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ftge Two McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMTCK, SOUTH CAROLINA IcCORMICK NE3SENG1 Published Every Thursday 1 Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ■tered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of die second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 The War On Tuberculosis |! horse. So he was forced to turn * back, sell his sapphire, buy camels and provisions, and start out afresh. At last he reached Bethlehem three days late. And what a tragic hour! For Herod’s soldiers were killing the innocent babes! Fortun ately Artaban, by giving his ruby to the captain as a pledge of non-in terference, was able to save the life of one infant. The years passed. Artaban had only his pearl now which he placed in the hand of a poor girl as her ransom from a life of slavery. And then a strange voice sounded. It was Jesus about to die. The Other Wise Man had found his King. NOTICE OF SALE preliminary estimates as published in earlier reports. These acreage revisions were STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, based primarily on consideration of [ _ County of McCormick. measurements made in rnnnertinn 1 Purs ’ jan t to an Order of Hon. C. measurements made m connection j Ra mage> judge of the Eleventh with checking compliance on AAA judicial Circuit, the undersigned as cotton adjustment contracts. Receivers of The Farmers Bank of Most of the decrease in produc- McCormick will sell on the 28th day tion estimates from the November f I Tv/r? nt . . . _ . „ , Court House door at McCormick, S. report occurred in Texas and Okla- c., at 11:00 o’clock a. m., all notes. homa, where conditions have been mortgages, choses-in-action and unfavorable for the maturing and personal property of The Farmers picking of the late crop. • to the highest „ bidder for cash. A list of the items to be sold may be had on aoplica- S. C. Oratorical as 0 Re t c 0 eivers er ° f undersignea TERMS OF SALE: CASH. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Contest Open On January 20th, 1936, or as soon thereafter as convenient, I will render my final accounting, as Ex ecutrix of the Estate of Martin Luther Stone, to the Probate Judge of McCormick County, at McCor mick, and ask to be finally dis- chareed as Executrix of said Estate. MRS. ETTA WITT STONE, Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Martin L. Stone, Deceased. December 16, 1935.—4t. MASTER’S SALE J. S. STROM. T. J. SIBERT, P. J. ROBINSON, Are you putting Christmas Seals on all your Christmas packages this year? Those gay little red-and- green emblems, which cost only a penny apiece, are the means by which money is raised to carry on the nation-wide fight against the Cotton Report As Of December 1,1935 A statewide Oratorical contest Ag R ece j vers 0 f Farmers Bank for high school students with two 0 f McCormick. four-year scholarships to be award- i Dec. 18, 1935.- ed the winning boy and girl and six $10 awards of $10 each to win ners in a grammar school contest was announced, recently by J. C. -It. NOTICE OF SALE I will sell at public auction on COLUMBIA, Dec. 13.—Conditions Holler, vice-president of the South glesdayn Jwa.aMy.Jhe sum hi affecting the South Carolina cot- Carolina Education association, front cf t he court house door in the ton crop were about average during con test sponsors. city of McCormick, during the , 1 egal the fall months and the December The high school contest is open hours of sale, on terms specified be- most insidious of all the plagues 1 estimate of 745,000 bales of 500 to a11 white students in the eighth J°7ate h to wit° WinS iescribed real pounds gross weight is only 5,000 e rade through the eleventh grade one ^ room dwelling, with electric bales below the November 1 esti- and close in Columbia Febru- lights, bam, good well of water, mate of 750,000 bales. The estimate ar y 29 - land thirteen (13) acres of land, is 64,000 bales above last year’s 1 The winning boy and gid win re- ^f r ’ds wesrof a the coirrt final production* and just 10,000 ceive $ 50 each a year for a scholar- {Jouife^with*450 'feet frontage 00 ^ bales above! the final ginnings for shi P of four years. highway, also has running water 1933 | The grammar school oratorical the year round. •that afflict humankind, tubercu losis, the “great white plague.” It is to saving children that the work of the National Tuberculosis