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TBUK TO OUBSELVXS, OUB NEIGHBOBS, OUB COUNTRY AND OUB GOD.
Twenty-Ninth Year
' Commencement
Exercises Of McCor
mick High School
8 Pages - All Home Print * McCORMICK, S. .C.
Thursday, June 5, 1930
Established June 5, 1902
Number 1
The commencement exercises of
the McCormick High School for
the 1929-30 session, which began
Friday night, May 30, with the
annual class play, ended Monday
night, June 2, with the awarding
of diplomas to the thirty-five
members of th? graduating class.
Every part of each programme was
well planned and executed.
Sunday morning, Rev. P. L.
Orier, pastor of the A. R. P. Church
at Greenwood, preached the bac
calaureate sermon to the membars
of the class. He told them that
this was neither the end nor the
beginning of one thing, but mere
ly the continuation of one great
thing—life.
On Monday morning, June 2,
the class day programme r was
carried out. At this time various
members of the clas^ had a chance
to speak their thoughts. One
amusing part of the programme
was the cla^s troubles. Each
member of the Cjlass deposited, in
a coffin anything which had been
particularly annoying during the
year.
* Monday night, June 2;, the final
exercises were held. At this time
Rev. J. W. Jackson, pastor Of the
Presbyterian Church at Green
wood delivered the annual address
to the members of the graduating
class. His theme was the golden
mean; keep always to the middle of
the road. At the conclusion of his
address the various medals were
presented. Then Mr. Lake address
ed the class of 1930 and delivered
to them their diplomas and certifi
cates.
Following is a list of the mem
bers of the class of 1930:
Charles Clinton Acker
7 James Edward Blackwell
Isabel Cothran
Frances Lee Cowan
William Mark Dowtirt
Porter Caswell Dorn
Elsie Katherine Durham
Ida Lee Ellison
Annie Margaret Freeland
John Wesley Jennings
Archie Andrew Langley
Helen Louise Ludwick
Agnes Lucile McGrath
Luther Felder Rankin
Helen Louise Sheriff
Thomas Edward Strcm
Parrie Elizabeth Watkins
Leonora Marguerite Addy
Helen Monteze Brown \ %
James Benjamin Britt
'Myrtle Ruth Deason
Maude Chiles Dowtir
Clifton Henderson Drennan
Mary Eliza Edwards
Nina Rebecca Edmonds
Grace Miller Gilchrist '
Julia Anne Jennings
Addle Loraine Leard
Helen Mary McGrath
Sarah Aulene Price
Louise Patterson Remsen
Virginia Holloway Strom
Ottie Louise Walker
Telma Irene Reames
Selma Mae Walker
Medals Awarded
Medal offered by Jefferson Davis
Chapter a of C. to the 6th grade
pupil writing the * best 500 word
essay on “A True Story” about a
faithful slave.
First place—Margaret Robinson
Second place—-Edith Henderson.
Medal offered by Anne Carter
Chapter, U. D. C. to the high schoo;
' pupil in the county writing the
best 2500 word essay on ‘‘John C.
Calhoun.”
First place—Maude Dow tin.
Second place—Betty Workman.
(Both places won by McCormick
High School Students.)
DeclamaUon—Woodrow Callison,
. W. M. Strom, Donor.
Expression—Elizabeth McAllis
ter; Kathryne Brown, honorable
mention; W. K. Charles, Donor.
First Honor Graduate—Maude
• powtin.
", second Honor Graduate—Mary
Edwards.
Honorable Mention for Second
Honor—Mark Dowtin.
Highest Average Scholarship in
1 jjigh sschool—Lorenzo Sturkey;
Honorable mention—DoUie Rankin,
‘donated by F. C. Robinson.
U. D. C. Medal—Maude Dowtin.
Second—Betty Workman.
Archie Langley won a medal for
first place in declamation in the
10th district High School League
and won a medal in Columbia in
the State Meeting of the State
High School League. This* medal
was for being judged the third
best high school declaimer in the
state.
Highest Average
ELEVENTH GRADE—
Maude Dowtin—1st.
Mary Edwards—2nd.
Julia Jennings—2nd.
TENTH GRADE—'
Woodrow Richardson—1st.
Ellen iBosdell—2nd.
NINTH GRADE—
Louise Vaughn—1st.
Minnie Dunlap—1st. '
Eva Coleman—2nd.
Rosella Rankin—2nd.
EIGHTH GRADE—
Lorenzo Sturkey—99.
Dollie Rankin—98.
SEVENTH GRADE—
Sara Louise Smith—1st.
Frances Robinson—2nd.
SIXTH GRADE—
Annie Laurie Sturkey—1st.
Margaret Robinson—2nd.
FIFTH GRADE—
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Mary Sue Coleman—1st.
WiUiam Fooshe—1st.
