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T TRUK TO OURSELVJfiS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD, r L t Thirty-Sixth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937 Number 9 Mt. Carmel JNews Mr. Dode Philips of Greenville, spent the week end with his fam ily and Mrs. .4 W. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Jimmie Black and Mr. Tarrant Scott spent a pleasant Sunday with Miss Gladys Scott at Davidson College. Mrs. N. S. Scott returned home last week from a very pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. White, with his mother, Mrs. McKinney. Cynthia Connor accompanied them. Lawrence Connor, Jr., of Char leston^ S. C., spent several weeks here with his aunt, Mrs. Hunter McKinney, returning home about two weeks ago. Mrs. McKinney and Mrs. W. A. Scott entertained the young folks with an afternoon picnic at Mrs. Gilliam’s park in honor of Lawrence Connor, Jr., and Jimmie Black some time ago. Mrs. Bill Edwards of GreenviUe is visiting her mother, Mrs. Lane near Sumter. Mrs. White is very pleasantly remembered in this county as Miss Nell Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis of Augusta, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Curtis recently. Mrs. Henry Frierson and little son of Alabama have been visiting her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Boyd, for some time. They left Satur day for a visit to Camden and Beaufort, S. C. Messrs. Lawrence Hester, Sr., Lawrence Hester, Jr., Jim Pat Hester, Alex Mitchell, Jr., and Miss Beffle Hester enjoyed quite a pleas ant visit to Texas last week. They visited New Orleans en route to Texas and spent some time visit ing the places of interest. Miss Beffle Hester spent some time there several years ago taking some courses in the hospital there and was delighted to be there again. They went from there to JBeau- mont, Tex,, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hester for several days. They also visited the oil fields, the oil refineries. Leaving Beaumont they went to Dallas, Tex., and spent a few days at the Pan-American Exposition. On the route home they visited East Texas and also the oil fields there which are the largest in the world. En route home they visited Vicksburg National Park. Their visit was quite a pleasant one. Rev. and Mrs. Chisholm Halliday and children, Jane and Patty, were dinner, guests of Misses Florence and Susie Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter MoKinney and Martha Jean spent Sabbath Smith. Mrs. S. T. Russell and Miss Eliza beth Russell of Augusta, spent a few days last week with Mrs. J. W. Boyd. Rev. W. S. Patterson, Miss Lilly Miller, Mrs. J. W. Boyd and Mrs. W. H. Horton were McCormick visitors last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Banks and family. Miss Opal Banks, Jean and Ray spent the past week end with relatives in Lincoln Co., Ga. Rev. W. S. Patterson filled the pulpit in the A. R. P. Church Sab bath morning. Mt. Carmel people are always glad and happy to hear him preach. He brought us a splendid and helpful message. Mrs. Inman Griffin and daugh ter Louise, were Elberton visitors Sabbath. The Mt. Carmel Home Dem. Club held their regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon, July 13, in the club room with 10 members and 2 visitors present. Meeting called to order. Devotionals by Pres., Miss Lennie Covin. Roll call and reading of minutes by Sec., Mrs. D. J. McAllister. As Miss Bell could not meet with us, the hour was spent in arrang ing the cards, planning an after noon picnic at Mrs. Gilliam's park in August, and other plans. Mrs. Hunter l^cKinney was host ess lor the afternoon and served delicious sandwiches and iced tea, assisted by her sister, Mrs. Inman Griffin and others. Thomas J. Price Claimed By Death Thomas J. Price, one of McCor mick county’s outstanding and best loved citizens, died at his home here Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock after a brief illness follow ing a heart attack. The lifetime interests of Mr. Price had been identified with that section of old Abbeville county, now McCormick county, and par ticularly the town of McCormick. For many years he was one of the leading merchants here and had large farming interests and was