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/ / - -f * T2U£ to OUHXITLVJCS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUS COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirtf-Fourth Year - Vmm , Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936 Four Pages Nam >er 4> Bor< ^aux H. D. Club Meets Mt. Carmel IMews D. A Foem- rock—Miss ■'fa-' 12-1-21—by r—by the club, id reading of minutes Mae South. ree leaves of Sham- fin Lindley. ,—by the club. Mrs. M. L. Marchant and son, Mr. John Marchant and others of Club met at the Greenville spent Sabbath with her Manly Willis on Wed- mother, Mrs. J. W. Morrah. 18th, with 14 mem- j ^r. and Mrs. Calhoun Harris and Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Ander- ied out a short ; son spent Sabbath here with rela te St. Patrick’s tives. Miss Lilly Miller of De la Howe State School spent Tuesday with Misses Florence and Susie Patter son. Miss Reba Wells returned to An derson last Saturday after a pleas- . Patrick—Mrs. G. W. ant stay here with her aunt, Mrs. D. W. Harling and others. Miss Virginia Majette of Pensa cola, Fla., and Mrs. George Peel of Anderson were charming guests of business matters were dis- Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin the . Then the meeting was turn- past week end. to Miss Elnita Harvey, who Misses Helen Anderson and interesting demonstration Gladys Scott and Mr. Robert Scott 'als.” The two main topics of Greenwood were guests of Mr. were: ‘"Whole Grain Cereals Twice and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sabbath even- a Day”, and “Food Value of Whole Grain Cereals.” During the social hour an inter esting contest was put on by Miss Helen Lindley, after which Mrs. Willis served a tempting chicken course, with cake, hot coffee and mints, carrying out a color scheme of green and yellow. Mrs. Lucy Branyon was a wel come visitor to the club. Reporter. X— . Home Demonstration Agent’s Calendar March 27-Anril 2 Friday.VDtf Edit- an< m.* Chestn _ . p. m.' Saturda^Qffi ce , a . m .; County tice, p. m. Office, a. m.; Office, Tuesday, Plum Branch 4-H Clubs, Office, p. m. Wednesday, Office, a. m.; Plum Branch fl. D. C.,‘ p. m. Thursday, Office, a. m.; Willing- ton H. D. C., p. m. ing. Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson spent Saturday in Mt. Carmel with her mother, Mrs. J. R. Tarrant, and sister, Mrs. W. A. Scott. Mr. D. J. McAllister and John, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Miss Sara Curtis were Calhoun Falls visitors one evening recently. — y — — Mother Walker To Be In County Mrs. Dora Dee . Walker, better known as Mother Walker, will be in the county Thursday and Fri day of next week. If anyone would e for her to give suggestions and help plan your yards and gar dens, please get in touch with the Heme Agent by Wednesday, April 1st. Mother Walker will spend one afternoon in Bordeaux, laying off the Community Park, which has been started there. If any other community would like to have her suggestions for Community Parks, the Agent will be glad to take her into your community to meet with your committee. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY March 27th and 28th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. DORTHY WILSON PRESTON FOSTER DAVID HOLT in “THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII Please donT miss ibis! Also Two Reel Comedy ‘NEWLY REWEDS” 441 MONDAY and TUESDAY March 30th and 31et, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. GARY COOPER ANN HARDING in “PETER IBBETSON” This is good too! Also “PARADE OF THE MAESTROS” Red Nichols, Ferde Grofc, Emery Deutsch and their orchestras and FOX MOVIETONE NEWS ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 .cents; ' ‘ Children 12 to 15, 15 cents * • • R. H. Banks Dies Suddenly R. Hawthorne Banks, 42, former mayor of Plum Branch and one of its leading citizens, died suddenly at his residence there Tuesday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock from a heart attack. Mr. Banks was a native of Plum Branch but left a number of years ago and meved to Greenville tohere he was a pharmacist at Carpenter Brothers Drug Company for a num ber of years. He was a veteran of the World War and had served with the hos pital corps of the Italian army while over seas. He formerly was a deacon in the Plum Branch Baptist church and was a Shriner. For the past several years he had been in declining health. Mr. Banks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Ludwick Banks, a member of the Plum Branch High school faculty and formerly a teacher in the Greenville pub lic schools; one son, Bobby Banks; one brother, W. W. Banks, Plum Branch; one half-brother, Harper Wood, Chester, S. C.; five sisters, Mrs. T. S. Best, Hartsville, Mrs. Walter H. Cobb, Hodges, Mrs. J. M. Graham and Mrs. Betty Greg ory, both of Chester, and Mrs. T. N. Graham, Cokesbury. Funeral services were conducted at the Plum Branch Baptist church this morning at 10:30 o’clock, with the Rev. O. L. Orr officiating, and interment made in the Plum Branch City Cemetery. 