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TRUK TO 0UR8ELVK£. OTtr 'HJNTR'V ^ND OUB GOD. » Thirty-Second Year < P.-T. A. To Present Play At Plum Branch School Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1934 Four Pages Number 43 Intellectual Giant The Parent-Teachers’ Association of the Plum Branch School will present a play, “Look Out, Lizzie,” at the Plum Branch School House on Tuesday evening, April 17th, at 8:15 o’clock. This play is a rural farce in three acts. It is believed that a fine evening, of entertainment is In store for all who attend. The price of admission is 10 cents for school children and 20 cents for adults. All the money goes to the P.-T. A. While not a certainty, it is hoped that the Wilkie Band will be on hand to furnish music before the play and between the acts. x Modoc News Miss Rosalie Bussey returned home last Sunday, after spending the winter among relatives near Hendersonville, N. C. : Messrs. Ben Bussey, T. J. Stone- and J. W. Stanley were visitors to. McCormick Monday evening. Miss Lucy Bussey and brother, Mr. E. W. Bussey, are spending the week among friends in Augusta. Mr. David Aljen of August£$ spent the past week diere with*-his sister; Mrs. Ed. Garner. Mr. and Mrs. N, yt. McDaniel of Clinton spent the past we^k end among relatives here and h 1 Au r gusta. v;-. Miss Mamie Rena Bussey was the' guest Monday night and Tuesday to Mis^ Resale ® usse y ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner made a short, visit to Augusta Saturday night. , • Mr. G. C. McDaniel is attending federal court at-' Greenville '' this week. Messrs. J. L. and C. F. Shumate and sisters. Misses Josephine and Jennie Shumate, from Greenwood, were dinner guests here Sunday to Misses Lucy and Rosalie Bussey. Miss Edna Merrit spent the past week among relatives in Augusta. Messrs. Carrol Bussey, Hermon Bussey and L. R. Seigler *were vis itors to McCormick Monday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bailey were visitors Sunday to Mr. J. A. Self at Plum Branch. Mr. J. D. Harvley of Augusta was a visitor here Sunday to his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harvley. Mr. C. H. Key from Edgefield was a visitor here Sunday to his broth er, Mr. R. C. B. Key. Messrs. J. C. Harvley and Carrol Bussey were business visitors to Augusta on Tuesday morning. t C.\i* W: I wmm CHESTER, Pa. . . . Charles Fritz (above), 6 years old, 5 ft., 4 in., tall, and weighing 120 pounds, en tered school last Fall and advanced from the first grade to the fifth in , 6 months. Teachers say be is excep- t^onal in all studies and has. the mentality of the average high school 'fretfhmaii. Neither of his. parents ^attended college: Mrs. Alice White Dies At Mt. Carmel Mrs. E. Janie Morgan Dies Yesterday Mrs. E. Janie Mor«mn 73, widow of D. I. Morgan who died 11 years ago, died at her home near Plum Branch early yesterdav morning, following a short illness. Mrs. Morgan was one of the most widely loved women in this section, having always lived for others. In her quiet, unassuming manner her busy life was given without com plaint to those she loved. There v/as no toil too hard, no cares too cumbersome, no service too con fining. no love too rrrpnt to be be stowed upon family and friends. As a Christian, she was supreme, simple in faith, guileless in life, pa tient in suffering and mighty in hope. Mrs. Morgan is survived by one daughter, Miss Annie Lou Morgan of Plum Branch; three sons, E. M. Morgan of Plum Branch, C. C. Morgan of McCormick and C. A. Morgan of Shelby, N. C.; one proth- Lieut. J. L. McAlister Killed In Plane Accident Thursday Second Lieutenant John Leland McAli^er. 28 year old son of Mr. and* Mrs. S. A. McAlister, of Mc Cormick, leaped to his death late last Thursday afternoon a few sec onds before his army ship crashed into the side of Healey’s Mountain, one of the rugged peaks that stud the area known as the “graveyard of aviators”,- near Altoona, Pa. Three farmers in a field about* five miles from the Duncansville (Al toona) airport saw the officer sud denly rise in the plane as it soared toward the rock mountain side and leap from the cocpit less than 200 feet in the air. His body was found by these farmers resting against a tree, 80 feet from the wreckage of the plane, which had rolled 100 feet down the mountain side. Lieutenant McAlister was born at Central, Pickens County, in this er, C. A. Gay of Plum Branch, and State and came here with his par- four