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rhirty-Third Year
John L. Sharpton
Dies In Asheville
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News was received here Tuesday
of the death of John L. Sharpton,
39, who died at his home in Ashe
ville, N. C., that morning. Funeral
services were held in Asheville, N.
C., yesterday at 11 o’clock and In
terment followed in Asheville, N. C.
Mr. Sharpton, a native of McCor
mick, was the son of the late E. B.
and Fannie DiHashaw Sharpton. He
served his country in the World
war as a member of the Balnbow
division, being one of the first in
county to volunteer tor
' paving been-'disabled ir
service he had been in decHnlne
health for several years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Udna Creasman Sharpton; a ten-
year-old son, Jack; a three-
months-old daughter; seven sisters
and two brothers, as follows, also
survive: Mrs. Joe Christian, Mc
Cormick; Mrs. Leroy Settles, At
lanta, Ga.; Mrs. D. C. Timmerman
Mrs. G. M. Cartledge, Mrs. TS. T.
Gladden, Mrs. Jack Walsh and Mrs
Jerry Curley, all of Augusta, Ga.;
J. W. Sharpton, Augusta, Ga., and
A. R. Sharpton, McCormick."
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Edgefield Production
Credit Association To
Meet In Edgefield
Last Rites For
Raymond T. Parks
Last rites for Raymond Tompkins
Parks, 22, who died at the Colum
bia hospital Tuesday of last week
after a brief illness, were conduct-
the ParksV2ie Baptist church in
this county by the Rev. John War
ren, of Wilmington, N. C., assisted
by Rev: 6. I*. Orr, pastor of the
church, and interment made in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Parks was a native of this
county and a'son of Mr. and Mrs
Cftpode a. Parks, formerly of
He was a graduate of
the Columbia high school a mem
ber ef the Shandon Baptist church
Of that place and for the past five
jfejurs had lifeld a position with the
Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey. Besides his parents, who now
ipsftde in Charlotte, he is survived
by three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Car-
toll, Misses Caroline and Sarah
Parka,a!l of Charlotte; one broth-
Aubrey Parks, Cleveland, Ohio;
his maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Carrie 8. Tompkins, Columbia;
the' following aunts and uncles,
MW. R. D. Morton, P. B. Tomp
kins, Jack W. Tompkins and Joe
H. Tompkins, all of Columbia, and
Mrs. L. F. Dorn, devdaad, Ohio.
OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Thursday, January 10th,
Joe Penner. Lanny Ross, Jack
Oakie, Helen Mack and
Mary Brian
in
“COLLEGE RHYTHM”
FrMay. January 11th, Only,
Kay Francis and Leslie
Howard
“BRITISH AGENT”
Saturday. Januarv 12th, Only,
•Tim McCoy
. in
“THE WESTERNER”
r '- f ?i»*»iay Night 10:30,
Sylvia Sidney and Gene
Raymond
in
“BEHOLD MY WIFE”
lH7»n.-Tues.. Jan. 14th-15th,
Dick Powell and Josephine
Hutchinson
in
“HA^TNE^ AHEAD”
One of the be”* pictures of
the season. See it.
W^i.-T*”” — . Ja v JSth-17th,‘
Loretta Ynunft and John
Foies
in
“THE WHITE PAR.1DZ”
Shows—3:' >—7.11—3 :C3
The annual meeting of the Edge-
field Productiori Credit Association,
serving the counties of Edgefield
and McCormick, will be held on
January 22, 1935, at the court
house, Edgefield, at 3 p. m., it is an
nounced by G. L. Blgford, secretary
of the association.
Not only are all of the farmer-
borrowers from the association, the
holders of Class B stock expected
to be present, but Mr. Blgford said
that a most cordial invitation was
also, extended to all other farmers
in the territory served by the as
sociation and that it was hoped
that large numbers would accept
the invitation.
