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TEnrscIay, UctoKer 29, 1931 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA page number four v Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. as mail matter of the second class. McCormick Schools TWENTY EIGHT PUPILS MAKE HONOR ROM- OF FIRST MONTH McCORMICK MESSENGER'^n^f^ad^u^fn'hose & Honor Roll Of for that 9100,000,000 in cash? And suppose they couldn’t get it except by throwing that cotton on the market to bring what it would fetch? Well, 3,500,000 bales forced to sale might bring $10 a bale—or it might bring $7. The whole plan would crash, and the farmers hav-, —, n ing an equity in that cotton would I The pupils of McCormick Public !'*- e fact attendance has been not only lose it, but would find schools who attained the honor irr ^ g l 1 i ar . ?? account of field work themselves burdened with a great ro p f or {he first month of the pres- ana tftat 11 was the first month debt. To save their customers en t session are named below. In . , , from such losses, many “SOUND order to be placed on the honor , McCormick again went down in r PT/~VMC!’> ,, _ i WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL NEWS We have begun the second mile post of this school year’s journey. The past month has in many res pects been a good one, considering SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 AND sunvuNT INSTITUTIONS” ro ii a pupil must make an average defeat before the Washington have closed. Senseless customers 0 f on on each subject 95 on deport- eleven, this time on the home field, have “made a mess of it.” ment notbeabsent more than ‘° the tune of 28-0. Although the It so happens that with the for- three days, nor have more than mation of the National Credit Cor- three demerits. The roll follows: poration Southern banks cannot SENIOR CLASS HELP THE RED CROSS now be forced into such a situation as pictured above, but the illustra tion shows how banks have been in many cases penalized for ex tending sound credits to farmers and business generally. IXt- . It will not be long now before the 0 „ American Red Cross begins it drive Credit and Panic, for funds with which to relieve H 1116 - human misery and distress. There will be many, calls upon the purses of the generous in the course or ohe next two months. Unless some great catastrophe should call for the ministrations of the Red Cross first considerations must, of qourse, be given to the local chest of the President’s Committee of Unem ployment. We must take care of our own needy first of all. ‘ But besides giving to that most worthy of causes, every one who can af ford to do so should contribute at least the $1 annual None. JUNIOR CLASS— Lorenzo Sturkey Eula Caudle Kathryn Brown Maggie Lou Parks Money cannot serve two masters, SOPHOMORE CLASS— at the same S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW The following record of industrial membership actiivit y lists items showing invest- Claude Workman John B. Bradley FRESHMAN CLASS— Phrona Lee Cheatham Marie Reames Annie Laurie Sturkey SEVENTH GRADE— Elizabeth Harris Elizabeth Talbert Mary Sue Coleman Rebecca Drucker ; SIXTH GRADE— I None. FIFTH GRADE— Margaret Holloway i Herbert Sturkev Charles Henry Williams fee to the Red jCross. * mont of capital, employment of la- FOURTH GRADE— This great organization has nrov- bor and business activities and op- ! «][ im Bradley Chiles ea itself always efficient, prompt, ... T , .. . I Aurelia Cauctle intelligent and merciful. Through P 01 tUni t i es. Information from Imogen? Sanders Its unpaid workers it has distribut- which the paragraphs are prepared THIRD GRADE— the past year more than $11, is from local papers, usually of ed in _ _ r __ t 000,000 to aid the sufferers from the j. 4- , , drought in the southwest. And it ^ owns ^sntioned, and may be con- is using its funds on hand to help sidered generally correct, this year’s drought sufferers in the northwest. In order to be efficient,! the Red Cross must always be Walterboro—Bids opened for construction of proposed post of fice. Columbia — With completion of water main, early construction of railroad tracks and erection of power lines to site, work on U. S. ASKS SATURDAY EVENING POST Vet erans’ Hospital, near here, to equipped for instant emergency service in time of special need. Its membership ought to include every adult person in the United States. ix t— “What Do You Fear” Natalie Browm Lois Freeland Betty Fuller Virginia Wilkins Douelas Bradley SECOND O*? ADE— Vivian Chiles Virginia Fooshe Norma Holloway FIRST GRADE— Jamie Sanders X- -MONEY CAN’T SERVE TWO MASTERS (The Columbia State.) start in near future. Orangeburg — Ann’s Beauty Shoppe moved to new location at 10 North Middleton St. . Aroused to a state of semi-indig- Hartsville — C. McDonald dry nation by the soft-headed antics it goods store united with Federated has observed of allegedly “hard otnrp* Amprioa headed” Americans. The Saturday St “ res America. Evehinfc Post of Philadelphia in an Georgetown — New 640 horse- editorial in the current issue asks power generating unit for city light and answers some questions. And those questions ^nd answers could be read and digested with general profit. Here is an extract: plant arrived. Walterboro — Load of hogs ship ped from here during recent Jay. Overhead bridge over A. C. L. roc^ between Bamberg and Romeo And Juliet” At Greenwood High School Friday p. m. Washington team was in