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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirtieth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, March 31, 1932 8 Pages — All Home Print
Number 44
Cotton Ginning?
By S. C. Counties
COTTON GINNED IN SOUTH
CAROLINA: CROPS OF 1931
AND 1930
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census
announces the preliminary report
on cotton ginned, by counties, in
South Carolina, for the crops of
1931 and 1930. The total for the
state was made public Monday,
March 21, 1932. (Quantities are in
running bales. Linters are not
included.)
Baptist and Methodist
Ladies Will Play
Ball Friday p. m.
T. E. L. CLASS AND WESLEY
BIBLE CLASS WILL PLAY ON
HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS
County
1931
1930
The State
1,010,325
1,015,273
Abbeville
21,439
17,720
Aiken
29,741
28,931
Allendale
6,630
7,136
Anderson
___ 77,804
65,918
Bamberg
14,019
15,265
Barnwell
18,877
19,637
Berkeley
2,402
3,392
Calhoun
16,785
16,925
Charleston __
_ * 740
1,609
Cherokee
21,033
21,276
Chester __
24,926
23,763
Chesterfield _
33,527
34,463
Clarendon
17,268
19,622
Colleton
9,116
10,463
Darlington
21,415
20,442
Dillon
24,022
28,560
Dorchester __
7,263
6,568
Edgefield
19,720
19,242
Fairfield
11,243
10,793
Florence
19,878
20,467
Greenville
56,087
57,749
Greenwood _
18,497
18,256
Hampton
6,679
7,311
Horry
920
2,202
Jasper
1,599
- 1,893
Kershaw _
22,791
21,928
Lancaster __
18,988
15,905
Laurens
37,809
35,044
Lee
29,039
28,266
Lexington —
16,689
18,351
McCormick
7,*5i
7,559
Marlon
9,299
10,839
Marlboro _ __
39,379
46,160
Newberry —
25,722
24,776
ISconee
20,347
21,165
Orangeburg _
60,903
63,222
Pickens
27,347
26,106
Richland _ __
8,007
8,780
Saluda __
13,785
13,059
Spartanburg
81,502
88,213
Sumter
32,824
32,415
Union
20,110
19,226
Williamsburg
15,981
16,398
York _
39,361
36,204
All other
1,561
2,054
Anne Carter
Chapter Meets
With Miss Reid
The Anne Carter Chapter of the
r. D. C., held its last meeting with
tiss Reid, at the home of Mrs. M.
B. Sturkey. While only a few
rere present, we had quite an en-
oyable meeting.
Mrs. Hendrix read the biography
f Wm. Galbraith Butler.
Mrs. Shiflet gave a most interest-
ig talk on “Reminiscences of The
>ld South,” and sang very sweetly
The Bonny Blue Flag,” after
rhich, the hostess, assisted by Miss
ohnson, served delicious cream
nd fancy cakes.
United Daughters, let us keep
orever green, the memory of our
allant soldiers, and do homage to
heir noble deeds, “Lest we Forget.”
The: Chapter will meet with Mrs.
:. B. Brown April 7th. Every mem-
er is urged to be present.
Reporter.
Bard of Erin
Chauncey Olcott, famous for fifty
cars as the “Irish Tenor,” died in
? rance at the age of 72. He was a
ftUvc,of. Buffalo^Ni^Xi
The most exciting baseball game
of the season is scheduled for Fri
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, April
1st, when the members of the T. E.
L. class of the Baptist Sunday
school will play the members of the
Susannah Wesley Bible class of the
Methodist Sunday school. The
game will be played at the high
school ball ground.
Be on hand to boost for your
team. This is a game the whole
town will turn out to see.
Admission, 10 and 15 cents.
The line up is as follows:
Methodist team—
Mrs. A. C. Earnhardt
Mrs. W. N. Smith
Mrs. Elmer Creighton
Mrs. Henry Rush
Mrs. Grady Beaird
Mrs. A. L. Beaird
Mrs. Jamie Smith
Mrs. J. T. Faulkner
Mrs. J. C. Brown
Mrs. C. H. Hugulcy
Mrs. Ruth Duncan
Mrs. J. B. Britt
Mrs. J. T. Fooshe
Mrs. Grady Smith
Mrs. W. C. Graham
Mrs. R. G. Killingsworth
Mrs. H. D. Wideman
Miss Lucy Brown
Miss Kathleen Abercrombie
• Baptist team—
Mrs. D. M. Bullock
Mrs. Frank Mattison
Mrs. E. L. Rogers
Mrs. Sid Arrington
Mrs. H. N. Coleman .