one of the men chiefly responsible for the organizatlin of the present county of McCormick. Mr. Price was born April, 23, 1867, at the Price homestead four miles from the town of McCormick, a son of the late Abraham and Permelia Beatty Price. His parents repre sented two of the pioneer families of this section. He moved to the town of Mc Cormick in 1901 and had been a leading figure in the civic, re ligious and political affairs of the town and county. He has been an official of McCormick county since its formation in 1916 with the ex ception of two years and served as its first county superintendent of education and for a number of years had been county treasurer, having been re-elected in 1934 for a four-year term. Mr. Price is the last of his im mediate family and is survived by his widow, who before her mar riage was Miss Sarah Edmunds of old Abbeville county, and the fol lowing sons and daughters: T. Ansel Price, Charleston; Metz A. Price, Greenville; Mrs. Ruth Price Duncan, McCormick; Mrs. T. L. Davis, Greenville; Mrs. Lennie Conrad, Whitemarsh, Md.; Mrs. Marvin Smoak, North; 12 grand children. He was a devout member of the McCormick Methodist church, from which the funeral was con ducted by his pastor, the Rev. M. E. Derrick, assisted by the Rev. A. Tnad. Persons, pastor of the Mc Cormick Baptist church, and Dr. S. W. Reid, pastor of the Pressly Memorial Associate Reformed Pres byterian church, at 11 o’clock this morning. Interment was made in the city cemetery. Active pallbearers were Jack L. Bradley, E. R. Price, C. R. Edmunds, T. L. Edmunds, Willie Edmunds, Arch Bradley, J. W. Furqueron and Sam Price. Honorary pallbearers were W. D. Morrah, J. L. Perrin, J. L. Caudle, J. T. McGrath, W. K. Charles, Dr. R. M. Fuller, W. B. Quarles, J. E. Bradley, W. M. Strom, J. P. Brim- son, C. W. Pennal, J. Frank Mat- tison, J. Arch Talbert, W. T. Strom, W. O. Graves, M. G. Dorn, W. M. Freeland, J. T. Fooshe, E. P. Bent ley, Jno. B. Sloan, Dr. C. H. Work man, Dr. Garnett Tuten, Dr. W. G. Blackwell, J. Fred Buzhardt, F. A. Wise, Joseph Murray, J. L. Brack nell, S. S. Major, J. R. Corley, P. J. Robinson, J. C. Brown, H. R. Stuart, Preston Finley, W. O. Covin, W. A. Scott, J. M. Reese, J. Strom Ihurmond, J. B. Harmon, Jr., J. T. Martin and Dr. C. K. Epting. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. xx Meeting At Long Cane Church Begins July 28th Rev. C. Bynum Betts, of Clinton, 3. C., will assist the pastor in a meeting at Long Cane Church, near Troy, beginning on Wednes day, July 28th, at 11:00 a. m. The HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY July 23rd and 24th, 7:15 p. m. and 8:50 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3:30 p. m. GEORGE O’BRIEN CECILIA PARKER m 64 HOLLYWOOD COWBOY” Also i Our Gang Comedy “Three Smart Boys” and Two Reel Musical Comedy “Carnival In Paris” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents * MONDAY and TUESDAY July 26th and 27lh, 7 p. m. and 9:15 p. m. FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS in <•>& “SHALL WE DANCE” Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, July 17.—Twenty- nine new men arrived at Camp F-7 Tuesday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock. These men illustrate the difference in the new men as all of these men are under 20 years of age and the majority are only seventeen. As these smooth-cheeked strip ling lads walked down the com pany street a veteran of thr^e years made the following com ment: “There they come, a bunch of little boys who are about to be come men. Three years ago I left home for the first time, feeling just as helpless and scared as these fellows, but when I leave here on October 1, I’ll be a man and wherever I go I won’t be afraid, for I know I’m a man and there are plenty of places where men are needed.” In that short speech this man expressed the sentiment of practically every man that leaves Camp F-7 at the end of the enrollment period. They are men and are ready to do men’s work. The new men are from four counties around Jacksonville, Flor ida. The first two weeks of their enrollment will be spent in camp. During these two weeks they will be kept busy on light jobs such as weeding the camp garden, cutting grass, policing the grounds, etc. At the end of the two