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TRUK TO OUB8ELVX8, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirty-Second Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1934
Four Pages
Number 38
•CWA Force McCormick To
Still Lower ' Present Trial
REDUCTIONS IN WORKERS
CONTINUE EACH WEEK
THROUGH MARCH
WHEN QUOTA IS
only m
“WHO KILLED WRIGHT V*
WILL RE PRESENTED
SUNDAY NIGHT
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A play depicting the effects of
liquor upon a home is to be pre
sented next Sunday night, March
Black-Eyed Susan”
To Be Presented By
Local Jr. O. U. A. M.
reHef < administrator for McCoESkk at ‘ he “ c ?°™‘Sj t
County, the force of workers on the SS^VmelMenrl wrtehtj^l^'ta-
local civil works administration o,
projects will be cut each week un- the ‘rial of James Pur-
til March 31st, when the quota will f ?5 l h ® TS!
be approximately 136. Effective
March 2nd, there were only 403
workers on the rolls; effective
March 9th there will be only 338;
on March 16th, 272; on March 23rd,
207. and on March 30th, 136.
Thus all civil v works projects will
practically be at a standstill by the
end of March. Dr. Epting states
that orders from national head
quarters are being followed out ex
plicitly, and he has no knowledge
as io what will take place in the
near future.
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Production Credit
Loans Speeded
Columbia, S. C., March 3.—Er
nest Graham, oresident of the
Production Credit Corporation, of
Columblia, today announced a new
nrocedure to speed ud and simolify
loans ‘ of $50 to $500 obtained
through Production Credit Associ
ations.
Under the new arraTio-ement
farmers desiring loans for the pro
duction of general agricultural
crops, livestock or poultry products
will fill out. all papers in connec
tion with their loan at the time
of application. The local associa
tion will then pass on the security
offered and if approved by them,
forward the papers directiv to the
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
for discount.
According to President Graham,
the applicant will he required to
give a first lien on the crons to be
grown, his chattels and livestock.
Further, he explained, where a
small balance is outstanding
against a farmer’s crops, chattels
or livestock and he is able to se
cure an extension beyond the time
of maturity of the Production
Credit Association’s loan he will
still be eligible to become a bor
rower.
“We are determined,” said Pres
ident Graham. “That the Produc
tion Credit Corporation through
the Production Credit Associations
will make it possible for every
worthy fanner hi North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia and Flori
da to secure the necessary credit
for his agricultural production
purposes this year. The arrange
ment as now worked out, we be
lieve, will make credit available to
between 76 per cent and 80 per
cent of the fanners in this dis
trict.” v
Mr. Graham said that at the
present time the interest rate on
Production Credit Association
loans would be 6 per cent. He
urged farmers to make their ap
plications at once as the 116 as
sociations serving this distreit are
set up and ready to do business.
OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
MARION DAVIES and
BING CROSBY in
GOING HOLLYWOOD”
play is to be sponsored by the
churches of McCormick in the in
terest of temperance.
Rev. S. W. Reid has been se
lected to enact the part of the
judge. The other members of the
cast follow; J. A. Talbert, sheriff;
Rev. D, W. Keller, bootlegger;
Marshall Creswell, deputy sheriff;
W. W. Keowh, court reporter;
James Furqueron, the accused;
Miss Grace Reid, star witness;
Supt. W. R. Watson, coroner; Mrs.
J. S* Dukes, defendant’s mother;
Miss Edna Duncan, wife of slain
man; Rey. D. V. Cason, prosecut
ing . attorney, and Hayward H.
Johnson, counsel for defense.
Those summoned for the jury
are: C. W. Pennal, J. E. Bradley,
J. R. Corley, G. J. Sanders, Jr.,
T nhn Creswell. G. C. Patterson,
Bruce Walker, W. E. Rheney, Henry
neason, J. W. Corley, John Craw
ford and C. R. Strom.
