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\» » i s r k T ‘ * rv 'jii ni i ul TBUB ric OURSELVES, OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. r ' - ' Thirty-Second Year Four Pages Number 37 Hum Branch News Rev. O. L. Orr was called to Co lumbia last Friday where his son underwent an appendicitis opera tion. Friends of Miss Frances Lang ley are glad to know her condition is much improved, after an acute attack of appendicitis recently. The officers and members of the B. Y. P. U. invited the Epworth League members to enjoy with them a very unique party given at the home of Mrs. S. J. King on ■Friday night. An unusually good time was reported by all present. Mrs. C. L. Wideman returned to her duties at the State Training School, Clinton, after a short visit to homefolk. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Broadwater and little daughter, Roberta, and Heyward and Warren Stewart of Augusta, Ga„ were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice on Sun day. 4 \ Miss Eugenia Langley was elect ed as delegate from the Methodist students of Newberry College to attend the Statewide Methodist students* conference in Columbia over the week-end, February 23-25. Mrs. B. N. Robertson and chil dren were week-end visitors to rel atives, in Columbia. We are happy to report that Mrs. . W. R. Freeland is somewhat bet ter, after an illness of several days. Those who attended the operet ta, '“in Old Vienna”, at Lander College 1 on-’Friday- night' Were: Mr. and- i J..<L.' Bracknell, ' Miss Caro* 1 Nichols, Mfs. Janie Brack nell, ReV.' C. .W. Brockweltf and ; Miss Ameha Widemari. m“ / We'heartMy welcome Mr! Oscar; Sturkey back to his home toWn*af- ten - 'years 7 r. absence-: and travefc>.4b-points West^.- : klso - his "brothetr/ 'Mr. M. N. Sfeutkey, - Who has been in Augusta^ hospital for health imptovement. Mr. and . Mrs. tT./. K. Collier had as weetet-end visitors, relatives of Mrs. Collier, from Brunson, S. C, Miss iMattie Lou Ridlehoover of Huntersville, N- C., is on an ex tended visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.>J. A. Ridlehoover. • - . Capt. and Mrs. J. Q. Stilwell of Columbia visited their daughter, Mrs. J. I* Bracknell, during the week-end. ' Miss Sera Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs L. L. Gustaverson and Mrs. W. R Tucker of Augusta, Oa., spent Wednesday In the home of Mrs. J. T. Reynolds. Please note elsewhere in this is sue a detailed notice of the com edy, “Dying to Live”, to be given at the Plum Branch school build ing, by the Washington High School students on Friday evening, at 8 o’clock. Washington Consolidated High School News The honor/ roll for the fifth month of this school term is as follows: FIRST GRADE— Bettie Middleton, Jimmie Percival, Richard Blackwell, Dewey Trammell, Gloria Williams.' SECOND GRADE— Elizabeth Bunch, Nelle Mayer, Frank Jefferson, Margaret McKie. THIRD GRADE— Fred Morgan, Charles Stone, Vera Middleton, Bettie Osborne, Lillian Seigler, Wylie Crawford. FOURTH GRADE— Thomas Blackwell,, John Dallas Bunch, Rae Gilchrist, Nettie Louise Morgan. FIFTH GRADE— Washington High School Play To Be Given At Plum Branch School The comedy, “Dying to Live”, which was given at Washington School several weeks ago, will be given at the Plum Branch School Friday night, March 2. Due to the bad weather when it was given before, many people did not have the opportunity to see the play, however, they can now avail themselves of the opportunity to see it at Plum Branch. The propeeds will be divided be tween the two schools. The price of admission will be 10 cents for school children and 20 cents for adults. Time: 8 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mt.. Carmel News Hazel Dukes, Phyllis Williams, Frances Robertson, Hortense Cartledge. SIXTH GRADE— Pamelia Edmunds, Louise Rich, Willie Reed Fowler, Renry Bussey. SEVENTH GRADE-7-. . : • Edna Cartledge, ; Emily Dukes. EIGHTH GRADE— . - i Mteiry JSussey, . . . - Nma.^Russpy, ' .. , ; i Sari Pregcotty -• * Aijpie La^fie Wood... NlRTH^GRAbE— ; MUdf edBlackweil, .. ; Ca^lyn DukeSj ^ Myrtlp .