McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, May 13, 1937, Image 1
TBU* TO OURSELVIOS. OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirty-Fifth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937
Number 50
Home Demonstration ;Time Limit For
Agent’s Calendar
May 14-20
Friday, office, a. m.; Meriwether
H. D. Cluh, 3 p. m., (Mrs. W. M.
Rowland).
Saturday, office, a. m.; office,
p. m.
Monday, office, a. m.; Modoc H.
D. Club, 3 p. m., (Mrs. Nash).
Tuesday, office, a. m.; Rehoboth
H. D. Club, 3 p. m., (Mrs. Mollie
Moultrie).
Wednesday, office, a. m.; Buf-
falo-Bellevue H. D. Club, 3 p. m.,
(Mrs. M. K. Britt).
Thursday, Washington 4-H Clubs,
a. m.; Sandy Branch H. D. Club,
3 p. m., (Mrs. J. M. Schumpert).
Washington School,
Junior-Senior
Banquet
On Saturday night, May 8. the
Junior Class of Washington High
School entertained the Senior Class
in the school building at a carnival
and banquet. Vari-colored stream
ers of paper, clowns, and festoons
of balloons adorned the room in
which tables were laid for the
guests. The waiters and waitresses
were dressed as clowns in suits of
green and yellow, the class colors.
A three course dinner was served
and the following program was
carried out :
Music—Miss Nellie Gunter.
Invocation—Mr. E. A. Williams.
Welcome—Lewis Rich.
Response—Sara Parks.
“Animal Crackers In My Soup”—
Waiters and Waitresses.
Fortune Telling.
Carnival Band—Willie Reed and
J. H. Fowler.
Toast to Seniors—Gary S^lf.
Response—Annie Laurie Wood.
Farewell—Seniors.
Good-Night, Seniors—Juniors.
1937 Sign Up
May 31st is the last day to sign
up for tho 1937 Farm Program.
Every producer, who has not, and
is planning to sign a work-sheet
this year call by the County Agent’s
office before the above date. This
information has been received
from State authorities and applies
to the whole State of South Caro
lina.
R. D. Suber,
County Agent.
McCormick, S. C.
x
Mt. Carmel JNews
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black spent
Mother’s Day here.
Mrs. Lillian Cason returned home
from Anderson and is now spend
ing some time with Mrs. A. B. An
drews.
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam spent Sabbath
in Anderson, S. C.
Miss Gladys Scott left Sunday
morning for Davidson College,
Davidson, N. C., where she has ac
cepted a very promising position.
Mr. W. L. Miller of Greenwood
was here for Mother’s Day.
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Humphries
and Drennan Brown of Camden
spent the week end with Mrs. Re
becca Boyd and carried Mrs. Boyd
home with them for a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burts of
Anderson were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Curtis for Mother’s Day.
Miss Elizabeth Hester of An
derson Hospital visited Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Hester and family Sab
bath.
Mrs Gladys Bowyer of Anderson
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Scott. Hqt son, Charles,
was a visitor for the day.
Mrs: Calhoun* Harris <and Mrs.
Luther Marchant were week end I
guests of Mrs. J. W. Morrah. They
all attended the unveiling at Bor
deaux and Miss Lennie Covin and
Mrs. George Peel accompanied
them.
Mrs. Rebecca A. Wide- Julian L. Mims,
man Passes Away
Mrs. Rebecca A. Wideman died
at her home in the Long Cane sec
tion, five miles west of Troy, Mon
day night at eight-thirty o’clock
following a stroke of paralysis
suffered on Saturday, April tenth,
two days after her seventy-fifth
birthday.
Her condition was critical from
the beginning. She did not regain
consciousness and pneumonia de
veloped Monday morning.
Mrs. Wideman was the daughter
of the late Dr. E. E. Boyce and
Mrs. Rachel McElwee Boyce and
was a native of Gaston county.
North Carolina. She had made her
home in the Troy section since her
marriage to the late Willaim P.
Wideman more than fifty years
ago. Mr. Wideman died on Thanks
giving Day, 1909.
