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Thnrsday^ January I, 193T M cCORM IGA MtjbStjf* trtLK. McCO s Papje Number Tit# McCORMICK MESSENGER MI(S. J. R. CRF died YESTERDAY Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner SUBSCRIPTION RATES: —— Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months : .75 Months .50 Three ! M**'*. j. Kober* Creswell died at . her home near here yesterday af- | I ^moon, following a short illness., She was 72 yedrs of age and a con sistent member of Troy A. R. P. Church, and a Christian lady of , many lovable traits. * i * She is survived by her husband,! two sons, John and Jim of McCor- i mick, and three daughters, Mrs. W.; M. Crawford of Due West, S. C., j Mrs. C. E. Burnett of San Antonio, Texas, and Miss Kate Creswell of . • McCormick. | All of us make good resolutions— Funeral services will be conduct- ff not in public, then to ourselves, ed by her pastor, Rev. J. H. Buz- Not all of us do our resolving the hardt, at the Troy A. R. P. Church first of the year. Some of us re- at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon and solve every day that we will do bet- interment made at Troy, ter along some lines. j. s. Strom’s service in charge. All of. us have our illusions, too, n ■ - tXt i- ^ and a good share of prejudices. . THREE WAYS TO HELP Improved Uniform International Carelessness-Gasoline used near an open fire- A frightful accident i In the kitchen, not far from the stove a cleaning iob is be- Lesson (Bv REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Mem ber of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chlcafio.) ((c). 1930. Westeru .Newspaper Union.) Lesson for January 4 THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST LEGAL SHERIFF’S SALE Sale Of Sheriff TAX EXECUTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ■ County of McCormick, ,W. T. STROM, Sheriff, against W. S. PIPKIN. ana a gooa snare oi prejudices. • • of- Even the most skeptical of people vrinillllffS SllOW • t Ty « twiiuw ixuvv ia»i uiai Kina oi Ixam ln Kepart spreads. If it happened carry in their hearts a belief in something or other that keeps them going. . , Many folks possess an earnest desire to “save uesirc lu save” or “reform” or The Department of Commerce, j •] j help other people. And some make through the Bureau of the Census, surance money and rebuild headway, but in the final analysis announces the preliminary report —or would it be a disastrous there isn’t much one person can on cotton ginned prior to Decern- l 0 c S ? do for another except be fair and ber 13, by counties, in South Caro- * . kind and exert a helpful influence lina, for tne crops of 1930 and All through the last century W „ oppor ? unl . ty com ? s - 192 ?- The totai for the state was insurance payments have been We might all resolve to practice made public Saturday, December , r , kindness, fairness and helpfulness 20. rebuilding burned i houses. TAX EXECUTION W. T. STROM, Sheriff. against LANKFORD & WOOD I By virtue of a Tax Execution to By virtue of Tax Execution to me me directed, I have levied on and directed, I have distrained and will sell to the highest bidder, at levied upon and will sell to the Public Auction, within the legal highest bidder at public auction hours of sale, at McCormick Court within the legal hours of sale at House, on Monday, the 1st day of McCormick Court House on Mon- December A. D., 1930, the following day, the 5th day of January. A. D. described property, to wit: 1931, the following described prop- | All that tract or parcel of Land, eity, to wit: situate, lying and being in Wash- All fixtures including Soda . ington School District, No. 25, in Fountain, Show Cases, Cabinets lesson text—Luke 1:8-17, so. i the County of McCormick, South etc., also, all of the stock of goods golden text—And thou, child, Carolina, and known as Part of the consisting of Medicines, Toilet J rri 1 ! . - call 