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Thursday, April 30,' 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FIVfi / Li. M- E3E 3E LOCAL ITEMS ; Mrs. Wessie Hitt of Hazelwood, N. C n spent the past week here with her father, Mr. M. L. B. Sturkey. Mr. Lawrence Hester of Mt. Car mel was a business visitor here Monday. i'-T •• • _ . ‘ 1 Mrs. Leslie Britt spent several (days this week at Cope with rela tives and attending to . business matters. . i Mrs. W. J. ’ Connor is spending this week in Greenville with her son, Mr. C. M. Connor. Mr. T. J. Stone of Modoc was among the business visitors hero Monday. ; * * ; Mrs. N. C. Nave of Elizabethton, iTenp., is here on a visit to her mo ther, Mrs. Lucy M. Ludwick. Miss Sophia Dillashaw of Abbe ville spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dillltshaw. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cowan of Willington were visitors here a abort while Tuesday. v Mrs. Sallie Talbert is visiting relatives and friends at several i points in North Carolina. ' Mrs. G. W. Mitchell visited rela tives in McCormick the past week •end. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Connor of Greehwood spent the week end in McCormick with relatives. Miss Julia Brown, student at Winthrop College, was a member <of the Annual Senior Trip to Wash ington, D. C., last week.; Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Robinson and :i£r. and Mrs. D. M. Bullock visit ed friends and relatives in Abbe ville Sunday. 5$ Mr., J. E.. Palmer has,• returned iicune, after spending the past week in Abbeville with relatives. Mrs. H. I. White and son, Mr. Paul White, from Atlanta were week end visitors here and in Troy. . Sorry to report that Mrs. Ken nedy Dowtin is in a serious con- dition and shows little or no signs of improvement. She is a patient at the Greenwood hospital. EVEN LITTLE BABIES KNOW MOTHERS SHOULD SHOP AT GALLANT-BELK CO.’S ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK During National BABY WEEK TO MAY 2 With summer coming on. Baby needs a new costume too, and besides he grows so fast he needs bigger dressses than ever before— IN OUR BABY DEPARTMENT : You will find every clothing need for the boss of the house at all times. SPECIAL FOR BABY WEEK * * 69c SLEEVELESS DRESSES 39 c You could not buy the mater ial, alone, for this low price. Sizes 2 to 6 years. 27x36-in. genuine baby Es- ’ mond Blankets, 2 for 39c Vanta tie bands, usual 69c quality. Special during Baby Week 48c CHILDREN’S RAYON BLOOMERS 38c Sizes 2 to 6 years. Gertrudes to match dresses, hand made at 2 for $1.00 Hand made handkerchief linen dresses, very dainty $148 BABY LH33S. \BY HM [48cl HAND MADE DRESSES 2 for $1.00 Best quality Muslin, daintily trimmed and hand made. INFANT’S GIFT SETS $1.00 For the little fellow these dainty sets are ideal. MADEIRA PILLOW CASES 69c Highest quality soft snowy white finish, hand made Ma diera cases. Standard size. PRINTED PANTTE DRESSES For only 10c Knitted Bootees, pink or blue trimmed 25c Maderia bibs for Baby Week only 48c Hand made infants sacques. Priced for Baby Week 98c Hemstitched crib sheets. The 36x50 in. size, only 48c CHILDREN’S BLOOMERS 5c Quilted pads. The large size. Special Baby Week, at 59c Rubber baby pants. Good quality. Special 10c Infants crocheted shoes in centrasting colors 79c Baby caps of fine quality net or organdy, only 98c INFANT’S SILK SLIPPERS 48c Daintily made and trimmed from best quality crepe de chine. Colors pink or blue. GALLANT-BELK GREENWOOD'S LEADING PfSMDAUV “THE HOME OF DEPARTMENT STORE” uUIYIr Hll I BETTER VALUES’ WE SELL EVERYTHING AND SELL IT FOR LESS on the sick list, and her friends hope she will soon be well again. Miss Annie Lou Lankford spent last week end with homefolks in Plum Branch. : ' '■ X. Y. Z. MT. CAKiME!. NEWS OPERA HOUSE “ ABBEVILLE, S. 1 Thursday, April 30th Claudette Colbert and Fredric March in ‘HONOR AMONG LOVERS’ Mrs. H. S. Cason spent part of last week in Anderson with Mrs. j Alex Murray. Messrs. S. D. Wells and L. L. Hester were business visitors in McCormick ?ast Friday. Rev. Chisholm Holliday was a re cent visitors of Mrs. F. C. Patter son and Misses Florence and Susie Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Peeler and Mrs. Jennie Bryant of Greenwood were recent visitors in Mt. Carmel. Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mr. Robert and Miss Gladys Scott spent Sab bath afternoon in Edgefield. Mrs. J. R. Tarrant accompanied them to Edgefield where she will spend quite a while during the summer. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Mrs. Lucile McLain, Misses Juanita Curtis, Bet ty Harrison, Lillie Parker and Mr. Willie Hester attended the dance at Edgefield Playground last Fri day night. Mrs. McLain accom panied her husband home at Jackson for the week end. Miss Mary Cason was a recent visitbr of Mrs. H. S. Cason. Mrs. Mabel Brown returned home last week from a pleasant visit with Mrs. Henry Frierson in At lanta. Mrs. Corrie Richardson of At lanta, spent the past week end with her sister, Mrs. Ida Black. Miss Gladys Scott spent Satur day in McCormick with Miss Mary Lou Williams. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hester, Mrs. Friday, May 1st, Only Jack Oakie and Frances Dee in “JUNE MOON” Added Cartoon and Comedy Saturday, May 2nd, Only Charles Ruggles in “CHARLEY’S AUNT” Added Cartoon and Comedy Mon.-Tues. May 4th-5th Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “HOOK, LINE AND SINKER” . Wed.-Thurs. May 6th-7th Ruth Chatterton in “UNFAITHFUL” Shows: 3:15; 7:00 and 8:45 FOR SALE U i The Henderson House, 9 rooms, and adjoining lots on Augusta Street. For quick sale, $1,200.00. Terms W. K. CHARLES Attorney ¥ For School Trustees At Plum Branch The following gentlemen are nominated for school trustees at Ida Black, Mrs. D. J. McAllister, pi um Branch: Miss Susie Patterson, Mrs. J. W. Bpyd, Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. H. O. Watson, Mrs. W. H. Horton and Mr. Glennie Hardaway attended the meeting of the Council for Farm Women which met at Washington R. M. Winn, Chairman. A. A. Holleman, Vice-chairman. E. M. Morgan. H. M. Freeland. E. R. White. It is suggested that the election Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Peuffier and little daughter of Spartanburg are spending several days here with relatives. Miss Nell Sharpton has returned to her home here, after spending a month with relatives in Spar tanburg. Dr. C. H. Workman went to Chappels vestei^lay afternoon -o attend the funeral of a brother-in- law who died unexpectedly at his home near there Tuesday after noon. . „^- .TXT : T. E. L. Class Meets With Mrs. Coleman entertaining. A delicious salad course Was serv ed by the hostesses. MRS. J. W. FURQUERON, Reporter. c—txt—— Sturkey-Bumett It will, be of,interest to the many friends of Miss Edith Stur key, to hear of her recqnt marriage , to J. Paul Burnett in Louisville, Ky. The bride is the attractive and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sturkey, of this county and is admired by a large circle of | friends for her sweet disposition and lovely traits of character. • She has been with the Cave City News for several months in Cave City where she held a good posi tion. Mr. Burnett is a young business man of fine character and of a prominent family of Louisville, Xy. They will make their future home in Louisville where he is engaged in business. They have the best wishes of friends in Lincoln coun ty.—Lincoln, Ga., Journal, April 24. noon. ening here on business. Miss Mildred McNeill entertained Little Rebecca Morrah is spend- the Epworth League of Troy Meth- mg some time with her friends, odist Church with a “Sociar at her Mrs. F. P. Rush and family, of Mc- home Friday night. The evening Cormick. was enjoyed very much by aU pres- Mrs. Chester McNair "and little ent. We were very sorry our pas- son, Edward, spent Friday and tor, Rev. W. S. Henry, was unable Saturday in Anderson and Starr, to meet with us. | Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Broome Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dowtin spent and children of Starr spent Sun- Sunday in the home of the latter’s day here with Mr. and Mrs. Ches- fathcr, Mr. John Chiles. : ter McNair. We are glad to be able eo re- 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Andrews port that little John Harrison is and son, Wright Andrews, Mrs. improving, after a long, tiresome M. R. LeRoy and son, Milton, Jr., illness. We hope this dear little and Mrs. Daisy Hemminger spent PLUM BR ANCH NEWS ITEMS High School last Saturday. On ac- ; t> e held at the school building as count of the rainy morning, \;he provided by law. crowd was not so large but we all fen joyed quite a pleasant day. The talks made were splendid and Mc Cormick too made