Association and its state and coun ty branches is especially directed. Medical science has made great strides in its battle against disease, and the control, if not the cure, of tuberculosis is one of its triumphs. Yet every year more children die of this disease than from any ither one cause. The cent you spend lor a gay Christmas Seal to stick on your Christinas mail may help to save a baby’s life. „ “Inasmuch as ye have dope it imto one of the least of these,, my children, ye have done it unto me.” xxi * ♦ * 1 • •f ■ 1- Sunday School Lesson t * - ‘ BY REV. CHARLES E. DUNN The largest crop in the history'“ntest will be confined to eon-' Terms of Sale: One half (1-2) of the State was 1,649,000 bales In greSsional district awards and is ^.^or^ yearn to PW balan-e 1911; the second largest was the, 0 P en to a11 whlfce students below . 19 3 6 for $140.00. 1,623,000 bales in 1920. The largest | the eighth grade. I Purchaser to pay for papers and crop since 1920 was the 1,006,000 in ' Each school district will select its stamps. 1926, although 1,001,000 bales were b® 3 *’ speaker in the grammar school W. E. RHENEY. made in 1930 and 1,005,000 in 1931. Preliminary estimates place the rtTbi area in culttvatiorT on July 1, 1935, at 1,348,000 acres, with 0.5 per cent abandoned since that date, which leaves 1,341,000 acres as the area February 1. picked this year. This compares grades and the best boy and girl in high school, the contest to be held under the supervision and direction- of the superintendent or principal and must be held not later than NOTICE OF TAX SALE CHRISTMAS LESSON Lesson for December 22nd. Matthew 2:1-12. Golden Text: Matthew 1:21. ' The beauty of Christmas takes many forms. Consider the loveli ness of the Nativity pictures such rs Lerolle’s “Arrival of- the Shep- tads.” Recall the thrilling beauty of Christmas music. How delight ful are the old, familiar carols! Then poets too have dedicated their talents to the praise of the 'Christ child. Elsa Barker, in her gpoignant “The Vigil of Joseph”, makes the carpenter say that liis .“heart quivers in lonely pain be fore that Beauty it ( 'loyes-and mrves-and cannot understand!” ^ And what a wealth of charming stories has the Christmas season inspired! The Nativity story it- mlf, as we find it in Luke’s gospel, is the greatest ever written. Here have what the psalmist calls beauty of holiness.” And then there is Henry van pyke’s famous tale of “The 6ther Wise Man.” This is the epic of Artaban, who sold his possessions, and bought three jewels, a sap phire, a ruby, and. a pearl, to bring to the Holy Child. On his way to Bethlehem he was delayed by a dying stranger on the road. Long he worked over the helpless soul, and at last his patience was re garded. But Artaban paid dearly Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop- The grammar school winner e rty to satisfy thet taxes due the with 1 302 000 acres harvested last from school districts in the county State of South Carolina and the year, Uiooo arched"! | wW — c e County^ McCoj^ic^cr the years and the average of 1,879,000 acres under direction of the county su- will be sold to the bidder harvested for the years 1928-32. P er i n i' enden i ; °* education not later f or cash on salesday in January, The 1934 acreage is the smallest than February 15. A congressional 1936, during the legal hours since 1873, when i,193,000 acres Strict contest to be held not lator were harvested and 331,000 bales than February 22 will end the ^ and the Droce ’ 6ds of the sale made. The largest acreage was ( grammar school event the 2,821,000 of 1918. The average yield of lint per acre on the harvested acreage is esti mated at 266 pounds, which com pares with 250 pounds last year and 211 pounds for the years 1924-1933. : The highest yield of recent years ested citizens if desired. Campaign Tour (py Editor J. L. Mims in Edgefield Advertiser), v; was the 273 pounds in 1931. Th£ record yield was 310 pounds in 1920, the second highest 304 in 1911, and the lowest of the past thirty years pi tt ji the 140 pounds in 1922. VAU. iirtlLLCC V/II The Census report shows 710,000 running bales ginned in the State prior to December 1, which com pares with 653,000 to this date last year, and 709,000 in 1933. The United States cotton crop is estimated by the Department of Agriculture at 1^734,000 bales of 560 pounds gross weight. This is a decrease of 407,000 bales, or about 3.7 per cent fr6m the November forecast. The crop as’ estimated is about 1,098,000 : hales greater than the 1934 crop. The average yield per acre for the United States in 1935 was 188 lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of After a series of elimination con- the said taxes and the cost of said tests over the state, the remaining seizure and sale, to wit: she boys and six girls competing ls fol^s™’ ^ Tfrill take part in the state contest, one (1) lot in the Town of Me at Columbia February 29. 