<McDanjel, <A M^fgje Bussey, , T- R- Cartledge. TENTH GRADE— , . : , Neoma Eckard, . G,len Self, f Evelyn Blackwell. ■ELEVENTH GRADE— Viola Wilkie, Harold Bussey: v .. , OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 1st JACK OAK IE — GINGER ROGERS and JACK HALEY in “SETTING PRETTY” FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd, ONLY RICHARD DIX—MADGE EVANS—CONWAY TEARLE UNA MERKEL and STUART ERWIN in “DAY pf RECKONING’ V SATURDAY, MARCH 3rd EL BRENDEX and WALTER t CATLETT in Big Moment” LOOK! Extra Show SATURDAY NITE at 10:30 VTr Are Repeating “TT^ RIG BROADCAST” MON., TUBS., MARCH 5, 6 Walt Disney’s ,, Famous Cartoon “THREE LITTLE PIGS” Dcn’t Fail to See the Cutest ‘ CARTOON Ever Made! Also RUTH CHATTERTON ' and GEORGE BRENT in . “FEMALE” ■ J.lii.ti*- r--* — ' WED,, TKURS.. RCH 7, 8 BING CROSBY an1 MARION DAVIES in ‘tGOING HOLLYWOOD V MUSlb, SINGING/ COMEDY i Chfie' of &e Best ‘Pictures of The first and second.^rades pre sented a very attractive “George Washington” programme durihg general assembly last Thursday morning. The programme was as follows: Song, “The Star-Spangled Ban ner”. Scripture reading—Harold Bus sey. Prayer—Mr. Mayer. Play, “Our First Flag”. George Washington—Frank Jef ferson. Mr. Morris—Loyd Thurmond. Colonel Ross—Earle Smith. Betsy Ross—Evelyn Hamilton. Maid—Zelphia Mae Hammock. Flag salute—Heyward Bailey. Reading, “Three Little Sisters”— Pauline Buchanan, Nell Mayer, Iris Dorn. Reading, “Washington and the Flag” — Elizabeth Bunch, Doris Sexton, Dorthory Crawford, Claire Seigler, Vernia Cooper, Mamie Doolittle. Play, “An Afternoon With Wash ington”. . “Washington’s Rules”—Heyward Bailey. School children—Margaret Mc Kie, Billy Body. Younger brother — Cooledge Clem. We are sorry to say that Mrs. Mabel Brown is on the sick list this week. We all hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Alice White is suffering very much now. This will be sad news to her many friends. She is so sweet and patient %nd so sub missive, her life .is a lesson to us all. Dr-.P^yson White of Gaffney spent the week-end with' her and Miss Annie White.':;.- . r - Quite a nice crowd from here enjoyed the plays at McCormick and Calhoun Falls last week. We hear it reported that a mad dog, a German polipe, recently bit a lot of dogs above here. It is fet ter to be safe than sorry, i John McAllister is' confined at .home- with the measles this week. Hope tie-will soon be well.- . .w Quite a. large crowd from near by towns. Greenwood, Abbeville’ Calhoun Falls, Elberton, Willing- ton, Bordeaux, McCormick and other places enjoyed the dance sponsored by the social club here at i^e community house Thursday evening.* Mr. L. .L. Hester was a visitor in Anderson Friday. Miss Eliza Covin is spending sometime with her sister, Mrs George Peel. Miss Clara Wideman was a busi ness, visitor here Monday after noon. Miss Juanita Curtis and friends visited at her home here Monday evening. Misses Gladys Scott and Carolyn Tarrant and friends of Green wood w£re visitors here Thursday evening and enjoyed the dance at the community building. Messrs. H. O. Watson and‘W. H Hester were business visitors in McCormick Tuesday afterrlfcon. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Mrs. Carrie Connor and Mr. Hollis Connor were visitors in McCormick Monday. \fessrs. Robert Scott and Feaster Mauldin were McCormick visitors Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Alice Richey Passes Away Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Richey, 66, wife of J. L. Richey, well-known farmer of the De la Howe section of McCormick Coun ty, were held from Buffalo Bap tist Church last Thursday morn ing at 11 o’clock with the pastor, Rev. T. D. Lide, of Abbeville, S. C., officiating. Interment followed in the churchyard cemetery. Mrs. Richey had been ill for three weeks, having contracted in fluenza while nursing her two aged brothers who recently had measles. She died at her residence Wednes day at noon. Other than her husband she is survived by two brothers, Ed and Jim Wiley, one step-son, J. D. Richey, and several grandchildren, all of McCormick County. X— W. O. May Succumbs To Illness Funeral services for W- O. May, age 60, were conducted at the home of Mrs. Daisy Floyd here Monday morning at 11:30 o’clock with Dr D. V. Cason, pastor of McCormick Baptist Church, officiating. Inter ment followed in the Bethany cemetery six miles from McCor mick. Mr. May had been confined to his bed by illness for the past sev eral weeks and his death was no unexpected. Mr. May was original ly frojn Anderson County but for the past twelve years he had been engaged in saw niillihg in McCor mick County. He is survived by his widow and two children by a former mar riage: —X * ‘ , } Modoc News The seventh grade presented an interesting “George Washington” programme in chapel Wednesday morning of