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% 1 / t TTiursday. October 2,1930 McCURMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. Scut* Carolin*. Washington High* • School News a week’s absence, on account of the one make up our dignified senior have ever had. We feel sure that death of her sister. We enjoyed group and we are glad to welcome; under our efficient coach, Miss having Mrs. Mayer with us for a some new ones into our midst.' Grace Reid, that much will be ac- programs CHAPEL EXERCISES. The following chapel were held last week: Monday—Devotional—Mr. Mayer. few days last week. Mr. L. V. Mayer visitor in Greenwood where he at- Louise Huckabee of Lowndesville tended a meeting. and Walton Burkett of De la Howe. Mr. Hoyt Wooten, Mr. L. V. May- j Last Friday September 19, we o>nr\\Y>tr “RrinW Mftrv Belle eT > Mr * Fred Bradshaw, Pat Rob- had our class election and the fol- Reading Books - Mary Bene ^ James lowing were olected; Mason attended the Clemson-Wof-j President'— Welbourne Schum- ford football game at Clemson or pert. Jennings. Reading-r-“Song Nina Bussey. of a Book’ Tuesday—Devotional — Elio Ree Buchanan. Reading—“l isten to the Chrifc- ant”—James Jennings. -Devotional last Saturday. They are Aileen Arrington of Kirk- complLshed. Those who were out was a recent sey, James Furqueron of Anderson,! for the first practice were Allene Arrington, Elsie Langley, Eugenia | Langley, Sara Bracknell, Pauline Wall, Evelyn Winn, Jewel Patter son, Frances Strom, Kathleen Brown and Hettie McGrath. v We expect some others to come out. Let’s come out to see the games Aileen Arring- and boost our team of which we Wednesday ISckard. • “The Life of Eugene Field”— Mary Eckard. Reading—“The Queer Boy”— Mary Belle Jennings. i Vice-President ton. EDGEFIELD vs. WASHINGTON. | Secretary—Billie Britt. Washington played the first i Treasurer—John Thomas game of football for this season Grath. against Edgefield last Friday in | class Historian—Mabel Lyon. Eubert Edgefield, the score being 31-0 in 1 class Prophet—Elizabeth are proud. Edgefield’s favor. The game was Alister. rather one-sided but the Washing ton boys did play some real foot ball at different times during the Class Poet—Annie Belle Langley. Lawyer—Walton Burkett. Musician—Helen Talbert. Cheer Leader—James Patterson. Mr. Jones will soon be here to Me- JOKES. Dan McGrath: “Do you make life-size enlargements from snap- Mc- shots?” Photographer: “That's our spec ialty.” Dan: “Fine, here’s a picture I took of the Grand Canyon.” Thursday—Devotional Irhescott. Reading—“How to Have Friends” —Amyelle Drennan. Reading—“A Bonny Boat”— P*rances Robertson and Mack Osborne. game. | Edgefield began scoring early in Bernice £ ame * running up thirteen see us and our rings will then be points in the first quarter. They on their way. Hurrah for the also made two touchdowns in the senior class. John Morrah: “You should have seen me foaming at the mouth the other morning.” Mary Frances Talbert: “Ware second quarter but the Washing- our class colors are purple and y° u mad?’ ton team tightened down in the gold and our flower is the rose. Friday — Devotional — Albert Howie. Reading—“College Oil Cans”— Viola Wilkie. last half, allowing them only one touchdown. The Washington back- field could not find a weak spot in the Edgefield line and therefore had to try something besides line plays. Washington’s chief gain MABEL LYON. Senior Reporter. and nine passes were completed two were intercepted. ^CHO LITERARY SOCIETY. The whole team played well but A meeting of The Echo Literary j n ^j ie j ine p e ^. e Lankford and Wat son Parks looked best. In the back- Society was held in the school auditorium last Wednesday morn ing. In the absence of the presi dent, Beryle Bass, the vice-presi- ton Friday, October 3rd Coach Jones’ eleven. tXt to dent, Blanche Middleton presided, After the business session was held | Washington team goes to j ohns - a very interesting program was given which consisted of the fol lowing: Song—High School. Reading—“What is Success?”