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rsu* TO OUKHlCLVttS, OUB NEIGHBORS. UOJJNTRY AND OUR GOD.
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Thirty-Fifth Year
Established June 5, 1902
Dr. Stanley Jones To
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Speak At University
‘ Of South Carolina
Columbia, Dec. 26.—Dr. E. Stan
ley Jones, recognized leader in the
field of missions, who will make
two addresses in Columbia Janu
ary 5, has been an evangelist to
the high castes of India since 1907.
Even his election as bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church in 1928
did not halt his work in the East.
He resigned in order to remain at
his chosen post.
His experiences as a missionary
led to the writing of several fa
mous books. Perhaps his best known
publication is “The Christ of the
Indian Road”, first published in
1925, which has been translated
into 12 foreign languages. Other
books by the noted evangelist in
clude “Christ and Human Suffer
ing”, “The Christ on the Mount”,
“Christ at the Round Table” and
“The Christ of Every Road.”
Dr. Jones came to the United
States on September 7 of this year
for the National Preaching Mission
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Since his arrival he has toured
the country, speaking to enthu
siastic audiences in nearly every
state of the union.
Susannah Wesley
Bible Class Meets
The December meeting of the
Susannah Wesley Bible Class was
held at the Community House
Wednesday, December 16, 1936,
with a large crowd in attendance.
A brilliantly lighted Christmas tree
laden with small gifts through
which the Pollyanna Sisters were
revealed added a festive spirit to
the occasion.
An interesting Christmas pro
gram was carried out under the
direction of Mrs. P. G. Fooshe.
Those taking part were: Mrs. Jno.
Fooshe, Scripture Reading and
Prayer; Mrs. Ruth Duncan giving,
“Christmas at Mt. Vernon in 1783”;
Mrs. Gary Campbell, Reading;
Mrs. Harold Brown, Piano Solo;
Mrs. J. L. Caudle, Christmas poem.
Several Christmas games were
entered into heartily with Miss An
nie Sue Graves, leading. Delicious
refreshments of fruit cake, cream
and coffee were served by the fol
lowing: Mrs. C. H. Workman, Mrs.
A. D. Wideman, Mrs. G. H. McCain,
Mrs. S. E. Johnson and Mrs. Austin
Abercrombie.
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Good Response To
Share Christinas
The Columbia Council of Church
Workers with Students is sponsor
ing the missionary’s visit to South
Carolina. It is made up of denomi
national workers with students in
the city and representatives of the
Y. W. C. A. at Columbia college
and the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W.
C. A. at the University of South
Carolina.
^ R. G. Bell, executive secretary
ofr the Y. M. c. A. at the Univer
sity, is chairman of the committee
arranging Dr. Jones’ visit. Two
addresses have been scheduled, one
in the afternoon and one in the
evening.
With Less Fortunate
Response to the call to share this
Christmas with those less fortu
nate was heartily made by people
of McCormick. More than three
dozen baskets containing food,
clothing and toys were fixed and
delivered by a welfare committee
of nine ladies representing three
local churches and the McCormick
Lions Club, sponsors of this fine
work.
The W. P. A. Recreation workers
and the N. Y. A. boys and girls
collected and mended, making like
new, the toys placed in the baskets.
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McCORMICK. S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936
Number 31
Interesting Student
Night Program
At Baptist Chureh
An interesting program was pre
sented for Student Night, Sunday
at McCcrmick Baptist Church. The
program was arranged by Miss
Elizabeth Harris, student at Erskine
College.
Special music for the occasion
was arranged by Miss Mary Sue
Coleman, former Sunday School
pianist, of the Business University
at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Other students taking part on
the program previous to the pas
tor’s message were Misses Annie
Laurie Sturkey and Elizabeth
Brown of Winthrop College and Mr.
John Nixon Talbert of Clemson
College.
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Crowd Gathers
To Sing Carols
Several hundred voices were
united Wednesday afternoon of last
week in welcoming in the Christ
mas Season through the singing of
Christmas carols around the beau
tifully lighted Christmas tree on
the square in McCormick.
