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Revival Begins At
Rehoboth Church
Next Sunday
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' The annual revival meeting will
begin at Rehoboth next Sunday
morning. Ahgust 11th. There will
be morning and afternoon services,
with dinner served on the grounds
Sunday, and* the day will be ob
served as Home Coming day. Be-4
ginning Monday morning, there
will be only one service each day,
at 10:30 a. m.
AH former, pastors, former mem
bers and friends are invited to,wor
ship with us on Sunday, and each
day guring the meeting. The pastor.
Rev. G. W. Gurley, will conduct the
meeting. All Christian people are
urged to attend and take part in
the services.
Dr. Charles E. Burts
To Assist In Meeting
At Plum Branch
Dr. Charles E. Burts of St. 'Mat
thews will assist the Rev. O. L. Orr
In a series of meetings beginning
at the Plum Branch Baptist Church
Sunday night, August ITth, at 8:15.
There will be services twice a day
throughout the week, the hour of
the morning service to be an
nounced at the church Sunday
night-
Or. Burts is an outstanding
mhdster of the State and of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and
all are cordially invited to attend
these meetings and hear the won
derful messages he is sure to bring.
Rehoboth News
S. C. State Surg
ing Convention At
Clemson Aug. 11th
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The South Carolina State Sing
ing Convention will meet at Clem
son ‘College auditorium, Sunday.
August 11, beginning at 10 o’clock.
The Vaughn quartet WMS radio
singers, Eawrenceburg, Tenn., the
Parker quartet, radio singers, An
derson, S. C., the Duncan sisters,
radio singers, Greenville, S. C., The
Royal radio singer, Greenville, S. C.,
the Bethea quartet, Macon, Ga.,
Mrs. J. B. Vaughan’s trio, Athens,
Ga., The Sisk trio, Toccoa, Ga., and
many others Will attend this con
vention. All music leaders have a
special invitation.
The public is cordially invited.
C. F. ADAMS,
President South Carolina State
Singing Convention.
C.,
Aug. 5,
' Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson had
as their guests for several days last
week, Mr. and Mrs. Eanes, Mr. and
Mrs. Marable, Mrs. Bigion and Mrs.
Palmer.
Scrry to report Mr. Jabus Gar
nett very ill at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Sudie Stone. A
trained nurse is in attendance at
his beside and she and his children
and the doctor are doing all they
can to make him comfortable. Mr.
Garnett will pass the 91st mile
stone of life on August the 7th.
Last week was a week of pleasant
surprises for Miss A. L. Morgan.
On Monday, friends from Kalama
zoo, Mich., ran by for few hours.
Friday, Mrs. E. M. Morgan gave a
surprise dinner party honoring
Miss Morgan’s birthday, by invit
ing a dozen ladies for the day.
John Talbert was accidently hurt
by a gash on the forehead that
necessitated a couple of stitches.
He is getting on fine. The two
boys were cutting bushes in the
pasture and a large knife slipped
out of the little brother’s hand and
cut John some distance away. .
Mr. and Mrs. Pick White have
returned from a visit to relatives
in Greenwood County.
A picnic was given Friday by
Misses Bernice White and Virginia
Freeland, honoring Misses Mc
Daniel of Modoc. The young folks
had a very pleasant day.
Little Jack Winn, the small son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn, led the
march at the Children’s Day at
Vernon last Sunday. He is also
the smallest speaker on the pro
gramme and is going to be a sing
er later.
The Methodist Church at Plum
Branch closed a successful meet
ing last week. Mrs. Fannie Rob-
Series Of Services
Begin At Mt. Carmel
A. R. P. Church 16th
Modoc INews
Rev. W. W. Parkinson of Vidette,
Ga., will assist the pastor in a
special series of services at the Mt.
Carmel A. R. P. Church, beginning
on Friday, 16th instant, and clos
ing the follownig Sabbath night.
