Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H JPjp a # TBUK TO OUBSELVXS, OUE NEI6HB ORB, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Second Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934 Legion and Auxiliary Members To Meet Here May 4th " ;'. * As announced by Dr. C. R. Strom, commander of the local post of American Legion, and Mrs. C. K. Epting, president of the Legion Auxiliary, Friday, May 4th, is ex pected to be a very important day •for all legionnaires and auxiliary members of McCormick County. The occasion will be the “Spring Rally” of these organizations and the State Commander, W. D. Schwartz, and Department Presi dent, Miss mta Skipper, will be guest speakers. Many other out standing legionnaires of the state have been invited and plans made for special music. A barbecue din ner will be served in the dity park at 7:00 o’clock and the program will be concluded in the commun ity house immediately afterwards. All ex-service men of the county are invited to come and bring their ladies. XXX— Modoc JNews Chad Health Day In State May 1st GOVERNOR ASKS PEOPLE TO OBSERVE DAY FOR BENE FIT OF YOUTH • Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Reese from Augusta were visiting friends and relatives here and .. at Clarks Hill la&tSupday. ; Messrs. J. C, H^ryely, Ben Bussey and Fred Bussey were visitors to Augusta Monday. Master Raymond Holmes from Edgefield spent the week end here among friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Merritt spent the past week end among relatives and friends in Augusta. Mr. L- M. Douglas of - 'Augusta spent a few days here last week with his brother, Mr. A. P. Douglas. ‘ Messrs. George Gamer and Jesse Ward were week end visitors here to the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner: Mrs. J. O. McDaniel was the guest Sunday evening to Mrs. E. F. Bus sey. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown and Mr. Will Davis of Augusta made a short visit here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gainer. Mr. and Mrs. John Pilcher were victors here last Sunday to the lat ter's sister, Mrs. ML M. Marshall. The many friends of Miss Lillian Reese will regret to know that she is stm very UL Mr. L. B. Stone spent the past week here with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Messrs. Carrol Bussey, Buddie Key, William and J. M. Reese, Jr., were visitors to Augusta Sunday evening. OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH, JANET GAYNOR and LIONEL BARRYMORE IN “CAROLINA” FRIDAY, APRIL Z7TH, ONLY SALLY FILERS and NORMAN FOSTER IN “SHE MADE HER BED” SATURDAY, APRIL 28, ONLY JACKIE COOPER and LILA LEE IN “LONE COWBOY” SATURDAY NIGHT, 10:30 HEATHER ANGEL, NORMAN FOSTER and HERBERT MUNDIN IN “ORIENT EXPRESS” MONDAY, APRIL 30, ONLY BUSTER CRABBE, IDA LU- PINO and 30 BEAUTY WINNERS IN “SEARCH FOR BEAUTY” TUESDAY, MAY 1ST, ONLY SPENCER TRACY and Madge evans IN “THE SHOW-OFF” WED., THURS., MAY 2, 3 “THE BIRTH OF A NATION” With the original MUSIC SCORE. Every man, woman and child should see this pic ture.. Regular prices. Governor Blackwood on Friday issued a proclamation calling on citizens of South Carolina to ob serve May 1 as Child Health Day. The proclamation in full follows: Whereas, “The Health of the Child is the strength of the Na tion,” and Whereas, May day or Child Health day is the time to focus at tention upon the year round pro gram in the interest of the rising generation who will in the coming years, handle the affairs of our na tion, and Whereas, South Carolina’s chil dren should be given full opportun ity to keep pace with the physical, mental and moral development of the children of the United States, that our citizens may continue to be assets of both state and nation. Therefbre, I, Ibra C. Blackwood, governor of South Carolina, do hereby authorize that May 1, 1934, be observed in South Carolina as Child Health day, and. recommend that , since science has taught new methods to corpbat. and even wipe out certain diseases dangerous; to child life, especially diphtheria, all welfare forces of the state unite in directing the attention of the pub lic to the possibilities of putting in to use these preventive health measures. By Such concerted effort of our citizens, we can so develop our child health program that every day will be child health day;, .in South Carolina. Notice, Confederate Veterans and Widows Several inquiries have been made regarding the payment of pensions. The appropriation bill just passed by the legislature provides: “That Confederate Pensions shall be paid in quarterly instalments. That for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1935, the individual pensions