Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, November 27, 1930 ~ WILLINGTON JNfEWS ITEMS McCUKMICK MhjSUbjivijtjK, McisOKMlCK. aouilt 1 ' if Messrs. J. M. Gibert and A. B. Andrews, Jr., spent Wednesday and Thursday in Columbia on business. Mrs. L. A. Hoffman and Mrs. Robert Perryman were here Friday evening ^hopping. r^/Lr. and Mrs. G. W. Tarrant from 2k Carmel were seeing friends hjsre Wednesday. Miss Annie Lou Lankford spent last week end in Columbia at the teachers’ meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Payton Samuels and Mr. and Mrs. Ed LeRoy from Tignall, Ga., were visiting relatives and friends here Sunday. Mr. J. Lewis returned home Sun day from Tignall, Ga., after vis iting relatives and friends there Xor some time. Misses James, Mims and Reeves from De la Howe dined with Mrs. J. O. Covin Saturday evening. Miss Mary Jane Morrah, who is attending school in Elberton, spent Sunday here with homefolks. . The many friends of N Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gibert will deeply sym pathize with them in the loss of their home, which burned down early Friday morning. Only a few pieces of furniture were saved. Mr. R. M. Rush from McCormick was seeing friends here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gibert have a lovely little daughter who came last week to brighten up the home. One of the prettiest birthday parties given for a long time was that enjoyed Saturday afternoon In the home of Mrs. Alex Lawton, when her little daughter, Francis, and little son, Otto, celebrated their 11th and 13th birthdays. There were seventeen children and these had a merry and hilarious time in playing all kinds of games, after which they gathered around the table adorned in Thanksgiving colors, and delightful sandwiches, Ice cream and cake were served. • Those invited to help entertain* the little folks were their teacher, Miss Annie Lou Lankford, Mrs. Susan LeRoy, Mrs. R. W. Cowan and Mrs: Ada Kennedy. The children were, Otto Lawton, Francis Lawton, Margaret and James Hemminger, James and Elizabeth Gibert, David, Joel and Thomas Morrah, Evelyn Leverett, Edward McNair, Ebb Lawton, Cal vin, William, Maryena, Zuline and Sarah Lawton and Milton LeRoy, Jr. < / X - ) BSE 3E S.C INDUSTRIAL REVIEW * The' following record of indus trial activity lists items showing Investment of capital, employ ment of labor and business activ- „ Ities and opportunities. Informa- Jr tion from which the paragraphs are prepared is from local papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be considered generally cor rect. ft v % More For Your Money! More For Your Money! Gallant-Belk Company’s Greenwood’s Leading Department Store Sells Everything For Less Prices are now lower than any time during past 15 years and you can find much better selection of wanted merchandise at GALLANT-BELK CO.’S, all being sold for less. One customer who pur chased 5 pair of . Shoes at another store came in our store and found he could have purchased same 5 pair and also pair for him self if he had purchased from us for same as he paid elsewhere for 5 pair. Another customer pur chased Overalls for $1.49 elsewhere and we sell much better Overalls for $1.00. He could have sav ed 98c on suit of Overalls. Others who purchased Outing elsewhere for 11 l-2c came in and found Follow The Crowd To same Outing here at our regular price of 10c yard. You will also find here Boys’ Overalls at 49c pair. Others ask and sell for 69c This is'what another cus tomer told us. You will be agreeably sur prised at your wonderful savings on all your fall shopping here. 98c $1.19 25c 25c £sc 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c Children’s Shoes 5 to 11 1-2, pair Children’s Shoes 11 1-2 to 2, pair Ladies’ Bed Room Shoes pair 8 Cakes Octagon Soap ,for only 8 Boxes Octagon Washing •Powder, for only 8 Boxes Star Washing Powder, only 5 Cakes Palmolive Soap if or only 4 Cakes Lux Toilet Soap for only : 7 Boxes Arm & Hammer Soda, only Good 4-String Corn Broom only Many Other Money Savers Here. GALLANT-BELK “GREENWOOD’S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE” COMPANY “THE HOME OF BETTER VALUES’” S3E 4 E5E State Highway Department moved office from Andrews to Kingstree. Denmark — J. T. Wood opened jewelry store. Dillon — Traffic lights installed at intersection of Second Avenue and Main and Second Avenue and Harrison