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Thursday, April 9, 19S1 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FOUR Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 iway Notes . EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, - i Editor and Owner - Entered at* the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of that Second class. v * (By H. C. M. in Augusta Herald.) Wasiiiiurton Hi!ih , * ^ S' O . O School NewSv Branch auditorium last Friday evening by some of the Washing- SUBSCRIPTION RATES: —Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year — r $lw00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 KNJEWMONIA REPLACES T. With the reduction of the tuber- ^culosis death rate by 50 per cent : In the past 25 years, pneumonia stands out today as the chief death-dealing agent among infec- : tious diseases. V. -.Morris. . ' ' ' ‘ ' ‘ j • 2vlr k W. R. Tensley of Winnsboro spent Easter holliday s here with friends. (?r . ' * > Mr. Charlie Cowan hs(s been April' 1 and thereafter, you can several days here with his travel pver. the Fury’s Ferry bridge gisters. Misses Cowans and Mrs. free. Much public appreciation of ^ da ^ enne dy. the action of the South Carolina Miss Annie Lou Lankford spent Highway Commission in lifting last week end with homefolks at ton High Sch(>o1 students. In spite the tolls there is due State Senator pi um branch of the threaten i n ? weather, the at- J. J. Dorn and Representative Mor- Mrs Lizzie Bassett of Calhoun tendance was fairly good, and a rah of McCormick County who Falls spent 3 a t urday and g un day mocierate sum of money was real- sponsored this step before the com- here with her sister Mrs A B ized. mission. However, the commission Andrews. -listened readily and in its an- Mrs. George Hemminger, Mrs. nouncement the commission . took Susan LeRoy and Mr. J. M. Hem- occasion to say it wished toll on all niinger were in Augusta Friday on bridges in the state removed as business. . ,sdon*as possible. Miss Mary Jane Morrah of El- This is on the Augusta & Knox- berton, Ga.. and John Morrah Jr., worth. invited us back in the par- TV/Tnct "R *• lor where she said we had another ® IVAtlSl J30 JV.(0pi !treat in store, and such it proved Off to be, as Miss Louise McBride, in UI1 ^ treetS ? AllCUian Put On Begging April 6.—The play, : “Always In her usu f‘ cha,min S mannsr, read Trouble" was presented -in' Plum ^ excellsn^ piece on Millington’s Historical Places. Then Miss Lankford, the gifted young teacher pf Willington, gave a reading, “Mirandy’s Wedding,” and later “The Sturdy Oak” and “Clining Vine.” Both were per- NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SPUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ENFORCE THESE TWO , ORDINANCES meeting at the school building on Thursday afternoon, April 2. Mrs. Pvan. dvesid nr orfesid-ed iv.i the following program was given: Subject: Recreation. avor and council to have the fol lowing two ordinances enforced to he letter. It is said that in a num ber of instances where cows are Med out for grazing they get on ■idewalks and ouff“on the Streets -•ille Highway which on September of McCormick spent Easter holi- publlc ” i will be opened as a first-class g ays here with homefolks Devotional—Mrs. Fred Bass. ;tate graded highway clear ‘ Mrs j M GiberL aaa lvirs M H Talk—“The Value of Organized through from Augusta to Knoxville, LeRoy were hostesses to the Ameri- - pla y”—Miss Annie Jackson. 'I’aHv—“The Relation of ‘ Extra during which time plans Throughout the U. S. registra- Can Leeion AuxUlary Tuesday af- ea t corner of Georgia, not now in temoon.' A deliciou s .'alad -rourso the Georgia state system. How-- was served and a very pleasant af- ever, it is announced in the last temroh rpent few days that the Georgia High- “ Mrs . Alex Lawton entertained .ho way Beard has decided to put this children with an Easter egg hunt „ eap in its system.... It is passable Tuesday afternoon. After the hunt, „ ^atem^=^ d 8 aths“^ ^ dry wea ^ er ’ “ undoubtedly ?ames we re played, and then deli- Pupils of the various rooms Mrs.'NeuTsL^ortr’Mrrraw- each iqiwoo persons caused an- dese f rves at ^ to t clous ice cream and cake were f nd they are to try f ° r one week ton of the ^ nually by pneumonia is still near conform *» ^ standard quality of served. t0 see how many P aid members tion area . today it is generally true that the toll taken by pneumonia Is second only to that of heart disease among all causes of death, . according-to R. H. Hutchison, wide- ly knownijfcttochemist. In New York . , _ , Requests coming