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PAGE NUMBER TWO Mm ‘!SSnrs3ay, November 9, 1933 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA MESSENG1 wm. m L'5 Every Thursday bllshed June 5, 1902 CDMONb i. McCJttACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Poet Office at Mc Cormick, S. (Cm as mail matter of Ohe second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: -— Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Woe Months 1 .75 •Vbrpe Months ^0 Home Commv Here Attended By More| Than 3,000 People .»■ »r ITcw Community House in Park Dedicated—Blease and Others Talk. Many prominent citizens from Georgia, Soutjj Carolina tfnd North Carolina joined pitizehs of McCor- Mrick County in making the dedica- tfcm of the new community house here Friday a real “home coming.” Approximately 3,000 people invaded the little Savannah valley town and ! McCormick, > commission, mentioned the various k *, steps in the progress of the county in his happy response to the ad dress of welcome. J. Arch Talbert*, McCormick couiily's cleric of court sizice its formation, presided and the awards were presented by Lieut. Gov. Jim Sheppard of Edgefield. The devotional was conducted by the Rev. E. F. Gettys, superintend ent cf De la Howe School, and the music was led by Mrs. D. W. Keller and the Rev. Virgil Dean of Wil- iington, A band from Greenwood furn ished music for the occasion and after the barbecue dinner a beau tiful colonial dance was staged. Among the many interesting cu rios and relics on display in ,the building was a walking cane enter ed by Bob Cothran,, pf Atlanta, Ga., 'j which was made by his father from the first stick cut while he as engi neer, was surveying the boundaries of the county. It is headed with some of the first gold taken from, the old Dorn mine here, which h^s yielded over two million dollars.of bullion. Many of the articles were over 200 years old and have passed through many generations. . ; One display deserving special mention was that entered by J. L. Jolly of Greenwood, formerly of this county. It included 35 speci mens of guns and pistols. To make the day complete for SUPERVISOR’S REPORT LIST OF CLAIMS PAID BY THE SUPERVISOR, JULY 1, 1933 12080 12C31 J. M. Brown, M. D., Lunacy Exams., $12.50; professidnal services to convicts, $2.00 14.5B J. T. Fooshe, Refund on tax C. C. Osborne 24.22 Claim No. Payee Purpose | . , the high school team Iroad smiles, gripping handshakes; won the fco tball game played here md hearty greetings were evident ^ afternoon with Monetta high on every side. v< Much credit is due Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, home demonstration agent, who led the people of the various communities in the beauti- cf Aiken. Among the many citizens of dis tinction here for the celebration .other than those mentioned above i were: Hon. W. D. Jennings, M. D., mu spirit of cooperation in staging ma y 0r 0 f Augusta, Ga.; his private Hie “Parade of Progress,” which in- ciirded 25 entries. The parade was led by Marshal Wade H. Hamlin riding the beauti ful dappled horse of Mr. Alonzo Next followed the Indians ali the handsome regalia Red Men. A covered wagon by oxen was the next fea- sponsored by the local Lions . Horseback riders of the six- led by Hon. Win. D. Morrah. Johnson, Guilford Cade, Hon. T, A. and others were followed fey girls of the sixties, women, of the an old stiay, bicycles, old modem, A buggy, and a Hoover secretary, F. L. Patterson, James H. Summerall, county treasurer, and Jim N. Robinson, of