McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, February 20, 1936, Image 1

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s. t.' \ Si^ (1 « jp tttt if It mm* ■ r • • 4 TiiDE SO »URMH LV tcb. OHR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Fourth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936 Four Pages Xumber 33 Bishop K. G. Finley To Preach At Willington Sunday i County Oratorical Contest Hfeld At Wash- ington High School | Bishop K. G. Finley will preach The Oratorical Contest, sponsor- | at the Episcopal Church in Will ed by the Teachers’ Association of ington next Sunday afternoon, Feb- the State, was held in this county ruary 23rd, at 4 o’clock. recently at the Washington High I y School. The speakers and their topics were as follows: Boys High School Division—Her- Mt. Carmel JNews bert Sturkey—“The New Deal in Education”. Girls High School Division— Elizabeth Talbert—“The Extrava gance of Illiteracy”. Edna Miner— “The Dual Purpose of Education.” Grammar School Division—Mar garet Bracknell—“The Call to Arms”. Elizabeth Fooshe—“The Willington H. D. Club Meets Willington Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. A. B. Andrews on Wednesday, January 26th, with nine members present, with one new member added, and four visi tors. The meeting was opened by our Schoob—the Foundation of a Peo- president, Mrs. Charles T. LeRoy, pies Government”. The Committee of Judges, com posed of Miss Willis of the Wash- >n school, Prof. Bryant of the igton school and Prof. Hen- of the De la Howe school, the winners in the several Ions to be Herbert Sturkey, Elizabeth Talbert and Elizabeth Foosbb. The winners in the county con test will compete in the District contest , whifch win be held in Greenwood or. Feb. 22nd. Prizes^f one dollar were award ed by the McCormick county Teachers Unit the S. C. E. A. to the three winners. with Scripture reading, and the Lord’s prayer was repeated, led by Mrs. George Hemminger. The meeting was then turned over to Miss Harvey, who gave an interesting demonstration on Jun ket dessert. Then a few games were played, sponsored by our recreation leader, Miss Mary Hardaway. The last game being a Kitchen Contest. Then the hostess presented Mrs Reginald Lawton a kitchen shower trom the club, at the close of the social hour. Mrs. Andrews served a delicious salad course with coffee. Reporter. Mr and Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. 1 So i dea ii x INcws Mr. and Mrs. Karl Austeman of J. R. Tarrant and Mr. Tarrant Charlotte, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott enjoyed a pleasant visit in A - Scruggs of Spartanburg and Mrs. Greenwood Sabbath afternoon. | w - T - Slaughter of Hickory Grove Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Mrs. Dora | s P en t the past week end with Mr. Bryson were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs - w - G - Mitchell. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 4 McCORMICK, S. C. . . ,..v ^ ff-f .‘•-V V -.'V i FRIDAY and SATURDAY February 21$ and 22nd, 7 p. m. and 9:30 p. m. Mafnee Saturday 3:30 p. m. LORETTA TOUNG HENRY WILCOXIN in 44t I 99 ‘THE CRUSADES’ Also The bet POPEYE to date “KING OFTHE MA3DI GRAS” and t ‘ m “Broadway Highlights” MATINEE SATURIAY 3:30. Adults 20 cents. Please don’t miss eitjpr one of these pictures. ' t :: v ;,)j|% vV MONDAY aid TUESDAY February 24th aiid 25th.7- p. m. and 8:45 p. m. Matinee Monday and Tuesday 3:30 p. ,qi. MARGARET SULLAVAICrANDOLPH SCOTT > ' : * ;.!a ;;;> j . ki\" . e rr SO RED IHI ROSE” We urge you to *e this. Also “Broadway Highl^hts’ and FOX MOVIETONE \EWS 99 f ■■ COMING >\ | Friday and Saturday of Ne^t Week SHIRLEY TEMPLE and Mrs. H. O. Watson last Sab bath, and all were visitors in Due West during the afternoon. Mr. Hollis Connor of the Abbe ville CC Camp spent the past week end at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney were visitors in McCormick one afternoon last week. Misses Reba Wells and Beffie Hester of Anderson were pleasant visitors here Sabbath afternoon. Miss Mary Hardaway entertained very pleasantly last Wednesday evening with a pound party at the community building. Many enjoyable games and con tests made the hours pass swiftly, and delicious refreshments and fruit with hot coffee were served by the ladies and girls present. On account of sickness, lots of people were unable to attend. The ones present enjoyed a very pleas ant evening. txt Susannah Wesley Bible Class Meets The Susannah Wesley Bible class of the local Methodist church met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. J. L. Caudle. Valentine decorations were used in the living room and dining room. The flowers were also appropriate for the occasion. An interesting devotional was led by Mrs. Ruth Duncan. Mrs. A. J. Hendrix gave the history of two hymns sung during the meeting, and Mrs. E. F. Creighton discussed the “Theology of Hymns.” After the business session with Mrs. J. S. Strom, class president, presiding, a delightful social hour was enjoyed. Mrs. C. H. Workman, recreational leader, conducted sev eral interesting valentine contests and games. A delicious salad course with hot coffee was served by Mrs. Caudle assisted by the following joint host esses: Mrs. L. N. Brown, Mrs. Paul R. Brown, Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain and Mrs. Gary Campbell. x Mrs. C. H. Workman Gives Party For Mrs. P. C, Dorn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cade and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell dined with Mr. W. D. Morrah and family last Friday evening. Mrs. G. W. Cade, Mrs. W. G. Mitchell and Mrs. L. A. Hoffman were McCormick visitors last Sat urday. Mrs. R. F. South, Miss Lettie May South and R. F. South, Jr., spent the past week end with Mrs. South’s sister, Mrs. Daisy Hughes, in Ab beville. