Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V m L A A? ; wc. i V , 4-X McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA; Thursday, June 17, 1937 Remember - You Always Save At Gallant-Belk Co. SHOP and SAVE AT GALLANT-BELK CO THE HOME OF BETTER VALUES Greenwood’s Leading Department Store MEN’S SOX For Only 5c Pair Think of buying a good * pair of Men’s Sox for only 5c! Men's HANDKERCHIEFS gg Each Think of buying goood handkerchiefs at only 3c! If you want a better quality, ask to see those on sale at 5c each! A Clean-Up, Fix-Up Special 9 x 12 Grass or Rice Straw 9 x 12 GOLD SEAL RUGS $7,95 ~ $8,95 This group does not include the latest patterns, hut you do get the high quality at a very special price. Tv here else, other than at Gallant-Belk Co., can you find as good CLEAN-UP BARGAINS as these_ OCTAGON SOAP 12 CaLesfor ggg OCTAGON WASHING POWDER t 2 hoxrs for ggp RUGS $2.98 Even 4 String Corn BROOMS cost less at Gallant-Belk Co. Where other than at Gallant-Belk Co., can you secure a good 4-string broom for only 19C Select Your WINDOW SHADES at Gallant-Belk Co., and save! We offer a real good quality window shade for only 49c See these and you'll find a much better value than you would expect at this price. SAVE MONEY ON BEAUTIFUL RUGS! 9 x 12 Felt Base RUGS $4.95 \ • Pretty patterns, without borders. The Genuine Gold Seal RUGS 9 x 12 $8.49 The very best Gold Seal made. If you want the best there is in the very newest patterns, these are the rugs for you! Especially Beautiful 9 x 12 FELT BASE RUGS $5.95 A big assortment, with borders to choose from. Another Big Lot 9 x 12 FELT BASE RUGS $6.95 - $7.95 Outstanding for quality anil ability to stand wear; choose from a wide variety of lovely patterns. Scalloped and Fringed WINDOW SHADES 79c This is the shade for vou if von want to make vour * • home unusually attractive. The kind that ordinarily sells for SI.00. Buy window shades and rugs, then visit our big House-Furnishings Department on the second floor, and see the wonderful values in CURTAINS Ruffled, fluffy curtains or trim tailored curtains. You’ll find them here extra wide, extra long, in ex tra quality and all of them extra values! Good Quality CURTAINS 48c *'»*5*r Better Quality CURTAINS 79c Fine Quality CURTAINS 98c Use Our Lay Away Plan. A Small Deposit Holds Any Item Until Wanted. Buy Here And Save! GALLANT-BELK CO. For Ten Years - Greenwood’s Leading Department Store The Home Of Better Values Sells Everything For Less GREENWOOD, S. C. •'■s / )£Pen?anaf\ Mr. and Mrs. Hazen H. Johnston and son, Hazen, Jr., from Cleve land, Ohio, arrived Sunday for a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin. Mrs. Raymond L. Reeves of Cleveland. Ohio, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Weeks of Baltimore, Md., were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Butler Minor, of the Bethany section, last week. Mr. Weeks is a brother of Mrs. Minor. Visitors in the home of Mr. and ! Mrs. Elmer Creighton the past week were Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Creighton and daughter, Sybil, of Charlotte, and Miss Kate Creighton of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Graves, Mrs. Sue Connor and Miss Mildred Creighton spent the past week end in Greer. Miss Alma Faulkner of Augusta. Ga., spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Faulkner. Mr. A. B. Andrews of Willington was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. L. L. Hester of Mt. Carmel was a visitor here one day the past week. Mrs. A. B. Lyon "has returned from a two weeks’ visit to relatives in Columbia. Mrs. T. J. Haynes left Sunday for Hickory, N. C., after spending two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Smith. Scmggs-Padgett \ Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scruggs of McCormick have announced the marriage of their daughter, Georgia Catherine, and T. Ransome Padgett, Jr., on Sunday evening, June 6, 1937. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. L. E. Wiggins, pastor of Main Street Methodist church of Greenwood at his residence. Mrs. Padgett is the younger daughter of her parents and a graduate of McCormick high school and has recently completed her first year at Limestone College, Gaffney. Mr. Padgett is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Padgett, a graduate of Gaffney high school and is as sociated in business with his fa ther in Gaffney where he and Mrs. Padgett are residing following a short wedding trip. Gunter-Howle Characterized by beauty and simplicity was the marriage of Miss Nellie Gunter and Mr. William M. Howie which was solemnized at 8 o’clock Thursday evening, June 10, at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. D. C. Talbert, and Mr. Talbert, here on Augusta Avenue. The im pressive ring ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Percy H. Hughes, uncle of the bride, who is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dovesville, S. C. Tall strands of bamboo and Southern smilax banked the wall of the ceremony room before which stood a white arch with large white wedding bell suspended. Palms and floor candelabra hold ing white tapers encircled the space before the arch where the wed ding party stood. Mrs. J. Arch