The hours for the services are as
follows: Friday, 11 a. m. and 8:00
p. m.; Saturday, 11:00 a. m., and
Sabbath, 11 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
The sacrament of the Lord’s
supper will be observed at the Sab
bath morning hour. “Come thou
with us and we will do thee good:
for the Lord hath spoken good con
cerning Israel.”
S. W. REID,
Pastor.
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Seventh Ouzts
Reunion Held
D. A. G. OUZTS PRESIDES AT AN
NUAL MEETING AT McKEN-
DRIE CHURCH
OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Thursday, August 8th,
Jean Crawford, Robert Mont
gomery and Franchot Tone
in
“NO MORE LADIES”
Friday, August 9th, Only,
Jackie Cooper and Mary
, Astor
in
"DINKY”
Remember, it may be worth
$30.00 to you to be in the
Opera House before 9:00
o’clock Friday night. Come
and join the crowd.
Saturday, August 10th, Only,
Ken Maynard, Evelyn Knapp
and Singing Gene Autry
in
“IN OLD SANTA FE”
'Mon.-Tues., A'^nst 12th-13th,
Will Rogers, Ei *2 Burke and
Alison r ipworth
• :n
"DOUBTIN'" r "‘
July 26, 1935, the seventh re
union of the Ouzts family was held
at McKendrie church, Edgefield
county.
Meeting was opened by congrega
tion singing “America,” with Mrs
L. O. Shaffer at the piano.
Mrs. Lillie Faulkner Andrews, of
Greenwood, read the 127th Psalm,
which was followed by prayer by D
A. G. Ouzts.
Mr. Ouzts gave the welcome ad
dress. He said, “If you all are as
glad to see me as I am to see you,
you were welcome before you left
home.”
Senator Greneker, of Edgefield,
wired that it wbuld be impossible
eft&On, Who has passed 92, attended | ^ or hhn t°. attend on account of
about every morning service, which court in Edgefield,
is remarkable for her age. Letter from J. T. Ouzts, who is in
The Lanhams and connecUons New Y " k attending the Woodman’s
convention, stated he was very sor-
held a family reunion last Friday,
honoring relatives from out west.
Miss Eva Reynolds visited rela
tives at Plum Branch last week.
Quite a lot of vegetables and
fruits are being canned for win
ter in this section. The crops and
gardens seem to be suffering a lit-, time ago.
ry he would not be able to attend.
Jim Lowery, who is 86 years old,
and also Mrs. Timmerman, who is
the same age, were the oldest mem
bers present, H. G. Morehead, of At
lanta, who was the oldest member
last year, having passed on u short
tie for rain.
Misses Mildred and Ray Gilchrist
are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Tillie
Groner, at Clinton, and attending
a house party given for several lit
tle girls by a friend of Mrs. Groner.
Mrs. Sallie Gilchrist and family
spent last Sunday at Clinton with
Mrs. Tillie Groner.
Mrs. J. E. Reynolds will be at
home for the home coming at Re
hoboth next Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adair will be with
their mother, Mrs. Sudie Stone,
next week on their vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Freeland have
recently been to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Traylor.
Mr. H. E. Freeland attended
Home Coming Day at his old home
church Sunday.
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*AS’
Wednesday, August 14th,
Joan Marsh, Hardie Albright,
Mary Carlisle and Lila Lee
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“Champagne 1 Esr.ikfast”
Shows—.1:15—7:15—9:00
Revival Begins At
Bordeaux Methodist
Church August 11th
The revival services at Bordeaux
Methodist Church begin Sunday
evening, August 11th, at 8 o’clock
There will be two services daily.
The hour for the morning services
will be announced later. The even
ing services begin at 8 o’clock.
Let us come up to the house of
God and worship Him. The public
is cordially invited to worship with
us.
C. WILBUR BROCKWELL.
Pastor.
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D. A. G. Ouzts, who wore a suit of
clothes that was entirely home
grown and made. The cotton was
grown on his father’s place, the
thread was spun and the cloth wov
en. His wife made the suit. The
material was left from goods made
before the War Between the States.
The goods had a predominating
color of brown and resembled a
shepherd’s plaid with a fine white
stripe.
