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Thursday, June 11, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FIVE m mSMLAND LOCAL ITEMS Miss Florence Kibler of Newberry was the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Talbert. Mir res Sara Schumpert, Betty Workman, Helen Crawford and Minnie May Rutledge spent several days in Aiken with Misses Rosella and i^olly Gankin. Mrs. A. J. Andrews, Mrs. E. B. Brown and Misses Julia and Eliza-! beth Brown attended the com mencement exercises at the Uni- vesity of South Carolina, Colum bia, S. C., from which Mr. Luther • J. Andrews was graduated on June 10th. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bodie and little daughter, Betty Lue, of St. Petersburg, Fla., are visiting Mrs. Bodie’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Wall. 1 Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Hemminger of Willington and their guests, Mr. and Mrs- Horace O’Shields from j Gaffney, were visitors in McCor mick a short while Saturday. Miss Elsie Durham is spending this week in Greenwood in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mc Kinney. Mr. George N. Collier of Aiken is on a visit to relatives here and in Plum Branch. Miss Ethel Killingsworth of Rock' Hill spent the week end here with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Killingsworth. R V G. Mrs. Alfred Burnside and. son trom Columbia and Mrs. Edwin Barron, Jr., and son from Rock Hill are here on a visit to their mother, Mrs. Georgia Talbert. Mrs. Jamie Smith and Mrs. Garnett Tuten attended the party in Abbeville .Saturday, given by Mrs. E. H. Still and Mrs. Bowen in honor of Miss Nelle Bowen, who Is to be married this coming week to Mr. Hardin of Chester. J Misses Ethel Bowen and Ruby Arnold of Darlington and Mrs. M. W. Xing of Abbeville visited Mrs. Jamie Smith a few days the past \7eek. Miss Mamie S turkey, teacher at Bessemer City, N. C., arrived here yesterday for a few days’ visit to her father, Mr. M. L. B. Sturkey. Mr. Francis Oates of Darlington is spending the week end here with his wife and little son at the home of her mother, Mrs. Isabelle Bent- :ey. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Graves and Mrs. W. K. Connor were week end visitors to relatives in York. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rheney and baby and Mr. Jack Rheney snd Mrs. Rheney’s cousin of Miami, Fla., are spending some time here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rheney. Our Store Is Open Every Day When you deal with GaJlant-Belk Company, Greenwood’s Leading Department Store, and The Home of Better Values in Everything For Less Money, you are dealing with a store that gives its customers first consideration. Therefore, you need not stay away for fear of the store’s be ing closed for half holidays, but can come on to our store on Thursday afternoons or any other time of week days and find our efficient corps of sales people at their posts and ready to supply your every need with the very highest quality merchan dise for less money. ~ We do not close on Thursday afternoons, but remain open and on the job at all times in order that we may render to our hundreds and thousands'of‘customers the kind of service they desire at the time it suits them best to do their shopping. So come to Gallant-Belk’s when it suits you-We’ll be right ready to serve you. Our clerks get a good vacation at full pay, so we don’t have to close to give them some tim5 off for recreation. We always have plenty of courteous and ef ricient sales people to serve our customers, and invite you to come to our store for anything you need at any time. New merchandise arriving daily for each department of our store and going like all that we sell— for less money. and children visited Mrs. Baugh man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McNeill, Sunday. They left little Rebekah and Billie for a week’s visit with their grandparents while Mr. and Mrs. Baughman, Mr. 7. 