During all these years Mrs. Wide
man was a religious and civic lead-
Prominent Editor,
Passes
Head of Edgefi-ld Advertiser for
35 Years
Marker Designating
Site Of (]alhoxm
Massacre To Be
Dedicated Sunday
Edgefield, May 8.—Julian Lan
drum Mims, for 35 years editor of
the Edgefield Advertiser, South
Carolina’s oldest newspaper, died
Friday at 12:30 o’clock in the Bap
tist hospital in Columbia, after a
two weeks’ illness. He was born
September 8, 1872, in the Meeting
Street section of Edgefield county,
the son of Matthew Hansford and
Kate Landrum Mims. He attend
ed county schools and The Citadel
in Charleston, being for years a
member of the board of visitors
of the latter institution.
Mr. Mims served in the state
legislature 1918-1920. Was former-
er in her community and her in- ' ly chairman of the Edgefield Coun-
0
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
May 11th and 15th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:15 p. in.
Matinee Saturday 3 p. m.
VICTOR McLAGLEN PRESTON FOSTER
IDA LUP1NO
in
“SEA DEVILS
Also
Two Reel Comedy
“Had Medicine*’
and
World On Parade
“Heart Of The Sierra’s”
MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents
fluence for Christian living will be
a monument to her memory. Gen
tle and kind, as she was, she was
beloved by all who knew her.
Mrs. Wideman is survived by two
daughters, Miss Jennie Wideman,
a registered nurse of New York,
who has been at her mother’s bed
side since her illness, and Miss
Clara Wideman, of Troy; one son,
Boyce Wideman, of Columbia; one
brother, Samuel N. Boyce, and one
sister, Mrs. Carrie Kennedy, both
of Gastonia.
The funeral services were con
ducted at Long Cane Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church Wed
nesday morning at eleven o’clock
by her pastor, the Rev. W. C. Kerr
of Abbeville, and Dr. James P.
Pressly of Due West. Interment was
made in the church cemetery.
XX--•
Represent McCormick
In State Contests
MONDAY and TUESDAY
May 17th and 18th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:15 p. m.
WILLIAM POWELL JOAN CRAWFORD
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
m
“THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY
Also
A Pete Smith Specialty
“Bar*Rac’s Night Out”
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
'mm
ADMISSION: AdnUc ?fS r^vts; Children up tc 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
" J*:-
\
McCormick may soon be on the
map in the world of radio and
beauty contests. Or, at least, it has
a good chance to be so with Miss
Lula Wiggins, Miss Vivian Chiles
and Mr. Morris Drucker represent
ing this city in the state-wide
beauty contest and amateur show
being held at Camden on May 21st,
1937.
Miss Wiggins, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. B. Wiggins, was the
winner of the local beauty contest
held here some time back, and will
now represent McCormick County
in the state pageant. This state
contest will be gala affair, with
entrants from a large number of
South Carolina towns. The v/inner
will receive a silver loving cup as
“Miss South Carolina of 1537”, and
will be given a trip to the “Miss
United States” contest, to be held
scon. In addition, she, as well as
ail other entrants, will receive a
free screen test by experts from
Hollywood.
Miss Chiles, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Barney I. Chiles, and Mr.
Drucker, son of Mr. A. M. Drucker,
competing in thfe state amateur
contest, also to be held at Camden
on the same date, were the winners
of the local contest. The winner
of the state contest will get rhe
chance to compete in the United
States contest, as well as receiving
a radio audition.
Expenses of all contestants while
at Camden will be paid by the All-
State Beauty Show Features, Inc.,
the national organization sponsor
ing the show, which has its home
office at Warm Springs, Ga.
It is a golden opportunity for
Misses Wiggins and Chiles and Mr.
Drucker, and citizens of McCor
mick will do well to attend and
cheer on our representatives.
Chamber Of Com
merce To Meet May 18
There will be a regular meeting
of the McCormick Chamber of
Commerce at the Court House on
Tuesday evening, May 18. All
members are requested to attend
as several out of town speakers
will be present and important mat
ters will be discussed.
J. Fred Buzhardt,
Secretary.
ty Democratic convention and for
about 11 years was a member of
the State Democrtaic executive
committee. He was president of the
South Carolina Press Association
one term; past chancellor local
Knights of Pythias and was a
member of the Junior Order and
Woodmen of the World.