grandchildren. i ents in 1920. He was a member of F’uneral services were conducted the McCormick Baptist Church. He at Rehoboth Baptist Church, where graduated from the McCormick she had been a member for 40 hi g h school and attended Furman years, this morning at 11 o’clock, university and was graduated from with her pastor, the Rev. G. W. The Citadel, Charleston, with the Gurley, officiating, assisted by Dr. class of 1930. He was a first lieu- D. V. Cason, pastor of McCormick tenant at The Citadel, a member Mt. Carmel, April 10. — Ninety- Baptist Church. Interment was of tft one years of service for the Master, Jnade in the church^ar^^metery. her lovednoiaes ^hd friends, true,) J.. S. Strom, funeral director, in mediately'“aftfeH* and lojtel and'l^ithfyi to the end, what ’chaTge:. .* * ( when killed fra^^turning <,7 a glorious record’and what a sweet! > | Cleveland, Ohid,.v to resume mail A J iSw—< » t rw i » "Fuzzy” PerryJWins M m m Pi MIAMI , . . Fanvell **Fuzzy **> Perry, (above), son of John H. Perry, New York publisher, is 13 • years old and weighs 80 pounds. He went fishing here and hooked a 40 pound Barracuda. Fuzzy landed him alone and won his striped to stand in the ranks of real Isaac Waltons. ,.; X—rr—T vt as of the band'arid of Jhe baseball •y. teafti. He ^tftered tifie;%ir corps imt , t 1 \ OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE. S. C. THURSDAY. APRIL 12, Only CLAUDETTE COLBERT. HERBERT MARSHALL AND MARY BOLAND IN ‘•4 FRIGHTENED PEOPLE - ’ ADDED ON THE STAGE “THE COWGIRL BAND’’ welcome awaited her in the Glory j.l land. Mt. Carmel wqs sad : .and!' grieved': when ^hfenaji , jgb)!s rV brought j; tneMaster^^^ Alice 1 Mrs. S: E. ;Whjte;.aL* a b6ut l :'jo o’clqiek Thurs- : ? W jth inflttgi : 'dayr : afternoon,-April SttiV ' ghe is Although her''death ^5 been writing, momentarilyje^I^Cted-ibr several! Mr ,A. flying after a ‘furlough at Langley 'Fifld, Va.’ :;*<? >'.?■ ‘. r ..In addition to hia b£ed parents, ne has been ill M r 5 . S. A, McAlWer. of *«#er a i days hA is. survived by ten itimwer at this ')?rtherj^ : and :..«uster3„ f ias. follows: , Mjss, Ida. pdcAliater, -Verbank,- N. Y.; |ix jNevjps 4 . Augusta ^^fcAlisteABirmi^m,^; days, the; parting, . was, .sad. Mrs. waS here visiting his mother, Mrs. Mlss Nora McAlister, • Philadelphia, White suffered a fall October 31, S. Ew,Moragne, Tuesday. .[ Pa; . ;: ^ rs - p - J - Fetranck, Reidsville, 1930, which resulted ih her being Mr: and Mrs.'Sloan Cochran of > R- F. McAlister, .Mohtgpm- confined to her bed since then, and Laurens and daughter, Evelyn J Mrs.. W* R* Bowen, Troy, often the pain was acute. Her life i spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mrs ‘ McCormick; Miss FRIDAY. APRIL 13TH. ONLY OTTO KRUGER AND UNA MERKEL IN “THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE” SATURDAY, APRIL 14, ONLY WILL JAMES “SMOKY” With VICTOR JORY, IRENE BENTLEY and WILL JAMES SATURDAY NIGHT, 10:30 ELISSA jANDI, PAUL LUKAS and NILS ASTHER IN ‘ BY CANDLELIGHT” MON., TUES., APRIL 16. 17 CHARLIE RUGGLES, MARY BOLAND. W. C. FIELDS. ALI SON SKIPWORTH and BURNS & ALLEN IN “SIX OF A KIND” WED., THURS.. APRIL 18. 19 RAMON NOVARRO and JEANNETTE MacDONALD j- -IN " : #‘CAT AND THE'FIDDLE”. - H -CAROLINA^ APftlli ^S, 26;,,.; was a beautiful lesson in wonder ful patience and perfect resigna tion and submission to God’s holy will. She realized the imperative duty of a Christian is to live as Christ lived and walk as He walked, and her walk was very close to God. and often when you were with her you could almost feel the nearness of God. A loving mother, a true, helpful, sweet friend, and her charming personality endeared her to all. Mrs. White lived her entire life here, and when a mere girl, she u- nited with the Presbyterian Church and was always true and loyal to h£r God and church. Her first marriage was to Mr. John McBride. To this union the only child, now Mrs. Boyd, sur vives. When the war made her home desolate, she, with her little babe, returned to her fa ther's home, Mr. James McCelvey. Later in life she married Mr. A- dolphus White, and thre Parker Herndon. Mr. and Mrs. J.. C. Link and i children and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Link spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Evans and family in Ab beville. Frances McAlister, Richmond, Va.; E. Levis McAlister, McCormick; and Miss Elizabeth McAlister, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lieutenant McAlister was buried with full