McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 02, 1934, Image 1
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T2LU* TO OUBSELVX8* OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirty-Third Year
Established June 5, 1902
McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934
Four Pages
Number 9
M. L. B. Sturkey
Died Saturday
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES RE
CEIVED IN FALL DOWN
OFFICE STEPS.
Milledge Lorenzo Bonham Star-
key, age 73, died at his home here
Saturday afternoon at three o’clock
from injuries sustained two weeks
before when he fell down a flight
of steps at his office.
Mr. Sturkey was the son of Jef
ferson Sturkey and Lucy Self
Sturkey and was bom Juno
23, 1861, in old Edgefield county,
one mile from the present town of
McCormick. For a short while he
lived in Lincoln county, Georgia,
but the greater part of his life was
spent inr this community. He was
one of the pioneer merchants of
McCormick and for nearly half a
century conducted the leading
mercantile establishment here. Aft
er retiring from this line of busi
ness Mr. Sturkey devoted his time
to cotton buying and his farming
interests. For the past six years
he has served as coroner of Mc
Cormick county.
Mr. Sturkey’s grandfather was a
native of Alsace Lorraine, France,
and with three brothers came io
America in 1766. A number of the
descendants of these brothers are
still found in Lexington and Or
angeburg counties. The family
was established in Edgefield county
by Jefferson Sturkey. Mr. Sturkey
took an active interest in the for
mation of McCormick county and
was allied with the movement for
more than a quarter of a century.
He was a member of the Constitu
tional convention of 1895, and was
an ardent prohibitionist.
Mr. Stufkey was married four
times, his first two wives being
sisters, Miss Fannie Willingham,
and Miss Mary Willingham, of
Lincolnton, Ga. His third wife was
Miss Annie Martin, also of Lincoln
ton. His last wife was Miss Lucy
Anderson, of Waterloo, who sur
vives.
In addition to his widow, he is
survived by four daughters by his
third marriage. Miss Mary Frances
Sturkey, member of the faculty of
the Bessemer city schools, North
Carolina, Miss Marian Sturkey, a
member of the faculty of the Lock
hart city schools, Mrs. William
Chambers, Jr., of Hazelwood, N. C.,
and Mrs. Wessie Sturkey Hitt of
McCormick, and two daughters and
two sons by his fourth marriage,
Miss Harriett Sturkey, a member
of the faculty of Johnston high
school, Miss Annie Laurie Sturkey
of McCormick, M. L. B. Sturkey, Jr.,
a cadet at The Citadel, and Herbeit
Sturdy of McCormick. He is also
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OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2
SHIRLEY TEMPLE,
ADOLPHE MENJOU and
DOROTHY DELL
IN
“LITTLE MISS MARKER”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, ONLY
GEORGE BANCROFT,
FRANCE FULLER, and ROS-
COE KARNS IN
“ELMER AND ELSIE”
SATURDAY, AUG. 4, ONLY
WARNER OLAND IN
“CHARLIE CHAN’S
COURAGE”
MON.. TUBS., AUG. 6, 7
LEW AYERS and ALICE
FAYE
IN
“SHE LEARNED ABOUT
SAILORS”
Also NEWSREEL showing
scenes of Dillinger.
WED., THURS., AUG. 8, 9
CARL FRISSON, VICTOR
MAC LAGLEN, JACK OAKIE,
KITTY CARLISLE and
DUKE ELLINGTON
AND HIS OR-
CHESTRA
NOTE: Until further notice
we will not ’iavc any more
Saturday Night 10:30 shows.
Campaign Meeting At
Parksville Tomorrow
Modoc JNews
The second campaign meeting
for McCormick County this year
will be held at Parksville tomorrow,
Friday, August 3rd, and is sched
uled to open at 11 o’clock a. m. The
county campaign was officially
opened with the meeting at Mt.
Carmel last Friday.
The itinerary is as follows:
Parksville—August 3rd,
Hopewell—August 8th,
Youngs—August 10th,
Plum Branch—August 17th,
McCormick—August 24th.