Augusta; Dr. C. C. Fuller, of Greenwood; Dr. M. W. Cheatham, of Columbia; Thom as W. Morgan, of Aiken; the Rev. J. W. Speak, D. D., of Lander Col lege, Greenwood; . Senator - Fred West, of Abbeville; Col. George Hanvey, of Abbeville; Malcome G. j Miller, state relief administrator; head of the reem- oid fasl bf the Rev. ■■LjuXs'-' driven lltf, veper- pastor of the Ideal nggro Bap- Church for rabfo , than fifty and occupied bjy Ifiss Rebec- Stall worth and IfotAe E. P. was followed 'by modern back riders,namely, Miss Scott, ,pn a beautiful saddle ne belonging to 1$< Q. Watson- of t. Carmel, H. Drueker and Miss elen Brown. *: The procession was ended by ’s modem ambulance, and «ars driven by Senafor J.. J. Dom wad J. S. Strom. E. j. McCracken, Id his new V-8 Ford, carried J. B. Harmon, T. J. Price and M. L. B. Starkey, representing the forma- tion of this county. Speakers of Mm day stated that the parade was m real credit to the egynty and re gretted deeply that a news reel was mot made of this historical pageant. Mt. Carmel, whose float was a colonial tea party, arid Bordeaux*, tlae Virginia reel, tie'd for first p(ace. The history of the De la Howe state school was ffeatured in tao floats and these, together with tbs farmers’ wagon of the Reho- feoth community came in for hon- flrs also. A group of ladies and young girls dressed in beautiful colonial cos- traes occupied the hostess float ployment bureau of South Caroli na; fcfrs. B. S. Hill, relief director for the state; W. D.,Neves, field en gineer for this state; Miss Bessie Harper, district home agent of Aik en; htrs. A. W. Murray, of Newber ry, arid William Chambers, Jr., of Waynesville, N. C. <_—***— 350 Bales Cotton Damaged By Fire Fire of undetermined origin dam aged 350 bales of government cot ton stored in state warehouse No. 1315, owned and operated by Paul R. Brown on Pine Street here. The fire, when discovered about five o’clock this morning, had made considerable headway. The cotton is badly damaged but IS covered by insurance. The build ing, valued at $1,500.00, was de stroyed except for the brick walls and no irisurarice was carried on this. —X ■ ••• ? . ; Tax Collector’s Sales Made Here Monday J. T. Fooshe, tax collector, made s^les here Monday as follows: Property of Josh Broadwater, three cows, to P. C. Dorn and J. L Smith, for $40.75. Property of Hanible Broadwater, two cows, to J. L. Smith, for $24.50. decorated in colors of pink and lav- Property of Tom Boyd, two cows. eader. The float of Rehoboth commun ity was especially interesting and deserves more than ordinary recog- xr&'flrr. The wagon drawn by two mules had everything on it requi- j&e to that first trip to Hamburg, even the milch cow trailing behind. The mules were driven by W. A. Ht'Ion and. on the wagon was a Dually group dressed in costumes cf the day. A group of men and lays followed with guns, rifles and bound dogs. r Fbrmer Governor and United States Senator Cole L. Blease was the principal speaker of the'day. He endorsed the community coop erative spirit and stated that the coty hope for the recovery of America today is her coming back to God arid His principles of home taming and every day integrity. Mayor C. K. Epting, in the ad- of welcome, urged a closer and community spirit, out the community house asset to the county for such m purpose. F. C. Robinson, who was the cocaity’^ first and only senator un- !■ Iris resignation three years ago accept a place on the state tax to J. B. Smith, for $23.50. Property of John Cartledge, two cows, to J. B. Blackwell and G. E. Carroll, for $24.75; two mules, to J. B. Holloway, for $93.50; one mule, to W. T. Quarles, for $50.00; one wagon, to Arthur Sharpton, for $5.00. . 