McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, June 12, 1930, Image 1
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TRUE
TO OURSELVES, OUR
NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY
AND OUR
GOD.
Twenty-Ninth Year
8 Pages — All Home Print
McCORMICK, S. .C.
Thursday, June 12,
1930
Established June 5, 1902
Number 2
The Farmers Bank
Fails To Open
The Farmers Bank, a quarter of
a century old institution of th r
town, failed to open for business
yesterday. Notice posted on the
front window cf the building
states, in effect, that after navinr
heavy withdrawals of deposits
over a period of several weeks the
directors, in session early yesterday
morning, carried a motion to close
the institutiboi and place ttfe af
fairs in the hands of the State
Bank Examiner for a period of 30
days, during which time it is hop
ed plans can be made to take care
of its affairs.
The bank’s adv. appearing in this
issue of the paper was printed on
our first run of the press and be
fore the paper had any knowledge
of the bank’s closing.
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June Term Court
Not To Convene
Paving Started
On Route 43
14 3-4 MILES ON LINK INTO Mc-
CORMICK AND 1-2 MILE ON
ROUTE 20 IN TOWN TO BE
FINISHED JN 140 WORKING
DAYS
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JUDGE RAMAGE SIGNS ORDER
CALLING OFF SESSION
Clerk of Court J. A. Talbert is in
receipt of an order signed by Hon.
C. J. Ramage of Saluda calling off
the June term of court for McCor
mick County, and has sent notices
to all jurors, witnesses and defend
ants not to appear for the term
scheduled to start next Monday.
All cases are continued until the
next regular term of court, unless
otherwise ordered.
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Industrial March
Of South Shown
By Census Returns
'4i. F. Bowie & Company, con
tractors from Augusta, Ga., un
loaded their equipment here Sat
urday and placed it along the road
Monday when they began work
making the surface ready to pave
14 3-4 miles of Route 43 from the
Dixie Highway to Route 20 on Main
street in McCormick. They also
have the contract to pave 1-2 mile
on Route 20, beginning on Main
street at the intersection of Vir
ginia street and running down
Main street to a point about 300
feet this side of the ice plant.
The paving on Route 43 will be
18 feet w r ide, while that on Route
20 is to be 20 feet wide. The con
tract price for the entire job, which
includes the necessary grading,
building of culverts and paving of
the 15 1-4 miles, is $366,887.38. The
contract stipulates that the, work
must be done within 140 working
days, which is calculated to be
around seven months after deduc
tions are made for Sundays and
rainy days.
Naturally, McCormick is jubilant
over being among the first in the
State to receive recognition and
benefit from the $65,000,000 road
bond issue which will place within
her border roads that this genera
tion would very likely never see
under any ether plan.
X
Mrs. P. A. Cheatham
Dies At Abbeville
bj
ie miracles of ancient timjes —
.LiVoe. Jonah, and, the mhale;
Jhe balking ass that Balaam rode;
3Tie cruse, that could, not fail —
JMay prove that GocL abides some inhere,
'But better far to me, i
Jhe old. farm has her miracles \
Ohat all can Jaeccr and see\ ,
In anxious call of mother beasts \
And coo of turtle done, \
Jhe i^iderstandinq Jieart discerns\
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The Town Doctor
DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS:
IF YOU THINK IT WON’T,
IT WON’T
Clhe miracle of Life and. Death.
Stands boktlij on display. . y /
UJhen neu)-born things lie dead at birch-—/
A scrajp of useless clay.
The -gauming hill-gap’s rugged cup
Jhat holds _ the blood-red sun.
Proclaims the -miracle of Pbmer ■
ID hen day is nearly done.
Jhe miracle of Spring each year ,
Arrives on tree and vine -—
bio trouble on the farm at oil
3b prove a Pouter Divine
About three o’clock one after
noon I sat in a barber chair in a
town of about seven thousand pop
ulation. Without warning a “guest”
of the shop tossed aside the paper
he was reading and said, “This
Town Doctor dope may be all right
for some towns but it will never do
any good here.”
I was all interest immediately
more so when someone asked, “why
not?”
“Well, because it won’t replied
the “Guest” and turning to the
barber who had me in charge ask
ed “Will it Bill?”
Bill said, “I guess it won’t,” and
went on shaving.
The door*opened and a custom
er entered. The “guest” immedi
ately demanded “Have you read
what the Town Doctor has to say
ohis week?”
