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I III CSSCttflCt* % * TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. V Thirty-First Year • Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, June 30, 1932 8 Pages — All Home Print Number 4 Weevil Infestation Shows Big Increase ONE COUNT SHOWS 49 PER CENT OF SQUARES PUNCTURED IN SMALL FIELD County Agent Rogers’ weekly boll weevil investigation report shows an increasing number of weevils per acre and a large number of squares being punctured. The highest infestation was in one small field of cotton with plenty of squares. An infestation count showed 49 per cent of the squares punctured. Another field with very few squares had a weevil population of approximately 1200 per acre. In the same field a number of the small squares were already punc tured. Three other fields examined re vealed from 8 to 24 per cent punc tured squares. These examinations were made in scattered sections all over the county. With the ideal weevil weather conditions, it is reasonable to ex pect a rapidly increased damage. X — Achievement Day Set For July 9th INTERESTING PROGRAM OF MUSIC AND PLAYLETTES ARRANGED FOR THE DAY Miss Carrie Lou Strom Entered In American % Legion State Contest WAS SELECTED BY THOMAS JEF FERSON LYON, JR., POST TO REPRESENT McCORMICK AT CONVENTION IN AIKEN Miss Carrie Lou Strom, tho at tractive daughter of Sheriff W. T. Strom and Mrs. Strom, has been selected by the Thomas J. Lyon, Jr., Post of the American Legion to rep resent McCormick at the state con- vention in Aiken in the contest for the state queen. Miss Strom is a former student of Greenville Wo man’s College and is a popular j member of the younger set in Mc Cormick. Plans M,ade For American Legion Meeting In Aiken STATE CONVENTION OF AMERI CAN LEGION TO BE HELD THERE JULY 3, 4, 5, 1932 Achievement Day for the-Home Demonstration Clubs of McCormick County will be held Saturday, July 9, at the High School Building, Mc Cormick. An interesting program of music and playlettes centering around the Life Saving Kitchen is being arranged for both morning and afternoon. Each adult club in the county will take part in this program. A display of clothing and house-hold articles, made'from feed sacks, will be one of the in teresting features of the day. All H. D. Club members who have any articles which they wish to display will please send them in two days before Achievement Day so that they can be put up with the collec tion. Blue and Red ribbons will be awarded as follows: Most attractive ladies dress. Most attractive child's dress. Most attractive boy’s suit. Most attractive sun suit. Most attractive a*pron. Best bedspread. Best quilt. Best plain pillow cases. Best luncheon set. Best table runner. Best table napkins. Best set chair cdvers. Best rug. Best centerpiece. Best vanity set. Best kitchen towels. txt The average cactus plant can store enough water to kpep it alive through drought, even for ten years. X Stages Winning Battle Mrs. Dollie Gann, sister of Vice- President Curtis, who stirred the interest of delegates in her win ning battle at Chicago for the re nomination of "brother Charles” as Hoover’s running-mate. There was a social slant to the battle, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth encour aging the opposition, so ’twas re potted. AIKEN. June 27.—(Special)—If Miss Carrie Lou Strom, McCormick American Legion beauty, is crowned Queen at the State Legion Conven tion in Aiken, July 4th, her reward will be a gift lovely enough for any queen. This announcement comes from the ladies’ committee in charge of the Beauty Contest, which was won last year by Miss Azile Smoak, of Branchville. No information concerning the nature of the prize will be avail able until it is presented to the winner at her coronation by Miss Smoak. Second and third choices will be appointed maids of honor to the new queen. Both the judging and coronation will take place amid the regal set ting of the lawn of the Highland Park Hotel, Aiken’s largest resort hotel. Following the coronation the 'new queen, her court, and members of the convention will celebrate the occasion at the Queen’s Ball in the ballroom of the Highland Park. Competition for Beauty’s crown promises to be more intense than at any pravious Legion Convention, with 30 entries already received. Each Legion Post nominating a young lady for the title, "Miss Am erican Legion,” will furnish a dec orated automobile for her use in the "Big Parade” on the afternoon of the Fourth, and a substantial cash prize will be given for the best decorated car. Many Posts throughout the state have written that they arc now making plans to choose an entry, and will make application for her before the lists of entries are def initely closed, July 1st. r-* X Program Sunday School Convention AIKEN, June 28.