75 acres, Mrs. M. E. Sanders’ land, to H. T. Ridlehoover, for $95.68. Nine other tracts of land offered by the tax collector were bid in by the county. X Card of Thanks We,, thank our friends shown us and 11970 11971 11972 11973 11974 11975 11976 11977 11978 11979 11980 11981 11982, 11983 11984 1}985 11986 11987 11988 11989 11990 111991 1 11992 11993 11994 11995 11996 11997 11998 11999 12000 12001 12002 12003 12004 12005 12006 12007 12008 12009 12010 12011 12012 12013 12014 12015. 12013 12017 12018 12019 12020 12021 12022 12023 12024 Amount 3.12 5.19 1.20 10.43 3.40 2.50 5.93 41.53 H. Drueker, Supplies $ R. B. Dorn, Supplies McCormick Ice Co., Ice for Court J. L. Smith, Supplies Mcse Wideman, Supplies S. B. Weeks, Wire Pries Bridge A. H. Faulkner, Supplies Standard Oil Co., Gas and Oil . ■’ McCormick Service Station, Repairs for Truck — 46.71 J. B. Smith, Supplies 1.10 W. T. Strom, Jail Expense 13.50 J. F. Mattison, Salary — 20.33 >T. T. Fooshe, Salary — 100.00 W. T. Strom, Salary 100.30 G. H. McCain, Salary — 100.00 C. W. Pennal, Salary 41.36 T. J. Price, Salary 41.36 J. A. Talbert, Salary 1 41.67 W. H. Parks, Salary 66.66 C. C. Morgan, Salary 3.33 J. L. Jennings, Salary — 8.33 M. L. B. Sturkey, Salary --X77 8.33 Joseph Murray, Salary 16.63 H. C. Walker, Salary 33.33 A. V. Morgan, Salary — 8.33 John Creswell, Salary 50.30 TOTAL $1,736.73 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Personally appeared before me G. H. McCain, Supervisor, McCor mick County, who being duly sworn, says the above statement of claims during the month cf August is true and correct to the best of his knowl edge* and belief. Sworn to before me this the 13th day cf September, 1933. 1 G. H. MfcCAIN, Supervisor.. J. O. PATTERSON, Notary Public. • t - v • < • < ♦ j , •', *, • ! l»y Rrv. CLarles E. Diiaxl PAUL IN MACEDONIA Lesson for November 12th Acts 15:36-17:15 ' Golden Text: Acts 16:31. continued suffering looms before us. Therefore there is > enormous need for the dedicated life . Paul, represents. Consider now the prayer-meeting held in Philippi by the river. Note that it was a congregation of wom- a en. This is typical of the modern The lesson describes a vision, Jess Remsen, Salary l—l —— 15.90 Prayer-meeting, and an Earthquake i prayer-meeting, as well as of our J. O. Patterson, Salary r. 25.90 ^conversion. At Troas Paul had a Sunday worship. Women greatly 33.09 90.00 23.15 M. G. & J. J. Dom, Lumber and Supplies M. G. & J. J. Dom, Lumber arid Supplies Stroms’ Drug Store, Supplies L. G. Bell, Lunacy Exam^,^.^wi;-ii->------ : Gulf Service Station, Supplies Dr. Garnet Tuten, Prof. Service .X-i--. Dr. C. H. Workman, Prof. Service Dr. J. M. Brown, Lunacy Exams, $25.00; Service to poor, $6.50; Service to convicts, $12.75, etc. 67.50 McCormick Service Station, Repairs for Truck 26.56 Burton Pitts Lumber Co., Lumber 69.30 J. B. Harmon Co., Supplies 51.39 3.50 1,226.31 j dream. He saw a man from Macs- j outnumber men in the more spirit- 337.49 donia, and heard him cry for help. I ual phases of church work. It is a Prof. Ramsay, has suggested that | pity that this is so, for the Chris- this mysterious figure was none tian religion is a thoroughly, virile other than St. Luke, the beloved interpretation of man’s origin and 44.50 ' physician. This is an intriguing 48.50 guess. But the main point of tho incident is that Paul obeyed the summons, entered Europe, and