Elizabeth Harris—1st,
Rebecca Drucker—2nd.
FOURTH GRADE— ♦
Louise Blackwell—1st.
Mary Elizabeth Giles—2nd.
THIRD GRADE—
Herbert Sturkey—1st.
Charles Henry Williams—1st.
Margaret Holloway—2nd.
SECOND GRADE— *
Aurelia Caudle—1st.
Jim Bradley Chiles—2nd.
Lawrence Strom—2nd.
Paul ^Miller, Jr.—2nd.
FIRST GRADE—
Betty Fuller—1st. ,
Wistar Harmon—1st.
Douglas Bradley—2nd.
Annual Honor Roll
ELEVENTH GRADE—
Mark Dowtin
Maude Dowtin
Grace Gilchrist
• Louise Remsen
Selma Walker
Nina Edmonds
Mary Edwards
Julia Jennings
' Mary Cornelia Corley
Elsie Durham ,
Marguerite Addy
Ida Lee Ellison
Helen McGrath
Lucile McGrath
Sarah Price
TENTH GRADE—
Woodrow Richardson
Ellen Bosdell
Helen Talbert
Ruth Banks
Lottie Scott
Welbourne Schumpert
BilMp Britt
Mabel Lyon
Carl Winn
NINTH GRADE— 1
Mildred Britt
Margaret Burnside
Sera Christian
Eva Coleman
• Minnie /Dunlap
Edna Mayson
Rosella Rankin
Bettie Workman
James Willis
Louise Vaughn
James King
Evelyn Brown
Roy Callison >
Ralph Williams
EIGHTH GRADE—
Kathryn Brown
Helen Crawford
Annie Sue Graves
SEVENTH GRADE— )
Jes*sie Bowick
Charlie Coleman
Alma Faulkner
Ruby Gable
Mabel Johnson
Jenny Lou Lyon
Martha Major
Gladys Price
Benzie Rankin
Frames Robinson
Sara Louise Strom
Evelyn Walker
Sara Louise Smith
Frances Watkins ^
P. B. Woodward . ^
SIXTH GRADE—
Sara Lou Bledsoe
Henrietta Brown
Ada Louise Cowan
Ralph Creswell
Sara Frances Duncan
Mary Fuller
Edith Henderson
Billy Morrah
Margaret Robinson
Annie Laurie Sturkey
Matilda Williams
John Nixon Talbert
Josephine Bowick
Ruth Hanvey
FIFTH GRADE—
William Bradley
Elizabeth Brown
Helen Cheatham
Mae Coleman
Mary Sue Coleman
Effie Lee Crawford
Rebecca Drucker
Nelle Fooshe
William Fooshe
Sara Frances Franklin
Elizabeth Harris
Belle Hester
Eunice Rush
Margaret Smith
Elizabeth Talbert
Valerie White
Sara .Lou Wideman
Mabel Wiggins
FOURTH GRADE—
Louise Blackwell
Mary Elizabeth Giles
Louise Lovelace
Morton Dorn
. Mary L»u Williams
THIRD GRADE—
John William Bledsoe
Oscar Cooper
Carl Faulkner
Charles Edward Fooshe-
Billie Henderson
Margaret Holloway
Charles Morgan
Thomas Patterson
Herbert Sturkey,
Lois Walker
Charles Henry Williams
Evelyn Bowick
SECOND GRADE—
Aurelia Caudle
Jim Bradley Chiles
Maggie Franklin
John Harris
Lero%Johnson
Milton LeRoy
Lawrence Lovelace
Imogene Sanders
Frances Schumpert
Robert Smith
Lawrence Strom
Paul Miller, Jr.* *
FIRST GRADE—
Douglas Bradley
.Gladys Brock
Natalie Brown
Margaret Creswell
Elizabeth Fooshe
Betty Fuller
Wistar Harmon
J. B. Holloway
Clatie Mae Newby
Selma Rush
Marjorie Seigler
Helen Willis
Jurors Drawn For
June Term Of Court
Petit Jurors for the first week of
June term of court, beginning
June 16, 1930, at 10 a. m., are:
S^ L. Long
Julius S. Mann
W. J. Bruce
J. T. Spence
J. M. Rich
R. H. Quarles, Jr.
Paul D. Holloway
R. H. Talbert
A. C. Bradshaw
H. G. Sanders
J. T. Dorn
L. A. Swaney
Dewey R. White
E. P. Newby
B. P. Talbert
Garfield Bowick
E. F. Creighton
J. W. McBride
J. C. Bledsoe
J. D. Dunlap
. W. K. McDonald
L. W. Pettigrew
Roy Strother
W. R. Gilchrist
R. A. Price
Lee Holloway
J. R. Jolley
T. C. Faulkner
William Ridlehoover
J. A. Gable
G. E. Campbell
Nick McKinney
R. F. Freeland
J. B. Harmon, Jr.
T. J. Sibert
J. P. Deason
1X1
Mr. G. S. Mauldin
Passes Away
Furey’s Ferry Bridge
Will Open Saturday
PLANS MADE FOR FORMAL
OPENING WHICH WILL BE AT
TENDED BY OFFICIALS
F$OM THE TWO STATES
Boll Weevil Active
In Central And
Eastern Counties
The news of the death of Mr. G.
