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TBUS TO OUESELVltfS, OUB NEIGHBORS, OUB COUNTRY AND OUB GOD. Thirty-Sixth Year School Children Survey Planned C"i' _ * Check-Up Of ChUdren In McCor mick County To Begin August 10, Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THUR SDAY, JULY 29, 1937 Mr. J. W. Corley, McCormick county attendance officer, will be gin a survey August 10 of children eligible for school age. AH trustees, under the law, are charged with assisting the attendance officer in the census in their respective school districts. When the census is completed, containing the names and address es of every child, both white and black, of school age in the county, it win be compared with the en rollment books to discover those children out of school between the ages of seven and Id years. The teachers and principals of the schools are required to report to the attendance officer the names of aU children who have had continuous absence running for as much as five days. Any prin cipal ot teacher failing to make this report shall forfeit the sum of $5 to be deducted from their current month's salary. Under the regular school atten dance law all parents or guardians financially able shall compel their children of school age to attend. Those who do not or refuse to com ply with the act shall be subject to a fine not in excess of $25, or imprisonment for a period of not more than 10 days. XX Card Of Thanks Revival Services To Be Held At Gilgal Baptist Church August 1*6 We wish to express our sincere appreciation for the many expres sions of sympathy shown us dur ing the illness and at the death of our husband and father. The many acts of kindness and sym pathy have been a comfort to us In our bereavement. May God’s richest blessings abide -with each one. Mrs. T. J. Price, And Children. Beginning Sunday morning, Au gust First, a series of revival ser vices will be held at the Gilgal Baptist Church. There will be services Sunday morning and af ternoon, and services each week day morning and evening, con tinuing through Friday. All morn ing services will begin at eleven o’clock, and the evening services will begin at eight thirty. The pas tor, Rev. A. D. Croft, wiU deliver the messages, and he will be as sisted by excellent congregational singing, and special musical selec tions. A cordial invitation is ex tended to every one to attend each and every service of the revival. Sunday will be observed as Home Coming Day at Gilgal. A special invitation is extended to aU former members, and non-resident mem bers to be with us on this day. There will be morning and after noon services, and dinner will be served to aU those attending. Friends from far and near will be at Gilgal Sunday. You are invited to meet your friends there, and partake of the spiritual fellowship awaiting you there. Come, and help us to make this the best meeting ever held at Gilgal. A. D. Croft, - ' Pastor. xx Plum Branch Baptists To Build New Churcl Plum Branch, S. C., July 26.—The membership of the Plum Branch Baptist church, which is located in McCormick County, is very en thusiastic over the fact that al details have been completed to be gin the new structure at once. The unanimity of the entire member ship regarding this undertaking has exemplified a beautiful church community, and progressive spirit This town and community has al ways been noted for the fine spirit of cooperation among both of its churches, Baptist and Methodist They feel proud of the fact that they have two resident pastors both occupying parsonages that belong to their respective churches This church building movemen has been in the minds of the Bap tist congregation for several years but they wanted to avoid the bur den of heavy debt and agreed to delay action until a substantial part of the cost was raised in ad vance. Mr. Ballinger’s Con dition Still Serious From The Index-Journal, Green wood, July 28. • The Rev. N. G. Ballinger, who suffered a broken neck in an auto mobile accident near here Sunday afternoon, was reported at the Greenwood hospital today as being still in a critical condition. Mrs. Ballinger, who also was in jured, was reported as improving. 1 HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY July 30th and 31st, 7:15 p. m. and 8:50 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3:30 p. m. JACK OAKIE ANN SOTHERN in 46 SUPER SLEUTH” Also A Fitzpatrick Travel-Talk ‘Glimpses of Java & Ceylon’ and • “Bosko & The Pirates” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents Ud MONDAY and TUESDAY August 2nd and 3rd, 7:15 p. m. and 8:50 p. m. WALLACE BEERY_BETTY FURNESS in nr ^%»* i MBCFSff ‘ “GOOD OLD SOAK Also A Fitzpatrick Travel-Talk ‘‘Picturesque South Africa and LATEST NEWS EVENTS 99 ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents The plans and specifications as approved by the Building Com mittee were drawn by the Archi tectural Department of the Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville Tenn. The plans provide for the main part of the building to be 30’x60’ with two additional Sunday School rooms on each side, having a total of nine Sunday School rooms with six of them connect ing with main auditorium by ac- cordian doors. The building will be of rough texture brick veneer with best quality hexagonal asbestos shingles used for the roof. At a special conference of the church held Sunday, July 18, the final plans and specifications, to gether with the financial arrange ments that had been made, were explained by the Building Com mittee, which is composed of the following: J. L. Bracknell, Chair man; C. L. Freeland, H. M. Free land, W. R. Miner, C. E. Wilkie. At this point, a vote of apprecia tion was given the Building Com mittee for their untiring efforts and work thus accomplished. S. J. King is Treasurer of the Church Building Fund, and the following constitute Officers