so planted the seeds that led to the evangelization of the western world. destiny. The need of arousing,the interest cf men in God’s Kingdom, is patent. And what shall we say of that dramatic midnight conversation of the terrified jailor who almost com mitted * suicide? It is a thrilling Today SOS calls are sounding j story suggesting two truths. The from every direction. The world is first is that prison bars cannot crush the soul of man. Here we Hamilton Drug Co., Supplies City Market, Supplies 12 - 90 Mrs. Alice Chamberlain, Supplies : 5.00 jin a sorry plight. The atmosphere J. T. Fooshe, Tax Col., Bal. on Car Expenses for 1932 175.00 is tense with suspicion, and electric T C Faulkner Supolies 3.45 with excitement. War-clouds are J. S. Strom, One cot pad for jail 3.00 gathering again on the horizon. G G Palmer, Ford spring - 2.75 , Economic distress is universal. The L. W. Lyon, Lumber for Clarks Hill bridge 90.49 prophecy of the Master, “It must | tion, the answer of Paul to the jail- John Creswell Salary _ 40.00 i needs be that offences come,7 has or, if geared to the needs of the ’ j _ _ - ' - ' Knar. A n-T find Paul and Silas praying and singing hymns though confined in a filthy den. The second is that when a sick soul cries for redemp- Geo. P. Watkins, Salary 50.00 T. J. Price, Treas., Note, O. G. Calhoun 815.96 J. T. Fooshe, Postage, June 6.25 R. A. Price, Operating ferry 24.00 Com. Public Works, Water arid lights 9 33 J. O. Patterson, Postage for County officers 10.20 S. C. Con. Telephone Co., rents 16-30 been fulfilled. A prospect of long- particular patient, is adequate. "Ji 1 ;■ u TOTAL - ■— $4,632.19 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Personally appeared before me G. H. McCain, Supervisor, who, being duly sworn, says that the above statement is true and correct. Sworn to before me this the 13th day of September, 1933. G. H. McCAIN, Supervisor. J. O. PATTERSON, Notary Public. LIST OF CLAIMS PAID BY SUPERVISOR AUGUST 1, 1933. for the kindness shown us ana for the beautiful floral offerings at the death of our father, Mr. A. B. Bar den. The Children. % Trespass Notice We hereby forbid anybody tres passing or hunting on the lands of H. M. Bouchillon estate. T. P. & D. H. Bouchillon, Administrators. Claim 12025 12026 12027 12028 12029 12030 12031 12032 12033 12034 12035 12036 12037 12038 12039 12040 12041 12042 12043 12044 12045 12046 12047 12048 12049 12050 12051 12052 12053 12054 12055 12056 12057 12058 12059 12C60 12061 12062 12063 12064 12065 12066 12067 12068 12069 12070 12071 12072 12073 12074 12075 12076 12077 12078 12079 No. Payee. Purpose Amount J. T. Fooshe, Salary $ 100.00 W. T. Strom, Salary 100.93 G. H. McCain, Salary 100.90 T. J. Price, Salary 41.38 C. W. Pennal, Salary j. 41.36 J. W. Corley, Salary 66.66 J. F. Mattison, Salary 20.83 J. A. Talbert, Salary 41.67 J. O. Patterson, Salary 25.90 Joseph Murray, Salary 16.68 J. L. Jennings, Salary 8.33 C. C. Morgan, Salary 8.33 M. L. B. Sturkey, Salary 8.33 H. C. Walker, Salary 33.33 A. V. Morgan, Salary 8.33 Jess Remsen, Salary 15.90 Jno. Creswell, Salary 50.00 W. T. Strom, Jail expense 21.75 Forfeited Land Com., Recording and fees 104.75 Joseph Murray, Atty., Professional Serv. and costs 49.75 Stroms’ Drug Store. Supplies 4.79 M. L. Gibert. Supplies 6.23 Gulf Refining Co., Gas and oil 41.34 Patterson Clo. Co., Supplies 11.53 G. H. McCain, Supplies paid for chain gang 19/:-, George Sharpton, Supplies 8.36 W. M- Talbert, Supplies 6.13 D. L. Burnett, Lumber 3.33 Mose Wideman, Supplies 4.77 Bearings Parts and