military honors in Ar- Mr. Adjar Link is visiting rela- lin « ton National cemetery Monday. The entire family, accompanied by several friends from here, attended the funeral. tives in Abbeville this week. Mrs. James Hemminger, Miss Margaret Hemminger, Miss Mary Jane Morrah and Mrs. Susan LeRoy were visitors in Bordeaux on last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Gibert, James, Jr., and Elizabeth Gibert, Mr. and Mrs. Milton LeRoy and Milton, Jr., came down from Wil- lington on Friday night, and they, with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell, went to the home of Mrs. S. C. Cade and had a musical, which all en joyed. Mrs. R. F. South, R. F. South, Jr., and Miss Lettie Mae South spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes of Abbeville. Mr. Guilford Moore spent last McCormick School News .....1 Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. ItL.C j ones blessed their happy home. A- j ocut 35 or 40 years ago, Mr. White * ' died. The funeral service was con ducted in her beloved church, the Presbyterian, by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Doty, assisted by Rev. E. F. Gettys, Dr. S. W. Reid and Rev. Virgil Dean, on Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, in the presence of a very large number of relatives and friends, and later she was gently and tenderly laid to rest by the side of the husbands who had pre ceded her to the Glory land. Many exquisitely beautiful flowers were silent tributes of the love felt for her. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Boyd and Miss Annie White; one son, Dr. Payson White of Gaffney, and a number of grandchildren and great-grand children. To the bereaved loved ones, the loving sympathy of grieved friends is extended. Miss Annie nursed her mother these three years with unsurpassed devotion; she devoted her life to Plans are under way for the pre- Mt. Carmel News The sixth grade gave the follow ing interesting program recently: Subject: South Carolina Authors. Bible reading—Willie Mae Hall. Life of John C. Calhoun—Eliza beth Brown. Life of William Gilmore Sims — Louise Price. Life of Henry Timrod—Lillie Mae Rogers. At Timrod's Grave—Charles Tate. Life of Paul Hamilton Hayne — Mary Frances Dillashaw. Under The Pine—Harry Link. Miss Duncan, Director. Dr. and Mrs. Payson White of Gaffney, Mr! and Mrs. J. T. Scott of Beaufort, Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Humphries of Camden, Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd and family, Mrs. Ernest Boyd and children and Mr. and Mrs. Hammond of Abbeville were called here last Thursday by the death of Mrs. Alice White. Miss Molly McCullough of Iva has been spending some time with Miss Annie White. Mrs. Joe Curtis spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ben DuBose at Lisbon, Ga. Mrs. George Peel of Anderson spent Thursday night here. Miss Lennie Covin accompanied her home Friday. Mrs. Lucy Branyon is visiting Mrs. Mary Smith. Mrs. Carrie Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Misses Gladys Scott and Carolyn Tarrant . were Greenwood visitors Wednesday. Messrs. Baker and Marion Tar rant of Greenwood were visitors here Sabbath. Mr. W. L. Miller of Greenwood spent Tuesday here. Mrs. S. T. Russell of Augusta and Miss Irene Boyd of Atlanta were recent visitors here. Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd and son. Julius, of Greenville were vis itors here Sabbath afternoon. Senior Class PMy u : ; To Be Presented* ; Here April SOth Rehearsals are' : 'lh :r 'full { \¥wing! Funny lines are bein^ ’l^^ri^d, hu morous stage situations '&re i ir beihg perfected," dainty feeU'a're 1 -tapping away at ‘ delightfully attractive dances. Pretty'girls attired in'’at tractive costumes are tripping back and forth and up ,and down the stage. Again we say rehearsals are in full swing. ' ... . ■ Under the direction of Miss Eu gelia Goode of Tli#triangle Pro ducing Company of Greensboro, N. C., the Senior Class. bU McCormick High School is fast working into shape the big hit musical comedy, “See You Later,” which is.to be staged Friday, April 20th, at 8:15 p. m. Too much cannot be said about the funny, laugh producing parts of the play being taken by Wylie Coleman, Miss Martha Major, Claude Workman, Miss Frances Robinson, Neil Ridlehoover and Ralph Sturkey. The more serious parts are being taken by James Gibert, Miss Alma Faulkner, George Dorn and Curtis Bullock. The cast is supported by