last week. It was as follows: Song, “America the Beautiful”. Scripture reading, 67th Psalm— Geneva Wood. Poem, “Washington” — Emily Dukes. . Group poem, “ Tis Splendid to Live so Grandly” — Mary Bussey. Sara Prescott, Blanche Thurman, Edna ‘Cartledge. Flag salute—Lewis Rich, Flack Bridges, Gary Self, Reginald Sharptoii/ Calvin Seigler, Johnny Hamilton. . Prayer—Miss Tyler. Song,/‘America”. Samuel Spence Dies Suddenly Funeral services for Samuel Spence, well-known McCormick farmer, were held from Lower Long Cane Associate Reformed Presby terian Church Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, with the pastor, Rev. W. C. Kerr, of Abbeville, S. C., officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Buzhardt of Troy. Interment followed In the churchyard ceme tery. Mr. Spence was apparently as well Sunday as usual and his sud den death late in the afternoon was a shock to his relatives and friends. Besides his widow, Mrs. Eliza Wideman Spence, the deceased is survived by two sons, Calvin Spence and Ben T. Spence, one daughter, Mrs. Kate Dillashaw, and one sister, Mrs. Napoleon Wideman, all of McCormick. Serving as pallbearers were the following: G. E. Carroll, Zack Spence, Rufus Palmer, S. S. Major, Sam Brewer and Luther Bowick. Mrs. T. - T. Bussey and family were dinner guests here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Merrit and children spent the past week-end among friends and relatives in Au gusta. Miss Evelyn Bussey from Augus ta spent last Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bus sey. Mr. C. E. Holson was a business visitor to McCormick on Monday of this week. <■:" Miss Daisy Jones is spending the week here in the home ofi Miss Lucy Bussey. Mr. H. J. Bussey has returned home after a three weeks’ stay in Augusta. Sheriff W. T. Strom made a short visit here on Tuesday even mg of this week. Mr. George Garner, Mr. David Allen and Mr. Griffin were week end visitors here to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner. Miss Lucy Bussey and Miss Daisy Jones were the guests of Miss Ma mie Rena Bussey Tuesday evening. Mr. Albert Howie was a week end visitor here to homefolks. Miss Fannie Kate Key made a short visit to McCormick last Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash were the guests Sunday evening to Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Messrs. H. J. and F. M. Bussey, accompanied by Miss Lucy Bussey and Miss Daisy Jones, made a short shopping visit to Augusta Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey were callers last Saturday night to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner. Mr. J. H. Prince and Mr. Jesse Doolittle were business visitors to Edgefield one day last week. txx Card Of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends and relatives for their many deeds of kindness and thei, sympathy shown us during the ill ness and death of our husband and father, also to express our appre ciation for the lovely floral offer ings. Mrs. Eliza Spence And Family. Hot School Lunch Project Well Under Way In County The hot school lunch project is now well under way in this county, with over 700 school children re ceiving daily, a hot dish at the noon hour. Every white school in the county except the McCormick high school is included in this project and the work is going over well. For several years it has been the desire of many persons in terested in the success of our schools to have hot lunches served in the schools of the county. In the schools of other States where this has been tried out the records show that a decided im provement in the health and school work of the children has been noted. The results of the work in this county will be watched with much interest. This project was made possible through the local CWA. Eighteen women were chosen to prepare and serve these hot dishes, and are paid by the CWA. ' Commodities from the storeiroom are sent to each school, from which these dishes are prepared. So far only flour, meat, butter and to matoes are available. The patrons of the various schools are assisting by donating milk, sugar, cocoa, vegetables, etc. The persons serving have worked very hard to make nourishing, palatable dishes from the commodities supplied and they have succeeded remarkably well. As an example, Plum Branch served the following menu lasL week: Monday, cocoa; Tuesday, vegetable soup; Wednesday, creamed meat loaf; Thursday, cocoa; Friday, hot ginger bread: The