a bad condition from the last game play ed a few days before, she went in to win and nothing could stop her. The McCormick team played a good game and showed good" train ing, but Washington just outplayed her. j Each member of the team played I hist part excellently, but several players stood out from the others. We are proud of the team and hope they continue to do as they have. Miss Margaret McKinney and Mrs. DeAlva Rountrc' 3 spent th^ past week end with the former’s home people in McCormick. Misses Minnie and A.nnie lack- son spent the oast week end with ' their mother, Mrs. L. A. Jackson at Abbeville. The ladies of the different home demonstration clubs of the district will go to Mt. Carmel Saturday to an all day district meeting. Messrs Hoyt Wooten and Floyd Drennan spent from Tuesday until Thursday of last week in Columbia. They went in the interest of the agriculture department. Fiovd be ing sent to represent the F. P. F. Club. Mr. Abercrombie Loses By Fire on “Are You Afraid of Your Country? “Other countries regard it as the ~ . - . ... - safest place in the world in which Denmark completed. 1 of to invest. While some of us have Camden Plans nro^ressing 12oiiTi U +o been dumping our investments and . ° g ! a selling the United States short, Eu- for construction of parish house by j With possibiy a few changes, the Grace Episcopal Church. rast of characters will be as fol- Abbeville — New hospital to be GREENWOOD. Oct. 27—Shake speare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is to be presented in the auditorium of the Greenwood High school on Fri day evening at eight o’clock by the Avon Players, well known dramatic company now on a tour of the South. The entertainment, which ! should be of especial interest to j both high school and college stu- ! dents, is being sponsored by Lander j College and it is expected that a i number of out-of-town persons will Baptist' Church wishes to thank be J, n , . .4. leach one who took part in “The The play will be given with Womanless Wedding” Friday night Fir? of underteBimned eriain late last Thursdav afternoon Introvert practically all the household con tents of Mr. Austin Abercrombie’s home and did considerable dam age to his dwelling on Oak street. The fire had about ruined everything in the house when it was discovered and flames were bursting through the buiMin? when the alarm was given. The fire de partment soon got streams of water to going and conquered the flames. There was no one at home at the time and the fire had spread throughout the house before it was discovered. Card From The Ladies’ Aid Society The Ladies Aid Society of the rope has been exporting capital to America for safekeeping. While some of us have been running away . , , . ■■ from safety, foreign investors have completed m near future, been flying across the Atlantic to find it. “Are You Afraid of Your Bank? ‘Many people have been, and a Greer — New equipment install ed in Palace Beauty Shop. Newberry — Ccmnftercial Bank of pretty mess they have made of it Newberry now operated as branch by their cehseless runs on sound and solvent institutions. For a majority of the banks that they of The South Carolina State Bank, which institution is affiliated with South Carolina National Bank. Columbia — Home Stores erect ing large warehouse here. Pendleton — Five carloads cable have closed were just that. In null ine down their deposits they have lulled down the pillars of their >ank and sent it crashing down on heir own heads. They have in- UI ^ 1 tiiei , r merchants arrived here recently for comple- and their neighborhood. For with ,. » , ... 'V, . „ the local bank closed, they are Hon of trunk line cable of South- without banking facilities, without' ern Bell Telephone Co., running any place to keep their money that through upper part of is safer than a stocking or a mat- lo^ 7 s: Escalus—David Townsend. Paris—William Burbridee. Montasrue—Rogers Torbert. Capulet—Louis T vtton. Romeo—Harold Selman. MercuHo—Tosenh Selman. Benvolio—Frank Lester. Tvbalt—Robert Selman. Friar Laurence—Louis Lvtton. Balthasar—Clifford Nelson. Peter—Burgess Burnett. An Apothecary—Charles Landeau l ady Capulet—Miss Peggy Leon ard. Juliet—Miss Martha Kytle. Nurse—Miss Eugenie DuBois. Reserved seat tickets are already on sale at McCaslan’s book though they will also be sold at the and those who were instrumental in making the play a success. The door receiots amounted co $38.95. MRS. W. M. TAT,BERT. Reporter. TXT Seeks Heir HARMONS AND STURKIES MEN TIONED BY ROBERT R. OLIVER The following item is from “An derson Briefs” in The Anderson Daily Mail of last Friday: Robert R. Oliver, of San An tonio, Texas, has been in this sec tion of the country for the past several weeks searching for heirs store 0 f william Jennings bachelor who « tress, their merchants are cramp ed for credit, and they have lost a place from v/hich to borrow for business purposes and neighbor hood improvements. Flower show held here County. Dillon i’ecently. Paving of 13.7 miles highway be door;'he“evenrn g “oV theTerform! «ied * England in 1798. The Jen- Anderson ance. The reserved section will go nings estate which consists of 13,- at 75 cents per seat, general ad- . OGO.OOO pounds in personal property mission will be 50 cents and stu- 1 dents will be admitted for 35 cents. X Are You Afraid to Buv Normallv? tween Bamberg and Branchvillc, to “Buy-more, spend-more, eat- start . 