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\ THUS TU OURSELVES. OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year ■ i »■ ■— 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, April 30, 1931 Established June 5, 1902 Number 48 American Legion Entertains Tonight PROGRAM por the legion MEETING TO BE HELD AT Mc- CQRMICK HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TONIGHT Don’t forget the entertainment and county meeting the local post of the American Legion is sponsor ing tonight. The program is as follows: County Council Of Farm Women Had Meeting Saturday NINETY-TWO COUNCIL MEM BERS AND TWENTY-NINE VIS ITORS ATTENDED SPRING MEETING AT WASHING TON SCHOOL The spring meeting of the Mc Cormick County Council of Farm Sc by the 263rd Artillery ’ Women was held at Washington J j Consolidated School on oaturday, Weicome by Post Commander, C. April 25, with an attendance of aijjj.cr • ' ninety-two council members and Song—“Rose of Picady”-Miss twenty-nine visitors. I The meeting was presided over 00J4-H Club work—Mr. by Mrs. A.' J. Hendrix, vice-presi- Lewis of Clemson College., if en t of the CouncU.-As the meet- »ort talk on what the Abbeville was called to order the entire Is doing to sponsoring . 4-H body stood, for a few moments to work—Major R. B. Cheatham. prayer followed by a beauti- [usic-By the Artillery band, ful P ra y er by Mrs, H H. Shlflet we la Howe State School will petitioning God to restore health hwe charge of the program for and strength to the president of thirty minutes. They will give part tb® Council, Mrs. Kennedy Dowtm, of their show that they have car- who is critically U1 to a hospital to lied over the State, their program Greenwood. Devotiona was led follows* I by Mrs * W - H * Ryan for the morn_ •nie Gavotte. tog session and Miss Annie Lou IT’S HERE—FRIDAY NIGHT Morgan for the afternoon session. Mrs. J. J. Minarik of Meriwether in her unique and attractive manr ner welcomed the Council to tbe The Highland Fling. The Circus. The Gypsy Jubilee. Short address by the department hospitality of the two hostess clubs, Bdlutant Meriwether and ParksviUe*and the Introduction of the Department response was graciously given by , Miss Susie Patterson of Mt. Carmel. Address by A. Stanley Llewellyn MIss Jan ® Ketqfxsn.State Mar- of Camden. ' , ketlng Specialist, was the principal Miudr bv band speaker on the program to the Song—"Star Spangled Banner"- “nS- She gave a talk bn mar- Mrs. W. L. Acker. ket *Af " nd ®f Extension Work to The public is cordially invited, Sf u th Carolina and outlined the no admission will ibe charged. The P a ^ of the Home Producers Asso- will be instructive .and , elation. In the afternoon M ss Ketchen talked on Pellegra and T*!* J CatvtivlaV bur State. A recent report from OdLUiiiaj Washington shows that Sotith 3 Carolina ranks second in the Uhit- Itrs. Lula Holloway Sanders, died e a states in the number of pellegra hare at the. home of her brother, patients, and Miss Ketchen states Mr. Joe P. Holloway, Saturday af- that the Extension Department of texnoon after a long illness. South Catolina is beginning a Besides her brother, she is also movement to try to free the state survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. L.; f rQm this condition. A county wide Jennings,/Mrs. Isabel Bentley, Miss meeting to formulate plans for this ttie Holloway, all of McCormick, meeting will be called at an early “ ineral services were conducted ^ate, “Sunny of Sunnyside,” a two act play will be presented by the pupils of the Primary and Intermediate grades of the McCormick Grammar School, Friday evening, May 1st, at 8:00 o’clock, in the High School Auditorium. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the Grammar School Library. The characters of “Sunny of Sunnyside” in the order in which they first speak are: * Billie, the tomboy orphan Matilda Williams Leila, the prettiest and vainest orphan Henrietta Brown Reddy, the tough guy Charles Henry Williams Amos, Leila’s brother ^ William Bradley Phil, the fat boy on a diet Wilbur Strom Heck, one of Reddy’s gang ——_____ Ralph Creswell Pauline, very much the fine lady : — Alice Blackwell Betty, the pet of Sunnyside orphan r —Natalie Brown Rosa, fiery little daughter of Italy Mary Elizabeth Giles Theodora , Doris Coleman the Quinn twins - Leonora Maggie Franklin Nan, a helper at Sunnyside r —- Anna Furqueron Sunny, the favorite of all children Thelma Brown Paul, the new boy at Sunnyside Robert Shlflet Horace, the bookworm Carl Faulkner Howard, one of Reddy’s gang Jennings Gary Dorn Harriet, a very lively orphan i.