Admission free. A voluntary of
fering will be taken.
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Quarterly Conference
At Troy Methodist
Church Sunday
The second quarterly conference
for the McCormick Methodist
Church, including Republican and
Troy, will be held at Troy Method
ist Church on next Sunday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock.
Rev. C. E. Peele, presiding elder,
wjll preach and hold the confer
ence. Those expected to be present
are the stewards, the Sunday
school superintendents, the trus
tees, presidents of the Woman’s
Missionary Societies and Epworth
Leagues. Let each have a report of
work .done since last quarterly
conference*
D. W. Keller,
Pastor.
McCormick County
Teachers’ Association
■ ' Meeting Postponed
~On account of measles in the
Washington school, the McCormick
County teachers’ meeting is post
poned from Thursday, March 15th,
and will probably be held on the
following Thursday,
March 22nd.
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W. M. U. Observes
Special Season Of
Prayer For Missions
The week of prayer for home
and foreign missions is being ob
served by the W. M. U. of the Bap
tist Church this week. On Monday
evening a study course, “Keys of
the Kingdom.” was taken bv 21
members of the W. M. S. Those
teaching were Mrs. G. C. Patterson,
Mrs. J. Frank Mattison and Miss
Elizabeth Johnston.
On Thursday night, March 15th.
at 8:15, at McCormick high school
auditorium, this three-act musical
comedy, Wayne P. Sewell’s latest
production, will delight the people
of McCormick and sunrounding
towns.
Said to be one of the best ever
shown here, “Black-Eyed Susan”
is composed of McCormick’s most
talented citizens, many of whom
have made a reputation for them
selves in former productions.
The show was written to bring
laughs and from advance reports
it will bring laughs aplenty!
The interesting plot is woven
around five old maids, who are
trying to find a husband. Black-
Eyed Susan tries her hand at mar
rying them off by inserting an ad
vertisement in the paper for un
married men to apply for garden
ers’ jobs in her aunt’s garden.
In response to the ad letters
pour in from everywhere, bringing
pictures of the applicants and full
description of themselves. Each old
maid chooses the man she likes
best and a week later the unsus
pecting bachelors come for a per
sonal interview with the supposed
ly “Miss Rowena Thom”.
Prospective mates include a pro
fessor of “Bugology”, a stammer
ing applicant, a gardener with the
“itch” and two other comic char
acters, any one of which would be
worth the price of the show to see.
The lovely old maids are not
hard to please and fall in love at
first sight with the men of their
choice, who are very much upset
and embarrassed over the situa
tion, thus bringing to the audience
one roar of laughter after another.
Judge Frank Mattison, as old
Uncle Ed, brings down the house
in his encounter with the “hants”
in Miss Letty’s garden. Black-Eyed
Susan (Miss Helen Ludwick) has
to make love to a dummy who
suddenly comes to life and hugs
her. Phil Langdon, a young news
paper reporter, (John T. McGrath)
comes down to investigate the ad
—falls in love with Susan.
In addition to the romance and
comical situation, the music is
bright and catchy, written espe
cially for the play. The eight un
usually pretty choruses are per
formed by 28 of the town’s most
attractive young ladies in some
very pretty costumes. *
The aforesaid features combine
to make this show the funniest,
prettiest, cleanest, amateur per
formance to be found anywhere.
A small admission of 15 and 25
cents will be charged.
Cast of Characters:
Suzanne Van Cort (Black-Eyed
Susan)—Miss Helen Ludwick.
Phil Langdon—John T. McGrath.
Miss Letty Pennyfeather — Miss
Bessie Keller.
Miss Lotta Neighbomews — Miss
Ruby Cothran.
Miss Miranda Herringbone—Miss
Jewel Patterson.
Miss Polly Prim — Miss Louise
Walker.
Miss Prudence Bodkins — Miss
Virginia Strom.
Abner Sniggle—“Buck” Walker.
