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Thirty-Fourth Year
Mrs. S. A. McAlister
Claimed By Death
TBU* TO OURSELViCS, OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935
Mrs. Eliza Mayfield McAlister. 66.
died at her home near here yester
day morning of a heart attack. She
had been 111 since the death of her
husband, Sanford Augustus McAl
ister, July 4, last.
Mrs. McAlister was born in An
derson county, the daughter of the
late Eliza Henderson and John
Vandiver Mayfield. She moved to
McCormick in 1020 and during the
years she lived here took an active
interest in religious and civic af
fairs. She was a faithful member
of the McCormick Baptist Church.
Her passing brings sorrow to a
large circle of relatives and friends.
Mrs. McAlister was the mother of
tto late Lieut. J. Leland McAlister,
who lost his life in an airplane ac
cident April, 1934, while flying the
air mfril.
Surviving are the following sons
and daughters: Miss Ida McAlister,
New York City; Miss Nora McAl
ister, Philadelphia; Miss Frances
McAlister, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. J.
D. Petranck, Reidsville, N. C.; Mrs.
William R. Bowen, Troy; Mrs. How
ard 8. Broas, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rex
S. McAlister, Montgomery, Ala.;
Vandiver^ C. McAlister, Binning
ham, Ala.; Mrs. S. D. Chiles and
Levis McAlister, both of McCor-
miek; two brothers, A. B. Mayfield
and Walter Mayfield, Atlanta, Ga.;
two sisters, Mrs. Sam Temple, Ab
beville, and Mrs. Johnnie Perry,
Anderson.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock
at the McCormick Baptist Church
by Dr. D. V. Cason, of Washington,
Ga., and interment made in the
McCormick City Cemetery.
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Producers Having Cot
ton Contracts Should
Have Purchaser To
Make A Certificate
Local Schools Open
September 12th
County Agent E. L. Rogers has
received notice from Mr. R. W.
Hamilton, Assistant to the Director,
Clemson College, 8. C., that pro
ducers having cotton contracts
should have purchaser of cotton
sold to make certificate, giving
name of purchaser, address, date of
sale, number of bales, gross weight,
name and address of producer. This
certificate should be delivered to
the producer to be held by him un
til required forms are availabile to
participate in the government 10c
and 12c plan. The county agent
will furnish detailed information
with reference to this plan imme
diately upon receipt of further in
structions on this plan.
The McCormick Schools will
open the 1935-’36 term on Thurs
day morning, September 12th, at
nine o’clock. Very brief exercises
will be held in the High School
auditorium. Thursday and Friday
will be devoted to registration of
pupils and assignment of work.
Pupils are advised to buy no
books until the book lists are given
to them by the teachers. Many of
the books on the state adopted list
have been changed. Local author
ities plan to use as many of the old
books as possible but the exact
texts cannot be determined until
teachers have had an opportunity
to check on the number available.
It is believed that not more than
one half of the newly adopted
books will have to be changed this
year.
Due to resignations of former
teachers, five new teachers have
been employed for the coming
term. The complete list of teach
ers follows:
Miss Edna Laskoski, Anderson,
1st grade,
Miss Annie Harris, Belton, 2nd
grade and principal of grammar
school,
Miss Margaret Patterson, Mc
Cormick, 3rd grade,
Miss Martha Bell, McCormick,
4th grade,
Miss Julia Brown, McCormick,
5th grade,
Mrs. Bertha Harris, McCormick,
and Miss Irene LaGrone, Johnston,
6th grade.
The seventh grade will again be
organized with the high school,
with teachers as follows:
Mr. J. Thomas Erwin, Iva, 7th
grade alternate sections,
Miss Dot Nicholson, Jefferson,
Commercial subjects,
' Miss Mary Nance Mayson, Ninety
Six, English and Social Science,
Miss Elizabeth Stephens, Abbe
ville, French and English,
Miss Elizabeth Johnston, Elko,
Mathematics,
Miss Martha Tate, Belton, Social
Science,
Mr. JL Ernest Young, Greenwood,
Science and principal of high
school,
Wm. R. Watson, McCormick,
superintendent.
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OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Thursday, September 5th,
James Cagney
in
“G MEN”
Friday, September 6th, Only,
Loretta Young. Charles Boyer,
Warner Gland and Alison
Skipworth
in
SHANGHAI”
Remember, it may be worth
$15.00 to you to be in the
Opera House before 9:00
o’clock Friday night.
