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TRU* TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirtieth Year Established June 5, 1902 ' McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, May 26, 1932 8 Pages — All Home Print Number SI McCormick School To Close May 31 COMMENCEMENT BEGINS SUN DAY MORNING WITH SER MON BY THE REV. LEON T. PRESSLY Thirty-seven graduates will be awarded diplomas from McCormick high school at graduating exercises which will be held Tuesday even ing, May 31, at 8:30 o’clock, with an address by A. H. Ward, of Aiken. Commencement begins with the sermon Sunday morning. May 29, at 11 o’clock, in the high school auditorium by the Rev. Leon T. Pressly, pastor of McCormick A. R. P. Church. Monday evening, May 30th, the high school will present the play. “Onq Minute to Twelve,” with a large chorus of boys and giVls. Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock the class day exercises will be held and Tuesday evening, the 31st, dip lomas and certificates will be awarded to the following: . Margaret Burnside Eva Cornelia Coleman Sara Ellen Christian Evelyn Brown Hettie Elizabeth McGrath Minnie Dunlap Bettye Naomie Workman Mildred Britt Mary Frances Strom Gladys Louise Bowick Lois Pearl Deason , Mary Ellen Moss Mable Strom Edna Flynn Mayson Elsie Cornelia Langley Virginia Lyon Pennal Lizzie Mae Edmunds James Otis Willis James Lyon King Robert Wesley Crawford Earle Benjamin Furqueron James Marion Dorn Herbert Newton Coleman Daniel Rudolph McGrath 1 • ‘ James Roy Callison Eddie Woodrow Callison Arthur J. Hendrix Emmett Monroe Sandifer Rodney Abney Russell Ralph F. Williams M John William Bracknell John William Morrah Manson Jolly Brown John Preston Sullivan Robert Carter Wiggins James Abner Lyon James Edward Talbert Class Play Monday Evening, 8:30, May 30 “One Minute of Twelve” Cast Billy Butler—Always falling in and out of love—Daniel McGrath. Mr. M. T. Butler—Billy’s wealthy father—Rodney Russell. Marvel Butler—Billy’s sister— Bettye Workman. Leeta Murray—Marvel’s Chum— Katherine Brown. Ninetter DeLacey—Of the follies and engaged to Billy—Sara Christ- • ian. Mary Ann Martin—Just a wait ress, engaged to Billy—Frances Strom. Ermintrude Fair—A manicurist, engaged to Billy—Alma Faulkner. LaDon Lisk—Dangerously beau tiful, engaged to Billy—Elsie Lang ley. Linda Lou—Colored maid of the Robert Spencer Whitlow, 17, of .{Tulsa, Oklahoma, who woo a free trip to Geneva for knowing more labout the League of Nations than other of lOjQOOJugh school boys Mr. John M. Huckabee Dies At Lowndesville Mr. John M. Huckabee, aged sixty-four, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Alva Harper, in Lowndesville, Saturday after an mness of two years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cora Huckabee, two daughters, Mrs. H. M. Schumpert of McCormick and Mrs. Harper of Lowndesville; two sons, J. B. Huckabee of Decatur, Ga., and John M. Huckabee, of At lanta; one brother, E. J. Huckabee and one sister, Mrs. W. W. Thomp son, both of Lowndesville. Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harper, Sunday morning at eleven o’clock conducted by the Rev. A. J. Bow ling, and interment made in the Smyrna cemetery. J. S. Strom’s service in charge. Butlers—Jewel Patterson. Pokadot—Colored man of the Butlers—John Morrah. Act One—Pokadot, were you ever in love? No’ mah ain’t nevah ben in love. Ah been in jail, tho. Solomon wuz a wise guy. If en he is wise, well, den I am de Queen of Sheba. Yes ma’am, he is not in. Linda Lou, help Miss DeLacy up to the guest room. ^ Old crab, old bear, old money bags! Gosh darn, but that makes me furious. Dear me, I wouldn’t have you on a bet. Besides ther is someone else. Act Two—Ah guess’m do lak a hen do, do the bes’ yuh can do. If yah ain’t got no clothes to weah, make yoh skin do. I don’t feel like joking this morn ing, Pokadot. I am in a devil of a mess. What would you do if you were engaged to four different women and in love with the fifth? Act Three—Is it safe, Pokadot? No man haint safe fum women, lessen he’s in jail. But what if we don’t get the pa pers served before to morrow? Hello Ninette, darling, all alone? Yep, all alone, Billy Boy. Bye-bye, Billy Boy until mid night. Wait a moment, honey ain’t you better set your watch. It ought to be correct you know. Dearest, I am the happiest man in the world! Class Poem# Sound a joyful message With the breath of spring Joy of happy school days That this year will bring. Each of us is turning To some higher theme High school, college, for away Is floating through our dreams. ! Ours, the joy of seven years Without the sorrow of parting, Ours the glow of tasks well done. Added to the zeal of starting. For soon we’ll meet again, it seems Four other years to run With hours of toil, with hours of casks And y6t with years of fun. To this new goal we now press on With aspirations dear To the new quite like the old Yet fujler, better there. To get the most of this life Is quite a task, well done. To give the best you have right back Is where our real joys come. So classmates, friends, and com rades Let’s press ahead and try To reach our goals, to set our mark Out where the world may spy. And profit by our lessons learned And try each day to give Some bit of cheer, some daily deed, To better this life we live. ELIZABETH TALBERT. 