Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thirtieth Year TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. * Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, August 13, 1931 8 Pages — All Home Print Number 11 Bordeaux Chosen' As Most Historical Place In County W1LLINGTON, WITH THE WAD DELL SCHOOL, WINS SEC OND PLACE Bordeaux has the distinction of being chosen the most historical spot in McCormick County, ac cording to the decision of the judges in the recent contest which was put on by the McCormick County Council of Farm Women in an effort to select the most histor ical place in the county. Thirteen papers, giving the his tory of places in the county, which have long been famous for the historical irfterests attached to them, were written by different ones in the county and submitted to the judges, Mrs. Annie Gaines First’ Airplane To Stop At McCormick DIXIE STORES HEADS MADE TRIP HERE SATURDAY FROM GREENVILLE Quite a bit of commotion was made on the streets of McCormick Saturday afternoon when an air plane was seen circling the town a number of times, finally coming oO the ground in a field about a mile north of town. Everybody felt that something had gone wrong with the machind and the landing was a forced one, so car load after car load of people made their way to the spot t^here the plane landed to offer aid to its occupants. But, no aid was needed except a car ride from there to town and that was given the men, who prov ed to be Mr. J. P. Williamson, pres ident and Mr. M. 'S. Merritt, vice- president of The Dixie Stores, who Williams, Head of the History De partment of Lander College, and were celebrating the sixth anni versary of the organization by vis- Mr. Harry Watson, editor of die Greenwood Index-Journal. Accord ing to thejr decision, Bordeaux re ceives first place with Willington as second. . All these papers were interesting ^nd' full of - many facts, some of which had never been brought out before, and which will prove of much interest to historians of South Carolina. As has often been said, “McCor mick Comity is full of history,” and these papers will no doubt be cf much benefit to the future generation in knowing old South . Carolina. A gavel will be carved from wood grown at Bordeaux and be pre sented to the Home Demonstration in McCormick County which has done the best club work for the past year. The gavel will be carv ed out by Mr. Sam H. Talbert of . Buffalo. x Meeting At Troy A. R. P. Church Theatrical Star Meets President iting the stores in the various towns of the State. By using the plane they could visit many stores in half a day. They had stopped at a number of towns before reaching McCormick, and after a short stay here, took flight for oth er places. They were using a Byrd* plane, pioleted by a Mr. Martin of Greenville. This was the first plane of any description to stop at McCormick, and now the suggestion is made that we should have an air port to accommodate those who might care to use it. X Large Number Of F atal i ties OnRuads Leads To Check-Up \ *’ i ■ mm «mm HIGHWAY PATROL WILL CON DUCT CHECK-UP CAMPAIGN George M. Cohan,, .who wrote the marching- song “Over There,” is shown presenting Mr. Hoover with the first copy of the George Washington Bicentennial song he has just written. It is to be presented to all sdhools, clubs and organizations in the U. S. $3,500,000 Highway Projects To Be Let August 25 McCORMICK COUNTY TO GET 15 MILES OF TOP SOILING AT THIS LETTING 1 Protracted meeting is now run ning at Troy A. R. P. Church with services at 10:30 every morning and o’clock in the evening. , The Hev. W it. Echols of Charlotte, N. C., is doing the preaching, and the public is cordially invited to come hear him. The meeting will close with the service next Sabbath night. .. JXt c Lion Appointment ' GREENWOOD, Aug. 10.—W. H. Charles, governor of the South Carolina district of Lions clubs, an nounces appointment of the Rev. Marshall Dendy, Newberry; J. Arch Talbert, McCormick; C. E. Sum mers, Orangeburg, and Dr. W. T. Whitesides, York; as deputy dis trict governors. The state will be divided into districts at a meeting to be held soon and each deputy governor will be assigned a district, Mr. Charles said. D. A. Monroe of Greenwood is district secretary of the South Carolina district. Fights For Free Press COLUMBIA, Aug. 8.—A complete checkup of all highway traffic in the state has been ordered to be made by the State Highway patrol *iue to the unprecedented : lumber of fatalities that have occurred re cently on the highways. According to a survey conducted by the Highway Department’s mo tor vehicle division of all recent accidents on the highways the following statistics have been evolved: Thirty-three and one-third per cent of all accidents have been proven to be directly traceable to the use of intoxicating liquors; Sixty per cent of the accidents were caused.by rpeeding; Six and two-thirds per cent of the accidents were due to an utter disregard of other vehicles’ rights. In view of these statistics as co he causes of the recent accidents members of the highway patrol have been ordered to be oarticu- ’arly vigilant as to the rules and ’emulations provided for nassing moving vehicles on curves, massing vehicles on the crests of hills, en- ering state highways without totming. ond proper lighting of motor vehicles. Careless and reckless drivers will find it difficult to escape the drag net of the highway nolice, accord ing to plans now nerfected. Drunk en drivers, who are responsible for a J;hird of accidents, will be out- lawed from the highways, and speeders.who during the recent checkup caused two-thirds of the wrecks, will be apprehended and punished. —tXt County Farm Tour Mr. W. H. Wells Died On Saturday Night Mr. W. H. Wells died at his home near McCormick last Saturday night, following a short illness. He was 71 years of age and had been 1 in good health until a short while ago. Funeral services were conducted and interment made at Troy ceme- Uery at 2 o’clock Sunday after noon. G. P. McCain’s service in charge. Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, who, before marriage, was Miss White; daughter of Mrs. H. I. White and the late Mr. White of ‘near McCormick. tXT Mrs. Robert Wiley Died Thursday Mrs. Robert Wiley died at her home near De la Howe State School last Thursday night, follow ing a long illness, from which she had no# for many months, been ex pected to recover. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. E. F. Gettys and interment made at Lower Long Cane Church at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. J. S. Strom’s service in charge. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Melvin and Miller; her father, Mr. J. W. Long, and four brothers, Messrs. Will, Sam, Wylie and Jim Long, Jr., of near Troy. y i— Mrs. S. E. Rosenswike Found Dead In Bed The community was shocked yes terday morning to Icitrn that Mrs. Sam E. Rosenswike had been ~ound dead in bed at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Eldred Price, near Troy, where she had gone to spend the nighfc after attending preach ing services at Troy. Mrs. Rosenswike was 63 years of age and had been in good health all the while, which makes her death a distinct shock to every one She is survived by her husband and c ix children—Mrs. Eldred Price. Troy; Mrs. Nancy Harrison, Green wood; Mrs. W. T. Walker, McCor mick; Miss Carrie Mae Rosenswike | and Messrs. G. C. and J. M. Rosen- On August zlst swike of Troy; and one sister. Mrs. 1 G. P. Furqueron, of McCormick.. Funeral services will be conduct- Boll Weevils Infest Nearly Half Squares . CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. lo'— The per cent of squares infested by cotton boll weevils mounted rapidly in practically every one of the 89 fields examined by South Carolina Experiment Station work ers during the week eliding August 7 and on that date averaged around 50 per cent over* nine Coast al and Piedmont counties. Approx imately two-thirds of the squares in Darlington, Florence, Bamberg, and Orangeburg counties were found to have been punctured, while in Chester, Union, Aiken, Calhoun, and Greenwood infesta tion ranged from 13 to 32 per cent. Most farmers, being deterred chiefly by the prospect of a low price for staple, have not attempt ed to dust their cotton, and the early applications of poison are, of course, no longer effective says Prof. H. W. Barre, director of the Station, who thinks that under these conditions the high per cent- age of infested squares is not sur prising and that considerable dam age is to be expected. X Fiddlers Convention Here Last Of August —»—- ■■■ — Supervisor W. O. Graves states that he is getting things in readi ness now for his annual fiddlers’ convention which he expects to hold this year the latter part of the present month. The exact date and other information will be published in the paper as soon as | the plans are completed. 1 >■*— — WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL BOYS ARE SPENDING THIS WEEK IN THE MOUNTAINS Ice Cream Festival At Meriwether Sat-, urday Night, Aug. 18 PROCEEDS TO GO FOR BENEFIT OF EPWORTH LEAGUE Nine boys are spending ohis week at their Future Palmetto Far mer Camp at Tamassee, S. C. These boys, with W. H. Wooten, agricul- | from the intersection of Routes 10 and 20 through McCormick co COLUMBIA, Aug. 8.—Highway construction work, including 28 projects posting about $3,500,000, will be let August 25, the depart ment announced today. Work will be done in 28 counties of the state and will include 127 miles of standard concrete paving 81 miles of bituminous surfacing, 33 miles oL earth type roads and nine bridge projects. When work is done as contem plated in the letting, every county ".eat in the state will be connected by paved road with Columbia. The projects in the letting are: Concrete— Orangeburg-Bamberg — Paving with concrete of 13.706 miles of Route 78 from Route 21 in Branch- ville to Bamberg. Chester — Paving with concrete of 6.525 miles of Route 9 from Richburg to Fort Lawn. Laurens — Paving with concrete of 15.177 miles of Routes 10 and 72 from the city limits of Laurens to Route 7 near the Saluda river. Darlington — Paving with con crete of 14.611 miles of Route 601 from Darlington north to Route 30. Marlboro — Paving with con crete of 11.675 miles of Route 9 from Bennettsville to point near Cheraw. Newberry — Paving with con crete of 15.012 miles of Route 176 from the intersection with Route 2 icar Newberry to Whitmire. Chesterfield — Paving with con crete of 15.424 miles of Route 9 from the town of Cheraw through Chesterfield to 4he intersection with Route 265. Abbeville — Paving with concrete of 14.619 miles of Route 7 from Abbeville to Calhoun Falls. Spartanburg-Greenville — Pav ing with concrete of 20.555 miles of Route 176 from the end of the present pavement north of Spar tanburg to the North Carolina state line. Bituminous— Barnwell — Bituminous sufacing of 20.407 miles of