“Every member of the associa
tion”, said Mr. Bigford “is urged to
bring one or more non-members
with him as ty is the desire that
every farmer In this section shall
acquaint himself with the credit
service which our organization has
to offer. \ ■
“Directors oi the association for
the ensuing year will be elected at
this meeting. Every member of the
association is entitled to cast one
vote, regardless of the number of
shares he owns, and it is to his in
terest to vote for men of the high
est integrity and business ability,
“At the meeting a complete re
port of the year’s operations of the
association will be submitted. The
Production Credit Corporation of
Columbia wilh-be" represented by
Mr. Ernest Graham, president, who
will outline the set-up of the
Farm Credit Administration of the
third district, the method of con
trol and operation of the produc
tion credit associations and will
give an explanation of the associa
tion’s operating statement from or
ganization through December 31,
1934.”
Mrs. Mary Lawton
Dies At Willington
Mrs. Mary McNair Lawton, wife
of George Lawton, died at her
home at Willington Saturday after
noon following a week’s illness of
influenza.
In addition to her husband, the
deceased is survived • by three
daughters and two sons, as follows:
Mrs. John Statsney of Andersen;
Mrs. Irene Langford Frith of Cal
houn Falls; Mrs. Ula Mullen of
West Virginia; Walter McNair of
Calhoun Falls, and Chester McNair
of Willington. One sister, Mrs.
Emma Hutchinson of Abbeville,
and* ofte brother, w. H.’ McNair of
Willington, also survive.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon from the residence
and interment was made in the
bid Willington cemetery, with Rev.
E. F. Gettys officiating, i
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
chkrge. ■
Quarterly Conference
At Plum Branch
Next Sunday
The first Quarterly Conference
will meet Sunday morning, Janu
ary 13, 1935, in Saint Paul M. E
Church at 11:30 o’clock. Rev. C. E
Peele will bring Ufc the message of
the morning; then he will preside
over business session of the confer
ence.
All the officers of the conference
are expected to be present. Let
us.be at this meeting in the name
of God. You need the church and
the church needs you.
Let each x»fficer be present to
give an account of his work for the
Lord since the Annual Conference
met.
C. WILBUR BROCKWELL,
Pastor.
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Bordeaux News
My wish for the readers of the
Messenger is for happiness and
prosperity for the year 1935.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Calhoun and
children, Evelyn, Sarah and
Orvflle, Jr., left for their home in
Adrian, Texas, last Thursday, after
spending the Christmas holidays
with relatives in Bordeaux and
Willington.
Mr. and Mrs. Corbett Zeagler of
Lone Star spent Christmas here
with Mrs. Zeagler’s parents, ‘Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Link.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Slaughter and
daughter, Virginia Lee, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Moorer, and littkC Dan,
Jr., came last Tuesday to visit
relatives, And returned to their
homes in Charleston x>n Thursday.
Miss Jane Cade returned to
Hickory Grove Saturday, after
spending the holidays at home.
Mrs. Millie Hodges continues very
ill at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. T. Lindley.
Mrs. Mallie Abercrombie of
3reensbdro is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cade.
Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur Brockwell
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Manly
Willis Sunday night.
Mr. Robert Perryman of Okla
homa City is visiting in Willington
and Bordeaux. Mr. Perryman is in
Augusta this week.
Misses Billy Morrah and Henri
etta Brown spent last Friday with
Miss Jane Cade and enjoyed the
‘pictures” in McCormick in the
evening.
Miss Christine Parnell returned
yesterday from a trip to Jackson
ville, Fla., where she visited her
brother. She was the guest here
of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Parnell, re
turning today to her home in
Lowndesville.
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Union Services
Sunday Niglit
The regular union meeting will
be held at the Methodist Church
next Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Preaching will be by Dr. S. W. Reid
of the A. R. P- Church. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Mt, Carmel News
Misses Gladys Scott, Carolyn
Tarrant, Sara Curtis, . Alice Wells,
Lura Jean Watson and Mrs. Cecil
Gilliam spent last Saturday in
Clinton with Billy and Harold
Gilliam.