The customer replied that he
had, asked whether such would be
of any value to the community, of
which they were all a part, he re
plied “Well, I don’t know if it will
do any good here or not; but even
if it did I don’t see where it would
get me anything.”
State Candidates
Here Next Thursday
The candidates for State offices
will address the voters at the court
house here next Thursday, June
19th, beginning promptly at 19:30
o’clock. All voters and others in
terested are cordially invited to
attend. *
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Lambs To Be Loaded
Here On June 20
The date of the carlot shipment
of lambs has been definitely set
for Friday, June 20, according to
Thos. W. Morgan, county agent;,
who states that around 100 lambs
have been definitely promised for
the car.
This will make the seventh an
nual carlot shipment of lambs
from McCormick county sheep
flocks, and indications are that
prices will be around the average
for the seven-year period.
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Cheese Factory
Opens On The 16th
At Greenwood
GREENWOOD, June 7. — Man
S. C. Council Farm
Women Have Good
Meet In Rock Hill
ATLANTA, Ga., June 6.—The in- | Mrs. Minnie Brooks Cheatham,
dustrial march of the south is ex-i wife of Mr. P. A. Cheatham of
emplified by census returns from
her cities.
From the valleys of the Poto
mac, down the bustling seaboard
to Florida .across the great valley
to the plains of Texas, cities have
increased their population sur
prisingly.
Census workers agree that the
increase shown in the south has
been one of the features of the
national count.
Virginia fared well, her cities
growing amazingly and her rural
sections keeping step probably be
cause of her tobacco.
North Carolina enjoyed a par
ticularly healthy growth, her ag
ricultural sections holding their
own and her cities growing rap
idly. Charlotte returned a count
of 82,645, an increase of 78.4 per
cent.
Although Charleston, S. C., los
population other cities in the "tote
showed good gains.
Greater Atlanta jumped to 347,-
991, an increase of 93.4 per cent
Augusta, Maccn and Columbus in
this state grew rapidly also.
Tennessee has four cities—
Memphis, Nashville, Chattanoog:
and XnoKviilc- -in the 10^,009 clasw
Memphis climbed ' to more thar
2f'°.0OO.
Alabama’s three eitlzs Birm'.ng
ham, Mobile and Montgomery, re
turned good reports. Birminghair
grew to 257,657, an increase of 11.
Montgomery had a 51.1 per ccn
increase to 65.801, while Mobil
Abbeville passed away at the home
on North Main Street at 12:15 this
morning after an illness of only a
few hours. Funeral services will
be conducted Tuesday morning at
11 o’clock at the home and inter
ment will be made in Long Cane
Cemetery. The services will be con
ducted by Rev. G. M. Telford, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church of
this city of which Mrs. Cheatham
was a member.
Mrs. Cheatham suffered an at
tack of heart trouble Saturday.
Her condition showed some im
provement Saturday but another
attack about 10 o’clock Sunday
evening caused her death two
hours later.
Mrs. Cheatham, at the time of
her death w’as in her 7oth year,
having been born November 12,
1859. She was a native of this
county, the daughter of Annie
Carrington and William Brooks
of the Warrenton section. She was
a member of the Warrenton Pres
byterian Church for many years
but removed her membership to
the Presbyterian church of this
city when she moved to the citj
about twenty five years ago. Mrs
Cheatham was a high type Christ
ian woman and always took r
great interest in the affairs of he:
church.
About two years ago she and
Mi’. Cheatham celebrated then
fiftieth anniversary, this being the
first death in the immediate fam
ily. The news of her death this
OFFICERS ELECTED AND HON
ORS BESTOWED AT MEETING
LAST FRIDAY
climbed to 65,317, an increase c morning brought sorrow to a host
02. friends and relatives through
put the county.
Besides her husband, Mr. P. A.
Cheatham of this city, she is sur
vived by the following children:
Mr. A. B. Cheatham, of Char
lotte; Dr. M. W. Cheatham, of
Columbia; Dr. Mart Cheatham, of
Columbia; Mrs. C. D. Cowan, of
McCormick and Miss Bessie Lee
Cheatham of this city. She is also
survived by one sister, Miss Mag
gie Brooks of Abbeville.—Press and
Banner of Monday.
Jackson, Miss., more than dou
bled its population, while the del
ta cities of Greenwood, Clarksdale
and Greenville grew nicely.
