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m ■ < * V Thursday, February 26, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FIVE PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS Mrs. Carrie Talbert attended to business and visited relatives in Augusta Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Maude Remsen returned Saturday from a month’s visit to her sister, Mrs. W. H. Wyse, of Yemassee. Mrs. Mae Cade of Charleston is soending a week or so with rela tives and friends at Bordeaux and Willington. Mrs. A. J. Andrews and Miss Elizabeth Brown spent several days of the past week in Columbia with relatives and friends. Mr. Herbert Wrenn returned to Atlanta Friday, after spending a week here with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. D. C. Wrenn. OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. Thursday, February 26th Gary Cooper and Lily Damita in “FIGHTING CARAVANS ,, Story by Zane Grey. Matinee 15-25c; Night 15-35c Friday, February 27th, Only Loretta Young and Jack Mulhall “ROAD TO PARADISE” m Matinee 15-25c; Night 15-35c Saturday, February 28, Only Lila Lee and Jone Frisco in “THE GORILLA” ' Added Cartoon and Comedy. Matinee 15-25c; Night 15-35c Mom-Tues. March 2nd-3rd Marie Dressier and Polly Moran in “REDUCING” Matinee 15-25c; Night 15-50c Wed.-Thurs. March 4th-5th George Bancroft in “DERELICT” Matinee 15-25c; Night 15-35c that he and Mrs. Morris have come from Clarendon, Texas, to again make their home in Willington. Mr. A. L. Moragne and family Jrom Augusta spent Sunday at Columbia, Buffalo in the home of Mr. S. H. Saturday. 18'lD6rUu * was held at Columbia College in S. C., on Friday and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McGrath and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mc Grath and family and Miss Louise Collins attended the meeting held i in Anderson on Sunday of all the Catholics in the parish of Ander son. Prof. James Talbert of Bates- burg spent the week end here with his mother, Mrs. Sallie Talbert. Mr. Luther Andrews, student of University of S. C., Columbia, spent the week end here with his mother, Mrs. A. J. Andrews. Misses Rucia Abercrombie and Betty Wardlaw, students at Uni versity of S. C.. Columbia, soent the week end with homefolks here and at Troy. Mr. R. F. Freeland of Plum Branch was among the business visitors in town Tuesday. Miss Louise Collins attended the Mr. R. F. Morris was attending to business matters in town Mon meetings of the South Carolina day. Many friends throughout Music Teachers’ Association which this section will be glad to know Mr. C. T. LeRoy of Willington at tended to business matters here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Andrews and Mrs. Daisy Hemminger of Willing ton were visitors here one day the past week. Friends of Mrs. Will Cowan are glad to know that she is back at her home in the Bellvue section, after being a patient at the Green wood Hospital the past six weeks. Mr. J. C. Schrimof of Starr was a business visitor here Saturday. BUY YOUR COOKING STOVE FROM J. S. STROM’S Furniture Store Main Street — McCORMICK, S. C. $5.00 down and $1.00 P er week Strong, Healthy, Nursery Stock Roses, Shrubs, Evergreens ffvery plant adapted to Southern plant ing. Thousands of plants to choose from. Roses, 110 varieties. Guaran teed strong, healthy stock. Make your home beautiful—the garden spot of your neighborhood. Write TO DAY for free catalog. Contains full planting directions. Fruitland Nurseries Desk V-3, P. O. Drawers 910, AUGUSTA, GA. outKs Oldest Nursery] GIVE YOUR COTTON MORE POTASH Set More Fruit Reduce Shedding Produce Larger Bolls Increase Turn-Out Improve the Lint Control Rust Reduce Wilt Increase Yields Thousands of farmers, from Arkansas to Vir ginia, on both clay and sandy lands, are fertil izing their cotton with High Potash Fertilizers at planting. A cotton fertilizer for clay lands should contain at least 6% potash and for sandy lands 8%. Use 200 to 300 pounds of muriate, or its equivalent in kainit, in each ton of cotton fertilizer. Top-dressing cotton with potash will also pay— 50 pounds of muriate per acre on clay lands and 100 pounds on sandy lands. N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc. of Amsterdam, Holland Hurt Building Atlanta, Ga. - SEE" YOUR FERTILIZER MAN TODAY . Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Jr., apd son, Belton, III, spent Sunday here in the home of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Har mon, Sr. : Mr.. T. W, Lanham of Plum Branch was a business visitor here Tuesday. Glad to see County Treasurer T. J. Price back in his office, after being indisposed several days the past week. > - —— ' * • Mrs. C. D. Cowan was a visitor several days last week to her brother, Dr. M. W. .Cheatham, of Columbia. Messrs. J. A. Talbert and T. L. Edmunds were visitors in Green ville Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Gunter of Greenwood spent the week end here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fooshe. Mr. G. L. Dove of Troy .was among the business visitors here Tuesday. Mrs. Roy Talbert and daughter, little Miss Miriam Talbert, from Winston-Salem, N. C., are snending several weeks here with relatives. Judge T. J. Lyon was over from Columbia for the week end with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Heiss of Greenwood spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. W. J. Connor. Miss Katrina Morrah spent the past week end /in Columbia with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parks, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Boyd, Mr. W. M. Parkman and daughter, Miss Mae of Greenwood were Sunday visi tors of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Bullock. Mrs. Joe Norris returned to her home in Greenwood Sunday, after spending a week here as guest of Miss Elsie Durham. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Faulkner and Mrs. R. L. Faulkner were visitors in Augusta Tuesday evening. Mr. S. D. McCutcheon of Colum bia was a week end visitor to rela tives here. Mrs. Richard McKinney and son-in-law, Mr. Joe Norris, from Greenwood were visitors here Sun day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Newby. A FEW SPECIALS We list a few specials to let our customers and the general public have an idea as to the savings offered them at our store on quality merchandise. Note the low prices and bear in mind that our entire stock is high in quality and low in price. FAT BACK, 1 ft tf* per pound CORN FLAKES, 4| C/* 2 packages for JL^J ^ lard, 8 lb. pail tG MACARONI, 1 C 2 packages for AtJnJ spaghetti, m g" 2 packages for j. GOOD FLOUR, 24 lb. sack PORK and BEANS, 3 cans for Our fresh meat, fish and oysters are the best to be found and will satisfy the most fastidious at prices you don’t mind paying. Delivery made on short notice. We buy and sell country produce. Telephone No. 8. A. H. FAULKNER MAIN STREET McCORMICK, S. C. at the home of her brother, Mr. W. P. Culbreath one evening. Mr. John Quarles and family were at Rehoboth Sunday in the home of Mr. J. P. Talbert. Mr. v^uaries ana the cnilaren worship ped at Rehoboth Sunday after noon. Glad to have Mr. and Mrs. Frank White worship with us Sunday af ternoon. Mr. H. E. Freeland has as his guest his father. They attended service at Plum Branch Sunday morning and came back to Reho both for the afternoon service. Pastor Gurley and wife report a pleasant visit to relatives in North Carolina, his boyhood home. His grandfather, a retired Baptist min ister, lives there. He bought and learned to drive a Ford when he was past 75, and drives it yet. He and his wife are both about 80 years old. Pastor Gurley’s mother, j who is a widow, lives with her par ents. Rev. Gurley preached last Sunday in his boyhood home church to a large auaience of rela tives and friends, many of whom nau never heard him preach. Mr. and Mrs. Ousley and Eugene Paul, Jr., visited relatives in this section last week end. Mrs. Doolittle, though not able to attend all the H. D. Club meet ings, has shrubs and plants set that shows she and her faithful daughter, Mrs. W. A. Winn, ’are both interested in the good work. Postman J. A. Self is off on a little vacation to visit his brother, Mr. D. P. Self, of Greenville. Sub stitute Ridlehoover has been on the job for a couple of days. The W. M. S. held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. E. M. Morgan Friday afternoon. There were less than 10 present. Carried out a good programme. The dining room was decorated in national colors to celebrate Washington’s birthday. A small cherry tree form ed the center and fallen cherries on the white cloth looked very pretty. Individual Washington! pies were served with a fruit drink. We say “Amen” to Bethany’s suggestion for a flower exchange. There Is little money to buy plants, but we might exchange some if we knew what each other had. Our H. D. Agent has many interested in flowers who had previously not cared much for them. Although February is fast pass ing out we can remember it as a beautiful month. X Disinfecting Seed Potatoes tor for the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway company and be gan his new duties Monday. Mr. McNeill has recently been located at Irby. Mr. Blackwell, operator here for the last 18 years, on Mon day assumed the C. & W. C. agency at Beaufort. The Thomas J. Lyon, Jr., Post of the American Legion will hold reg ular meeting in the legion hall next Tuesday evening at 7:30. The W. M. S. of the Baptist church will observe a special sea son of prayer for Home Missions on Wednesday afternoon, March 4th, at 3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. S. Dukes. All the ladies are urged to attend. GREENWOOD, S. C. THURSDAY and FRIDAY February 26th-27th Billie Dove Clive Brook and Leila Hyams in “SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES” Mrs. W. F. Glanton and little nephew. Master Marion Butler Blackwell, spent the week end in Augusta with relatives. • Mrs. Sarah G. Mattison has re turned from a visit of several