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.1 • ♦ A ^ / urmidt TKUS TO OUB8ELVX8, OUB NBI6HB OB8 v OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Tllirly- Second Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. Q Thursday, January 25, 1934 Four Pages CWA And PWA Work Is Cul ACTIT-T-'F^ ATT.K CURTAIT/ED ON ORDr^s OF T^TE STATE ADMINISTRATOR OirfaL’ments of PWA and CWA a^Mtles In McCormick County, effective last Friday, were ordered Thursday by M. J. Miller, state edmlnfs* rator, in a telegram to Dr. C. K. Eptlng. county administrator. These curtailments, it is believed, will be only temporary, pending action of congress appropriating mere funds for carrying on the various projects now under way. Xh the Interim, activities of federal relfrf agencies win be restricted as follows in McCormick County: 1. Cutting of work hours to a maximum of IS hours per man per week. 2. Discontinuance of purchase of various materials without specific orders from headquarters. 3. Discontinuance of rental of teams, wagons and other equip ment now employed on various projects. This means that most workers will labor an average cf about 7 1-2 hours per week less than they have been and will receive reductions in pay accordingly. These various curtailments are made necessary, a telegram to Dr. Epting states, because of expendi tures for the past month exceed ing estimates. A complete inven tory of activities throughout the nation is now being taken, and it is possible that when figures are all in, high officials in Washington may again order renewal of work on a large scale. If not, then a miniature sch^lule will have to be followed unt^l, (congress acts on the apprbprfatfons, bill. ^ In McCormick County there are approximately': 23 projects under way, several of which jure jyst about completed, while some of them have just begun, and all can be completed if the work continues as ft has been going by the 15th ’' of vl|Nfcetft* r w 55#. < 1 v v W Included in these projects is the of the water system down Avenue <6 to a point near Mr. T. W. Walker's home and over to J Augusta street pear MS*. J. S. . Duke’s home and an extension up the highway to g point bear Mr. J. £. Bfadley’s home, ifcgking wa ter available to approximately 30 Or 35 families. The "cost of this ' project Is approximate^ $12,000. — t«a——' Seeks Governorship Baptist S. S. Workers Information On Meet In Greenwood On February 7th TEACHFRS OF ROTH ABBEVILLE AND IAURENS ASSOCIATIONS GATHER AT FIRST BAPTIST . CHURCH — J. L. CORZINE IN CHARGE LOS ANGELES: . . . Mrs. C. S. Foltx, sister of former Senator Samuel Sbortridgej>f California, an nounces herself a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of ..California. > tXt Mt. Carmel News In Its efforts to obtain moisture, a Hawaiian swamp oak less than three feet high and a year old grew a rootlet seven feet long. The many friends of Mr. S. D. Wells will be glad to know that he has recovered from a recent ill ness. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Seabrook were visitors in McCormick Satur day. Miss Lennic Covin was a business visitor in McCormick Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney wefe visitors at his mother’s home Sabbath afternoon. Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs, Hunter McKinney and ,Miss Susie Patter- and others were Abbeville vis itors last Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Reid of Mc Cormick were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. O./Watson last Sab bath. . Mrs. Mable Boyd Brown is on our sick list this week, but many friends hope for a speedy recovery. Mr. Edwin Parker of the CWA, McCormick, was a* visitor here Monday and Tuesday. Mr. L. L. Hester is attending a church meeting in York, S. C., this week. Messrs. Robert Scott and H. O. Watson were business visitors in McCotmick Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Seabrook and children, Harriet and Mary Pas chal, of Beaufort, S. C., spent the past week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Horton. Misses Carolyn Tarrant and 'Gladys Scott of Greenwood spent the past week-end here. Mr. W. H. Horton was a business visitor tn McCormick Monday. IXS Cotton Program Affects Entire •r. * _ v* . > ^ Rural Community OPERA HOUSE * ABBEVILLE. S. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 25 MAX BAER MYRNA LOY JACK DEMPSEY PRIMO CARNERA in * THE CONQUERING SEX’’ 1 » FRIDAY, JAN. 26, ONLY MARY PICKFORD Howard JOHNNY MACK BROWN hi “SECRETS” — 1 . . 