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Sugar Cane
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Twenty-fivte hundred stalks of
two varieties of the new Mosaic
blight resistant sugar cane has been
planted in the County by twenty-
two different farmers. Fifteen hun
dred stalks are of the C. 0.-290
variety while ore thousand is P.
O. J.-213. Both varieties are hardy
and make good quality syrup. The
cane'stalks have been planted and
covered deeply for the winter. After
growth begins next spring it will
be fertilized and cultivated as or
dinary care. This cane was grown
in Orangeburg County. The follow
ing have planted this cane:
M. G. Dorn, McCormick,
W. L. White, McCormick,
M. C. White, McCormick,
H. M. Freeland, Plum Branch,
L. L. Hester, Mt. Carmel,
J. E. Bell, McCormick,
D. J. McAllister, Mt. Carmel,
W. H. Horton, Mt. Carmel,
P. G. Fooshe, McCormick,
J. W. Britt, McCormick,
T. A. Dowtin, Troy,
J. P. Robinson, Troy,
Mrs. Mary W. Wells, McCormick,
M. M. Wall, Plum Branch,
C. E. Wilkie, Plum Branch, »
J. P. Deason, McCormick,
Lewis Scruggs, McCormick,
Pressley Robinson, Troy,
W. W. Keown, Jr., McCormick,
S. L. Britt, McCormick,
J. T. Creswell, McCormick,
E. C. Cheatham, McCormick.
R. D. Suber,
’ > County Agent.
McCormick, S. C. *
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Notice
The Junior
Music Club
Any employee desiring assistance
in completing Social Security Form
SS-5 will please call at the local
post office and same will be furn
ished without charge. These forms
should be filed not latfer than De
cember 5. s.
J. B. Harmon, Jr.,
Postmaster.
The Junior Music Club met with
Henrietta Gilbert on Fridav, No
vember 20th. The following pro-
grarr was rendered:
“Thanksgiving Song”—Club.
“Soldiers Marching By”—Reynard
—Carl Henry Strom.
“Quartet From Rigoletto”—Wag
ner—Lilia Belle Rogers.
“Cheerfulness”—Newmann—Hen
rietta Gilbert and Elizabeth Fooshe.
“Marathon March” — Wallis —
Vivian Chiles.
* Song—“At the Codfish Ball”—
Henrietta Gilbert.
During the social hour delicious
refreshments were served.
Henrietta Gilbert,
Reporter.
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Young’s H. D.
Club Meets
Young’s Home Demonstration
Club met Nov. 11th at the home of
Mrs. D. A. Young, with our agent,
president and 6 members present.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. S. L. Long.
The following program was car
ried out:
Scripture, 70th Psalm, by Mrs.
D. A. Young.
Lord’s Prayer, by the club.
Song, Come Ye Thankful People.
Thanksgiving, by Miss Frances
Walker.
Giving Thanks, by Miss * Alma
Young.
I am Thankful, by Miss Harvey.
Roll called and minutes read and
approved.
The meeting was turned over to
Miss Harvey who gave a demon
stration on fruit cake baking. Miss
Harvey baked three cakes, two for
Mrs. D. A. Young, one for Miss
Willie Young. The club gave $15.00
on the assessments for Long Cane
Church. The next meeting will
meet with Mrs. John Goff Dec. 9th.
Reporter.
(Chamber Of Com
merce Organized
In McCormick
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HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Dccemlior 4th and 5th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. in.
LAUREL, & HARDY
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THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
This is a riot of fun!
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Two Reel Comedy
“FRESH FROM THE FLEET’
and
A Cartoon
‘Tough Egg’
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At a mass meeting held at the
Co'’rfc House on Mond r Novembe y
30, a Chamber of Commerce wa c
organized for McCormick. McCor
mick has long felt the' need of 2
trade organization along this line
Other towns and counties in ths
State have been able to bring va
rioUs enterprises to their town and
the citizens of McCormick felt that
it was high time they formed an
organization to go out after ne^
business. Membership dues have
been placed very low and it is ex
pected that almost every person in
terested in McCormick’s progress
will associate with this organiza
tion.
Several committees were appoint
ed to investigate the possibility of
securing new enterprises for McCor
mick and are already at work.
The meeting also enthusiastically
endorsed the efforts of the mayor
and other town officials to secure
a new town hall, jail and fire de
partment, largely through govern
ment aid.