weeks to her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Grose, of Augusta. Glad to report Mr. A. B. Lyon is doing nicely after being ill at his home for a couple of weeks. SATURDAY February 28th Hoot Gibson in ‘ROARING RANCH” M t onday Tusesday Wednesday Thursday Glad to see Mr. Gary Dorn up and about again, after his recent illness of ten days’ duration. Mrs. Maggie King of St. Peters burg, Fla., has returned home, af ter a visit of several weeks with relatives here. Hon. Sam H. Sherrard of Ninety Six was here Tuesday placing ad vertising matter in the paper for the N. V. Potash Export My, Inc. He has been representing this com pany in this section a number of years and keeps in close touch with the farmers in this and neighbor ing counties and believes farming is coming back into its own in the near future. March 2, 3, 4 and 5 “HELL’S . ANGELS” with BEN LYON JAMES HALL JEAN HARLOW U .'i- r- * ’I' ~'r., Mr. Kenneth McNeill of Augusta succeeds Mr. Joseph B. Blackwell here as first trick telegraph otfera- INFLUENZA SPREADING Check Colds at once with 666. ’ Take it as a preventive Use 666 Salve for Babies SANDY BRANCH NEWS This beautiful weather reminds us that spring time is just around the corner. The farmers have be gun to prepare the soil for plant ing. Miss Ruby Jennings spent Satur day night with Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Chamberlain of near McCormick. Miss Gladys Deason entertained the younger set with a party at her home Friday night. All report a grand time. Miss Melba Deason of Green wood spent a few days the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Deason. Mrs. M. N. Henderson and daughter, Mrs. G. P. Watkins, en joyed a week’s visit at the old home place. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Price and children of Greenwood spent Sun day very pleasantly with the for mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Price. Visitors in the home of Mr. W. A. Walls Sunday were. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stockman of Green wood, Miss Sue Towles and Ben Towles of Ninety-Six. Little Re becca W^lls accompanied them home for a week’s visit. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Creswell, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hartline and son were dinner guests in the home of Mr. E. N. Creswell of McCor mick Sunday. Mr. Manning Brown and family were spend the day guests of Mr. Jesse Jennings Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McNeill and son enjoyed one day last week with the former’s parents, of near Troy. Mr. J. C. Price and family and ] Mrs. G. D. Price spent awhile Sun day aftemon in Parksville with the latter’s brother, Mr. R. N. Ed munds. Miss Nellie Brown had as her guest Miss Frances Watkins Fri day night. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Price of Troy spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Price. txt REHOBOTH NEWS The monthly meeting of the H. D. Club met at the home of Mrs. E. M. Morgan February 17th. Af ter the usual business meeting the agent made an interesting talk on foundation planting of evergreens and shrubs. She received several good reports of garden and yard work. As the agent entered the dining room all the members pres ent showered her with hearts of all sizes and colors. A salad course was served with a fruit punch. Mrs. C. C. Morgan from McCormick and Mrs. Roy Harling and children from Colliers were the only visi tors. Mrs. Roy Harling and children are spending some days with her parents. Mrs. Will Hughey and daughters visited Mrs. Kathryn Hughey and Mrs. R. T. West last week end. Mrs. J. E. Reynolds was at home several days Iasi week.. She called Many farmers who formerly dis infected their seed potatoes by a long-time soak in a corrosive sub limate or formaldehyde solution now use the hot-formaldehyde or organic-mercury treatments which take only a few minutes. By either of these methods one can easily treat 100 bushels of seed in a day at a cost of only $1 an acre. Gains in yield of from 20 to 30 per cent often result from seed disinfection. Soak the seed for 3 or 4 minutes in a solution of 1 pint of formalde hyde to 15 gallons of water, kept at a temperature of 124 degrees tol 126 degrees Fahrenheit. The con tainers in which organic-mercury dips are sold give directions for treatment. The solution is usually made by adding 1 pound of chem ical to 2 1-2 gallons of water. Treat the seed before sprouting oc curs and prior to cutting. If pota toes are .treated several weeks be fore cutting, do not put them in: containers in which untreated tub ers have Seen stored unless the containers also are disinfected. Buy your fertilizer from us. Prompt service assured. Get extra yields and bigger profits with -ASHEPOO- "AA QUALITY” FERTILIZERS W. T. STROM McCORMICK, S. C. Deliveries Made To Any Railroad Station in McCor mick County. AUTHORIZED ERTIUZCRS When a lawyer says he’s going to win, take his word for it, because any way the case goes he can’t lose* •r.i Uiir