Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TRUE TO OUB8ELVX8, OUR NEIGHB ORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. X Thirty-Second Year Uelioboth INews ■>- • ^ ; - . *• • *' • Sorry to report that Mrs. T. B. Culbreath is quite U1 at her home. Her (laughter, Mrs. Boyd, was there last week. Another daughter, Mrs. J. C. Ratteree, of Clover, came down to stay awhile with her mother. Mrs. Nenie Winn, Miss Kathryn Cochran of Florida, Mrs. J. E. Winn and Mrs. Susie Winn visited Mrs. Culbreath Saturday. The W. M. S. has been invited to meet at the home of Mrs. W. R. OUchrist on the afternoon of Sept. 22. A large attendance is requested, as there is important business to Attend to. The Home Demonstration Club it at the home of Mrs. J. F. on Thesday, *Sept. 19th, p. A large attendance is requested, ft is time to reorganize, and ire is a little collection to be made up. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Morgan spent Sunday p. m. in the hbme of Mr. and MTs. Cole Berry. Raymond re mained for a short visit to his ctAis- ins, Felder and Edward Berry. Several from here enjoyed the association at Mountain Creek last More would have gone had it for the rainy weather. Mr. Robert Gilchrist has joined the army and left for' camp last Established June 5, 1902 Death Of Mrs. •*- T- C. McDonald McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, September 14, 1933 Four Pages Number 14 The Washington High School be gan Monday a. m. Mr. Roy Harling is to drive one of the buses. Pastor Gurley preached a good senhon Sunday a. m. after reading the church covenant, not only for the benefit of the two new mem bers, but to refresh the memory of all church members to their duty. Mr. and Mrs. Gurley dined with Mr and Mrs. T.,C. Winn. . xxt Sunday School Picnic v At Sullivan School House September 16 v There will be a Sunday school picnic Saturday, September 16,1933, at the Sullivan School house. Dinner will be served on the grounds. The public is invited. : J. J. MAYSON, Superintendent. All-Day Singing At Holiness'Church Here Next Sunday There will be an all-day singing at the Pentecostal Holiness Church here next Sunday, Septem ber 17th, heginning at 10 o’clock a. m. Dinner will be served on the grounds. Everybody is invited to come and bring well baskets. 41 OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Robert Montgomery and Hel en Hayes in M ANOTHER LANGUAGE” FRIDAY, SEPT. 15th, ONLY Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in “TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY” Yes this a repeat showing. If you have not seen it don’t miss it Friday. SATURDAY, SEPT. 16th, Only Tom Mix and Tony, Jr., in “THE TERROR TRAIL” Added News, Cartoon and Comedy. MON.-TUES^ SEPT. 18th-19th James Dunn and Sally Ellers In “HOLD ME TIGHT” III. I . .1 ■T WFD.-THUR8., SEPT. 20-21st Bing Crosby, Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie and many others in “COLLEGE HUMOR” Listen, break any engagement to atf this picture. it S:lf; 7:15; 9:H Dally Mrs. Ann Elizabeth McDonald, wife of Mr. T. C. McDonald, was born near Washington, Ga., Feb. 3, 1852, and died at Parksville, S. C., Sept. 8, 1933. She and her husband were married Dec. 22, 1876, her maiden name being Gresham. In early girlhood she joined the Methodist Church and remained a faithful, consistent member throughout her long life. Most of her life was spent at Parksville, where, by her modest, unassuming manners, she made friends of all her acquaintances. Mrs. Mcponald/was. a hpme loving woman and her devotion to her family was something beautiful to see. We rejoice that our sad loss is her great gain, yet we mourn that no longer her gentle spirit is with us here. * We laid her to rest at Parksville Cemetery Saturday afternoon be neath a collection of choice flow ers. Especially appropriate was this, as she was a great lover of flowers. Rev. O. L. Orr conducted a simple but impressive funeral service at the grave-side—a fitting close to a long, peaceful, useful, beautiful life. Mrs. McDonald is survived by her husband, Mr. T. C. McDonald, and the following children: -Messrs. T. E. and J. W. McDonald, Mrs. J. P. Brunson and Miss Annie McDonald, all esteemed, citizens of Parksville. She is also survived by three grand-children and two great grand-children. ‘‘Ah,’ cherished friend, the battle’s • o’er; life's noise and din of strife Are all forgot since thou art come To everlasting life. * A Friend. -txt- Recommendations For Emergency Conservation Work McCormick County H. Y. Fprsythe, District Forester, made the following recommenda tions in order to establish a refor estation camp in the county, and do foveatry "work: Total land area 242,560 acres Total woodland area .172,365 acres General A definite policy of county wide forest protection was outlined and approved by the McCormick Coun ty Delegation in July, 1933. The members of the Delegation interviewed and approving the plan were Senator J. J. Dorn and Representative T. A. Dowtin. It was unanimously approved for the County to appropriate $900.00 for