Mr. R. D. Suber with his saxo
phone and Dr. C. H. Workman with
his claronet led the singing. After
singing at two points in the up
town section the group moved on
to posts near the homes of several
people who were shut-in by sick
ness. Santa Claus was present to
delight the children and deliver
gifts to the shut-ins.
This beautiful observance of
Christmas was sponsored by local
W. P. A. organizations in collabo
ration with N. Y. A. and the local
churches.
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Card Of Thanks
To those who gathered to sing
Christmas carols for me last Wed
nesday I’d like to express deep ap
preciation. Coming from the space
in the darkness, the beautiful
music was heavenly. It brought joy
to my heart. To those whose gifts
were enclosed in the “Sun-Shine
Bag” I’d like to say, “Thank you”,
too.
The gift which I open each day,
truly brings “Sunshine” to my
heart. For every kind remembrance,
I am deeply grateful.
Mrs. W. G. Huguley.
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Modoc News
Well, I guess everybody enjoyed
the beautiful spring days we had
during the Christmas holidays.
Miss Maggie Nash from Lincoln-
ton, Ga., spent the past week end
here with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash.
Miss Georgie Reese from Green
wood spent Christmas here with
her brother, Mr. J. Morgan Reese.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Baldin from
Savanna were week end visitors
here to the latter’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bussey spent
f he oast week among relatives in
Augusta.
Mrs. J. O. McDaniel and Mrs.
Minnie Bussey were visitors Sun
day to Mr. and Mrs. Talton Prince
ft Edgefield.
Mr. W. W. Reese from Augusta
ks spending the week here with his
brother, Mr. J. M. Reese.
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. White spent
Sunday among relatives and
friends at White Town.
Mrs. Laura Garner is spending
this week among relatives and
friends in Augusta.
Mr. Clarence Howie from the
Bradley C. C. C. Camp spent the
past week here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie.
Mr. James Bussey returned Sun
day evening to Alexandria, Va.,
after spending the past week here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
F. Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Robertson and
Mr. and Mrs. Pat McDaniel from
Avondale, N. C., spent the week end
here among relatives and friends.
Ncw t Years
Best Wishes
I wish to use this method to
wish all the people of McCormick
County a Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
H. E. FREELAND.
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Shower For Dr.
And Mrs. S. W. Reid
The regular mid-week prayer
meeting of the Pressly Memorial
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church was held at the home of
the Pastor, Dr. S. W. Reid and Mrs.
Reid, Wednesday evening, Decem
ber 23.
When the crowd arrived, each
one was laden with packages for
the pastor and his wife. Everything
to complete a bountiful Christmas
dinner was included besides many
good things to fill the pantry. This
expression is symbolic of the high
esteem in which Dr. and Mrs. Reid
are held by the people of this sec
tion.
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Mt. Carmel News
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burts of
Anderson spent Christmas Day
with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curtis.
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Misses Mary
Hardaway and Mary Jane Morrah
spent Christmas Day in Clinton.
Harold Gilliam accompanied them
home to spend a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson, Miss
es Lura Jean and Virginia Watson
spent the Christmas week end with
Capt. and Mrs. W. B. Sharp at Fort
McPherson and Atlanta.
Dr. and Mrs. M. T. Wells of At
lanta and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Plow-
den of Manning were visitors in
Mt. Carmel a short while Sabbath
afternoon. They were en-route to
Atlanta.
Rev. and Mrs. Chisholm Halliday,
who have been taking Bible courses
in New York, spent Thursday night
with Misses Florence and Susie
Patterson. They were en-route to
Alabama where the children are
staying with Mr. and Mrs. Harper,
Mrs. Halliday’s parents.
Misses Esther, Elizabeth and Mae
DuBose and Messrs. Curtis and Sam
Dunaway and Jack DuBose are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curtis.
Mrs. Lillian Cason and Mrs.
Mabel Brown were McCormick vis
itors Thursday.
Mrs. W. H. Horton visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Seabrook and fami
ly Christmas.
Dr. and Mrs. George Peel, of An
derson, Mrs. Clara Majette and
Miss Virginia Majette were Christ
mas guests of Misses Lennie and
Eliza Covin.
