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/ ittrCum czzmacv Court To Convene Here Next Monday * . The February term of General Sessions Court for McCormick County will corfvene here next Monday morning, February 6th, at 10 o’clock, with Judge G. B. Greene, ■of Anderson, presiding. New cases are given as follows: Hie State vs. Milton Bussey, 'White, charge, assault and battery 'with intent to kill. The State vs. Horace D. Brown, white, charge, non-support. The State vs. Willie Blackwell, colored, charge, attempt to rape. The State vs. Luther Rouse, col ored, charge, house breaking and larceny. The State vs. Calvin Seigler, white, charge, assault and battery with Intent to kill. The State vs. Mrs. Maude Cook, white, charge, larceny. The State vs. Henry Cade, col ored, charge, house breaking and larceny. The St^te vs. Will Ramsey, white, Henry Ramsey, white, et al., charge, assault and battery with intent to idn. txt Report On County > Agent’s Activities The following condensed form shows a major part of County Agent E. L. Rogers’ activities in his work in McCormick County for the year 1932: Farm visits made, 652. Office calls, 2,971. Telephone calls, 1,083. Circular letters (copies) 12,239. Individual letters, 1,171. Boys’ clubs organized, 4. Membership in clubs, 35. Club encampments held, 1. Farm tours, 1. Car-lot poultry .shipments, 1.. Farm meetings held, 19. Set up organization and assisted hr handling 688 Federal Seed, Feed and Fertilizer Loans, amounting to $77,129.00. Operated Cream Station which add 15,270 pounds butterfat' bring ing $2,568.53. This was 100 per cent more butterfat than in 1931. Made co-operative purchase of 6,- 800 pounds vetch and Austrian peas and 9,300 pounds fish Velvet beans, soy beans. Ac., wese also purchased co-operatively. Assisted local farmers in selling classes of farm products at mar- price. . Assisted or furnished plans for building of 5 new trench silos, new self-feeders for hogs and 'plans for budding or remodeling several poultry houses and dairy barns. Result demonstrations were con ducted in all sections of the county with co-operative farmers. These demonstrations included cotton, corn, poultry, hogs, soil building ■with legume, pasture, and dairy cattle. In addition, assistance was given In orchard work, home mixing hundreds of tons of fertilize smut control, other plant and insect pest co] Secured the f State veterinaria casions to contr contagious an vacciftatc dogs; at 44 Dixie Jubilee Minstrel” To Be Given At Trov SCHOOL ON FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 3, 1933, AT 7:30 A minstrel .promising much mer riment and fun will be presented by the local talent of Troy at the school auditorium, Friday evening at 7:30. Admission: children 10c, adults 15c. The proceeds will go to the school. Cast of Characters Mr. McAboo from Missouri—Mr Reece Young. Mr. Joshua' Ebenezer Feye—Mr. J. Frank White. Rev. Ebenezer Quincey Adams Sourtree—Mr. R. M. Rush. Mr. Alexander Hamilton R. F. D. Brown—Mr. Jimmy Creswell. Hon. Julius Euphrates Jeremiah WintCrgreen—Mr. J. M. Cox. Mr. John the Gossiper from Af rica—Mr. Roy Edwards. Mr. Hosiannah Scipio Socrates Smith—Mr. Jas. Rush. Mr. Potash Sylvester Belshazer Jones from Fertilizer, Tenn.—Mr. G. L. Dove. Mr. Rufus Samuel Ezekiel Rose water—Mr. Forty Wardlaw. Miz. Eliza Amanda Arabella Rosewater—Mrs. Effie Russell. Miss Josephine Selina Evangelene Grubbs—Miss Claudia Ponds. The Madam Genevieve—Miss Pearl Robinson. Miss Polly Ticks from Washing ton—Miss Pearle White. Miss Saratoga Washington from N. Y.—Mrs. Daisy Adams. Miss Julianna Sweetmouth—Mrs. W. P. Long. Miss Eliza Rosebud—Mrs, J. M. Cox. X— Mt. Carmel News v The young people enjoyed a weiner roast at the home of Miss Mary Hardaway on Friday evening. Quite a nice little crowd was pres ent. Messrs. Floyd Wells and Herman Smith returned to Greenville Tues day. Mr. Barnard Smith of Abbeville was a visitor here Friday after noon. Miss Elizabeth Grant was visiting the sick in Mt. Carmel one day re cently. • . • • • Mr. D. J. McAllister was a visitor in Greenwood Saturday. Messrs. W. A. Scott, N. S. Scott, Robert Scott, L. L. Hester and bro ther and H. O. Watson went to Co lumbia Wednesday to meet with the railroad commission trying to keep the railroad agency here. Dr. and Mrs. George Peel of An derson and an aunt of Dr. Peel’s were pleasant guests of Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin Sabbath. Dr. and Mrs. Daniels of Ander son were pleasant guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hester last Thurs day. Messrs. Ashmore, Bringle and “How The Story Grew” Scene Scene To be presented at McCormick High School Auditorium Friday Evening, February 3rd, at 8 o’clock. Auspices Woman’s Bible Class M. E. Church, group No. 4. Cast of Characters: Mrs. Brown Mrs. J. S. Strom Mrs. Green Mrs. Mitchell Mrs. Bean Mrs. W. N. Smith Mrs. Rice Miss Sue Ludwick Mrs. Doolittle Mrs. Barnhardt Mrs. Taylor