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I Thur*d«^ MCCORMICK MESSENGER, MCCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA .■r Pal % Business Is Good With i m- and Mrs. H. R. Deason and family have returned from a very pl^sant visit to Mr. and Mrs. L. Croxton of Kershaw. GALLANT-BELK COMPANY Home of Better Values GREENWOOD, S. C S* J Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear, .1 ' Dry Goods, # Men and Boys’ Clothing, Men, Women, Boys’ and Girls’ Shoes, -.! /;*a v . * * • - Men and Boys’ Work Clothing. »f »> Our Big StorefGreenwood’s ' /.* . ; .-at. . . *•- »ai'CC Department Store, is Filled With BETTER VALDES . .A £i;> t<v ff i'. > ' F V ■m":. t -• I vi;;. Free Parking Space Rear Opr Store, I 1 Bark AH Day If You Care To. * , Come to Greenwood and to Green- \* s , • x , .. ; . • f • i: . '.7 . • > . wood’s Most Complete Department •- • • 4' »K\ * ; Store. We Appreciate Your Patronage. GALLANT-BELK COMPANY Home of Better Values GREENWOOD, S. C. WANT ADV. FOR SALE—High-grade cabbage and potato plants. H. R. Deason, McCormick, S. C. PLANTS FOR SALE 3BAGE, ONIONS, TOMATO COLLARD PLANTS, all as- i, 500 plants 75c; 1,000 plants prepaid. EET POTATO, PEPPER and PLANTS, all assorted, 500 s $1.00; 1,000 plants $1.75, pre- Good plants—prompt ship- Dorris Plant Co., Valdosta, Street Taxes . Due May 1st Street taxes are due and payable on May 1, 1934, at the Qffice of the town clerk and* treasurer or may be paid to Chief of Police W. L. Brcwn. Penalty will be added! from dust and vibration. on June 1st to all not paid, with out exception. Pay promptly and save penalty. C. K. EPTING, Mayor. J. O. PATTERSON, Clerk and Treasure!*. McCormick, S. C. May 1, 1934.—3t. THINGS WORTH KNOWING Not all insects are enemies and pests to mankind; for example, the Lantana bug in Hawaii is a fine weed destroyer. Archices tracing the history of the Italian race in America are to be collected at the Casa Ltali- aha of Columbia University. A laboratory has been built un der ground at the United States bureau of standards, where finely accurate optical - lenses can be ground with least interference Mrs, J. B. Wilkins of Gaffney is visiting , her sister, Mrs. Wilbur M. Strom. Miss Helen Crawford of McCor mick and Mr. Henry Power of Abbeville were Sunday visitors in the home of Miss MUe Crawford in Daily Vacation Bible School At ist Church v.L Mi*, and Mrs. J. C. Leard and faihily spent Sunday in Charlotte, 4 N*. )C.,‘ with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cres^ SI 1. ••• v ' '* • ■ jjitr. and Mrs. ‘ R. L. Christian and daughter, Connie; of Augusta, spent thb week end here with his par ts,' Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Christiah. 1 •• < ; W ... -i. ii ijjflr. S. H, Talbert, Mr. and Mrs. T. | L. Edmunds, Master David Ed- ntuhds, Misses Mary Ellen and hf^iam. Edmunds and Mis*? Catherine Lang were visitors in thei lipme of Mr. and Mrs. A. ,L. Motagne in Augusta Sunday.. Mrs. Wilbur Strom spent the w^bk end at Limestone College with ber daughter. Miss Nylena Strom, and attended the commepcement exercises. ■I ■ Miss Mildred Moragne returned to 1 her home in Augusta Tuesday, after spending several days .with Miss Mary Ellen Edmunds of the Buffalo section. 1 ‘ Sunday guests of Mrs. W. J. Con- nor were Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Heiss of Cross Hill, and Mrs. B. L. Tal- abd daughter, Miss Miriam, of Augusta. ’ *• ' ‘ Mfss Nylena Strom, student at Llmeisstone College, is at honie for the Suinmer vacation: *1 ' Mrs. W. C. Holley was a week end Visitor in ParksviHe. l “ Dr. and Mrs. D. V. Cason and children left Monday for a 'o weeks’ visit to his mother, Mrs. nie V. Cason, of Warrenton, Ga., and ^ Mrs. D. V. Cason’s mother, Mrs. Leroy Cook, of Colquitt, Ga. They wih return home before the second 1 Sunday in June. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lovelace and two sons returned Tuesday to their home in Asheville, N. C., after spending a week in the home of his brother, Mr. J. W. LovelS.ce, of the Buffalo section. ‘ ‘ x—— ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT We wish to give an invitation to all boys and girls bettoebfi the ages of 4 and 17 years to attend our va cation school which: is to be held from June 11, Monday after school closes, through June 22. The ses sions are to be held from nine o'clock until 12, Monday through Friday, each week. - * **v It is a school in which thp teach ers do all the preparation, and the ypung people reap the benefit of their study. The course includes; 1 Salutes to Old Glory,^ Christian Flag, and Bible, Si , . Handwork, manual '^rts, and t games, Music and Worship, . ’ Bible Study, Character Stories and Habit Stories, etc. ' We are asking workers from' other churches to co-operate with us iii putting On the school and are inviting all the boys and girls and young people. It will not be de nominational but will emphasize essentials upon which all true character rests. : i . Join with us in the Big Parade which starts from the .Church at 4:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon, June 9. f \ ' Durward