The following officers were elect
ed to serve for a period of two
years: President, W. N. Smith; Vice
Pres., G. J. Sanders, Jr.; Secretary
and Treasurer, J. Fred Buzhardt.
The board of directors is composed
of 14 members including the presi
dent, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, who serve ex officio.
The directors other than those
above named are: M. C. White, J.
F. Mattison, T. J. Sibert, J. A. Tal
bert, J. R. Corley, J. S. Strom, M.
G. Dorn, J. B. Orr, Paul R. Brown,
J. L. Caudle and C. K. Epting.
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Cotton Ginnings
Given By South
Carolina Counties
Former McCormick
Resident Passes
A pall of sadness was cast ove
McCormick Tuesday afternoon o
last week when news was receive
of the sudden death of Mrs. J. W
Mills of Raleigh, N. C.
f Mrs. Mills is affectionately re
membered here as Miss Clara Bet v
Ballenger, daughter of the Rev. N
G. Ballenger of Mountain Rest, S
C., former pastor of the McCormick
Methodist church, and sister of
Mrs. J. S. Strom. Since her mar
riage she had visited here numbers
of times and a host of friend
mourn her untimely passing •
Besides her husband, J. W. Mills
District Highway Engineer, of Ral
eigh, one daughter, Miss Margaret
Mills, and a son, Billy Mills, shf
is survived by her father. Rev. Mr.
Ballenger, and stepmother, Mrs.
Ballenger, the former Mrs. Annie
Brcwn Davis of McCormick; six
sisters, Mrs. Strom, McCormick; Mrs.
E. W. McElmurray, Beech Island, S
C.; Mrs. R. P. Walker, Waynesville ;
N. C., Mrs. Jack Burley, Charlotte,
N. C.; Mrs. J. A. Dendy, Richland;
Mrs. Nina Burkett, Jacksonville,
Fla., one brother, Mr. Samuel Bal
lenger, of Seneca.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist church in Walhalla
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock,
with her pastor officiating. Inter
ment followed in the Ballenger plot
of the Walhalla cemetery.
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Modoc News
COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO NO
VEMBER 14 IN SOUTH CARO
LINA: CROPS OF 1936 AND 1935.
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report
cn cotton ginned prior to Novem
ber 14, by counties, in South Caro
lina, for the crops of 1936 and 1935.
The total for the State was made
public on Saturday, November 21.
(Quantities are in running bales.
MONDAY and TUESDAY
December 7th and 8tli, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. in.
ELINOR WHITNEY ROBERT CUMMINGS
in
“THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE”
Also
"Wklt I Betty Boop Cartoon
‘More Pep’
and
‘Play, Don’
(Don Bcstnr A Orchestra)
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441
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ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents: Children up to 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
Linters are not
included.)
County
1936
1935
The State _
.--641,818
672,436
Abbeville -
___ 8,343
10,670
Aiker . _
___ 24,517
21,063
Allendale
__ 8,187
7,346
Anderson _ -
33,653
46.441
Bamberg
13,972
10,993
Barnwell
18,163
15,444
Berkeley
_ _ 1,763
2,058
Calhoun
__ 16,575
13,640
Charleston
454
446
Cherokee _ - -
4,358
13,152
Chester . _
___ 9,924
13,986
Chesterfield
.__ 23,834
23,959
Clarendon
15,344
13,204
Colleton _
___ 9,671
6,683
Darlington
._ 22,082
18,435
Dillon _ __ _
.__ 22,188
16,875
Dcrchester _ _ _
7,582
6.073
Edgefield ..
.__ 12,038
14,006
Fairfield
5,179
6,743
Florence .
.__ 19,476
16,322
Greenville _
.__ 22,087
25,909
Greenwood . -
.__ 6,303
8,334
Hampton
— 9,566
6,204
Horry _ _
501
428
Jasper _ -- .
1,273
1,159
Kershaw
.__ 13,749
14,453
Lancaster
.__ 11,343
11,742
Laurens
... 15,424
17,685
Lee _ .
.__ 24,932
21,925
Lexington
13,414
14,268
McCormick
— 3,323
4,964
Marion
.__ 6,786
5,856
Marlboro
- 31,517
37,792
Newberry
12,876
14,449
Oconee
10,094
12,512
Orangeburg
65,056
51,763
Pickens __
14,628
14,542
Richland _
6,183
8,157
Saluda .
6,775
8,131
Spartanburg .
