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5b i Thursday, March 5, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FIVE PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS Mr. H. S. LaQroon and family, who have resided in St. Petersburg, Fla., the past five years, spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks near McCormick and Plum Branch before going to Waycross, Ga., where they will make their future home. Mr. LaGroon has ac cepted a position with the Crystal Ice Company of Waycross. Mr. and Mrs. Willard ^ Walker and children of Greenwood spent Sunday with Mrs. Walker’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Price, of near town. Mrs. W. K. Scott of Anderson spent last week here with her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Caudle. Mr. C. A. Seigler of Modoc was among the business visitors here Tuesday. Mr. N. S. Scott of Mt. Carmel at tended to business here a short while Tuesday. . » v v *■.. ■■ ■—- Mr. J. A. Walls of Greenwood was a business visitor here Satur day. Bis many friends here sym pathize with him in the loss of his home by fire several weeks ago. Miss Frances Edmunds has gone to Greenwood to continue her work as stenographer in the law office of Mr. W. K. Charles. Glad to report Mrs. Talulah Sanders able to be up and about the house, after a long illness. The Ann Carter chapter, U. D. C., will meet Thursday afternoon, March 5th, at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. W. L. Acker. A full attend ance is desired. Messrs. M. G>' Dorn and Bill Bruce are spending a week .or ten days in Gwrgia, Alabama and XiOuisiana on business. Mr. Bill Arrington, student at? Clemson College, spent several days here last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Arrington. Messrs. J. R. Corley, Bryan and John Wesley Jennings were busi ness visitors in Greenwood Mon day. Messrs. W. S. Arrington and Har vey Sanders were business visitors in Greenwood Monday. Mr. Tyra Walker and family of Aiken are spending several days here with friends and relatives. Mrs. Alfred Burnside and son, Alfred, Jr., from Columbia spent the week end here with her mo ther, Mrs. Georgia Talbert. Mr. O’Neal Strom returned home Tuesday from Greensboro. N. C., where he has been working for several months. Glad to see Mr. J. S. Strom up and about again, after his recent illness. Mr. Paul Jennings from Beau mont, Texas, is spending some time here in the home of his sister, Mrs. Oscar McClain. Mrs. Carrie Talbert attended to business in Augusta Monday and Tuesday. Messrs. Bryan Jennings and El mer Creighton were business visi tors in Columbia Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Charles of Greenwood were visitors in town Tuesday. Mr. Charles has his law office here in The Farmers Bank building and will be in McCormick every Tuesday and Friday, as may be seen by reading his professional card elsewhere in The Messenger. Dr C. H. Workman announces elsewhere in this issue of The Mes senger that he will be in his old office in McCormick every Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon until further notice to receive pat ients or answer calls. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS AT Galiant-Belk Company GREENWOOD’S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE YOUR DOLLARS BUY MORE HERE AND THESE EXTRA SPECIALS THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY GIVE YOUR MORE VALUE 39-Inch Unbleached Sheeting 32-Inch Dress Gingham 36-Inch White Bleaching. 36-Inch LL Sheeting — 27-Inch Dress Ginghams. 36-Inch New Spring Prints 36-Inch Blue Chambray 32-Inch Dress Gingham ■ W W 36-Inch Broadcloth JL |j 39-Inch 80x80 Sheeting ^ 36-Inch Curtain Scrim 36-Inch Solid Color I m Broadcloth ■ Beautiful N e w Spring Prints, 15c and . 