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TSUI TO 0QS8ELVI8. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
rhirty-Third Year
Established June 5, 1902
McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1935
Four Pages
Number 14
S. D. Wells Di<?s>.
At Mt. Carmel
MT. CARMEL, April 3.—The pass
ing of Mr. S. D. Wells was momen
tarily expected for several days, yet
it was a shock and a grief to a
countless number of friends to hear
the sad words, he is dead.
Mr. Wells had been in declining
health for mohths and about 10 or
12 days ago his condition became
critical. The loved ones were
summoned and all remained at his
bedside devotedly attentive until
the summons came, at about 6
o’clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wells was born and reared
and lived his entire life in or near
Mt. Carmel. In early life he unit
ed with the A. R. P. Church here
and has always been faithful and
true to himself, his church and his
God. For many years he has serv
ed as a faithful elder in the church
here, and was always a regular at
tendant until he became too ill.
Mr. Wells was 79 years old in
February, and was an honorable,
upright Christian gentleman with
many noble traits of character.
The funeral service was conducted
in the church he loved, the A. R. P.
Church, by his beloved pastor, Dr.
S. W. Reid, assisted by Dr. Bigham
of Anderson and Rev. A. L. Doty of
Calhoun Falls, tit 3:30 o’clock Fri
day afternoon and a> short while-
afterwards he was laid to rest be
neath a mound of exquisitely beau
tiful flowers, the silent tributes of
love.
Mr. Wells is survived by his wid
ow, who was Miss Alice Brown,
three daughters, Mrs. J. C. Plowden,
Manning; Miss, Reba Wells, Ander
son; Miss Alice Wells,, Mt. Carmel;
four sons. Dr. Mervyn Wells, At
lanta, Ga.; Messrs. Raymond Wells,
Manning; Floyd Wells, Greenville,
and Roy Wells, Mt. Carmel, four
grandchildren, and several nieces
and nephews.
The bereaved family have the
loving . Sympathy of the entire
community.
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Sandy Branch H.
D. Club Meets
The Sandy Branch Home Dem
onstration Club held its March
meeting with Mrs. Frank Holloway.
Miss Mildred MdNefl gave d' wel
come address to Miss Harvey, our
new home demonstration agent.
An interesting program was car
ried out. Miss Harvey gave a dem
onstration on Thrift-Suggestions,
and plans were discussed for camp,
which will be held in July at The
Citadel.
Delicious crackers and iced tea
were served by the hostess.
V . Reporter.
Mt. Carmel News
Mrs. Bill Edwards, Mrs. Curry
a^d Mrs. Floyd Wells of Green
ville spent Thursday at the home
of Mrs. S. D. Wells. Mrs. Floyd
Wells stayed over until Saturday
and returned home with her hus
band.
Sheriff and Mrs. Foster McLane
of Abbeville visited Mr. Wells and
family several times last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney,
Mrs. Carrie Connor, Messrs. W. H.
Horton and Hollis Connor were
McCormick visitors Monday after
noon.
Mrs. W. H. Horton spent the
week end in Newberry with her
sister, Mrs. Alma Hayes, and son,
Mr. David- Hayes. Dr. and Mrs. J.
E. Arant and Miss La Neel Arant of
Manning spent Sabbath with Mrs.
Hayes. We are sorry to say Mrs.
Hayes’ health is failing. Her many
friends hope for an early improve
ment.
Sheriff McLane, Miss Willie Mc
Lane, Mrs. Ruth Todd, Mr. Buck
McLane of Abbeville, Dr. and Mrs:
Bigham, Mrs. Frank McGee, Miss
Boggs and many others of Ander
son attended the funeral of Mr. S.
D. Wells Friday afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. Vgn De Grif and
baby of Columbia were recent visi
tors of Mrs. Lillian Cason.
Lieut. Ross of Bradley C. C. C.
Camp was a visitor here recently.
Mr. Tarrant Scott was a visitor
in Greenwood Friday.
Mr. W. L. Miller of Greenwood
was a visitor here Friday.
Quite a number of visitors from
McCormick, Troy, Abbeville and
other nearby towns were here Fri
day to attend the funeral of Mr.
S. D. Wells.
Miss Clavera Mauldin of Ander
son visited her mother, Mrs. Myrtle
Mauldin, last week.
Dr. M. T. Wells of Atlanta,
Messrs. Floyd Wells of Greenville,
Roy Wells of Augusta, Raymond
Wells and Mrs. J. C. Plowden of
Manning spent about 10 days in
Mt. Carmel during the critical ill-
ness'of their father, Mr. S. D. Wells.
