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V Cl 'or midi TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. • • Thirtieth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, October 22, 1931 8 Pages — All Home Print ,Number 21 County Teachers’ Association Meets And Organizes / OFFICERS ELECTED TO SERVE THIS YEAR A very impressive program was rendered in the presence of a large number of teachers of our county last Thursday afternoon in the Mc Cormick High School Auditorium. The Rev. D. V. Cason, pastor of the Baptist Church, opened the program with prayer and a most impressive talk. Several numbers were given by our local teachers, which were good. Miss Mattie Thomas and Mr. J. P. Coats, both of the State Depart ment of Education, were on the - program, and as usual, they in spired us to the top. The following officers were elect ed for the year 1931-32: H. H. Shiflet, president. L. V. Mayer, vice-president. Garvice L. Taylor, secretary and treasurefT These three with Mr. Parks, Sup erintendent of Education, compose the executive committee. A steer ing committee will be selected ip the next few days. It was- decided that all the meet ings be held in McCormick High School building on Thursday after- 'iioon, rather than Saturday morn- a; ihg as had been the practice. , x Road Certified Into State System Baptist-Every Member-Canvass Will Start Soon Formal notice from the state highway department that •the six and eight tenths miles of roadway between Lincoln ton and the Sav- annah river on the Lincolnton-Mc- ^©ormick highway, has be e n certi fied into the state system, was re ceived last week by Ordinary Legg. Beginning as of October first, this additional mileage is taken on for maintenance by the state high way department and means that * fpr the final quarter of 1931 Lin coln aonnty will draw the gasoline ■tax thereon which will approxi- increase of $500 per month to the county from this acmrce. \ County officials who have giv e n generously of their time and effort to get this stretch of road certi fied into the stale system are high ly gratified that this much has be^B accomplished, which furnish es an important step forward in the Lincolnton-McCormick high way development.—^Lincoln, Ga., Journal of last week. ’ To McCormick folk this is an in teresting item of news at this time, for the road from BfcCormick to Lincolnton with a bridge over Sav annah river is one of the most im portant developments that could be accomplished now. This road will mean much for the develop ment of Lincolnton and McCor mick and the section between the two towns, besides serving as 3 State capitol to State capitol high way. at a considerably shorter dist ance than any other route. Mc Cormick citizens and authorities should get behind the project low and lend every possible aid in prp- rnottng Its -early development—and no doubt they will. -txt- r*’- . Most Beautiful Modal m Both the President of the North ern Baptist Convention and the President of the Southern Baptist Convention will appear in Colum bia, October 31, to have a part in the. promotion of the Southwide movement for a Baptist-every- :nember-canvass. President W. J. McGlothlin of the Southern Baptist Convention is a South Carolinian and well known in our state as president of Furman University. Mr. Mattison B. ^pnes, President of the Northern Baptist Convention, is a layman and a business man who lives in Los Angeles, California. These two men preside over the two con ventions which represent over 5,- 000,000 Baptists in the forty-eight states of cur nation. The First Baptist Church of Co lumbia will be hostess to these dis< tinguished chairmen and they will speak at 8:00 p. m. to a host of South. Carolina Baptists who will gather there for a special service, opening 'the information and In spiration activities preparing the way for the canvass November 29 to December 6. Mr. Jones will be accompanied in this visit by another great Bap tist layman, Mr. J. H. Anderson, a business man from Knoxville, Ten nessee. Mr. Anderson is chairman of the Promotion Committee of the Southern ■ Baptist Convention. These two will make a rather ex tended tour throughout the terri tory of the Southern Baptist Con vention, visiting the strategic points in every state. The Colum bia visit will be the only one made in South Carolina. Their visit marks the beginning of the closing month of preparation for the Ev- ery-Member-Canvass, which is to be conducted simultaneously in all the 25,000 Southern Baptist churches, November ,29-December 6, 1931. Mr. J. L. Corzine, state publicity director, says: “The pro gress of the program of prepara tion for this Every-Member-Cah- vass is most encouraging. Evefry Baptist association in the state has completed its organization and most churches are now ready to proceed with the program of infor mation and inspiration. Every one seems to be mbst certain of the success of the undertaking. I be lieve this movement is the most significant one in our denomina tion's history. It will come near er being the perfect solution to our financial problem than any plan yet devised.” Just two days later Dr. Fred F. Brown, Secretary of the Promotion Committee of the Southern Bap tist Convention and Pastor of the First Baptist Clraich of Knoxville, Tenn., will begin‘•a tour in the state of South Carolina in the in terest of the Every-Member Can vass. He will be accompanied by Dr. C. A. Jones, state director of the canvass for South Carolina. The schedule for Drs. Brown and Jones will be as follows: Monday, November 2, 8:00 p. m., Greenville. Tuesday, November 3, 10:30 a. :.n., Spartanburg. Tuesday, November 3, 8:00 p. m., Columbia. Wednesday, November 4, 10:00 a. m., Florence. Wednesday, November 4, 3:00 p. m., Orangeburg. Wednesday, November 4, 8:00 p. m., Charleston. Baptists from every association in the state will hear one or all of these distinguished visitors during their visit to the state. 