— 25,390
43,915
Sumter
30,237
25,029
Union _________
5,710
10,122
Williamsburg _
--- 16,968
13,298
(York __ __ _
- - _ 8,869
20,673
All other
— 1,511
1,587
Well, we have had real winter
time the past week. Many nice hogs
have been killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner and their
granddaughters, Misses Margie and
Edna Merritt, were dinner guests
Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes, ac
companied by Miss Rosalie Bussey,
made a short visit to Augusta on
Monday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie were
dinner guests Sunday to Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Bussey.
Mr. H. W. Bailey spent the week
end here with homefolks.
Mr. L. B. Stone of Augusta spent
the past week here with his broth
er, Mr. T. J. Stone.
Messrs. H. J. Bussey, E. F. Bus
sey and J. M. Reese were visitors
at McCormick Saturday evening.
The many friends of Mrs. J. M.
Reese will be glad to know that
she is getting along.nicely since
having her tonsils taken out last
week.
Master Walter Holson of Augusta
spent Thanksgiving Day here with
his grandmother, Mrs. Savana
Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Eld Garner made a
short visit to Augusta Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Merritt are
spending the week here among
relatives and friends.
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Terracing, Furrowing
Hold Pasture Water
Save Pasture Soils
Mt. Carmel News
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Russell anr
Miss Elizabeth Russell of August?
spent Thanksgiving Day with M r
J. W. Boyd.
Mr. and Mrs. Inman Griffin an r
Louise of Americus, Ga., were
guests of Mr: and Mrs. Hunter Mc
Kinney Thursday.
Mrs. D. L. Bryson and Mrs. Idr
Black visited relatives in Green
wood Sabbath afternoon.
Mrs. J. R. Tarrant, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Scott, Mr. Robert Scott and
friend of Greenwood visited Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Black in Summer
ville Sunday. Mrs. Tarrant remain
ed for an extended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burts of
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dun
away and family, Mrs. Ben DuBose,
Misses Esther, Elizabeth and Mae
DuBose were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Curtis Thanksgiving.
Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Reid of Mc
Cormick were dinner guests of Mrs.
H. O. Watson and Miss Virginia
Watson last Thursday.
Thanksgiving Day was very quiet
and pleasant here. The two church
es, Presbyterian and A. R. P., unit
ed in a service at the A. R. P.
Church. Rev. A. L. Doty preached
and both Dr. Reid and Rev. Doty
were very generously remembered
in the usual pounding.
Mr. Roy Wells of Manning has
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Harling for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. FYank Robinson,
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Patterson, Mrs.
John McCoy and others from An
derson were guests of Mrs. Myrtle
Mauldin Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Messrs. W. H.
Hester, Lawrence Hester, Jr., Har
old Gilliam and H. O. Watson and
others were Clemson College visitors
last Thursday.
Mr. Harold Gilliam of P. C., Clin
ton, S. C., spent a few days here
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fortson and
Mr. Majette Fortson of Lincolnton,
Ga., visited Misses Lennie and Eliza
Covin Sabbath afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Florence of
Milledgville, Ga., were visitors here
one afternoon recently planting out
some beautiful shrubbery in the
cemetery here. Mrs’. Florence is
pleasantly remembered in the coun
ty as Miss Kathryn McKellar.
We have had all kinds of weather
during the past 24 hours — snow,
sleet, ice, and rain freezing. Our
worst spell of the winter so far.
We are glad to say that Mr. N.
S. Scott has recovered from his
recent illness and Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. White are well again.
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Electric Heating Of
Cold-Frames Tested
Home Demonstration
Agent’s Calendar
December 4-10
Friday, McCormick Hi-Schcc! I-H
Clubs, a. m.; Chestnut Ridge H. D.
Club, (Community House), p. m.
Saturday, Office, a. m.; Of lice,
p. m.
Monday, Office, a. m.; Bethany
H. D. Club, p. m.
Tuesday, Wideman 4-H Club. a.
m.; Mt. Carmel H. D. Club, p. rm
Wednesday, Office, a. m.; Young’s
H. D. Club (Mrs. John Goff’s), p. ’n.
Thursday, Aiken—District Agent’s
Conference.
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3,323 Bales Cotton
Ginned In McCormick
County To Nov. 14
Department Of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census-
State of South Carolina,
County of McCormick.