the maintenance of a County wide protective system. Recommehdations—Protection. It was recommended that a County wide protection system be established in McCormick County and that protection should consist of:- (1) the construction of three fire observation towers at strafegic points throughout the County so hat the entire County will be giv- m adequate protection, (2) the ■onstruction of a standard 4-room house in conjunction with each .,bwer on the 5 to 15 acre tract of land to be deeded to the State for this purpose, (3) the construction of approximately 40 miles of tele phone line, (4) the employment of hree observers (one for each tow er) for an eight to ten months period at a salary of from $15.00 to $25.00 per month including travel expenses, (5) the employment of a County Warden for an eight to ten months period at a salary of $50.00 to $70.00 per month including trav eling expensse, and to have charge if the detection and reporting sys tem of fire control, carjy out edu cational, organization, inspection and investigation activities, and majpteqance work, op alj improve ments. The duties of the organization will be the detection of fires in the County and the prompt reporting of such to the landowners (or his tenant) on whose land the fire oc curs. is the landowners respon sibility to extinguish the fire on his own land. Neighborhood fire fight ing crews would be worked up for extinguishing fires on their own land and that of their neighbors. These crews would have to be sup plied with fire fighting equipment, but all work would be voluntary. The purchase of materials and cost of construction of tower, house, and telephone line to be borne by Emergency Conservation Work funds, and all labor ^to be furnished from a Civilian Con servation Camp to be located in McCormick County. McCormick County, through the County legislative Delegation is to provide annually the sum of $900.- 00, under a three-year agreement with 1 the State Forestry Commis sion. This sum to be matched an nually with a like amount of $900.- 00 by the State and Federal Gov ernments through the §tate Fores try Commission. The monies so provided to be used for the employ ment of a County Warden and three lookouts, the purchase of fire fighting tools and miscellaneous expenses of the Association, main tenance of all improvements, and educational work in fire prevention and control in the County. Due to the large area of forest land and abandoned agriculture land in McCormick County, pro tection from fire is needed to:- (1) protect natural reproduction of for es^ trees, (2) promote more rapid tree growth and the production of higher quality timber, (3) increase the fertility of the soil by pro tecting accumulations of leaf litter, grass and other vegetation, which will decompose into organic soil matter, and (4) protect the , soil from both sheet and gully erosion by maintaining a cover which will retard the washing effect of heavy rains, thus providing a measure of flood control. Cooperative Protection. It is recommended that the State and Federal governments cooper ate in fire protection with indivi duals throughout McCormick Coun ty on a 50-50 basis. Under this plan demonstration forest areas, parks borders must be to an~extent disre- or recreational areas is considered advisable. 17118 program will of course depend upon the possibility of the County obtaining such areas or county lands in order to carry on this development program. State Land Development. The De la Howe School woodland of approximately 2,000 acres will furnish a source of work for a C. C. C. Camp in McCormick County. This work to consist of the follow ing:- (1) Survey and map of area. (2) Cruise of area to determine forest types and timber on area. (3) Improvements and thinning cuttings. (4) Reforesting idle and abandoned areas. (5) Demonstra tion erosion projects on area. (6) Preparation of a management plan for forest.. Civilian Conservation Corps. I recommend that a Civilian Con servation Corps Camp be establish ed in McCormick County to carry on the work as outlined. Remarks. In connection with the mainte nance of the County fire protection erganziation, the technicality of the present delegation binding the County for any sum of money un der a three-year contract was brought out. It was stated that th? present delegation has only one more year to serve and accordingly, no matter how willing the present delegation was to carrying on the work, future delegations could not be bound by their action. H. Y. FORSYTHE, District Forester. txt Dr. Roper Calls On Temperance Forces To Rally For Prohibition Dr. J. C. Roper, chairman of the South Carolina Forces for Temper ance and Prohibition, has sent the following addressed, to “‘Fellow Citizens,” for publication On the seventh day of November every citizen will be weighed in the providing an Individual desires in- balance. God and duty are on one tensive protection on his woodland | side and political expediency on the and providing he is willing to pay. other. one or two cents per acre per year, | If