1XX HOME COMING DAY AT WHITE TOWN NEXT SUNDAY Harriet Byers was awarded a trip to Europe and a $2,000 wardrobe by 1 the American and French Dres»“ j makers Association. _________ ■J Sunday, October 25th, is Home Coming Day at White Town again. | There will be two services during ! the day, one in the morning and ! one in the afternoon. Dinner will j be served on the ground. Another program has been plan ned by the Sunday School classes 1 for the afternoon services, j Everybody is invited to come. Fastest Yankee Fishing Schooner THic Gertrude L. Thebaud” is shown crossing the line after her test race - with tne “Elsie” and before her contest with the Nova Scotian “Bluenose” t*>- r the North Atlantic fisherman’s iroDhv. Bethany P.-T. A. Meets And Re-organizes The P.-T. A. of Bethany met on October 14 at the school building. The association was reorganized and the following officers elected: President, Mrs. James Seigler. Vice-president, Mrs. C. L. Will- ?tims. Secretary, Mrs. Joe Mann. Treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Holl ingsworth. The association decided to have an Hallowe’en party to get some of the much needed equipment for the school room. X Anderson Fair Starts On November 3rd MANY NICE FEATURES PUT ON FOR ELEVENTH ANNUAL FAIR Baptist Meeting Begins Sunday a. m. 7— The McCormick Baptist Church will begin a week’s meetings with 11:00 o’clock service Sunday a. m. Everyone is invited to efrery sendee. A most cordial welcome awaits you from both pastor and people. Dr. D. V. Cason, pastor, will preach Sunday morning and evening, and every afternoon and evening next week. We desire the prayers and co-operation of all Christian peo ple. The Baptist Church also invites you to its Bible School at 10:00, Mr. G. J. Sanders, Jr., general superintendent. An adult union and an intermediate B. Y. P. U. was prganized recently. Mr. G. J. Sanders, Jr., is president of the former and Miss Frances Strom, the latter. Miss Evelyn Ramsey, of the high school faculty, is lead ing the Intermediates. Miss Rosa Strom and Mrs. D. V. Cason are the sponsors. We urge all young men and women of our church between the ages of seventeen and twenty- five to come with us at 7:00 o’clock next Sunday evening for the or ganization of a Senior Union. The pastor will predch at Will- ington Baptist Church next Sun day at 1:00 o’clock. X Exhibit Of Paintings At Lander College On October 24th That an opportunity may be giv en the schools and the community to see and know the work of our living artists in South Carolina, an exhibit of original paintings has been arranged for on October the 24th in Lander College art studio, Greenwood. The Greenwood branch of the A. A. U. W. is sponsoring the exhibit but it will fail in its purpose unless the club women give their support. We are asking you to talk about the exhibition to your friends ex plaining its nature and purpose and to come to the exhibition, bringing others with you. We hope that you will aid us In this effort to foster and further develop an ap preciation of art in our community. Elizabeth O’Neal Vemer, Antoin ette Rhett, Anna Heyward Taylor, Gladys Coker Fort, May Chiswell Marshall, Elizabeth Reed Whaley, Leila Waring, Alice R. Huger Smith are among the artists who are sending exhibits. The exhibition will be truly rep resentative of the best work of South Carolina artists and most worth seeing. Only originals will be shown. An entrance fee of 25c will be asked in order to pay the cost of returning the pictures to their owners. ~ . , ANDERSON, Oct. 20.—The slog an of the Anderson Fair, ‘“Some thing Doing Every Minute,” will be cared for in a big way when the eleventh annual Fair gets under v/ay here November 3 for its five day exhibition. Forty double-length railway cars will be required to bring the John ny J. Jones shows here for their exoosition at the Fair, while at the same time the agricultural, live stock and domestic exhibits offered this year will be more numerous and diversified than ever before. The Jones Shows have just com- Worker Spenks P leted a successful tour of the- * , middle west and will afford the most complete and elaborate di£— Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman, promin- play any And erson Fair has effer ent W. C. T. U. worker of Edge- j ed The midways wi ii b e a mile in field, has been invited by the Mis- | length while more than 500 per- sionary Societies of the McCormick | gons will be broug ht here with the churches to speak at the Baptist! exb j b jtion church Wednesday, Octobei 28, at | Thg carnival will feature many .4:00. This announcement vvill be new riding devices and several of interest to all vvho appreciate n ew shows never seen here before the great work that the W. C. T. U. j or in this section. They will play has done, and of peculiar interest dur ing the five days of the fair. . This exhibition, coupled with the W. C. T. IJ. WASHINCTON BY RADFORD. MOBLEY (Special to The Messenger) WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 21.