1 e . d , th Lir r ~ P , h ^pf« 0 r f p the W - R * Park s Estate, and containing Articles, cigars, tobaccos, etc., of mg done. The bottle tips over, *t the to ^epl?e hfs way*. One Lot and One Building, more the said W. S. Pipkin now located the fumes ignite well you primary topic — Gratitude for or less, and bounded by lands of— bis Drug Store on Main Street, L,™ L r f * 1 • J ’r Godly Parents. East, by Public Highway; North, by in ^he town of McCormick, County Know now tast that Kind ot tire junior topic—Gratitude for Godly c. C.Osborne and W. G. Blackwell; and State aforesaid. • n Parents. . ^ West > b y w - G - Blackwell; South, Distrained and levied on and to i ii ii . ^ntermed^te and SENmR it P- by j q Parks and others. be sold as the property of the said your house, would you collect ^-^ e e d nt 0 f t or p t h h > e s,c ^ ) , r d“ woru ' Levied on and to be sold as the W. S. Pipkin to satisfy the afore- young people and adult top- property of Lankford & Wood to said Execution and costs, ic—value of Training in the Desert. satisfy the aforesaid Execution and Terms of Sale:—Cash. costs. W. T. STROM, Terms:—Cash. Sheriff of McCormick County, W. T. STROM, i South Carolina, Sheriff, McCormick County. ! Dec. 9, 1930.-4t. days of Herod the King ., , — were of the priestly line, the priest- durmg the new year, and make (Quantities are in running bales. Telephone today, for insurance hood was very corrupt dnd the rulin an honest effort to stick to the Linters are not included.) • i t ,>10*^* m/iut vvlr*lrorl ZnehnrhlS lin I. The Parents of John the Baptist ( T When they itved (v. 5 ). nn the 'Sherhf's 0^1^ McC^micrC "h. ! vs of Herod the Kmc. While both « n i-v oi. ! S. C., Dec. 16, 1930.—3t. better community and it wo prosper and grow. But isn’t it remarkable h earnestly we can resolve, and tli forget most of our resolutions? x - WHAT IS THE ANSWER? (Spartanburg Herald.) On Monday members of the propriations for worthy p causes. But the burden of the this time, heightened somewhat bv subnormal business conditions with the industrial establishments of the country. ness -that may be effected; but County 1930 1929 1 The State 981,265 749,952 a Abbeville 17,120 15,585 Aiken J . 28,499 18,762 Allendale 1 7,034 6,271 Anderson 62,945 53.090 Bamberg 15,188 12,328 Barnwell 19,495 16,609 Berkeley 3,354 2,569 , Calhoun 16,638 14,141 j Charleston _ _ _ _ 1,590 1,810 Cherokee — — 20,558 18,833 \ 5 Chester 23,148 17,304 I Chesterfield 33,287 20,892 . Clarendon 19,554 13,594 Colleton 10,414 8,747 Darlington 19,954 12,776 Dillon 27,423 20,648 Dorchester 6,549 4,913 , Edgefield 18,965 14,623 Fairfield - 10,609 7,195 Florence 19,836 13,387 Greenville __ 54,036 42,589 Greenwood j_ 17,689 14.432 Hampton 7,233 5,507 Horry — 2,065 2,100 Jasper 1,886 1,336 Kershaw 21,542 13,675 Lancaster j.'. 15,096 10,579 Laurens 33,257 24,432 Lee 27,426 15,190 Lexington 17,736 14,371 McCormick 7,426 7,330 Marion 10,436 9,012 Marlboro __ 44,078 31,286 - Newberry — 23,619 17,986 Oconee 19,684 15,083 ^ Orangeburg 62,530 - 53,757 Pickens 24,699 18,840 Richland - 8,614 7,861 Saluda 12,636 9,528 Spartanburg — 83397 . 67,540 Sumter 31,814 18,926 Union %— 18,793 15,622 ' Williamsburg — 16,317 11,910 | York: J 34,547 25,563 AH other * 2,049 1,420 Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick CITATION FOR LETTERS MASTER’S SALE ty and school district. > The Oreehville County delegation has recently held its public meeU ing for a discussion of couhty af fairs and heard from some of the county’s ablest citizens urging ap peals to. reduce taxes. Among the gentlemen speaking were Messrs.! __ _ " i:iChevrolet Sixes Range oSM" j From $475 To $650 In bat we are told they retired with- Q PacciorwHxi- M/^rliJc out leaving with the delegation a ' xaSSCIlgCr iVlOQClo solution of the tax question. While tax reform, to be effective hv affording relief, must begin in How extensively automobile prices are receding