3. Baughman and Miss Margaret Baughman went for a few days’ trip to Charleston, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Edvvurds and baby called in the home of Mr. Neil Edwards of Bradley awhile Saturday night. Miss Maude Chiles spent last week end with homefolk here. Mr. and Mrs. Press Mayson and children spent the week end with Mr. Mayson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Mayson, of Edgefield. Miss Mary Edwards was a spend- the-day guest of her sister, Mrs. Neel Walker, last Saturday. Miss Mildred McNeill spent the week end with Misses Mary and Edna Edwards and Mrs. Horace Ed wards. The young folks gave Misses Cora and Lula Edwards a “sur prise party” Saturday night. All present enjoyed the evening very much. Mrs. George Harrison OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. Thursday, June 11th Funny WILL ROGERS in “LIGHTNIN » >» Friday, June 12th, Only Clara Bow in ‘ KICK IN” Saturday, June 13th, Only Joe E. Brown and Winnie Lightner in “SIT TIGHT” Added Cartoon and comedy Mon.-Tues. June 15th-16th Bernice Claire and Walter Pigeon in “KISS ME AGAIN” Music by Victor Herbert. Picture filmed entirely in Technicolor. Don’t miss it. Wcd.-Thurs. June 17th-18th Charles Farrell and Janet Gayner in “THE MAN WHO CAME BACK” Shows: 3:15; 7:00 and 8:45 Follow the crowds to | in Anderson Hospital, and will re returned turn to Mt. Carmel Tuesday or to her home at Utopia Sunday, af-. Wednesday. ter visiting her parents here for Dr. Payson White of Gaffney is.' a few weeks. I visiting his mother, Mrs. Alice Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dowtin and White, and sister. Miss Annie daughter, Miss Maude Dowtin, White. spent last Sunday with Mr. John Mr. and Mrs. Giles and family of Chiles. -xxx- SWAMP NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Vance Ellison and family spent last Sunday with rela tives in Troy. A good many from this section enjoyed the school closing picnic at Troy last Friday. There was a big crowd and plenty to eat. Mrs. George Harrison of Utopia spent one night last week with her sister, Mrs. Mary Price. Willington were visitors in Mt. Car mel Friday evening and attended the service at the A. R. P. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Black and family of Charleston and Mrs. Roy Edmunds and Elsie of Augusta spent the past week end with their mother, Mrs. Ida Black. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Tarrant and family of Johnston are spending a few days here. Among the visitors at the A. R. P. Church Sabbath morning were. Miss Carrie Cowan and a friend, also Mr. Warren Cowan, Mrs. Em * GALLANT-BELK Little Miss Julia Puckett spent ma Bowen and son, Mr. Joe Bow- "7-dncsday night with Miss Louise .^n, Mr. Jack Hester, Misses Lizzie ^rice. and Ella Grant, Mr. Alex Grant “GREENWOOD’S LEADING nAliQa|jy “ THE H0ME 0F DEPARTMENT STORE” IfUIYIl fill I BETTER VALUES” WE SELL EVERYTHING AND SELL IT FOR LESS j Mr. Lcuic Brown called to see Mr. ( and Mr. James Gambrell and oth- (Raymond Tally Saturday morning, ors. Miss Lilly Moss has returned! Rev. and Mrs. Doty and Mrs. i Winthrop for the sum-|D. L. Bryson of Calhoun Falls were ion. * |Mt. Carmel visitors last ' Friday •veiling and worshipped at the A. R. P. Church. Mr. and Mrs. John Dru Cade of Greenville spent the past week on I and with uouisc Misses Mrs. W. H. Ryan, Mrs. Ethan White, M». J. M. Bussey, Miss Helen Gilchrist, Miss Eugenia Langley, Miss Kathryn Brown, Miss Sarah Louise Smith, Miss Margaret Hemminger and Miss Harriet Miller and Mrs. Nell A. Utallworth. Anne Carter Chapter Of U. D. C. Meets Mr. Joe Blackwell’s family left Monday to make their home in Jeaufort, where Mr. Blacwell holds he agency for the C. &; W. C. Railroad. Mr. S. B. Harper, student of Wof ford College, v Spartanburg, is spending the summer vacation here. Dovs leaving today for C. M. T. 3., Ft. Moultrie, Charleston, are. Mer"~s. Bill Dowtin, Daniel Mc Grath, John Thomas McGrath, Welboume Schumpert, Billie Britt, ^bner Lyon, James Furqueron, Tames Patterson, Milton Walker. Robert Wiggins, Jack Hendrik, G. T. Rearden, Tom Miner, Carroll Winn, Emory Bentley and James Blackwell. The Anne Carter Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confeder acy met with Mrs. Killingsworth as hostess on last Thursday, June 1th. The home was attractive with sum mer flowers and we were graciously received as usual. When the business session was over an interesting program, with Mrs. T. J. Price as chairman, was carried out—Jefferson Davis was the central figure as his birthday was on June 3rd. Mrs. J. S. Strom his friend. Miss Lois Teaster, of North Augusta, in this section Sun day afternoon. Glad to report Bennie is making good in Augusta, holding a responsible position. Has recently received a rise and