Mt. Carmel JNews
Mr. and Mrs. Dode Philips and
little son, David, left last Thurs
day to visit in Augusta for a day
returning to Moultrie Friday. Their
little son shows quite a talent for
music, and plays well by note, even
as young as he is. We are expect
ing wonderful things from him lat
er in life.
Mr. W. L. Miller was a visitor
here Friday to enjoy the campaign
meeting and tke barbecue.
Quite a nice crowd was present
for the campaign meeting Friday
and all seemed to enjoy the get
together spirit, and spent a very
pleasant day. Messrs. T. J. Price,
Paul Robinson, T. A. Dowtin, J. O.
McDaniel and W. M Freeland
made short talks. Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Curtis, assisted by others,
served a delicious barbecue and
hash dinner.
Mrs. Camille P. Jackson of Rock
ingham, N. C., was a charming
guest of Mrs. J. R. Tarrant. Mrs.
Jackson is pleasantly remembered
in the county as Miss Camille
Paschal, and a host of friends were
happy and delighted to see her
here again.
Mrs. Jamie Powell of Greenville
is spending some time with her
niece. Mrs. Arch Andrews. She
was seeing friends in Mt. Carmel
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Powell
lived in Mt. Carmel many years,
and we are all happy to see her
again.
Mr. Otis Black of Beaufort spent
the week end here with Mrs. Black
and children at the home of her
mother, Mrs. J. R. Tarrant.
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Miss Lura
Jean Watson, Messrs. H. O. Watson
and W. H. Hester sponsored a very
pleasant dance at the community
house here Friday evening. Quite
a nice crowd enjoyed the evening.
A number of visitors from the sur
rounding towns spent a pleasant
evening.
Mrs. Alex Mitchell and children,
Alex, Jr., and William Hester, of
M!t. Pleasant are spending some
time with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hester and
children, Flo and Jim, spent Sab
bath with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hes
ter.
We are having plenty of rain
here at present, which was badly
needed. The crops are looking
much better.
Miss Venita Bussey has returned
to her home at Douglas, Ga., after
a five weeks’ stay here among
relatives.
Miss Nettie Thelma Bussey has
returned to Wilmington, N. C., aft
er spending a couple of weeks here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.
M. Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hornsby spent
the week end here among relatives
and friends.
Mr. Albert Howie was a week end
visitor here to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. D. Howie.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gamer, ac
companied by E. F. Bussey, spent
last Friday among friends and
relatives at Beech Island.
Friends of Mr. W. M. Nash will
be glad to know that he Is up and
about again, after a week*! illness.
Mr. Martin Clem returned last
Saturday to Norfolk, Va., after
spending a couple of weeks here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Clem.
Messrs. Charley and Joseph Mc
Daniel from Clinton were week end
visitors here among relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Minnie Bussey was a dinner
guest Sunday to her daughter, Mrs.
J. O. McDaniel.
Mr. J. A. Self and daughter,
Mary Kathryn, spent the past week
end here with Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Bailey.
Mr. Ed Garner spent a few days
in Augusta this week.
Messrs. E. F. Bussey and Leo
Hofnsby were guests Sunday even
ing of Mr. R. C. B. Key.
Mrs. T. D. Howie was guest Sun
day of Mrs. E. F. Bussey.
Mr. M. M. Dorn and son, Johnnie
Dorn, from Augusta were visitors
here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Harvely.
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Rehoboth JNews
survived by a half-brother, J. P.
Sturkey, of Lincolnton, Ga., and
-me granddaughter, Carolyn Anne
Hitt, of McCormick.
Funeral services were conducted
at the residence at four o’clock
Sunday afternoon by his pastor,
the Rev. D. W. Keller, of the Mc
Cormick Methodist Church, of
which church Mr. Sturkey had
been a life long member. Rev.
Keller was assisted by Dr. D. V.
Cason, pastor of the McCormick
Baptist Church.
Mr. Sturkey was the oldest mem
ber of Mine Lodge, No. 117, A. F.