Mrs. Willie Talbert
Mrs. Maurice White
Mrs. Charlie Morgan
Mrs. D. V. Cason
Substitutes—
Mrs. C. K. Epting
Mrs. R. L. Faulkner
Mrs. Porter Dorn
Mrs. Edgar Brown
Mrs. Rudolph Strom
Mrs. J. W. Ferqueron
Mrs. Sam Giles
Mrs. John. Wilkins
Mrs. J. S. Heiss
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Practical Pointers
For Poultry Profits
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 26.—
With existing prices of poultry and
eggs, if a profit is to be made from
chickens, it is unwise to dispose of
laying hens in the spring because
this is the time when hens are in
the peak of production, advises P.
H. Gooding, extension poultryman.
A laying hen, he says, will make
money at present prices of eggs
but, on the other hand, the flock
should be watched carefully so that
as soon as a hen goes out of pro
duction she can be disposed of.
Since egg production is the ma
jor factor in determining if a hen
is profitable, Mr. Gooding thinks
that every effort should be made
to breed into the flock the char
acter for high egg production. This
may be done by leg-banding the
broody hens so that they can be
identified and disposed of in the
fall. It is known that, as a rule,
hens that go broody several times
are poor layers.
To make next year more profit
able, poultrymen will not overlook
the breeding cockerels. The only
measure of the ability of a cockerel
to transmit high egg production to
nis daughters is the egg record of
iis mother. A good policy is to buy
i few pedigreed chicks from a
areeder and toe-punch them so
hat the cockerels for next year’s
.'lock may be selected from them.
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Card Of Thanks
A Little Girl With a Big Voice
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W':-.
Lily Pons, the diminutive French soprano, who is the most sensational $ i
“find” in Musical circles for years, photographed in her home after any
evening of singing at the Metropolitan Opera. / j
Flour Distribution
The American National Red
Cross of McCormick County will re
ceive within the next few days
flour that it will distribute to
Needy and Distressed people. Need
is the basis for distribution of this
flour. The Relief Committee and
Local Committees are required to
exercise due care and precaution
in the distribution.
Applications for flour must be
made through your local/committee
and forwarded by local committee
to Relief Committee at McCor
mick, S. C.
Each applicant must be now liv
ing in McCormick County and be
able to show to the Local Commit
tee that he is in need and distress.
The following compose the Relief
Committee at McCormick:
W. T. Strom
J. A. Talbert
Mrs. J. E. Bradley
Mrs. A. J. Hendrix
J. M. Brown
Local Committees:
MT. CARMEL—
Mrs. W. A. Scott
Mrs. D. J. McAllister
WILLINGTON—
Mrs. G. O. Hemminger
Mrs. J. M. Gibert
BORDEAUX—
Mrs. G. W. Cade
Mrs. L. A. Hoffman
CLATWORTHY’S—
J. J. Link
J. C. Dansby
PLUM BRANCH—
Jas. J. Collier
Mrs. M. E. Bladon
PARKSVILLE—
W. P. Parks
Mrs. R. N. Edmunds /
MODOC—
J. M. f?§ese
H. W. Bailey
CLARKS HILL—
J. D. Bunch
Mrs. Sunie Wood
MERIWETHER—
Mrs. Marie R. Minarik
Thomas Meriwether
REHOBOTH—
Mrs. W. R. Gilchrist
Miss Annie Morgan
WHITE TOWN—
Mrs. E. R. White
H. M. Freeland
LIBERTY HILL—
W. E. Sheppard, Sr.
W. L. White
LYON’S—
E. L. Hollingsworth
Miss Kathleen McKinney
DOWTIN’S—
E. C. Cheatham
K. Dowtin
YOUNG’S—
Miss Willie Young
Reese Young
J. ARCH TALBERT,
Chairman, American Red Cross.
McCormick, S. C.
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Schedule Of Home
Demonstration Work
For Next Week
Mrs. John Sibert
Dies At Sumter
* After Long Illness
(Sumter Daily Item of March 25.)
Mrs. Lucia Smith Sibert died at
the home of her sister, Mrs. John
Hughes, 26 S. Washington street,
at 6:45 o’clock this morning, fol
lowing a long illness. She was 34
years old.
