McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, December 10, 1931, Image 8
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McCORMK K. MESSE1\(-KK, McCOi;
OUTH CAROLINA
K N* MBER EICHT
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OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Thursday, December 10th
Beautiful Nancy Carroll
in ^PERSONAL MAID”
From 7:00 to 7:30. Adults 25c
Friday, December llth
George Arliss
in “OLD ENGLISH”
Saturday, December 12th
Lane Chandler
in “THE HURRICANE
HORSEMAN”
MQn.-Tues. Dec. 14th-15th
Edmund Lowe and
Lois Moran
. In “TRANSATLANTIC”
Don’t fail to see this one.
Wed. Thiix$. Dec. 16th-17th
Lilyan Tashman, Buddy Rog
ers, Peggy Shannon, William
Boyd and Irving Pichel
in “ROAD TO RENO”
Shoyre: 3:15—7:15—9:00 Daily
IANTADVS.
FRANK PAR K Eg
SPEWED—
An airplane that is expected to
fly at the rate of a thousand miles
in hour has been built in Germany
by Dr. Hugo Junkers, famous air
craft designer. It is planned to
travel in the stratosphere, which is
the almost airless region, ten miles
and more above the earth’s surface.
Compressed air carried in tanks
will supply the motors with the
necessary oxygen, and will also en
able the passengers to breathe. The
cabin will be sealed like a tin can
to keep the oxygen from escaping.
This project is in itself proof
that there are still unexplored
realms, and that man’s spirit of
adventure has not vanished. It
took courage for Professor Pickard
to go up into the stratosphere in a
balloon. It will take more cour
age to attempt to fly around the
TO THE MEMORY MRS. SUSAN
GOODWIN PALMER
ipt
world with the speed of the sun
I in this new plane. But the at-
FOR SALE—Chevrolet Sedan at I tempt will be made, and if the first
a sacrifice, 375.00. See J. O. effort does not succeed others will
Williams at filling station. Itpo. try it.
| There is no limit yet to what
man’s daring and ingenuity can at-
FARM BARGAINS.-
Greenwood, S; C.
-Write Y. May, tempt.
4 tpo I TURKEN—
The newest thing in poultry is
the turken, cross between the Aus-
FECANS—100 pounds large Stewart trian white turkey and the Rhode
pecans for sale at - 20 cents per Sfn k®?! . J wo specimens
T , _ , . . I °f this curious fowl have been pro
pound. Dry and ready for use. duced at the biological laboratory
J£rs. J. W. Corley, McCormick, S. C. '•f De Paul University, Chicago. If
it develops that these hybrids can
reproduce their species, the result
should be a valuable addition to
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEt I the world’s food sunply. The turk-
MENT AND DISCHARGE Rn weighs from six to eight pounds,
and is said to be better eating than
On January 5th, 1932, we will j eit i? ] ®^ hen ‘ *
make a final settlement of all debts J?-!% C °Y er ¥
against the estate of John L. Jolly plants is
in the office of the Jud&re of Pro- 3,notnei soit of adventure in which
bate at McCormick Court House at ° f young men
11 o’clock a. m. and asl£ for a dis-
charge of liability of all de bts 1 IiBEKRIES “
of
against said
estate. All persons
More than 10,000 bushels of
them before that date.
W. L. JOLLY,
LILLIAN R. JOLLY,
Executor and Executrix,
free. 5, 1931.—4t.
Mazyck Writes On The
holding claims should present |
plant, which formerly grew only in
a wild state. That is because Dr.
Frederick E. Coville, botanist of the
U. S. Denartment of Agriculture,
discovered how to make blueberry
bushes grow under cultivation. The
Massachusetts Horticultural So
ciety has just given him a trold
IP ed al for his discovery that blue-
JT armers Ariel X axpaV" berry bushes grow only on a sour
± J 1 soil, and that they thrive only
when exposed to cold weather in
the winter.