— Blanche Middleton. Piano Solo—“The Volga Boat man”—Josephine Parks. Reading—“In a Friendly Way”— Tom Robert Wood. A report was given by the critic^ and the secretary read the pro gram for the next meeting. After ibis the meeting adjourned. School days now have started, now we’re back again, . . _ _ , . . , . And the way they make us study, consisted in passing, for six out of Let me teU you is a sin . English,. History, Math and French, All the long day through—do you think that it’s a cinch? Well, just try it out, won’t you? Lessons, lessons, without ends All the livelong day—yet we like the hours there to spend. Happy that we may. John : “I sure was, I brushed my teeth with shaving cream.” Bill Bracknell to waiter: “I want ham and eggs.” Waiter: “How do you like eggs?” BUI: “Just fine.” field the stars were Pat Robertson, Davis Bussey, and Warlick Keller,: the former getting off some good Mr. McCrorey: “Darling, we can’t get married. A slick sales man sold me some oil stock, and got every cent I owned—what can I offer you now?” Miss Ramsey: “Well, you might give me his name and address.” play CHAPEL EXERCISES TUESDAY. The chapel exercises Tuesday tvt nr •! were conducted by Rev. Leon T. JNeWS (Jt McCormick Pressly. He chose as his subject, T* 11* C U 1 j “Kindness.” naming it one of the rublic ISCllOOlS most essential 'qualities that is j needed to make one’s life happy THE KINSCELLA and useful. Clothes may make the PIANO METHOD. | outward appearance pleasing but To the patrons of the McCormick kindness makes the inner being Public Schools: |bright and helps to keep back un- The Kinscella method of Public pleasant words and thoughts. He School Piano Class work will be stated that a sharp tongue is some- offered this year in our schools. It j thing no one likes and we avoid is hoped that several classes will those people who say mean and lit he organized. Miss Hazel Gertrude tie things to us. So often when irosy this week studying < cover | Kinscella, instructor of piano at | there is that urge to say something crops. The class concluded, from university school of music is mean a kind word clears the at- the originator of this method. It mosphere for a soft answer turn- has been in use for the past eleven eth away wrath. He said that first years in the Lincoln schools as well, as we were all anxious to have good except cotton. They come off too as in schools of other cities,, roads for our automobiles to travel 23rd. Miss Ramsey: “L. Sfcurkey, how many bones have you in your body?” L. S.: “Nine Hundred.” Miss Ramsey: “That’s a great, many more than I have.” L. S.: “But you see I had sard ines for lunch.” 1X1 First To Pay Taxes This Year AGRICULTURE NEWS. The Agriculture Class has been studying Experiment Station tests, that it will pay to plant legumin ous cover crops preceding all crops Mr. T. E. Deason has the dis-, tinction of being the first to pay town taxes this year, having paid his on Monday, September 29th. J. Andrew Jennings, of The Mes- senser force, was the first to pay to the county, having paid poll tax on September 22nd, while Mr. J. K. Corley and Mr. C. W. Willis paid their property tax on September m m If i i i cvbV late in spring to plant cotton after as R 0C hester, N. Y.; Topeka, over so are we anxious to have a them. A number of boys in the Kans . j-^g Moines, Iowa. Class good life road. complished bv This can kindness be ac- which our dealings. class are going to plant winter cov- : lessons ^11 be held in the school cr crops and plant com after them, building twice a wee£ for one- smooths out the rough spots and The class cultivated and pruned hour. The class lessons shall makes Us- bigger and better in all the shrubbery around the school j cost 25 cents each $ 2 00 a m0 nth. building, and fixed up a bed to set Music used shall be purchased by cut more shrubbery. We also built. pupils and the cost of same some seats in the grove back of the j S b a n not be excessive. Price of building and cut the grass and vreeds off the campus. Each boy is planning to outline his supervised project programs next week for the coming year. A most enjoyable affair of last ^ or ^.j ie beginning pupil, $1.25 or Saturday night was a chicken stew $1 50. Later in the year a few solos igiven on the school campus by the ^ S beet form must be purchased JFtiture Palmetto Farmers’ Society. This society is composed of all the boys who have taken and who are taking Agriculture. Near the hour keyboard, 50 cents; price of book for beginning pupils from the sec ond and third grades, $1.00; price of books for beginning pupils from , ... ... . , . , * * \ T . never have anything without pur- the higher grades, 75 whole cost ^ f u u . r . rrilir J. RAMSEY MacDONALD. J. Ramsey MacDonald. Prime Minister of England, said in an address to the students of George Washington University: “You can of eight o’clock the boys began to’ arrive, each taking advantage of bis privilege to bring a girl friend. Mr. Richard Buchanan was chief cook and he prepared a most tempting stew for these young peo ple. After * finishing the stew. along with a small book of pieces. No child shall be eligible to the “Public School Piano Classes” who ihas been a private student of any teacher in the town within a period of three months prior to the date of his application. Pupils of the public school piano classes will be allowed to take part in the public chasing it. purchasing it by your own honest hard work. You may attain to a high position in busi ness, in your state, in your com munity, but these things will never be handed down as a gift to us. It is a very hard road and only the ones who have worked the hardest and have been honest can attain to it. We should value education. It is something more than mere knowl edge. because knowledge is pnlv a shield. Real education is something programs given by the school, and wic ^ prognuns when given per- number of »_. * that makes us finer men and wo men, more able to accomolish i l .i il.'i.N WIITK LH.K.KK Lilt; tlllim who these couples enjoyed a .mission by the teacher, proms, which made the evening, class work tekes the quite pleasant for all those were present. things. Remember, when veu have through the first four years of , , . . . . _ study. The cost of class hac ! honor. you hav^ to ^ai- thern. and the bearing of them means piano lessons is less than the cost of pri- ... , . . 4-H CLUBS ORGANIZED. ,vate lessons, which is probably the sa ^ r an r , Ur ^ n f upon Mrs. Stallworth, county home greatest reason that class lessons f ^ r * rpsl -demonstration agent, was a visitor would be preferred, but there are 0 e In our school last Friday. She met other reasons: friendly rivalry be- -with all the girls who were inter- tween children; their eagerness ested in 4-H club work and two an( j interest to learn, their team- clnbs were organized. work, lack of fear and timidity, The officers of the senior club their splendid rhythm and sn are as follows: semble playing. .President—^Blanche Wilkie. j parents or guardians desiring Vice-President—Claudia Bass. to have their children register for ^Secretary—Alice Brown. the piano classes must see the This group is Mr. Jennings had overlooked paying his last year’s taxes, and when he was called upon for the taxes and penalty deemed it to his interest to get rid of the matter for this year, and to his surprise his receipt was No. 1. He is the only printer we have ever known to be the first to pay taxes, regardless of how it may have come about. x Anderson Working For Bigger Fair ANDERSON. Sept. 28.—Officials of the Anderson Fair, preparing for the tenth annual livestock and agricultural exhibit to be held here November 4th to Sth are sparing no efforts to make the 1930 Fair the best ever held. Although th opening date of the 1930 show is more than a month away, T. A. Mitchell, secretary of the Fair, is giving virtually ail his time at the ! present to the details of putting | the Fair over in the biggest way. 'Sinrc first inaugurated in 1921. the Fair has grown from an at- t.ondnuco of 15 000 that year to 130,000 for the exhibition last year. m #; Sic. ., . Mr. Mitchell stated recently that n Coolidge, former president he expects an even larger attend- U. S. has said. It is far ance y ear to learn a few things well pi ans f 0r the exhibit will make it much larger and more attractive to thousands of people than even the great show of last year. More right only a part of the time. The exhibitors have already rented standards which the Student Body e ta the merchant s and manu- set are high. Cheating and bluff ing may be permitted in the class room, but the ones who do these Calvin f the better than to have a small knowledge of a great many things. The world has little use for those who are Page Numimr Porti 3E Brakes Grij)— But will Your Tires? This is THE time to have GOODYEAR All-Weather Traction on all fours. Liberal trades —See— AC 375-B GULF SERVICE STATION J. T. FAULKNER, Prop. PHONE 40 McCORMIGK, S. C. Guaranteed Tire Repairing ,l -- 1 o 1 GOOD MEAT-LOW PRICES We sell the same high