—(Special) — There will be enough music to soothe the most savage beast when Aiken opens wide its doors to the Annual State Convention of the American Legion and Auxiliaries, July 3rd, 4th and 5th. Nine bands and three dance orchestras will be on tap during the three day fes tival, and there will be music wherever Legionnaires may go. Drum and Bugle Corps are com ing from Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia, Pacolet Mills, and Au gusta, Ga., Legion Posts. The Wo men’s Drum 2nd Bugle Corps, of Beaufort, will be present, as will the Parris Island Marine Band; the 263rd Coast Artillery Band of Greenwood; and the Anderson Leg ion Post Band, of twenty-five pieces. An abundance of dance music will be provided by the Parris Is land and Marine Orchestra, the Augusta Blackhawks, and Pinck ney’s, Aiken’s own negro jazz band. , Albert Cabell Ritchie mm 1 Born, Richmond Va., August 29, 1876, the son of Judge Albert '.nd Elizabeth Caskie (Cabell). Schools, John Hopkins, 1896; Univer sity of Maryland; St. John’s; George Washington U; and, Loyola College. Began practice of law, Baltimore, 1898. Attorney General, Maryland, 1916-20; Governor Maryland, four terms, 1920-32. Dele gate. Nat’I Dem. Conv’ts, 1916, ’20, ’24, ’28,. Member, American Bar Ass’n, Bar Ass’ns, Baltimore and Maryland and Acad. Political Science. Delta Phi. Religion, Episcopalian. Unmarried. Two additional musical treats Association, who was in Aiken today \f have just bee}i arranged for and for the purpose of making arrange- ^aClCQ ^OllCCrt AX Baptist Church AT PLUM BRANCH ^BAPTIST CHURCH, JULY 7, 1932 Called to order by the president— Mr. H. E. Freeland. Opening song. Prayer. Short talk by Mr. H. E. Free land. Enrollment of delegates. Song. Address by Rev. D. V. Cason. Special song by Messrs. Edwards and Hodges. I he Duty of Church Members Toward the Sunday School by Rev. G. W. Gurley and Rev. Mr. Warren. Appoint committees on next meeting olace. Adjourn for dinner at 1 o’clock. Reconvene at 2 o’clock. Fifteen ninutes song service. What Constitutes a Successful Sunday School by Rev. B. W. Thom ason and Rev. C. R. Pennington. Song. Next meeting place. Adjourn. txt Bible Class Plans Barbecue will be presented by the Apollo Music Club and a quartet from the Columbia Post. The Apollo Club is a woman’s choral organization of Bamberg, whose work has achieved unusual merit in its public appear ances and will be in especial evid ence at the Auxiliary Tea, Monday afternoon, July 4th. The Columbia Quartet will render selections at the Forty and Eight Memorial Ser vices on the evening of July 3, at the opening of the Convention in the State Theatre on the morning of the Fourth, and at the corona tion of the Beauty Queen on the night of July 4th. Drum Majors of the visiting Drum and Bugle s Corps will have a chance to put their organizations through their paces in an exhibi tion and contest drill, scheduled for 6:15 on the evening of July 4th. To the unit making the best showing a cash prize of $100 will be given, with $50 going to the second place winner. $10 goes to the oest bug ler and $5 to second best, with the same awards offered for first and second place drummers. purpose or making ments for the meeting. For several years past the Rain bow Veterans have held their an nual get-together meeting in con nection with the Convention of the State Department of the American Legion. This is dene, Mr. Bonner said, for the reason that a large per centage of the South Carolina men who served in the famous Furman University is presenting Rainbow Division in this country DuPre Rhame, famous baritone and and overseas during the World War A. Elbert Adams, noted pianist, in are actively identified with the a sacred concert in twenty towns We are one of Here July 20th McCORMICK ONE OF TWENTY FORTUNATE TOWNS OF THE STATE TO GET THIS CONCERT constructive work of the Legion. South Carolina furnished three companies of the 117th Engineer Regiment for the 42nd Division; the units having been recruited in Columbia, Spartanburg and Mar ion. There are approximately 1200 men eligible for membership in the Association. During the war the regiment was in command of Col onel J. Monroe Johnson, of Marion. Mr. Bonner said that State Sen ator John F. Williams had already accepted an invitation to address the veterans at the Aiken meeting. Among the important matters to come up for discussion at the con vention will be the election of dele gates to the Annual National Re union of Rainbow Veterans, to be held in Los Angeles, California, Tuly 13 to 15, inclusive. - Veterans of the Rainbow Division in South Carolina have the dis tinction of being the only service group that have held annual re unions since being mustered out of service. Whoever beats the traps and bunkers to win the American Leg ion Golf Tournament cup at the Convention in Aiken, July 3rd, will also have to beat J. B. Seignious, of Orangeburg, who won the trophy for the second time at the Charles ton Convention last year. Mr. Seignious won first at the Anderson meeting, lost at Colum bia, and came back strong to down the field at Charleston, and enters. the Aiken tournament with the | Features of program of interest mental edge which comes from to queens candidates: having won oefore. Starting promptly at 2 o’clock, July 3rd, the winner of the battle with par will be decided on the basis of the lowest medal score, lack of time preventing match play. Ev ery Legionnaire attending the convention will be eligible to enter. Whether winner or loser, dub or par-breaker, every contestant will find a sight for golfing eyes on the rolling fairways and grass greens of the eighteen-hole course, be longing to the Highland Park Ho tel. Close-clipped fairways, well placed bunkers, and lightening fast putting greens will offer op portunities for contestants to try every trick in their golfing bags. Through the courtesy of the Real Estate and Fidelity Company, own ers, the Highland Park Course will be open to any member of the American Legion during the Con vention. The Annual Reunion of the The Susannah Wesley Bible Class of the McCormick Methodist Sun day School plans to serve a barbe cue to the public in the city park on the day of the county campaign meeting here in August. More about it later. _ ^ July 3rd 2:00 p. m.