Elmer Tompkins—Fred Challis.
Roscoe Sampson—Claude Work
man.
Jimmy Simpkins—E. P. Bentley.
Prof. Hiram Catchbug — James
Gibert.
Old Uncle Ed — Judge Frank
Mattison.
- Miss Kathleen Aber-
Kelioboth News
Mrs. Mollie Moultrie was real
sick several days last week. Her
daughter, Mrs. Henrv Reynolds,
spent several days with her. Mrs.
Moultrie is able to spend this week
end with her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Reel, in the Cleora section.
Mr. H. E. Freeland’s mother is
visiting him this week.
Mrs. Ethan White, Mrs. L. W.
Ridlehoover and Mrs. T. R. Ridle-
hoover spent a most pleasant day
with Mrs. Carrie Talbert and Mrs.
Maggie Holliday one day last week.
Mr. J. P. Talbert carried his little
Charleston Will Have Effective Reductions
Huge Spring Festival
Charleston, S. C., March 5. —
Chief Crops Assured
Clemson College, March 3.—Ben-
Charleston this month is going to efits to American farming that will
surround its famous flower t— the extend beyond the immediate ben-
;r such a festival as efits from balancing the produc-
South Carolina has not known in; tion of the basic surplus crops is
years. A really stupendous program | seen by Dr. W. W. Long, director
for a period starting March 14th i of the Extension Service. Acreage
and extending through the 24th' now being used to produce too
will make this city the Mecca of much cotton, tobacco, corn, whe?.*
thousands of visitors.
The festival, coming at a time
when the world-renowned azalea
j. t'. iamen, carried ms m,ue | gardens are usually at the he i e ht
of . their bloom, will be the first of
Mandy
crombie.
Pianist
man.
Miss Mary Sue Cole-
FRIDAY, MARCH 9th, ONLY g
RICARDO CORTEZ $
ELIZABETH ALLEN \
RICHARD BENNETT S
in g
“BIG EXECUTIVE” ?
SATURDAY, MARCH 10th
TOM .KEENE in
“CROSSFIRE”
LOOK! Extra Show
SATURDAY NITE at 10:30
RICHARD ARLEN — JUDITH
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Tuesday evening members of the
Troy W. M. S. presented a play at .tot i • tt» i
the church which was enjoyed by; WHSIlingtOll JLilgll
an appreciative audience. ' G
Wednesday evening Dr. D. V. Cas
on talked on missions at the mid
week prayer service. This service
was preceded by a program by the
junior organizations. Friday after
noon the last service will be held
at. the church with the president,
Mrs. G. C. Patterson, in charge.
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Junior Music
Club Meets
School News
Monday, February 26th, the fifth
and sixth grades presented a very
attractive program. The partici
pants were:
Devotional, 1 Cor. 13th chapter—
Henry Bussey.
“Life of Longfellow” — Louise
Rich.
“The Arrow and the Song”—Bill
Jennings.
“The Children’s Hour” — Vivian
Bailey.
Song, “Indian Lullaby” — Fifth
pital for examination last Thurs
day. He was asked to be brought
back in two years after leaving the
hospital after an operation. He is
doing well. This hospital does
wonderful work.
Mrs. J. P. Talbert visitfed her
mother, Mrs. Sara Strom, in
Greenwood one day last week.
There are several cases of mea
sles in the community.
This section exnerienced strong
wind and much electricity Sunday
night, accompanied by heavy rain
and hail in some places; not much
damage done however, but a gentle
reminder of the hurricane of two
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Freeland
motored to near Greenwood Sun
day afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Hamp Miner.