in the face of Jp. ( ? unties 1 ( as any student of ex- constantly improving quality is penditures knows, the problem is aptly illustrated by a comparison 22L one * to 5®. sol y. ed . ai iy ori 2 ! of prices of the new 1931 Chevro- sittine: of a delegation A studv of jet six as against prices in 1928 the situation should begin with a whe n the old four cylinder car was review of expenditures for educa- built - tiona! purposes, since that vrepre-j Following the extensive reduc- sel ? s +i he largest . k? 1 * tions at the time the 1931 line was and then go into highway costs, announced, the six today ranges where the next largest item of ex- from $475 to $650 for the nine dif- penditures appears. If the nyesent f eren t passenger models, while the delegation resists the temptation to four cylinder car at the time of increase expenditures it^ will make the change from a four to a six some contribution And we may [ranged f ^ m $495 up ^ $715 for feel certain that it will seek to be seven body types. In other words, wise and prudent under existing the six with its two extra cylinders financial conditions. jg priced lower throughout the , line—except for the phaeton, which CITATION OF LETTERS 'is built primarily for the overseas OF ADMINISTRATION market—than was the smaller, less * i economical and less refined car. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: * A . model-by-model price com- Countv of McCormick. parison reveals that every model BY L. G. BELL, PROBATE JUDGE: popular in the domestic market is WHEREAS, A. B. Lyon made suit ^ least $20 lower today than was to me to grant Thomas Jefferson th e corresponding four cylinder Lyon letters of Administration of m odel, and that the price differ- the Estate and effects of Thomas ential varies as much as $120 in J. Lyon, deceased, favor of the new 1931 sport coupe THESE ARE THEREFORE, to which replaced the old four-cylin- cite and admonish all and singu- s P 0 ,^ o cabriolet in the 1928 line lar the Kindred and Creditors of The 1931 roadster, at $475, is $20 the said Thomas J. Lyon, deceased, l"wer than the roadster of the that they be and appear before me, 1928 line. The coach, now $545, is 1 in the Court of Probate, to be held $40 lower, and the present six- at McCormick Court House, Me- cylinder standard coupe lists at Cormick, S. C., on January 10th, $535, or $60 less tnan its four- 1931, next, after publication here- cylinder prototype of two years of, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, a g°* At the top of the four-cylin- to show cause, if anv they have, d er price range stood the convert- why the said Administration landau, priced at $715. while should not be granted. today the special sedan is the aris- GIVEN under my hand this 29th tocrat of the six-cylinder line and day of December, Anno Domini, lists at only $650, or a reduction of 30. — - "Before I started talcing Black- Draught, three years age, my health was very bad,” writes Mrs. C. C. Carson, 945 Concord St, Beaumont, Texas. *1 suffered constantly from constipation. I had headache when I got up in the morning, and I felt dull and sluggish. I hardly ate a meal that my food agreed'with mo. Frequently I would have gas bn t my stomach, and felt awful. , "I read about Black-Draught, and I thought it might help me. After I had taken it a little while, I frit much better. It relieves constipation. I keep it on hand so when I need a laxative I will have it. In the three years I havo been taking it, I have never found anything as good for con stipation.’’ Fbr^CONSTIPATION mPI«STI0lCEBlLl0UiME*8~ :.Oosts:Ohh£13PqfrZgD8Bg= E-US WOMEN who are run-down, nervous, or suffer every month, should take CARDUL Used for over 50 years. classes most wicked. Zacharius and his wife lived in a time when it was Their* 0 character (v C) “They STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, f‘'eir cha acte '.