M., McCormick, and was buried
with full Masonic honors.
Interment was in McCormick
cemetery.
Six nephews served as pallbear
ers and were: A. J. Hendrix of Mc
Cormick, G. C. Weed of Augusta,
Ga., Oscar Sturkey of Plum Branch,
Vernon Sturkey, Paul Sims and
Bernard Willingham of Lincolnton,
Ga.
Honorary pallbearers were the
members of Mr. Sturkey’s Sunday
School class and the officers of
McCormick County.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
The explosion of the volcano
Krakatoa In 1883 was heard 3,000
miles away.
The Rehoboth W. M. S. met at
the home of Mrs. Agnes Culbreatb.
Friday p. m. Gave her a surprise
pounding. Her health is not so she
can put up fruits and vegetables.
In this pounding there was much
nice canned goods that she appre
ciated more because of the work
of her friends who love her. After
the program, conducted by the
president, Mrs. J. P. Talbert, she
announced to the hostess that 'a
little surprise for her was in the
parlor.
Just before the meeting began
the W. M. S. had a pleasant sur
prise. Mrs. Culbreath’s three
daughters drove up, to spend a va
cation at home. Mrs. Byrd, in her
usual charming way, thanked the
ladies for the surprise to her
mother, and also spoke of her love
for her old home church and the
people. She dismissed the meet
ing with a beautiful prayer.
After the meeting, iced fruit
punch and plain cake were served.
The afternoon was pleasantly
spent The out of the community
guests were Mrs. Mary Corley, Mrs.
Susie Winn, little Misses Sara Lou
and Ethel Harling, Mrs. J. C.
Ratteree, Mrs. G. H. Byrd and Miss
Annie Mae Culbreath.
Mrs James Jennings and two at
tractive children visited her sister-
in-law, Mrs. John Roberson, last
week.
Miss Mildred Gilchrist is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Tillie G. Groner. at
Clinton.
Mrs. Susie Winn has recently
spent a couple of weeks with her
son, William, in the Red Hill sec
tion
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Ousley
visited Mrs. P. P. Doolittle last
Sunday.
Mr. James Talbert is at home for
a few days from Mountain Rest C.
C. Camp.
The children of Mrs. Sara Strom
honored her 70th birthday Sunday.
Entries Opened For
Office Of Coroner
At a meeting of the executive
committee held Saturday, July
28th, a motion was unanimously a -
dopted to allow candidates to file
pledges for the office of coroner to
fill the unexpired term of Mr. M. L.
B. Sturkey, deceased.
The books were opened Satur
day, July 28th, and will close on
Tuesday, August 7th, at noon.
J. A. Talbert.
Chairman.
J. O. Patterson,
Secretary.
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Bordeaux Huguenot
Reunion August 15
Near Willington
The fifth annual reunion of the
Guiliebeaux family will be held at
the Guiliebeaux home in this coun
ty near Willington on August 15th,
according to Albert E. Guiliebeaux,
chairman. Heretofore this has been
known as the Guiliebeaux reunion,
but at this time the name will be
changed to the Bordeaux Hugue
not reunion.
The program will commence at
ten o’clock in the morning and will
consist of music and short talks. A
picnic lunch will be served at noon
and the afternoon spent renewing
friendships. One new feature of
the program will be the report of
the information committee and
this will be of especial interest as
it will contain a brief description
and history of the antiques and
heir-looms of the Huguenot de
scendants in this section.
The Guiliebeaux reunion was
originated in honor of Andre Guil
iebeaux and his wife, Mary Roque-
more Guiliebeaux, two of the origi
nal members of the Huguenot col
ony, which settled at Bordeaux in
the upper section of McCormick
County in the year 1764. The Guil
iebeaux home was built about 160
years ago and this will be of inter
est as well as the old Huguenot
cemetery nearby.
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Weevil Damage
Shows Increase
Plum Branch JNews
Clemson College, July 30.—Rapid
increases in boll weevil damage
were reported by county agents for
the week ending July 28, many re
porting that considerably more
than 10 per cent of the squares
were infested.