Mr. Gus Covin accompanied Dr.
Peel home for a short stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Black and
children, Beneva, Jimmie and John,
of Summerville spent the Christ
mas week end with Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Scott.
Mrs. J. W. Morrah is spending
some time with Mrs. M. L. Mar-
chant in Greenville.
Mrs. Cora Lane Smith of Brenau
College spent a few days here
Christmas.
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Edwards of
Greenville were Christmas guests.
Miss Elizabeth Hester of Anderson
was a visitor here Christmas, also
Mr. and Mrs. James Hester and
children, Flo and Jimmie, were
Christmas guests.
Mrs. D. L. Bryson, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Lanier, Miss Virginia Lanier
of Calhoun Falls, Mrs. Ida Black
and Mrs. R. J. McAllister were
Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. McAllister.
Mrs. Mattie Reid, Mr. Baker Tar
rant, Misses Carolyn Tarrant,
Gladys Scott and Helen Anderson,
Mr. Robert Scott and Mr. W. L.
Miller, of Greenwood, Mrs. Gladys
Bowyer and Mr. Charles Bowyer of
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Black and
family of Summerville and Mrs. J.
R. Tarrant were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Scott Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black of Bel
ton were visitors of Mrs. Ida Black
Sunday.
Cotton Ginnings
Given By South
Carolina Counties
COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO DE
CEMBER 13 IN SOUTH CARO
LINA: CROPS OF 193S AND 1935
The Department of Commerce
through the Bureau of the Census
announces the preliminary repor'
on cotton ginned prior to Decem
ber 13. by counties, in South Caro
lina, for the crops of 1936 and 1935.
The total for the State was made
public on Monday, December 21.
(Quantities are in running bales.
Linters are not included.)
County
1936
1935
The State -
729,927
720,701
Abbeville _ __
10,136
11,324
Aiken
26,692
22,290
Allendale __
8,551
7,690
Anderson
40,198
48,090
Bamberg _
_ _ 14,233
11,261
Barnwell
19,074
15,954
Berkeley __ _
1,890
2,220
Calhoun
17,946
14,673
Charleston
504
501
Cherokee
6,481
14,248
Chester
12,866
14,993
Chesterfield
__ 27,013
25,880
Clarendon __
16,121
13,868
Colleton
9,851
6,767
Darlington _
24,521
20,311
Dillon
24,476
18,461
Dorchester __
7,665
6,223
Edgefield _ _
14,151
14,635
Fairfield
6,738
7,768
Florence _ _
21,358
18,320
Greenville ___
27,695
27,973
Greenwood
7,843
8,972
Hampton
9,816
6,642
Horry —
528
456
Jasper
1,295
1,206
Kershaw
15,773
15,920
Lancaster _ .
14,246
13,312
Laurens
18,413
18,807
Lee
27,328
23,427
Lexington ___
15,572
15,258
McCormick __
4,036
5,143
Marion
___ 7,344
6,312
Marlboro
34,641
41,284
Newberry
15,876
15,799
Oconee _ . _
12,378
13,019
Orangeburg _
68,191
54,348
Pickens
17,690
15,623
Richland
7,258
9,098
Saluda
8,187
8,730
Spartanburg
33,606
46,722
Sumter
32,336
27,022
Union
7,416
10,583
Williamsburg
17,675
14,054
York
12,802
23,901
All other
1,517
1,613
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Plans Made For
Livestock Show
Regulations Adopted For Cattle
Exhibition In Augusta March
30-31
From The Augusta Chronicle, Dec.
30.
Expressing enthusiasm for the
livestock program sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce and pre
dicting a successful continuation
of the industry with Augusta as the
hub of a 23-county livestock pro
ducing area, members of the steer
ing committee of the Twin States
Livestock Producers association met
with President Dewey H. Johnson
yesterday and mapped plans for
the first annual Fat Cattle Show
and Sale.
The committeemen were elected
by a mass meeting of farmers,
farm agents, bankers, business men
and newspaper editors at the Hotel
Richmond last summer. They rep
resent all sections of the 23 coun
ties included in the association.