S. Mauldin, which occurred at his i
home in Mt. Carmel on Tuesday
night, May 27th, at about 11:30
o'clock, came as a shock and grief
to his many friends and loved
ones over the state.
Mr. Mauldin seemed in his us
ual health on Tuesday and Tues
day night, but just after retiring
he complained of a pain and rapid
ly grew worse until the end came.
Mr. Mauldin was bom and rear
ed near Lowndesville. In 1893 he
married Miss Myrtle Mauldin of
Mt. Carmel, and after five years
they moved near Mt. Carmel and
this has been his home.
The dear Lord has been gracious
to him, for he was about 78 years
old. He was an honorable, up
right Christian gentleman with
many fine traits of character.
He was always ready to uphold
the right thing.
In early life he united with the
Methodist Church and has always
been true to his church and his
God. The funeral service was con
ducted at the home by Rev. R. C.
Boulware of Calhoun Falls, as-
sited by Rev. E. F. Gettys and
Rev. Leon T. Pressly, on Wednes-
, The Augusta Chronicle of Tuesday
says, the new Furey’s Ferry bridge
across the Savannah river above
Augusta will be formally opened
Saturday morning, June 7, at 11
o’clock by C. E. Jones, chairman of
the South Carolina highway com
mission, and J. W. Barnett, chair
man of the Georgia' board, it w^s
announced yesterday by J. Harold
Mulherin, president of the cham
ber of commerce.
At a meeting of directors of the
chamber of commerce, a program
suggested by Frank Carswell,
chairmen of the highway commit
tee, was accepted. Several short
speeches will be made dedicating
the bridge, after which the party
of representatives of both states
will attend a luncheon at the
Richmond hotel under the auspices
of the chamber of commerce.
The bridge wul be completed in
every detail Friday but it will not
be opened for traffic until the ded
ication. W. F. Bowe Construction
company, of Augusta, started yes
terday laying the asphalt flooring
allowing four days for the work
and one day for it to settle.
Officials who are being especial
ly invited to attend as representa
tives of the two states and inter
ested cities are members of the
two states’ highway boards, mem
bers of the county commission of
Columbia county* Ga., and McCor
mick county, S. C.; of the Rich
mond county commission and dele
gates of the chamber of commerce
here.
John Sylvester, who was presi
dent of the Augusta chamber of
commerce and one of the main ad
vocates for an all-weather bridge
at Furey’s Ferry, and* Dr. R. E. Ma
son, also one of the leaders, have
been sent special invitations.
Official delegates from South
Carolina are C. E. Jones, highway
board chairman; Charles H.
Moorefield, state highway eng
ineer; J. W. Barnwell, state bridge
engineer; Col. D. W. Gaston, and
Ben M. Sawyer, members of the
highway commission; J. S. Will
iamson, division engineer; Senator
F. C. Robinson, 9f McCormick
county; and the McCormick coun
ty commissioners. ^
The party from Georgia consists
of J. W. Barnett, chairman of the
highway commission; John R. Phil
lips and W. C. Vereen, members ol
the board; B. P. McWhirter, high
way engineer; George C. Blount
maintenance engineer; S. B. Slack
state bridge engineer; H. E. New^
ton, division engineer; T. W. Left
witch, J. B. Johnson and H. M
Sweat, division engineers.
Augusta delegates will be J. Har
old- Mulherin. L. S. Moody, Frank.
McCormick Water
Supply Good Shape
The following report shows Mc
Cormick water supply in good
shape and free from contamina
tion: *
Part per million
Color ;
15.00
Clorine
12.00
Free Ammonia
0.01
Albuminoid Ammonia
0.03
Nitrogen as N itrit es
0.00
Nitrogen as Nitrates
0.00
Total Solids J—
175.00
Bacterial Analysis
B. Coll—Negative.
Remarks: - Analysis indicate wa
ter to be of good quality and free
from contamination.
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. PARKER, M. D.
Charleston, S. C.,
May 29, 1930.
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Maiiy Grade Cross-,
ings Accidents 1929
In 1929 there were 5,975 ac
cidents at grade crossings in which
2485 persons were killed and 6804
were injured. In 24 per cent of the
accidents the automobiles actual
ly ran into the sides of the trains.
Rather striking evidence of the
failure of the motorists to realize
that at grade crossings ‘‘Eternal
Vigilance is the p^rice of Safety.”