from many dif- fect - y splendid and very much en- ferent sources have moved the The P. T. A. held its' monthly jo ^ d '- >- ■. The hours had passed so swiftly it was now time to bid these kind f nends adieu and I think I . voice the sentiment of every one when I say the afternoon was qtrite a Song—“Battle-Hymn of The Re _ P leasure and a benefit to veery one and frequently are tied with rope and we thank you all for it. long enough to allow the cow to be Among those present were. Mrs. on the opposite side 6'f street from Jack Hester, Mrs. Arch Andrews, the tie-post with line or chain Mrs. . Walter Lawton, Mrs. Charles stretched across the' street hieh LeRoy, Mrs. Milton LeRoy, Miss nough to endanger the lives of Curricula Activities to Scholarship” M a ™ 1 C °!' a L Mr ?, Sa “ McBrlde - -Miss Herron. Hem ‘ A short business session was held, T ° n ° v ’ I ^ iss w .’ Louise McBride, Miss Annie Lou Lankford, Mrs. Lawton, Mrs. Le- made for a membership campaign, T T TT 'rv.ic vZ Ro y‘ Mrs * Jam es Hemminger, Mrs. This campaign is to be conducted „ . ° George. Hemminger, Miss Reagan, those traveling in automobiles. Begging on the streets has be come a huisance and the city fa thers have been besieged with re quests to put the ban on this. The ordinances follow: v.. AN ORDINANCE Be it ordanied by the Town Coun- 110, white attributed to tuLr- m _ Uea ?! V* Home Demonstration Club ^dS South Srql^n SuJSSS J. M. Hemminger s a( . the end of the weeki wm be led and by aflUioilty-of^he^nme; -1X1- culosis is now below 75. ^ Knoxville. An enormous amount met at Mrs, . However, a definite hope that ° r mou , “j 1 .^ radlDg , as . Thursday . afternoon. The Mt. "7“’ “= nie White and Susie Patterson, Mrs science wiU soon make marked ' done on hlg ^ wa ^ ln the last Carmel club and the Bethia Club Presented with a beautiful picture w H Horton and others, progress in the conquest of this flve years throu e h 016 mountains wer e represented at this meeting. 8 iven by Mrs. Rowland of Augusta, last great problem among infec-' of Horth Carolina and Tennessee. After the cake and orange tea and I,; is hoped that this wiU mean tious diseases is seen by Mr. Hutch- Until tb e route via McCormick, Ab- biscuit demon s tration was over, the mu ch to the life of P.-T. A. It ison. It is based on the success beville, to Anderson is paved Au- hostess served cake and cream. was decided that the May meeting of the two serums evolved and test- gufit " a be able to go on_all paved The meeting was thoroughly enjoy- should be In the form of a social, ed within the past ten years by Dr. f oad ^ Edgefield to the _ Georgia e d b y all. .. , ) ° n Monday afternoon in the ' X. Y. SECTION it That* m and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, op corporation to tie or allow to be tied any cow or oth er animal on the streets of the r M Frank H. Huntoon and by Dr. Felt on of Harvard Medical School. U treatment is made within the first 24 or 48 hours of the disease With either of these serums, the chance for survival is more than 50 per cent better than it was ten yejtrs ago, he says. The peculiar nature of pneu monia, little understood by the lay man, precludes, however, any hope line above Walhalla, beginning late this summer. Senator Dom writes to Augusta that he had asked that the road from Fury's Ferry through McCor mick be laid in concrete and that T XI— SWAMP: NEWS auditorium, a declamation and ex pression contest was given by some high school students. Each pu pil did his part well, and deserves much praise for his co-operation, 72 Drunk Drivers Nabbed By Patrol, Poxr town of McCormick in such man- r<iy rmes ner that it can get on the aide walks or cross from one side of the NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED ARE street to the other under a penal ty of One ($1.00) dollar to be paid April 6.—We are certainly having interest, and desire to put his Alma he has the promise of,the commis- an abundance of rain in the Mater on the map. The instructors sion to give at least a portion of swamps. The roads are very mud- Misses Annie Laurie Godbee the road to paving contract at the dy, but can be traveled. Annie Jackson should always be next state letting. It is not stated, Mr. Frank Pinson, Jr., of near complimented for their excellent however, what material will be McCormick spent one night last training could easily be seen used nor which portion is to be week with Mr. Samuel Leard. y each player gave his speech. Miss Lily Moss has returned to The program was as follows: the section from the bridge to Winthrop, after spending the