Street. McCormick — Paving work com pleted on this end of Route No. 43. Work on Kingstree-Andrews Highway progressing rapidly. Grading of road bed nearly com pleted from Manning to Kingstree. Abbeville — Economy Grocery Store opened on Trinity Street. Lake City — Several new homes to be added to residential section. Spartanburg — Bids will be ask ed soon for construction of new post office and Federal building to cost nearly $500,000. Allendale — Paving work now reached city on Route No. 28. Paving laid from Fairfax to Alm- eda. Grading completed on new road from Belton to Saluda River to connect with Greenville County project by new bridge. Two and one-half miles of new graded road completed between Ebenezer Church and Iva. Walterboro — Post office build ing improved and repainted. Work starts on second section of Route No. 40 between Plantersville and Black River. Walterboro —Ardyce W. Pate op ened recently purchased filling Ration at intersection of Green Pond and Savannah highways. Newberry — Fourth annual con vention of South Carolina Water Works Association held here re cently. Walterboro — Sam Green im proves interior of Green’s Service Station. Work progressing rapidly on road between St. George and Edisto River at Cannady’s bridge. Grover — Roadway being raised between this place and river. Walterboro —- Western Union moved to new quarters next door to New Era Theatre. Greenville — Ninth Annual Southern Textile Exposition held recently. Lexington — Work completed on new Sunday School room at Heb- ren Methodist Church. Walterboro — Novit’s Depart ment Store opened in improved structure on corner of Main and Walter streets. Georgetown — The Roberts Pav ing Co. of this place, applied for permit to construct two wharves in Bull Creek at Port Harrelson, about 13 1-3 miles north of here by way )f Waccamaw River. X To Open Office For Unemployed CENTRAL COMMITTEE ESTAB LISHES HEADQUARTERS IN COLUMBIA food or clothing of any description who wish to aid in the work of giving immediate aid to those in distress may leave their contribu tions at these offices and those in charge will see that they are dis tributed to worthy cases. Registration of persons in search of work will be got under way as quickly as possible and also there will be listed places where employ ment may be secured. The pur pose of the bureau is of course to bring the jobless and the job into contact. Dr. J. S. Hammack said yesterday that a conference had been had with Governor Richards and that he was agreeable to the plan of opening at once these state head- j quarters for unemployment. | It is planned to have such em ployment offices opened in each county so that local conditions may be met so far as is possible. The unemployment committee is working without funds from any sources and all the work being done is purely voluntary. By means of this office the ex ecutive committee hopes to be able to render aid with the least loss of time possible as it is realized that in many instances there is real need and that delay will mean suf fering on the part of those now without work. Sheriff Brings Man From North Carolina Sheriff W. T. Strom, accompan ied by Clerk of Court J. Arch Tal bert, returned to McCormick Mon day night from Salisbury, N. C., where they went Friday to get a white man by name of James Lit tle, who is charged with skipping a board bill in McCormick Coun ty, which Mr. Little is quoted as saying he thought had been set tled. Requisition papers were ob tained Monday morning and Mr. Little was lodged in McCormick jail that night. t\t Blame Failure N. C. Banks On Realty Booms SANTA CLAUS LEITEIS The Messenger is again ready to p~ ? nt letters to Santa Claus for the children, and requests all who want them printed to get them in as soon as possible, so Santa will have plenty of time to read the letters and get what is asked for. Write on one side of the paper only, make the lines about 1-2 inch apart and either mail, send or bring to our office: Charleston IVfav Be Terminus Of Trans- Atlantic Air Mail McCormick, S. C. Nov. 22, 1930. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me an air rifle and a box of shots. I also want a wrist watch, flash-light, fireworks and candy. Your little boy, WISTAR HARMON, JR. They Are Coming To The Congress ii ■ ^ Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, South Carolina State Girls’ Club Agent, reports a list of state champions who are accredited delegates to the coming National Club Congress. Ruth Dantzler, Orangeburg county, winner of Kerr Glass Can ning award and a contestant in the National Leadership contest. Clara Church, Anderson county, Style Dress Revue champion who won the trip offered by the Chicago Mail Order company and the privilege of competing in the National Achievement Project con test. Thelma Ayer, Bamberg county, because of her long record of fine project achievement. Lucile Dee, Dillon county, a Food Club trip winner in a trip given by the Magic Yeast company. Mary Arehart, Lexington coun ty, a winner df the trip offered by the Carolina Life Insurance com pany. Katie Corley, Greenwood county, the champion all-round club girl, av/arded a trip by Montgomery Ward company. Dorothy Finklet, Florence county, state health champion and winner gf a trip offered by The State com pany (a newspaper.) Tate Baggett, Berkeley county, a poultry trip winner given by the South Carolina State Egg show. Jack Funderburk, Chesterfield county, state champion in the pro duction of poultry products, winner of a trip offered by the Quaker Oats Co. All of these members will enter judging, canning, and other con tests while attending the Congress. The central unemployment com mittee, appointed by Governor Richards, announced through its executive committee yesterday that state headquarters would be opened Monday morning at 1106 Lady street, in the DeSoto hotel block, the offices being provided free of charge of George Norris, says The State of Sunday. Also at this street number will be opened employment offices for the city of Columbia and the coun ty of Richland. Bishop K. G. Fin- ;ay and Dr. J. S. Mammack will be in charge. This office will also serve as a receiving bureau and citizens with -X- Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday, December 1st, 1:30 p. m. Plum Branch 4-H Club. Tuesday, December, 2nd, 9:35 a. m. McCormick Grammar School Jr.; 2:30 p. m. Bethany H. D. Club. Wednesday, December 3rd, 9:55 a. m., McCormick Grammar School Sr.; 2:30 p. m. Plum Branch H. D. Club. Thursday, December 4th, 3:00 p. m. Willington H.‘ D. Club at home of Mrs. J. M. Hemminger. Friday, December 5th, De la Howe 4-H Jr., and Sr. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Nov. 22.— With the real estate boom of a few years ago held responsible by the state banking department, the Central Bank and Trust Co. here failed today, causing four other banks in Western North Carolina to close their doors, tying up the total deposits of more than $22,- 000,000. Closing of two other small banks in this vicinity was announced lat er in the day but it was said there was no connection between their rituation and the Central Bank and Trust company’s failure. They were the Clay County Bank and the Bank of Leicester, Buncombe coun ty, $20,000 capital and $165,000 de posits. The Bank of Lowell at Lowell, Gaston county, also closed today but its closing was said to have no connection with the Western North Carolina situation. Whether any of the banks would -reopen was in dlmbt tonight. ‘'The Central Bank and Trust Co. alone had deposits of some more than $18,000,000 at the time of its last statetment of condition on September 24. It was capitalized at $1,000,000 and on September 24 its resources were given as $21,- 735,000. Thornley Draws Life Sentence For* Dennis Slaying ORANGEBURG, Nov. 22.—A ver- diet of guilty with recommenda tions to mercy and the sentencing of W. L. “Sporty” Thornley, con fessed slayer of Senator E. J. Den nis at M^ncks Corner to a life term in the r ate penitentiary and fixing a bond at $2,509 for G. D. McKnight, still under indictment as principal in the Dennis slaying, brought the special 4 >r:n cou” 1 here for the trial of the county cases to a close Thursda' afternoon shortly after 6 o'clock. Bond for Fred Artis on a chavg of perjury was fixed at $1,090. Ad ditional bond of $2,000 was named for Artis as a witness in other Berkeley cases yet to be tried. Although the jury returned their verdict shortly before two o’clock it was not until 6 o’clock that sen tence was imposed on the defend ant, who stood mute as the judg ment of the court was pronounced. Then sentencing Thornley, a World war veteran and sufferer from tuberculosis, came after a novel motion on the part of the state. At the reconvening of the court following the lunch recess, Solicitor Hydrick moved that sen tence be imposed at this time, but deferred until some future date, in view of the fact that he is a material witness in the further cases to be tried against G. D. Mc Knight and that the imposition of sentence prior to the trial of the other McKnight indictment would deprive the state of a very material witness. CHARLESTON, Nov. 25.