Lyons School served one day: creamed Irish potatoes, stewed ap pies and hot cocoa. (All this being donated by the patrons.) Some small schools are serving tea cakes and hot cocoa and others have served * chicken soup, when the chicken was donated. Most of the schools have been serving only about ten days, yet in visiting them at the noon hour, one would think the work had been going on much longer from the efficient way in which it is being handled. The recipes sent out by Winthrop College have been cop ied, given to each school, and they are being used daily by the com mittees serving. This work is under the super vision of Miss Clara Wideman, d? rector of women’s work, and Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, home demon stration agent. Miss Alice Talbert, emergency worker, is assisting with the work when not on her meat canning prograi^L The following persons are at work on this proj ect: McCormick Grammar School — Mrs. Charlie Fooshe, Miss Helen Simpson and Miss Henrietta Walk er. Plum Branch Consolidated School—Mrs. J. T. Reynolds, Mrs j Bruce Cheatham and Mrs. Grade Banks. Washington Consolidated — Mrs. Winchester McDaniel, Misses Mark Gilchrist, Kathleen Brunson am Joyce Bridges. Willington—Mrs. A. B. Andrews. Bordeaux — Miss Lettie Mat South. Wideman—Mrs. Janie Spence. Bethany—Miss Emmie Sheppard. Vernon—Miss Lutie New. Robinson — Miss Annie Belk angley. Lyons—Miss Jeanette McKinney. Hibler—Miss Lottie Scott. x Fiddlers’ Convention At Brunson School Services In Methodist Church Next Sunday Back into the Methodist Church we go. We appreciate the kindness of the high school home, but we are going back to our church on next Sunday morning. Let us all come out and fill up the old church. We are going to wrap her up in beautiful Edgefield pink granite in a few weeks. What' a beauty she will be! But do not slight her now. There will be preaching Sunday morning and evening as usual, also, prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. Let members and friends come out to all these services and pray for the time to soon come when the old church will renew herself. D. W. Keller, Pastor. 1X1 Interesting Meetings Ladies’ Aid Society Of A. R. R Church The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church has been having some in teresting meeting^ recently. The January meeting was held in the home of the president, Mrs. Paul Robinson. This being the first meeting of the new year, plans for carrying on the work were dis cussed. At the close of the business ’ session, Mrs. Robinson’s daughter,. Miss Frances Robinson, rendered a program of . instrumental ■ music.; which was muph. enjoyed*. Then -a word contest was, another inter-, esting feature.. Mm-^obinsoa.: served deljcip.us, salad sandwiches!, ' coffee and ca^dy, „ ,/ v ; , ,• , The 3 hpstesse$ ,foi; the February. meeting,, were Mrs,,. E, N. CresweH and . her , daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hprace Creswell,. This being forr eign mission; month, that thought., was carried outV, Mrs. Robinson^ conducted the devotional, taking;.. the Scripture reading from the last verses of the 28th chapter of Matthew. Our work in India and Mexico was discussed and much interesting information about our workers was given. A sweet course was served by the hostesses, which was enjoyed by all. txx Card Of Thanks We wish to" thank the many friends and relatives for the many kindnesses shown us during the illness and death of my wife. James L. Richey And Family. There will be a Fiddlers’ Con vention at Brunson School House. Edgefield County, Friday night, inarch 2nd, at 8 o’clock. Free admission to fiddlers. Otherwise: Adults, 10 cents; chil dren under 12 years, 5 cents. Oyster suppers and sandwiches will be sold for benefit of school. X— To keep rugs from slipping on a polished floor, sew a strip of oil cloth under each end. GREENWOOD, S. C. THURS., FRL, MARCH 1, 2 MAX BAER — MYRNA LOY JACK DEMPSEY and PRIMO CARNERA in “PRIZE FIGHTER am/ the LADY’ SATURDAY, MARCH 3 REX BELL in “The FUGITIVE” 10:40 SAT. NITE, MARCH 3 J ; CONSTANCE BENNETT and GILBERT ROLAND in “AFTER TONIGHT” MON., TUBS., MARCH 5, 6 LARRY (BUSTER) CRABBE IDA LUPINO —ROBERT ARMSTRONG — JAMES GLEASON—ROSCOE KARNS 30 “Search for Beauty” Contest Winners in “SEARCH for BEAUTY” WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 EL BRENDEL and WALTER CATLETT in “Olsen’s Big Moment” S THURS., FRL, MARCH 8, 9 JAYNET GAYNOR—LIONEL ^ BARRYMORE in J, | “CAROLINA” f