On June 1. the railroads launch
ed their 1930 Careful Crossing
Campaign. The newspapers of the
Southeast have taken active and
immensely helpful parts in similar
campaigns in the past.
X
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Poultry Short
Course At Clemson
On June 23-28
CLEMSON COLLEGE, June 2.—
Boll weevil infestation counts made
in eight counties through the cen
tral and eastern part of the state
show that weevils are now quite
active in many places, says Direc
tor H. W. Barre of the South Caro
lina Experiment Station. The aver
age infestation for the farms ex
amined is 139 weevils per acre
compared with 395 per acre for
the same period last year. Tlie
number of weevils per acre on
individual farms, however, varies
greatly. On one Colleton county
farm there were 675 weevils per
acre, on one Calhoun farm were
466 weevils per acre, on one Dar
lington farm were 950 weevils per
acre.
Throughout the eastern part of
the state cotton is beginning to
fruit rapidly, and Prof. Barre urges
that if early applications of poison
have not already been made they
should be made immediately.
X 1
Perhaps • the most remarkable
thing about some of our modern*
! books is that they succeed in get-
’ jting through the mails. ^
day afternoon at four o clock in u and other dlrec tors of the
the presence of a large crowd of r of commeroe; Mayor w
sorrowing friends and relatives and Be ^ M c B Holley> chair
a short while later was tenderly}^ T Mr , rvill Wolfe clem
laid to rest beneath a mound of
exquisitely beautiful flowers.
He is survived by his wife, four
sons, Mr. Jack Mauldin, Augusta.
Ga.; Mr. W. T. Mauldin, Barnes, S.
C.; Messrs. Feaster and James
Mauldin, Mt. Carmel; daughters
Mrs. Frank Robinson, Mrs. John
McCoy, Mrs. Ford Patterson, Miss
Clavera Mauldin, all of Anderson
and Mrs. Posey A1 verson of Mc
Cormick.
The bereaved family have the
loving sympathy of a host of
friends.
X
Lamb Shipment
Changed To June 20
man, J. Marvin Wolfe, Clem
Castleberry, C. J. Skinner, Sr., an'
Frank H. Turner, of the Richmon:
county commission.
John R. Phillips and C. E. lone*
have already accepted the invita
tions to attend.
The new bridge will expedit
traffic from the upper section o
South and North Carolina, from
Tennessee and other states nortl
ard northeast of Georgia. It
construction began on Decembe
24, 1927. A foil gate is erected or
the Carolina side and win remain
there until interest on McCormick
county bonds ..can be collected.
It was learned yesterday that the
temporary bridge over the Savan
nah river at Sand Bar ferry will be
opened either Friday or Saturday.
County forces are now putting in
a seven-foot fill at the end of the
temporary structure and are shap
ing up the approach. The highway
department of Georgia is repair-
CLEMSON COLLEGE, June 4.—
A poultry short course will be held
at Clemson College, June 23-28 at
which competent poultry .special
ists will lecture and conduct dis
cussions and demonstrations that
will give those attending an excel
lent opportunity to get better ac
quainted with modem practices of
poultry management.
In urging poultry raisers to at
tend the course, the poultry spec
ialists here call attention to the
fact that South Carolina imports a
large part of the eggs* used in the
state. Census figures show only
about one-third as many eggs per
person are produced in South Car
olina as for the average of the
United States. This shortage of
eggs should be supplied by local
farmers and poultrymen with pro
fit to themselves and at the same
time provide a better product for
local consumer.
X —
Legion Auxiliary
Members Attend
Meet At Abbeville
On account of the fact that sev
eral of the growers want to put a
little more weight on their lambs
before making shipment, the car-
lot shipment of spring lambs from
McCormick has been postponed in S hard surface approach to
from June 6 to June 20, according , th® old structure,
to Thos. W. Morgan,* county agent, i The non-permanent span has
Around 90 to 100 lambs have been been completed and all work on
lined up for the car, and a good the South Carolina side is finish-
shipment is expected for June 20. ^ed.
The McCormick Chapter of the
American Legion Auxiliary was tho
guest of the Abbeville Chapter last
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Hu
bert C. Oox. Twelve members of
the McCormick Auxiliary were
present.
Mrs. Henry Cappleman, president
of the State Auxiliary, was present
and presented the aims and ambi
tions of the State organization.
Mrs. Y. E. Seigler,. president of
the McCormick Auxiliary, gave a
brief account of the work being
done by this unit.
Card Of Thanks
We would like through these
columns to express our sincerO'
thanks and appreciation for the
many acts of love and kindness
shown to our dear mother, Mrs.
Kittle Brough, and to us during her
illness and at her death. We also
thank you for the silent tribute of
love, the beautiful flowers. May
God bless you all.
The Family.