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.L,' ?***< ^ _ fTMlil iTill TSUK TO OURSELVttS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Fifth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 193^ Number 47 Death Of - Charles j. Britt Coming as a shock to relatives and friends was the death of Charles J. Britt, age 73, which oc curred at his home in Boliver, Tenn., April 14th, after a short illness. He was a member of one of McCormick’s pioneer families. In early fnanhood he was married to Miss Decie Earle of Anderson, S. C. She died within a few weeks, and in 1922 Mr. Britt married Miss Julia Jones of Boliver, Term., where he has since made his home. She died July, 1936. Survivors are four sisters, Mrs. Sarah O. Mattison, McCormick; Mrs. *Mattie Britt Watson, Ander son, S. C.; Mrs. Mollie Chnkscales, and Miss Lillie Britt of Willington, S. C., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted from Buffalo Baptist Church Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. A. Thad Persons, pastor of Buffalo church, where Mr. Britt had been a member since childhood. Inter ment followed in the Britt plot in the churchyard cemetery with the following serving as pallbearers: J. Frank Mattison, Arch Britt, Leslie Britt, J. B. Britt, David Wat son and James Mattison. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. 1X1 Poultry School Here April 27th At 3 O’clock p. m. A County-wide Poultry School will be held at McCormick in the Court House, Tuesday, April 27, at 3 o’clock. Miss Eleanor Carson, Ex tension Poultry Specialist, from Winthrop College will be in charge of the meeting. Everybody interest ed in poultry work is invited to at tend. Matilda Bell, County Home Demonstration Agent. Better Homes ' . Week Observed April 26th-May 1st Better Homes Week this year will be April 26th to May 1st. Through the County Home Demonstration Agent, Miss MatUda Bell, the Beau tification Chairman of each club is cooperating in a State-wide Program, to encourage repairs and improvements of farm homes. Em phasis is being placed on cleaning- up and painting-up during this week. An orderly farm home in good repair, with surroundings that are attractive and well-kept, adds much to the comfort, convenience,, and happiness of each member of the family. A County Report of all work done will be sent to Miss Bessie Harper, State Chairman of Better Homes. -TXT- Susannah Wesley Bible Class Meets One of the most delightful oc casions of the season was Wednes day afternoon when Mrs. Melvin E. Derrick entertained members of the Susannah Wesley Bible Class. Assisting Mrs. Derrick were Mrs. John T. Faulkner, Mrs. J. T. Foo- she, Mrs. Ruth Duncan and Miss Fannie Edmunds. A most interesting program was carried out with Mrs., Jack Scruggs in charge. The subject was “The Importance of Attending Church Services”. Scripture was read by Mrs. T. J. Price; “Why Parents should attend church”, by Mrs. J. S. Mann. “My Church” was the subject of Mrs. A. C. Earnhardt’s talk'and “What The Church Can Offer Little Children”, Mrs. Ruth Duncan’s. Mrs. B. I. Chiles read a poem entiUed “What’s Wrong With The Church”. During the social hour several games were directed by Miss Sallie Lou Cade, Recreation. Worker. The hostesses served a delicious stoeet course. Methodists Will Celebrate The Bishops’ Crusade ^ The local Methodists will have a program and supper at the com munity house at 8:00 Friday even- ( ing, April 23rd, celebrating the Bishops’ Crusade. The Bishops’ Crusade was begun by the college of bishops as a means of calling the Church to a spiritual awakening. Definite programs outlined by the bishops will be followed for at least two years. This year all Southern 1 Methodists will meet for a supper hour. The proceeds will go toward paying off the Mission Board debt. | On the program Friday evening will be local ministers and musi cians. At 8:45 a message by radio will be heard from one of the bishops who will speak from At lanta, W. S. B. . The Methodists at Troy will have a similar gathering at the school house at 8:00 the same evening. M. E. Derrick, Pastor, McCormick Methodist Charge. and Mrs. J. O. McDaniel. Miss Louise McDaniel left Sunday for Albany, Ga., where she will spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Barret Edmonds of Augusta were week end visitors here to the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McDaniel. Mr. T. J. Stone made a short visit to Augusta on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Clarence Howie from Camp Bradley made a short visit here Sunday p. m. to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie. Mr. and Mrs. Connel of Augusta were visitors here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Marshall. Mt.~ Carmel News HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY April 23rd and 24th, 7:15 p. m. and 9 p. m. MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. SALLY ELLERS ROBT. ARMSTRONG ' in ' “WITHOUT ORDERS” Also MARCH OF TIME and Sports by BiJI Comm “Goals for Gold & Glory , MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY April 26th and 27th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:15 p. m. LILY PONS—GENE RAYMOND JACK OAKIE » in > “THAT GIRL FROM PARIS” f ir (We hope you won’t miss this!) rpkj’ _n Also VWf/C • PATHF. TOPIC r and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up tc 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Regular Meeting Of McCormick Chamber Of Commerce The McCormick Chamber of Commerce regular meeting was held at the McCormick County Court House Tuesday night, April 20, 1937. A number of matters came before the Chamber for attention The matter of securing the co operation from merchants in clos ing the stores and business places each Thursday afternoon during the summer months was discussed and, on motion of Rev. Thad Per sons, a Committee was