7th grade. Franklin Delano Roosevelt , The Governor of New York was born in the house in which he still ’ Jives, at Hyde Park, Dutchess County. New York, on Jan 30, 1882. He is • a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law School. He married his distant “ cousin, Anna Roosevelt, daughter of President Roosevelt’s brother, in 1905; they have five children. He served in the New York legislature, was i assistant secretary of the Navy under President Wilson, Democratic nominee • ior Vice-President in 1920, and was first elected Governor of New York • in 1929, re-elected in 1931. i < Plum Branch School To Have Commence ment Exercises CLASSROOM WORK TO BE FIN ISHED FRIDAY AND EXER CISES STARTED MONDAY For the first time in several years, the Plum Branch School will have commencement exercises. The regular classroom work will be completed on Friday, May 27, but commencement will start on the following Monday. Class Day Exercises will be held Monday morning, May 30, at 11 o’clock. An Operetta, “Cinderella In Flowerland,” will be given Monday evening at 8 o’clock. The graduation exercises will be held Tuesday evening at 3:15 o’clock. Dr. W. L. Coker, Pastor of South Main Street Baptist Church of Greenwood, will give the address to the graduating class. Dr. Coker is pleasantly remembered in Mc Cormick. He preached the bac calaureate sermon at McCormick High School several years ago. All patrons and friends’ of the school are cordially invited to at tend all the exercises. A small ad mission fee will be charged for the operetta. Rev. R. F. Terrell To Speak Baptist Church Sunday Night Baptists To Hold Annual Session June 13 to 25 PROGRAM COMPLETED AND SENT TO BAPTIST LEADERS OVER THE STATE The program of the eighteenth annual session of the Baptist General Assembly, meeting at Cok er College, Hartsville, S. C., has been completed and mailed to Bap tist leaders all over the state. The program begins June 13 and con tinues until June 25. This is the annual fellowship, recreation and study meeting of the Baptists of this state. It is stated by those who promote this program that during the eighteen years of the assembly history over 25,000 Baptists have attended some ses sion of this annual gathering. “There is not a single association in our state that has not sent scores of people to enjoY the ses sions of this great meeting,” says Mr. J. L. Corzine, who has been di rector of the assembly for the past five years. This year’s program is made up of eleven units in all as follows: State Sunday School Convention, June 13, 14, 15 and 16. State B. Y. P. U. Convention. June 13 and 19. State Baptist Student’s Encamp ment, June 13 and 19. State Evangelistic Day, Tune 20. State W. M. U. Conferences. June 20 and 25. State G. A. Camp, June 20 and 25 State R. A. Camp, June 20 and 25. State Sunbeam Camp, June 20 and 25. State Mission Day Program, June 22. South Carolina Baptist Ministers’ School, June 20 and 25. The Baptist Students’ Encamp ment, June 13 and 19, is a new feature of the assembly program and it is expected that it will draw large numbers from among young Baptists who have not previously been specifically provided for in other sessions of the assembly pro gram. This encampment will be open to High School seniors who expect to enter some college next fall and to Baptist students regis tered in any college (state, private or denominational). The program and camp administration will be largely arranged by the students themselves with the hopes of mak ing it fit their needs and tastes in the largest possible way. The first unit of the assembly will be the State Sunday School Convention and the last, the Bap tist Ministers’ School. Two special one-day programs have been arranged for those who can not attend for a longer period. These one-day programs are the state evangelistic day, June 20, and state missionary day, June 22. Mr. Corzine says, “Because of the low rates for entertainment, the new feature in the program and the unusual talent which has been en listed for the assembly, the attend ance will probably measure up well with any previous year. We really have some hopes of a record-break ing attendance.” Over one hundred persons appear on the program in its various units. Among the prominent speakers from states are the following: Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. E. McNeil Poteat, .Jr., Ral eigh, N. C. Sec. Wm. P. Phillips, Nashville, Tenn. Sec. Arthur Flake, Nashville, Tenn. Sec. J. B. Hill, Richmond, Va. Mrs. Allen S. Cutts, Tallahassee, Fla. Mrs. Davis Copper, Montgomery, Ala. Miss Mattie Leatherwood, Nash ville, Tenn. Dr. F. C. McConnell, Jacksonville, Fla. Sec. Frank Leavell, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Clifton J. Allen, Louisville, Xy. Dr. Kyle M. Yates, Louisville, Ky. Dr. J. B. Weatherspoon, Louis ville, Ky. Mrs. George Sadler (Missionary). Mrs. Carter Wright (Missionary). Miss Lydia Greene (Missionary). Miss Neil Young (Missionary). The breadth of the program is apparent from the great list of or ganization leaders whose names appear in the program personnel. On this program appear the names of the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. W. J. Mc- Glothlin; the president of the Bap tist state convention. Dr. W. L. Ball; the president