1 ■ 1 i, SATURDAY, JAN. 27, ONLY ! FIGHTING BOB STEELS hi VT V- ' -m HELL’S EDGES” Adc’etf *''wa. Cartoon and a Funny Comedy _ o V ’ MON. gnd TUBS., JAN. 29, 30 JOAN CRAWFORD ^ , CLARK GABLE » FRANCHOT TONE 300 Beautiful Girls fex •*^HE DANCING LADY” WED., T« t ' ’SI. Feb. J RICHARD ARLEN GENEVIEVE TOBIN CHESTER MORRIS ROSCOE AXES in “GOLDEN HARVEST” Surveys made last fall by county farm agents and other field*work ers revealed that there was a gen- leral toning up of business in every {community affected by the opera- jtions of the cotton adjustment j campaign last season. The pay- jment of debts which had been on merchants’ books for two and three years had an excellent ef fect, these field workers found. The general circulation of cash caused by the buying of necessities and seme luxuries also had its effect. Farmers were more cheerful, felt more independen^^d had more hope for the future. The improve ment in the general attitude of the growers caused a feeling of well being such as had not existed in the two previous years, to pervade the rural communities. As a result, the growers are ready to co-ope rate with cnc another not only in the cotton jeduction enterprise but in other lines of effort. “Such desirable effects as these are sought again in the cot ton adjustment program now un der way for 1934”, says Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton section of the Agricultural Adjustment ' Ac ministration. “With the co operation of every rural commun- Ly in scoring a 40 per cent re- ductfon in the acreage planted ! timing the present crop year, the , business life of the community ; should once again operate in a (normal manner.” The Sunday school 'workers of Abbeville and Laurens Baptist As sociations will gathet at Green- wood First Baptist Church for conferences on problems of Sunday r 'chool administration February 7. There will be two conference pe riods, one in the afternoon be ginning at 2:30 and ofl’e in the evening beginning at 7:30. Dr. D. V. Cason, of the Abbeville Association, has issued calls for all Baptist Sunday school teachers to be pres ent for this meeting. Dr. P. E. Burroughs, secretary in charge of the teacher training ac tivities of Southern Baptists; H. E. Ingraham, associate secretary of the administration department of the Sunday school board, and J. L. Corzine, director qf Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. work for the Baptist denomination in South Carolina, will be present to help in these conferences. The immediate objectives of the conference will' be to help super intendents with problems of enlist ment and administration, to help teachers to an understanding of classroom methods and the curric ulum, and,to announce changes proposed in the teacher - training courses so far as they have been v/orked out. K This conference is one in a series which have been arranged by Mr. Corzine to cover a major portion of the state. Four other ^points will be visited by these three workers who are helping in this conference. Their schedule for these confer ences will'be as follows: Spartanburg, February 5; Green ville, February 6; Greenwood, Feb ruary 7; Denmark, February 8; Orangeburg, February 9; Florence, February 10. Mr. Corzine says, “These .confer ences are our opening move in a campaign to win and hojd 10,000 more people in South Carolina Baptist schools during 1934. We have doubled our enrollment dur ing the past twelve years so that we now reach 200,000 persons. We expect to add another 100,000 by 1940. These conferences are also expected to give a new impetus to the new decade training movement by means of which, we hope to set up a/program of teacher and offi cer graining in each of the 1,200 Baptist Churches in our stat£.” X Ira Lawson Taylor Dies At Newberry Ira Lawson Taylor, 57, died at his home in Newberry Sunday night, January 14th, after *a long illness. Thr funeral services were held Monday at 4 p. m. at Rose- mont Cemetery by his pastor, the Rsv. J. S. Wessinger. Mr. Taylor was a lifelong mem ber of the Mayer Memorial Luth eran Chuych, in whose activities he took an active part. He is sur vived by his widow, who was Miss Daisy Alewine; one daughter. Miss Celeste Taylor; one $on, Garvice L. Taylor of Plum Branch; t^o sis- ors. Miss Julia Taylor and Mrs. E.hcl Harvell of Columbia. Cotton Acreage Reduction And Farm Credit Mr. E. L. Rogers, county agent, has received the following infor mation in regard to Cotton Acre age Reduction and