Mrs. Sibert was born in Spring-
hill, Lee county, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith, and a
niece of former Judge Mendel L.
Smith of Camden, and Sydney
Smith, of Columbia. She came io
Sumter in 1912 and wae a student
at St. Joseph’s Academy. Since
then she had made her home in
Sumter. In 1920 she was married
to John L. Sibert.
Mrs. Sibert was an active mem
ber of the First Baptist church.
She had an unusually sweet dis
position, which endeared her to all
with whom she came in contact.
Her death brings sorrow to a
large circle of friends.'
Mrs. Sibert is survived by 'her
husband, lifer parents, and-the fol
lowing sisters and brothers: Mrs.
John Hughes, Mrs. R. L. Saffold,
Misses Jennie and Elizabeth Smith,
W. M., A. M., J. P., Sydney and
Harry Smith.
The funeral services will be held
at the residence of Mrs. John
Hughes at 4 o’clock Saturday af
ternoon, followed by interment in
the Sumter cemetery. The serv
ices will be in charge of Dr. W. G.
Moore.
The following wil act as pall
bearers: Active, J. Cliff, Brown, B.
L. Williams, George D. Levy, G. B.
Moseley, T. M. Monaghan, B. V.
Connell; honorary, J. Otto Teich-
er, S. B. MifSfchell, Dr. J. A. Mood,
Dr. H. A. Mood, R. D. Graham, F.
B. Creech, H. G. Osteen, Harry
Ryttenberg, Earl Rowland, L. M>
Galloway, J. A. Raffield, Phil
Booth, Jr., E. Turner "White, ’ Man
ning Brown.
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Auto Kills Bride
Wed But 5 Davs
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness to us
when part of our house was blown
away.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jennings (
and Family. I
Monday, April 4, office.
Tuesday, April 5, Bethany 4-H
Club, afternoon Bethany H. D. Club.
Wednesday, April 6, McCormick
9th Grade 4-H Club, afternoon
Plum Branch H. D. Club.
Thursday, April 7, Willington H.
D. Club.
Friday, April 8, Meriwether H. D.
Club.
Saturday, April 9, office.
MULLINS, March 25.—Mrs. Ern
est F. Jones, 17, a bride of five
days, was instantly killed today five
miles south of Mullins, when while
skating on a highway she was
struck by an automobile driven by
W. H. Thompson, Gresham, S. C.,
depot agent.
The automobile, occupied by
Thompson and J. W. Jones of Brit
tons Neck, turned over after strik
ing the young woman, caught fire
and seriously injured the occup
ants. Both men were brought to
a Mullins hospital in an unconsci
ous condition. Carl Smith, the
first to reach the scene, pulled
Thompson from beneath the burn
ing car.
Mrs. Jones’ neck was broken. The
car turned over four times, accord
ing to Nina Brown, a companion of
the dead woman, who also was
rkating.
Miss Brown said she noticed one
car passing another near them and
that she called the fact to the at
tention of Mrs. Jones, who was un
able to escape from the car’s path.
The condition of Thompson and
J. W. Jones had not been determ
ined by physicians tonight.
Hell Divers” Coming
To Abbeville
WALLACE BEERY INSIGHT ON
STUNT FLYING
Naval aviators represent the
highest type of trained stunt flyers
in the world, in the opinion of Wal
lace Beery, who is co-starred with
Clark Gable in “Hell Divers,” open
ing Monday at the Abbeville Opera
House.
In the thrilling Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer drama of the air, Beery,
himself a full licensed transport
pilot, flew practically every type of
ship and was present at every evo
lution in the great fleet maneuv
ers.
“These fellows do power dives,
hurling themselves downward, two
miles in less than half a minute,”
says Beery. “They fly in forma
tions, almost wing to wing, and
loop, wheel, dive, and peel off, with
the certainty of a precision instru
ment.
“The remarkable thing is the
youth of these flyers. They seem
mere boys. But any one of them
has a coolness, a presence of mind,
a flying sense that I think no
civilian aviator, no matter how
experienced, ever achieves. I speak
from experience—I have flown
quite a while. I have always urged
private pilots never to stunt, for
the good of aviation. I still urge
this, but to see how safely these
navy men stunt was, nevertheless,
a revelation to me.”