In the gulf coast, the cities in
creased amazingly.
New Orleans remained the
south’s largest city. Shreveport
climbed to 76,207, an increase of
74 per cent.
Florida has three cities more
than 100,000, Jacksonville, Tampa
and Miami.
Among the cities to double their
population besides Houston, Texas,
and Jackson, Miss., Greensboro and
Durham, N. C., the former climbed
to 53,422, an increase of 168.9, while On account of other business I
the latter grew to 52,026, an in-,will do no more dental work until
crease of 139. In St. Petersburg, further notice.
&Fla.,) the increase was 92.6. j DR. R. G. KILLINGSWORTH.
NOTICE
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.
C., June 6.—At the business session
of the Farm Women’s Council this
afternoon Mrs. J. Whitman Smith
of Bishopville was re-elected Pres
ident, Mrs. J. K. Fairey of Fort
Motte, Calhoun County, was elect
ed first vice president, Mrs. L. L.
Ware of Rock Hill, R. F. D., second
vice president and Mrs. J. D.
Blanding of Sumter, Treasurer.
Mrs. L. C. Chappell of Columbia
was elected Director of Central
District and Mrs. Wesley Welborn
of Belton was elected Director of
Piedmont District. Mrs. J. T.
Gettys of Lugoff holds over as Di
rector of Pee Dee District.
Probably the most interesting-
event of the tenth annual meeting
of the S. C. Council of Farm Wo
men was the awarding of the Gee
Loving Cup to the most outstand
ing Council in the state. This hon
or was won this year by Green
wood County, under the leadership
of Mrs. F. E. Wells, President. Sec
ond place, with an award of $10.00
given by the Progressive Farmer,
was won by Florence County, with
Mrs. Julian Dusenbury as Presi
dent, and third place, winning a
an award a gavel presented by
Mrs. L. C. Chappel, former presi
dent of the state council, was vor
by Lancaster County, with Mrs. H
C. Ec-Ik as president.
Each year this event is
awaited, particularly by the Coun
cils actively competing for the lon-
or. This year there were 12 eoun
ties actively competing for it.
The judges were Mrs. Rex Rice
of Greenville, former Nutritior
Specialist of the Home Demonstra
tion Department, better known as
Miss Gladys Smith, and Mrs. W. O.
Maginnis of Rock Hjill, Past Presi
dent of the S. C. State Federation.
The most important work ac
complished by Greenwood Coimci 1
this year has been the raising of
$200.00 to support two Marie
Cromer Scholarships, and the erec
tion of the new club market. All
eleven departmental chairmen, di
rectors, and officers have served
faithfully and well. In each of
the 14 H. D. Clubs there have been
active sub-chairmen in each de
partment. The 14 clubs have been
grouped into three districts, with a
Director of each.
Some other interesting accomp
lishments are: Spending $346.00
^by Council in equipping club mar
ket, building given by the city and
$65.00 won by communities at fair.
One hundred seventy-five families
planted year-round gardens, 142
families have poultry flocks, 55
orchards planted, 39 programs and
lectures were given and 10 sermons
preached on Citizenship, adult
schools held, survey made to secure
names of illiterates and many
taught to read. Co-operation was
given Health Unit in holding six
clinics, in health contests, and in
screening. One hot lunch was in
stalled, 9 sanitary closets, 169
homes screened, and 4 clean-up
campaigns put on. One little girl
was put in the feeble-minded
home, and women assisted at a
tonsil clinic where 41 children
were operated on free.
Through efforts of the Council
$300.00 was given by County dele
gation on Market Building. One
hundred forty homes have been
beautified, 196 painted, 2 1-2 miles
highway with churches, school
grounds, filling stations, and
homes beautified. The Council en
tertained the fall meeting of the
District, serving a delightful lunch
to 400.
Recreational meetings were held
by all clubs. The Council paid out
for local purposes $2,268.30. One
community has a beautified Club
House, well equipped for all gath
erings, parties, socials, etc.
The following plan of work was
carried out:
A year round garden on every
farm.
Enough milk on every farm tc
furnish each child with one quar
i day, adult one pint.
A home orchard.
Beautification work done or
each home.
To continue the work of de
partmental chairmen as outlinec’
jby the State Council.
To continue two Marie Cromer
scholarships, both girls graduat
ing in June 1930.
