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Thursday, July 25,1935 VeCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA “• Page TEfm Miss Sara Frances puncan has returned to her home here, after spending a week at Folly Beach and two weeks in Bamberg. While in Bamberg she was the guest of Mrs. Marvin Smoak and Miss Jo Frank Brabham. Mrs. W. E. Sheppard, Mrs. R. H. Quarles, Mrs. W. K. McDonald, Mrs. Milton Rush and Miss Nannie Mae Dunlap from the Bethany H. D. Club went on the camping trip to Charleston last week. They had at very enjoyable trip. Messrs. Clifton Drennan, Porter Dorn, Jr., Larkin Fooshe, James Gibert and John Wesley Jennings returned last Friday after spending a week on Pawley’s Island. Miss Sarah Katherine Price of Charleston is visiting her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Price. Mrs. Fannie Kate McCain is on a visit in Asheville, N. C. Mr. A. B. Andrews of Willington was a visitor here one day the past week. Mrs. F. A. Cosey and children have returned home from a two weeks’ visit to relatives in Ten- nille, Ala. Mr. Sam Miner of Abbeville was a recent visitor here. Mrs. Harry Marsh and son, Ed win Marsh, of Augusta, are visiting relatives at Hotel McCormick. io ZbWH © 1933. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. — that's just the 1935 way of saying what Chesterfields have been saying for years . . . Chesterfields do about every thing a cigarette ought to do. Chesterfields have TASTE—yes plenty of it. But not too strong. And Chesterfields are MILD — but they’re not insipid or flat. Chesterfields "go to town Misses Virginia and Helen Fooshe are visiting relatives in Green wood. Miss Nell Fooshe will return to day from a tejj days’ visit to rela tives in Atlanta. . Mrs. Georgia Talbert has return ed from a visit'in the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wyse and children returned to their home at Yemassee Sunday, after a visit to relatives here. Mr. Forrest Marsh pf Honea Path visiting relatives at Hotel McCormick. Miss Jewel Patterson is visiting relatives in Yemassee for several days. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bentley and son, Billie, of Baltimore, Md., are here on a visit to the former’s mother, Mrs. Isabelle Bentley. Messrs. Harvey, Delmar and Robert Shiflet of Norfolk, Va., spent one night here last week as guests of Mr. William Patterson. Miss Marion Dorn has returned from Cherry Grove Beach where she spent a week with friends from Rock Hill. Hon. J. Strom Thurmond of Edgefield was a visitor here one •day the past week. Miss Mabel Moragne returned to her home in Augusta Monday, af ter spending several weeks in the home of her grandfather, Mr. S. H. Talbert, of the Buffalo section. Mrs. Myrtle Watts of Tampa, Fla., is here on a visit to her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin. Mrs. Paul Miller of Annapolis, Md., spent a few days in town this week on business. Misses Frances and Daisy Wood- side of Tomwell Orphanage, Clinton, are here on a visit to Mrs. D. A. Bell. Mrs. T. L. Edmunds returned home Saturday from a week’s visit to her sister, Mrs. A. L. Moragne, of Augusta. Mrs. J. L. Traynham of Honea Path is spending several days here at Hotel McCormick. Her grand daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Dorothy Marsh, of Augusta will join her today and assist her in the duties of hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reeves and Mrs. Hazen Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, are here on a visit to Mrs. keeves’ and Mrs. Johnson’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin. ■'it i Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gilbert and daughter, Mary Frances, of Pend ergrass, Ga., are spending a week With Mrs. Gilbert’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Charles Talbert, of Sandover. Miss Mabel Dorn and Miss Julia Brown, of McCormick, who are on a tour of the West, entered Yellow stone National Park this week for a four day tour. While in the Park, Miss Dorn and Miss Brown will visit the Grand Canyon of the Yel lowstone, Old Faithful and Yellow stone Lake. Mrs. Grady Smith of McCormick and Mrs. Frank White of Troy re turned home Monday, after spend ing a few days in Charleston with the' latter’s " daughter, Miss Ruby White. . Miss Carrie Sue Talbert of, Co lumbia is here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Georgia Talbert. Miss Mary Holland of Ninety Six is spending a few days here with her cousin, Miss Margaret Patter son. Mr. Clarence Bowick, Eureka vacuum cleaner sales manager of Georgia, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowick. Mrs. Leonard Britt, who has been ill at her home near town the past ten days, is getting along very nicely at this time. Mrs. Emma Smith is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Shealy, of Mauldin. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Payne of Sumter spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowick. Mr. Joseph P. Holloway, who un derwent an operation at the Greenwood Hospital on Tuesday of last week, returned home Sunday and continues to improve satisfac torily. x Birthday Party Little Miss Thelma Chiles cele brated her seventh birthday with a party on Tuesday afternoon, July 16th. The guests arrived at four o’clock and games and contests were enjoyed until a late hour at which time they were invited into the dining room where they were served ice cream and fancy cakes. A white birthday cake occupied the center of the table and bowls of pink flowers were on each end. Each little guest’s place was mark ed with a little pink basket filled with mixed candies. Those enjoying the party were: Misses Katherine and Claudia Chiles, Hallie Dowtin, Lilia Belle Rogers, Bertha Mae Harris, Velma Murray, Mary and Louise Fooshe, Jo Smith, Mary Henderson, Mary Irene Henderson, Ella Bradley Faulkner, Henrietta Gilbert, Ann and Margaret Bowen, Billy Free land, Marion Campbell and Mas ters Belton Harmon, m, Edwin and Douglass Bradley and Edward Campbell. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY July 26th and 27th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:00 p. m. FRED MacMURRAY ANN SHERIDAN In 66 CAR 99 39 - Also To Make a Good Program Better Popeye The Sailor in “CHOOSE YOUR WEPPINS” and A Grantland Rice Sportlight “SPRINGBOARD CHAMPIONS” £ MONDAY and TUESDAY July 29th and 30th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:00 p. m. GEORGE RAFT, BEN BERNIE and His Orchestra and GRACE BRADLEY in 66 STOLEN HARMONY Also A Song-Hit Story “EXCUSE MY GLOVES” and FOX MOVIETONE NEWS 99 ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents AMOS Lesson for July 28th. Amos 7:7-17. Golden Text: Amos 5:24. Amos preached during the pros perous reign of Jeroboam II, who ruled Israel from 783 to 743 B. C. During this period she enjoyed a prosperity not equalled since the time of Solomon. Freed from the menace of external attack she was able to concentrate upon the de velopment of her internal re sources. But unfortunately the public conscience was dulled by the nation’s good fortune. The temper of the people was similar to that of America in the comfortable days of the Coolidge regime ten years ago when so many, lulled into a sense of false security, adopted a “high, wide and mighty” air. To such a care-free, self-satisfied populace Amos, the rough shepherd of Tekoa, came with a stem, un compromising message of doom. No wonder he was unpopular! For his message ran counter to all the cherished convictions of his hear ers. He was a pessimistic realist, and they were well-fed optimists. He preached a God of the whole world, a God 1 who guides all nations and determines their destiny. They worshipped a national God whose interests were bound up solely with theirs. He was committed to a radical change both in the eco nomic and religious patterns of the social order. They were conserva tive, satisfied, willing to “let well enough alone.” He was a flaming champion of what is right and just. They, on the other hand, were in terested only in what was custo mary and conventional. He de fended the exploited poor against the tyranny of the self-indulgent rich. How greatly we need prophets of Amos’ Fibre today! How modem and timely is his message! Our times call loudly for prophetic de nunciation in his realistic, forth right style. Fortunately our age is more responsive to such preaching than were the Israelites of old. Mr. Will Hay man Claimed By Death Will Hayman of Parksville died Saturday night at his home after being in declining health for sev eral months. He was 74 years of age, and had been a life-long resi dent of that community. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bettye Pate and Mrs. Jim Crawford, of Modoc, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon by his pastor, the Rev. O. L. Orr, of I Plum Branch, and interment made in the church cemetery. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. . •, „, I . T X Mr. J. W. McCaslan Dies At Greenwood GREENWOOD, July 20.—James William McCaslan, for many years a well known resident and business man of Greenwood, died at his room in a local hotel Friday after noon at 4 o’clock. He had been in bad health for some time, though up to a few months ago he was able to be up and at .his coal and wood yards, the business in which he had been engaged for some years. Mr. McCaslan moved from Troy to Greenwood when the county was first formed as its first deputy sheriff. He had continued his resi dence here from that time. He was born in Abbeville county*on July 23, 1864, the son of R. A. McCas lan and Mildred Childs. He is survived by a sister, Miss Anna McCaslan, of Troy. Funeral services were held at Troy Satur day afternoon at 4 o’clock, the services being conducted by his pastor, Dr. R. C. Long, assisted by the Rev. J. R. Hooten, of Green wood, and the Rev. J. H. Buzhardt, of Troy. —:—x Farm Land Value Shows Drop A report of William L. Austin, director of the Bureau of the Cen sus, shows that the value of farm lands and buildings in McCormick county declined a large sum in the five year period from 1930 to 1935. In South Carolina, the report shows, the value of farm lands de creased from $379,190,630 in 1930 to $286,967,057 in 1935. The number of acres of farm lands however, in creased from 10,393,113 acres five years ago to 12,386,698 acres in 1935. Farm value decrease in counties in this area included: Abbeville county from $5,063,169 to $3,838,514; Greenville, from $23,256,282 to $16,- 711,981; Greenwood, from $6,751,051 to $4,670,634; McCormick, from $3,- 013,965 to $1,876,215; Oconee, $10,- 091,166 to $5,251,001; Pickens, $9,- 018,144 to $6,328,908; Saluda, $7,- 180,447 to $4,878,082. = .-'-13 Mr. J. P. Crawford Dies At Troy '.f' ■ ■!! ■■■■■■ 1.1— James Pollock Crawford, 75, died at his home in Troy last Thursday 1 morning after a lingering illness. | He was the son of the late James and Elizabeth Fryth Crawford and was bom January 5, 1862, in the Long Cane section of Abbeville county. In young manhood he moved to Georgia and lived in Lin coln and McDuffie counties for 26 years. In 1925 he moved with his family to Troy where he was en gaged in the general merchandise business until his health failed' several years ago. Mr. Crawford was prominently identified with the civic and reli gious life of his community and was a leader in the Associate Re-" formed Presbyterian church of Troy. At the time of his death he was secretary of the H. T. Sloan Bible class of his church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mat te Brown Crawford; three sons, John R. Crawford, Columbus, Ga.; L. O. Crawford and Rupert L. Crawi* ford of Thomson, Ga.; four daugh ters, Mrs. J. A. Johnson and Mrs. B. A. Hinnant, Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Charlotte, N. C. ; Mrs. Terrell Horne, Troy; 29 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Young, Troy; and Mrs. Em ma Abney of Jacksonville, Fla. Funeral services were conducted« from the Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbyterian church Fri day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with his pastor, the Rev. J. H. Buzhardt, in charge and interment made in the church cemetery. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. xxx Governor Signs Act On Lands MEASURE ALLOWS FOR CON DEMNATION OF LAND BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR IT AGENCIES Governor Olin Johnston last Thursday signed an “eminent do main” act; which members of the 1935 legislature had passed with an explanation that it would facilitate the Santee-Cooper project. The governor’s approval es tablished a law providing that the United States government or any of its agencies may institute con demnation proceedings to acquire land in South Carolina. The law outlined the procedure for bringing suits in state courts. Senator R. M. Jeffries of Colle ton, a sponsor of the project, ex plained last spring that the act was essential to the purchase of land in a proposed hydro-electric reservoir basin of 200 square mile? in lower South Carolina. The counties of Laurens, Lex ington, Greenwood, Jasper, Horry, Saluda, Dillon, Cherokee, Chester field and Kershaw are exempted from provisions of the act.