differ ent groups of choruses composed of boys and girls and little tots who sing and dance to peppy mu sical numbers especially written for “See You Later.” McCormick County " Teachers Hold Meet The McCormick County Teach ers’ Association held their April meeting on last Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the auditorium of the McCormick high school. The meeting was presided over by Su perintendent Garvice Taylor of the Plum Branch school. Interesting talks were given by teachers from the various schools and included. The Value of Science,” Miss Tyler, of Parksville; “Vocational Train ing,” Frank Corley, Washington Consolidated; “Health,” Superin tendent L. V. Mayer, Washington Consolidated. The principal ad dress of the meeting was by the Rev. O. L. Orr, pastor of the Plum Branch Baptist Church, who spoke on “Ethical Character.” A vocal solo by Miss Bessie Keller with accom paniment by Miss Melba Corley, added to the enjoyment of the oc casion. During the business session of ficers for the ensuing year were e- lected, as follows: President, Wil liam R. Watson, superintendent of the McCormick schools; vice pres ident, Miss Tyler, Parksville, and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. R. Haw thorne Banks, Plum Branch. - ‘MV Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds ("ailed In Prof. Watson’s talk Tuesday he used Solomon as reference in explaining the unsatisfaction de rived from the attainment of worldly goods. . Mayor and Council- men Elected At Plum Branch Im an election held Tuesday at Public notice was given on Oc tober 12. 1933, that all outstanding Fourth Liberty Loan bonds (Fourth 4 1-4’s) bearing serial numbers which end in 9. 0, or 1. are called for redemption on April 15. 1934 on which date interest will cease For a limited period beginning April 4, 1934. holders of such Fourth 4 1-4’s called for redemption on April 15, 1934, are offered the priv ilege of exchanging their called bonds at par for a new issue of interest-bearing obligations of the United States, to be dated April 16 1934. Holders of Fourth 4 1-4’s called for redemption on April 15, 1934 desiring to take advantage of the exchange offering should act promptly. Otherwise they should present their called bonds for re demption on April 15, 1934. Fourth 4 1-4’s bearing serial numbers other than those desig nated are not included in or af fected by the call for redemeption on April 15, 1934, and such un called bonds may not be presented for payment on April 15. 1934, or for exchange for the new issue. Full imformation concerning the 4 Bethany R. I). Chib Holds Meeting Tlie“ Bethany H. D. Club met at the school building on Monday af ternoon,' April 2nd; with eleven members and two visitors and the county agent, Mrs. Nell A. Stall- worth, present. Hie following pro- grarii 1 was caJtfetT out: The Lord’s prayer in unison. *• *■» '• ’ ;* -.h .>; Li * *,. • t Roll call, each member answer ing with articles she had made of sacks the past year. From the an swers, quite a few have been used in the Bethany club. Reading—“The Little Red School House”—by Mrs. J. W. Seigler. Song—“Carolina.” Mrs. Stallworth took charge of the meeting following this program and gave a very instructive lesson on “children’s clothing.” She had on display several very pretty children’s dresses which might be used as patterns. Miss Alice Talbert, the assistant county agent, accompanied Mrs. Stallworth, and at the end of the meeting, gave a short talk on the “canning program” to be carried out through the summer. Mrs. A. W. Coleman, Reporter. her service and hoNv in her illness sentation of the annual senior play Plum Branch, the followiiig were i partial redemption of Fourth and grief, many (rienrds are hoping Friday, April 20th. ’elected: E. H. MillcV, mayor: R. J.j 1-4’s and the optional exchan GREENWOOD, S. C. THURS.. FRI., APRIL 12. 13 NORMA SHEARER. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, HERBERT MARSHALL IN “RIPTIDE” that she soon will .be' festered to health. • • - . j Benzie Rankin, Reporter. exchange Sturkey, T. W. Lanham. E. C. Rice offering may be obtained from your and Jack Reynolds, councilmen. | local banking institution. SATURDAY, APRIL 14 LAUREL & HARDY IN “SONS OF THE DESERT” with CHARLIE CHASE in 40 SATURDAY NIGHT LIONEL BARRYMORE, ALICE BRADY IN “SHOULD LADIES BEHAVE’ MON.. TUE., APRIL 16, 17 FREDRIC MARCH, MIRIAM HOPKINS, GARY COOPER IN “DESIGN FOR LIVING” THURS.. FRI., APRIL 19, 20 “LITTLE WOMEN”'