To reach and enroll every farm
woman as active club member.
To have executive council com
mittee meet whenever necessary to
further Council work.
To co-operate with the County
Health Unit.
To hold regular County meetings
i twice a year.
To continue to work for erection
of a market building.
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Card Of Thanks
“Me neither” agreed the guest, lager E. E. Lyons announces that
and the subject drifted on to some- jthe Greenwood cheese plant,
thing else. j branch of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese-
As I stepped from the chair I i corporation, will open for opora-
addressed the “guest” with “Mayjtions on Monday, June 16th. * All
I inquire as to your line of busi- , details already have been complete
ness?” He appeared rather sur-jed as far as the finishing of the
prised but replied “I’m a carpenter, j factory is concerned, but it has
but I’m not working at it now.” ‘ been decided to postpone the
“Why?” I asked. “No work,” was
his answer.
I then asked the customer “You
may think it strange, and none of
my business, but what is your
'line?” “Foreman out at (naming
a local factory) but they have been
shut down for three weeks.”
I then turned to the barber and
asked, “How’s business?” “Slow,
awful slow—you see things are
pretty quiet here” to which I again
asked “Why”?
I would like to give here the ex
act answers and remarks that
these men made, but the Messen
ger, being, a good newspaper would
not print it. Suffice it to say that
the “reason why,” according to
them, was not their fault, nor had
they anything to do with bringing
about the condition, or correcting
it the town and all the people in
it except themselves, was “dead”,
and there wasn’t any use to try oc
make it otherwise.
Towns are people. People are al
more or less alike—as thy think
so are they. And just as the
most of the people in a commun
ity think, just so is the community
Let enough people think a thing i
so, and it might as well be $o; oi.
the other hand let enough peoplt
think a thing is not so, and i-
course of events it will not be oc
These men in the barber ohop
even the out-or-work and there
fore devoid-of-pay, THOUGHT j
would do no good to try to “build
and otherwise make better th
community in which they live,
and worked; and as long as the.
maintained that view it wouldn’
do any good. And if their opinioi
was the opinion of the majority o
the people in the community i
wouldn’t do the community an;
good regardless of Town Doc to
Articles, or anything else.
McCormick or any other com- I
munity is just as good, just a:
‘live, just as attractive as the !
MAJORITY of the people think it
is. Business will be just as good
as the same majority are willing mann
opening until the middle of the
month in order that milk routes
may be established in Greenwood
and adjoining counties. County*
Agent E. U Rogers and Assistant
Agent J. T. Beason are busily en
gaged on this end of the business
now and will continue at the job
during the next week.
No formal program will be ar
ranged for the opening of the
plant, but the public will be in
vited to make an inspection ancL
to witness making of the first
cheese. The district salesman for
the Kraft-Phenix Cheese corpora
tion with headquarters at Char
lotte announced on a recent visit
that he would accompany 50 or
more jobbers to Greenwood on the
opening day.
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Red Men Meet
Next Thursday
Regular meeting of Shev/ano
Tribe, No. 112. will be held in the
hall at McCormick next Thursday
evening, June 19, at S o’clock. All
members are urged to attend.
S. L. BRITT,
Sachem.
XXX
Spanish Veterans
Must File Papers
COLUMBIA, June 7.—Veterans of
the Spanish-American war, whose
pensions were increased Monday
by Congress, overriding President
Hoover’s veto, must make simple
application for the increase, E.
Henry Cappiemann, state service
officer, said yesterday.
The increase is not automatic
but each veteran must file an ap
plication with the veterans’ bu
reau in order to secure the in
crease. The applications will be
dated from the time received iit
Washington, making prompt ac
tion advisable, says Mr. Cappel-
to make it.
Quit thinking McCormick is
dead, or that it won’t do any good
His office is in a position to han
dle the papers for the Spanish war
veterans and can assist the men
We wish to thank our friends
for the many acts of kindness
shown us during the illness and
at the death of our dear mother,
also for the beautiful floral of
ferings.
W. G. and O. W. Brough
and Sisters.
to make it better. Get it out of. in securing the increased pensions,
your HEAD that what YOU do,! Blanks for the applications have
j think and say won’t make any dif- • been prepared by him and are
jference. Get it into your head now ready for distribution.
that YOU can make things better. . ^
GET TOGETHER with others won ’t.
who have the same idea, and you | (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone,
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