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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-First Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, March 30, 1933 Four Pages Number 43 M.cCormiek Play To Be Given In Plum Branch The play, “How The Story Grew,” which was given in the McCormick School Auditorium by one of the classes of the McCormick Method ist Church some time ago, will be taken to Plum Branch and given on Friday night, March 31, at 7:30 o’clock. The play was very favorably re ceived in McCormick and no doubt some who have already seen it will avail themselves of the opportun ity to see it again in Plum Branch. The proceeds will be divided be tween the Methodist Church of Mc- Gonnick and the Plum Branch School. Everyone is cordially invited to come out and see a clean and en tertaining play and at the same time help two good institutions with your support. Admission, 10 and 15 cents. X Recognition Accorded Newberry College By State Of New York Texas Beauty Scores | Miss Susan Sheppard, daughter of U. S. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, and a Junior at Duke Univer- city at Durham, N. C., has been elec ted to head the beauty section of the 1933 Chanticleer, the student year book. _ 1 xi Ginnings Given By S. C. Counties * COTTON GINNED IN CAROLINA: CROPS OF 1932-1931 Letter From Dr. Cason On Repeal Of The I8th A in end m e n t NEWBERRY, Mar. 28.—Recogni tion of the thorough training be ing given young men and women at Newberry College has been ac corded by New York state. Dr. James C. Kinard, president, is in receipt of a letter from Harlan H. Homer, assistant commissioner for higher education in the state edu cation department at Albany, ad vising him that the department has registered the course of study offered at Newberry for the Bache lor of Arts degree. Dr. Horner ex plained that the holder of New berry’s degree would be admitted to a registered law school in New York state with full college status and that the degree was approved for credit toward all qualifying and teachers’ certificates for which college education is a prerequisite except teachers’ certificates in special subjects. The effect of this decision is to give Newberry Col lege an accredited rating in the state of New York. With the delivery today of the im catalogue by the Herald and News, local printers, it became known that next fall Newberry College will offer a B. S. degree in addition to the A. B. and B. Mus. degrees. College authorities are of the opinion that broadening the curriculum in such a way as to place more emphasis on scienca will attract many students who de sire practical rather than cultural training in view of the epochal technological developments in re cent years. In this connection Dr. Kinard pointed out that the student body this year has remain ed virtually constant since the op ening, when 350 students matricul ated. Editor the McCormick Messenger, McCormick, S. C. Sir: For the life of me I cannot see how the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment will be the great boon, both materially and morally, that its opponents claim. I wish to call the attention of your readers to the following facts: 1. Repeal will be followed by greatly increased consumption of all kinds of alcoholic liquor, if pre parations for increased business on the part of brewers and distillers are an indication. 2. Repeal will open the way for the return of the saloon, for the proposed resolution does not pre vent its return. 3. Repeal will give to the liquor traffic legal standing. Now the speakeasy is illegal; the saloon will be legal. The speakeasy is largely a child of the night; the saloon will have long hours, day and night. 4. Repeal will not feed the hun gry, as its proponents say, for the SOUTH simplest can see that the same money cannot buy bread and beer, or bread and whiskey. The Bureau of the Census an- 5 - Re P eal means ^at the boot- nounces the preliminary report on le = ge1 ' is stronger than the govern- cotten ginned, by counties, in South racnt and ratiflcation means that Carolina, for the crops of 1932 and llle peop:e havc yle!ded to the law OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY. March 30th . Victor MacLaglen and Edmund Lowe in “HOT PEPPER” URIDAY, March 31st, Only William Powell and Joan Blond ell in “LAWYER MAN” NOTICE — Special bargain prices Fridav. Admission will be 15c both matinee and r.ight. SATURDAY, April 1st, Only Fighting Buck Jones in “FORBIDDEN TRAIL” Mon.-Tues. April 3rd-4th Ralph Bellamy and Sally Eilcrs In “SECOND HAND WIFE” Story by Kathleen Norris. Wed.