McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, May 26, 1932, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Begin Surfacing
McCormick Road
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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.
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Albert Le Brun, elected President «
of France to succeed Paul Doumer, *
who was assassinated on May 6.. j