Mr. .Walter Stevenson of Green*?
wood spent, the past week end with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D.
W. Harling.
Mrs. Jennie M. Cade and Misses
Julia and Sallie T. Cade have re
turned to Anderson College and
Converse College.
/ Mrs. George Peel, who was the
attractive guest of her sisters.
Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin, last
week, returned to- her home In
Anderson Thursday.
Miss Reba Wells of Anderson,
who was in Mt. Carmel to attend
the burial service pf Dr. D. L.
Bryson on Sabbath, spent the night
and Monday at her home here.
Mr. and* Mrs. Floyd. Black and
family of Charleston, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Edmunds and daughter of Au
gusta and Me. and Mrs. Fred
Black of Belton were all called to
the home of their sister, Mrs. D. L.
Bryson, by the death of her hus
band, Dr. D. L. Bryson, which oc
curred in Anderson Co. Hospital
Saturday morning. Mrs. Ida Black
and Mr. D. J. McAllister were cach
ed to Anderson Saturday morning.
Miss Lily Miller of De la Howe
spent the past week end with Miss
es Florence and Susie Patterson.
Mrs. W. A. Scott, Misses Gladys
Scott, Carolyn Tarrant and Mrs. J.
R. Tarrant attended the funeral
of Dr. Neuffeur in • Abbeville last
Thursday.
Miss Carolyn Tarrant is the
charming guest of Miss Gladys
Scott this wqek.
Messrs. Jim and Billy Swift of El-
berton spent the past week end
with Mr. Willie Hester.
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Kchoboth News
This section has received the
much needed rain. Winter gardens
look very well. See cabbage, on
ions, English peas and lettuce
growing.
Mrs. L. W. Ridlehoover entertain
ed the following ladies with a din
ner party in her home in Plum
Branch on January 3rd: Mrs
Claude White and children, Mrs.
Ethan White, Mrs. H. M. Freeland
Mrs. Jim Jennings, Mrs. Ruth
White, Miss Bernice White, Mrs
Bill McKinney, Mrs. R. M. Winn
and Gladyse. Mrs. Carol Winn, Mrs.
E. M. Morgan and Miss A. L. Mor
gan.
Miss Maggie Winn suffered a
spell of flu while at home for
Christmas that prolonged her stay
a few days.
Mrs. Kathryn Hughey enjoyed a
visit from her son, Mr. J. D.
Hughey and family, during the
holidays. Mrs. Hughey has not
been so well lately.
Mrs. Margaret Doolittle has beer*
sick in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. A. Winn, for past few days
Miss A. L. Morgan enjoyed the
company of her two cousins for the
night Friday, Misses Bernice Whit?
and Virginia Freeland.
Research Helps Meet
Farming Emergencies
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 5.—
“The benefits of research often
seem slow in materializing, and on
ly when the work' is called to ac
count in the meeting of an emer
gency is the full significance of its
achievements realized”, says Di
rector H. W. Barre of the South
Carolina Experiment Station, re
porting on the work of the Station
for the past year.
Regarding the present help of
research in the current agricul
tural troubles Prof. Barre says
further:
“It is generally admitted that
except for the great amount of de
tailed information accumulated
through the efforts of the research
agencies over a long period of
years the various relief programs
of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration and other federal
agencies would have been difficult
if not impossible of accomplish
ment.
“At a recent national meeting of
agricultural workers the leaders of
farm organizations and officials in
charge of relief projects all joined
in paying tribute to the research
and extension work of the various
state colleges and experiment sta
tions which they stated has pro
vided the basis upon which a new
deal for agriculture is being erect
ed. It was the unanimous opinion
that the cotton control program,
ttfe com-hog, tobacco, and wheat
adjustment programs, and other
simijAr measures could not have
been executed had the experiment
stations and the extension services
not already laid the ground work of
accurate information and organi
zation necessary for the carrying
out of this work.”