ADOPTED REGULATIONS
In the main, the committee
adopted the rules and regulations
suggested for the show by Dr. Mil-
ton P. Jarnigan, head of animal
husbandry at the Georgia State
College of Agriculture, and Dr. J.
R. Hawkins, beef cattle specialist
of Clemson College.
Significant changes were made
to allow a large field of entrants
in the show which is to be held
March 30-31, 1937.
The committee met at 4 o’clock
in the directors’ room of the Citi
zens it Southern National bank
with the following present: Martin
Thomas of Allendale, S. C., W. H.
Hester of Mt. Carmel, S. C., D. E.
Johnson of Warrenton, Ga., and
V. B. Jenkins of Blundale, Ga.
Showers For Rev.
A. Thad Persons
And Familv
Members of the McCormick Bap
tist Church joined in expressing
appreciation of their pastor, the
Rev. A. Thad Persons and his fam
ily Saturday afternoon when a
bountiful shower of good things
to eat was left on their front po-’ch.
Everything was included to com
plete a Christmas feast from a tur
key down to a stock of staple gro
ceries to fill the pantry.
During the same week members
of the Rev. Persons’ church at Will-
ington also showered them with
pantry supplies. This pounding in
cluded a coop of frying size chick
ens.
Members of Buffalo and Bethany
churches also showered them with
many good things to eat a few?
weeks ago.
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Death Claims
A. A. Edmunds
Edgefield Magistrate And Former
County Supervisor Passes Away
Edgefield, S. C., Dec. 28.—A. A.
Edmunds, age 70, widely known
Edgefield magistrate, former coun
ty supervisor, died at his residence
yesterday following an illness ol
several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
at Edgefield Baptist church this
morning at 11 o’clock.
Edgefield Masons conducted
graveside services.
Mr. Edmunds, one of Edgefield
county’s best known citizens, was
a native of McCormick county but
had resided in this community
most of his life. He served one term
as a member of the county com
mission and later, about 15 years
ago, twice held the office of coun
ty supervisor.
Death claimed Mr. Edmunds
while he still held the office of
county magistrate. He had for sev-*
eral years administered the affairs
of this unit faithfully and effi
ciently.
Mr. Edmunds was active in botbr
the civic and religious life of this
community. He was a devoted
member of the Edgefield Baptist
church, an affiliation he made ear
ly in life. Mr. Edmunds was a vet
eran member of the Masonic clul»
and the Junior Order.
Mr. Edmunds is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. C. F. Kohlruss, of
Augusta; Mrs. C. D. Winner, of
Jackson, Miss., and Miss Emmie
Lou Edmunds, of Edgefield; three
sons, W. A. Edmunds, of Washing
ton, D. C.; Lester M. Edmunds, of
Colliers (this county), and Christo
pher F. Edmunds, of Patterson, N-
J.; four brothers, R. N. Edmunds?,
of Parksville, S. C.; J. W. Edmunds,
of Yoi*k, S. C.; Joe F. Edmunds, of
Abbeville, S. C., and F. F. Edmunds,
of Spartanburg, S. C.; one sister,
Mrs. G. D. Price, of McCormick, S-
C.
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182 Enlisted
At Greenwood
Sergeant Clifford C. Floyd, U. S,
Army Recruiter, Greenwood, an
nounced Tuesday that during the
year 1936, 182 young men were en
listed in the U. S. Army at the
Greenwood station. These meu
were from the following Counties i
Anderson, Abbeville, Edgefield^
Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Mc
Cormick, and Saluda. These younjg
men are now stationed in Army
Post in the Panama Canal Zones
Hawaiian Islands; 9th Corps Area,
including California and several
western states; 1st and 2nd Corps
Areas, including New York and the
New England states; Fort Benningv
Ga.; Fort Moultrie, S. C.; and Fort,
Bragg, N. C.
Sgt. Floyd states that he has
several vacancies now for the
Panama Canal Zone; Fort Bragp,
N. C., and Fort Moultrie, S. C. These
vacancies should be filled as soon
as possible. Any young men in
terested are invited to apply at.
the U. S. Army Recruiting Station,
Post Office Building, Greenwood*
S. C.
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