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-»»- • fiM: For *., n Vi. i;y ■<4*- -■■■•» tr >» ; ^ ; . ‘A , ed by steadily improving business conditions ned by the loyal support during the past ; and customers, we go forward into the new already laid for better and more comprehensive store i'lts Test Cotton Seed To Guard Againstfl Poor Germination Clcjnson College, Dec. 30.—Germ ination tests made on the 1033 cot ton seed crop show that seed irom many sections of the state are of very poor quality for planting pur poses, according t6 R. W. Hamil ton, extensitM Agronomist, wBb ad vises that farmers play safe by hav ing germination tests made. “In view of' the necessity for planting a reduced acreage under the 1934 cotton acreage control plan, it is highly important”, says Mr. Hamilton, “for every farmer to be sure that the seed he does plant are of high quality both in breeding and in germinating power. 1 “The South Carolina seed law ompowefs the commissioner of ag riculture to make teed germination tests for any farmer asking this ' service.. Mr. J. Roy Jones, commis- jsioner of agriculture,.Columbia, has j installed modem seed-testing equip- |ment and will be glad to make germination tests on seed samples £ent to him”, Mr. Hamilton states. 1 xx —• ■i>. car of nice. horses let warrants. whid?t I will sell I wish to cordially invite the pubUc interested in live stock to come and inspect them before buying else where; I guarantee each one to be sound and a good worker, and will appreciate your business. D. R McCAIN McCormick, S. C. tinue our policy of handling first quality, standard always in the popular price range. Wc pjan to justify that you may Have wider er possible we shall improve our store you every assistance in making shopping here it, pleasant and profitable. - 'c express Our thanks to all who have enabled us to for the year of 1933. , itial increase in I Mr* m m* -.,<V Y Y C-v*-' . . J.V0 ' ; ’ ?' ' * -A | ‘Z' - * .o. Successor to J. *W. Bracknell & Soil; M riW bbam:h. ,s, a ' iY-V .■>}-*? •• 'W •• • £■ * >T • . / ' 1 Ccsson for Janaary 7th - .,v >** %&hr. V . I- : V ' ' » jv- ti ’J- ISE. i*. •"W*- m«'W -■ 'f ■V v ' : been past up awhile r and two chil- ~ uming. Abbeville, With Mr. and Mrs. ara;li Dr. and M«. D. V. Cason had as their guests ^rs. Cason’s mother, 5 Mts. Roy Cods, two brothers, Mr. Lamar Cook and Mr. Victor Spoon er with his wife and three children, ah of Colquitt, Ga. and son, Bpbbie, of here at the jS^ne^of )rgia Talbert dating the holidays. ^ Mrs. R. LV Faulkner spent several days recently with her parents, Mr. and< Mrs. C. ; L.’Bonner, in Carroll ton, Ga. . \.v Mr.'fMarvin Burts of Abbeville was seeing friends here Saturday -afternoon. . • Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Peurifoy and children of Hamilton, Ohio, spent Christmas holidays with her fa ther, Mr. Albert- Gibert, at WU- llngton. Church Sunday afterhodn at 2:3. o’clock, Each boy and girl is. geif dijUly invited to be piysent. WANT ADV. ■i Just received car of Chilean Nitrate of Soda, both old style and Champion Brand.; Specal price for next 10 days. J. L. Bracknell, Plum Branch, S. C. . ' WANTED—To buy for my stables hay; com, oats, and fodder. D. P. McCain, McCormick, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White of the Pioneer Gold Mine. here spent Christinas holidays with the lat- ter’s mother, Mrs. Julia Thomas, in New York City. Miss Louise Remsen of Charlotte, N. C., spent the holidays here with her mother, Mrs. Maude Remsen. , Misses Eloise, Ruth and Melba Corley, Mr. Frank Corley and Mas ter Robert Corley spent several days during the past week in Or lando, Fla.,, with Mr. and Krs. W. D. Cooper. Mrs. D. B. Woodward and chil dren, Master D. B., Jr., and Miss Dorothy Woodward, of Aiken, spent Christmas here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin. Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Blackwell have returned home from a two weeks’ visit to Mr. and Mrs. T. E. SnelJings of Charlotte, N. C. Miss Ethel Killingsworth of Rock Hill spent Christmas holidays here with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Killingsworth. Lieutenant J. Leland McAllister , of Langley Field, Va., spent Christ mas holidays here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McAllister. Miss Dorothy Nickles of Hodges is spending the week with Miss Ma ry Ellen ‘ Edmunds of the Buffalo settibn. - Miss Leila Bradley of Troy was the guest of Miss Frances Robinson during the Christmas holidays. Miss Frances Britt resigned as commercial teacher in McCormick High School December 1st to accept secretarial work in Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Miller of Greenwood is her successor here. FOR SALE—3 doz. good thrifty 8-weeks old Duroc-Poland pigs by the doz., or $1^69 each and up, or will trade for com. J. M. Bussey, Parksville, S. C. by diaries £. Oust tt, ' 1 |» % - « .V V • r v J . * ■ * . - t ' « v' . ';!• . ” BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS' fact that he alone records the Mas^ ter’s charge to the disciples to avoid the Gentiles and Samaritans, and 1 to concentrate on the “lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (chap. 10:6) Then, too, Matthew’s book gives one< more of a feeling of the soil in Pal estine- and more of a sense of her six [ history than the other three gos- Matthcw 2:1-12 Go?dqn Text: Matthew 1:21 ■if IS?:? 1 ft-ijJijSji* -» I, m H ; I \mm ; ! i-i-X M 1. i r xemmopteti j , <£>> < j a :1 1 -mmmz: ..<4 Cv?£ : :$¥: The lesson^ for the first months' of 1934 are taken from the pels, gospel of Matthew, the evangelist! Our opening lesson deals with the noted for his emphasis upon the familiar visit of Magi to the child •Jewish tradition. A Jew writing for Jesus on the twelfth day after His ; Jews, it is natural for Matthew to birth. I discover a four-fold mean- | begin his great gospel by calling it ing in this beautiful legend. First £ ‘the book of the generation of Je- of all; these three wise men of the 5 sus Christ, the- son of - David, .the-cast were wise. They had learning ■; pfctti of Abraham." In addition, we and culture in contrast to the rada*^ ould expect him to make much shepherds of the hills. Wisdom *v the Old Testament. In this we therefore is paying homage to its f •e hot disappointed, for there are Master, in the next place, these $ 6|‘ Old Teot^ment references in his! travelers wej^ joyful -followers of ^ bihlogtca,! , Study, more than h other gp^^lA-Furthennbre^ we that Matthew says muth about the the heavens. They were astrono- ^ kftigdem of heaven^ a conception msrs, and so cultivated the upward f - familiar to' iJhe Jews. There are lock. Again we note that they many problems of this kingdom in Jfound a King, and" that King was a $• his gospel. For this reason our les-jj Child. Finally, they brought appro- £ stjjns for these first twd'quarters Are priate gifts, gold,, the symbol Bf- called “The Gospel c£ the King- realty, frankincense, the token of dom.” A further illustration of Mat-, gOdheod, and myrrh, the emblem f thew’s characteristic. Judaism is the of mortality. ■. r idg Experience Service Facilities FOR SALE—Mules and hofS2S for sale or trade. Jamie L. Smith, Mc Cormick, S. C. NOTICE Miss Martha Major spent the past week in Greenville with rela- j tives. I Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Edmunds and son, Gilmore, of Jacksonville Fla., were up for a visit to homefolk here Christmas. Mrs. Bessie Traynham and Mr. Lawrence Marsh of Honea Path, Mr. F. L. Marsh and daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Marsh apd Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Marsh of Augusta spent Christmas Day here with Mrs. F. C. McCain and Mr. Forest Marsh at McCormick Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. T. Li Edmupds and children, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Faulk ner and children and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McCracken and children spent Sunday at Hodges with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nickles and chil dren. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Robinson, Mrs. UHie T. Jennings, Dr. and Mrs. A- F. Burnside and son, Alfred, of gtotambia, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bar- There will be a very important meeting of the McCormick Loyal Temperance Legion at the Baptist On January 6, 1934, at Plum Branch, S. C., I will publicly sell to the high est bidder for cash, the following:, • ‘ « Two Cows, One Calf, " v j . V .. ' ' . • . » •' t One Yearling. T. W. Lanham. Plum Branch, S. C., Jan. 2, 1934. 