During the World War he was
chairman of the Edgefield coun
ty selective service board and
chairman of the county tax equal
ization board for a number of
years. Mr. Mims was a member of
the Edgefield Baptist church. He
had served as deacon. *
October 6, 1897, he married Miss
Florence Adams, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. T. J. Adams, and in 1902
he succeeded his father-in-law as
(editor of the Advertiser, serving
' Continuously since that time as
editor. Last year he issued a cen
tennial edition of 80 pages.
He is survived by his wife, who
is a member of the state board of
education and president of the
South Carolina W. C. T. U.; two
sons, Matthew Hansford Mims, a
member of the state legislature
from his county, and William Wal
ton Mims of Greenwood, two
daughters, Miss Florence Mims, in
structor at Winthrop college and
Mrs. Orrie Hanson of Charleston;
one grandchild, two brothers, E.
J. Mims and J. E. Mims, both of
Edgefield.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the graveside at Willow Brook
cemetery by the Rev. B. W.
Thomason, assisted by Dr. England,
the Rev. Mr. Holler and the Rev.
Mr. L’heureux.
txi
Exercises Will Be Held in Town oT
Trov at 3:30 p. m., With Joe F.
Chalmers. Commander of Green
weed Port of American Legion,
Presiding
From The Index-Jcumal, Green
wood, May 10.
The marker designating the spo^
where a number of settlers were
massacred by the Cherokee Indian^
on February 1, 1760, known as the
Long Canes or Calhoun massacre,
will be unveiled at the railroad
crossing in the town of Troy nex
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
The marker was purchased by
Greenwood post No. 20 of the
American Legion and will be erect
ed this week.
The local post is the first in the
state to place an historical marker
in the campaign being conducted
by the Department of South Caro
lina for the marking of spots of
special historical interest in the
state.
Joe F. Chalmers, commander of
the post, will be master of cere
monies and the program will in- a granite cross, marking the site
elude music by the 263rd Coast 0 f the church of the original Hu-
conserving crops in order to qualify
for full diversion payments.
Many farmers have had difficul
ty in procuring sufficient logum»
seed this season because of the
scarcity of some varieties and the
lack ef cash at planting time. One
of the best methods of avoiding
these difficulties in 1938 is to grov/
and save enough seed this yea:
to take care of next year’s plant
ings.
Farmers can harvest the seed cr
cut the hay from legumes wltnovr.
affecting their diversion payments.
If they choose to plow under th' 4
legume crops in order to qualify
for a soil-building payment, they
still may harvest the seed before
turning the crops under.
Thus, regardless of what a farm
er may decide to do with his leg
umes, he can get seed from those
crops without in any way interfer
ing with his full participation in
the program. This home-grown
seed will then be available for
planting next year.
More Than 600
Attend Unveiling
Of Huguenot Marker
At Bordeaux Sunday
Artillery Band; invocation by the
post chaplain; address, Highway
Markers, Purpose and Possibilities,
by Oscar H. Doyle, of Anderson;
Historical Background of Long
Canes Massacre by Miss Nora M.
Davis, of Troy; presentation of
marker by William Osce Coleman,
past commander of Greenwood
post; unveiling of marker by
Bertha Mae Harris and Margaret
Dial Calhoun, Calhoun descen
dants; taps, 263rd Coast Artillery
Band; acceptance of marker for
the state by Senator W. H. Nichol
son of Greenwood; appreciation of
county cooperation by F. C. Robin
son, chairman of the McCormick
County Historic Spots Committee,
and Star Spangled Banner by the
band.
Special guests invited are mem
bers of the Greenwood, Abbeville,
McCormick and Edgefield Ameri
can Legion posts; history classes
and all other pupils of the Troy,
Greenwood, McCormick and Ab
beville schools; presidents of the
civic and patriotic clubs of Green
wood, Abbeville and McCormick
legislative delegations and all
county and city officials of Green
wood, McCormick and Abbeville
counties.
XXI
Dog Vaccination Day
Cotton Contest 1936
Reported In Circular
Clemson, May 8.—“Cotton pro
ducers of the United States are
yearly meeting in the world’s cot
ton markets stronger competition
from producers in foreign coun
tries”, says R. W. Hamilton, exten
sion agronomist. “If we are suc
cessfully to meet and overcome
this competition it must, in the
end, be upon the basis of offer
ing a high quality of cotton at a
price that will permit a reasonable
standard of living”, he states.