Mrs. Abercrombie vlrs. White Mrs. Hendrix Mrs. Snow Mrs. J. B. Smith Scene I—Mrs. Green’s kitchen. Scene n—Mrs. Bean’s kitchen. Scene in—Mrs. Doolittle’s kit chen. IV— Mrs. Taylor’s kitchen. V— Mrs. Green’s sitting room. . Coach—Mrs. D. W. Kellar Novelty features between acts. Admission 10c and 15c or 50 and 75 Octagon coupons. X Quarterly Conference Here Next Sunday The first quarterly conference of the McCormick charge will be held at the McCormick Methodist Church Sunday morning, February 5th. Reports will be heard from the stewards. Trustees, Sunday School Superintendents, Lay Leaders, Mis sionary Society Presidents, and Epworth League Presidents, repre senting the three churches in this charge, namely—McCormick, Troy and Republican. The Rev. C. E. Peele, Presiding Elder of the Greenwood District, will preside. Immediately preced ing the conference he will preach the morning sermon. Rev. Mr. Peele is said by many to be one of the strongest preachers in the con ference. He came to this district from the Spartanburg District where he served for four years. Everyone is invited to these serv ices, since this work is of interest to the entire church. Bordeaux News Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hughes and Miss Lucile Hughes of Abbeville were visitors to Mr. and Mrs. R. F. South last Wednesday. Miss Let- tie May and R. F. South, Jr., re turned with Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and spent the week end with them. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Link spent last Sunday in Georgia with other rela tives to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Link’s brother, Mr. Fleming, who was 91 years old. Miss Mary Lindley is still sick, but reported somewhat improved. “The Singing’’ met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cade last Sunday night. A good crowd was present and all enjoyed the even ing. The married ladies, although fewest in number, won in the con- Ben Franklin of Greenwood were ,test time, seeing friends here one evening j Mr - Broolts Parnell spent Sunday here with his family. Mrs. Parnell recently. I A t ^ [rs. Cecil Gilliam and Misses met in Au B u sta Saturday af- Curtis and Mae DuBose were To Lea< |pp >rs in Clinton at Thomwell mage for the week end. rie Connor and Mrs. Su- are slowly improving, it both will soon be out Hester and D. J. Mc- Slberton visitors Fri- rown of McCormick irmel through the F after the relief work p on the roads around le roads were badly in ^ork and we are all glad Idone. larlie Morgan of McCor- rs a business visitor here fay. ternoon. Mr. Albert Gibert, Mr. R. W. Cowan, Miss Lankford of Willing- ton and Miss Marguerite Burnette of Atlanta were visitors in Bor deaux Tuesday afternoon. We have had some good work done in our cemetery this week by the new road crew, Mr. Wilbur Link supervising the job. Mr. P. B. Moragne turned over some of his hands to do the work. Mr. Mor agne is doing good work around and in the community which is a wonderful improvement. We hope the work continues so we can beau tify our place still more. Card Of Thanks fieneral John J. Grand-Marshal will lead ml parade at Washington on" 4 when President-elect Roosevelt is ladaeted into office, announces Ad miral Gary T. Grayson, Chairman the Inaugural Committee. ’ L We would like through these columns to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many friends who shared our grief ! in the death of our dearly beloved i. S. To Meet lethlehem Church •i 17 I 1 Af-1, ’hi tne aeatn pi our aeany oeiovea r ITCiay, r CD. lUin step-mother, Mrs. Fannie Patter- son, and for their sweet ministra- / The 3rd Division of the W. M. S. tions and attention to her we are of the Edgefield Association will 1 very giateful. For the silent tributes meet with Bethlehem Church at of love, the beautiful flowers, we Clarks Hill, Friday afternoon, Feb- uiank you. ruary 10th, at 2:30 o’clock. 1 The Family. Excerpts From Report Of Home Demonstration Agent The annual report for 1932 of Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, Horn Demonstration Agent for McCor mick County, recently submitted tc Extension Headquarters at Win- throp and Clemson Colleges, anc the U. S. Department of Agricul ture in Washington, gives some in teresting facts and figures as to the work done by the Home Demon stration Agent during the year ir helping the women and girls of th county to improve home surround ings, to feed and clothe their fam ilies properly on a curtailed bud get, to raise better poultry, to mar ket the surplus, and to actually “Live at Home.” Sixteen adult clubs were reor ganized in McCormick county in 1931-32, with an enrollment of 300 members. Each of these clubs were project clubs, and carried out the programs as outlined under their Major Project, “The Life Sav ing Kitchen.” There is an active County Coun cil of Farm Women in the County. This Council has an enrollment of 300 members. Each department of the Council