666 LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE. NOSE DROPS Checks Malaria in 3 days, Cold* first day. Headaches or Neuralgi? in 30 minutes. FINE LAXATIVE AND TONH Most Speedy Remedies Knowt Hardly had the last note of New Year bells ceased sounding when the daytime frock above made its appearance in shop windows of New York stores, the first Spring dress of the season. It is satin again, for early spring wear, satin that is dull and almost slheenless. And the ever popular black and white color combination steps to the fore for another sea son. The shoulders explain them selves. The pleated ruffing cir cles, swings and sways it way around back of the neck and ther perches jauntily on each shoulder. This trim maintains the wide shoulder effect . . . but please no tice the straight line sleeve with a tendency for becoming bell shaped below the elbow. Please also note :he fullness in the skirt below the knees. Those are the important things in of a funeral director, and should; be the worth mind when m yen have occasion to choose one DISTANCE NO HINDRANCE TO OUR 'SERVICE and There i» no : additional charge out Main Street McCormick, S. C. .v. THE MODERN SMALL HOME The small home of the future will be a very different sort of a place than that of the past. It will offer, at a very moderate price, ad vantages, conveniences and com forts that were unknown even in the mansions of. another time. It v 1 be more attractive to the eye, md offer infinitely greater possi- t ities for originality in design and t.catment. And, most important of a 1 perhaps, it will provide the maximum of protection against fie, tornadoes, hurricanes and o.her destructive elements. The objectives to be attained in the modern home, are low first cost, low depreciation, low mainte nance and long-time economy. And for three and four or five thousand dollars, distinctive homes cmbrac , ing all these features, may be had In the hot - too - distant* future building boom fn this country. America is “short” thousands of homes—population drift, coupled with fire aiHf obsolescence and other destroyers, have continued to there is going to be a residential | not be paid by Bfec.ember 31, 1933. the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and" if taxes are not paid qn or before February 1, 1934, the County Auditor will proceed to add Two Per Cent and Five Per thp housing nppd at a tim© Cent from the lst of' March to the increase the housing need at a time, 15th of March, after which time when building of all kinds has been unpaid taxes will be collected by at the absolute bottom. The wise the Tax Collector. home builder, using modem mate- ! The tax levies for the year 1933 rials and methods, is going to get are as follows: ^ more for what he spends than the |] or State Purposes 5 mills home builder of the past imagined County Purposes ......10 mills would ever be possible. ; Constitutional School Tax__ 3 mills x J Mt. Carmel School xt rxi lyr . rrr f District No. 1 2 mills rios: iax INOt lo Willington S. D. No. 2 a m»"s ° -,-v * -» ! Bordeaux S; D. No. 3 2 mills Be Advanced McCormick S. D. No. 4 j and Bonos 14 mills ' Buffalo S. D. No. 5 4 mills Collector Robert M. Cooper an- Bellvue S. D. No. 6 10 mills nonnees that his office is in re- S. D. No. 7 ^—00 mills ppint of a telegram from the Bu— D^Jhia S. D. No. 8 8 mills ceiPt 01 a telegram rrom me au Branch s D No 9 10 m iiis reau of Internal Revenue, Wash- Young’s S. D. No. 10 2 mills ington, D. C., stating that the proc 1 - Wideman’s S. D. No. 11 2 mills essing tax on hogs will not be ad- Milway S. D. No. 13 8 mills r,r,r> o wolf Robinson S. D. No. 14 6 mills vanced to °^ e and a Ha lf Dornville S. D. No. 15 2 mills ($1.50) per hundred pounds live Bethany S. D. No. 16 8 mills weight during the month of Janu- Lyon’s S. D. No. 17 8 mills ary as originally contemplated, but Hibler S. D. No. 18 6 mills will remain at the rate set for the pluin Branch s D No 2 4 month of December—namely. One am j Bonds 16 mills Dollar ($li»')' per hundired pounds Consolidated S. D. No. 1, live weight. Treasurer’s Notier Parksville, Modoc and Clarks Hill, and Bonds_17 mills All male citizens between the- ar-?s of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are liable ta a ”>011 tax of $1.00 each. The County Treasurer’s Office ~ he law prescribes that all male win be open for the ^purpose j>f re- cozens between the ages of 21 and -» -- vears must pay $2.00 commuta- ceiving taxes from, the 15th day of .ft. 'JtA.b*.., x-foO, cO —v .. . j c *arch. 1H34. • c?-'—!! v-- 'iu*' nn') "'tv- able between the 15th day of Sep- i mber, 1-J33, and December 31, 333. That when taxes charged shall t::rr tax or work six days .on, the bile roads. Commutation tax is included in property tax receipt. T. J. PRICE, Treasurer, McCormick. County.