it. | When it comes to choice of the men or ladies to “back” a given | project,. I choose the ladies for jwhen yAu have the ladies you au tomatically have the business men. Without the ladies there would be no community life—without the ladies there would be no com munities and in their hands is the power to do anything, the power to get anything done—if they will use it. The men have their Chamber of Commerce, their Service Clubs and their this and that. They think they are the ones that run the town, but who do they depend up on when it comes right down to a job they are afraid to tackle; who does the vote seeker cater to at election time and WHO BUYS WHAT IS BOUGHT IN McCOR MICK. If the ladies want anything they can have it—if they want it badly enough. Men know that. There isn’t a merchant or a seller of any thing that will not do their biding, for they are the ones that buy what is purchased. I believe I would be safe in say ing that there isn’t a lady in Mc Cormick that would not like to see and be willing to help make Mc Cormick' a more tidy, cleaner, brighter, and therefore better com munity in which to live and raise their families. I don’t like the word “duty,” but it is the duty of Vvery woman to see that McCormick is in spic and span order and if others, who are supposed to run things, do not make it so, I say to the ladies— take the matter in your own hands and do it. * If the men don’t clean up the city dumps and rubbish heaps, if streets are left dirty and disease provoking, if building owners won’t clean up and paint up, if a mer chant absolutely refuses to make his store and the area surround ing it inviting and attractive— if in # any way, men do not do what they are SUPPOSED to do, to make things pleasant,* healthy, beautiful sanitary and attractive, YOU can MAKE them do it. The men may not like this—I may be severly reprimanded for putting this thought in your mind, but if MEN don’t know this al ready, if the men do not recognize it now, it is time they are finding it out. I would be glad to hear from any women’s organizations, any group of ladies or individual lady inter ested in building McCormick anc my services are always availably to help you in any way I can to as sist you in any effort to make Me Cormick a bigger, better, and nor. interesting and attractive com munity for you and yours to live work, and play and make money. (Copyright, 1930. A. D. Stone Reproduction prohibited in whole or in part. This editorial pub lished by McCormick Messenger ir co-operation with the local Lions Club.) Next Monday And Tuesday w \ The pupils of Miss Julia Hall will be presented in their year-end piano recital on Monday and Tues day evenings, May 26 and 27, in the High School auditorium at 8:36 o’clock. An innovation on this oc casion will be the use of two pianos for duet and quartet numbers. The pupils of the graded school win present their recital on Monday evening, while the high school student pupils will appear on Tues day evening. All the pupils show marked improvement in their , playing and have made rapid pro gress under the capable and effici ent instruction of their teacher and leader, Miss Hall. It is hoped a large audience will be present at both performances. : txt The Plum Branch H. D. Club Meets The joint hostesses were Mrs. K J. King and Mrs. H. M. Freeland. The meeting was at the hospitable | home of Mrs. Hing. Her lovely home was decorated with pretty spring flowers. The reception hall and dining room were thrown into one. ! Mrs. Stallworth demonstrated painting. That proved very inter- jesting to the 24 ladies who attend ed. Many pickle bottles, jars and ’even some old wedding presents I were so renovated that instead of | being shoved back they have gain- | ed the first and former place. Some jof the members went homo for more articles to paint, j The club was delighted to have as visitors, Mrs. Nenie Winn anti Mrs. Evan Cochran from Florida. These fine ladies belong to Fluiit, Branch and Rehoboth communi ties. Also glad to get one new •member, Mrs. W. H. Parks. After the club had enjoyed such a pleas ant and profitable afternoon, the hostesses served iced lemonade that was very refreshing on a warm afternoon. We, with all the other clubs, appreciate our faith ful agent and wish her God speed. X McCormick School Wins Second Place 66 A Rose Dream OPERETTA Given by Primary Department of Plum Branch School, Friday night, May 23. Admission 10 and 20 cents. X When first teaching a little boy to dress and undress himself, it is a good plan to make all his trous ers exactly alike so that he will al ways find the buttons and button holes in the same positions. The Bureau of Home Economics has a great many practical suggestions as to how little boys’ clothing should be made. The McCormick high school , / team won second place in the sec ond congressional district judging contest held at the Horace Holley farm near Aiken last Friday. First place was taken by the Wil!isto*L Elko high school team with a tetat score of 3587; the McCormick team was a close second with a score of 3542. These two teams will represent this district at the state contest to be held at Clemson College, June 4 and 5. At this conteert the three highest individuals will be selected to represent this state in Kansas City next fall. Both livestock and field crops arfe judged in these contests. The McCormick team was com posed of Archie Langley, Thomas Talbert and J. H. Mayson. These boys were selected from the two classes of agriculture after much practice judging was done. 1 xi j Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday, May 26, office, visiting* in county. Tuesday, May 27, Recreation Day in Greenwood. Wednesday, May 28, 3:30 p. McCormick H. D. Club in the court house. Thursday, May 29, 3:30 p. Fairfield H. D. Club at the school house. Friday, May 30, 3:30 p. m., Parl»- ville H. D. Club in club room. Saturday, May 31, office, making out monthly report.