'Cormick, School District No. 4, Speeches must not exceed 10 County of McCormick, State of minutes and must be nrenared by South Carolina, having a frontage minutes and must oe preparwi oy of forty (40>) feet on Carolina the students with the aid of inter- street, running thence back one STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Court of Common Pleas. The Federal Land Bank of Colum- bia, I against Mrs. Ella P. Langford, et al. | Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a decree of sale in the above entitled cause, I will, sell at public auction on Salesday in Janu ary, 1936, (the same beihg the 6th day of January), in front of the Courthouse door, in the city of Mc Cormick, County and State afore said, during the legal l^purs of sale, on terms specified below; the fol lowing described real estate, to wit: 1 All t>»at certain lot, t™.ct or. nar- cel of land containing Three Hun dred Sixty-one (361) Acres, more or •ess. 1 located, lying and being in Washington Township, County of McCormick, State of South Caro lina, being bounded on the north by lands of Jas. Robertson estate, Mrs. G. M. Reese and W. R. Parks estate; east by lands of C. C. Os borne Lumber Co. and Mrs. Savan nah Stone; south by lands of Mrs Savannah Stone and J. T. Reese estate; and on the west bv T. J. Reese Estate and T. and J. Robert son; and having such shape, metes, courses and distances as will more fully aopear by reference to a olat thereof made by J. M. Bussey, Sur veyor. Jan. 15, 1926, which nlat is on file with the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. A cash deposit of five (5) per cent, of the highest bid, unless made by the Plaintiff, or its At torney. will be required as evidence of good faith, said deposit to be ap plied on the bid should thefe be a compliance therewith. * No deficiencv judgment being asked, the riglit thereto being ex pressly waived, the bidding will close' at the completion of the same. I TERMS OF SALE: CASH; Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. PRANK MATTISON, • Master for McCormick County, S. C. Dec. 16. 1935.—3t. . Cal. William G. Harllee of Dillon, an avowed candidate for the Unit ed States . senate, was among the visitors in Edgefield Monday, hav ing diopped in to call on his Edge- field friends while making a swing around the state. Col. Harllee says hundred GOO’) feet to lot owned by Bethapy Lodge, bounded on north east by lot of J. F. Marshall and southwest by lot of M. G. & J. J. Dorn, and probably others. \ J..T. fooshe. Tax Collector, McCormick County. McCprmick. S. C., Dec. IS, 1935.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by* virtue of a warrant issued to me by the Countv Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop- F the — w ^ — .tive campaign, seeing face to face pounds per acre, compared with as man y 0 f the voters as possible. 170.9 pounds in 1934, and a 10-year Co i Harllee is open, frank,* genial average yield (1924-1933) of 177.1 pounds. Harvested acreage is now esti mated at 27,331,000 acres, which is about 1.3 per cent greater than that harvested in 1934. Allowing for estimated abandonment of 1A per cent, the cotton acreage in cultiva tion on July 1 is indicated to have erty to satisfy the taxes due State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1933 and 1934, and the same he has already visited 36 counties, j will be sold to the highest bidder It is his purpose to make an ac- ^ ^ legal houm of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of R. L. Harris, now J. J. Jordan, and is described as tar this act of mercy, for he found been 27,872,000 acres. The acreage himself cut off from his three estimates in this report are approx- friends, with no food and a weary imately 5 per cent less than the To Help You AVOID MANY COLDS At the first nasal irritation or sniffle, apply Vicks Va-tro-nol—just a few drops up each nostril. Used in time, it helps prevent many colds entirely. and has the knack of making friends of those with whom he meets. After attending the Citadel, wearing the cadet uniform at the, _ same time as the writer, he at- j j an( j more or less, in School tended the University of North (Distric t No. 1. McCormick County. Carolina and later the U. S. Mill- 1 State of South Carolina, bounded jon north by Cable lands; east by ;j. S. Dunlap Estate; south by ‘Cable lands; west and northwest .by lands of Mrs: W. J. Taylor and John Henry McGrier, and probably ( others. J. T. FOOSHE. i Tax Collector, McCormick County MoCo r mif'k. S. O., Dec. 18, 1935.