Attorney General Daniel and
Mrs. Daniel, of Columbia, were
present and Mr. Daniel made the
morning address.
Song: Onward Christian Soldiers.
Dismissed for dinner. Three long
tables were pushed together and all
the relatives brought baskets heap
ed high with country cured ham,
fried chickens, sandwiches of every
description, cakes of all kinds,
pickles, stuffed eggs, iced tea and
lemonade. A very pretty picnic
table indeed.
We were honored with the pres
ence of Governor Johnston, who
drove over from Columbia for the
occasion.
D. A. G. Ouzts then introduced
the governor who delivered an in
teresting and instructive address.
Governor Johnston was given a
hearty applause and all were sorty
to have him leave before the meet
ing adjourned. He won a place
for himself in the hearts of all who
heard him.
The present set of officers was
re-elected.
It was decided to build the mon
ument out of native stone and Will
j Ouzts was appointed to select a day
for rock hauling
Well, we have had real •'rnimer
the past wrek. The thermometer
has registered 98 in the shad« here
Miss Etoyle Clem spent the past
week among relatives at Green
wood.
Miss Louise McDaniel was visit
ing friends and relatives in Au
gusta the past week.
Mrs. Minnie Bussey was a dinner
guest Sunday to her daughter, Mrs.
J. O. McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stone and
children from Clinton were visitors
here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Stone.
Mrs. Mamie McDaniel and
daughter, Miss Jennett McDaniel,
of Augusta were week end visitors
here to Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Mc
Daniel.
Messrs. H. J. Bussey, Tom Bell
Bussey and M. M. Marshall were
business visitors to Augusta Satur
day.
Miss Vera Pearson returned Mon
day to her home in Augusta, after
spending the past week here with
Misses Edna and Margie Merritt.
Mr. James Bussey left Monday
for Charleston, where he will spend
the month of August in a C. M. T.'
Camp.
Mrs. Claude Skelton of Augusta
spent Sunday here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bussey
Mr. .C. T. Bussey was a business
visitor to Augusta on Monday of
this week.
Mr. Ben Stone from Florida is
visiting friends and relatives here.
Friends of Mrs. W. S. Clem will
regret to know that she is pn the
sick list this week.
Miss Ethel McDaniel spent a few
days last week among friends at
White Town.
Rev. O. L. Orr filled his regular
appointment here Sunday evening,
delivering a very able sermon.
Mrs. Wilbur White spent a few
days last week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Faulkner, at
Plum Branch.
XXX
Boy Scouts
Enjoy Camp
The local Boy Scout troop under
the leadership of Scoutmaster
William R. Watson, superintendent
of the McCormick schools, enjoyed
a camp of five days last week at
Lake Ascauga near Aiken.
Those attending were as follows:
Wistar Harmon, Jr., Douglass
Bradley, Charles Morgan, William
Bradley, Herbert Sturkey, Audley
McCain, Jack Scruggs, Lewis
gcruggs, Wilbur Strom, Jr., L. N
Brown, Jr., Andrew Henderson,
Bill Hanvey, Eugene Pinson,
Ready Watson, Jr., Billy Dukes and
William Fooshe.
The Scout work is sponsored here
by the local Lions club.
Mrs. J. Q. Stilwell
Dies In Columbia
The Columbia Record, Aug. 3.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Sallie Bush
Stilwell, 63, cf 1213 Maple street,
whp died at the Columbia hospital
yesterday afternoon, were to be
held at 5 o’clock this afternoon
from the residence, conducted by
the Rev. W. B. Garrett, pastor of
Main Street Methodist church, as
sisted by the Rev. J. R. T. Major,
pastor of Shandon Methodist
church. Interment was to follow
n Elmwood cemetery.
She was a member of the Shan-
ion Methodist church and had
made her home in Columbia for
the past 18 years.