— Lula Wiggins Jimmy, the crippled orphan — • Herbert Sturkey Eileen, niece of the rich Mrs. Raleigh, patrons Margaret Holloway Tim, another of Reddy’s gang James Faulkner Antonio, the Italian member of Reddy’s gang —'Neal Walker Slim, Paul’s older brother a ne’er-do-well James Arrington Jane, another orphan Aurelia Caudle Chorus of orphans composed of nine boys and nine girls, other orphans of Sunnyside, also a group of eight girl dancers. The story of the plot is: When Sunny, the favorite orphan at Sunnyside, returns from the hospital where she has been recovering from injuries received in saving the life of another orphan, she finds that Mrs. Raleigh, a wealthy patroness is planning to adopt a companion for her niece, Eileen. Each girl hopes it will be herself. Sunny putting aside all thoughts of self, helps the other orphans reassuring Paul that his brother Slim will not drag him away and compel him to steal, and comforting Jimmy, who longs to be able to walk. Disappointed over the failure of Mrs. Raleigh to send him to a doctor, Jimmy steals her purse. He confesses the theft to Sunny who to shield him, shoulders the guilt herself. Amos, who steals the purse from its hidinfg place, gives it to s Slim who is prowling around the orphanage looking for his brother, Paul. Sunny in her efforts to prevent Slim from kidnapping Paul is kidnapped helself. She escapes from her captor, clears her name, recovers the twice-stolen money and finds a real home with Mrs. Raleigh. Special music will be furnished by Miss Mabel Dorn, Miss Flor ence Burgess and Mr. Ted Harmon. W. O. Covin Made Veterans’ Hospital Highest Yield Lint . Cotton Last Year Goes To Columbia LOCATION BASED LARGELY — GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULA- PRODUCED 3540 POUNDS LINT TION DATA SAYS THE COTTON ON FIVE ACRES AND BOARD HAD NET PROFIT OF $211.98 ON THE PLOT WASHINGTON, April 28.—-Thei new veterans institution to be County Agent E. L. Rogers an- erected in. South Carolina will be nounces that the highest yield of located within a radius of 10 miles lint cotton among the 1930 five- of Columbia. v acre cotton contestants in McCor- The location was decided by the mick cpunty was made by Mr. W. federal board of hospitalization O. Covin of Willington. Mr. Covin, and referred to President Hoover produced 3540 pounds lint pulling for approval. This was given to- 1 inch staple on his five acres, 6r day and immediate announcement 708 pounds per acre. A net profit followed. of $211.98 was made after paying The new plant, a 2Q0-bed hospi- the total expense of cost of seed, tal to cost approximately $1,000,- fertilizer, labor, poison, rent of 000, will include also facilities for land, ginning, etc., which amounted the veterans bureau regional office to $175.93. The cost per pound of now located in Columbia, lint production was approximately The board in setting forth its 5 cents. Mr. Covin planted this reasons for choosing Columbia cotton in 35 inch rows, leaving it said 50 per cent of the state’s thick in the drill His yield was ap- population lived within a 75-mile proximately a bale per acre above radius of the city which also is ap- the state average, and that was proximately at the georgraphic and the reason he made a profit. Mr. T. A. Dowtin came second population center of the state. This general location was chos- Sunday at the Methodist church at Harlem, Ga., at 3:30 o’clock, Rev. Q. G. Ramsey, officiating, assisted by Rev. W. S. Henry, of McCormick, S. *fc. Interment was in the Har- Ipi cemetery beside, her husband the late Mr. A. * Sanders, who pre ceded her to the grave 12 years ago. J. S. Stroll’s Service in charge. Pallbearers were Emory and E. P. Bentley, Wyatt, John Wesley, Bryan* and Andrew Jennings, nep hews of Mrs. Sanders. A. large npmber of friends and relatives accompanied the body to Hatlem, and the number of beau- tifal floral offerings expressed thalr love and esteem for her. Mrs. Sanders was 60 years of age and had been in bad health several years. She was a Christian lady of many lovable traits of character and a life long member of the Methodist church. —tx* . S. S. McBride Dies At Willington Captain S. S. McBride died at his home in Willington about 12 o’clock Tuesday night, following a long illness, which had kept him con fined to his bed the past several months. Had he lived until the 10th day of next month he would have been 86 years of age. He Capt The yearly reports of the County Chairmen were read at the morn ing session. These reports were very good and showed that - the Council members know how to both work and report. Since Exterior Beautification has been the major club project in the county this year, the report of the Exterior Beautification Chairman, Mrs. H. N. Coleman, was most gratifying. This report showed an almost un- believeable amount o£ work done on home grounds, school grounds, churches, highways and filling sta tions throughout