weeks they will be in much better physical condi tion than they are now and will be turned over to the Project Su perintendent for field work. The majority of them will be used on road construction work, while those that show aptitude for special jobs, such as carpentering or black smith work, will be trained and used on jobs requiring special skill or training. After swinging a pick or 16-pound hammer for several months these men’s muscles will begin to grow and harden and from 125 pounds striplings they will de velop into huskies like the young men that now occupy this camp. In a remarkably short time these boys who came to our camp last Thursday will watch another bunch of boys come in and one of them will make the same remark that was made by the veteran last Tues day afternoon. , Foreman Ray and the rock crusher crew have completed sur facing the Flint Road with No. 2 stone and are ready to move to a new quarry site approximately two miles north of Mr. Wallace White’s home on State Highway No. 43. Mr. Ray has already drilled several test holes but i$ still prospecting for better rocks. The crushed stone from the new quarry will be used to surface that section of the Key Road between Mrs. E. L. Hollings worth’s home on Highway No. 43 and State Highway No. 20, near Bradley. Mr. Chamberlain has returned to this camp after spending several weeks constructing the Forest Service buildings at Camp F-ll, near Modoc, S. C. Dr. Craig of the Southern For est Experiment Station at New Or leans, La., visited Camp F-7 and the Long Cane with Mr. Ivo Miller, of Columbia. Everyone at camp is enjoying the vacation we are having from fires and false alarms. We are depend ing on Mr. Tompkins’ fire preven tion work to make this vacation last. Leon Hall, Forest Service Clerk at Camp F-ll, came by for a short visit Thursday night. Hall spent 30 months at this camp and we are always glad to see him. Lawrence Crawford returned xrom a short visit home and brought with him a bushel of Georgia peaches. On his next trip we are expecting a carload of watermelons. Mr. A. L. Brunson of Charleston, Mr. Albert Allen of Charleston, Mr. J. H. Allen of Edgefield, Mr. W. C. Tompkins, and J. H. Allen II were visitors on all the work projects on the Long Cane Unit with Su perintendent Allen this past week. x Bard of Rydal Mount The poet, Wordsworth, was called the Bard of Rydal Mount because he lived at Rydal Grasmere, in the County of Westmoreland. His dwell ing overlooked a beautiful view of the lake. Program For Ouzts Reunion Reunion to Be Held At McKendree Church, Edgefield County, On July 29th. The following is the program for the Ouzts reunion to be held at McKendree church, Edgefield coun ty, July 29th. This is the 9th an nual Ouzts reunion: Morning Session—10 O’clock Song—“America.” Prayer—Rev. Foster Speer. Welcome to out-of-state kinsfolk, with a few words from each—By the President. Scripture Reading—Rev. Foster Speer. Song—No. 210—“Face to Face.” Memorial Services to those who have passed away since the last reunion—Miss Edith Ouzts, pre siding. Memorials—Read by Mrs. John Shaffer. Song — No. 211 — “Good-night Here—Good Morning Up There.” Addresses—Hon. John A. May, Aiken, S. C., Miss Nora Davis, Troy, S. C., introduced by D. A. G. Ouzts, president. Reports from the thirteen com mittees (representing the thirteen children of Peter Ouzts) as to the funds raised for the erection of a monument to our forefathers, Diedrich Utz and his son, Peter, Utz now spelled Ouzts. Open discussion. Election of officers for the com ing year. Song—No. 122—“Stand Up, Stand up For Jesus.” Adjournment for dinner. Afternoon Session—2:30 O’clock Song—No. 12—“Blessed .Assur ance.” Addresses—Mr. A. S. Salley, Co lumbia, S. C., Judge C. J. Ramage, Saluda, S. C., and Gov. Olin D. Johnston, Columbia, S. C., intro duced by D. A. G. Ouzts, Presi dent. Song—“Onward Christian Sol diers.” Financial report of the Associa tion by President D. A. G. Ouzts as to the amount now in the bank for monument and the amount raised in the morning service. Open discussion. Song—“God Be With You ’Til We Meet Again.” Benediction—Rev. Foster Speer. Designs and estimate of cost of monument will be submitted. Should sufficient funds be raised at this meeting bids will be called for