• '* ,, | County of McCormick. -• — w were both righteous .before God. By L G BELL PROBATE JUDGE: | THE ESTATE OF B. F. MAULD- Many appear to be righteous before , WHEREAS, Earle C. Jefferson! IN, DECEASED. Plaintiff, men who are not righteous before ma de suit to me to grant him Let- against ^ God. They were so mated that they iters of Administration of the Es- EMILY MORAGNE. LESTJ^k MOR- OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, Court of Common Pleas. J. M. PAGET, AS EXECUTOR OF AGNE, MAGGIE MORAGNE GARSTRELF, ROBT. B. MOR AGNE MAMIE aWRAGNE, THELMA MORAGNE, Eff AL De fendants. j Pursuant to judgment of the walked iu the commandments of the , tate of and effects of Mrs. Mona M. Lord blameless. The highest good in Jefferson, wedded life can be attained only when THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite both are united in Jesus Christ. •John and admonish all and singular the i the Baptist had a godly heritage. an d creditors of the said j Thpv were childless (v 7) 1 Mrs * M ona M. Jefferson, deceased,' _ _ rru i crviitv tha t they be and appear before me, Court and a decree of sale in the i hough this godly couple posse.se j in tl:ie Court of p ro bate, to be held above entitled cause, I will sell at the joy of the Lord, there w^is a real m y 0 ffi ce McCormick, S. C., public auction on Salesday in Jan- lack on their home. No home is quite i January 3, 1931, after publication uary, 1931 (the same being the 5th infp nuinh rhiifi hna r-omp thereof, at 11 o’clock in the fore- day of January, 1931), in front of noon, to show cause, if any they the Court House Door, in the city have, why the said administration of McCormick, County and State should not be granted. aforesaid, during the legal hours GIVEN under my Hand, this 15th of sale, on terms specified below, day of December, Anno Domini, the following described real estate. ideal into which no child has come. II. The Birth of John the Baptist Promised (vv. 8-17). 1. By whom? (v. 11 cf. v. 19). The angel Gabriel appeared and made known the good news to Zacharh.s. 2. When? (vv. 8-14). While ollicl- ating as priest this good news came to blip. 3. Characteristics of the child (vv. 15-17). (1) “He shall be great in the sight of the Lord” (v. 15). He was highly esteemed by the Lord. This Is infi nitely better than If he had been high ly esteemed In the eyes of men or in his own eyes. , . - (2) “Shall drink neither wine nor strong drink” (v. 15). The child was to be a Nazarlte, separating himself from sensuous things and de<iieating' , himself to the service of God; (3) “He shall be filled with the Holy Ghost” (v. 15). The energy of the Divine Spirit would enable him to lead people to repentance (v. 16). (4) “Shall go In the spirit and power of Elijah” (v. 17). In this power he j 1930. L. G. BELL. Probate Judge. McCormick, S. C., Dec. 17. 1930.—2t. SUMMONS to wit: | All that tract or plantation of land situate, lying and being in ;the County of McCormick, State of ' South Carolina, containing all that • certain tract, parcel or plantation of land situate, lying and being in ithe incorporate limits of the town of Willington, McCormick County, in the State of South < Carolina, containing One Hundred and Six teen (116) Acres, more or less and i bounded by lands of G. O. Hem- ‘minger, Geo. Lawton, &: S. ^Mc Bride, J. H. Rollinson, Mill Creek YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMON- was to prepare the people for the ED AND REQUIRED to answer the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, Udurt ef Common Pleas. C. R. DAVENPORT, Plaintiff, against M. ALICE BROWN, W. T. BROWN, and others, and being the tract of INTERNATIONAL AGRICUL- land conveyed to J. P. Moragne by TURAL CORPORATION, VICTOR R. F. Morris by deed dated Novem- OIL COMPANY, THE CITIZENS ber 10, 1919. & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK Terms of Sale: Cash, purchaser OF AUGUSTA, AND W. T. DORN, to pay for deed and stamps. * ~ ‘ ‘ L. G. BELL, Master. December 15, 1930.