the county. During both the morning and af ternoon Miss Amelia Wideman of Plum Branch and Miss Annie Laura Godbee, teacher of music in the Washington school delighted the audience with special song selections, and several piano sel ections were given by girls of the High School of Washington. Mrs. W. L. Acker, County Music Chair man, with Miss Godbee at the piano led the assembly singing— club songs being sung throughout Jie day. Mrs. Nell Stallworth, Home Dem onstration Agent presented 51 cer tificates to women completing the club work of 1929-1930. During the business hour Mrs. J. M. Bussey was elected president of the Coun cil to complete the unexpired term of the former president, Mrs. Ken nedy Dowtin. Mrs. J. J. Minarik Plans Perfected For ' Joint Ceremonial _ 1 In Columbia May 7 ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO TAKE CARE OF THE 4,000 SHRINERS EXPECTED TO ATTEND COLUMBIA, April 29.—The Co- lumbia committees as designated by George D. 'Levy, Illustrious Ppt- entate of Omar Temple and Jesse B. Roddey, Illustrious Potentate for Hejaz temple announce that all plans have been perfected for the Joint Ceremonial to be held in Predict Election New Judge Soon SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE WILSON MAY BE NAMED BEFORE SOLONS LEAVE , COLUMBIA, April 28.—It is pre- dieted that the general assembly will go into the election of a suc cessor to Judge John S. Wilson, vet eran circuit judge whose death oc curred at Sumter Sfnday, at this session. No candidates have * been an nounced as yet for the vacancy on the circuit bench, but the names of a number of men prominent in Columbia May 7 at the new audi torium. It is stated that there legal circles in the state are being are approximately 4,000 shriners in the State and the new auditorium is adequate to take ^are of that number. The dinner will be given at 1.00 p. m. following the parade by uniformed bodies of both tem- • ples, starting at noon. The cere- jmonial will take place at 2:30 p. |m.; entertainment for the ladies at served four years in the Civil War in Company K, 15th Infantry, was a member of the Presbyterian i wa s chosen as the new four year chinch and a leading citizen and 1 plariter of his section. director of the Council. _ __ The fall meeting of the Council iving him are his widow, 1 will be held with the Mt. Carmel daughters and two sons, Mrs. h. D. Club. * Rich of Meriwether, Miss, At the noon hour a delightful McBride of Willington, Mrs. lunch was served by the ladies of O’Neal Sanders of Aiken, Messrs. J. the hostess clubs. W. and S. S. McBride, Jr., of Will- The meeting adjourned with as- ington. sembly singing of the club song, F*uneral services were conducted “Now the Day Is Over.” by the Rev. Dr. Sullivan of Colum- j x bla at 3:30 o’clock yesterday after- f ' noon and interment made in Old Good luck sometimes leads to Willington cemetery. J. S. Strom’s bigger bank balances than shrewd- service to charge. ness and wisdom. _ - mentioned in connection with the vacancy. Taylor W. Stukes of Clarendon, P. H. Stoll of Williamsburg, R. O. Purdy of Sumter and T. H. Tatum of Lee, as well as others, are being mentioned. Governor Blackwood cannot ap-. point successor to Judge Wilson by Ridgewood club at 4 p. m., with reason of the fact that his term Potentate’s ball at the auditorium does not expire until 1934, the law at 10 p. m. Tom B. Pearce is gen- providing for appointment to the eral chairman of committees. bench only in cases where the un- — * — expired term is less than one year. Rnntiet Fnr i In the event of no eIectlon at UciptlM OCI vicco ± ui thls of ^ g enera i assembly, Evening ^ necessar y f° r state J ft supreme court to make appoint ments of special judges from time to time to fill the engagements of ^ the late Judge Wilson until the Baptist Church next Sunday even- of the legislature . ing, May 3rd, at 8 o’clock. At this time some 30 or more De la Howe children will be baptized and re ceived into the church, and the in- , vltation extended to others desir- sherlff w T strom and D ep U ty to unite with the church. The g^eriff W. L. Brown seized a 30 gallon still and destroyed 100 gal lons of beer near Modoc last Sun day. Late Saturday afternoon they Rev. O. L. Orr of Plum Branch will conduct services at McCormick Officers’ Raids with a yield of 3182 pounds lint on e n, the board said, after detaUed 5 acres, pulling 15-16 staple, width inspection of 160 sites at 31 cities of rows 35 inches. Mr. Dowtin al- in South Carolina, a specital in- 30 made a nice profit by producing spection by a committee as well as ‘above the average yield. The average yield of the 27 con- surveys by engineers. Rail and other, transportation. testants completing their records advantages of Columbia