— President Hoover has met the public demand that he assume leadership in no uncertain manner by his initiation of the national credit corporation. It is called by political observers here the second great act of his career as Presi dent. The first was the executive order granting a moratorium on European War debts. Some of the more enthusiastic members of the Republican Party claim Mr. Hoover has made his re-election next year certain by his latest act alone. While they do not expect that the depression will have entirely end ed when next year’s campaign starts, yet they assert the country will be so well advanced on a new career of prosperity that few voters will want to risk changing the responsible head of the Gov ernment when voting time comes around. When the President summoned the great bankers of the country into conference it was largely for the purpose of having them agree to the proposal he had already ma tured in his own mind, after hold ing consultations with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Secretary of State Stimson. When the bank ers met him he explained his plan of having them form a pool of $500,000,000 to lend to other banks, taking in return good bankable se curity, but which lacks fluidity. In other words, commercial paper on which money could not be raised but which is known to be absolute ly good. The amount of half a billion, huge as it is, was not deemed suf ficient alone to turn the tide of de pression, but financiers know that the fund will be lent over and over and the effect will be the same as though a fund of five billion had been provided. It is expected that a large part of the frozen assets of the country will be turned into cash and release many millions for business expansion. The stock market, always the first to respond to a change in financial set-ups, reacted in a healthy manner, prices soaring for the first time since the crash in 1929. Business in general is ex pected to follow and, while it is unlikely that the new financial arrangement will avert destitution this winter, yet it is almost certain to bring back hope to the millions who had begun to despair of the country rallying from the present to all who are interested in the Christian people of McCormick having a greater part in the battle for a temperate aation. Every one is invited. Do not forget the time and the place. depression. In the past Mr. Hoover has been blamed more for his slowness of ac tion and his liking for fact-find ing committees than for anything else. In the present instance he has acted promptly, demanding im mediate action from the bankers, who responded by forming the new credit concern in two days and selling its stock within a week. Mr. Hoover treated the world to the spectacle of seeing a half billion dollar corporation formed almost overnight, ready to function within a few days. The national credit concern is only part of the financial relief President Hoover contemplates, judging from the conferences he has held with leaders of both par ties in Congress. It is said he out lined to them a desire to have the Federal Reserve Act amended in order to bring it more into line with present business methods, which have changed immensely since the original Act was passed in 1913. The main purpose of the changes will be to enlarge the powers of Feder al Reserve Banks so they can dis count paper they are now forbidden to handle. In addition, he is said to have asked Congressmen to support measures to rebuild the Federal Farm Loan Board, which lends money on long-time mortgages, so that it can handle more securities than it is now able to accept. This is not to be confused with the Fed eral Farm Board. There is also a strong likelihood that the War Finance Board will be revived in order to support the new national credit corporation in the extension of credit. A further step contemplated will give relief to city real estate own ers by allowing the new corpora tion to loan its funds on city mort gages. Such action would lead to a revival of building operations in all cities and take care of the idle workers in one of the country’s largest industries. The President has been accorded high praise on all sides for his con structive work, especially as he has not done it for the mere purpose of winning votes. All his acts have been done on a nonpartisan basis, members of both major par ties having been consulted and al lowed to obtain their proper share of the credit for “saving the coun try.” Political observers here claim that Mr. Hoover has done more to restore his waning popularity by his recent acts than any President in recent years and those who had begun to fear he was doomed to de feat in next year’s campaign have taken new hope. best and most free acts ever offer ed should combine to give those who attend plenty of entertain ment and make for a Fair that will in reality have “Something Doing Every Minute.” While a number of Fair officials in the Southeast have been curtail ing their expenses for the exhibi tion this year, J. A. Mitchell, Sec retary of the Anderson Fair has doubled his efforts to have the best ever offered to the people of the ten counties of South Carolina and Georgia embraced by the Fair.. txx McCormick School ! Report Cards To Go Out Today McCormick Schools are using re port cards that should give to the parents the information desired- It is expected that you look over your child's record carefully and in the event you are uncertain about: any part of the card, we gladly in vite you to come over Monday af ternoon between 3:00 and 4:3© r o'clock to discuss with the teacher' concerned, any problem. All teach ers will be in their respective class rooms, from three until four thirty^ The report cards «fre being sent out today, Thursday. H. H. SHIFLET, 1 Superintendent. txi Hallowe’en Party At Bethany School There will be an Hallowe’en par ty at Bethany school building ai* Friday night, October 30. Witches, goblins, ghosts artd other spectacu lar figures will be abroad; music,, fortune telling, games to entertain, all. Plenty to tickle your palate, via: peanuts, home made candy, hot chocolate, fruit and two s£>oofc: cakes. A cake walk for children and one for adults. Come. txt Washington*! Successor | John R. Voorhis, Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall at 103, is to be made Great Grand Sachem, an honor Pres* idem Washington alone has held.