Mrs. Carrie Freeland passed the
89th milestone of her life February
22nd. She is a loval citizen and
celebrates her birthday on Wash
ington’s. She'received many nice
gifts from her children on her
birthday.'Although an invalid, she
sits by the fire and is interested in
all that comes and goes on around
her. She has been a great reader,
but her sight has failed, so she
cannot read much now. Her sister,
Mrs. Robertson, several years older,
can read without glasses. We are
hoping Mrs. Freeland will get a
second vision
Mrs. Janie Morgan has not been
well in sometime, but was able to
go with her daughter, to a spend-
the-day quilting oarty at the home
of Mesdames Ethan and Pickens
White on Tuesday. The day was
not only profitably, but pleasantly
spent. A feast of many kinds of
good things were spread on the
long table. Anyone who has shared
the hospitality of this home knows
just what a feast was enjoyed.
Mrs. Janie Morgan enjoyed a
pleasant afternoon with Mrs. H. E.
Freeland and her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Mollie Freeland.
Mrs. E. M. Whatley is with her
daughter, Mrs. Dewey Talbert, at
Lincolnton, Ga., who is very ill
with pneumonia.
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Mt. Carmel News
The Junior Music Club met at
, the home of Miss Mary Sue Fur- | and sixth grade girls.
Anna
MC*
CLARA BOW—PRESTON
FO STER in
♦‘HOOPLA”
t V/RDNESpAY MARCH Mth
BENITO HUMF —ADOLPHE
MENJO’J in.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Scott and
little soh, Morris, Jr., of Augusta,
were visiting relatives here this
week.
Mr. Robert Scott returned home
Monday from a pleasant visit to
Augusta and Florida. He left Tues
day for Augusta, where he has ac
cepted a position.
Mrs. Carrie Connor, Mr. Hollis
Connor and Mr. and Mrs. Hunter
McKinney spent Friday in Au
gusta.
Mrs. J. J. Dorn and Miss Mabel
Dorn of McCormick were visitors
in Mt. Carmel Thursday afternoon.
Mr. J. F. Sutherland returned
home Monday afternoon from a
pleasant visit in Anderson.
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South Carolina
Got $14,941,000
GEORGIA LED SOUTHEASTERN
STATES IN PWA WITH
$32,957,000
Atlanta, Feb. 28. — Henry M.
Waite, deputy public works admin
istrator, tonight told advisory
boards of five southeastern States
that $111,824,000 had been allo
cated to the region by the PWA.
In spite of constitutional limita
tions on its borrowing power,
Georgia led the others in obtain
ing federal funds, getting a total
of $32,957,000 for federal and non-
federal projects, including federal
work at Forts Benning, McPherson
and Oglethorpe and navigation
work on the Savannah River.
Henry T. McIntosh of Albany,
regional adviser, and the State
boards ended their service with the
meeting tonight. The field staffs
what the city is to make annual
events. For decades the Charleston
gardens have attracted visitors
from all ovef* the world. Now
Charleston will add each spring a
gala celebration.
For the first of these, there will
be a program meeting the tastes of
all. Backed by the entire city the
festival committee has spared
nothing in arranging the festival
attractions.
First there will be a big-time
horse show at the Johnson pagood
Stadium March 14 and 15. And on
the 15 th the second annual
Charleston Open golf tournament,
in which more than 100 players
will compete, will open. The play
ers will include most of the coun
try’s greatest professionals, such
stars as Gene Sarazen, Walter Ha
gen, Johnny Farrell, Joe Kirkwood,
Craig Wood, Ed Dudley, Horton
Smith, Mortie Dutra, “Wiffy” Cox,
Densmore Shute, Paul Runyan.
The tournament will be played on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
the 15th, 16th and 17th.
On the 16th, the azalea festival,
that part of the celebration apart
from the sport phases, will open
with a grand parade that will rival
the famous parade of the New
Orleans Mardi Gras. That night
there will be a grand ball at the
commodious Isle of Pqlms pavillion
with a nationally known orchestra
playing.
The 17th will be known as golf
day, with the grand wind-up of the
big open tournament at the
Charleston Country Club. That
night there will be another big
ball.