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. South had the following guests on Sunday p. m.: Miss Lucile Hughes and Mr. Frank Brock of Abbeville, and Mr. and Mrs. William Eaves of Elberton, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Parker Herndon and family moved to Augusta Monday, where Mr. Herndon is to work for Mr. A. L. Moragne. We regret to see them leave our community. Miss Frances Lindley is with her sister, Mrs. Charles Bowick, in Mc Cormick, who is sick with “Flu.” Mr. G. C. McIntosh, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Simpson and Mr. R. F. South were McCormick visitors Tuesday a. m. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell en tertained at dinner on Monday, in honor of Mrs. Austerman’s birth day, the following guests: Mrs. S. C. Cade, Messrs. Albert and Clif ford Cade, Mrs. G. W. Cade, Misses Katrina and Mary Ellen Morrah. Civil Service Examinations De la Howe Future Farmers Hold Banquet The De la Howe Chapter of Fu ture Farmers of America held its annual banquet on Friday evening, Feb. 14th. With Fred Patterson, president of the club, acting a i toast master, a most interesting program was carried out. Verd Peterson, State Director of Vocational Agriculture, delivered an address on “The Education of Youth for Farmers of the Future”. E. F. Gettys, Superintendent of De la Howe school, made an interest ing talk on “Youth Opportunity.” Allen Mixon, an agricultural student, gave a resume of the four years’ accomplishments of the ag ricultural class of which E. A. Mc Cormick is teacher. This young man delivered his talk in a splendid manner, giving each phase of the work, including orcharding, soil erosion, farm shop, nursery, land scaping, etc., and telling just what had been accomplished by the class. Short talks were also made by trus tees and other invited guests. Robert McCullough, a student in agriculture class, furnished plenty of laughter with his jokes. About sixty were present for the banquet prepared and served by the school girls under the supervision of the matron of dining hall, Mrs. Hines. Miss Mary McComb also as sisted in serving and in the valen tine decorations. Many Farmers At P. C. A. Meets m \ Fit “THE LITTLEST REBEL Also 4 Coming Soon LOCAL AMATEUR NH Watch For Announcf One of the loveliest parties of the season was given by Mrs. C. H Workman last Thursday afternoon in compliment to Mrs. Porter Cas well Dorn, Jr., a recent bride. The lower floor of Mrs. Work man’s home was thrown together and potted plants with arrange ments of Nandina made an attract ive setting for the seven tables placed for the Rook game. A val entine motif was carried out in the decorations, tallies, covers, and the salad course served by the hostess. After the game, valentines were given out. Mrs. Dorn received hers in the form of a huge pack age containing many lovely and useful gifts. Mrs. Dorn was the former Miss Mildred Britt, member of the se nior class at Winthrop College, and this is one of several lovely par ties given in her honor. -‘-r- JIONI Adults, 25 cents; (^hildi Children 12 to-15, 15 • * > ' ' „• * { fi.j y. t , ^Li Home Demonstration Agent’s Schedule, February 21-27 Friday, Office, a. m.; White Town H. D. C., p. m. Saturday, Office, a. m.; Office, p. m. Monday, Office, a. m.;. Office, p. m. Tuesday, Plum Branch 4-H Clubs, a. m.; Wideman H. D. C., p. m. • Wednesday, Conf. with County Planning Committee, a. m.; Dowtin . D. C., p. m. Thursday, Office, a. m.; Parks- ilie H. D. p. m. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol lows: Associate curator (archeology), $3,200 a year, National Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Associate public health engineer, $3,200 a year, and assistant public health engineer, $2,600 a year, U. S. Public Health Service, Treasury Department. Full information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Ex aminers at the post office or cus tomhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or the sec ond class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. x Vacancies In Army Greenwood, S. C., Feb. 18.