Saturday, Sept. 7th, Only,
Fighting Bob Steele
in
“SMOKEY SMITH”
a
Mon.-Tues., S^nt. 9th-10th,
Warner Baxter
In
“Under The Pampas Moon”
Wed.-Thurs., Sept. llth-I2th,
Joe E. Brown
in *
“ALIBI IKE”
It’s Funny—Don’t niss it.
Shows—3:15—7:15—9:00
Mrs. J. J. Hester
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Anne Hanvey Hester, 55
was found dead in bed at her home
in the Bellvue section of McCor
mick county early Monday morn
ing. She had been in declining
health for several months but was
able to be up and about her house
hold duties even the day before her
death.
Mrs. Hester was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hanvey of Long
Cane, substantial citizens, long
prominent in the affairs of their
community, county and state. As
long as her health permitted, she
was president of the Home Demon
stration Club at Bellvue and teach
er of a Sunday school class in her
church. Her passing brings sorrow
to a large circle of relatives and
friends.
Besides her husband, J. J. Hester,
three children survive: Miss Isa
belle Hester, James J. Hester, Jr.,
and Henry E. Hester, all of McCor
mick county; four brothers, J. T.
Hanvey, of Portsmouth, Virginia;
Col. G. A. Hanvey of Abbeville; J.
R. Hanvey, of Memphis, Texas, and
Ernest Hanvey, of Troy. Two
sisters also survive, Mrs. H. T. Ken
nedy, of Abbeville, and Mrs. G. N.
Campbell, of Lowndesville.
Funeral services were held from
the Buffalo Baptist church, where
she had been an active and faith
ful member for more than 40 years,
Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock,
with her pastor, Rev. T. D. Lide, of
Abbeville, in charge. Interment
was made in the churchyard ceme
tery.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
Bordeaux News
De la Howe School
Enrolls 240 Pupils
The De la Howe State school
opened its fall session Monday
morning with an enrollment of 240.
Of this number 220 are De la Howe
children and the others are local
children. The school at Willing-
ton has been discontinued and the
9 students in that locality are at
tending De la Howe.
The Rev. E. F. Gettys is superin
tendent, Loyd H. Hendricks of
Pickens is principal and the follow
ing complete the faculty: Miss Es
telle Powell of Lumber City, Ga.;
Miss Thelma Alexander of Com
merce, Ga.; Miss Cortez Wilson of
Commerce, Miss Lila Vincent Row
ell of Centenary, S. C.; Miss Gladys
Rom an tine of Columbia, Miss
Rachael Norris of Hartwell, Mrs.
Nora Branch of McCormick, and
Miss Margaret Lemon of Barnwell.
Miss Rowell will teach public
school music, a course in the De la
Howe curriculum for the first time.
Miss Wilson has served the insti
tution for the past year as head
matron.
An interesting announcement
made at the opening exercise was
the fact that E. A. Hightower of
Edgefield is offering a prize of $5
to the best all around boy and the
same to the best all around girl in
the seventh grade this year.
Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh, William
and Louise spent the past week end
with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stone in
Waynesboro, Ga. Mrs. Fred Brown
and son, Fred, returned home with
them.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Link, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Link and children, Jim
mie and Mary Clinton, spent Sat
urday with Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Evans.
Miss Mildred Evans of Abbeville
spent the past week with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Link and family.
Misses Lois, Martha Florence and
Eula Mary Hoffman returned
home, after spending a week with
relatives in Lincolnton, N. C.
The singing was enjoyed Sunday
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs
L. A. Hoffman.
Mr. George Hoffman came by and
spent the day Sunday with his
brother, Mr. L. A. Hoffman and
family, after a trip to Florida.
Mrs. J. B. Harmon left for At
lanta, Ga., Saturday to spend some
time with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowick and
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lindley spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Manley
Willis.
Mr. Clifford Cade is in Anderson
on a business trip.
Plum Branch
School To Open On
September 19th
The Plum Branch School will be
gin its 1935-36 session on Thurs
day morning, September 19th, at 9
o’clock. The opening will begin
with short exercises in the school
auditorium. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Due to resignations, there will be
a number of changes in the faculty.
The entire faculty is as follows:
Misses Lucy Brown, McCormick;
Kate Creighton, Greenwood; Mary
Frances Monroe, Marion; Margaret
Galloway, Timmonsville; Berdie
Ella James, Augusta; Annie Lou
Lankford, Parksville; Mrs. R. H.
Banks, Plum Branch, Mrs. W. M.
Freeland, Plum Branch; and Mr.
Garvice L. Taylor of Newberry.