Pointing out South Carolina cot
ton growers have a distinct market
advantage in that the cotton man
ufacturing plants of the state con
sume annually more high quality
cotton than is produced in
the state, Mr. Hamilton calls at
tention to the purposes and re
sults of the five-acre cotton con
tests towards better yields and
staple values.
Mr. Hamilton’s report on the 1936
cotton contest has been publish
ed in Extension Circular 156, which
may be had free through county
farm agents or from the Publica
tions Department at Clemson Col
lege. The report discusses the pur
poses. results, and practical lessons
of the contests and lists the 659
contestants who completed records
in 1936, with varieties, staple
Saturday, May 15th, dogs will be
vaccinated against rabies in Me
Cormick. Dr. Barnett will be pres
ent to do the vaccinating. A fee
of 50 cents per dog will be charged
for the medicine used.
Time will be from 9 o'clock a. m
to 3 o’clock p. m. Place will be on
lot back of J. T. Martin’s store.
Every dog owner is urged to have
their dogs vaccinated.
R. D. Suber,
County Agent.
McCormick, S. C.
1X1
AAA Urges County
Farmers To Plant
Summer Legume?
McCormick county farmers whr
are participating in the Agricul
tural Conservation Program are
urged by R. D. Suber, county farm
agent, to plant summer legumes
such as soybeans, cowpeas, or vel
vet beans as early as possible in
order to qualify for full AAA pay
ments and to have an adequate
seed supply for 1938.
In addition to the acreage nor
mally planted to soil-conserving
crops, it is necessary that each
farmer plant as many acres to
soil-ccnseiving crops as he diverts
from soil-depleting crops. For ex
ample, a farmer with a 100-acre
cotton base diverts 35 acres to
soil-conserving crops. If this farm-
guenot settlement at New Bor
deaux, near McCormick, was dedi
cated Sunday by the Huguenot So
ciety of South Carolina.
Alex S. Salley, secretary of the
state historical commission, made
the principal address of the
exercises, relating the history of
the French Huguenot group from
its original settlement in 1764 until
it became firmly established in the
vicinity that was the scene of Sun
day’^ celebration.
“Many of the descendants of
these Frenchmen are loyal and
honorable citizens of South Caro
lina today”, Mr. Salley said, "and
it is gratifying to those of us who
take a pride in the history of this
state and the achievement^ of its
people that the Huguenot Society
of South Carolina has seen fit to
revive interest in the establishment
of the French colony here by the
erection of this monument.”
Many notable visitors from all
sections of South Carolina and
Georgia joined with the members
of the South Carolina Huguenot
Society and their friends in this
section in the exercises held for the
unveiling.
The meeting was called to order
by Charles S. Dwight of Charles
ton, president of the society.
The invocation was by the Right
Reverend Albert S. Thomas, L. L. D.,
S. T. D., chaplain of the society.
The Rev. A. F. Doty, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Williugto’a
read the 104th Psalm.
Hon. Albert Gibert of Willington,
chairman of the New Bordeaux
Committee, of the South Carolina
Huguenot Society, introduced Mr.
Salley.
The inscription on the granite
cross was written by Miss Kath
erine B. Mazyck, Charleston, his
torian of the South Carolina So
ciety, and the marker was unveil
ed by four girls, Elizabeth Gibert
of Abbeville, Carolyn Moragne of
Augusta, Katherine LeRoy of Tig-
nall, Ga., and Margaret Gibert
Sherard of Abbeville, who are di
rect descendants of the band of
Huguenots who founded the town
of New Bordeaux in 1764.
Watt’s famous hymn, “O God,
Our Help in Ages Past”, was sung
and the benediction pronounced by
Bishop Thomas.
Among the distinguished guesis
was General Charles Peloit Sum-
merall of The Citadel, Charleston,
and many others.
More than six hundred attended
the exercises and were served a
bountiful picnic lunch and barbe
cue at the elose of the exercises.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements included: Albert Gi
bert, Willington, chairman; J. Arch
Talbert. McCormick, vice chair
man; M. L. Gibert, McCormick;
John A. Gibert, Calhoun Falls; J.
C. Talbert, McCormick; J. M. Hem-
lengths, and yields for these con- to scil-conserving crops he must
er normally plant 15 acres minger, Willington; J. F. Mattiscn,
testants.
have a total of 50 acres of soil-
McOormick, and P. B. Moragne,
Bordeaux.
\
.A