it was necessary to refer the the State and Federal governments repeal of- the 18th amendment will match his allotment with a to the people, it certainly is not like amount which will be used ex-1 democracy for the administration, clusivrty on that property for pay- or any one connected therewith, to meitt of retainer fees for fire war dens and crew members. . Erosion. Erosion, both sheet and gully, oc curs in McCormick County. Like other Piedmont Counties this ero sion problem must be met with and controlled in order that progress can be made in both forestry and agriculture. Accordingly, I recommend that the activities of a Civilian Conser vation Corps Camp in McCormick County be extended to establish demonstration rock and brush dams, terraces and any other con trol measures necessary to check erosion in McCormick County. This work should be done only on lands where the owner will enter into agreement with the State- For estry Commission, giving them per mission to carry on this work and agreeing to maintain all dams, ter races, etc., to the best of their abil ity after the work is completed. Areas in which this work is done should be used as demonstration ireas of erosion control and scat- L cred throughout the County. Reforestation. I recommend the planting of for est tree seedlings on open lands, unsuited to agriculture and not ful ly restocking with natural repro duction. Trees should be purchased by the landowners and planting done by members of the C. C. C. Camp at no cost to the landowner. Cultural Work. It is recommended that three or four demonstration areas be es tablished in various sections of the County to illustrate the proper methods of thinning and improv ing farm ..woodlands.. All work in these areas to be done by members of a C. C. C. Camp. These areas to use coercion to cause them to vote a certain way. With all the failure of prohibition it has resulted in the drinking of less liquor than under any other system. According to the govern ment estimates not one-third as much is consumed as under lega! sale. Crimes from drink have de creased 54 per cent. In England where there is legal sale of liquor, the crime wave shows an increase of 300 per cent. Death from alchol- ism has decreased in the United States 42 per cent since prohibition Insanity from alcholism has de creased 66 per cent. In the United States under legal ized liquor there were 97 Keely in stitutes; they have been reduced to 11 under the 18th amendment, c decrease of 90 per cent. There were 275 institutions in ah for treatment of alcholic diseases; now there are only 68. Decrease in drunkenness caused 207 to close. In Chicago during legalized liquor the Washington Home for men, for drunkards, had 700 to 1,Q00 patients at a time, and had treated 300,00C drunkards. Since the 18th amend ment, a decrease of 90 per cent. Moreover, bootlegging is less now than then. Under legal sale federal agents located 208 speakeasies in Charleston, S. C. In 1908, under legal sale, The Minneapolis Journal declared there were 4,000 blind pig? in that city, to one for every 74 per sons. The wets claim the prohibition law is no£ enforced. It is enforced 70 per cent as against 55 per cent for the average criminal law. The effort to drive dry voters to vote wet under a party whip is not only undemocratic but it is unwor thy. The cry of states’ rights does not garded and the United States must be taken as an ecQpomic area.” The South Carolhra state conven tion was opposed to repeal and its delegates at Chicago went contrary to its wishes, or a majority did so. It becomes the duty of every man and woman who loves temperance, morality and righteousness to go to the court house on the first Monday in September and October and get their registration certificates and then go to the polls on the seventh of November and vote against re peal. Three ex-governors of this state, at least, and members of both houses of the legislature will do this thing. As a senator has said, “A blind tiger in a swamp is less hurt ful than a saloon on a prominent comer.” Registration books will be open in the coilrt house September 1-20 and the first Monday in,October. Women do not require a tax re ceipt. Men must have their tax re ceipt. Register now! J. C. ROPER, Chairman South Carolina Federa ted Forces for Temperance and Prohibition. txt Washington School Opened Monday The Washington Consolidated High School, mid-way Parksville and Modoc, opened Monday morn ing, September 13th, at nine o’clock with a most favorable enrollment. The informal opening exercises were very capably conducted by Mr. L. V. Mayor, superintendent of the school, who gave an able inter pretation of the 13th Chapter of 1st Corinthians and an inspiration al address in which he earnestly invoked the whole-hearted cooper- Bordeaux News Mrs. W. G. Mitchell has returned home, after a two weeks’ visit to her mother, Mrs. W. T. Slaughter, in Hickory Grove, S. C. Mr. P. S. Tinsley spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McIntosh. Miss Mary McIntosh is with her aunt, Mrs. Roy