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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.
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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
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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
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MONDAY and TUESDAY
July 26th and 27lh, 7 p. m. and 9:15 p. m.
FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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..
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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.