of Veterans and Widows shall be re duced from the statutory amount to the extent of 15 per cent. Pro vided further, that any Widow of a Confederate Veteran who was married to him during, or prior to, the Confederate War, and ninety years of age, or more, shall receive the same pension ks that paid to a Confederate Veteran.” Under these provisions of the law, 25 per cent of the pensions will be paid in July and 25 per cent every three months thereafter un til the whole amount is paid. J. Frank Mattison. Probate Judge, McCormick Coun ty, S. C. Bordeaux News Little Charles Parnell, who has been ill with pneumoriia, is rapidly recovering/ Marshall Lindley is recuperating after being confined to bed with a case qf “shingles.” Mrs. Parker Herndon entertained the H. D. Club Wednesday after noon, April 11th. Mrs. Stallworth gave an Jbaterestlng talk on making over clothing to best advantage. Pictures of quilt designs and chil dren’s clothing were handed a- round to the members. Mrs. Hern don, assisted by her mother, Mrs. W. M. Lindley, served sandwiches and iced tea. After the business session, little William Lee Herndon, aged 4, entertained the club with several recitations. Ten of the Bordeaux H. D. Club members attended the district meeting at Asbury Church, Meri wether, Jast Saturday. A most en joyable day was spent, as well as a beneficial one. The program for the day was appropriate and in teresting. A most bountiful and tempting picnic dinner was spread at dinner hour, and all took part in this part of the program. Mrs. S. C. Cade pleased the audi ence during the day with a number of piano selections, for which she is wonderfully talented. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bouchil- lon and two children, Harold and baby Carolyn, of Piedmont, and Mr. Dewey Bouchillon were visitors in Bordeaux Sunday. Miss Sallie Lou Cade spent the week end with Mrs. S. C. Cade and family. An unusually large crowd at tended the singing last Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell. We were glad to have a number of visitors from Cedar Hill community with us, ahd “did we sing!” Mrs. Louise Long of Athens, Ga., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Mc Intosh this week. . Millions Come To . Cotton Farmers ..«r. •*> C -XXX- Card of Thanks Washington, April 21.—Rental and benefit payments to South Carolina farmers who reduced their cotton crop under the farm administration’s adjustment ' pro gram totaled $4,718,412.92 through March 31, 1934. / Comptroller John B. Payne, in announcing today recapitulation cf benefit payments, did . not in clude the hundreds of benefit pay ment checks now going out to tobacco farmers in the Pee Dee section. Anderson county, where $328,- 802.50 has been distributed to farmers, led the state in the a- mounts received by counties. Spartanburg was second with $283,265.09 and Orangeburg coun ty third With $240,991.15. McCormick County will receive a total of $49,328.50 from this fund. Other nearby counties are as follows: Abbeville $ 90,420.51 Anderson 328,802.50 Edgefield 96,413,45 Greenwood 93,048.91 Laurens 174,151.00 Saluda 289,744.42 Rehoboth News New Milk Law Is Effective In S. C. LABELING OF PRODUCTS RE QUIRED BY STATE BOARD We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our many friends aftd neighbors for their many acts of kindness and the tender words of sympathy during our recent be reavement caused by the tragic death of our son and brother, Le- land. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McAlister, and Family. .. Columbia, April 20.—The execu tive committee of the state board of health, meeting yesterday morn ing in the offices of the health de partment passed a regulation I which makes it illegal for any per- j son, firm, association or corpora tion in South Carolina to offer for sale any milk or milk products which are adulterated or “improp erly labeled as to grade.” This regulation, when properly promulgated or advertised, will have the full force of law, Dr. James A. Hayne, state health offi cer and secretary to the board, ex plained. The ruling in full is as follows: “It is hereby declared to be nec essary in order to insure pure milk that all milk and milk products sold or delivered for sale be proper ly labeled or branded for the pro tection of the public health; there fore, be it resolved, that no person, firm, association or corporation shall within the state of South Car olina produce, sell, offer for sale or expose for sale, or have in posses sion with intent to sell, any milk or milk products whteh is or are adulterated or misbranded or im properly labeled as to grade.” It was explained that the pur pose of the new regulation