appointed to contact the merchants and busi ness houses in McCormick County and endeavor to secure an agree ment to close on Thursday after noons during the summer and at 6 p. m. each week day, Saturdays excepted. The Forestry situation in Mc Cormick County was discussed at length. In vi9w of the fact that no provision has been made by the Federal Government to assume any part of the bonded indebtedness of McCormick County, the Chamber adopted a resolution offered by J. Fred Buzhardt to request Senator Byrnes, Senator Smith and Con gressman Taylor to oppose the ap propriation of any money for the purpose of purchasing land in the Long Cane Unit until some pro vision is made for the Federal Government to assume a part of the bonded indebtedness of this County. / A report was made by J. A. Tal bert concerning the status of the bridge between McCormick and Lincolnton, Georgia, over Savan nah River. The latest information on this project is that the letting of this contract will be advertised ay the Georgia Highway Depart ment within 10 days. The matter of the annual ban- iuet of the Chamber of Commerce .vas discussed and a committee, of vhich W. T. Strom is chairman, was appointed to make the neces- :ary arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mr. Tarrant Scott were Greenwood visitors Sabbath afternoon. • Mr. Jim McCombs was a visitor here Saturday. Mrs. D. J. McAllister, Mrs. W. A. Scott and Miss Gladys Scott at tended the meeting of Presbytery and other things at the Presby terian church in Cross Hill Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cason and family visited Mrs. Lillian Cason Sabbath morning. Mrs. N. S. Scott was a visitor in Andereon last \reek for a day or two. Miss Gladys Tarrant of Green wood is spending a few days at home. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Harris and Miss Kittle Morrah of Ander son visited Mrs. Irene Morrah last Sabbath afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stone and Mrs. Adams of Ninety Six, Mrs. Sizemore and sister of Greenwood wvtm pleasant guests of Mr. -and Mrs. D. W. Harling one day last week. We are glad to say that Mrs. Harling is able to be up a few hours each day. Modoc News Well, the weather is beautiful this week and the farmers are be ginning to plant their cotton. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Boswell from Apling, Ga., were week end visitors here to Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Miss Edna Merritt spent the past week end with Miss Pemelia and Etovl Clem. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bilton were week end visitors to the former’s parents at Eutawville. Miss Margie Effie Bussey was dinner guest to Miss Lucy Bussey on Monday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ward of Au gusta made a short visit here Sun day to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Garner. Mr. L. C. Reese from Barnville spent Sunday here with his broth er, Mr. J. Morgan Reese. | Mrs. Mamie McDaniel from Au gusta spent Sunday here with Mr. Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, April 17.—It con tinues to appear that the Fire Pre vention Program carried on in the Long Cane Ranger District is real ly having a definite effect for al though the past week was an ideal week for forest fires to start from debris burners and smokers in the woods, no fires occurred on the en tire District. There are few people who can appreciate the lack of these fires more than the men at Bradley, who have to fight them when they do occur and it is very comforting to see the trees turn ing green and thus reducing the fire hazard. The storm of last Thursday night did no particular damage to the camp but a swath was cut through the body of pines back cf the Troy Lookout Cabin and a slight amount of damage was done to the im provements on the top of Parson’s Mountain. The telephone lines survived the storm with practical ly no damage. Gus Collins, who has been acting as lookout at Parson’s Mountain, is now on leave and with an op- oortunity of becoming one of Mr. Hoover’s G-Men. The men at camp feel that all Mr. Hoover has to do is announce that Gus is on his force and all the public enemies will hang up their gats and re tire. Charlie Chamberlain, carpenter and skilled worker at Bradley, was injured last Wednesday night in Clinton when a trailer attached to his personal car ran backwards on him. We are hoping that Mr. Chamberlain will have little diffi culty with his injuries and will be back on the job soon. Three new local experienced men were enrolled Thursday. Jessie Harper, Thomas Robinson and Lawrence Boatwright will now con sider Camp Bradley home and will be assigned to various work proj ects as soon as possible. Charlie Shipp, who has been working in the Forest Service of fice at Bradley until recently when he had an opportunity to do some braking on the Central of Georgia Railroad has now returned to camp to assist Superintendent Allen in ( the office until further work ma terializes on the railroad. Baptist Hospital Day The Second Sunday In May - _ f. The Baptist State Convention, in its November meeting, requested that on Mother’s Day, which is the second Sunday in May, the church es in each association within thf State, make a special offering honoring mothers, both dead, anc living, for the payment of the bonded indebtedness on the Bap tist Hospital at Columbia, S. C. Recently this institution has been refinanced, and by doing so, there is a saving of about forty thousand dollars to the Baptists of the State. There are legal matters connect ed with the refinancing it that makes it necessary that we make a larger offering this year in or der that we may meet that. We are called upon to double our offering? throughout the State. This will call for our Association to double its gifts which, if done, will mean that each church 'will