Several agents stated, further
more, that spotted showers now
produce favorable conditions for
weevil increase. However, it is
significant to note that in many
of the counties a 10 per cent in
festation of the squares has not
been reported during the season.
“Now is the time,” says W. C
Nettles, extension entomologist, “tc
keep a close watch on weevils and
begin dusting with calcium arse
nate when more, than 10 per cent
of the squares are infested. So
spotted is the damage that often
only a portion of a field need
dusted.”
Mrs. Jesse Derrick and daugh
ters, Jessie and Alice, of Johnston,
and Jack Derrick of Hudson, N. Y.,
were recent visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice.
Mrs. A. L. Zellars and little Doro
thy Hall of Lincolnton, Ga., spent
a few days this week visiting Mrs.
R. E. Coleman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bracknell and
daughters, Jane and Margaret,
spent Sunday and Monday in At
lanta with their daughter, Miss
Louise, who is at the Piedmont
hospital for medical treatment.
Miss Lucy Brown of McCormick
visited friends here Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Jeff Gable of White Town is
spending this week with her
mother, Mrs. Sallie White.
Mrs. E. C. Rice left Tuesday for
a visit to relatives in Johnston City,
Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. James Strother are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a little daughter. She will
be called Dorothy Ann.
Rev. C. Wilbur Brockwell is con
ducting a revival at Bordeaux this
week. Rev. Bobo of Greenville is
assisting him.
Miss Earl Parks of Parksville is
visiting Miss Viola Wilkie a few
days this week.
Mrs. Jesse Orr and little daugh
ter, Margaret, have returned home,
after a visit to relatives in Colum
bia.
Miss Cornelia Winn has returned
from a visit to friends in Asheville,
N. C.
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Noted Speakers On
For Farmers’ Week
NATIONALLY KNOWN PUBLIC
MEN AND RECOGNIZfeD AU
THORITIES ON AGRICUL
TURE BEING SECURED
FOR BIG FARM MEET.
Graham Finds .
Farmers Cheery
FEELING OF OPTIMISM IN
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
be
three girls and four sons who have
grown to womanhood and man
hood, and to call their parents
blessed. The father passed into the
Great Beyond some thirty years
ago. Mrs. Strom had the pleasure
of having all her children, and her
23 grandchildren present. The
day was ideal and pleasantly spent.
All wish Mrs. Strom many happy
returns of her birthday. A deli
cious picnic lunch of many good
eats was served. Following are
the names of Mrs. Strom’s chil
dren: Mrs. Curtis Corley of Green
wood, Mrs. J. W. Quarles of Edge-
field, Mrs. J. P. Talbert of Reho-
both, Messrs. J. S., J. E. and W. M.
Strom of McCormick, and Mr. E. S.
Strom of Columbia.
Several from this section attend-
July 29th, with a family reunion ; cd the funeral of Mr. M. L. B.
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sturkey in McCormick Sunday aft-
J. P. Talbert, in the Rehoboth erKOon -
community, where Mrs. Strom and Several from here attended the
her husband reared their family of^union meeting at Berea Sunday.
Clemson College, July 28.—A bat
tery of big guns to be heard at
the midday assembly hours during
Fanners’ Week, Aug. 14-17, will
include both of Bouth Carolina’s
United States Senators E. D. Smith
and James F. Byrnes; Under Secre
tary Rexford Tugwell, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture; Dr. Frank
Bohn, noted publicist who attract
ed much attention at previous Far
mers’ Weeks; Hon. Neville Ben
nett, chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee of the Leg
islature; and probably Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins.
“These addresses are sure to be
both informing and inspirational,”
says Dr. W. W. Long, chairman of
Farmers’ Week committee, who is
sparing no effort to get able speak
ers for the midday assembly hours
and for the general lecture periods
each morning.