-Thurs. April 5th-6th Ann Harding and Leslie Howard in “ANIMAL KINGDOM” —COMING— “STATE FAIR” and “THE SIGN OF THE CROSS’’ Shows: 3:15; 7:15; 9:00 Daily 1931. (Quantities are in running bales. Linters are not included.) County 1932 The State 721,646 Abbeville 13,666 Aiken 18,842 Allendale 5,595 Anderson 51,192 Bamberg 9,229 Barnwell 12,624 Berkeley 1,248 Calhoun 14,218 Charleston 468 Cherokee 14,256 Chester 16,749 Chesterfield 26,962 Clarendon 12,205 Colleton 5,902 Darlington 18,043 Dillon 21,060 Dorchester 4,435 Edgefield 15,626 Fairfield 7,302 Florence 20,722 Greenville 37,572 Greenwood 13,331 Hampton 5,038 Horry 695 Jasper 718 Kershaw 15,490 Lancaster 13,491 Laurens 25,226 Lee 21,915 Lexington 12,110 McCormick 5,630 Marion 7,447 Marlboro 31,306 Newberry 20,137 Oconee 13,326 Orangeburg 39,257 Pickens 18,807 Richland 6,346 Saluda 11.073 Spartanburg 56,550 Sumter 24,393 Union 12,218 Williamsburg 11,351 York 27,340 Ail other 548 ixt violator. 6. Finally, if the Eighteenth Amendment is repealed, the cause 1931 will lie in the desire to obtain rev- 1.010.271 enue from the sale of liquors to 21.438 balance the budget. Cannot the 29.741 budget be balanced by some tax 6.630 less devastating than that on the 77,826 chief enemy of the home, of man- 14,019 hood, womanhood and childhood? 18.877 Must the richest nation on the 2.406 earth again legalize that which it 16.793 once outlawed to balance its bud- 740 get? 20,988 Mr. Editor, I do not wish to be a 24,926 fanatic, but I must give expression 33,506 to the faith that is in me. 17 ’ 285 i Yours truly, 9 > 116 D. V. CASON, . 21,415 pastor McCormick Baptist Church. 24.022 7,263 -X- i9 ,749 Advocate Colton 11.243 , 19378 F or Graduation 56,152 18.509 6,679 The idea of “cotton commence- 920 ments,” especially featured by high 1,599 schools and colleges in the cotton 22,791 states during the past two years, 18.999 takes on added significance this 37,806 year, according to the Cotton Tex- 29,029 tile institute, on account of the 16.726; growing tendency in various sec- 7,251 tions of the country to have both "9,286 boy and girl graduates wear cotton 39,300 caps and gowns. 25,722 j Academic gowns uniformly alike, 20,347 a dd to the picturesqueness of grad- 63.908 j nation exercises and where adopted 27.439 ; they have solved the expense prob- 8,0071 i em 0 f graduation attire. The 13,785 i urge for economy, the institute says, will be an important factor this year in more schools turning to caps and gowns, since their use saves graduates and their families the cost of new suits and dresses for commencement exercises. Use of cotton fabrics for caps and gowns has been steadily in creasing and the spread of the ' “ cot ton commencement” idea of- YxlUJJ J-YLIA f ers a i ar g e new outlet for cottons The idea is applicable both to high school and college graduation ex ercises. Estimates indicate that upwards of 300,000 young men and women uni- 81.407 32.828 20.117 15,981 39.261 1.561 tivc and interest- eting was held in ay afternoon. ome of Mrs. embers were . will graduate from colleges. Series Of Services Begins At A. R. P. Church April 6th There will be a series of services held in the McCormick A. R. P. Church, beginning next Thursday night, April 6th. Rev. D. W. Keller will preach Thursday night and Saturday night, and Dr. D. V. Cas on, Friday night and Sabbath night, which will include our usua- union services. The hour is 8 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to one and all to attend any or all of these services. LEON T. PRESSLY, Pastor. X Honor Roll For Washington School FIRST GRADE— Elizabeth Bunch Nell Mayer Frank Jefferson SECOND GRADE— Marion Dorn Fred Morgan Vera Middleton Charles Stone THIRD GRADE— John Dallas Bunch Sara Howie Ella Parks Rose Reese ’ Kenneth Warren FOURTH GRADE— Hortense Cartledge FIFTH GRADE— Willie Reed Fowler Louise Rich Henry Bussey SIXTH GRADE— Edna Cartledge SEVENTH GRADE— Nina Bussey Annie Laurie Wood Mary Louise Dorn EIGHTH GRADE— Mildred Blackwell Margie Bussey T. R. Cartledge NINTH GRADE— Evelyn Blackwell TENTH GRADE— Viola Wilkie Harold Bussey ELEVENTH GRADE— Lucyle Parks Josephine Parks XXI Honor Roll McCor mick Grammar School For 6th Month versities and high schools this year, meeting was; Since about 7 1-4 yards of fabrics ident presiding, a short program g the business are required for the average cap and gown, the universal adoption of cottons for this purpose would id one new mem- account for the consumption of T. Reynolds, and J over 2,000,000 yards of cotton goods. ! A dark gray poplin is the popular Mrs. Stallworth gave u.