Talbert, pianist, and Mrs. A. Thad Persons, vocalist, gave a program of wedding music in cluding “Traumerei” by Shumann, ‘‘Sweetest Story Ever Told” and • To a Wild Rose”, McDowell. Mrs. Persons sang Herbert’s “Ah Sweet Mystery of Life” and Bond’s “I Love You Truly”. Mr. D. C. Talbert and Mr. Jim Neil Workman lighted the candles and to the strains of “Bridal Chorus” from Lohengrin, the bride and groom entered. They were pre ceded by Miss Mildred Gunter, sister of the bride, serving as maid of honor and dressed in a princess gown of tea rose taffeta carrying a nosegay of pink carnations, blue delphinium and valley lilies, and j Mr. Seth B. Price of Lcesville, the groom’s best man. The bride was lovely in her wed- •• \ ding gown cf white duchess satin, fashioned along princess lines with high neckline finished in a yoke of silk lace. Her veil of white silk illusion was caught in a coronet of orange blossoms and fell in graceful folds to a finger tip length. She carried an arm bouquet of white calla lilies and fern show ered with valley lilies and tied with white silk tulle. Mrs. Gunter, mother of the bride, was dressed in blue lace and wore a shoulder corsage of sweet peas, Chinese pinks and fern. Mrs. S. B. Howie, the groom’s mother, wore a gown of ccpen blue silk. Her cor sage was of sweot peas, gypsophilia and fern. Mrs. M. B. Hughes, the bride’s grandmother, wore aqua marine lace with gardenias and fern as her corsage. Mrs. Talbert wore pink taffeta and her flowers were pink roses, sweet peas and fern. Immediately following the cere mony, Mr. and Mrs. Talbert en tertained with an informal re ception. The dining room was beautiful with attractive arrange ments cf pink delphinium and Queen Ann’s lace in pink con tainers. The lace over pink covered dining table was centered with tho bride’s cake, which was cut during the evening. With Misses Evelyn Gunter, Violet Hughes, Alice Tal bert and Bettye Workman assisting, green and white block cream was served with angel food cakes deco rated with valley lilies. Elue delphinium and Queen Ann’s lace arranged in brass con tainers were used in the living rocm. During the evening the bride and groom left for a wedding trip through the mountains of North Carolina. For traveling the bride changed to a smart sport suit of white crepe with skipper blue cape and white accessories. The bride is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gunter of Leesvilie. Since completing her course at Winthrop College, she has taught music at the Washington High School, at Parksville, S. C., for the past year. Her pleasing per sonality and friendly manner have endeared her to a wide circle of friends over the state. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Samuel Howie of Darlington. Since his graduation from Clemson College he has been teacher of agriculture at the Fair- view r High School near Leesvilie for the past three years. Out-of-town guests here for the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hughes and children, Johnnie and June, Columbia: Miss Johnnie Wannamaker, Holly Hill, S. C.; Miss Violet Hughes, Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Howie, and Miss Grace Howie, of Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hughes of Leesvilie; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gunter and daughters, Mildred and Evelyn, of Leesvilie. NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Common Pleas. Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tion, Plaintiff, . * against Jim Turner and G. H. Geiger, as Receiver of Abbeville-Green- wood Mutual Insurance Associa tion, Defendants. Pursuant to Judgment of the Court and a Decree of sale in the above entitled matter, I will sell at public auction on Salesday in July, 1937, (the same being the 5th day of July) in front of the Court House door, in the City of Mc Cormick, County and State afore said. during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the fol lowing described real estate, to-wit: All that tract, lot or parcel of land, located, situated, lying and being in Willington District, Coun tv of McCormick, and State of South Carolina, and containing One Hundred and Thirty-two (132) acres, less Two (2) acres known as the Andrews cemetery. Said lands being bounded on North bv lands of W. K. Charles. Emeline Rollinson, Celia Norman; on tho East bv lands of Clara Guillebeau and Lunk Guillebeau; South by lands of the Georgia Power Company, and West by lands cf Georgia Power Company. For a further description of ccurses and distances, reference is made to the mortgage executed by Jim Turner to Land Bank Com missioner, recorded in the office of the C. C. C. P. * G. S and R. M. C. for McCormick County, South Carolina, in Mortgage Book 16. 257. A cash deposit of five '5%) oe\* cent, of the highest bid. unless made by the Plaintiff, or its At torney. will be required as evidence of good faith, said deposit to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance therewith. No deficiency judgment beinx asked, the right thereto being ex pressly waived, the bidding will close at the completion of the same. TERMS OF SALE: CASH; Pur chaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. June 16, 1937.—3t.