Stone, to attend school this session. Miss Sallie Lou Cade is visiting* her grandmother, Mrs. S. C. Cade. Mrs. Robt. Leonard and daugh ters and Mr. George Hoffman re turned to Lincolnton, N. C., after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hoffman. Miss-Martha Hoffman will go to school in Lincolnton, N. C., this term. Mr. C. F. Clifford is in Anderson this week oh business. The singing met Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell! Mrs. R. F. Moore is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cade. School opens here next Monday, Mrs. G. W. Cade as teacher. Mrs. Cade has taught the school here for a good many years. She is very efficient and all her pupils regard her as “second mother.” She gives every pupil individual attention^ Quite a number of the young peo ple have attended all their school life under Mrs. Cade’s instructions. Mr. P. B. Parnell, depot agent at Roebuck, spent the week end here with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Owens spent the past week end with Mrs. Owens* parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. GiberL HINER—MOORE Of interest to friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. Alan Moore, is the an nouncement of their marriage, Ju ly 16, 1933, at Fort Lauderdale; Florida. ation of the entire student bodyH The bride, Miss Gwendolyn ttin- arm teachers. The faculty for this term consists of: Supt., Mr. L. V. Mayer of Clarks Hill, S. C.; Mr. Frank Corley, Mc Cormick, S. C., agriculture; Miss Nanoline Tyler, Springfield, S. C., History and Science; Miss Janie Jordan, Royston, Ga.,, English and French; Miss Minnie Jackson, Ab beville, S. C., 5th and 6th grades; Miss Bean, Johnston, B. C., 4th and 5th grades; Miss Margaret McKin ney, McCormick, S. C., 1st and 2nd grades, and Mrs. Lewis Rich, Clarks Hill, music. With this splendid student body and well qualified corps of teachers a most successful school term is anticipated. XXX Sumter C. C. C. Group Is Best y * COMPANY 2414 GIVEN HIGHEST RANK IN FOURTH CORPS AREA BY GENERAL KING er, is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hiner of Homestead, Flori da. The groom is the eldest son at Mrs. R. F, Moore and the late ^Dr. R. F. Moore of Elberton, Georgia. He is now an employee of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railway, at Miami, Florida. : Community House Is Completed I am asking that the building” committee and the finance com mittee of the community house and. others interested to please meet at the court house Friday night, Sep tember 15th, at 8 o’clock, to discuss the feasibility of having a formal opening of the community house at an early date. * C. K. EPTTNG, Mayor. txt More Time For C. C. C. Veterans Atlanta, Sept. 2.—Major Genera Edward L. King today designated j Dr. C. K. EPTING, Civilian Conservation corps com- J Service Officer, be located on main roads prefers- reaC h f ar w hen Secretary of War ble, and to be properly marked with Dern representing the administra- signs. tion at the governors’ conference County Land Development. jat Sacramento, speaking on the The establishment of County^ national recovery act, said: “States’ pany number ‘2414 at Sumter, S. C., as the best in the fourth corps area. The various companies were judged on the quantity and quali fy of work performed, leadership md initiative, camp administration and operation, living quarters, kitchen and mess halls, supply ad ministration, discipline, morale and welfare. Company 2414 is Composed o veterans and is commanded by Major Alexander N. Stark, infan try. The winning officers and men will be awarded medals by the Army and Navy Journal. District awards went to Company 412 at Collettsville, N. C.; Company 462 at Walhalla, S. C.; Company 2427 at Kingsport, Tenn.; Company 46 at Townley, Ala.; the unit at Slidell, La., 7, commanded by Major Stephen G. Henry; Company 453 at Eastport, near Jacksonville, Fla.; Company 484 at Bay Minnette, Ala., and Company 1429 at Warm Springs, Ga. AGEN- The American Legion, McCormick, S. C. TO ALL COOPERATING CIES: This office has received informa tion from the Administrator of Veteran’s Affairs that those veter ans who are now enrolled for Emergency Conservation Work will be granted the privilege of enroll ing for an additional period of six months duration. It is contem plated that in order to bring the Veterans’ Contingent up to the full strength allowed, that it will be necessary to make further selec tions. Therefore, veterans desiring to apply should communicate with this office either personally, or by letter, and the necessary applica tion form will be furnished to them. These selections will be made between the dates of Septem ber 25 and 30, both dates inclusive, and for this reason it is urged that all veterans who desire to apply de so at once. This applies to both white and colored. S. C. GROESCHEL, There are two men from McCor mick county in this camp, E. F. Creighton and C. F. Osborne. All | Manager, Veterans Administration, men there were given medals Sept. Columbia, S. C. 12th. Sept. 6, 1933.