Aftfer hit death, l^rs. Floyd Wells,
Mrs. M. T. Wells, Mrs. Raymond
Wells and Mr. J. C. Plowden joined
the family for the funeral and
burial service which took place
Fricjay afternoon. Miss Reba Wells
of Anderson has been untiring in
her nursing her father for weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harling of At
lanta spent the past week end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Harling. They came to attend the
funeral of Mr. S. D. Wells.
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Modoc News
OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Thursday, April 4th,
Burns and Allen, Dixie Lee
and Joe Morrison
in
“LOVE IN BLOOM”
Friday, April 5th, Only,
Ramon Novarro and Evelyn
Laye
1 In
“THE NIGHT IS YOUNG”
It may be worth $30.00 to
you to be In the Opera House
before 9:00 o’clock Friday
night.
Saturday, April 6th, Only,
Tim McCoy
in
“BEYOND THE LAW”
Saturday Night, 19:30
Barbara Stanwyck and War
ren William
in
“THE SECRET BRIDE”
Mon.-Tues., April 8th-9th.
Lionel Barrymore, W. C.
Fields, Madge Evans and
Freddie Bartholomew
in
“DAVID COPPERFIELD”
Story by Charles Dickens.
1935’s most beloved motion
picture. Don’t miss it.
Shows—3:15—7:15—9:00
J. C. Kennedy, Jr., I Sunday School Work-
We are having ideal weather, and
the farmers are making good use
of it. A lot of com was planted in
our section last week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Shumate from
Greenwood made a short visit here
last Saturday evening.
- Miss Lucy Bussey and Miss Mar
gie Merritt spent last week among
friends and relatives in Augusta.
Messrs. Ed. Garner, E. F. and H
J. Bussey made a short visit to Mc
Cormick Saturday morning.
Messrs. M. M. Marshall and Will
iam Reese were visitors to Augusta
last Saturday.
Miss Ester Huff of Augusta spent
the week end here with Misses
Margie and Edna Merritt.
Miss Mary Key was a week end
Wsitor here to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. B. Key.
Mr. L. B. Ston? of Augusta spent
a few days here last week with his
mother, Mrs. C. H. Stone.
Mr. G. E. Dukes spent the week
end here with homefolks, after
a two weeks’ tour over the State of
Florida.
Mr. E. F. Bussey was the guest of
Mr. R. C. B. Key Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash made a
shopping visit to Augusta on Tues
day of this week.
Friends of Mr. J. A. Crawford
will regret to know that he is on
the sick list this week.
Miss Lucy Bussey spent last
week among friends in Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gamer spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harris
Garner of Augusta.
Miss Rosalie Bussey spent the
first of the week with friends in
Augusta.
Mr. Ollie White spent Monday (
and Tuesday among relatives at
White Town. |
Dies Of In juries
John C. Kennedy, Jr., son of J. C.
Kennedy, of Troy, died in the Uni
versity Hospital at Augusta Friday
morning of injuries received in an
accident early Wednesday when
the fruit truck on which he was
going to Florida collided with an
other truck 23 miles below Augusta.
He did not regain consciousness and
gradually grew worse after he was
rushed to the hospital by a passing
motorist. \
Funeral services were conducted
at the home of his father, near
Troy, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
by the Rev. J. H. Buzhardt, pastor
of the Troy A. R. P. church, and the
Rev. W. A. McAuley, pastor of the
Greenville A. R. P. church, and in
terment made in the Troy ceme
tery.
Besides his father, Mr. Kennedy,
who was in his 33rd year, is survi
ved by his widow, the former Miss
Kathleen Page, of Jonesville;
daughter, Johnnie Katherine Ken
nedy, six years old; four sisters,
Mrs. J. W. Bradley, Troy; Mrs. Ros-
cos Nelson, Lake Wales, Fla.; Mrs.
F. E. Grier, Greenwood; Mrs. R. T.
Funderburk, Matthews, N. C., and
two brothers, W. P. Kennedy,
Greenville, and David W. Kennedy,
Troy. He was a graduate of
Bailey Military Academy and of
Erskine College and had been in
the grocery business with his
brother at Greenville and Spar
tanburg for several years.
Lower Interest
On Land Loans
REDUCTION EFFECTIVE
APRIL 1ST.
ON
COLUMBIA, March 30.—Effective
April 1, new loans made , by the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
will bear 4 1-2 per cent interest
where made through national farm
loan associations and 5 per cent
where made directly by the bank,
Julian H. Scarborough, president of
the bank and general agent of the
Farm Credit AdiiUhTstration of Co
lumbia, announced today.