How the South Carolina Experi
ment Station is helping in this
great cause of improved agricul
ture and rural betterment is told in
the 47th Annual Report of the Sta
tion now about ready for free dis-
J. K. Ivey Dies
J. K. Ivey, 69, died here Monday
night, after an illness of severa
months. Mr. Ivey had been a resi
dent of McCormick for the last 25
years, coming here as a well drill
er. He also was active in the plumb
ing business as well as an expert.
?oncrete man. He came here from
Union county.
Funeral services were conducted
at the graveside at 4 o’clock Tues
day afternoon by the Rev. D. W.
Keller of the Methodist church and
Dr.. S. W. Reid of the A. R. P.
church and interment was made in
the McCormick cemetery.
G. P. McCain, funeral director,
in charge.
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Three Principal
Types Farm Aid
“Federal action under the new
administration has furnished three
principal, types of agricultural re
lief”, says Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace, in his annual re
port for 1934. These Secretary
Wallace states as follows:
1. By devaluing the dollar it has
caused the prices of certain farm
commodities to. rise more than the
prices of the Things that farmers
buy, and increased their ability to
meet debts and*taxes.
2. Through production adjust
ments financed by'processing taxes
and through marketing agreements
with production-control features, it
has brought the supply of farm
commodities more nearly into
profitable relationship with the de
mand.
3. Through credit relief it has
lightened and refinanced farm
debt. ;
In considering these farm relief
measures the Secretary says fur
ther:
“It would not be correct to a-
scribe the whole improvement in
farm conditions during the last
two years to Federal activities
Much must be credited to the coun
try's natural recuperative power
Depressions tend to run theii
course and to generate corrective
forces spontaneously. However
this is a slow find painful process
“In important respects, more
over, the present depression differs
essentially from preceding depres
sions. It Is world-wide and mark
ed by an unprecedented break
down in international trade in
which there has been as yet no
.significant revival. American agri?
culture was developed largely for
trade with the outside world. The
farm recovery of the last two years
owes little or nothing to recovery
in the world market. Tt is the re
sult mainly of domestic changes, in
which the activities of the Federal
Government have been the most
; mnortp^t, element.”
First 27 Production
Credit Associations To
Send Annual Reports
SHOW PROFIT ON THEIR FIRST
YEAR’S OPERATIONS AND AN
INCREASE IN VALUE OF
THEIR CLASS B STOCK
right,, informal manner. When
Posvell sings a song in an automo-
tribution, upon request, by the Pub- 'bile he makes no attempt to sing it
lications Department at Clemson | in the same way he would on a
College.
Happiness Ahead
Powell And LeRoy
The Highlights
4BBEVILLE OPERA HOUSE MON
DAY AND TUESDAY, JANU
ARY 14TH-15TH
A pleasant and heart-warming
-omantic comedy, based on a
formula that has been and will
'jontinue to be a very popular
theme if it’s always done as well as
l ^tage. and that’s good. LeRoy is
^ responsible for that too, and for
many things throughout the pic
ture that keep it on the human
side, the sunny side, and don’t let
it slip -into just too much hooey.
Josephine Hutchinson makes her
debut as the girl. John Halliday
is too grand as the father and next
to Powell, he wins all the applause.
A.nd then there’s a woman named
Jane Darwell who is a riot as the
landlady. Also there is the usual
Warner stock company cast, all of
whom turn in sterling perform
ances and deserve a big hand.
The music is excellent. Get to
COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 7.—Thr
first twenty-seven production
credit associations to send in their
annual reports show a profit ox
their first year’s operations and am
increase in the value of their Class
B stock, according to Ernest Gra
ham, president dl the Productiox
Credit Corporation of Columbia.
The average value of the Class B
stock for the 27 associations is giv
en by Mr. Graham as $5.94, where
as the farmer-borrowers paid oji^p
$5 for it.