have to double its individual gifts. Last year we gave in the Edgefield Association $115.78 with only 16 churches con tributing. We hope every church (19 in all) will help to raise the $231.56 we are called upon to raise as our part. On account of so many churches having only one and two services per month I am sending literature and envelopes to each - Sunday School Superintendent,' as in so many cases the pastors cannot be there. Literature has been mailed to each of the pastors of our As sociation. Immediately after the offerings are made the.money from’ each .Cfrurch should be sent to Dr. W. M. Whiteside, Baptist Hospital, Columbia, S. C., marked “Mother’s Day Offering.” In the past some have sent the offerings to Dr. Charles A. Jones, Baptist House, Columbia. If any of you should send it to him again be sure to designate it as "Mother’s Day Of fering” for the Hospital. Every dollar given will be applied to the bonded indebtedness on the in stitution if it should be many times what we are asked for. This Hospital is a plant that will be blessing Fathers, Mothers, and children long after we are dead. Let us all do our best for it while we are living and able to support it. People everywhere will reap its benefits who will never be a patient there through its more widely ex perienced doctors and efficient nhrses who go out from there to nurse our sick in all parts of this, and other states. This is sent forth with a prayer that every Baptist in this Associa tion may contribute, and every lover of such work as is done there may contribute as much as you de sire. We are not soliciting your gift if you are not a Baptist, but we want you to know your gift will be acceptable both to us, and al- m to God. Yours with prayer for success. O. L. Orr, Associational Hospital Representa tive. Plum Branch, S. C., April 16, 1937. and terraced gardens, all will be shown. Of special interest will be a group of gardens devoted to the culture of roses, another to the cul ture of iris and still, another group to mountain plants. Hostessses will be in each garden to greet visitors and every eftort will be made to make the day an enjoyable occasion. The routes to the various gardens will be marked and itineraries will be furnished. Tickets and informa tion may be secured at the Y. W. C. A. on West Washington Street and at the headquarters in front of Christ Church on East North Street. Open Garden Day is sponsored each year by the Young Women’s Christian Association for the bene fit of Camp Burgiss Glen, the Y. W. C. A. summer camp at Cedar Mountain, North Carolina. Bethany H. D. Club Meets The Bethany Home Damonstra- tion Club met at the school build ing on Monday p. m., April 5th. The meeting was opened by sing ing “Would God I Were a Tender Apple Blossom”. The Pres., Mrs. R. H. Quarles. Sr., presided, arid the following, program was carried out: Scripture, 91 Psalm. . Prayer, Mrs. J. W. Seigler. Roll called, minutes read and ap proved. Several appropiate readings were given by different members. Our new Agent, Miss Matilda Bell, then took charge and gave a very .interesting lesson on “Food and Other Factors In Good Nu trition.” During the social and recreation al period several contests were en joyed after which the hostesses served refreshments of sandwiches and iced tea. Reporter. txt Carolina Beef Cattle At Livestock Shows -rxi- Open Garden Day Will Be Held In Greenville., Friday, April 30th The seventh annual Open Gar den Day will be held in Greenville on Friday, April 30 from 8:30 o’clock in the morning until late in the afternoon. The Greenville Gardens are just ly famed for their beautiful land scaping and richness of bloom and every year hundreds of visitors from South Carolina and neighbor ing states visit the gardens. About twenty of the city’s most beautiful gardens will be open and included in the group will be gar dens emphasizing special features. Large and small gardens, old gar dens and new gardens, gardens full of bloom and gardens featur ing shrubbery and grass, hillside Clemson, April 17.—South Caro lina beef cattle growers have made successful showings at recent beef cattle shows. To illustrate: At the recent Savannah fat cat tle show, Nicholas Roosevelt of Gippy Plantation, Berkeley county, showed an eight-months old calf that won reserve champion, first place as lightweight steer, and first place in lightweight pen. This calf sold after the show for 23 ^ cents per pound. Mr. Roosevelt also ex hibited the grand champion steer of the show. “This splendid show ing will encourage interest in beef cattle in this section”, states J. EL Harvey, county farm agent. Sumter county junior farmers made an excellent shewing also at the Savannah show. The Sumter 4-H boys exhibited the grand, champion South Carolina calf, the reserve grand champion South Carolina calf, the reserve 4-H champion and the grand champion pen of the show, and first prize in the heavy Angus department. Their winnings amounted to $66 in premiums, three silver cups, and a registered beef calf. Sam Gar wood, who exhibited three calves, was high individual scorer in the judging contest and won the show manship trophy and the judging trophy for the second year in suc cession. At the Augusta fat stock show an outstanding exhibit was that of cattle fed by W. C. Bryan of Fair fax. These cattle had been fed for 83 days with an average gain of 169 pounds. They had been fed a home-grown mixture of corn-and- cob-meal, velvet beans, oats, cot tonseed meal, and hay at a total cost of $620.31. The cattle sold for $9.09 per hundred. “Valoing the cattle at six cents a pound at the beginning of the feeding period, we have an increase in value above feed cost of $26tf!39 or about $9 per head”, sayj^'Vtf. H. Pressly, Allen dale count? farm agent. “In addi tion Mr. Bryan hauled out 225 loads of compost to improve cotton, and corn land.”