The school is starting its fifth
year under the superintendency of
Mr. Garvice L. Taylor. Due to the
great co-operation of the trustees
and patrons of the school, it has
grown from a grammar school in
1932 to a fully accredited high
school in 1935. This coming ses
sion marks the installation of the
eleventh grade for the first time
Four Pages
Modoc JNews
Number 14
We are having a lot of rain r\t
a very busy time. The farmers are
losing a lot of hay and fodder.
Mr. James W. Bussey returned
home Tuesday, after a month’s
stay at Fort Moultrie.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Garner were
dinner guests Sunday to Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Dorn.
Misses Margie and Edna Merritt
are spending the week among rela
tives in Augusta.
Miss Sallie May McDaniel return
ed home Sunday, after spending
two weeks among relatives in Au
gusta.
Mr. B. F. Bussey from the Abbe
ville CCC Camp was a week end
visitor here to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Bussey.
Mr. Geo. Garner of Augusta was
a week end visitor here to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Gamer.
Friends of Mr. F. M. Bussey will
regret to know that he is very ill
at this time.
Miss Myrtle McDaniel is spend
ing this week among relatives in
Augusta.
Misses Mary Sue Langley and
Evelyn Winn from Plum Branch
and Miss Edna Fine from Metter,
Ga., are spending some time here in
the hbme of Misses Emily and
in a number of years.
The patrons of the school are | Caroline Dukes
requested to send their children
the first day of school and every I Whitmire CCC Camp was a week
day thereafter as much as possible, end visitor here to his parents,
because there is nothing of more Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crawford
value to a child than his getting Misses Vivian and Martha Hazel
correctly started in school and a Bailey spent the past week with
regular attendance. their cousin, Miss Mary Cathryn
It is also requested that parents Iat Plum Branch
wait until the teachers give the list Mrs - McDaniel and Miss
of books to the children before any Luc y Bussey were visitors Tuesday
purchases of books be made, be- night to the former’s mother, Mrs
cause there have been a great many M 1111116 Bussey
changes made in the grammar Messrs. H. W. Bailey and H. J.
school books. High school books | Bussey are spending this week at
have not been changed.
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Dove Season In
The South Opens
Sandy Branch H. D.
Club Enjoys Picnic
Home Demonstration
Agent’s Schedule For
September 6 To 12
Mr. Baker To Be
Here On Saturdays
Friday—Office, a. m.; Buffalo-
Bellvue H. D. C., p. m.
Saturday—Office, a. m.; Office,
p. :n.
Monday — Emergency Workers
Conference, a. m.; Office, p. m.
Tuesday—Office, a. m.; Mt. Car
mel H. D. C., p. m.
Wednesday — Office, a. m.;
Young’s H. D. C., p. m.
Thursday—Office, a. m.; Bethany
H. D. C., p. m.
XXX
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express through the
Anri Mr*nrl»vc OnJv Messenger our sincerc thanks and
itnu IVlOIluayb VJIIIV appreciation to our many friends
for the many deeds of kindness and
Mr. James M. Baker, Jr., Field prayers made in my behalf during
Supervisor for Emergency Crop my recent illness.
Loan Office, will be in McCormick May God reward every one, is our
only on Saturdays and Mondays for prayer.
collections on crop loans, effective h. R. Deason,
at once. _ And Family.
Hephzibah, Ga.
Mr. C. T. Bussey spent Monday
of this week at Ware Shoals.
Rev. O. L. Orr filled his regular
appointment here Sunday evening,
delivering a very able sermon.
^ ^ I , cy-i I Miss Georgia Reese has returned
Ull September Zl to her home in Greenwood, after
'spending some time with friends
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 31.—| and relatives here and in Augusta.
Dove shooting in Southern states Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash were
will begin and end 10 days earlier visitors to Augusta on Monday of
than originally provided for in the | this week.
1935 hunting regulations, the U. S.
Biological Survey announces.
Approved in a proclamation by
President Roosevelt, the new
amendment to the federal regula
tions makes the mourning-dove
season September 21 to January 51 The members of the Sandy
in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Branch H. D. Club enjoyed an all
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Caro- day picnic August 19 instead of the
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor- usual monthly meeting. All the
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis- members with their families were
iana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, present, and also a number of visi-
New Mexico, Arizona and Cali- tors. Everybody carried well fill-
fornia. led baskets, and a bountiful dinner
Formerly set to open on October I wa * 5erved ° n ‘ he * rounds ot , Re -
1 and close cn January 15. the sea- publida " char ^ wbere the picn "
son was changed to equalize privi- was h he ' d '. f' ter dlnPer * e a ‘'
woo .a . w * ,, , . gathered in the church and, with
leges of dove hunters throughout f,. TT , j,
* * i, » Miss Harvey leading, we sang songs
the country, following numerous ^ , . . ,
. . , ’ . „ f. . and had a most enjoyable after-
protests from the Southern States,
the bureau explained. State laws noon * Rpnorter
prohibiting October and early No- ’ P
vember dove shooting in the in
terest of upland game birds result- I Civil Service
ed in a practically closed season on
doves in some states under the j EXcimillRtioiIS
original provisidns of this year’s
federal regulations.