Surviving are her husband, John
Q. Stilwell of Columbia; four
dauehters. Mrs. M. W. Cheatham
and Mrs. L. K. Walker, of Colum
bia, Mrs. J. J. Wheeler, of Saluda,
and Mrs. J. L. Bracknell, of Plum
Branch; three sons. L. J. Stilwell,
Mr. J. C. Bowick
Makes Good Yield
Of Oats This Year
Mr. J. C. Bowick of the Buffalo
section made 200 bushels of oats
this year on 7 acres, which was
about 28 bushels to the acre. He
believes he would have made at
least 35 or 40 bushels to the acre
on all of it had the seasons been
favorable for upland, and says that
on some of it he got 35 bushels to
the acre. On this same land last
year Mr. Bowick made a bale of cot
ton to the acre. His cotton is
good at this time, and he also has
good prospects for 300 bushels of
com on 25 acres.
M^. A. V. Morgan
Expects 60 Bushels
Of Corn On 1 Acre
Mr. A. V. Morgan -of Parksville
has one acre of corn planted after
winter vegetables and grain on
which he says he feels safe in say
ing he will make at least 60 bush
els of com. The rows are about
3 1-2 feet wide and the com is
spaced about 12 or 15 inches in the
drill. Part of it was planted about
the first or May after he gathered
the vegetables, and the other plant
ed the first of June after the grain
-had been gathered/ He has 2 1-2
acres of pea hay which was sowed
after grain on which he says he
will make more than a ton to the
acre. ,
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Mr. J. L. Culbreath
Says The Crops
Are Very Good
Mr. J. L. Culbreath of Evans, Ga.,
was a visitor here Saturday. He
says the crops around Evans are
very good and have come out won
derfully during the last few weeks,
and that the com he saw in Mc
Cormick County is just fine and
the cotton appears to be very good
indeed, or in fact the prospects for
good crops in McCormick County
seem to be the best of any year
during the last six or eight years.
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Over Eight Million
From Crop Programs
In Eleven Months
1935 Cotton Payments
Reach Two Million
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CLEMSON, Aug. 5.—A total of
$2,050,871.67 in 70,374 checks was
paid to South Carolina farmers on
the 1935 cotton payments to July
20, according to figures received
from Washington by D. W. Wat
kins, director of the Extension Ser
vice. The list below shows the
number of checks and
counties.
No. of
A totals by
County
Checks
Amount
Abbeville
1,622
$ 43,246.08
Aiken __ __
—1,949
58,892.97
Allendale __
581
13,646.55
Anderson
3,728
158,331.36
Bamberg ___
953
27,134.77
Barnwell
1,237
34,422.74
Beaufort
239
1,094.83
Berkeley
482
4,382.85
Calhoun
802
42,11151
Charleston __
153
4,035.04
Cherokee
__ —1,814
59,910.74
Chester
_ . _1,344
50,685.38
Chesterfield
1,907
51,703.78
Clarendon
1,695
36,239.20
Colleton
1,040
18,150.86
Darlington _
-—1,772
44,803.69
Dillon
812
48,160.20
Dorchester _
569
12,235.57
Edgefield
1,249
37,095.89
Fairfield ___
- 959
27,195.99
Florence
_1,882
27,825.21
.Georgetown
— " 69
1*891.25
Greenville
4,166
116,832.62
Greenwood _
575
8,657.62
Hampton
_ 652
14,747.97
Horry
325
4,836.87
Jasper
1,300
35,116.44
Kershaw
1,489
39,432.08
Lancaster
1,523
36,324.58
Laurens
2,292
86,509.17
Lee
1,509
63,295.47
Lexington
1,291
28,490.55
McCormick .