was to make it imperative that persons selling milk in South Carolina, whether or not in cities or towns with the standard milk ordinance, have their milk properly labeled as to the grade. , The K. of P.s of Aiken gave Mr. R. W. Gillam a very pleasant sur prise Sunday afternoon in honor of his 82nd birthday by coming up to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Culbreath where Mr. Gillam makes his home. The guests gave a beautiful meeting, honoring their comrade for his faithfulness. After the pro gram, a beautiful white cake, adorned with 82 green and pink candles, was placed before the honoree. Mrs. J. E. Winn, a great- niece, lighted the candles. The cake was baked by Mrs. W. P. Cul breath, who is a fine cake baker. Mrs. Strom Culbreath and Mrs. J. E. Winn served delicious fruit cake, whipped cream and coffee. Mr. Gillam presented his lovely birth day cake to the Knights to serve as refreshments at their meeting in Aiken, which was due in a few days, after his namesake And great-great-nephew, Richard Cul breath, had blown out the candles. Mr. Gillam was very grateful for this surprise. Many more birth days. ; Mrs. F. P. White and Mrs. Ethan White surprised Mr. W. P. White iVitfh a birthday dinner recently, celebrating his 77th birthday. His children and grandchildren came In. before he even suspected they were Celebrating for him and wish ing hiin a happy birthday. Mr. Robert Wilson preseiited' his mother a radio for Mother’s Day; being his work", makes her doubly appreciate hearing her son sing over the radio. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Traylor and Mrs. Sudie Stone were out calling in this section Sunday afternoon. The bereaved of this community are very grateful to their many friends for every attention. Calls that they very much appreciate from out of the community friends were as follows: Mrs. Sallie Strom; Rev. C. W. Brockwell of the Plum Branch Methodist Church; Miss Amelia Wideman, Mrs. F. P. White, Mrs. Ethan White, Mrs. H. M. Free land, Mrs. Sudie Stone, Dr. W. G. Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Traylor, Mrs. Carrie Talbert, Miss Emmie Walton, Misses Virginia Freeland and Bernice White, Mrs. S. J. King, Mrs. Nell Stallworth, Mrs. W. G. Huguley and Mrs. Claude Huguley. Mrs. E. M. Morgan is putting a lot of interest and time in her ap proaching music recital. She de sires the public to attend and en joy the music. No charges this time. The friends of Miss Martha Cul breath and Mr. Theodore Ridle- hoover will learn with interest of their recent marriage. Mrs. Ridle- hoover is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Culbreath. She is a popular and pretty girl, possess ing many noble traits of character. She is also a bright young lady, who has held the same position since her graduation from a business col lege in Augusta. Mr. Ridlehoover. a fine young man with many friends, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ridlehoover of Plum Branch. Long and happy life to them. Mrs. Ridlehoover was a Sunday School pupil of your correspondent for many years. She is very fond of Martha. Four Pages Play To Be Given At Troy, April 27 The four act comedy “The Silver Lining,” will be presented at Troy school auditorium Friday evening, April 27th, at 8:15 o’clock, by Brad ley P.-T. A., under the auspices of the W. M. S. of Troy Baptist Church. The admission to the entertain ment will be 10 cents for children and 15 cents for adults. Number 45 Fifth Sunday B. Y. \ P. U. Meeting to - Be Held Here The regular fifth Sunday B. Y. P. U. meeting of the Abbeville As sociation will be held with the Mc Cormick Baptist Church next Sun day afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Visi tors from all churches in this dis trict are expected. It is hoped that there will be a large number of young people and friends of young people from McCormick to hear the piogram. 1—XXt- Will Form National Jr. Shakespeare Story Telling Club Here The National Junior Shakespeare Story Telling Club, through the assistance of local' teachers, will shortly form a branch or associa tion here. The association here will be under the supervision of Miss Lucille Caudle. The Club is educational in pur pose and is designed to acquaint every grade school child with the works of the famous bard and in such a way that it will appear like play to therm At the same time, it prepares them for high school Eng lish studies while those who are not fortunate enough to advance beyond the grades . will have i working knowledge of the classics. The plan consists of story hours for the children when groups will meet and tell Shakespeare Stories in simplified form. Clubs for each grade