These are the lowest rates at
which Federal land bank loans
have ever been made, Mr. Scar
borough said. For about two years,
he said, the bank has been making
loans through national farm loan
associations at 5 per cent with a
temporary reduction to 4 1-2 per
cent until July 12, 1938, as provided
by the Emergency Farm Mortgage
Act of 1933. After July 12, 1938,
he said, these loans will bear inter
est at the rate of 5 per cent while
the 4 1-2 per cent rate on new loans
will be effective for the entire pe
riod of the loans, which will be made
on an amortization basis ranging
from 20 to 30 odd years, as in the
ers Of Abbeville Asso
ciation To Observe
Study Course Week
Next week (April 8-12) is desig
nated by the Abbeville Baptist As
sociation as Training Week for its
Sunday School Workers. It is
hoped that all churches in the as
sociation will co-operate.
The McCormick Baptist Church
will offer its workers “Personal
Factors in Character Building” by
Price. It will be taught by the
pastor, and it is his earnest desire
that every teacher and officer who
can possibly do so will attend. The
class will begin at 7:30.
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Intensify Tuber
culosis Fight By
Modern Weapons
Announcement has been made by
the South Carolina tuberculosis as
sociation that it is making plans
to loin in a two year national edu
cational campaign against tuber
culosis in which recent develop
ments in treatment of the disease
will be emphasized.
In outlining the plan, Dr. F. M.
Routh, chairman of the Associa
tion’s Medical Committee, explain
ed that for several years early di
agnosis was emphasized .by the
tuberculosis society.
“Our objective this year,” con
tinued Dr. Routh, “is to show the
need for prompt treatment, to re
move fallacies and fears about the
disease and to familiarize our citi
zens with the improvements in
treatment that have increased the
chances for cure.
“Some 2000 tuberculosis societies
throughout the country affiliated
with the National Tuberculosis As
sociation are uniting, in this effort
which began April 1 under the
slogan ‘Fight Tuberculosis with
Modem Weapons’
“The basic principles of treat
ment—rest, good food and fresh
air—have stood the test of time.
Meantime the contributions of the
laboratory and the surgeon have
greatly improved a patient’s chance
of recovery.
“A purified tuberculin enables us
to discover early tuberculosis with
greater accuracy than before. X-
ray technique has been improved.
Advances in chest surgery have
been remarkable. These steps will
be explained as a means of remov
ing the fear of tuberculosis held by
some persons, which may keep
them from consulting a physician
if they suspect the disease.
“Facts on these up-to-date meth
ods will be given in five new leaf
lets entitled: Nature Aids the Doc
tor, How the Sanatorium Protects
You, Splinting the Lung, Making
the Cure Stick, Modern Weapons to
Fight Tuberculosis.
“This life-saving effort will be
furthered by the co-operation of
past.
The interest rate reduction on | all public-spirited citizens and or-
new Federal land bank loans will ganizations, including physicians,
not affect the 5 per cent interest
rate on land bank commissioner
loans which are made on either
first or second mortgage security
in amounts up to 75 per cent of the
appraised normal value of the
farm property.
Mr Scarborough said that the
lower rate on new loans is in ac
cord with the policy of the Farm
Credit Administration to pass on
to the farmer-borrowers of the
co-operative Federal Land Banks
any saving which can be effected.
The new land bank loans, he said,
will be made for long periods of
years repayable in annual or semi
annual installments and in all oth
er respects except the interest rate
will be identical with previous bank
loans.
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Fiddlers’ Convention
At High School
Auditorium Tonight
There will be a Fiddlers’ Conven
tion at McCormick High School
Thursday evening, April 4th, at 8
o’clock. Admission, 10 and 15
cents.
Baptists Plan
Annual Assembly
MRS. J. M. DAWSON
nurses, school authorities, parent
tehcher associations, clubs, news
papers, and other interested agen
cies.”
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Openings In
Marine Corps
Thirty-five applicants from Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina,
Eastern Georgia and Florida will be
accepted for service in the U. S
Marine Corps at the Headquarters
Office, Post Office Building, Savan
nah, Ga„ during the month of
April, it is announced by Majoi
Louis Estell Fagan, officer in
charge.
The Marine Corps accepts only
young men who are graduates ot
high school, or who have received
an equivalent education. The varied
duties of Marines, at foreign sta
tions where they serve under situa
tions of international importance,
and also afloat ready to land to
protect American lives and property
in disturbed foreign areas, require
selection of capable and reliable
men.
Young men in this vicinity who
desire service in the Marine Corps
should write the Savannah office
I for applications.
COLUMBIA, March 27.—J. L.
Corzine, Baptist Sunday School and
B. Y. P. U. secretary, who also
directs the annual General As
sembly of the denomination, an
nounced here today that plans are
now complete for the first week of
the gathering which yearly brings
hundreds of church workers to
Greenville for the conventions,
conferences and camps. This year
the program is to extend over a
period of ^wo weeks rather than
Seven days as in recent years. The
equipment of Greenville Woman’s
College will be used, with additional
dormitory space at Furman Uni
versity arranged for as needed.