Supply Co.. Supplies for tractor __ 5.23 Gorgalina Tractor Co., one blade 4.65 R. A. Price, Lumber for Price’s Mill bridge 13.23 J. M. Brown. Supplies 2.80 J. R. Corley, Supplies 3.55 Smith’s 10c Store, Supplies 9.59 M. G. & J. J. Dorn, Supplies 39.58 McCormick Messenger, Printing 38.25 Burroughs Adding Mch. Co., Payment on Mch. 18.18 J. Frank Mattison, Commitment 10.00 Robinson Ins. Agency, Premium on T. J. Price’s Bond _ 100.00 J. B. Smith, Supplies 1.55 J. B. Harmon & Co., Supplies 7.18 M. G. & J. J. Dorn, Lumber for Cuffie Town Creek bridge __ 1 161.95 W. T. Strom, Car expense, four months 100.00 J. T. Fooshe, Car expense for April, May, June and July 60.00 J. O. Patterson, Postage 9.20 J. T. Fooshe, Postage 6.25 J. T. Fooshe, Ex. Acct. Dec., 1932 25.00 Com. Public Works, Water and lights - 14 -9 5 S. C. Con. Tel. Co., rents ; 18.85 Edelstein and Co., Stripes for convicts 11-33 Jeff Hunt Road Mch. Co., Interest on note 41 - 67 Lombard Iron Works, Welding bridge member 10.55 T. J. Price, Treas., Jury tickets 6.15 Dr. Garnet Tuten, Lunacy exams. 30.00 Byrd to Broadcast Thrills , From Antarctic Expedition • . x§k> . .*> .• Lv ’ ' ' >'- x >•& '• ^ • IpiSB A,>>•,-. [ ' : : X y*, • Charles J. V. Murphy, left; Admiral Richard E. Byrd, right. '| J HE scene is the South Pole ro- * gion. The temperature is 70 de gress below zero. Against the ter rific odds of overpowering cold, the spectre of hunger and threat of burial in eternal ice, heroic men are battling to discover a new con tinent. Rear Admiral Richard E. Eyrd is leading his Second Antarc tic Expedition to new pioneer glories. Toasting their feet by a comfort- able fireside, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Radio Listener will share the high adventure of these intrepid explor ers. For the thrilling drama of this fi. irt to conquer the world’s last re- t> a.'n'ng frontier, is to be brought to t!’S American public, direct from ! ’s America, 10,000 miles away, 1 v.-solcly short-wave broadcasts, ’"onsering Achievement ' first time in history, civil ly . U learn the thrills of pio- . . cries instantaneously as f-isy i place in the polar wastes. When tin dials are tuned in on ' i'-tle America, Admiral Byrd and i ..hers of his party will present vivid '•ramatizations of Antarctic con- ruests, inaugurating the most am- 1 itious broadcasting project ever conceived. Assigned tho most difficult radio reporting job ever attempted, Charles J. V. Murphy, brilliant young New Vork newspaper man, accompanied 'the expedition to an nounce and direct the Antarctic broadcasts from the scene of action. Besides possessing exceptional abil ity as a writer, and a dramaiio speaking voice, Murphy, standing six feet two inches in height, and weighing 180 pounds, has the phy sique to battle the hardships he w.’ll encounter on the world’s last and coldest frontier. Scries Starts November 18 The first broadcast has been an nounced for Saturday night, Novem ber IS, from Byrd’s flagship, the Rr.ppert, as it sails on its last lap to the Antarctic regions. The series will be heard in this country over a Columbia Broadcasting System net work of 59 stations every Saturday night at 10 p. m. Eastern Standard Time. 9 p. m. Central Time, 8 p. m. Mo.’.itaia Time aud 7 p. m. Pacific Time. V E x p< >erience Service Facilities Those are the important thixigs in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when . you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional charge for service out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, S. C.