present in the mouth of a noma'I Park f me - 15 mUes - ^ be that spring holidays at home Individual as a harmless part of paved ’ slnce “ was graded t° Mrs - E - M - Prlce and family mo r standard last summer and fall tored td Greenwood Saturday to dqi preparatory to paving. The know- r Easter shopping, ing ones on the outside say the Miss Carrie Rosenswike spent the membranes of the "mouth~and next large state lettin & will he in Wednesday night with her sister, nelle Edmunds. • throat and thence find their way May ana for five mimon dollars Mrs. Mary Price. * | “The Call to Arms”—Raymond through' the blood' stream to the worth : ®°’ 11 seems ahnost certain 7*? r ' Joe 1 lungs. * ’ there will be a paved road from sixty-second birthday Monday, • * y * —' ‘ -Augtista to at f e ast Parksville by April 6. His twin sister, Mrs. Par- TIME'AND MONEY tlle enci of 'year, for Commis- ric Reagan, enjoyed the day with sioner Phillips stated at the Fury’* . Every once In a while one hears a Ferry Bridge opening last year that Our community was saddened CONVICTED IN MARCH FOR HIGHWAY LAW VIOLATIONS SUPPLY $9,957 , TO FUNDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA that a single serum will solve the J , _. . _ _ , problem. Science has found that Paved immediately. It is presumed the germs of the disease are often tbk bacterial flora, and the accept ed theory is that in a period of lowered resistance they penetrate by the owner or other person hav ing charge of such animal; and any animal found tied in violation of this ordinance shfall be taken in > Theystate of April 5th says, sev- charge by the police and impound- enty-two arrests were made by ed and notice given to the owner ^ the state highway patrol in March of such cow of other animal who for m»tor vehicle drivers operating shall be liable for the expense of uw*. a:i autom oMle‘while under the in- keeping such animal while so im- “Greater Love Hath no Man” fluence of liquor, the monthly re- pounded, and if such animal be^xiot Elmira Wood. > port announced yesterday by the claimed within twenty-four hours “Daddy Doc”—Josenhine Parks department, shows.. All but one of after notice, said animal shall be ; “Thread Needle Stre e t”-Maiy those arr ^ d for/drunken driving treated an estray. . £ Frajices Drennan. Piano Solo—Miss Herron and An- his Holloway. t The Christum’—Blanche- Wilkie. ^ : • .before whom;'the defendants were convicted, the 72 paying fines tocaiing $2,310. An Ordinance Begging In all, 836 cases were made by : . on the Streets of McCormick the patrol , in the month with 773 THAT oo. and after the passage convictions resulting while 6$ cases of this: Ordinance it shall be unlaw- were dismissed by che magistrates ful for any' person, or persoite to “Franz”—Marie Gilchrist. , ; - “The College Oil Cans”—Viola man remark that his money is his whe:l South Carolina started pav- over the death of our friend, Mrs. own and he can do as he pleases 1118 at the South Carolina end of Alf Langley. To the chUdren we were:-beg or 5 se^k aid on the streets of brought. • 7 ; •' . the town , of McCormick without Wilkie i Ihe /73 convicted persons paid first securing permission from the “The Death of Benedict Arnold” $9 ’ 857 - 50 for their Nations of the Mayor or the Chief of Police. Any niohn.ovr -.wre- person, ov persons found violating the provisions of this Ordinance, with it. Never was there a more the bridge Georgia would begin extend our sympathy. fallacious idea. Every man makes P avin S on her sid e —on the seven Mr. Samuel Price worshipped his money by reason of protection miles . frc L m the to the Rich- with the^ Long Cane congregation of life and property that society gives him. If it were not for the orderly gov ernment and lociety that is en- -Davis Bussey.. highway >.aws._ “The Love That Never Fails”- 1 , More f d0ple ’ 228 ’ we,fe arrested Helen ■ Gilchrist.’ - : for careless, reckless driving and j speeding than for any other of fense and paid more money, $2,612 for the violations, tines paid by Piano Solo-^Joyce Bridges. The judges decided in favor of Miss Josephine Parks from the girisrnd for Rnv Holloway from the boys. Josephine will go to those convicted of driving mond County line, meeting the Sunday. pavement already laid into the city Miss Lorraine Leard still con- of Augusta. ' tinues to improve. It is believed by many that the Little Mazie Ellison is gladly seen Ninety Six and Raymond will stop foiled nobody would ~have~ any large concentration of highways at back a t school. She has been sick at Greenwood. This is the district Tithuv' One hun’ money excepting what he got at McCormick call for concret e pave- several days. meeting and we are surely proud 0t arreStS Wlth 139 ’ ° ne hun - ment from there toward Augusta M rs - Manson Brown spent the of our two representatives. under the influence of liquor came second in the list but inadequate lights placed second in the num- shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than One ($1.00) Dollar or more than Ten ($10.00) Dollars, or imprisoned for while a period ndt exceeding thirty days.