19c quality 1 9V£f» yard 1 C ® t V 81x90 Fancy Striped Bed Spreads, 98c C quality, each www 27x27 Inch Bird OOg Eye, Dozen - *4 * ' Genuine Lad-Lassie and Short Length Year-Round Z«phyr 10f* 25c Quality Yard 1 Qg Wide Prints, yard ■ 10c Quality Turkish Bath Towels, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 3 for 19c Quality Turkish Bath Towels, 12 l-2c each, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 2 for Cannons Heavy Turkish Bath Towels, 3 days special, 50c ftrt quality, 4 for ^ 1 B,UU Cannons Fine Muslin Sheets 81x99 §1 QQ Cannons Fine Muslin Sh € ets, 72x99 and 81x90, each 81x90 Bleached Sheets, good quality, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 59c rt$1.00 81x99 Fine Bleached Sheets each 81x90 Fin e Bleached Sheets CQf* each 03 C 81x105 Fancy Striped Bed Spreads, Thursday, Friday and Saturday CQ f* each .... 031# 9x12 Gold Seal Bordered faT $6.75 9x12 Felt Base Rugs, B € autiful Center and Borders each 9x6 Felt Base Rugs, each — $4.95 $1.48 8 Packages Arm & Ham- ’ mer Soda 8 Packages Octagon Wash ing Powder 8 Cakes Octagon Soap — 8 Cakes P & G White Soap 8 Packages Star Washing Powder 4 Cakes Lux Toilet Soap 4 Cakes Lifebony Toilet Soap 4 Cakes Palmolive Soap 4 String Corn Broom, Saturday, special 1 Cl ft each 8- 4 Unbleach e d 4 Eg Siheeting, yard ■ **** 86 Inch and 10-4 Un bleached Sheeting 4 Qjf% yard 1 9- 4 Extra Special Value Unbleached She e ting, 39c quality 91*0 yard Boys Good Overalls, up to size 16 4Q r pair Men’s Triple Stitched Suspender Back CR#* Overalls, pair WWW Men’s . Triple Stitched well-mad e Over OR#* alls, pair w3W Men’s Jack Rabbit Ov e r- alls made for Belk Stores, IL50 value Men’s Good Scout Work Shoe8 $1.48 pair ^ Ladies’ Jersey Bloomers, 25c quality, Saturday special -JAg pair 1 w w Children’s Jersey Bloomers, Saturday special, pair 5c GALLANT-BELK “GREENWOOD’S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE” COMPANY “THE HOME OF BETTER VALUES” ‘ssrs. H. D. Wideman and Paul Eolloway make announcement /here in this paper that they consolidated their barber s and are opening together for less in the room on Augusta »t between Dixie Store and Market. Read the notice. - and Mrs. Oscar Butler an- ice the birth of a fine son to L on February 25th. X E. L. Social At Home Of Mrs. Britt e regular business and social Ing of the T. E. L. Class of the irmick Baptist Church was Friday, February 27th, at the : of Mrs. J. E. Britt with Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. E. B. Brown and W. L. Acker as joint hostesses. » meeting opened with scrip reading and prayer, the presi- Mrs. C. R. Strom, presiding. i business part of the meeting taken up. Splendid, reports were given by the various com mittees. A discussion as to ways of improving varidus phases of the work was taken up. There were many good suggestions given. Mrs. Jno. W. Furqueron was elected reporter. . This completing the business for the afternoon, a social hour with contest and games in connection with Washington’s Birthday was enjoyed by all. A delicious salad course was served by the hostesses. MRS. JNO. W. FURQUERON, Reporter. WILLINGTON NEWS Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Andrews and Mrs. M. R. LeRoy were in Abbe ville Wednesday. Miss Leona Clinkscales spent Friday here with her mother, Mrs. Mollie Clinkscales. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lindley spent Saturday night and Sunday in Bordeaux with relatives. Messrs. Eugene Schrimpf of An derson and Cecil Schrimpf of Starr were business visitors here Mon day. Mr. W. H. McNair is spending this week in Spartanburg on the Federal jury. Mrs. Frank Deason of McCormick was a business visitor here Mon day. Mrs. Alex Lawton is visiting rel atives in Spartanburg. Mrs. Mary S. Cade spent Friday night with Mrs. R. W. Cowan. X. Y. Z. txt Dinner Celebrates Reaper Centennial International Harvester company will celebrate the centennial of the reaper, invented in 1831 by Cyrus Hall McCormick, at a dinner Fri day evening, March 6, in the ball room of the Jefferson hotel. After-dinner addresses will be delivered by a number of well known men, some of whom are Dr. E. W. Sikes of Clemson college. Governor Ibra C. Blackwood, ex- Govemor John G. Richards, A. Frank Lever and Mayor L. B. Owens. The principal address of the evening will be delivered by Doctor Sikes and will be broadcast over station WIS, Columbia, from 8:45 to 9:15. Following the dinner a five-reel motion picture, “The Romance of the Reaper,” will be shown. This film gives the history in pictures of the invention of the first success ful reaper by Cyrus Hall McCor mick and shows improvements and developments up to the present time. An exact replica of the first reaper will be on display in the ballroom.—The State. txt Last Rites Held For S. O. Harvey GREENWOOD, Feb. 28.—Funeral services for S. O. Hkrvey, 62, sup erintendent of the Greenwood wat- H3 Y L8)i Easy to Grow Roses— Plant now. Have gorgeous roses in Spring and Summer. 110 varieties of rose bushes and climbing roses. Thou sands of other plants. Guaranteed strong, healthy stock. Big, free catalog contains full planting directions. Write for it TODAY! FRUITLAND NURSERIES Desk V-4, P. O. Drawers 910. AUGUSTA, GA. ^ Souths Oldest N u rscr er and light plant, who committed I suicide at his home here yesterday ' morning by shooting himself with a pistol, were conducted at the home today by his pastor, Dr. Charles F. Sims of the First Bap tist church. Interment followed in Magnolia cemetery. Mr. Harvey had been ill for some weeks and it is believed his physi cal condition was the cause of his taking his own life. He is sur vived by his widow, who was Miss Lula Hilton of this county; one son, Hilton Harvey of’Atlanta; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Hughey, Mrs. W. H. Keith and Miss Mabel Har vey of Greenwood and Mrs. Fred Smith of Greenville, and one bro ther, William Harvey of Texas. Mr. Harvey was a native of the Riley section of the county and had been a resident of Greenwood for 27 years. He was a farmer and engaged in the livestock busi ness here until his appointment as superintendent of the water and light plant six years ago. He had served as trustee of the public schools and also as city alderman and was president of the county fair association for several years. He was an officer of the First Bap tist church and a member of Greenwood Masonic lodge. X Six Negroes Pay In Electric Chair OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY, March 5th George Bancroft in “DERELICT” Matinee: 15-25c; Night 15-35c FRIDAY, March 6th, Only Marion Davies and Ralph Forbes in “THE BACHELOR FATHER” Matinee: 15-25c; Night 15-35c SATURDAY, March 7th, Only Joe E. Brown and Laura Lee in “GOING WILD” Matinee: 15-25c; Night 15-35e $10.00 in GOLD given away FREE. Saturday night at 8:45. MONDAY, March 9th, Only Alice White in “WIDOW FROM CHICAGO” Tues.-Wed. March lOth-llth Ifene Dunne, Benny Rubin and Eddie Foy, Jr. in “LEATHER-NECKING” Shows: 3:15; 7:00 and 8:45 RELIABLE MAN WANTED to run McNess Business in McCormick County. Wonderful opportunity. Make $8 to $20 daily. No experi ence or capital needed. Write to day. McNESS COMPANY, Dept. M. Freeport, Illinois. Itpo. LOST—Some money in or near town. For description call on G. C. Patterson at Patterson's Clothing Store. 2t. FOR RENT—Rooms over Dixie Store. Apply to W. M. Strom at Stroms’ Drug Store. 