Cotton: Census report shows that
there were 3,323 bales of cotton gin
ned in McCormick County from the
crop of 1936 prior to Nov. 14, 1936,
as compared with 4,964 bales gin
ned to Nov. 14, 1935, crop of 1935.
Very respectfully,
James E. Bell,
Special Agent.
Date, Nov. 25, 1936.
A New Radio Feature
Brings Southern Lore
“Uncle Natchel and Sonny” Make
Their Bow over the Air Beginning
Week of November Thirty.
Clemson. Nov. 28.—Terracing and
'•on tour furrowing, recommended
by the Extension Service and the
Soil Conservation Service to control
erosion on steep pastures in South
Carolina, will also pay dividends
in profitable livestock returns, ac
cording to Extension Service live
stock specialists.
These practices conserve rainfaL
during the crowing season, mak
ing it possible to have a good
growth of vegetation on a large
portion of the steep pasture land
where this would not otherwise be
possible during the dry summer
months.
Moisture is conserved by controll
ing run-off to prevent erosion.
The good growth of grass obtained
as a result of increased moisture
also provides a better covering for
the soil which further aids in pre
venting sheet and gully erosion.
Small gullies in pastures should
be treated by the use of simple
methods to stabilize them. If treat
ed while small, the formation of
larger gullies can be prevented, it
is pointed out.
Charleston, Ncv. 28.—Tests at the
Truck Experiment Station during
January and February 1936 have
shown the electrically heated cold-
frames to be far superior to those
with no source of heat other than
the sun, J. M. Jenkins, Jr., assis
tant horticulturist at the Truck Ex
periment Station, reports. He sug
gests electric heating as one meth
od of overcoming irregular tem
perature dreps in cold-frames used
extensively in growing tender veg
etable plants for market.
Tomato seed germinated quickly
in the heated beds and the plant
reached a height of two or three
inches before seed in the unheat
ed beds began to germinate. Growth
cf the plants was rapid and vigor
ous, while temperatures in the bed
did not drop lower than 50 degree?
F., the temperature at which the
thermostats were set, during even
the coldest weather. When out
side temperatures dropped to min-
imums of 18 to 24 degrees, the un
heated frames remained barely
above 33 degrees, and plant growth
was greatly retarded.
The initial cost of an installation
in a bed of 600 square feet area
was approximately $60, including
two thermostats. Judging from fig
ures obtained during the current
year, the cost of operation of elec
trically heated cold-frames in the
coastal section should not run
higher than $3.40 per season per
100 square feet of bed, and would
naturally be much lower than that
figure during warmer winters.
A new type of radio entertain
ment goes or the air the week of
November 30th. The Natural Chil
ean Nitrate folks, in behalf of all
Chilean Nitrate dealers and agents,
present Uncle Natchel and Sonny.
These fun makers are the two
characters who first attracted at
tention on the Natural Chilean cal
endars. For several years these cal
endars have been distributed and
the two characters, Uncle Natchel
and Sonny are familiar to thou
sands of Southern farm families.
The new program will be broad
cast twice each week over twelve
Southern stations.
Uncle Natchel is an old deep
south darky whose interdlst lies in
natural things. That’s where he
gets his name, Natchel being his
pronunciation. His part is played
by Frank Wilson, the colored actor
who played “Moses” in both the
stage and motion picture ve-skm
of Green Pastures. Wilson is one of
the leading character actors of his
race, having to his credit in addi
tion to his Green Pastures roles,
notable parts in Porgy and other
stage successes.
Sonny’s role is played by James
Franklyn Allen, a child actor of
unusual ability. Although only nine
years of age, he has already scored
a number of radio hits, particular
ly on one of the well known chil
dren’s programs. He is regarded as
a “comer” in every sense of the
word.
Other characters in the various
episodes are played by capable
stage, movie and radio performers.
Each story in this new twice-a-
week program has been written by
Mrs. Florence Richardson, a South
erner, who has made a life study
of Southern folk lore, who is re-'
ported to know more Southern
songs and stories than any other
writer. Her American Mountain
Songs, published seven years ago
has been accepted by the American
Library Association as a perman
ent record of American songs. She
has had wide radio experience.
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Gin Notice
Starting next week we win have
gin days as follows: Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, Dec. 10th, llth
and 12th; Thursday, FYiday and
Saturday. Dec. 17th, 18th, and 19th.
and Monday and Tuesday, Dec. -1st
and 22nd.
M. G. & J. J. DORN, lire.