Farm Credit: “An agreement has been reached between the Farm Credit Admin istration and the Agricultural Ad justment Administration covering the policy to be followed by the Credit Administration in making short term loans to farmers. A fanner who has not co operated with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration by signing a crop production control contract will be required to fur nish, in addition to other necessary loan papers, satisfactory evidence that he plans no increase in the production of basic crops . before hjs loan is approved. The basic crops are cotton, tobacco, wheat, rice, corn-hog and dairy products. This satisfactory evidence will consist of a statement fyom the County Council, to be set, up in each county by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, to the effect that the non-co-operating loan applicant plans no increase of basic commodities to the detri ment of the crop control program. Each local Production Credit As sociation will have a list of farmers who have signed crop reduction contracts. No further evidence of co-operation will be required of these loan applicants. This co-ordinatiour of policy by the crop loan and the crop control departments is of the highest im portance to agriculture.” x Plan Effective Use For Rented Cotton Acreage To Puerto Rico PA& WASHINGTON: . . . Major Gen. Blanton Winship (above), USA, re tired, is the new Governor General of Puerto Rico, succeeding ' Robert H. Gore on appointment by Presi-j dent Roosevelt an hour after Gdre’t resignation. Methodists To Hold Services In High School Auditorium White’s Announces Big Furniture Event The annual February Furniture Sale of the J. B. White Company in Augusta begins on Monday, Jan uary 29th, and continues through the entire month of February. We understand that this Augus ta firm has made long and careful preparation for this sale—that se lections are large and comprehen sive. and values outstanding. Land which is taken out of cot ton production for 1934 and rented to the Secretary of Agriculture un der the cotton adjustment con tracts may be put to effective use by growers under the terms of the reduction agreement, says Mr. E. L. Rogers, McCormick County agricultural agent. An opportunity to conserve the fertility of the contracted acres, in order that they may produce efficiently in the future for less labor and cash outlay, is offered in the pjpvision of the contract that 'the rented acres may be planted to soil-improving and erosion - preventing crops. Such crops as cowpeas, clover, vetch, lespedeza and other legumes may be planted for these purposes. Since mucli of the lands in cotton have been fbr a long time getting poorer and poorer each year as a result of clean cultiva tion, the wise farmer will see in this adjustment plan the oppor tunity of a lifetime to use a large portion of his land' for soil-im provement crops, erosion-prevent ing crops, and pasture and meadow crops as a first step in readjusting his program”, says J. Phil Camp bell, of the replacement crops sec tions of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration. The rented acres may also be used under the terms of the con tract for the production of food crops for consumption on the farm by the producer, and feed crops for the production of live stock or live stock products for consumption or use on the farm by the producer. Production adjustment programs similar to the cotton plan are be ing put into effect throughout the United States by the A. A. A. for other leading “basic” crops, in an effort to reduce ruinous surpluses all along the broad front of Amer ican agriculture. In signing con tracts for all these programs, farmers everywhere are agreeing not to plant other basic crops on the lands rented to the govern ment. The cotton grower in sign ing his adjustment contract also We, the pastor and board of stewards of McCormick Methodist Church, are greatly indebted to the pastors and people of our sister churches, the Baptist and Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian, for the gracious offersi of the church buildings for our use during the moving of our building. We take these offers as a most beautiful evidence of the love and fellowship between the peoples of our town. We are going, by the kind con sent of the board of trustees of our city schools, to the high school auditorium for Sunday School and morning worship, only because our services would conflict with the same services in the