Every, farmer who borrows frane
a production credit association Sk
required 'on securing his loan W
take out Class B stock in thr
amount of $5 for every $100 «r
fraction thereof borrowed. Those
who bought their stock last year-
will not have to buy additionaB
stock this year unless their lorn
exceeds the ratio of the stock ther
hold. . ,
The value of the stock of the 2T
associations that have already serA
in their annual reports follcnjisEr
Waynesboro, Ga. $5.55; Thomastax,,
Ga. $5.44; Tifton, Ga. $6.51; Hart
well, Ga. $7.16; Calhoun, Ga. $6.Tic
Statesville, N. C. $6.30; Cherryvflk-,
N. C. $6.81; Lake City, S. C. $5.44,.
Florence, S. C. $5.70; Wadesbonu
N. C. $8.17; Marion, S. C. $5.51;
Barnwell, S. C. $5.47; Hampton, SL :
C: $5.66; Kingstree, S. C. $5.95;
Vidalia, Ga. $5.50; Madison, Gs.
$6.94; ^Fayetteville, N. C. $558;-
Carthage, N. C. $5.31; Chesterfield,
S. C. $6.06; Dillon, S. C. $5.48; Edge-
field, S. C. $5.79; Hartsville, 8. <C-.
$5.46; Louisburg, N. C. $5.90; Lave*
‘inburg, N. c: $5.46 s ; Asheville, K CL
$7.21; Douglas, Ga. $5.28 and Or
lando Citrus, Fla. $6.02.
Members of each association wOI
be informed of the value of their
Class B stock at the annual meet
ing of the association which win Be
held during the next six weeks. ML
detailed report Is given at the an
nual meeting of each association eff
the year’s operations.
Delight is being generally ex
pressed at the fine showing heiEj:
made by the associations.
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New Ford V-8
Well Received.
this. In thinking it over, it be
comes a sort of musical “It Hap- j theatre early or you 11 miss the
uened One Night,” with all the i introductor y son S- “Happiness
same elements of success, plus
grand songs, plus a distinct sur-
nrise package in the person of one
Dick Powell, who turns in a per
formance that will add consider
ably to his already large fan fol
lowing.
Ahead,” which deserves a reprise.
Then there’s “Pop Goes Your
Heart,” a catchy little tune and the
theme song. Also a grand number
sandwiched in. called “Beauty Must
Be Loved,” that seems out of place,
Ford dealers throughout fte
Charlotte zone report overflowhsTr
crowds at their showrooms during
the past week, when the 1935 FotS
V-8 was displayed for the first time
to the public. McGrath Motor C&_
Inc., local Ford dealers, report x,
total of over 3,000 visitors durmr
the week.
Throughout the territory covered
by the Charlotte Branch of thr
Ford Motor Company, dealers wiref
Mr. W. C. Patterson, Ford Branct
Manager, that enthusiastic crovKhr
filed their showrooms. The recep
tion accorded the new cars Mr**
equalled only by the large crowil*
that greeted the first appearance
of the Model A Fords in 1928, *
was said.
Mr. Patterson indicated that the
crowds were not the mildly curioES.
but interested in purchasing new
Ford cars. Orders received cr
Saturday, the first day the nr*;
Fords were shown, totaled sevenft
thousand for the day, according it*,
reports from the dealers throu^-
out North Carolina and Somk.
Carolina.
“It augurs well for the l**tw
Year,” Mr. Patterson stated yeslrr- .
day. “An ambitious sales program
has been set down for 1935, whick.
calls for the sale of a million cr^*
but it is so good it should be used
First and foremost it is Dick again. And there is the famous during the year. If the opemny
Powell’s picture and the boy really Kalma and Ruby window-washing days of the new car showing ana
turns in a swell comedy perform— ditty that has already gained fame gny indication, this goal should
ance. It is surprising how natural Hollywood parties. surpassed before the close of iket
he is, and both Powell and Director All in all, it’s a grand little pic- year. ‘ And a good automobile sail*
LeRoy may be credited with intro- ture that will make very merry in year means good business in count-
ducing song numbers in just the any theatre. less other allied lines of business
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