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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.
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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 ®
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81x90 Fancy Striped Bed
Spreads, 98c C
quality, each www
27x27 Inch Bird OOg
Eye, Dozen
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Last Rites Held
For S. O. Harvey
GREENWOOD, Feb. 28.—Funeral
services for S. O. Hkrvey, 62, sup
erintendent of the Greenwood wat-
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FRUITLAND NURSERIES
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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.
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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.
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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