Sunday, the 18th, will bring a
pilgrimage to beautiful Summer
ville, where a big program has
been arranged.
Monday, the 19th, will be known
as “State Port Day.” This will be
featured by a spectacular water
pageant off the Battery, at which
beauty queens from South Caro
lina towns and cities will be in
troduced.
Marion Talley, noted coloratura
soprano, whose debut in opera at
the Metropolitan several years ago
was a musical sensation, will give
a concert at the Academy of Music
Tuesday night, the 20th. This will
be “Navy Day,” and the Charles
ton navy yard will be thrown open
to visitors.
On Wednesday, the 24th, six
blocks of King Street will be the
scene of a monster carnival. And
on this day will cpme the selection
of the queen of the festival, a cere
mony over which Governor Ibra C.
Blackwood will preside.
The next day will be “Army Day”
and a beautiful pageant, “The
Four Seasons,” will be given in the
Johnson Hagood Stadium. The
queen of the festival will have the
place of honor, in this.
In the evening, two nationally
known boxers will head a big fight
card.
Friday will bring what will per
haps be the most talked-of event
of the festival—the Grand Colonial
Ball. It will be known as “Co
lonial Day,” and the program for
the day will include one of the
striking dress parades of the corps
of cadets at the Citadel, a contest
in the street among Charleston’s
famous negro hucksters, a program
of negro spirituals at the Academy
of Music, and a fashion show.
The festival will close on Satur
day, “Gardens Day.”
In addition to the attractions
listed here, there will be events
such as nightclubs, club luncheons,
fashion shows, sightseeing tours of
the city and environs, boat trips,
band concerts, art exhibits, oyster
roasts at the beaches.
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will be taken up to some extent in
larger acreages of permanent pas
ture and hay crops, food crons for
home consumption, and eventually
in larger acreages adopted to soil
building, erosion prevention and
tree growing. - -
Estimated acreage reductions for
1934 under the various adjustment
programs are about 20 million
acres in corn, 15 million in cotton,
8 million in wheat and 500 thou
sand in tobacco, according to the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration.
Assurance that reductions in
production of major farm crops
which are sought through the re
tirement of more than 40 million
acres in the adjustment programs
for 1934 will be an actual and ef
fective reduction for the United
States as a whole, without the
danger of mere shifts from one
basic commodity* to another, is
given through regulations the AAA
is placing into effect for use of
the land withdrawn from produc
tion under growers’ contracts.
“In the main, a uniform program
for the use of the land withdrawn
from production of basic crops has
been developed”, says J. F. Cox,
chief of the replacement crops sec
tion of the Adjustment Adminis
tration. All of the contracts, for
wheat, cotton, tobacco, and com
and hogs, permit the use of the re
tired acres in establishing new
seedings of soil-improving and
erosion-preventing crops; resisting
of fallowing the land, where these
practices are practicable; cultiva
tion to control noxious weeds, and
planting to forest trees.
“In View of the fact that cotton
and tobacco are contract crops,
produced largely by share renters
and share croppers, limited use of
the withdrawn acres is permitted
in the cotton and tobacco con
tracts for growing crops for direct
consumption by the farm family
or for feeding livestock contrib
uting to the food requirements of
the farm family.”
Lions Club Holds
Social Gathering
Among the many delightful so
cial gatherings of McCormick folk:
this season was “Ladies’ Night” at
the Lions Cliib on last Thursday
evening at the Community House.
J. Arch Talbert, president of the
club, was master' of ceremonies;
and a most enjoyable musical
program was rendered by the
fourteen “Lander College Vaga
bonds”. The principal speaker of
this occasion was W. K. Charles of
Greenwood, who is International
Director of Lions Clubs. Members;
of the McCormick school faculty
were guests of the club. A three-
course chicken dinner was served
to the 70 guests enjoying this af
fair.