00n more campaigns are futile. But if, _ T . , we do not buy normally in accord- i Newberry—Installation of equip- ance with our present means—and ment at Borden experimental olant a large part of the population is on lower Main Street, completed. subnormal in its buying—we are simply perpetuating the vicious circle in which we have been trav eling. To paint, to repair, to maintain and, where possible, to increase employment; to buy sensi bly, though not extravagantly; in Liberty — Section of ground and two-story house secured here for colored orphanage. Walterboro — Piggly Wiggly Store installed meat department. Hartsville — American Legion short, to live according to. but not Hut on north bank of Prestwood bevonrl qur means, will bring about Lake officially opened, a steady amelioration of the de-! Camden — Camden Floral Co. pression.” 1 moved office from plant on West The Saturday Evening Post has Laurens St. to 211 East Laurens St. an' exalted reputation, built up Bamberg — Route No. 64 opened durin/r the life of the American from Bells to this city. Republic, to maintain. It does not Chesterfield — South Carolina “talk through its hQ.t.” And when Cotton Growers’ Co-operative As- ft save, that “A MAJORITY OF sociation opening branch classing BANKS” cJoccd in this country office here. were “SOUND AND SOLVENT IN- Andrews — Atlantic Coast Lum- SHTCTIONS.” but were forced to ber Corporation resumed opera- Famous War Worker Pickens — Jas. Craig opened cot ton warehouse. Traffic on Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad resumed from Close by “SENSELESS RUNS” bv r«rmle' who “MADE A MESS OF IT.” 51 is speaking by the -record. A dorfen illuminating illustrations might be used to emphasize the print, made by the Philadelphia Sellers to Brownsville and on to * ne iodical but we choose this ohe Kollock by way of Bennetsville. , because all the people of the South Belton — Cooleys Bridge opened are at this moment most intensely from here to point one-half mile concerned in the betterment of the beyond Saluda River. “cotton situation.” St. George—Telephone exchange Plans are under way for holding moved to new quarters, off the market (while the next crop Inman — Glenn Johnson opened is being curtailed) 7,000.000 bales Citv Meat Market on Main St. of cotton. The Federal Farm Bo- Belton — Former Imperial Dry ard. the Co-ooerattve Cotton asso- Cleaners re-opened under man- ciation and the Southern bankers agement of R. C. Garner and W. M. are co-operating to that end. The Scott as Scott Dry Cleaning Co. Southern banks, as their part, are Camden — South Carolina Fox asked to keep and are undertaking Hunters’ Association bench show to provide for keeping 3,500,000 held here recently, bales from the market. The pur- Sumter — Sumter County .Fair and 265,000,000 pounds in real es tate, is still intact, so Mr. Oliver states. At the present tims Alton L. Jor don, Norfolk, Va., attorney, is in London working on ;he case and is assisted by M. Dugan Campbell and Morgan May, Englishh lawyers. The only relatives of the bachelor live in this country, many of them in South Carolina. Among these in this section who are of Jennings lineage are Miss Molly Watt and two sisters of Iva, W. L. Hall of Iva, and the Harmons and Scurkies of McCormick county, Mr. Oliver has said. X He Can' Hold On To 10 Cent Cotton Anne Morgan, who established and supported many units of the American Ambulance Corps, dedi cated a monument to its members who lost their lives during the war. -txt- Seven or eight years ago. J. D. Winburn, a young farmer in the sandv section of Darlington Coun- tv, made livestock a major part of his operations. This year he is able to hold on to about 60 bales of delta long staple cotton that he might have sold as ginned for around 10 cents a pound. Mr. Win- burn began farming on his own about 12 years ago, having origin ally 85 acres of land. He later came into possession of about twice that much more, and he now rents for cultivating a good deal more in addition. “Hogs have saved me from cot ton’s troubles in recent years,” he declares. He milks thirteen cows and sells cream, butter and butter milk and keeps seven brood sows. “I’ll be in the game again next year,” says he. “I believe bal anced farming will average up all right through the years in this sec- pose of this action is not profit for held recently. bankers but it is to benefit all the Camden — Remodeling store for To clean burners on a gas stove, cotton growers and every line of A. & P. Co., Broad Street, being take them out of their sockets and tion business in the South. rushed to completion. brush off all loose dirt. Boil for x Very well. But to do the part Sumter — Ryan Kennedy local half an hour in a solution of wash-1 ^ ^ they are called upon to perform the manager of new Cinderella Slipper ing soda made by adding 1-2 pound The common dog tick or wood banks must provide credit of fully Shop. I of soda to each gallon of water, tick has been proved a carrier of one hundred mlllidn dollars With* Camden — South Carolina Cot- Rinse and wipe,dry, put back, and the serious disease* of cattle known cotton at its price those credits are ton Growers Co-operative Associa- u as good as gold. But suppose that tion to open branch office here. then light the gas to finish dry-, ing off. ‘ as anaplasmosis. ATCORMICK CASH & CAi W. M. TALBERT. Manager At Pipkin's Old Stand Main Street McCormick, S. 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