of the W. M. U., Mrs. J. B. Boatwright; the presi dent of the state Sunday School convention, Mr. J. V. Coates; the president of the state B. Y. P. U., Mr. Boyce Clardy, and the presi dent of the^B?. U. of South Caro lina, Mr. Ed Rouse. txt Card Of Thanks Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Milford wish to take this opportunity to express thanks to their friends for the many kindnesses shown during the latter’s recent illness. NO PREACHING AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING Rev. R. F. Terrell, business man ager of the Baptist Courier, will speak at the Baptist Church next Sunday evening at 8:15. We cord ially invite all to hear him. The first Sunday in June will be Decision Day in the Sunday School. The pastor will speak at the 11:00 hour especially to the young people in our school who are thinking of, or should be thinking of, confess ing Jesus Christ as their Savior. There will, of course, be no serv ice following the Sunday School Sunday on account of the baccal aureate sermon by Rev. Leon T. Pressly at the high school building. X Mayfair Setting For New Vehicle MONTGOMERY PLAYS BREEZY BRITISHER IN HIGH COM EDY DRAltfA British races, a London play house, and the gathering places of the high society in the British cap ital are woven into lilting romance and comedy interlarded with a de lightful love story, in “—But the Flesh Is Weak,” Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer’s new Robert Montgomery starring picture coming Monday and Tuesday to the Carolina The atre. The picture, based on Ivor No- vello’s famous London and New York stage success, “The Truth Game,” shows Montgomery as a debonair and aristocratic London fortune hunter—who tries to marry for money until another girl comes along with whom he falls in lovo. Comical trials and tribulations run high, and Montgomery romps through a maze of whimsicallj comic adventures, in which there is also a dramatic heart-interest story. Jack Conway, the director oi “Paid,” “Arsene Lupin” and other hits, directed the new production. The cast is notable, and of spe cial interest in that it brings back to the screen Nils Asther, the fam ous Swedish screen hero of “Wild Orchids,” “The Single Standard” and others. Edward Everett Horton, talented stage and film player, also plays an important role in this picture. Nora Gregor, stage star with Max Reinhardt in Vienna, and Heather Thatcher, famous London stage star, play the principal feminine roles. C. Aubrey Smith, Frederick Kerr and others of note are in a brilliant cast. I " Mayor Proclaims May 28th As Poppy Day CITIZENS OF McCORMICK ARK URGED TO WEAR POPPIES ON SATURDAY Recognizing that victory for Am erica in the World War was pur chased at a frightful cost in lives and suffering, and that the citi zens of McCormick, S. C., together with all other citizens of our coun try, owe a lasting debt of gratitude to those who sacrificed life and health to make that victory pos sible, I deem it fitting that the citi zens of our city should once each year honor the dead and aid the living by wearing the Memorial Poppy of The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary. On Saturday, May 28, uhe women of the American Legion Auxiliary, working as volunteers, will offer tp the people of McCormick, S. C., pa per poppies made by disabled World War veterans in replica of the wild poppies which bloomed on the battle fields of France and Bel gium. The poppy :is recognized throughout the world as the symbol of World War sacrifice. All con tributions made for the flower are expended for the welfare of the living victims of the war. Wear ing the poppy performs the dual purpose of paying tribute to the dead and contributing to the wel fare of the living. Now, therefore, I, C. K. Epting, Mayor of the City of McCormick, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 28, Poppy Day. I urge that all citizens of McCor mick observe this day by the wear ing of a veteran-made Americao Legion and American Legion Aux iliary poppy. I further urge that the citizens of our city, who gave so gallantly of their services and so liberally of their substance dur ing the war, remember on this day those who were called upon to ghra that irreplacable treasure, their health and strength, and when purchasing a poppy be as generous as their means will permit in order that the women of the Auxiliary may continue their work of mercy and relief during the coming year. C. K. EPTINO, Mayor. TXt Begin Surfacing McCormick Road » WORK BEGINS ON LINK TO COUNTY LINE; DETOURS ^fttE PROVIDED Work of laying surface treatment on the McCormick highway from. Salak to the McCormick county line a short distance below Troy will begin at once and will require about three weeks, according tt> an nouncement today from the local office of the State Highway De partment. C. G. Fuller Construction Com pany, contractors, have provided local detours for traffic from Verd- ery, Troy and Bradley and through traffic to McCormick wlil continue to use Dixie Highway, No. 25, and Route 43. Route No. 10, the McCormick road, will be ready for traffic as soon as the surface treatment is completed. — Greenwood Index- Journal of Tuesday. H X »■ Albert Le Brun, elected President « of France to succeed Paul Doumer, * who was assassinated on May 6.. j