other church es, and not because we do not ap preciate the kind offers of our brethren. * D. W. Keller, * Pastor. ' C. W. Pennal, Chairman, Board of Stewards. ixt Moving Methodist Church Building Let the hearts of all lovers of the beautiful and of church com fort look upon the moving of the Methodist Church building with great satisfaction. And will you not offer' a petition to Him who leads in all good, that its constun- mation may be speedily realized. Said an old darkey, “We ain’t whar we ought ter be, we ain’t whar we gwine, but, bless de Lawd, We ain’t whar we use ter be.” During the moving of the build ing we will hold only two services, the Sunday School at 10 o’clock, and the morning worship or preaching at 11 o’clock. By the kindness of the trustees of the city schools we are to hold these two services in the high schoo auditorium. The pastor will preach at Troy on this coming Sunday morning, but after that he wiT' preach at 11 o’clock here. Lei every one be in his or her place on Sunday morning at Sunday School. D. W. Keller, Pastor. 1 x t 100 Per Cent Pupils In Baptist Sunday School The following names have been handed to the pastor as 100 per cent in Baptist Sunday School dur ing December: Beginners—James Simpson, Ma ry Dorn Haynes, Carl Henry Strom, Tom Fuller, Hansel Cason. Primaries—Miss Mary Cornelia Corley, superintendent; Maxine Haynes, Billie Haynes, Rebecca Hamilton; Miss Olivia Holliday, secretary. Juniors — Graydon “ Dukes, Ru dolph Strom, Jr.; Mrs. Rudolph Strom. , • - Intermediates — Mary* Fuller. Morris Furqueron, Mrs. M. T. Tray - lor, Mrs. B. S. Harris. Young People and Adults—Mrs. McG Teacl Has B! inp r >oned WILL BE HELP ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH The • meeting of the McCormick County Teachers’ Association, which of necessity, has had to be postponed several times due to un avoidable circumstances, will be held at the McCormick hivh school building on , Thursday afternoon, February 8th, at 3:30 o’clock. The McCormick schools are just getting back to work after several weeks of interruption, and mid term examinations are just around the comer, so it was thought ad visable to put off the meeting un til the school work of all the schools gets to running smoothly. Let all the teachers bear the above date in mind and try to be on hand for the meeting. Modoc News Well, we have had real hog killing weather the past week, and many nice hogs were Slaughtered in our community. Miss Josie Belle of Augusta spent the past week here visiting Miss Lucy Bussey. Mrs. E. F. Bussey spent Sunday evening visiting friends and rela-. tives at Clarks Hill. Mr. J. D. Harvely from Augusta was a visitor here Sunday to his narents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harve- iy. Mrs. Minnie Bussey spent the week-end here with her daughter, Mrs. J. O. McDaniel.. Messrs. Frank Sharpton, Frances Prince and E. F. Bussey were bus iness visitors to Augusta Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Pilcher will move this week back to their old home in Augusta. We regret very much to see them leave. Mr. Tom Belle Bussey from Aiken spent the past week-end here with homefolks. * Mr. and Mrs. Barrette Edmunds of Augusta were week-end visitors here to the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McDaniel. Messrs. Carrol Bussey, H. J. Bussey, L. R. Seigler and H. W. Bailey were visitors to McCormick on Monday of this week. Friends of Mr. J. C. Harvely will regret to learn that he is on the sick list this week. Miss Virginia Fox, Miss Naoma Ecord from Meriwether and Miss Young from Augusta made a short visit here Sunday evening *to Miss Lucy Bussey. White’s prepays freight on pur-^agrees not to plant on the rented G. C. Patterson, G. J. Sanders, Jr., chases amounting to $5.00 or more acres any crop for sale, directly D. V. Cason. to railroad points within 200 miles, or indirectly, and thus is co- — ^ '" Whitte’s famous Household Club operating with his fellow farmers ment for agricultural* readjust- Plan offers easy terms. elsewhere in the national move- ment, the county agent ^\(rtnts out. GREENWOOD, S. C. THURS., FRI., JAN. 25, 26 MARIE DRESSLER LIONEL BARRYMORE in “HER SWEETHEART” SATURDAY, JAN. 27 TOM MIX and TONY, JR. in ‘ “RUSTLERS ROUND-UP” SAT. NITE, JAN. 27, at 10:45 CONSTANCE BENNETT JOEL McCREA PERT KELTON in ‘BED OF ROSES” MON. and TUES., JAN. 29, 30 JACK OAKEY JACK HALEY GINGER ROGERS THELMA TODD in “SITTING PRETTY” THURS. and FRI., FEB. 1, 2 “DINNER AT EIGHT”