7»8
17,086.58
Marion
788
20,927.97
Marlboro
—-1,070
80562.13
Newberry
1,518
41,909.84
Oconee :
2,536
48,841.61
Orangeburg _
3,355
119,317.57
Pickens
2,339
45,753.67
Richland
-1,091
17,926.24
Saluda
1;204
28,56830
Spartanburg
6,578
183,698.86
Sumter
2,349
68,015.18
Union
1,069
41,755.88
Williamsburg
1,581
23,902.48
York
2,128
74,765.20
Preaching Services
At Baptist Church
Here Next Sunday j It was decided to move :he meet
j ing up to the last Thursday in July
Rev. Mr. McGraw of Harlem, Ga., 1 for next year. After the meeting
will preach at the McCormick adjourned, all gathered at the
Baptist Church Sunday morning, tables for a watermelon cutting
August Uth, at 11:00 o’clock, and Many expressed themselves as
that evening at 8:15. A cordial having enjoyed this reunion mere
invitation is extended to all to at- than 1 any other, and that they are Charles Thrift, J. W. Portrum, Miss hogs, $2,802.8
tend either or both of these serv- looking forward to the next meet- Gertrude Bellentine, Miss Nell Roof $148,445.12, c
ices. ing. j and J. Davis Powell. hogs, $8,122.:
CLEMSON, Aug. 3.—Total ex
penditures of $8,996,701.35 have
been made in South Carolina by
the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration in connection with the
several crop adjustment programs
for the period beginning July 1.
1934, and ending. May 31, 1935, sayr
R. W. Hamilton, assistant to D. W
Watkins, director of the Extension
Service.
An analysis of the rental and
benefit payments during that peri
od shows, Mr. Hamilton points out
that South Carolina farmers re
ceived $6,445,882.44 on cotton con
tracts, $1,356,105.39 on tobacco con
tracts, and $399,520.07 on corn-hog
contracts.
Figures by counties show that
Spartanburg county farmers rank
fifst in these AAA benefits, with c
total of over a half million dol
lars—$546,645.56. Anderson coun
ty ranks second with $498,050.66:
then Horry county with $432,299.02
and Orangeburg county with $425,-
098.37.
Rental and benefit payments fo*
McCormick county for the 11-
month period are as follows: Tota 1
$60,808.18. cotton $58,395.08, corn-
hogs $2,413.10.
Rental and benefit payments for
Tax Collector’s i
Sales Made Monday
J. T. Fooshe, tax collector, made
two sales here Monday, as follows::
The property of Mrs. V. D. Lee,
100 acres of land, to Joe Brown, far
$129.38.
The property of the Estate of
Mrs. J. S. Britt, 134 acres of land,
to David J. Watson, for $170.00.
of Birmingham, Ala.; J. R. Stil- other nearby counties not mention-
well, and W. H. Stilwell, of Colum-jed above, follow: Abbeville, total—
bia; two brothers, J. H. Bush, of | $134,225.69, cotton, $133,988, com-
Augusta, Ga., and C. E. Bush, of i hogs, $237,69; Greenwood, total—
Liberty, and 15 grandchildren. $121,496.29, cotton. $117,282.97, corn-
Pallbearers were to be: Active hogs, $4,213.32; Laurens, total—
W. R. Watson, J. B. Paysinger, $261,642.47, cotton, $259,553.57,
Lemuel Hall, H. W. Kingman, E. corn-hogs, $2,088.90; Edgefield, to-
M. Powell and J. Bratton Powell; tal—$117,745.68, €1^101^^^X345.25,
honorary, Dr. Roger Doughty, Dr. corn-hogs, $6,400.4^l^^^lHal
Heyward Gibbes, C. M. English, $89,959.25, cptto
State Theatre
GREENWOOD, S. C.
PROGRAM WEEK
Beginning Thursday, Aug. 8th
Thursday
SPENCER TRACY
and
VIRGINIA BRUCE
in
“MURDER MAN”
Friday and Saturday
The Cisco Kid Rides Again—
WARNER BAXTER
in
“Under The Pampus Moon”
with
KETTT GALLION
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
DICK POWELL
and
JOAN BLONDELL
in
“BROADWAY GONDOLIER”
Dick’s Voice—
Nite In Venice—
A Gondola Built For Two
Saturday, Aug. 10, 10:40 p. m.
KAT JOHNSON
and
IAN HUNTER
in
“JALNA”
ADMISSION: He and 25c