—Pro posed designation of Charleston as the American terminus of a trans- Atlantic air mail service has been announced from Washington and has revealed that its feasibility has been investigated and consid ered over a period of many months. Results have been that because of its climatic and geographic ad vantages Charleston apparently will be definitely selected and will become in the near future the “aerial cross-roads of America.” Charleston’s advantages as a potential trans-Atlantic air term inal werq first called to the atten tion of officials of the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires air lines, the flying boats of which make regular stops in Charleston harbor. This was more than a year ago. Later the Aviation Committee • of the Chamber of Commerce met and discussed the possibilities graphi cally outlined on a map of the world by H. P. Dew, assistant gen eral manager of the Port Utilities Commission. This committee, un der the chairmanship of Robert deRossett took recognition of the situation and enlisted the interest of Congressman Thomas S. McMill an, officials of the Post Office De partment and officials of operat ing air lines. With the absorption of the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Line by the Pan-American Airways the interest of the latter in Charleston as a trans-Atlantic terminal was doubled, particularly since the post office department favored such a location and gave assurance of mail contracts. Charleston’s prior claim to con sideration is that at the South Carolina port all-year flying weather prevails, a tremendous economic and safety factor. There is no snow, seldom any freezing weather and virtually no fog. The great protected harbor and city are but seven miles from the open Atlantic and flying boats jSLte ais^ sured vast smooth protected sur faces for take-off and landing as well as for operating bases. Another and probably equally important feature is Charleston’s geograhical location. It’ is on an almost straight line to the Ber mudas, 887 statute miles distant, not a long hop in these days. From Bermuda the next leg of the pro posed trans-Atlantic route would be to Fayal in ,the Azores, an over water flight of approximately twice the length as the Charleston-Ber-~ muda leg. It is worthy of particular note that aviation experts figuring on the shortest air line across the United States from the West Coast to the East Coast have announced that Charleston is at one end of the line and San Diego, California at the other. This is especially important in consideration of feeder lines for it means that practically everything south and west of Chicago would connect up with the direct main lines to Char leston for the trans-Atlantic serv ice. While New York is approximately seventy-five miles nearer the Bermuda by air it is considered in aviation circles that its other dis advantages more than offset that of so slight a difference in mileage. From October to March flying in the bad weather belt in which New York is located is hazardous due to ice and snow and winter '■ oi ns v/hile at Charleston the elements do not interfere. Charleston would be used as the main trans-Atlantic air service terminal, it is believed, even if New York should likewise be a terminal, for when weather con ditions prohibited flying the New York route the Charleston termin al could be used for both. There are numerous excellent lo cations adjacent to the city of Charleston for combination land and water airports. Splendid and rapid rail, air and highway lines are likewise other advantages. The hearty co-operation and support of the city, county and state admin istrations as well as the Charles ton Chamber of Commerce has been offered and assured since the announcement. Next to loafing, the one thing that takes up more time than any thing else is working. X— 1 The worst bridge .to eross is the All’s well that ends well if you < one leading from what you are tor what you ought to be.