^ thejjoint of a gun and heid main force. oy and that a lighter material will not ^ a y with her mother, Mrs. John Nor can anybody do as he pleases hold up - As soon as all the con- J °l Iy . Sunday. X with his money if he cares for nectlons are paved the passenger Mr. Jim Rosenswike called in the Mt. Carmel H. D. Club friends, the good opinion of his and frel S ht traffic will be heavy home of his sister, Mrs. E. M. Price, neighbors or his community. Ic is down to AuBusta and southward. Monday mommg. the same way with one’s time. It Comln8 ^ at McCormick are the We are sorry to write that Mr. J. is not his own to do with as he roads from Greenwood; from Ab- c - Leard is among those on the chooses. A certain amount of one’s bvill e ;. from Calhoun Falls; from ijst- time and of his money belongs to Lincolnton (to be); from Saluda Little Wilma Walker spent the public and to his friends. If he —with their ramifications. That Thursday night with her cousin, does not give it he pays and usual- through Abbeville will go to Knox- Louise Price. ly pays dearly in friends and com- ville and through Greenville to Asheville. Another road comes in- a— Goes To Willinsttoi) O Last Thursday, ^pril 2, th3 Mt. Carmel H. D. Club was invited to dred and twenty-six people paid $1,185 for operating an autum^^ without license piates. The consolidated statement showing the numoer of arrests for each effense and the fines paid :.OJows: No license, 110 convictions, 16 cases dismissed and fines of $1,- C. K. EPTING, Mayor. J. O. PATTERSON, Clerk. T. E. L. Class Met ; With Mrs. Furqueron The T. E. L. Class held its Regu lar business and social meeting on Friday afternoon. April 3rd, at the heme of Mrs. J. W. Furqueron with the following acting as joint host esses: Mrs. D. M. Bullock, Mrs. J. Blue Eyes. munity esteem. Outnumber Blacks The fool Idea that any man to this 1,ne at Modoc from Edge- Whites Of State makes his money by reason of his fie M- own efforts, unaided by the public, The ten-mile section from Parks- comes only of ignorance or failure to McCormick has not b e en to think. Many people think they let ^ S radin g contract, nor that are smart to dodge taxes, which McCormick to Abbeville; but means they are refusing to help the ^ * s believed that both soon will be thing that protects their lives and let ‘ Fr <>ta - McCormick' to Green- 145; improper license, 35 convic- attend the meeting of the Willing- tions, five dismissed and fines of . ' ac ' ve anc * Mrs. B. B. Cheat- ton H. D. Club at the home of Mrs. $690; failure to transfer license, ia i?‘ Susaii LeRoy and Mrs. James Hem- two convictions and fines of $2o; r T -? e devotlonal was led by Mrs. minger. This charming little home n <> license, 71 convictions, two dis- * , * rom > president. Good re- was lovely with the bowls of but- missals and fines of $691; improp- por s uere made by various offi- tercups, yellow jessamines and oth- er license, two convictions, one dis- er flowers, and the gracious hospi- missal and fines of $45; improper tality shown all by the hostesses lights on motor vehicles, 118 con- „ and all the club members made ev- victions, 21 dismissals and fines of WHITES INCREASE DURING TEN ery one feel glad to be there. .$1,103; improper lights on wagons, YEARS JUST ELAPSED After the meeting was calld to etc., 33 convictions and one dis order by the president, Miss Carrie missal and fines of $126. rtmrxH T b e number of negroes living in Cowan and roll call by the sec re- Also careless, reckless driving property. They seem to think they ... ra ing c ° n South Carolina decreased 71,038 tary, Mrs. James Hemminger, we ana speeaiag, ~Jl caa^icaoiio, can get off without helping with yCar and 18 during the decade between 1920 were all invited into the cozy en dismissals and fines of $2,612; their time and money in civic af fairs, just as if they could get along j unless the local government gave' them and their family protection and friends to enjoy. | We must pay for everything we get in this world, whether it be friends, money, respect of the community or being let