is to soon be transferred to a branch house some place North. Bennie fbves his old home, and often when up here calls by to see his old Sun day school teacher, and talks of the days gone by, and the little class rocm in cack of church. Glad to wish another former Re- hoboth boy God speed, no other than J. D. Hughey, Jr., who has re cently graduated with honors in ‘ the North Augusta High School, read an impressive paper written His sister, Mary Luda Hughey, was home from ,: rer , acation j Misses Mary Ruth Price spent Friday I Margaret Joe and Virginia Puckett. Margaret and Virginia returned home with them for the night. Miss Carrie Mae Rossnswike was .MRliig in the Swamps section last week. Mrs. E. M. Price called to see Miss Belle Leard Friday afternoon. Mrs. John Jolly spent last Sun day with her daughter, Mrs. Man- son Browne. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown and family were callers in the home of Mrs. J. C. Lcard Sunday afternoon. Miss Mary Ruth Price spent last Sunday with Miss Mildred Shiflet. Miss Emma Leard is spending .his week with Miss Marion Brown. T \ 1 MT. CAilMK! NEWS Dr. C. K. Epting, Messrs. Paul Ludwick, Paul Brown, J. O. Patter son, W. L. Brown, Ansel Witt and Wistar Harmon attended the State Fireman’s convention in Aiken The Susannah Wesley Bible Monday and Tuesday. Class meets at 4 o’clock Friday, June 12th, with Miss Lucy Brown. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Strom went to Mrs. T. J. Price and Mrs. J. T. Chick Springs Hospital Monday to Fooshe are* assistant hostesses, see her father, the Rev. N. G. Ball inger, who is there for his health’s sake. Messrs. Frank . Corley, Wallace Talbert and Luther Drennan left Tuesday for Anniston, Ala., to at tend the R. O. T. C. camp. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Tuesday, June 16th, at 4 o’clock at the Baptist Church. Hon. J. J. Dorn, Messrs. J., T. and p. G. Fooshe, Joseph Murray and J. O. Williams were among the business visitors In Columbia Tues day. Miss Elizabeth Lake of Aiken is visiting friends here. Mr. George Sibert of Sumter spent the week end here with rela tives. Mr. J- C. Blackwell of Laurens spent Tuesday here with his fam ily- , Legion Auxiliary Met Last Wednesday The Legion Auxiliary of the Me- Cormick Post held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday after noon at the home of Mrs. J. E. Britt. # During the business meeting Mrs. C. R. Strom, chairman of poppy sale, reported about $40.00 received from the sale on May 30th. Mrs. James Gibert and Mrs. Wal ter Strom were elected delegates to the annual convention which will be held in Charleston on July 27 and 28. - jUteiMm-4aittresting program, the hostess, -assisted by Mrs. W.. M. the Short Course at! Talbert, served delicious refresh- College this week are nents. Those from McCormick County attending Winthrop by Mr. Whit Furqueron, nephew of Mrs. Price, giving his experience in the World War—we’re so glad to get such articles for our Historian in order that our chapter may get credit for same. After the program our hostess, assisted by Misses Carrie Lou Strom and Ethel Killingsworth served a delicious sweet couruse. The visitors present were: Misses Carrie Lou Strom, Clara Henry, Catherine Harper and Marion Dorn. MRS. H. H. SHIFLET, (Acting Reporter.) txt REHOBOTI1 NEWS These weekly news letters may seem dull and distasteful to some f but there are some who have gone from the old home who look for ward to The Messenger and Ad vertiser to hear from home and are interested in every little com munity news. It is like the man who was thankful everyone was not alike; if so every one would have wanted his wife; and the oth er man said if all were like him no one would want her. So the edi tors kindly read and print all these letters, for they are tactful enough to know it takes news to make a newspaper. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Corley and a friend, Miss Tyler, of Green wood, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Talbert Sunday, re turning by the way of Mcpprmick to call on Mr. Wrenn, a sick uncle of Mr. Corley. Glad to see Bennie Moultrie and also honored in the same school several years ago. Mrs. Kathryn Hughey is improv- ing* glad to say. Mr. W. A. Winn still suffers greatly with his eye. Miss Helen Gilchrist is attend ing the short course at Winthrop College this week. She* is a Wash ington 4-H Club girl. Mrs. Ethan White is at the short course from White Town club. Raymond Morgan enjoyed a call Saturday morning from little McCormick friends. A great part of the grain has been harvested in this section. The grain has been fine, and a great blessing. We have had several days of real summer, but for two days have had refreshing showers that have done lots of good. txt MILWAY NEWS The leaguers of this community attended an Epworth League busi ness and social meeting at Troy Methodist Church Friday night. New officers were elected for the following year. We are all going to try to make the new league year a very successful one. Miss Maude Dowtin has returned to her home here, after a success ful term at Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Walker and children called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edwards Friday night. Several from this community at tended the graduation exercises at McCormick High School last Tues day night. , Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Baughman Mi's Lu:a Jean Watson i'> spend ing this week at Winthrop Codege attendiner the r’aort Course there. Mrs. Gary McLain spent the past week and nt her lome *n Jackson. Misses Juanita Curtis and Betty Harrison were visitors in Anderson last Thursday. Miss Gladys Scott is visiting Miss Mary Lou Williams in Mc Cormick. We are glad to say that little Flo Hester has improved very several much ’ and is now at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Lena Hes ter, under the efficient care of Miss Elizabeth Hester. Miss Mary Lou Williams of Mc Cormick spent the past week end with Miss Gladys Scott. Mrs. W. A. Scott, who has been quite ill for several days, is very much better now. Quite a nice little crowd attend ed the services conducted by Rev. Mr. Henry of McCormick at the A. R. P. Church in Mt. Carmel last Friday morning and evening and with their mother, Mrs. J. D. Cade. Capt. and Mrs. William Sharpe and Billy, cf Clemson, came down Sabbath afternoon. Capt. Sharpe left Monday for a R. O. T. Camp in Anniston, Ala., where he will spend some time, but Mrs. Sharpe and Billy will remain in Mt. Car mel until he returns. Miss Reba Wells of Anderson is taking a needed rest of a few days at her home here. * Mr. Herman Smith of Green ville and Mr. Barnard Smith of Charleston and Mrs. Edward Ham- mend and son cf Elberton were re cent visitors of Mrs. Mary Smith. Mr. Brad'ey Marrah of Green ville spent Sabbath with Mrs. J. W. . tforrah. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith and Miss Ruby Smith of Greenviila spent Sabbath with Mrs. Cora Smith, who has just returned home from Brenau College at Gainesville, Ca., for the summer vacation. x Bethany H. D. Club Meets The Bethany H. D. Club met Tuesday afternon, June 2, and carried ou.t che following program: A poem—The Month of Roses— Carolyn Freeland. A playlet on Health. A reading—Dalhia’s Old and New —Mrs. E. H. Christian. A reading on Health—Mrs. R. H. Quarles. The minutes of the last meeting, were read and approved. Roll called and each member was. asked to answer with a new flower she had learned. Business. A suggestion was made by presi dent that the chairmen keep a Saturday morning, and a real nice record book of their work and at crowd was present on Sabbath morning. All enjoyed the most ex cellent sermons by both ministers. Mrs. Jones and Misses Betty Harrison and Lily Parker were Mt. Carmel visitors Sabbath afternoon. Mrs. Clara Majette and her charming young daughter, Miss Virginia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fortson and family at their home near Lincolnton, Ga. Little Mae DuBose and brother, Jackie, spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Curtis. It will be good news to the many friends of Miss Sallie T. Cade to know tfeat she is rapidly con- valesclhg from a recent operation each meeting the members report to them. The recreation leader was asked to have a game planned for each meeting. The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. Stallworth, who gave us some interesting facts about flowers, but the special subject for the afternoon was the identifica tion of different flowers. After dwelling on this subject for sometime, we adjourned, hoping to have more members present at our next meeting. X Nearly 32 million persons visttefc the National Forests last year.