Loans Still
Available To Improve
Farm Property
CLEMSON, Aug. 31.—Loans for
the improvement of farm proper 4 "v
may be made up to April 1, 1936.
under the Better Housing. Program
of the Federal Housing Adminis
tration, according to information
received by Extension Director D.
W. Watkins from Walter G. Ward,
chief of the farm section, field
division.
“To date”, says Mr. Ward, “more
than ten thousand farmers have
used the Modernization Credit
Plan to make needed improve
ments, and many times that num
ber have been stimulated to im
prove their homes and service
buildings, using cash or funds from
other sources. It has been most
gratifying to find a renewed inter
est in better farm homes, and we
are very hopeful that any impetus
given this movement by the Fed
eral Housing Administration will be
followed with increased emphasis
in extension projects.
‘The temporary Farm Section,
set up to acquaint the rural popu-
latiofi with the program, will be
discontinued in the near future”,
Mr. Ward explains. “The Federal
Mr. James Crawford from the pHousing - Administration is deeply
appreciative of the services of Mr.
George Nutt of Clemson College
who handled his assignment of this
work in the two Carolinas very
satisfactorily. We are grateful
also for the large part the Exten
sion staff has taken in the promo
tion of the Better Housing Pro
gram. Our jugular field staff will
welcome the continued assistance
of Extension Workers in the dis
semination of information con
cerning tine program while it re
mains in fffe^t: ; Literature and
other material will be supplied 4-H
clubs on request Of their leaders,
and are available to any interested
group. Correspondence addressed
to the Field Division, Federal Hous
ing Administration, Washington,
D. C., will receive prompt atten
tion.”
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Two Big Rattle
Snakes Killed
Members of the State Highway
Department here killed a large
rattle snake near here Tuesday
afternoon which had five rattles.
They saw the snake crawling up an
embankment on the highway as
they were riding along the road.
In the same vicinity a still larger
one was killed very recently by Mr.
J. C. Wells. It had 15 rattles and
measured 8 inches around the body.
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The president’s proclamation al-
The United States Civil Service,
so included amendments to clarl-l Comm ‘ aa ‘ on has announced open
fy regulations that inadvertently competltlve examinations as fol-
made restrictions not intended. 10ws '
One of the provisions corrected Junior engineer, various option-
would have made 4 p. m., the daily a ^ s * $ 2 > 000 a year,
closing time for waterfowl hunting. Associate electrochemist, $3,200 a
apply also to the shooting of rails year, Bureau of Chemistry and
(other than coot), woodcock. Soils, Department of Agriculture,
mourning doves, and bandtailed Director, Child Welfare Division,
pigeons. The new amendment $6,500 a year. Children’s Bureau,
provides that these birds may be Department of Labor,
hunted from 7 a. m. until sunset All States except South Dakota
A second correction will make it Utah, Iowa, Vermont, Virginia and
possible for hunters in blinds or Maryland, and the District of Co-
egal floating craft to hunt within lumbia, have received less than
100 feet of natural vegetation that their quota of appointments in the
may be some distance from shore, apportioned departmental service
The original provision limited at Washington, D. C.
lunting to areas within 100 feet ol Full information may be obtain-
vegetation continuous with the | ed from the Secretary of the Unit-
shore, a degree of restriction notjed States Civil Service Board of
essential to the regulation’s pur-1 Examiners at the post office or
pose of preventing open-water customhouse in any city which has
shooting of the diving ducks, which | a post office of the first or the
have been found to be more seri- second class, or from the United
ously depleted in numbers than States Civil Service Commission,*
other species. ^Washington, D. C. j
State Theatre
GREENWOOD, S. C.
PROGRAM WEEK
Beginning Thursday, Sept. 5th
Thursday-Friday-Saturday
John Boles and Dixie Lee
in
“Red Heads On Parade”
Gorgeous Girls, Gay Tunes,
A Rhapsody In Red.
Saturday 10:40 p. m.
Chester Morris and Sally
Ellers
in
“PURSUIT”
Monday and Tuesday
Joan Blondell and Glenda
Farrell
in
“WE’RE IN THE MONEY”
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
In Her Happiest Picture
“CURLY TOP”
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