V. Cason, Pastor. —X ; ,, V . Hundred Percenters In McCormick Baptist Sunday School In May The following were 100 per cent in Sunday School during the last month. (This means present, on time, studied lesson,,^Bible brought, offering, staying for preaching): RebeCca Simpson, Mrs. Maude Remsen, Mrs. J. S. Dukes, Mrs. J. S. Harris, Billy Dukes, Jamie Sanders, Belton Hannon, HI, James Walker, Ltithef Furqueron, Edwin Bradley, Mrs. Jack L. Bradley, Mrs. James A. Keown, Mrs. W: J. Connor, Mrs. A. J. Andrews, G. J. Sanders, Jr., Joe Dukes, Hansel Cason, D. V. Cason. X Business On The Upward Trend Here During the past several weeks there have been many, signs to prove that business in this section is again on the upward trend. G. J, Sanders, Jr., opened the new Hollywood Theatre Friday evening. New and the very latest equipment in talking pictures was installed. A new brick store building on upper Main Street was completed last week by T. M. Dorn. The building will accommodate two businesses, one a grocery store by Mr. Dorn himself and a meat mar ket owned and operated by J. L. Smith. Stroms’ Drug Store has recently been overhauled and now is one Social interest is centered throughout South Carolina in the announcement made by Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McAlister of the engage ment of their youngest daughter, Elizabeth, to Howard Stanton Broas of New York City, the wedding to take place in the early fall. The bride-eleCt, who is a typical blonde, graduated from the McCor mick High School and attended one of the most distinguished co-ed schools of Tennessee. For the past two years she has been doing secre tarial work, and at present is pri vate secretary to the manager of the wine and liquor department of a large wholesale concern in New York. . Mr. Broas is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Broas of Washing ton, D. C., formerly of Poughkeep sie, N. Y. He graduated from the Arlington High School in Pough keepsie, and later entered Pace In stitute in New York City, where he graduated in accounting and bank ing. He now holds a responsible position as accountant, and assis tant office manager in one ol' the subsidiary companies of Johnson & Johnson. The couple hope to make South Carolina their honeymoon trip. -x Dr. Ben E. Geer Spoke Here Sunday Dr. Ben E. Geer, President of Furman University, spoke to a large audiehce at the Baptist Church here Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. •* This was his first visit to McCormick, he said, in about twenty years and his messag3 on “The Possibilities of Modern Youth,” was received with gredt interest and appreciation. While Mr. and Mrs. J. P. panks announce here he was the guest of Dr. and the birth of a 9 pound girl on May of the most attractive drug stores to be found in this section. A filling station and dwelling combined, is now being erected by Mrs. Daisy Floyd, on the Green wood highway near the home of J. E. Bradley. Another project creating much interest is the new Methodist Church now under construction. The old building is being remodel ed and being veneered with a beau tiful pink granite. A new Sunday School annex will be constructed at the rear. 154,663 See World’s Fair on Opening Day , Chicago, May 27.—Paced by a record breaking opening day at- j tendance the Chicago 1934 world’s fair was in full swing today with leaders viewing it as a harbinger of better business days. Official attendance yesterday was 154,663, exceedAg by almost 35,000 the opening day of a Cen tury of Progress last year. Railroads, airlines, bus com panies, lake carriers, hotels and cafes joined in agreement that the new edition of the fair had given indication it would pep up as many lines of commerce as did its 1033 predecessor. ixt * v announce birth OF A daughter Mrs. D- V. Cason. 1 20th. Her name IS Betty Gene. Many Thanks For I want to thank you for the splen*- ♦ * did patronage given me in my meat market since opening here last Friday. This market is up-to-date ill every • : = > •:! > r; ... . : ->i respect and will at all times carry a full 1 line of fresh meats of all kinds. 1 A prompt delivery service in town from 6:30 a. m. until 7 p. hi. every day. J. I- SMITH, Phone No* 4 : Main Street McCORMICK, S. C. McCORMICK, S C. Friday, June 1st, and Saturday, June 2nd, 8:30 P. M. Slim Summerville Andy Devine rr Horse Play 9 - Universal’s latest comedy hit. For a sure cure of , those depression blues, see it. Also Cartoon Fox Movietone News i ' ■. Monday, June 4th, and Tuesday, June 5th, 8:30 P. M. John Boles Gloria Stuart in ''Beloved THE MUSICAL ROMANCE Of A CENTURY—. DON'T MISS if. LOVE — MUSIC —- STARS Also Cartoon Strange As It Seems ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children 12 and under, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents. Coming-- “David Harum” “Stand Up And Cheer," **Change of Heart" “Only Yesterday" Experience Service Facilities Those are the important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional charge for service out of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, S. C. . !» . i ■r if =/