-3t. " Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: coming of the Saviour and the salva tion which he was to bring. III. Zacharias Asking for a Sign (vv. 18-23). Although the aged priest was ear- , . ^ 4 ^ w ^ NOTICE OF EXECUTOR’S SALE complaint m the above entitled m action, copy of which is herewitn c p nATF of* qott'tm pa rot tna served upon you, and to serve a STA £r i i5 ) £ copy of your answer upon the sub- | underhand 1 'by 0 vtetue ' of au- scribers hereto at their ofice in 1 unaer antl Dy vlrtue 01 a “ the Commercial Bank Building, thority vested in me as Executor nestly praying for the salvation | Greenwood, S. C., within Twenty of the last will and Testament of Israel, the gracious promise of | (20) dajrs after the service hereof, Mrs. A. A. Edmunds, deceased, angel, which was the beginning of exclusive of the day of such serf I will sell at public auction to the that salvation, staggered his faith. ‘ *rv • * > m p 'C» L. G. BELL, Probate Judge. ALL LIGHT CARS $6.65 ., WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE 822 BROAD PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA, GA. 666 is a doctor’s Prescription for COLDS and HEADACHES' 1930. $85. Similarly, the present snort coupe at $575 represents a reduc tion over the four-cylinder sport cabriolet of $120. Receding nrices do not tell the complete story, however. While prices have come down, quality has consistently climbed, and many accessories which formerly were extra are now included as standard equipment such as wire wheels and shock absorbers wnich former ly cost the buyer $40 and $25 res pectively. While the six, when it was first publicly displayed in December, 1928, was priced slightly higher than the four, increasing volume coupled with . improved manufac turing ' methods and lower com modity prices have made possible several price reductions which bripg the average^ Chevrolet level It is the moat soeedy remedy known today considerably lower than any prices at whicn a Chevrolet, either^ 666 also in Tablets four or sin, has ever sold. Delicious and Refreshing err vice, failing in which the plan/ highest bidder in or in front of the appl ? . the 9® urt fo 1 r I'* 1 . 6 county Court House at McCormick, rell ^AyT a & nd FEATHlRST 0 ON P E amt - S ^ the hours of sale Attorneys for Plaintiff. ° n . Salesday In January, the same October 18, 1930. being the 5th day of January, 1931, TO THE DEFENDANT VICTOR following described real estate OIL COMPANY: * to wit: r YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that certain tract or par- When the time came for the birth that the above summons and tne . 9^ situate, lying and be- of John, Elisabeth brought forth h complaint in this matter were filed County of McCormick, son, and the neighbors rejoiced with jin the Office of the Clerk of Court f tate South Carolina, about 1. her. On the eighth day they circum-|for McCormick County on October He was unable to believe that his fond hope and prayer would be realized. The angel gave to Zacharias a sign. He was smitten with dumbness which was to ,continue until the fulfillment of the promise. IV. The Promise Fulfilled (vv. 57-G3). 21, 1930. MAYS & FEATHERSTONE, Attorneys for Plaintiff. December 15, 1930.-3t. MASTER’S SALE cised the child and gave him a name according to the instruction of the angel. The name “John” was con trary to family usage. By means of writing Zacharias made known the name which the child by divine in struction was to have. At this time God opened the mouth of Zacharias and lie offered praise. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, V. John's Growth (v. 80). j County of McCormick. Tliis is a fine picture of a boy dedi- • Court of Common Pleas, cated to the Lord’s service. JANIE L. CALLAHAN, .