and Board of Deacons: L. W. Ridle- hoover, Chairman; James J. Collier, C. L. Freeland, S. J. King, T. R. Ridlehoover, E. R. Strother, J. E. White. Rev. O. L. Orr is Pastor, this being the seventh year of his pastorate of this church. He, with the members, are overjoyed with this accomplishment—this being the third new church that has been built under his leadership, the ether two being at Campobello, S. C., and Fort Mill, S. C. The Greenwood Lumber Com pany of Greenwood, S. C., was the successful competitive bidder for this job, and the contract was signed on July 19 which provides that actual work will begin within two weeks from that date and the same to be completed within nine ty working days or less. It has already been suggested that for the opening service in the new church a big home coming ral ly will be staged, holding morning and afternoon sessions and serving a big barbecue and chicken dinner. The most unique feature of this building program is the fact that the loan required was secured from x private bank at a satisfactory rate of interest on a plain note executed by the officers of the church with the endorsement or guarantee of the payment by a group of its members who volun teered their endorsement, and the bank not requiring a mortgage on the church or the parsonage. The old church building which was constituted in 1785, and re built in 1884 has been torn down and site cleared for the new build ing which will be erected on the same lot but some distance further back from the street. The congregation will use the Mt. Carmel News Miss Lura Jean Watson has re turned home from a very pleas ant visit at Virginia Beach. Sidney Watson of Greenville, is spending some time with Mr. and M^s. H. O. Watson. Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Mrs. Inman Griffin were shopping in Augusta Friday. Sara, Jerome and Myrtle Alver- son of McCormick are spending a pleasant week with their grand mother, Mrs. Myrtle Mauldin. Mrs. Ida Black is spending some time in Calhoun Falls, attending a series of meetings at the Presby terian church there. Misses Beffie Hester and Reba Wells of Andersdn are * spending a short while in Mt. Carmel tak ing a much needed rest. Dr. Bill Edwards of Greenville was a guest of Mrs. Lane Smith’s Sabbath evening. He came down to carry Mrs. Edwards who has been spending some time with her mother, home but Mrs. Edwards remained for another week. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam spent the past week end in Lancaster visiting rel atives. Mrs. Inman Griffin and daughter Louise of Americus, Ga., and Cynthia Connor of Charleston who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney for some time left Wednesday morning for At lanta en route to Americus. They were accompanied by Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Martha Jean, who will spend about 10 days in Ameri cus. Mrs. D. J. McAllister was a Mc Cormick visitor Wednesday attend ing a meeting of the Directors of the County Council for Farm Women. Mr. Dode Philips of GreenviUe spent Wednesday night here and Mrs. Philips and son David return ed to Greenville with him. The many friends of Mr. Law rence Connor of Charleston will regret to hear that his baby Inman Horton was injured by an auto mobile last Friday. Our last news was the physicians were unable to tell just yet how serious is the in jury. We all hope it will not be very bad. Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Patterson and son, Billy, of Lancaster, S. C., who have been visiting Misses Florence and Susie Patterson for weeks, left Monday morning en route to Bon darken, N. C., where they will spend a while. 1X1 Modoc News Special Services At A. R. P. Church We had a nice rain here Sunday evening which was badly needed Mrs. Minnie Bussey spent the past week among relatives and friends in Augusta. Miss Jennie Shumate from Greenwood was a week end visitov here to Miss Lucy Bussey. Mrs. J. M. Stone from Clinton spent the past week end here with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Miss Rosalie Bussey, who has been working in Augusta the past several months, spent Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Mr. Wiley Crawford of Augusta was a week end visitor here to Mr. Albert Howie. Mr. Fuller and Cecil Robertson from Avondale, N. C., spent a few days here the past week among relatives and friends. Miss Vera Pearson of Augusta is spending a week or so here with Miss Edna Merritt. Mr. J. M. Stone from Clinton is spending a couple of weeks here with his brother,'Mr. T. J. Stone. E. F. Bussey and T. D. Howie were visitors to McCormick Satur day evening. Mr. N. W. McDaniel from Clinton is spending this week among relatives and friends here. Mr. J. M. Reese is spending a few days this week with his broth er, John E. Reese, of Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Willie McClain ^ ^ ^ , . from Beech Island made a short high school auditorium pending visit here Monday to Mr. and Mrs. 0 the completion of the new church. ‘ E. D. Garner. There will be special services held at the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church, McCormick, begin ning Thursday night, August 5th, and closing Sabbath night, August 8th. Services each evening at 8 o’clock during the week and two services, on the Sabbath. Rev. W. C. Kerr, of Abbeville will assist the pastor. The Lord’s supper will be cele brated on the Sabbath. All are invited to attend. S. W. Reid, Pastor. xx Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, July 24.