In discussing the program, * Mr.
Corzine said, “We have found it ad
visable to extend the time of the
Assembly this year in order to care
for all features of our program. The
school for ministers will run for two
weeks, while the Sunday School and
B. Y. P. U. conventions will be for
three days each during the first
week. Tha. camps for young people
and the missionary conferences will
be during the .second week.” He
then added, “We are fortunate this
year in securing very strong speak
ers for the program. Mrs. J. M.
Dawson of Waco, Texas, who is
nationally known for her oratorical
powers and platform ability, will be
the speaker at nooil each day dur
ing the first week. Among the oth
er outstanding speakers are: Dr.
E. M. Poteat of Greenville, Dr. P. E.
Burroughs of Nashville, Dr. Chas.
G. Gardner of Louisville, and Dr.
Geo. W. Leavell, a missionary in
China.
The Assembly dates, July 15-27,
will find hundreds of Baptist
church workers gathering in
Greenville for what has come to be
the largest assemblage of church
workers in the state.
General Motors .
Exhibit In Atlanta
April 6 To 13
Mr. C. C. Carr, Zone Manager of
Chevrolet Motor Company, in town
last week, talked with Mr. R. L
Faulkner of Faulkner Chevrolet
Company, with reference to the
General Motors Exhibit to be held
in Atlanta during the week of
April 6th to 13th.
This is an institution with Gen
eral Motors Corporation, and plans
are being made on more extensive
foundations this year than ever be
fore. This is the occasion when
General Motors assembles all of its
products for display to the public
enabling them to view the latest
in mechanical design, construction
and color.
Exhibits of this kind have a
stimulating effect upon business,
and in view of the fact that the
automobile business, itself, uses
more raw material than any other
industry, naturally a large volume
of business in that line increases
the demand for raw material and
other products, thus aiding em
ployment in all fields.
Mr. Carr stated that the demand
for the products of Chevrolet Mo
tor Company has exceeded many
times any demand experienced in
the past, which he feels is attrib
uted entirely to quality, durability 1
and service built into the car. I
Wideman H.
D. Club Meets
The Wideman Home Demonstra
tion Club met March 26th at the
home of Mrs. Janie Spence, with'..
our new home demonstration
agent, Miss Elnita Harvey, ini
charge.
The meeting was called to order
by the president.
Song—Steal Away.
Scripture reading, Revelation,,
first Chapter 1-6 verse—by Mrs. L.
W. Bowick.
Prayer—Miss Lizzie Mae Ed
munds.
Roll called.
Minutes read and approved.
Thank you—Miss Mattie Mae
Spence.
Try this today—Miss Mattie
Bowick.
The meeting was then turned
over to Miss Harvey who gave a
very interesting talk on Thrift-
Suggestions. From this we learned
how to make furniture polish, dust
less dusters, tooth powder and
many other useful things for the
housewife.
A contest, the kitchen romance,
was enjoyed by all.
We were all glad to meet our
new agent, and feel sure we will
have a good club. year.
Aftfer the meeting, the hostess
served cake and hot chocolate.
Reporter.
Home Demonstration
Agent’s Schedule For
April 8th To 13tK
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April 8—Conference with Emer
gency Workers, a. m. Office, p. m.
April 9—Office, a. m. Mt. Carmel
H. D. Club, p. m.
April 10—Office, a. m. Young’s
H. D. Club; p. m.
April 11—McCormick 10th grade
4-H Club, a. m. McCormick lltl*
grade 4-H Club, p. m.
April 12—Office; a. m. ^Meri
wether H. D. Club, p. m.
April 13—Office, a. m. Office^
p. m. \
ELNITA HARVEY,
McCormick County Home Demon
stration Agent.
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Card Of Thanks
I wish to extend my thanks ta
friends, neighbors and Dr. Work
man who were so faithful and kind
to me during my recent illness.
MRS. B. N. ROBERTSON.
State Theatre
GREENWOOD, S. C.
PROGRAM WEEK OF
APRIL 4TH THRU 11TH
Thursday—Last Day
JANET GAYNOR
and
WARNER BAXTER
in
“ONE MORE SPRING”
Friday and Saturday
MAY ROBSON
" in
“GRAND OLD GIRL”
Saturday, 10:40 p. m.
KAY FRANCIS
and
GEORGE BRENT
in
“LIVING ON VELVET”
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
LIONEL BARRYMORE
W. C. FIELDS
MADGE EVANS
and
FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW
in
“DAVID COPPERFIELD”
Cast Of 65
Thursday, Only
“FATHER BROWN,
DETECTIVE”
ADMISSION: 10c and 25c