The demand for blueberries in
FROM | the cities is a steady one. Hund
reds of farmers in the North are
utilizing waste land to grow this
Special to The Messenger. I fJS 0 Sr 00 f y ™ eiI }o tic ?' 11 ^v,
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Dec. 8.—Pierre 1*1 Y^ f Flor T ida> ln the Yellow Riv-
- igj. country, I saw a grove of blue-
ers’ League Purposes
CITES
ILLUSTRATION
MINNESOTA
Mazvck. Publicity Secretary of the
Fanners’ and Taxpayers’ League,
when giving The Messenger some
of the aims and objects of the
Deague, which were carried in these
columns, has also furnished an
article taken from a Minnesota
paper which is quoted as follows:
* “In Minnesota the taxpayers
who are demanding relief seem
to be concentrating their at
tention on county expenditures
—and are getting results. A dis
patch from St. Paul says:
Concerted action is effective
f in reducing taxes, say residents
of several Minnesota areas,
t Taxpayers’ associations, with
farmers and city folk as mem
bers, have sprung up generally
in the stave, seeking relief
froirf levies which they considar
burdensome. —
3*—Ah illustration of their suc
cess is seen in the action of the
’ Faribault County Board, which '
. reduced its budget $45,000 after
2,000 persons had met on the
courthouse lawn.”
Mr. Mazyck stated that there are
“Taxpayers Associations” in many
berry trees, twelve or fourteen feet
high, bearing berries almost as big
as the end of your thumb.
BARUCH—
My friend. Bernard M. Baruch, is
being mentioned almost as fre
quently in the newspapers these
days as he was during the war
when he was Chairman of the
War Trade Board. He drops in at
the White House frequently, at
Mr. Hoover’s invitation, to advise
him on questions of national and
international finance. He has lust
had an important hand in the
cotton stabilization program.
People call on “Berney” Baruch
for financial advice because they
have learned that he is not only
one of the greatest authorities on
finance, but that he has no private
interest to serve. He has all the
money he wants, and he made it
all himself.
Baruch is one of those rare per
sons, a Jew of American Colonial
ancestry. His people settled in
South Carolina before the Revolu
tion, and he still has a home there.
His father was a surgeon in the
TROY, S. C., Dec. 7, 1931 — Not
surpiiseed, but shocked, when the
news came that the above kind
friend of many years had “wrap
ped the drapery of her couch
around her and has laid down to
pleasant dreams,” Mrs. Palmer was
one of the patient sufferers, but
bore it with all Christian patience
and resignation and her youngest
child, and son, Calhoun, who saw
her every wish gratified, never was
too tired or too busy that “moth
er.” as he so lovingly called her,
did not come first.
Her wishes were his pleasures at
all time, and no sacrifice was too
hard to relieve her of anything he
could do for her. He was her com
panion as well as a devoted son. No
one but Calhoun, will know, save
the “One mightier than I,” the af
fection and love he ever had for
her.
They lived alone at times and
she was ever satisfied when he was
by her side. So quiet and modest
was she, that her voice was seldom
heard, especially 4n a gathering of
more than two or three, and she
was pleasantly referred to, as “the
kind and silent friend.” Never
theless, her pleasant, affectionate
smile made all feel she was happy
in her years of afflictions, and no
murmur fell from her lips. God
grant that her Christian humility
may fare as the fragrance of the
holiest flowers that blanket her
last resting place in the cemetery
at McCormick. Funeral services
were conducted by her pastor, the
Rev. T. D. Lide, of Buffalo church,
where for years she was a consist
ent member, She once was a mem
ber of Troy A. R. P. Church, where
she was always given a glad wel
come. At the age of 78, she sleeps
her quiet sleep ’till God bids her
come higher. Hearts like hers are
they which make earth’s friendship
sweet and promise a richer fellow
ship in the Land where Love shall
find its own.
Other kind friends who assisted
in the burial service at the grave
side, were the Rev. Leon T. Pressly
of McCormick and the Rev. J. H.
Buzhardt of Troy. Mrs. Palmer is
survived by five daughters and
four sons, her husband having pre
ceded her to the grave 17 years
since.
Listen, sad friends to this writer
who shares your sorrows:
“But for your comfort we unite—
It is not the length of the music
That makes it perfect and sweet.
For a bar or two that are faultless
Are worthier far to repeat; •
iTha^ writes that are many and
faulty.
Or times that are harsh and cold
One bar that has struck on the
heart string
Will live and never grow old.
“It is not the amount of daylight
That counts in the crowding years.
One hour with the sun in the
heavens,
Will coax a smile through the tears.
The davs that are long and cloudy
But add to our weight of pain,
One hour with the sun in the heav
ens
Will Set the bow in the rain.”
A quartette of mail voices from
Greenwood sang sweetly selections
such as “Rest for the Weary,”
WASHINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
The second six-weeks’ tests have
just been completed and everyone
is beginning to make earnest ef
forts at work during the next six
weeks until semi-finals.