1 J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. x The A Capella Choir To Be At M. E. Church Here April 5th The A Capella Choir, under the leadership of Professor Neilsen, of Lander College, Greenwood, S. C., will be at the McCormick Methodist i Church on Sunday evening, April 5, at 8 o’clock. The Choir will give us an hour of most beautiful music. This is a very high privilege for the music lovers of our community. We are extending a very hearty invitation to all our friends to come and worship with us in this ser vice of song. There will be no preaching. D. W. Keller, Pastor. Susannah Wesley Bible Class Meets The Susannah Wesley Bible Class of the McCormick Methodist Sun day School met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E F. Creighton, with Mrs. Ruth Dun can, Mrs. Henrietta Bradley, Mrs. B. I. Chiles and Mrs. Paul Burnett as assistant hostesses. The program, the subject of which was the “Sabbath Day”, was most interestingly led by Mrs. Charles Brown. Mrs. D. W. Keller read several passages of scripture, after which Mrs. J. K. White talk ed on “The Origin of the Sabbath”. Following Mrs. White’s talk, Mrs. S. W. Reid, guest speaker for the afternoon, talked on the “Laws of the Sabbath and How the Sabbath is to be Observed.” After the devotional, Mrs. J. S. Strom, pesident of the class, took charge of the meeting, and several business matters were discussed including plans for an additional purchase of shrubbery for the church grounds which are being landscaped and set. Following the business session, Mrs. C. H. Workman, recreational captain, conducted several inter esting contests and games for the class. At the conclusion of the social hour the hostesses served delicious punch and sandwiches. Taxable Wealth Varies Greatly STUDY SHOWS PROPERTY IN 11 COUNTIES WORTH TOTAL IN OTHER 35 —x- Civil Service Examinations Lespedeza Shows Value On Greenville’s Farms Greenville, March 21.—Many fine lespedeza demonstrations are rap idly convincing Greenville county farmers that lespedeza is extreme ly valuable as a hay crop, as z soil builder, and even as a cast crop when the seed can be harvest ed and sold, according to County Agent W. R. Gray. Dave Tanner, Route 2, Green ville, on a one-acre demonstration of lespedeza last year produced an income of over 50 dollars. About the first of March he planted one bushel of seed on an acre of aver age soil, well prepared for seeding lespedeza. From this he harvested almost two tons of excellent hay, and threshed 32 bushels of seec which should make at least 25 bushels when recleaned. At five cents per pound for seed, and $15.00 per ton for one and one-half tons of hay Mr. Tanner had an income of $53.75 from his one acre of les pedeza. He had already harvested a good yield of wheat from the same land. W. H. Rice of Pelzer had an ex ceptionally abundant growth on a 20-acre lespedeza field. He cut part of his acreage for hay, but panned the larger portion for seed before turning it under to enrich the soil for cotton and com. Mr. Gray has been instrumental in securing several seed pans used in harvesting lespedeza seed, and in securing good sped of the best varieties for farmers in Greenville* county who are interested in this 1 method of soil-building. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol lows: Junior astronomer, $2,000 a year, Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C. Marine engineers, various grades. $2,600 to $3,800 a year, Navy De partment. Agricultural engineers, various grades, $2,600 to $4,600 a year, Bureau of Agricultural Engineer ing, Department of Agriculture. Junior veterinarian, $2,000 a year, Bureau of Animal Industry, De partment of Agriculture. Clinical director (female), $5,600 a year, director of laboratories, $5,600 a year, associate psychothera pist (female), $3,200 a year, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. FYiil 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 second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. ixi Hatch Turkeys Early For Best Results Clemscn. March 21.—Early hatch 'd poults grow much faster and re quire less feed per pound of gain than do late hatched poults, and are usually easier to keep free of such troubles as coccidiosis and worm infestations, according to P. H. Gooding, extension poultryman, who advises practices that will re sult in more eggs, more poults per hen and greater profits. “Most turkeys produced in South Carolina are grown in small farm flocks”, says Mr. Gooding. “The common practice is to let the breeding stock range over the field? with no feed but a small amount of grain, and the hens do not start laying until late in the spring. The hens are then allowed to lay ou' a clutch of eggs, set, and brood the poults. Because of this practice the poults are usually hatched late in the spring. To get the earliest poults it will best to have the first turkey eggs hatched in an incuba tor and brood them with artificial heat or with chicken hens. “To get early hatched poults the hens must be stimulated into early egg production. This can be done by keeping them confined and feed ing a laying mash with ample grain. “Any poultry laying mash is sat isfactory for turkeys, but if one Cclrmbia, March 23.