will be formed. Then the grade school champions will con test with those of other schools for the town honors. Prizes will be offered at various stages of the competitions and dip lomas will be awarded each child who has finished the prescribed course. The grand finale will be a Shakespearean evening or pageant or Shakespearean program v having the children portray the Shakes pearean characters. The National Association now reaches into practically every State and has been immensely successful. Aside from the fact that members of the Club are improving their education and mastery of English there is a social feature. Parents and teachers have endorsed the plan with enthusiasm. Plan Summer Camp For Farm Women And Children William R. Watson Is Re-Elected Head McCormick Schools The board of trustees of the Mc Cormick Public schools reelected William R. Watson as superinten dent for the 1934-35 session and E. A. Rushton as principal of the high school. Prof. Watson and Prof. Rushton have both been connected with the local school for only one year but due to their untiring ef forts and splendid cooperation this has been a very successful school year, and the whole community is glad that they will be here for an other year. The corps of teachers has not been elected at this time. Miss Anne Harris is the present principal of the grammar school. Mt. Carmel H. D. Club Meets Mt. Carmel H. D. Club met in the clubroom on April 10th, with U members and four visitors present The meeting was called to orde.- by the president. Song, “Carolina.” Scripture reading and prayer by the president. Roll call and reading of the min utes by the secretary. Appropriate selections were read by Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Misses Gladys Scott and Carolyn Tarrant The trip to Charleston in July was discussed, also the county council meeting. Children’s clothing was to be the demonstration, and quite a number of beautifml but simple lit tle dresses were displayed. Mrs. Ida Black and Mrs. J. W. Boyd were hostesses for th« social hour, and served cake and iced tea with lemon. We were glad to have Miss Alice Talbert, assistant home demonstra tion agent, with us for the meeting Charleston, April 23.—More than 1,700 farm children and women will visit Charleston during the summer months, camping at the CitadcL Miss Bessie Harper, of Aiken, dis trict home demonstration agent, is planning the trips. During the last few years, large ly because of the efforts of. the chamber in obtaining low rates and arranging entertainment for the rural visitors, this city has grown in popularity among members of 4-H clubs and women’s organizations. During the tourist season this year 1,500 school children came from South Carolina and neighbor ing states to view the gardens and see places of historic interest. Be cause of the low rates obtained by the chamber of commerce, such trips cost, not including transpor tation to and from the city, only about $1.50 for each pupil. Sixteen counties in the state win be represented in groups in Char leston this summer. Lexington, Greenwood, McCormick, Clarendon, and probably Pickens will be the additions to those represented last, summer. In her letter to the Chamber of Commerce Miss Harper gives the following tentative schedule; July 2-6: Saluda 70 girls, Green wood 50 girls, McCormick 50 girls, and Colleton 100 girls. July 18-21: Between 400 and 506 women from Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Colleton, Dor chester, Greenwood, Hampton, Or angeburg, Saluda, McCormick, and Jasper.. . —? May 7 Deadline > For Auto Tags Columbia, April 22.—Users of half-year auto tags will have until May 7 to buy their plates for the last six months of the present tag year. B. R. Stroup, director f of the state motor vehicle division, An nounced state highway patrolmen on that date wctald start arresting persons using tags bought for the first half of the year. The half-year licenses expire April 30. Persons who do not get new ones before that date will be required to pay a 50-cent penalty for late registration. Stroup announced that sale of the six-month plates had reached a volume of around 2,000 a day. The division is prepared to issue around 90,000. Through last week 10,000 had been sold. GREENWOOD, S. C. THURS., FRL, APRIL 26, 27 JOE E. BROWN, FRANK McHUGH, JEAN MUIR IN “SON OF A SAILOR” SATURDAY, APRIL 28 “DEVIL TIGER” SATURDAY NIGHT, 10:40 SPENCER TRACY and MADGE EVANS IN “THE SHOW-OFF’ MON., TUBS., APR. 30, MAY 1 LANNY ROSS, CHARLIE RUGGLES, MARY BOLAND and ANN SOTHERN IN *" “MELODY IN SPRING” WEDNESDAY. MAY 2 ROLAND YOUNG LILLIAN GISH IN “HIS DOUBLE LIFE” THURS., FRL, MAY 3, 4 WILL ROGERS IN “DAVID HARUM”