—Practi cally all of the men from Camp SC F-7 enjoyed a moving picture at the Troy school house on Thurs day evening. This picture was shown by the Standard Oil Com pany and showed the progress in transportation from the old wood en wheel-cart to the present day automobiles. Foreman Cantelou, Assistant Technician McFarland, Leader Kelly and a 16-man crew were left in camp for fire duty and in order to have a direct contact with the camp office while most of the men were away, • a portable telephone was tapped onto the Ttoy line and set up in the audi torium of the school house. There were 83 residents from Troy pres ent at the picture as well as the men from Bradley. Mr. C. N. Chamberlain is back from Camp F-ll and is again working chi the Faulkner Mountain Cabin. It is expected that this wiU be completed in the near future for use by lookouts who will be sta tioned there during the next fire season. Even though the mercury has been standing at record high points during the past few weeks, we have been fortunate in not having any fires. The men at F-7 are working hard to maintain this record. Foreman Ray is nearing comple tion of the crushing of rock at the present quarry site. The Flint Road has been surfaced and a main tenance stock pile of rock is now being crushed. It is believed that during the next week the quarry will be moved to a new site where rock will be obtained for surfacing the Key Road. Twelve more new men arrived at camp last Saturday night, mak ing a total of forty-one new men now in camp. Although some of these men appear small, it has been found that they are handy with, a pair of boxing gloves and don’t mind taking a few punches. The interest they have shown in box ing has revived this sport at camp and the older men have been spar ring with them. Mrs. Jake Ray and two friendo visited camp Thursday afternoon. Number 10 Severe Weevil Damage Migration Has Begun Clemson, July 26.—County agents in the lower Piedmont section and Coastal Plains section report ah average of 36 per cent of the cot ton squares punctured by the boll weevil for the week ending July 24. In the upper Piedmont section weevils are not very abundant. “The year 1937 will go down as a year of serious weevil damage; nevertheless, better yields are ex pected than was the case in the early twenties when late-maturing varieties were commonly planted and better methods of cotton pro duction were not as widely prac ticed,” says W. C. Nettles exten sion entomologist. “Many agents have reported that early applications of the 1-1-1 mix ture gave excellent results. Even at this time poisoned fields are showing less weevil damage than those unpoisoned early in the sea son. “More dusting for weevil control has been practiced in South Caro lina than in recent years, but even so the percentage of the total acre age dusted has been very small.” Since county agents in the lower part of the state report that weevil migration has begun, this will be the last of a series of weekly re ports on the boll weevil for the present year. IX* McCormick County •r Farms Photographed Farms in McCormick County have been aerial photographed. In their work this year the Commit teeman will carry the picture of the farm in the field with him and check the crops growing at that time. The purpose of this method of checking crops is to help the Committeeman make his work more accurate. The pictures of McCormick County were taken three years ago. R. D. Suber, Comity Agent. xx In Remodeling House The Plan’s The Thing -XX- Farm Prices Of Eggs Begins Seasonal Rise The farm price of eggs is about to begin its seasonal rise to a peak in December, according to County Agent R. D. Suber. But the advance this year is expected to be less than the rise a year ago, on ac count of the large stocks of shell and frozen eggs in cold storage. These storage stocks show a 26 per cent increase over 1936, he states. “The U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics points out that in the In remodeling a farm house, the most important part of the job is to have a satisfactory plan avail able before the work, starts, says R. D. Suber, county farm agent, speaking of the tendency toward better farm homes at the present time. Many families have built or remodeled homes in the past with out definite plans, he states, and have later realized certain mistakes in arrangement and in the provi sion of needed conveniences. Helpful suggestions on building and remodeling farm homes are given in Farmers’ Bulletin 1738, “Farm House Plans”, and Farmers’ Bulletin 1749, “Modernizing Farm Houses”. These two bulletins and a list of others on various building problems of the farm can be ob tained from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., or by writing the Extension Service, Clemson, S. C.. One of the greatest incon veniences of most farm homes is a lack of adequate storage space. There should be at least one clothes closet for each bedroom, a linen closet in the hall or near the bath room, a broom closet near the kitchen, and a closet or at least hooks on the back porch or rear first half of 1938, when present arge storage stocks will no longer' en ^ r y to provide for hanging outer be an important factor and when { work clothes. Convenient and ade- x>th the size of laying flocks and Q ua tc storage should also be pro- ;he rate of egg production will v ided i n the kitchen and pantry. probably be less than in early 1937, Another important matter is the outlook is for higher egg prices privacy for bedrooms. To this end than in the corresponding months it is important that passage to of 1937”, says the county agent. ; kitchen, living room, or bathroom In late June nearly 10 dozen eggs should not be through bedrooms. were required to buy 100 pounds . 1... .. of poultry ration. Normally less try ration. than seven dozen eggs are so re- Mr. Suber states that indications quired at this time of year. From are that the ratio wall decline sea- June to November the ratio usually sonally this year, but that it is not declines. The average November expected to go so low as four dozen ratio for the years 1934-35 was four eggs to 100 pounds of poultry ra- dozen eggs to 100 pounds of poul- tion by next November.