Route 64 be tween Barnwell and the intersec tion with Route 28 near Ellenton. Edgefield - Saluda - Newberry counties — Bituminous surfacing of 24.924 miles of Route 19 from the city limits of Johnston via Saluda to Dead Fall. Allendale - Hampton — Bitum- nous surfacing of 25.320 miles of Route 33 from Fairfax through Estill to the Jasper county line. Oconee — Bituminous surfacing of 4.855 miles of Routes 2 and 24 from the end of the present bitum inous surfacing at Mountain Rest to the Georgia state line. — Greenville - Anderson — Bitum inous surfacing of 5.573 miles of Rout: 247 ::rom Saluda river to Belton and the grad!hg and sur ffacing of one-half mile inside the town limits of Belton. Aiken county — Installation of metal slope drains on Route 1 be tween Aiken and the Savannah river. McCormick county — The top soiling in preparation for hard surface of 15.703 miles of Route 20 There will be an ice cream festi val Saturday night, August 15, at the Meriwether School House. The proceeds will go for the benefit of the Epworth League. The public is invited to come. x — , Rowena Rides The Rumble That’s the title of a continued story starting in The Messenger thi£ week. The first and second instalment appear together on page three and other instalments will appear from week to week un til the entire story has been run. Those who like continued stories will find this one to be a well writ ten and interesting story. tXl Card Of Thanks We wish to express our deepest appreciation to every one who was so kind and thoughtful to us in our sad bereavement in the death of our husband and father. May God richly reward you is our pray er. Mrs. Emmie Baker * and Children X A little kerosene in clear water helps in window washing. * 1- . . Some of these pictures that are transmitted by radio look like there had been a lot of interference^,** creek in the & County Agent Rogers announces. ., ^ T that- on Friday, August 21st, there j cd at the grave-side by the Rev J. will be a farm tour of McCormick 1H - BuzIlardt and interment made Lankford, Floyd Drennan, Pickens ture teacher, left Monday, August 10 in a school bus and plan to re main at camp until Friday, August 14, when they will return by way of Clemson College, spending Friday night and part of Saturday morn ing there, arriving home sometime Saturday. They will make a tour of the college and experiment sta tion while at Clemson. The boys on this outing are: Al bert Howie, Olin Bussey, Pete in Troy cemetery at 11 o’clock this Col. Robert E. McCormick, pub- 1 shcr of The Chicago Tribune, who ! as keen api>omted honorary chair- ’ an of the Thomas Jefferson I lemorial Committee, organized , to * rk for the freed >m of the press. : } he committee will fly to Jefferson’s dd home at Mori* ice Ho on Oct. 20. IXI ^here is no fool like an old fool £xcept a young one. .... County. Several farms will be vis . ^ ited where some definite farm j morning. J. S. Strom s service in practice is being carried out. This; chalgc ' ^ tour will afford an opportunity for ' farmers to see what their neighbors It never rains in'the Sahaia rirs- in different communities are doing which would be a fine place longer All farmers, merchants and other | to go for a picnic. X -—^ jfoot reinfoiced concrete n cge tXt You may not be able to teach * 1 * * 4 over North Rabun creek. It takes two to make a bargain, an old dog new tricks, but if he! Barnwell county — Construction Wells, Jack Wells, Ray Maddox, Bill Bracknell and James King. X The people who are afraid to Parksville. Dillon — The surfacing with gravel in preparation for hard sur face of 7.653 miles of Route 9 from end of present pavement east of Dillon to Lake View. Aiken county — The surfacing with sand-clay of 9.706 miles of Route 394 from Route 215 near ditchings Mill to Salley. Bridge Projects Bridges— Orangeburg — The construction of a 200-foot I-beam in Four Hole Swamp on Route 30. Laurens — The construction of a bridge over Turl town of Bam well.* 1 Colleton — Construction of a 75-foot I-beam % bridge over Deep creek and a 100-foot I-beam over Rice Patch creek on Route 63 be tween Walterboro and Varnville. Chester-Lancaster — Placing of a concrete floor on the existing bridge over the Catawba river on Route 97 at Nitrole. Florence — Construction of a 150-foot reinforced concrete, treat ed timber and structural steel bridge over Little swamp and a 1 GO-foot reinforced concrete, treat ed g timber and structural steel oridge over Big swamp on Route 51 between Florence and Pamplico. Florence — Construction of a 450-foot reinforced concrete, treat ed timber and structural steel bridge over Sparrow swamp and a 1,700-foot reinforced concrete, treated timber and structural nteei bridge over Lynches river oh Route 4 between Effingham and Olanta. Greenwood — Construction of a. reinforced concrete bridge oyer Seaboard Air Line railway on Route 10 near 'Salak. Laurens-Union — The sub-struc ture of a 682-foot reinforced con crete and structural steel bridge over Enoree river on Route 56 near Musgrove Mill. TX~ Two Rockefeller Babies dive into shallow water will live 159.5-foot reinforced concrete | bridge over Lick creek and a 119.7- business men are invited. A definite schedule will be an nounced next week. John D Rockefeller sat for his picture with John and Elizabeth i_'ue\as. liis great-grandchildren. but there is only one bargain. There’s more than 90 years between ever learns them—beware of him.!of a 75-foot reinforced concrete^ the two Johns. ^