is well organized and is functioning along all lines of ac tivities. Thirteen 4-H Clubs were organized, or reorganized with an enrollment of 244. The various organizations and individuals of the town and county continue to give hearty support to all Extension Work. In a small county everyone has to pull togeth er to get any undertaking across. Each community in which the agent works, has its individual plans and interests and the agent tries to assist the people in these communities with their various problems. They, in turn, give splendid co-operation to her work. The goals for the year were as follows: “A live at home program on each farm, this including the work under Production, Canning, and Storing Campaign; more fam ilies serving well balanced meals; beautification of home, church, and school grounds; and a “Life Saving Kitchen” in each home. The early gardens in McCormick county were very fine this year. The winter was so mild that every one could have a year-round gar den. The following garden report was made up from information re ceived from the various H. D. Clubs of the county: Number fall gar dens planted, 175; number of win ter gardens underway, 175; number of new fall and winter vegetables planted in gardens, 48; number people influenced by club members to plant winter gardens, 105. Exterior Beautification was not a major project this year, but much work was accomplished along that line. Three filling stations owned by club members were beautified for the first time this jfear, and seve ral old ones still further beautified. The town of McCormick is not ’arge enough to support a club market. A few club members mar ket in Augusta, Ga. The nearest club is 18 miles from Augusta and the furthest is nearly 60 miles. Plans are now being made to help the Home Demonstration Club members nearest this city to mar ket their produce, in Augusta. On ly one poultry car was shipped this year, but the prices were so low no one wanted to ship. From this one poultry shipment 4,152 pounds of poultry was loaded from 69 cus tomers; this brought into the county $519.71. Foods, Nutrition and Health, Unit I and II was taught this year in the 4-H Clubs. In one school three girls were found to have defective eye-sight. One girl could read on ly the first very large letter on the vision chart at 20-20. An effort is on foot to get her fitted with glass es. One of the others did not even know that she needed glasses until the test was made by the agent, tyow she has been fitted with glass es and the family has been very grateful to the agent for finding ..he trouble. The major project for the adult clubs of McCormick county this year was the Life Saving Kitchen. This was a local leader project. 1 From the first the club women were pleased with this new project. The goal for the year was: Every kitchen improved with a new set of curtains in each kitchen. Ev eryone went to work with this in view. At the close of the work, it was found that 190 kitchens had been improved. Some of these were almost made over while oth ers had only a little done on them The number attending these pro ject meetings was 589, with 1,042 others receiving information on the project. Under the demonstration on “The Health of the Homemaker” the most outstanding piece of work was he raising of working surfaces, rhese numbered 111. By re-ar ranging the centers, many steps vere saved. Under the subject “Equipment,” nine tea wagons, 4? cabinets, and 66 shelves were built 79 used the silver cleaning method The Healthful Kitchen demonstra tion made everyone think about means of controlling flies and oth er vermin. Forty-seven new san itary garbage pails were secured. The paint brush was kept very busy. Quite a number painted or white-washed the kitchen walls. 221 pieces of furniture were paint ed, 85 curtains made, 23 kitchen window boxes made and 77 im proved the view from the kitchen window. A kitchen contest was held, with 12 members entering the contest and 9 completing. These nine kit chens showed very great improve ment and the winners of first, sec ond and third places had converted their old kitchens into beautiful, well-arranged kitchens at a very small cost. There is no Health Unit in Mc Cormick County. The agent again this year gave out 100 pounds of Fleishman Dried Yeast from the of fice. This was paid for by the Local Red.Cross Chapter. The big gest piece of health work done in the county was the Baby Health Contest, which was held in May Another club member, who has a poultry farm, sends in the fol lowing report for the past year: Number of eggs sold, around 6,215 dozen; number of hens in flock 610; Eggs sold $1,170.75 and cull hens sold $108.64, making a total of $1,279.39, cost of feed $679.68, mak ing a total profit of $599.71. The women of this county have certainly tried to conserve all sur plus foods this spring and summer. The following record on the can ning and storage of food was got ten from the