—Legion Golf Tourna ment. 5:00 p. m.—Swimming at Rennie Park, Graniteville. 5:00 p. m.—Automobile Trip' around Aiken. 6:00 p. m.—Legion Memorial Ser vice, conducted by Forty & Eight. 12:01 a. n.—Annual Forty & Eight Ball, Highland Park Hotel. July 1th 10:00 a. m.—Formal opening of convention at State Theatre. 4:30 p. m.—The Big Parade— $25.00 prize to Post having best decorated car for their sponsor to ride in. 5:30 p. m.—Automobile crip around Aiken. 5:30 p. m.—Legion Auxiliary Tea. Highland Park Grounds. 5:30 p. m.—Legion Athletic Stunts. 6:15 p. m.—Exhibition Drills, Drum and Bugle Corps. 9:00 p. m.—Legion Queen Beauty South Carolina Chapter, Rainbow, Contest, Highland Park Grounds. (42nd) Division Veterans Associa- 10:00 p. m.—Announcement of tion will be held at the Henderson Hotel, in Aiken, Monday, July 4th, at 2 p. m., according to announce- winner of Queen’s Contest and Coronation. 10:15 p. m.—Grand March from in South Carolian in July, fortunate enough to be chose towns. The date is Wednesday evening, July 20, the concert is absolutely FREE, and the whole community is invited. Indeed we hope that people will come from all over the county to the concert at McCormick Baptist- Church. We regret that the night had to be the prayer meeting night, but that was the only night we could get. However, we hope that the people of the other churches can come anyway. With that in mind, we are announcing the hour of the concert for 8:30. Below is a copy of the program: —Part One— (a) Fear Not Ye, O Israel Dudley Buck (b) Consider The Lilies John P. Scott (c) The Penitent B. Van De Water MR. RHAME (a) Adagio Sostenuto, From Op. 27, No. 2, Beethoven (b) An Den Fruhling 2 (To Spring) Grieg MR. ADAMS (a) Ride On! Ride On, In Majesty Vernon Eville (b) Selected (c) Open The Gates Mrs. J. F. Knapp MR. RHAME (a) Etude In C Sharp Minor Scriabin: (b) Warum <Why) Schumann (c) Whims Schumann MR. ADAMS —Part Two— (a) Largo (Xerxes) Hande! (b) Indian Summer Herbert (c) Where Wild Judea Stretches fai Stroughton (d) Allegro. From Fourth Sonata-_ , (D Minor) Guilmant MR. ADAMS (a) Immortals Edwin Walker (b) The Lost Chord Sullivan (c) The Blind Plowman Clark MR. RHAME X Tulips were first brought into Local Legion Post Reaches Quota In Membership Dr. C. K. Epting, Commander of the local post of the American Leg ion, has received the following let ter of congratulations frem Hairy M. Arthur, Department Command er, of Union, under date of June 22, 1932: Dr. C. K. Epting, Commander The American Legion McCormick, S. C. Dear Dr. Epting: I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate you, not only per sonally, but in the name of the Department for having reached your quota for the year 1932. Your outstanding effort and continued co-operation throughout the year, in spite of what seemed at times to be insurmountable obstacles, has been a real inspiration to me and all the Department Officials. Our efforts have not been in vain, however. I am glad to say that the Department set a new high record membership yesterday, reaching a grand total of 9841 members. We lack only 159 cards of reaching our long sought goal of 10,000. A few more cards from every post will put us over the top with flying colors by July 4th. Looking forward to seeing you and a large number of your mem bers at Aiken, I am, Cordially yours, HARRY M. ARTHUR, Department Commander. rxi Mt. Carmel H. D. Club Meets The Mt. Carmel H. D. Club met in the club room with 13 members and 3 visitors present. Meeting called to order and Scripture read by?the president. Lord’s prayer in concert. Song, Dixie. * Roll call was answered by nam ing a favorite piece of music. Reading and approval of min utes. Literary program was one selec tion. Mother, by Mrs. Black. The rest of the meeting was mostly a discussion of what we had done and what we will do for Achievement Day. ' We were glad to have Mrs. Con nor of McCormick; Mrs. J. R. Tar rant and Mrs. J. T. Scott of Beau fort with us for the meeting. The club enjoyed a tSreat in visit ing Miss Susie Patterson’s beautiful flower garden and seeing the gorgoeus double larkspur in almost every shade and many other beau tiful flowers. Samples of a delicious cereal were distributed by Mrs. Stallworth. X Smallest “Gate” ment by Lane L. Bonner, of Colum- Coronation Exercises to Queen’s Europe for planting from the east bia, Secretary and Treasurer of the ^ Ball, Highland Park Hotel. about 1554. Max Schmeling, German defend ing champion and Jack Sharkey, American challenger, have at least one distinction for their world championship battle at New York, that of having drawn the smallest world title “gate” receipts—since Dempsey and Gibbons at Shelby, Mont., 1923. 1 • •