The general lectures, scheduled
for 10 o’clock each morning, will
include a wide range of agricul
tural topics by outstanding au
thorities. Among those now sched
uled are: M. L. Wilson, Assistant
Secretary, U. S. Department of Ag
riculture; L. C. Gray, chief of the
division of land economics, U. S
D. A.; Governor W. I. Myers of the
Farm Credit Administration; F. A.
Silcox, chief of the United States
Forestry Service; Lawrence West
brook of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration; R. A. Wins
ton of the Bureau of Soils; Dr. T.
S. Buie, in charge of the Tygei
River Soil Erosion project; Dr. J.
W. Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner
of Education; and Dr. Sheldon
Phelps, president of Winthrop Col
lege.
These 10 o’clock lectures will
give Farmers’ Week visitors a bet
ter understanding of the broader
phases of agriculture and its rela
tion to other interests, the makers
of Farmers’ Week program believe.
They are of course supplementary
to the purely instructional work
covering all phases of farming and
home-making which will occupy
each morning from eight to ten
o’clock.
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Of the 700 species of trees in the
United States and Canada, only a-;
bout 10 per cent are put to im- j
portant economic use at present, j
Columbia, July 31.—Returning
from a trip through Georgia and
Florida where he met with officers,
directors and members of loan
committees of production credit as
sociations, Ernest Graham, presi
dent of the Production Credit Cor
poration of Columbia, reports a
feeling of optimism among the
farmers in the sections visited and
the outlook for collections good.
At Macon, Ga., Mr. Graham had
the secretaries of the production
credit associations for one half of
Georgia in for a conference, and at
Albany, Ga., he had those of the
other half. Then he visited the
associations at Eastman, Douglas,
Waycross, Vidalia, Dublin and
Swainsboro in Georgia, and at
Jacksonville, Starke, Hastings, San
ford, Orlando and Winter Garden
in Florida, meeting with the offi
cers, directors, members of the loan
committees, inspectors and county
agents.
“I was very much impressed,”
said Mr. Graham, “with the spirit
of optimism prevalent at all of
these meetings and conferences. At
each of them, the expressions in
dicated a very genuine apprecia
tion on the part of the farmers of
the credit service being offered by
the associations and a determina
tion on their part to repay their
obligations in full in order to as
sure the permanency of the insti
tutions. The farmers seem to ap
preciate the fact that through their
production credit 'associations the
cost for production credit is very
much less than the amount they
have been accustomed to pay un
der the old system of buying many
of their necessities on credit.”
Mr. Graham said that crops in
Georgia were looking fairly good,
those in the western section being
some better than in the southeast.
Labor Provisions
Posters Received
READY TO BE DISTRIBUTED,
STATE COMPLIANCE DIREC
TOR REPORTS.
A supply of Labor Provisions pos
ters for the Retail Trade has been
received in the office of Lawrence
M. Pinckney, of Charleston, State
Compliance Director, for distribu
tion in those sections of the state
where there are no Local Code Au
thorities.
Application cards were distribut
ed some weeks ago through the
Post Office department, and where
these cards have been filled out
and returned to the National Re
covery Administration, copies of
the Labor posters will be mailed
out from the State Office. Those
who have not made application for
their posters should do so at once
by writing to the office of the
State Director. In towns where
Local Code Authorities have been
formed application should be made
to the proper official of that group.
The posting of the Labor provi
sions is a part of the Code of Fair
Competition for the Retail Trade
as set forth in Section 2, Article V
of the Code. Members of the re
tail trade are urged to secure their
posters at once.
Ladies’ Aid Society
Of Long Cane
Church Meets
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Long
Cane A. R. P. Church met with
Misses Maggie and Ruth Young
Wednesday, July 25th. After an
interesting program and business
session, Misses Willie and Maggie
Young served a sweet course with
iced tea.
Those present were Mrs. R. P.
Young, Mrs. W. A. Young, Mrs. S.
T. Young, Misses Willie, Alma,
Mabel, Nora, Bertha, Maggie, Bob-
be Jean, Myra and Ruth Young,
Frances Walker, Elise Redden,
Correen, Gloria and Ruby Huff.