—Ser geant Clifford C. Floyd, U. S. Army Recruiter, Greenwood, announced today that he has the following vacancies, 12 for the Ninth Corps Area which takes in the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Cal ifornia and other western states, 2 for Panama Canal Zone, 20 for Fort Bragg, N. C., 6 for Fort Moul trie, S. C., and 5 for Fort Screven, Ga. Young men applying for these vacancies must be single, over 18 years of age, of good character, have parents consent and be able to pass a rigid physical examina tion. Any young men interested are invited to apply at the U. S. Army Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Greenwood, S. C. txt At The Opera House Theatre In Abbeville ATTENDANCE IN FOUR STATES INCREASES FIVE THOUSAND OVER LAST YEAR Friday, February 21st, Dolores Del Rio, Everett Marshall in “I Live For Love”, with Guy Kibbee and Allen Jenkins. Saturday, February 22nd, Ken Maynard in “Western Frontier”. Also Buck Jones in “The Roaring West”. Late Show Saturday Night, Feb ruary 22nd, Kathleen Norris’s Navy Wife”, with Claire Trevor and Ralph Bellamy. , Monday and Tqesday, February 24-25th, Shirley Teipple in “The Littlest Rebel”, jwith John Boles, Jack Holt, •and Bill Robinson. Wednesday, February 26th, On ( The Stage, Bell’s Hawaiian Revue. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 10, 1936.— The annual meetings of 88 produc tion credit associations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, held in January, were attended by a total of 24,038 farm ers, according to figures given out by Ernest Graham, president of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia. There are 95 associations in the four states comprising the third Farm Credit Administration dis trict, Mr. Graham said, but eight of these are located in citrus and vegetable areas and their annual meetings are held later in the year. The 95 associations in the district have a total membership of 47,250 farmers. Notwithstanding the fact that the weather was much worse this January than in January a year ago the attendance this year show ed an increase of nearly 5,000 over last year when a total of 19,382 attended the meetings. “No more convincing proof of the interest of the farmers in the suc cess of their production credit as sociations can be had,” said Mr Graham “than the fact that such large numbers braved icy winds snow, sleet and rain and in many instances traveled over practically impassable roads to attend the an nual meetings. I have never been privileged to witness a greater ex hibition of loyalty. “It is a source of gratification, too, to know that those farmers who made such sacrifices to attend these meetings must have felt well repaid for in every single instance they heard reports of a successful year’s operations. Every one of the associations operated at a profit last year and the capital stock oi every one remains unimpaired. The 95 associations in the district, as has already been announced, have been able in two years’ operations to build up a reserve of $232,726.86 and the farmer-members now own $775,150 worth of Class B stock.” Production credit associations, Mr. Graham explained, make loans to farmers for production purposes and charge 5 per cent Interest but the borrower only pays for the time he actually has the money. The as sociations are operated by the farmers themselves through their board of directors which the farm er-members themselves elect. Rev. W. C. Kerr And Rev. S. W. Reid Will Swap Pulpits Sabb.rlh Rev. W. C. Kerr, of Abbeville, S. C., will preach Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock in the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church of McCormick, ex changing pulpits with the pastor. Rev. S. W. Reid, for that service. x Adjustment Payments Under Crop Programs Will Be Completed Clemson, Feb. 17.—The first steps have been taken by the Agri cultural Adjustment Administra tion looking toward payment, as soon as possible, of obligations to farmers growing out of the pro duction adjustment programs un der the Agricultural Adjustment Act, according to notices received by the Extension Service from AAA headquarters in Washington. This action followed the approval by the President of HR 10464 which provided $296,185,000 to make pay ments to producers for performance' in connection with the adjustment programs. The appropriation and authority for payment from Cop- gress was necessary because of the decision of the Supreme Court on January 6 which declared the pro duction control provisions uncon stitutional. “The work which must be done before the payments can be made began immediately after we were notified that the President had approved the measure carrying the required funds”, Chester C. Davis, administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, said. “Employees in the field and producer groups associated with the programs have been notified to resume the task of checking compliance and assem bling other data needed to carry out the direction of Congress. “We will try to prevent delay in fulfilling obligations and in reim bursing those producers who car ried out their agreements with the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration in good faith.” “In South Carolina all necessary forms and documents relative to unpaid contracts have been for warded to Washington except a few currently coming back for correc tion”, says R. W. Hamilton, assis tant to the dirfector. “It is hoped that parity payments for the eight counties which had not received these previous to January 6 will be issued in a short time.” GLORIOUS AS A RAINBOW IN HER GRANDEST ROLE! SHIRLEY TEMPLE in 641 THE LITTLEST REBEL • 99 with JOHN BOLES JACK HOLT BILL ROBINSON 1 MONDAY-TUESDAY - OPERA HOUSE THEATRE ABBEVILLE, S. C.