clubs of the county This was a check up on not only clubs, but communities: Number of fall gardens planted, 175; num ber winter gardens underway, 173; number new fall and winter vege tables planted, 48; number people influenced by club members to plant fall and winter gardens, 105; number containers vegetables can ned by women, 6,070 quarts; num ber containers fruit canned by wo men, 8,460 quarts; number con tainers jelly, preserves, pickles, etc., 4,150 quarts; number pounds fruits and vegetables brined and dried, 1,470: number pounds meat cured, pickled, and dried, 60,000 pounds; number containers meat canned, 425 quarts; number women canning according to canning budget, 70; number women teaching others to can, 125; number communities reached in campaign, 16; number negroes helped with production and conservation, 106. Extension work has tried to put into the communities of the coun ty practices which lead to “Abund ant Living.” In her narrative report. Mrs. Stallworth says: “McCormick is strictly an agricultural county and as such the people see more need for any help that Extension work can give in this abnormal financial stress. The major project for the new year in the adult clubs is “How Home Management Can Help in Trying Times.” Through this work the club members will be helped in many lines of Home Management, especial emphasis will be put on Account Keeping, Marketing, Poul try, Dairying, Gardening, Conserva tion, Food Practices, and Clothing. In summarizing her work the; agent says, “The Home Demonstra tion Work was carried on through club meetings, demonstrations, home visits, talks, letters, news Resolutions Adopted In Favor Of Prohibition The following resolutions were unanimously adopted at a repre sentative meeting of McCormick County citizens at the McCormick Methodist Church, Wednesday ev ening, January 25, 1933: To our Representatives in the U. S. Senate and House cf Representa tives, and in the State Senate and House: Representatives of several Mc Cormick County Churches, includ ing a large number of young peo ple, today, January 25, meeting in the McCormick Methodist Church, passed the following resolutions: “First, that it is the sense of th© assembled representatives of the moral forces that the sentiment in favor of the 18th amendment and nforcement laws is far stronger than the desire for repeal or modi fication or weakening of the said laws. “Second, that our honorable rep- resentaitves in the U. S. Congress, and South Carolina Senate and House of Representatives, are here by urged to use their influence and give their support to uphold the present laws with adequate appro priations to carry forward the law enforcement program. “Third, that we appeal to all our citizens to . personally observe and use their influence in prevailing upon others to co-Operate in bring ing about the desired and helpful end of observance cf the prohibi tion law, and repudiating and dis countenancing of the sale or pur chase or use of any outlawed intox icating liquor, as a beverage.” 1X2 Modoc News A goodly number from here at tended the union meeting last Sun day at Plum Bi$$ch. Miss Lucile McDaniel of Auguste spent the week end here among friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parkman from. Edgefield were dinner guests here Sunday to the latter’s brother, Mr. T. T. Bussey. Mr. Ernest Reese made a short visit to Augusta Sunday evening. Mrs. Ella McDaniel from Cote- Springs is spending the week hert- with Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Bussey. Friends of Mr. J. C. Harvely will be glad to know that he is able t© be up again, after a recent spell of the flu. Messrs. Homer and Emerson: Bussey of Augusta spent Monday here with their sister, Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Friends of'Mr. T. T. Bussey wiS regret to know that he is very ill at this writing. Miss Nettie Thelma Bussey, Mis* Lillian and Mr. J. M. Reese, Jr„ spent Tuesday at McCormick. Mrs. Fred Thomson and sister; Mrs. Hettie Lou Morgan, made a short visit to Augusta Tuesday night. Miss Lucy Bussey was a visitor to McCormick on Wednesday of thfc week. iXt To Move Office Headquarters of the Hooper con struction company will be moved here from McCormick tomorrow and will have offices on the second floor of the Peoples State bank- building. it was learned today. The* company has charge of construc- ton work <)n the .(rbbeville-McCor- mick highway.—Abbeville Press and Banner of Monday. articles, bulletins, office calls, and telephone calls. Within the past year the agent has made 384 horns visits and received 814 office and telephone calls relating to exten sion work. There have been made 228 method demonsti aticna with an attendance cf 3,269. Forty-seven other meetings cf an extension na ture were he’d with an attendance of 2,476, making a total Cf 275 inert ings held with an attendance rf v 745. Whi’e on cffVMal Inty the agent traveled 5,970 miles. I •J ■.dim