for the erection of the monu ment. All contributors names, both kinsfolk and friends, will be placed in the cornerstone for future rec ord. All persons attending are askqd and expected to bring well filled lunch baskets as dinner will be served picnic style. It is as important to preserve historic spots as it is to make them. D. A. G. OUZTS, Pres, and Treas. Greenwood, S. C., July 13, 1937. —xx Chamber Of Com merce Meeting Post poned Until Monday Night On account of the death of Mr. T. J. Price the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was called off Tuesday night, July 20, and the regular meeting will be held Mon day night, July 26, at the Court House. J. Fred Buzhardt, Secretary. —XXX Card Of Thanks We desire to express our appre ciation for the many acts of kind ness shown us, the words of sym pathy spoken, and floral tributes which helped to comfort our hearts during the illness and at the death of our devoted mother. May God’s richest blessings abide with each one. Mrs. J. O. Patterson, Mrs. Shie Connor. Splendid Records Are Made By All •r Production Credit Associations Splendid records are being made by all production credit associa tions in this section, according to J. L. Bracknell, of Plum Branch, S. C., member of the board of di rectors of the Greenwood Produc tion Credit Association, who has just returned from Myrtle Beach where he attended a group meet ing of directors of a number of these farmer cooperative credit or ganizations in this section. At this meeting, Mr. Bracknell said, complete reports were sub mitted on all of the associations represented showing volume of business done by each,' costs and methods .of operation, etc., in order that the directors might derive any possible benefits through this ex change of information. The reports indicated that all of the associations have shown each year an increase in number of members and volume of business done, Mr. Bracknell said, thus at testing the appreciation of the farmers for the service being Ten dered by these cooperative credit organizations. The reports showed that the associations in South Car olina have made loans this year through June 1 totalling $5,000,000. Production credit associations make loans to farmers for general agricultural purposes, Mr. Brack nell said, including farm repairs, equipment, fencing, purchase of livestock and other items requir ing short-term financing, at an in terest rate of 5 per cent per annum, and interest is charged only for the time the farmer actually has the money. The associations are strictly cooperative and members get the benefit of any profits made. The Greenwood Production Credit Association serves farmers of this county. XX- Series Of Meetings To Begin At Buffalo Baptist Church Sunday Revival services at Buffalo Bap tist Church begin Sunday morning, July 25th, at 9:30 o’clock—sermon by the pastor. Beginning Monday morning at 10:30, Rev. Charles D. Stewart of Hartwell, Ga., will as sist the pastor, A. Thad. Persons. There will be two services each day from Monday a. m. through Fri day night. Rev. Chas. Stewart is a prince among preachers. He was reared on a farm—worked his way through an A. & M. High School, University Georgia Agricultural College, and through Yale Univer sity Divinity School. We will not depend upon the preacher and pastor, however. All of us will de pend upon God for the best series of meetings Buffalo has ever ex perienced. The people of McCor mick county are urged to attend. A. Thad. Persons, Pastor.. xx Meeting To Study Soil Types To Be Held A meeting of McCormick County farmers interested in studying the different soil types and their re lation to farm crops is called at the Court House here at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning, July 27th. Mr. C. B. Gay, Soils Technician of the Soil Conservation Service,. Spartanburg, will be in charge. This meeting should be of interest especially to land owners. It will take about thirty minutes to ex plain the study. The rest of the time will be spent in the fields making actual study observations. StoT'-? will be made at a number of different places in order to see the many different types of soil in this County. Everyone interested is urged to attend. R. D. Suber, County Agent.. McCormick, S. C.