The honor roll for the past:
FIRST GRADE—
Vera Middleton
Fred Morgan
Charles Stone
Lillian Seigler
SECOND GRADE—
Ray Gilchrist
Nettie Louise Morgan
Rose Reese
Isabelle Rich
Kenneth Warren
THIRD GRADE—
Hortense Cartledge
Amyelle Drennan
Hazel Dukes
Frances Robertson
Doris Williams
FOURTH GRADE—
Pamelia Edmunds
Louise Rich
FIFTH GRADE—
Edna Cartledge
Fmiiv Dukes
Edith Robertson
Gary Self
SIXTH GRADE—
Mary Louise Dorn
Mildred Gilchrist
SEVENTH GRADE—
Mildred Blackwell
Carolyn Dukes
Margie Bussey ,
Margie Reese
T. R. Cartledge
EIGHTH GRADE—
Evelyn Blackwell
Mary Neoma Eckard
Glenn Self
Dorothy Warren
Lillian Brooks
NINTH GRADE—
Harold Bussey
Floyd Drennan
John Price
Eunice Stone
TENTH GRADE—
Lucycle Parks
Josephine Parks
Frances Wells
Elmyra Wood
ELEVENTH GRADE—
Claudia Bass
Joyce Bridges
Allie Bunch
Julia Bush
Ollie Brown
Mary Frances Drennan
Marie Gilchrist
Annie Martha Ryan
Tda Lee Sharpton
Owing to the unfavorable weath
er last Thursday the P.-T. A. was
unable to hold its regular meeting
If nothing prevents there will be a
meeting at the school building,
Thursday, December 10th.
Mr. Hoyt Wooten and the agri
culture classes went to Augusta
Monday to an exhibition of farm
machinery.
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Ritzy Selling—
New Yorkers rightfully brag
about their fine shops. One of the
latest to open is a furniture shop
which is really a branch of the
original establishment in London.
It is no place for the man with
merely one or two million dollars.
A purchaser can spend that much
there in a single morning without
making much of a dent in the
visible supply on hand.
One of the items is a room on
the third floor that has been bodily
transplanted from a centuries old
mansion in the heart of the Eng
lish countryside. It is all there,
walls, ceiling and, of course, the
furniture. The price?
When we asked the gentleman
who was conducting us through the
place what he expected to get for
the room he hemmed and hawed—
quite in the British manner—and
said he really didn’t know. “I rath
er fancy it will bring around $250,-
000,” says he.
Strong-Arm Itinerants—
One thing that arouses the ire
of visitors here is the pushing way
the street beggars and peddlers
have adopted. Coming along
Broadway the other day outside of
the Metropolitan Opera House we
were forced to dodge two blind beg
gars shuffling toward us, arm in
arm. Together they occupied more
than half the width of the side
walk and the one on our side had
his hand with the inevitable tin
cup stuck right in our path. It
f Heard Over
Signora Grandi, wife of the Italian
Foreign Minister, talked from her
Washington hotel to her two little
children in Italy over the trans-
Atlantic telephone.
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Best Radio Talker
of the states, citing Connecticut, c . on / f eder . ate , Arm y, his brother one
Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, ^l*!*}?™** ™ ost distinguished
Missouri, Massachusetts, Michigan, ^yf’: ans . He has never held pub-
Mlnnesota, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, J 1 , 0 of u fice - £ut statesmen of all par-
New Mexico, California, Oklahoma I ties . have - been calling on him for
and perhaps many other states
which we have not yet communi
cated with. There is nothing to
be alarmed at. these taxna
sociations are in the nature of
“stockholders in a corporation,”
and. are simoiv ttle COStS
of the “corporation.” <
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rivw and counsel for years.
SILVER—
Some weeks ago I suggested that
silver was an interesting thing to
keep an eye on. A lot of other
oeonlc aoparently had their eyes
on it. The price of silver went up
from about twenty-five cents an
Naturally, tneic are some people to nearly forty cents in the
who are alarmed—and feel that U, < ? urse .. of 14 sev e n eight weeks,
the league is anything but what it T ? e «^ it uf limpe 1 2 s P ecula }. lve
really is. You can’t blame some
people from having concern over
the reduction of taxes any more
than a railroad man would feel
uneasy when trains are being dis
continued. These reductions may
necessitate some people, who derive
thei r living from taxpayers, to re
duce their cost of living in line with
the rest of the country. “Whenever
the League is placed before tax-
profittaking. But statesmen, fin
anciers and economists all over the
world are trving to work out some
international plan for the restora
tion of silver to its former currency
position. I sat with a group o f
these gentlemen last week and
found that many of them believe
that the demonetization of silver
in India. France and the United
States is one of the underlying
payers in its true light and motive, pauses of the present economic dis-
memberships come in as fast as I tulDance -
they can be signed up.