—S. P. Clem ons. director of the division of schoolhouse planning of the state department of education, announc ed Saturday the results of a sur vey showing that 11 counties of the state have as much taxable wealth as the remaining 35, result ing in a tremendous variation in the assessed property valuation per school pupil enrolled in the various counties. The survey, made from figures compiled by workers in the recent survey of school properties made by relief workers in the state, shows that the assessed property valua tion per pupil in the various coun ties ranges from $1,498 in Charles ton and $1,313 in Richland to $332 in Horry and $309 in Claren don. The average valuation per pupil, Mr. Clemons said, was $784. Thirty counties ranked below the average and 16 above it. “With the same levy for physical school plants,” the report said, “16 counties can provide better than the average facilities and 30 counties can provide facilities which will be below average.” Richland, Charleston, Fairfield, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Jas per, Spartanburg, York, Greenville and Newberry have as much tax able wealth as the remaining 35 counties but contain only one-third of the school enrollment. “With the same tax levy the wealthiest county can provide four and one-half times as much phy sical school facilities as the poor est county,” the report said. “Regardless of willingness on the part of the poor counties to pro vide adequate buildings and equip ment they can never with local funds alone provide such facilities in any measure comparable to those of the wealthiest counties. The constitution makes this im possible and the tax burden would be too great.” Mr. Clemons pointed out that “the variation in taxable wealth is even greater among school dis tricts than among counties.” Phy sical school equipment is provided by the districts. The average variation among dis tricts in all counties was at a ratio of 21 to 1. One-third of the total wealth of the state is concentrated in 22 school districts, the survey showed. “In recognition of this unequal distribution of wealth equalization funds for teachers’ salaries an: tiansportation have been establish ed,” Mr. Clemons said. “Yet the part of the educational program which works the greatest hard ship in local taxes when the local district attempts to meet standard: :n building and equipment is sub sidized by neither state no* county.” ixi At The Opera House In Abbeville Belhany H. D. Club •/ Holds Meet in o T 'ethanv H. D. Chib held its reg ular meeting on Monday, March 2nd. The chair was occupied by the President, Mrs. R. H. Quarles. After the usual procedure and singing “Santa Lucia”,, the meeting was turned over to Miss Har^ej who demonstrated whole grain cereals. She advised eating the whole grain products for the vita mins and the roughage they con tain. Our practices are: 1. Use coarse sieve. 2. Serve whole grain product* twice per day. 3. Start cooking cereals in boil ing salt water. 4. Prepare one dish from bulletin. Delicious refreshments were serv ed by Mrs. R. H. Quarles. Reporter. X ^ Mrs. W. R. Watson }. Gives Rook Party One of the most delightful social affairs of the week was a Root party given on Tuesday afternoo*. of last week by Mrs. William Bt Watson at her home here. A profusion of early spring flowers was used in the lin ing room where the three tables were arranged for the players. KL the conclusion of the game, Mrs. Watson was assisted in serving a. most delightful salad course wiflfc coffee by Mrs. L. N. Brown and Mb* Dorothy Watson. Mrs. Porter CL Dorn, Jr., a recent bride, was a. special guest on this occasion. IXT W. N. Smith Residence Damaged By Fiite Fire of undetermined origin par tially destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Smith on Oalr Street here Saturday aftemoofc about 3 o’clock. When the fire was discovered the entire roof was ablaze and o«r of the upstairs bedrooms almcnt falling in. Volunteers assisted lociL firemen in extinguishing the b!a» before the second floor gave way. Most of the family’s clothing w« destroyed and the furniture bad ly damaged by tire and water. It is understood that the losi. estimated at several thousand dol lars, was partially covered by iat- surance. TWO MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FUN & BEAUTY! Friday, March 27th, Kay Fran cis in “I Found Stalla Parish.” Saturday, March 28th, Zanc Grey’s “Wanderer of the Waste land”, with Dean Jagger, Gail Pat rick, Edward Ellis. Late Show Saturday Night March 28th, James Dunn in Vinr Delmar’s “Bad Boy”, with Dorothj Wilson. Monday and Tuesday, March 30- 31st, Eddie Cantor in “Strike Me Pink.” Wednesday, April 1st, “Three Godfathers”, with Chester Morris Irene Hervey. prefers to mix his own mash, a good formula is two parts by weight of yellow corn meal, two parts of wheat middlings, and one part of fish meal. Meat scraps may be sub stituted for fish meal.. This mix ture should be kept before the tur keys all the time and all the grain they will consume given late in the afternoon. sXMinit ? z GOLDWYN. I presents with ETHEL MERMAN SALLY EILERS PARKYAKARKUS and tht Gorgeous GOLDWYN GIRLS. MONDAY # TUESDAY OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. r