alone. Few nearing completion. X- WILLINGTON NEWS ITEMS and 1930, and fell below the num- dainty kitchen, where Miss Reagan, driving v.nLc uiiacr me influence her of whites for the first time in representing the Tennessee Soft liquor, 72 convictions, one dismissal many years. (Wheat Milling Company would a- n h fines of $2,310; no stop enter- In 1920 there were 864,719 give a demonstration on cake and mg highway, one conviction and negroes living in the state. In 1930 biscuit making and baking. Miss fine of $10; glass on highway, one figures rtleaged by the director of Reagan is a charming little wo- conviction and fine of $10; vehicle census in Washington show, there'man and quite efficient in her overloaded, 20 convictions, two were 793,68^ [work, and in just a little while the dismissals and fines of $710; ex- Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cowan were While negro population was de- cake was in the oven, and then she cessive weight, height, etc., two men ever pay the debt they owe a business visitors in Abbeville creasing 8.2 per cent, the white made the biscuits, tiny little ones, convictions and fines of $20; Jis- community. ^ Thursday. people population was increasing with a little butter and sugar flav- orderly conduct on highways, 39 X—— I Messr g . Albert Gibert, W. H. Me- 15.3' per cent. The white popula- ored the orange on each one. * ~ convictions and fines of $491.50; A checkered careejr wouldn’t be Nair an d Alex Lawton were in Au- tion jumped from 818,538 in 1920 Just about the time the aroma hit-and-run driver, one conviction so bad if it weren’t! always your ^ us ^ a * ^ a *» Friday. to 944,040 in 1930. I from the stove made us all hungry, and fine of $25; other violations, 45 next move. »;ers. After the disposition of business the meeting was turned over to the social chairman, Mrs. Willie Talbert. A “Marge Malad Party” v/as very successfully rendered. Mrs. E. L. Rogers was better known t hat afternoon as “Dr. Quackam.” The “doctor” gave the diagnosis cf each patient aloud. This afforded much fun and merri- ment. At the close of the social hour the hostesses served a most tempt ing salad course with ice tea. The guests, numbering thirty- one, expressed themselves as hav- mg spent a most pleasant after noon. A Member. Card Of Thanks I wish to take advantage of this Men who In a smoking fight at home. Mrs. P. L. Alverson and children The negro population was 51.4 Miss Reagan said it was ready to convictions and seven dismissals opportunity to thank the eood spent several days last week at the per cent of the total in 1920, but serve. Mrs. Hemmingef, Mrs. Gib- and fines of $442. ‘ neonle of McCormick who cr was 45.6. I ert and quite a number of the oth- , ; x nice to me in Z houT of Mr and Mr* t w v, t # a ^f 0 ers * serve d delicious ice cream with . There is a new invention which ness. Your kind mt. ana Mrs. J. W. Morrah, Jr., there are more female g in the state pineapple and whipped cream and and children and Mrs. Mollie than males. This is not true with angel food cake, also a piece of the Clinkscales spent Easter with the whites, however, where there are apple sauce cake. —tXt~—— si/cut, oeverai uays last weex at tne per cent or the world home of her mother, Mrs. Myrtle after ten years it f car can’t settte a dog Then Mrs. We know some old grouches who former’s father, Mr. S. P. Morrah, 473,312 males to 470,728 females. ’ George Hemminger came in with are so hardened that even laugh- ( of the Bellvue 8 ection. [Among negroes there are 679,681 another beautiful cake and served Ing gas wouldn’t force a smile. • * ,, fjfc - \ . ■ The line of least resistance has a lot of stretch in It. Mr. and;Mrs. R. L. Ariail and males as compared with 414,371 fe- it, and .lastly, the biscuits, which son, Robert, Jr. f of Rutherfordton, males. I were also so good. N. C. f spent Saturday night and! South Carolina's total population After we had all enjoyed these territory is to be maie in RhoJe- There is a new invention which n ess. Your kind deeds shaR^al- wiil give fifteen minutes’ notice of wa ys remain undying to myjmem- an earthquake. How would you or y* While words are inadequate utilize that fifteen minutes? express my appreciation for jxi your sympathy, I shall always seek v : , , * < to render a kind deed to others in • An immense aerial survey of. the future as you have to me^in almost 100,060 miles of unmapped, the, past. .Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. R.'in 1930 was l,7» a 765. delicious refreshments, Mrs. Stall- sia i^avlaa. Yours very truly, - WILLIAM Sr MIMS.