“All counties but two have work
ing organizations with strong
memberships, the remaining two
have members of course, but lack
of field organizers has delayed
“official set up.” However, the
next week will complete a strong,
statewide, working organization.
“Many of the counties have com
mittees assisting their local dele-
f ;ations in the matter of expendi-
ures, and there is no doubt that
tures, and
large reductions and cuts will be
made,” stated Mr. Mazyck.
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One thing is certain. Tremend
ous efforts will be made in the next
few months to restore bimetallism.
You will hear silver discussed in
Congress, and you will see more
about it in the newspapers. I could
not help thinkine: of the old days
of Bryan and “sixteen to one” when
I heard these international finan
ciers discussing silver as seriously
as it ever was discussed in the
1890’s.
Sweet Bye and Bye,” “Goodnight,
and others. The pallbearers were
J. Arch Talbert, Dr. C. K. Epting,
Dennis Talbert and Wistar Har
mon, Willie Talbert of McCormick,
and Wilton Britt of Buffalo, this
writer was in this sorrowing home
where we have always found kind
friends and as* the casket was borne
from the home where she lived,
loved and was so tenderly cared for
the sobs of her children, grand
children, relatives and friends were
unbidden as the throbs of the
hearts were felt. God rest her
precious sleep and mav each of her
dear ones live her Godly life.
ANNA McCASLAN.
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Dr. Godin Elected
To Eye Institute
Dr. Henry J. Godin. Augusta op
tometrist, has been appointed an
associate of the Post Graduate Eye
institute, of Chicago.
The institution is supported by
the leading optometrists of Am
erica for the purpose of investigat
ing and developing new and bet
ter methods of serving the vision.
In becoming an associate of the
institute, Dr. Godin is assured of
being promptly informed of and in
structed in any new technic as soon
as it has been approved by the in
stitute staff. He will be in constant
touch with a source of reliable in
formation concerning anv unusual
problem associated with the care of
the eyes.
The Post Graduate Eye Institute
is the only institution of its kind
and the number of its associates is
limited to optometrists who evid
ence exceptional desire and ability
to serve in matters concerned with
the care of the eyes.
Dr. Godin states that this extra
study will not necessitate his leav
ing Augusta and that he will still
be able to receive patients at his
office in Augusta during regular
hours.
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Santa Claus Will
Visit McCormick
December 23-24
It will be of much interest to the
children of McCormick and the en
tire county to know that satisfac
tory arrangements have been made
by a number of merchants of Mc
Cormick to have Santa Claus visit
this town the 23rd and 24th of De
cember. He will make his appear
ance on the streets Wednesday
morning about 10 o’clock and will
be in the stores and on the streets
the remainder of that day and the
next day too.
The merchants of McCormick
who have made it possible for
Santa to visit here extend a
hearty welcome to the children of
the entire community and it is
hoped that there will not be a child
who will miss seeing Santa on his
visit here.
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HUMORETTES
as
Clerk: “How shall I book the $5,-
000 the cashier ran off with?”
Manager: “Write it down
gunning expenses.” 1
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says
Judge—The traffic officer
you got sarcastic with him?
Mr. Nagger—But I didn’t intend
to be. He talked to me like my
wife does and I forgot myself and
| answered, ‘Yes, my dearP /V V
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BUMPER CROP THFSE
VAYS MEANS A Bump
FOR THE FARMED THAT
RAISES IT
Sue—I hear Nancy has a prop
ensity for petting.
Lou—She has no such thing. It’s
just an old-fashioned davenport
like ours.
Mother—Tommy, take your cas
tor oil before you go to bed.
Tommy—No, I won’t take it to
night!
Mother—Tommy, you’re impud
ent!
Tommy—No, I ain’t, Ma, but the
bottle’s empty and the drug store
is closed for the night.
House: “Every time I shake my
head the baby laughs.”
Hold: “Yes; she always was
fond of rattles.”
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The hyacinth bulb is one of the
easiest to cultivate in the house.