« a thor- cotton for commencement gowns, ough explanation of the “Live at Although ready-made caps and Home” plan, and told us also of the gowns are generally selected by a amount of necessary foods for a class as a unit, this type of attire family of five. Our county coun- is also easily made at home and of- cil was then discussed. t fers the opportunity for girls to During the social hour delicious demonstrate their skill with the fruit punch with cake was served, needle, at the same time effecting GENEVA RIDLEHOOVER, a worth-while saving in the cost Reporter, of commencement apparel. J GRADE ONE— Edward Campbell Marion Knight Margie McCain Catherine Shealy Maurice White GRADE TWO— Mary Sue Furqueron GRADE THREE— Virginia Fooshe Norma Holloway GRADE FOUR— Douglass Bradley Natalie Brown Elizabeth Fooshe Lois Freeland Henrietta Gilbert Selma Rush GRADE FIVE- - James Bell Aurelia Caudle Jim Bradley Chiles Maggie Franklin Lawrence Loveless Imogene Sanders Louise Shealy Lawrence Strom GRADE SIX— Billie Henderson Herbert Sturkey Charles Henry Williams GRADE SEVEN— Mary Elizabeth Giles X American Legion Notice All white World War Veterans are cordially invited to a 25 cents Dutch hash supper at McGrath building Friday, March 31, at 6 o’clock p. m. M. C. WHITE, Commander Post No. 19. Janet Hutchinson, one of the twenty beauties selected by notable artists as a perfect model in the wear ing of apparel, also caught the eye of judges as being your typical Aauri- can girl r _— IXX Bordeaux News Mrs. S. C. Cade has been quite sick for the past week, but now im proving. Mr. Albert Gibert, Mr. and Mrs. James Gibert, Elizabeth and James Gibert, Jr., Miss Lankford of Will- ington, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harmon dined with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell Sunday. Mr. A. B. Andrews and Mr. Robt. Perryman had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell Friday. Post Office Inspector, Mr. Stone, spent Saturday here investigating the post office robbery, committed here last Friday during dinner hour. The post master was only absent from the post office about fifteen minutes, and during this time the window was broken and the theft made. Some money from the store was stolen also. Mr. A. S. Cade’s store was broken into the Saturday night previous, and a number of articles taken. Mr. Cade’s store has been robbed quite a number of times. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Price spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell. There was a good crowd present at “The Singing” at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lindley last Sun day night. The married ladies and men won in the contest this time. Mrs. P. B. Parnell entertained for her son, Clarence, in honor of his eleventh birthday Monday p. m. There was a nice crowd of young people present. Games were played and delightful refreshments served. Mr. P. B. Parnell spent the week end here with his family. Mr. Par nell will be moved this week to Robuck to take charge of the depot for the C. & W. C. Rehoboth News The Rehoboth people are axsxioas’ over the serious condition of Mrs. G. W. Gurley. She is at Green wood Hospital, still quite ill. Miss Helen Gilchrist has been ntsrsiiig her. Mr. Gurley is improving, and preached at Rehoboth Sunday af ternoon. Miss Moline Winn spent the last week end with homefolks and made several neighborhood calls. Mrs. Minnie Winn entertained a party of relatives Saturday. Mrs. Tiny Jordan is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Minnie Winn. Little Edna Winn was calling with her mother last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Morgan and Raymond motored to Wards Sun day to visit Mrs. Morgan’s father. Mr. C. I. Gay spent Sunday af ternoon with friends in EdgefiekL On March 21st the H. D. dub met in the home of Mrs. V/. EL Gil christ, with her daughter. Miss Marie as joint hostess. In the ab sence of the president, Mrs. J. P. Talbert conducted the meeting. Af ter scripture reading and prayer, discussions about account keeping by Mrs. StaUworth. The young hostess presented an original con test that was enjoyed very much. Three visitors were welcomed. Af ter refreshments the guests turned homeward to meet on April XSth with Mrs. J. P. Talbert. The Rehoboth people presented Pastor Gurley with a small pound* ing Sunday afternoon. Glad to have with us Sunday af ternoon friends from McCormick ; and Plum Branch, i Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ridlehocver and Mrs. Rheuben Ridlehoover mo- 1 tored over to Edgefield Monday. After preaching Sunday after noon Mr. H. E. Freeland made x ! good talk on temperance, j Glad to see Mrs. Doolittle able t* be out at church Sunday after noon. The W. M. S. met with Mrs. W. A_ Winn Friday afternoon. The friends of Mrs. Kate Lux emburger will be sorry to know her daughter is ill in St. Joseph’s Hos pital in Savannah, Ga. The Rehoboth people were disap pointed not to see Rev. Griffith and his interesting family at Rehoboth Sunday afternoon. A standing vote of thanks for his kindness tm us. He is always welcome at Re hoboth. IXX . Card Of Thanks : I want to sincerely thank my relatives, neighbors and other friends for their kindness to during my recent illness. R. F. FREELAND. Plum Branch. THURSDAY and FRIDAY March 30th-31st Edmund Lowe Lupe Velez Victor McLaglen and El Brendel in “HOT PEPPER’’ SATURDAY, April 1st John Wayne in THE BIG STAMPEDE’ MONDAY and TUESDAY April 3rd-4th Irene Dunne John Boles in Fannie Hurst’s i Buy your fertilizer from us. Prompt service assured. Get extra yields and bigger profits with "AA QUALITY’ FERTILIZERS W. T. STROM and EDGAR PRICE Dealers McCORMIUK, S. C.