also were last year was 400 pounds lint per given as important reasons for its acre. The average width of row selection. was 39 inches. The county’s aver-) The existing regional quarters age production was approximately 0 f the bureau in Columbia are 110 pounds lint per acre. ! leased, the board said, at an an- Only 3 contestants produced cot- nua i cost of $7,200, which amount ton that pulled less than 15-16 and is to be saved by operation of the 19 of the 27 contestants’ cotton office in the new government went 1 inch or better. The contestant making the lewd est yield made a small net profit after paying all expenses. Thus it* is evident that for the cotton farmer to make a profit hq must make above the average yield of cotton of desirable staple. Good seed planted in rows 35 to 37 inches apart with the cotton thick in the drill stands the best chance of making a profit. The county agent will be glad to enroll those who wish to enter the contest this year. So far there are only 3 entries. • —x Camel Cigarette Contest Winners Will Know Soon building. -±Xt, 4-H Club Members May Hear Program NATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST SET FOR 12:30 O’CLOCK SATURDAY, MAY 2. ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE EARLY IN MAY public is cordially invited. x\x WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., April 27—(Special) — Announcement of awards • in the Camel Cigarette $50,000 cash prize contest will be made early in May, officials of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company stated today. The contest judges and their staff, who have been carefully reading the approximately 1,000,000 entries, announced today that they are rapidly nearing the completion of their work, and that within the next week or ten days they will be able to definitely set the dates on which the winners will be announc ed, and prizes awarded. The judges are Roy W. Howard, Chairman of the Board of the Scripps-Howard league of newspa pers; Ray Long, President of the International Magazine Company and editor of Cosmopolitan, and Charles Dana Gibson, the famous artist, who is publisher of Life Magazine. Thirty-eight prizes will be given for the best answers as to how the new cellophane moisture- proof wrappers on Camel cigarette packages benefit smokers. The first prize-winner will re- cevie a check for $25,000 from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 4-H club girls and boys are again, reminded to hear the National 4-H Club Radio Broadcast on Satur day, May 2nd, at 12:30 o’clock. The 4-H girls who are to enter the 4-H Music Achievement Test are es pecially urged to hear this pro gram which is as follows: PROGRAM Stars and Stripes Forever—U. & Marine Band. Club Work Holds Augusta County Girjs—Edith Berry, Club Member, Augusta County, Va. The Home-making Program for 4-H Club Girls in Virginia—Ruth. Jamison, Home Demonstration Agent, Augusta County^ Va. National 4-H Music Achievement —Music from Russia, Norway, and Sweden. Discussed by R. A. Turn er—Played by the U. S. Marine Band. Song of the Volga Boatmen— Folk song. Flight of the Bumble Bee—Rim- sky-Korsakow. In the Hall of the Mountain King —Grieg. Selections from the Nutcracker Suite—Tschaikowsky. Norwegian Dance No. 2—Grieg. Swedish Wedding March—Soder- mann. , Coronation March—Svendsen. Our 4-H Club Group—-Arnold Fahrenkrog, Club Member, Scott County, Iowa. Washington, the Farm Boy—R. G. Foster, U. S. Department of Ag riculture. The Halls of Montezuma—U. S. Marine Band. The Star Spangled Banner—U. S. Marine Band. X —- • ' Card Of Thanks We gratefully acknowledge with Final Dividend Checks For The .bank Jrllim Branch of having in his possession nearly $1,000 each » and the balance of durilI g the affUction and at thei two gallons of whiskey. Bond was $5,000 will be distributed among death of our sister Mrs. Lula Sand- Final dividend checks have been posted and Jones was released from thirty winners. ers. Many God s richest blessings rest upon each of you. manufacturers of Camel cigarettes. Awards of $10,000 and $5,000 will be sincere appreciation the many. lodged Bish Jones, colored, of the g lven to 1116 sec«> nd and w 111 ' acts of kindness and sympathy tot BeUvue section. In jail on charge ners. The next five will receive our neighbors and other friend* mailed out by The Peoples Bank of jail. McCormick, receiver, to all deposi tors and creditors of The Bank of Plum Branch, which closed March 1926. - - - -txt The growing of such crops as al- Unbleached sheeting makes ex- falfa and clover has made life easy cellent slip-on covers for mat- for the pocket gopher, and goph- tresses. • • J ers Uterally Uve to clover. - j MBS. ISABEL BENTLEY, MRS. J. L. JENNINGS, MISS MATTIE HOLLOWAY. J. P. HOLLOWAY.