Hyacinths grow in soil, in water,
coc nut fiber, sphagnum moss, fib-
rousu peat, and even in sponges,
20a 1 . or gravel. Some dealers sell
bU'’ ‘3 already packed in prepared
fiber. In whatever way the house-
hoic;sr grows hyacinths, he should
let ihem root in a cool, dark place
'an'’ become gradually accustomed
to Fght. The best temperature for
roo ing is about 50 degrees. Hya-
cin.hs will bloom in the house from
late December until the end of the
outdoor blossoming season if one
buys the Dutch prepared or Dutch
Roman for early flowering. If the
bulbs are properly stored in a cool,
dry, well-ventilated place, succes
sive batches of bulbs can be pot
ted two to four weeks apart as late
as December or January.
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was either brush it aside or step in
the gutter. We stepped.
Peddlers are equal offenders
The men with fruit barrows do not
hesitate to station their carts right
in the way of the busiest crowds
at street crossings. They visibly
slow up traffic but neither the
traffic policemen nor the crowd
appears to give the intrusion a
thought.
Dancing Schools—
New York City ' supports hund
reds of dancing schools and they
vary in excellence from the one
supported by the Metropolitan Op
era for the purpose of recruiting
its ballet, to others run in small
studios by former dancing stars
with flat feet.
The latter type turn out most of
the girls one sees in vaudeville
dancing acts and their course of
teaching is really splendid—if you
are lucky enough to pick a really
good instructor.
In recent years dancing has been
promoted to a place among the
arts. That is, in America. Eu
ropeans have always looked upon
Terpischore as a goddess, and up
on dancing as a serious profession.
The Modern Touch—
One of the most noted teachers
of dancing here is a man who has
probably danced before nearly one
half of the people of the country.
His name is a household word. Now,
in his later years, he is coaching
girls for dance acts and proving
wonderfully successful. He gets
about $3 a lesson and a season’s
course comprises about forty les
sons.
The conventions are strictly ob
served at his place and parents
have no hesitation in sending their
young daughters to him. One thing
there looks funny—one sees girls
of quite tender years smoking cig
arettes while waiting their turn.
But nobody seems to notice or care.
Getting Lost Easy—
One of the easiest things in the
world to do is get lost on the sub
way here. The other day a friend
dropped in from Chicago and we
showed him the town. One of the
things he wanted to see was the
subway. So we got on it and rode
around, finally deciding to go up
to the new George Washington
Bridge. /
We all stepped on an uptown ex
press and became interested in
talking over old times. Finally the
train pulled into another station,
and happening to look up, we no
ticed we were in the Pelham sec
tion—six miles east of our intended
destination.
The only way to travel in the
wrong direction in any other city
in the United States, whether it be
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh, or New Orleans, is to go
to sleep'on the train.
John W- Holbrook, of the Na
tional Broadcasting Company, has;
been awarded the medal for the best t
diction on the air. *
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Second Woman Senator !
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Senator Thomas H. Caraway’s
widow has been appointed to sue- s.
ceed her husband as Senator from
Arkansas. Mrs. Rebecca Felton of
Georgia was the first of her sex to
sit in the Senate.
Noted Woman Novelist.
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Katherine Newlin Burt, who
lives with her husband on a wesG
em ranch, knows high society in
timately as she proved in^hcr stirring
novel, “Rapture Beyond.”
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Has Powerful Friends
HUMAN LIFE
(By Aubrey Thomas de Vere)
Sad is our youth, for it is ever go
ing.
Crumbling away beneath our very
feet;
Sad is our life, for onward it is
flowing.
In current unperceived because so
fleet;
Sad are our hopes for they were
sweet in sowing.
But tares, self-sown, have overtop
ped the wheat;
Sad are our joys, for they were
sweet in blowing;
And still, O still, their dying breath
is sweet:
And sweet is youth, although it
hath bereft us
Of that which made our chilhood
sweeter still;
And sweet our life’s decline, for it
Ijath left us
A nearer Good to cure an older
111;
And sweet are all things, when we
learn to prize them
Not for their sake, but His who
grants them or denies them.
Mayor Walker, of New York;
City, went all the way to California i
to plead with Gov. Rolph for Tom .
Mooney’s pardon. Mooney has *
been in prison since 1916 for bomb- .
ing a preparedness parade in San. j
Francisco. t
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Schedule Of Home
Demonstration Work
For Next Week
Monday—December 14. Office.
7 ’esday—December 15, Rehoboth
H. D. C., 2:30 p. m.
v 'dnesdav—December 16. Mc-
Co • lick 4-H Club; Bordeaux H. D.
CluVv
. ursday—December 17, Buffalo
H. Club.
I iday—December 18, White
To- n H. D." Club.
Saturday—December 19. Christ-
mas Party, Mrs. T. O. Young.
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