grade meats at low prices. Read the list and come to our market for your meat requirements: STEAK 25c BEEF ROAST 18 and 20c STEW BEEF 15c MIXED SAUSAGE 20c PURE PORK SAUSAGE 25c PORK CHOPS 25c WHOLE PORK HAM 23c VEAL 25 and 30c ’ CURED HAM 35c BOILED HAM 55c BAKED HAM 65c WEINERS 25c BREAKKFAST BACON. Sliced 35c FRESH FISH EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: ALSO GOOD HASH EVERY SATUR DAY. OYSTERS IN SEASON. We have good refrigeration facilities, and handle our meats sanitarily. Delivery service and phone connection; call number 19 and have your meats delivered—you’ll get the same good meats and service at no more cost. Re member, our meats and prices cannot be beat. m T. HOWARD SMITH’S MEAT MARKET McCORMICK, S. C. -o- COMING TO THE -o- “DIXIE THEATRE;::; McCormick, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY October 3rd-4th at 8:10 p. m. REGINALD DENY in his greatest and funniest picture •ONE HYSTERICAL NIGHT” You will more than like this picture. The kind that will please all grown-ups and young alike. ALSO—News picture. Oswald in “BROADWAY FOLLIES” $1.00 given away Don't forget the candy sale. Big premiums given away Look for “WELCOME DANGER” facturers exhibition, food products and womens division are to be en larged, a horse and mule show, of Anderson and adjoining coun- | past several years having been to make a study music teacher as soon as possible t ’ lings are looked down u P° n by continuing during the whole exhi- ties. The first day of the Fair will designated as Georgia Day. Textile of room improvement and plans j n order that a sufficient number were made for the work. 0 f books and keyboards may be The officers for the Junior Club ordered and that closes may begin are as follows: .without delay. President—Carolyn Dukes. Each child taking the work must Vice-President—Mary Belle Jen-^ have access to a piano for home Dings. practice. 1 Secretary—Mildred Blackwell. This group is to make a study 1 SENIOR NEWS, of second year foods. The work) This year we have a larger last year consisted of a study of ( eleventh grade than McCormick the first year foods, so this will be has ever known. We are proud of SPORTS. a continuation of that study. the others. When the real exam- bition will b e added practically be observed as Anderson County Day will come as usual on the fifth ination comes it vill require the every division and aspect of the sc hool day while other Counties of‘and last day of the Fair and tex- same s andar s o accuracy and Fa . r will be improved. South Carolina and Georgia will be tile employees and employers from ones y w nc e s u en 0 > | ^ retinue of free acts and mid- honored on the second day. Every all sections of the Piedmont sec- imposes upon themselves. Unless attractions greater than have ; h l hild the ten coun ti e s of tion attend. training as to enable it to arnnire b n P resented at the Fair before South Carolina and Georgia em- People of this section are getting .f atoln ?. aS .. t0 . 0nabIe lt t ? aC(l “ Ir . e Will be on hand this year. Rubin braced by the Falr wU1 be lnV ited an earful of plans for the and Cherry shows will come to this city directly from the Canadian National Exhibition. Victor’s Band has been secured for the five ‘days of the Fair and will give con- these standards at an early period, there is a great danger that they may never be acquired.” during these two days as guests of i every day at noon now as Fair radio the Fair Association. Station WTFL at Toccoa, Georgia The third day of the Fair will be broadcasts a 150-word announce- our class and although we have aj The McCormick High School certs twice daily during the few more boys than girls, which is Basket Ball team has begun prac- week on the grounds, rarely the case, we are well bal-|tice and we expect to have one of. Two whole days of the Fair this W« at* Indeed *lad to have Miss . , . joton&on back with u*-again, after a need in every other respect. Forty the best teams this year that we'year will be devoted to the schools observed as Farmers Day when all Fairj farmers of the ten counties will be invited. Georgia friends will hold sway on the fourth day of the fair. the fourth day of the fevir for the ment of plans for the tenth annual exhibition. This radio broadcast ing of plans for the Fair will con* tinue until the big livestock and agricultural exhibit opens.