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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
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Thirty-First Year
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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.
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Achievement Day
Set For July 9th
INTERESTING PROGRAM OF
MUSIC AND PLAYLETTES
ARRANGED FOR THE DAY
Miss Carrie Lou Strom
Entered In American
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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.
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The average cactus plant can
store enough water to kpep it alive
through drought, even for ten
years.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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