2t. Six negroes were electrocuted early Friday morning at the pen itentiary in Columbia to pay their debt to the state of South Caro lina for two murders. They went to their deaths calmly and with prayers on their lips. Almost two hours were required for the executions, each of which were watched by 16 persons in ad dition of newspapermen, physici ans and penitentiary officials. I FARM PRODUCE or salable art- Tillman Poozer died as the con- i C i es taken in payment on Pianos, fessed murderer of C. D. Mills, p^Qj^gj-aphs accounts, tuning and Cayce night watchman, who was overhauling instruments. John A. slain in a brutal axe murder. The Holland, The Greenwood Pianoi motive was robbery. |Man. 4tpo. The other five, Robert “Greasy’ Eldredge, Lindsey Cantrell alias . ^ w John Ackwright, James “Snow” | CITATION ADSnNKTRATION Hickman, George Bird and Ernest “Tee” Thomason, were convicted I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, of murder of B. W. Hendrix, Lex-L_Cqunty of McCormick^ ington county merchant, who was BY L. G. BELL, PROBATE JUDGE: , , . . _ , WHEREAS, Amelia Wideman shot in an attempted hold-up. made suit to me to grant T. L. Cantrell admitted firing the bullet Edmunds Letters of Administration that killed Hendrix. ° f Estate and effects of Thurs- The electrocution of six men at THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to one time sets a record for South cite and admonish all and singular Carolina, the greatest number pre- | the^ Kindred and^ Creditors of the viously being five in 1916. ^ txt Eugene B. Wilson Passes Tuesday At Columbia said Thurston Palmer, deceased, that they be and appear before me, M in the Court of Probate, to be held I at McCormick Court House on 18th day of March, next, after publi cation hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this 2nd day of March, Anno Domini 1931. L. G. BELL, Probate Judge. Use 666 Salve for Babies Friends in St. George and Dor chester county were shocked and grieved when the message came I INFLUENZA Tuesday announcing the death of a Eugene B. Wilson at his home, 825 OX LVli/AJjlJM Cr Laurens street, Columbia. Mr. Wil- I son had spent much of his time in Check Colds at once with 666* the last two years in St. George,) Take it as a preventive where he was engaged in the coun ty audit which was ordered by the Dorchester County Investigating I grave several years ago. Committee and the audit of the Serving as active pallbearers school affairs ordered by the 1930 were: John W. Crews, A. J. Beat- Grand Jury, Mr. Wilson made tie, D. R. Lide, Wilson C. Kizer, many friends here on account of I John I. Rice and Duncan Bellinger, his upright, honorable bearing un- Honorary pallbearers: E. J. Breu- der all circumstances. He knew nen, Sr., G. Flavie Cooper, A. F. neither friend nor foe in the dis- Spigner, J. P. Derham, Dr. M. M. charge of his duty. Only the right Rice, Abram Stork, W. G. Query, had any weight with him. He was A. P. Haskell, H. W. Kingman, H. well versed in court house law and G. Thomas, Sr., W. V. Southerland, was so familiar with the condition J. N. Frierson, Douglas McKay and of Dorchester county’s finances C. M. Lawson, that he could give the figures off Mr. Wilson was a native of Ches- hand, without referring to notes, terfield county but had made his He will be greatly missed at the home in Columbia for about 30 court house, where he often visited years. He was 67 years old at the the treasurer’s office, when not en- time of his death. He is survived gaged in the county audit. by two sons, J. E. Wilson, who lives Funeral services for Mr. Wilson at Clemson College, and E. G. Wil- were held at the Dunbar Funeral son of Columbia; four daughters. Heme at 10 o’clock Thursday mom- Mrs. R. E. Newman of Spartan- ing. with the Rev. P. L. Bouknight, I burg, Mrs. W. J. Lightfoot of Co pastor of the Waverly Methodist lumbia, Miss Nell Wilson and Miss church, in charge. Interment was Sarah Wilson of Columbia; also by in Georgetown, S. C., by the side of three brothers and one sister.< his wife, who preceded him to the The Dorchester Eagle. t