\T.'’ e S a l e ' V ! th FLORENCE CALLAHAN, ET- AL. BAD TEMPER can’t survive ...the pause that Refreshes / Tune In on our radio program. Famous sports celebrities talk...An all-string 31-piece dance orchestra. '. .. Erery Wednesday night. .. WSB or WBT Greenwood Coco-Cola Bottling Company Greenwood, S. C. «o*aa Nine k Million a day IT ■ A B TO BB 'GOOD' TO «BT'VrHKKB IT IS Cormick, and lying along both sides of the Savannah Valley Railroad, and containing One Hundred Forty two (142) Acres, more or less, and known as the Henderson Place, bounded on the North by lands of J. L. Smith and T. A. Dillashaw, on the East by the Box Place and J. B. Smith, and on the South by T. J. Price and J. Z. Edmunds and on the West by J. G. Dillashaw and Estate of J. A. Dillashaw. ALSO All that tract or plantation of land situate, lying and being in the the County of McCormick. State “of on him. How beautiful to see rim- . p ursuan t to judgment of „ „ dren grow up with the stamp of heav- court and a decree of sale in the South Carolina, containing Seven- en upon them. above entitled cause, I will sell at ty-three (73) Acres, more or less 2. Physical development. “The child public auction, on Salesday in an d bounded by the lands of M. G. grew.” This literally means “kept January, 1931, (the same being the & J. J. Dorn, the Estate of Henry growing.” In this holy environment 5th day of January,) in front of Thomas, Estate of Mrs. Martha A. his plain fare as a Nazarite and his Court House Door, in the city Brown, and J. E. Strom, temperate habits gave him a robust of McCormick, County and State The successful bidder at the time constitution, thus fitting him for his aforesaid, during the legal hours of his bid is accepted, will be required life of toil and hardship. sate, on terms specified below, the to deposit with the Executor cash 0 QJniritnni deveionment “Waxed following described real estate, to or certified check in the sum of 3. bpiritual (ie\eiopment. \\axed wit: Two Hundred ($ 2 00.00) as evidence strong in bp.nt. hs in ard man ^ certain piece, parcel, of the bona fide of his bid. ,;ept pace with \gutward growth. tract or plantation of land sit- Terms of Sale: Cash. 4. Ui&fred to the desert. Hfs her!- uate, lying and being in the Coun- : T. J. PRICE, * ta^ from his parents, the special ty of McCormick and State of Executor ,of the Estate of Mrs. A. gr|U*e of the Spirit, needed the silence South Carolina, containing One A. Edmunds, Deceased. ^imitethe austerity ot the desert for its Hundred Eighty (180) Acres, more December 15, 1930.—3t. ^fcompletion. There God had an oppor- ° r less, bounded on the North by ... : —^ tunity to speak'to him. He not only lands of J. L. Self, Corley and had an opportqnity to become ac- Ptojp a kly others; f on ^eEast by W. | rely upon Ood. \i West by Savannah River . | As a condition precedent to the , consideration of any bid, the Mas- Professional Card Ideals Ideals are like the stars; you will ter shall require a deposit of One not succeed in touching them with Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dol- your hands, but like the seafaring man i a F?'. am ount to be for- on the desert ot waters, you choose chasers^a^suc^sal'e^hal^tail U [o them as your guides, ago Allowing com piy w jth the terms of the bid J. STROM THURMOND Attorney At Law EDGEFIELD, S. C. Trespass Notice - u ^ xtaK ' ^ v^x**** All persons are hereby warned ^hn;/ 0 ” reaeh y0Ur de8 l0y '~ Car , within five days thereafter, but if not to hunt, either by day or night. - benurz. v... , i a compliance is made with such ™ tanHc • bid, then the said amount to be or otherwise trespass on my lands, credited thereon. j Guilty parties will be prosecuted to Terms of Sale: Cash; purchaser the fullest extent of the law. G. W. CAt>E. : F«»r Gives Way to Faitk Nothing so demoralizes the forces . _ ^ of the soul as fear. Onlyjaa*ir* r4alH t0 *°r papers ancLs^aqips. ize the presence of the Lord doee fear L ’ U * ^r^L’ ^ - J. -Dec. 15, i93}._3t. Bordeaux, S. C., Dec. 15,-1930.—3t.