quite a good showing in the reports of the chair men. Miss Ketchen of Winthrop made quite an interesting talk on marketing, and also in the .after- Mr. and Mrs/J. L. Bracknell and noon a helpful talk on how we family were visitors among rela- can help in the fight against pella- | tives in Columbia last Sunday, gra. A bountiful luncheon wasj Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Winn and ?.it- served at noon which was very 1 tie daughter of Rehoboth spent much enjoyed by all. Mt. Carmel’s Sunday afternoon here with invitation for the next meeting in friends. Miss Rebekah Lankford was the week end guest to Miss Helen Min- ^ i er in Meeting Street the past week end. Quite a number of ladies from the Plum Branch Heme Demon- the fall was accepted. 1 x i— MODOC NEWS boy will soon be well again. Misses Edna Edwards and Mild red McNeill, also Miss Bertha Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright of Rome, Ga. Mrs. H. S. Cason spent Sunday Young of Troy spent the past week here with Mrs. W. H. McNair and end with Miss Kate Creswell of attended cervices at the Presby- near McCormick Kate and terian church. “Cousin Jimmie” always make their! Mr. and Mrs. John Harmon of friends feel that they are welcome Bordeaux spent Sunday here at and want to come again. the home of Mr. Albert Gibert. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Lawton is spending Mrs. Press Mayson Saturday night this week in Anderson with rela- and Sunday were Mr. Will Mayson tives. -iXI- The T. E. L. Social and business neeting was held April 24th, at the lome of Mrs. H. N. Coleman and Mrs. Jack Bradley, Mrs. P. C. Dorn ind Mrs. J. S. Dukes were Joint lostesses. The meeting was called to order >y the President, Mrs. C. R. Strom, md opened with a reading of the 5th Psalm, followed by the Lord’s jrayer in concert. Alter reading and approval of ninutes splendid reports were giv- m ;?rcm the various committees. The president asked that the nembership be divided into five groups, and appointed the follow- ng members as group leaders: Mesdames J. E. Bradley, J. E. Britt, F. A. Talbert, E. B. Brown and H. I. Coleman, hoping in this way to >romote a better attendance. Afier the business had been dis- >osed With the meeting was tum- •di ovfet to the social chairman. The,, decorations in the house >emg a veritable ghrden of flowers, fc was v ery fitting that a contest n keeping be entered into, which proved to; be very interesting and MILWAY NEWS It seems that spring has really come at last. All of the farmers in this part of the county are work ing early and late, plowing and planting being all the style now. We hope that the epidemic of “Spring fever” won’t break out around here. New comers in our community are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Callison and family, who have moved into the old Wideman homestead, Sylvania. We extend to them a very hearty welcome and hope they will like their new home. We were all saddened a ffew weeks ago by the death of Mr. John Wideman of Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Wideman spent his boyhood in our community and also made fre quent visits to his old home here which he loved so dearly. We all feel that in his death we have lost a very dear friend .< who will be greatly missed. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Edwards and children and Mr. and Mrs. Neel ESwfcrds of Bradley spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edwards: There were many other callers in this home inhhe after- and Miss Cecil Mayson of Oallison. Mr. and Mrs. John Gibert and Mrs. J. H. McNeill spent the week daughter, Annie Caroline, of Cal- end with her sister, Mrs. J. S. Will- : houn Falls spent Sunday here at iams, of Abbeville, who is very ill. the home of Mrs. Albert Gibert. We are all very sorry to hear of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ariail and son, Mrs. Williams illness and hope she Bobbie, of Rutherfordton, N. C., will soon be better. spent Saturday night and Sunday Miss Annie Chjtes was a busi- here with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Mor- ness visitor in Greenwood one day ris. last week. | Mrs. W. R. Boyd and Mrs. H. D. Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Price and Brown spent last Thursday with family spent Sunday in the home Mrs. A. B. .Andrews. of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Rosenswike. Miss Mary Edwards spent part of last week with Miss Lennie Langley ! Mrs. A. B. Andrews. Mrs. R. L. Shoemaker of Augusta spent Tuesday and Wednesday with of near McCormick. Mrs. Horace Edwards and little daughter^ Margaret Lois, spent last Thursday with Mrs. Edwards’ mo ther, Mrs. J. H. McNeill. Mrs. Rogers and baby of near Greenwood spent one day last week with Mrs. Rogers’ mother, Mrs. Jim Callison. A Subscriber. • x WILUNGTON NEWS ' Mr. Albert LeRoy and Mrs. J. M. Gibert spent Thiitodgy in Green wood with relatives. Mrs. Frank Deason of McCor- lor his recovery, mick spent awhile Wednesday ev- Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Boyd and children visit ed Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Andrews and called to see Mr. S. S. McBride on Sunday. Messrs. Lindsay Wilson and Pat Rice Porter, Misses Janie and Mar gie Morris of Atlanta spent Sat urday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Morris. Messrs. Albert Gibert, W. H. Mc Nair, Alex Lawton, Lum Leverett and Dr. Mahon of Calhoun Falls are on a fishing trip in the lower part of the state. Mrs. L. C. Rich of Meriwether and Mrs. O’Neal Sanders of Aiken are at the bedside of their father. Captain S. S. McBride, who is critically ill with yiiy little, hope Mrs. George Hemminger is still Mrs. T. T. Bussey and Mrs. J. B. stration Club attended the County McDaniel, accompanied by Mr. R. Council Meeting held at Washing- E. Bussey, spent Sunday at Edge- ton High School last Saturday, field with Mr. and Mrs. Talton Mrs. Perdy Altman of Gallivants Prince. ^ . Ferry is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Reese of Au- her aunt, Mrs. 3. W. Wideman. gusta were the guests Sunday ev- I Miss Mattie Lou Ridlehoover, R. ening to Mr. and Mrs. E. Bu» N., of Washington. D. C., visited -ey. * ; V' v ' ▼ in the home of her parents last Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes spent Tuesday. Monday in Augusta among friends j Mesdames Lillie E. Langley and and relatives. ! Annie Sturkey, Mr. Claude E. Lang- Mtsses Lucile and Alva McDaniel ley, Misses Annie Mae and Allene of Augusta were visitors here last Langley visited relatives in Lin- Sunday to homefolks. colnton and Washington, Ga., one Messrs. H. J. Bussey and G. C. day last week. McDaniel were visitors at McCer- > Mr. W. H. Parks and Maggie Lou mick Saturday evening. Parks spent last Monday in Colum- Mr. J. C. Maddox spent last week bia. at his old home over in Lincoln- 1 Messrs. W. M. Freeland, O. L. County, Ga. Sturkey and R. H. Wideman were Mr. Emerson Bussey of Augusta business visitors in Augusta Tues- made a short visit here Tuesday day. of this week to his grandfather, I Miss Helen Miner spent last Sun- Mr. A. V. Bussey. day with friends in Atlanta, Ga. Master James Bussey was a vis- Miss Allene Langley,* young bride- itor Saturday night and Sunday to elect, was honored la&t Thursday his cousins, Masters Clarence and afternoon by Mrs. A. A. Holleman Albert Howie. jwith a lovely miscellaneous show- Miss Evelyn Bussey of Augusta er. Beautiful cut flowers were used made a short visit here Sunday through the living room and hall evening to her parents, Mr. and where numerous games and con- Mrs. B. M. Bussey. tests were enjoyed by the guests. Rev. J. F. Warren filled his reg- An attractive booklet was present- ular appointment here Sunday ev- ed to the honoree, filled with ening, delivering a very able ser- household hints and recipes from mon * < , j the guests. Another contest was a Mr. G. E. Dukes, . a traveling poem from each guest on “Kow ta salesman for Calhoun Robbia’s Make a Husband Happy.” At the Co., of New York, left Tuesday for conclusion of ; the entertainment two or three weeks’ stay in Florida. Mrs. Holleman’s little twins “Bet- Master Albert Howie was the ty and Sonny” came in with a huge guest Sunday night to his cousins,' basket of gifts for Miss Langley. Masters James and Ben Bussey. ■ | She was indeed the recipient of Messrs. E. F. Bussey, William and many lovely things. About 3(| Tom Belle Bussey and Clarence! ladies enjoyed Mrs. Hollemon’s hos- Howle made a short visit to McJpltality. Delicious refreshments Cohnick Saturday evening. ,v. were served at the close of this Mr. Robert Bussey from De v la enjoyable affair. Howe spent the week end here * among relatives and friends. | The pedestrian has the right oft - Modoc, j way unless something is coming*