$
Birthday Dinner
For Mr. B. E. Gibert
s
ALLEN in
T nrif} Him A Tim
Mc/% ^; qxreron Friday afternoon, March 2,1 “The Psalm of Life
A4v- Vhis Rhnw 0n in^ $ at 3:30 o’clock. The following pro- Seigler.
'Ill— xms snow lOc, 25c ^ grnrn rpnrip.gpd: | Wednesday. February 28th, was
IUES MARCH 12 13 S • "First Polka — Presser — Vivian Francis Marion’s birthday. A very will devote their time to pushing
M ’ ' Chiles. I interesting program was enjoyed the projects allocated. Col. Waite!
The Birds’ Lullaby — Presser — i bv everyone present. It was as fol- urtred them to speed up construe- i There was a great rallying of the
Henrietta Gilbert. lows: tion in every way possible. I elan at the home of an old and
Little March—Wright—Mary Sue j Pemotional—Mr. Corley. Funds aljocated to the region 1 highly respected citizen, Mr. B. E.
Furqueron. • “Life of Marion”—Harold Bussey. ( were: , I GM^ert, of Bordeaux, on February
Gaily Chanting — Behr — Judith Poem. “Song of Marion’s Men— Georgia—total, $32,957,000; Fed- )8tb The occasion was to celebrate
Teller M'”*eie Bussey. 'eral proiects. $20,948,000; non- his sev^otv-eiahth birthday.
A Little Journey—Presser—Viv- Song, “Old Folks at Home”. I Federal. $12,800,000. | All of his children were present
ian Chiles and Henrietta Gflbert. Wednesday. March 7th, “Appre- Mississippi — total. $18,634,000; ex-^t two. Among others were i>is
Band March — Clarke — Carolina Program” was Federal nroiects. $16,426,000; non- brothers, sisters. grandchi’dren.
$ C''*-'?'- Henry Williams. prer en ted: .Federal, $2,208,000. I great-grandchildren and a host of
$ R^adinc. My Mother’s Face — Scripture—Earle Parks. ' Alabama — total, $20,176,000; j filend*. Some all vhs wa-'
V yxarv Foosiie. , John C. Calhoun--Harold Busses. Federal prefects. $11,443,000; non- ac'ors the continent.
\! n f Brownies—An- l^ms cf R. C. (Did You Know?) Federal, $8,728,000. j r ' U/ ' ^ ^
—Glenn Self. i Florida—total, $24 346.000; Fed- beked a hope e.i>
UfosaasaaflA
GREENWOOD, S. C. ^
£ THU. and FRI., MARCH 8, 9
JAYNET GAYNOR—LIONEL $
BARRYMORE in
“CAROLINA”
with ROBERT YOUNG and
RICHARD CROMWELL
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
HOOT GIBSON in
“A MAN’S LAND”
£ 10:40 SAT. NITE, MARCH 10
| WILLIAM POWELL —MARY
ASTOR—GENE PALLETTE
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The
>RST
WOMAN A* PARIS
‘ Kennel Murder Case”
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FRIDAY, MARCH
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THURSDAY. ^CH 15th
LESLIE HGWATO and
HEAT’TSR 'ANG^.L tlmriv Imonene Sanders.
“BERKELEY SOI ARE” \ Silver Chimes — Wcttach
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iapd” y> j served.
Delicious refreshments
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which - were
Au- i Song, “Carolina Moon”. oral proiects. $18,297,000; non-
i The play. “Dying to Live”, was Federal, $6,049,000.
were nres^nted at Plum Branch Friday South Carolina—total. $14,941.
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$ MC-7., TUBS., MARCH 12, 13
£ “ESKIMO”
£ WIFE TRADERS
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
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played many games evening. March 2nd. by the juniors 000: Federal projects, $11,442,000; gether all left wishing him many.! '
interesting. wv. v and'aenibrsof-Waehtngton High. - hon-Federal, $3,498,000. jinauy happyTetums'of the day.
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