In “Hell Dive^,” Beery plays a
veteran aviation “C. P. O.” who is
in constant fear of being displaced
by Gable, a representative of the
newer and more advanced school of
flying.
A huge supporting cast includes
Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan,
Marjorie Rambeau, Marie Prevost,
Cliff Edwards, John Miljan, Lan
ders Stevens, Reed Howes and Alan
Rosco.
Apart from the gigantic naval air
thrills, filmed and recorded with
government co-operation, a poig
nant story of love, heroism and
sacrifice figures in the dramatic
romance. George Hill of “Big
House” fame directed. Showing at
the Abbeville Opera House, Monday
and Tuesday, April 4th-5th.
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Fidelis Class Meets
The Fidelis Class of the Metho
dist Cfhurch held its regular month
ly meeting March 24th, at the home
of Miss Annie Sue Graves, with
Miss Virginia Pennal and Miss
Martha Major as joint hostesses.
Fourteen members were present.
A short program was given. An
interesting feature of the business
session was the discussion about
selling the Holland’s Magazine. The
class was divided into two sections,
Miss Alma Faulkner, the captain
of the Bulldogs, and Miss Lois
Deason, captain of the Tigers.
After several contests were en
joyed a delicious salad course was
served.
ALMA FAULKNER,
Reporter.
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Wideman School
Honor Roll
Fred Edmunds
Blease Edmunds
William Bowick
Bunard Spence
Daisy Edmunds
Robert Edmunds
Janie Lou Spence
Bennie Wideman
Mary Sue Wideman
James Edmunds
Douglass Shannon
Claude Bowick
Raymond Edmunds
Herbert Bowick
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Play At Plum Branch
School Friday Night’
On Friday evening, April 1, at 8
o’clock, there will be a play, “Dea
con Dubbs,” presented in the audi
torium of the Plum Branch School.
This play, a comedy, is put on by
the Brunson School of Edgefield, ...
and promises to furnish you with
both laughter and enjoyment.
A small admission fee will be
charged, the proceeds being divided
between the schools of Plum
Branch and Brunson.
String music will also be render
ed.
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National Radio
Program For Club
Members, April 2
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 28.—
The economic value of 4-H club
work will be stressed again in the
monthly National 4-H Club radio
broadcast on April 2, and Dan
Lewis, acting state boys’ club agent,
urges 4-H club members and others
in this state to listen^in, at the
usual hour for these" bro&dC£
12:30 to 1:30 p. m. esatern standard
Ume.
The program of discussions for
April 2 includes: planning .the
home garden; 4-H poultry pays;
what 4-H club work has meant to
our community; significant ac
complishments of 4-H club work.
The music on the program fea
tures America’s county dances and
includes ten selections among
which are The Virginia Reel, Ark
ansas Traveler, Old Dan Tucker
and others. . The United States
Marine Band, which furnishes this
music, - opens the program with
America the Beautiful and closes it
with The Star-Spangled Banner.
The program is sent out over the
National Broadcasting Company’s
network, stations nearest for South
Carolina listeners being WIS, Co
lumbia; WPTF, Raleigh; WWNC,
Asheville; WSB, Atlanta.
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There’s Always
Room For Cheer
The first woman to be elected
trustee of the Western Theological
Seminary, Chicago, is Mrs. Robert
B. Gregory.
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Only two species of trees are
common to both eastern and west
ern forests in the United States, the
quaking aspen and the black wil
low.
Exchange.
Would you rather be alive than
dead? Well, you are.
Would you rather live under cov
er than out in the cold? Well, you
do.
Would you rather have warm
food for yourself aad family than
go foraging? Well, you have it.
Would you rather have health
than sickness? Well, you have it,
in all probability.
Would you rather have freedom
than be a slave? Well, you have it.
Life you have, liberty you have,
and the.pursuit of happiness—;ah,
don’t get that mixed up with the
pursuit of money. Money is an ele
ment in happiness, but the least
dependable element.
What most of us need, sorely,
right now, is perspective and pa
tience. The times are sick, and we
cannot put through our plans
without changing them, or maybe
waiting a while. And while we
modify plans, or decide to wait, let
us do it with good cheer. The
most liquid asset in the world is
good cheer.
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| Jumps Four Miles J
Smaranda Braescu, Rumanian par*
achute jumper, holds the European^
record and is trying to beat the
world’s record of a 21,827-fobt drop*
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