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TBUB ric OURSELVES, OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
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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:
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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’
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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