—3t. tary Academy at West Point. . •. «- Retired Marine Officer Addresses Teachers Vicks Va-tro-nol # HtQUlAK SIZE 3Qc . . . DOUILC QUANTITY SOc —aov. Experience Service Facilities Those are the Important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne In njlnd when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR 8ERVICB and there is no additional charge for service oat of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, S. C. (From The Saluda Standard) NOTICE OF TAX SALE Col. William C. Harllee of Dillon addressed the Saluda County Teachers’ Association here on Tuesday afternoon. Col. Harllee was a school teacher in Dillon County before he entered the mili tary service and has since carried on his activities as an educator. He founded, in 1920, the Marine Corps Institute which extends educational and vocational training to Marines at all their stations and on board naval vessels. * His address to the teachers here Tuesday afternoon was one of the most entertaining and yet one of the most practical they have ever heard at such a gathering. Speak ing more or less in the vernacular of the soldier, the high ranking re tired officer held his audience of seventy five teachers and a few others almost spell-bound by the timely advice he gave in such re freshing manner from his rich and Under and by virtue of a war rant issued.to me by the County Treasurer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described property to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in January, 1936, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Isaac Martin, and is described as follows: One Hundred (100) Acres of land, more or less, in School Dis trict ' No. 1. McCormick County. State of South Carolina, bounded on north by John Henry McGreier Estate: east by lands of T. P. Pas chal Estate, and Janie Cothran; south by lands of Calhoun Estate and Josh Banks Estate; west by land of D. J. McAllister, and prob ably others. lull experiences in a broad field as CollectoI , m c Jormk^Co^nty. teacher and soldier at one and the McCormick. S. C., same time for nearly four decades. Dec. 18, 1935.—3t. NOTICE STATE OF Sr> T TTH CAROLINA, Co-i-.tv of McCormick. PROBATE COURT. "x ^art.e: , . , W. R. Bowen as Executor of the will and Testament of S. A. McAlister, deceased, Petitioner. T n Re 1 'Hie Estate of S. A. McAlister. To the Creditors of the Estate of S. A. McAlister, deceased: Notice is hereby given that at ten o’e’ock in the forenoon on the 20th day cf Januarv. 1936, the under- sierned. W. R. Bowen, will render a final accounting of his acts and doings as Executor of the last Will and Testament of S. A. McAlister deceased, to the Probate Judge of McCormick County, S. C., at his of fice and at the same time and place will ask the Probate Judge for and Order giving and granting to the said W, R. Bowen a final dis charge as such Executor. W. R. BOWEN, Petitioner. McCormick, S. C., December 18, 1935.—4t. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. BY J FRANK MATTISON, PRO BATE JUDGE: WHEREAS. Miss Elizabeth Grant made suit to me to grant her Let ters of Administration of the Es tate and effects of Miss Ella Grant; THESE ARE. THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Miss Ella Grant, deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be' held pt McCormick Court House on January 2nd, 1936, next, after pub lication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any thev have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this 18th dav of December, Anno Domini, 1935. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge for McCormick County, S. C. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Thursday, DecemW 19, 1935 NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick- Court of Common Pleas. G. H. Geiger, as Receiver of Abbe- ville-Greenwood Mutual insur ance Association, Plaintiff. VS: J. D. Dunlap, Defendant. IN RE: Mrs. Bessie M. Dusenberry and Bank of Ware Shoals as Receiver of Bank of Honea Path, Plain tiff. VS: Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual In surance Association, Defendant. Pursuant to order of the Court in the above named case, I will sell before the Court House on Sales day In January, same being 6th day of January, 1936, at the usual hour of legal sales the following described property, to wit: All that certain tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Greenwood Township, in McCor mick County and State aforesaid, containing Two Hundred and Six ty-Five (265) Acres, more or less, bounded as follows: to wit: On North by Post Road and lands of Cook and Cooper, formerly. Martin and Bruce; on the East by Mc Kinney, J. D. Richardson, W. K. McDonald and B. P. Talbert; on South by lands of B. P. Talbert; and oh the West by lands of M. G. And J. J. Dorn, formerly Rountreo lands. This being a tract of land deeded to J. D. Dunlap by George J. Shep pard, dated March 14, 1892, and re corded in the Office of Clerk of Court, Vol. 13, page 709. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay extra for deeds and stamps. The property is sold subject to tax- ss. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. Dec. 18, IS35.—3t; NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Court of Common Pleas. . G. H. Geiger, as Receiver of Abbe ville-Greenwood Mutual Insur ance Association, Plaintiff. .. vs: v i Mrs. Sallie A. White and John Rainsford, Defendant... IN REi ,l ' ' : Mrs. Bessie M. Dusenberry and Bank of Ware Shoals as Receiver of Bank of Honea Path, Plaintiff, VS: Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual In surance Association, Defendant. Pursuant to order of the Court in the above named case, I will sell before th^ Court House on Salesday in January, same being the 6th day cf January of 1936, at the u$ual hour of legal sales the following described property, to wit: 0 ,. All that certain piece, parcel, lot or plantation of land situate, lying and being in the Plum Branch Township, County of McCormick, and State of South Carolina, con taining One Hundred (100) Acres, more or. less, and bounded on the North by lands of Mrs. A. L. Stur- key and Mrs. J. B. Adams; South by lands of Mrs. J. B. Adams and J. W. Bracknell and West ^nd South by lands of R. E. Coleman, J. J. Collier. Federal Land Bank of Columbia, South Carolina, and J. P. Brown. This being a portion of the same tract of land conveyed to M. J. White, dated March 23, iy07, recorded m Book 22, pagd 180, \n Edgefield County, South Caro lina. . • Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay extra for deeds and stamps. The property is sold subject to taxes and the following liens, to wit: which are not assumed by the purchaser, to wit: Mortgaged to Federal Land Bank for $1,950.00, December 30, 1933, and recorded in Book 16, page 209, Jan uary 2, 1934. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. Dec. 18, 1935.—3t. checks COLDS and FEVER Liquid - Tablets first day No “ HEADACHES in 30 minutes On January 13th, 1936, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as convenient, I will ren der my final accounting, as Execu trix of the last Will and Testament of J. A. Harvley, deceased, to the Probate Court for McCormick County, at McCormick, and ask to be discharged as Executrix of said Estate. All persons holding claims against said Estate are required to file them with me at once duly verified. No claim will be consid ered unless it is verified and item ised. All persons owing said Estate are required to make settlement of their claims at once. MRS. EMMA C. HARVLEY. Executrix of the Estate of J. A. Harvley, deceased. December 12, 1935.—4t. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. WANT ADV. GOOD RAWLEIGH ROUTE now open near you. Industrious man. can earn better than average in come. Complete line of house hold necessities established 46 years. Permanent. No invest ment or experience needed. Write us today. Rawleigh, Dept. SCL- 77-Q. Richmond, Va. LOST—One bay horse mule weigh ing about 850 pounds, shod on front feet, brand No. 35-140. Re ward. Notify E. Hanvey, Mc Cormick, S. C. PLANTS—Cabbage, Onion, and Collard Plants, 75 cents a thou sand. Certified Blakerrtore, Mis sionary Strawberry Plants, $2.00 a thousand. Dorris Plant Co., Valdosta, Ga.