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TBUK TO OURSELVX8, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. i Thirty-Sixth Year EstabUshed June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,1937 Number 21 New Baptist Church At Plum Branch About Complete Rev. O. L. Orr and his members of Plum Branch Baptist Church are very happy over the completion of their new building. They ex pect to move in and hold first ser vice on third Sunday, October 17. Arrangements are being made for a big Home Coming day with for mer members and all friends in vited to attend. A splendid program is being ar ranged with guest speakers and special music for both morning and afternoon services. Dinner will be served on the ground. xx Dowtin H. D. Club Meets Lions Club To Sponsor Hallowe’en Party The Dowtin Home Demonstration Club met on Oct. 5 in the home of Mrs. Ken Dowtin, with 9 members and Miss yBell present. The president, Mrs. Ken Dowtin, opened the meeting by reading Psalm 100, after which Mrs. J. C. Dowtin led in prayer. The song for the month, “Sweet and Low” was sung. Two Interesting pieces, “October in the Flower Garden”, and “Gar dening Goes on Forever”, were read. Following these readings all joined in singing, “Bring Back My Bonnie.” After the business of the club had been completed Miss Bell was given charge. She gave a demon stration on “Room Arrangement,” stressing the importance of com fort, beauty and convenience. Then each member was given an outline of a room with furniture to ar range. . The hostess served delicious punch, crackers and sandwiches. The November meeting will be held with Mrs. J. C. Dowtin. , Reporter. The McCormick Lions Club will sponsor a Hallowe’en Party at the Community House on Thursday Night, October 28, beginning at 3 o’clock. The purpose of the party is to raise money for needy persons and institutions of the county. There will be forms of entertainment, concessions, competitive games, stjints and everything that goes along with Hallowe’en enjoyment. Lemonade, hot dogs, candy, pea nuts, etc., will be sold. Some unique side shows have been arranged. There will be a small admission fee and each side show and game will be several pennies each. The public is cordially invited to attend the party and have a good time and at the same time help a worthy cause. xx Unemployment Com pensation Commission Collected $252,024.23 During Past Month Columbia, Oct. 8.—The' South Carolina Unemployment Compen sation Commission collected $252,- 024.23 in payroll taxes during the month of September, according to an announcement today by R. Brice Waters, Administrator for the Com mission. This represents an in crease of 13 per cent over the col lections during August when $222, 629.58 was received. Administrator Waters pointed out that the total amount collected by the Commission from its organi aztion, July 1, 1936, through Sep tember 30, 1937, aggregated $3,377, 655.84. Of this amount $3,150,000 has already been transferred to the Unemployment Trust Fund from which benefits will be paid unem ployed wage earners beginning July 1, 1938. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY October 15th and 16th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3 p. m. BOB BURNS MARTHA RAYE in “Mountain Music” Please, please don’t miss it! Also A POPEYE CARTOON “The Paneless Window Washer’ and A Novelty “Where Champions Meet’ MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY October 18th and 19th, 7 p. m. and 8:40 p. m. ROBERT YOUNG—FLORENCE RICE in “Married Before Breakfast” f Also “MUSIC BY MORGAN” (Rus- Morgan & Orchestra) - •«(' prr and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adu’.t:. ’j ents; ChiUien up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents —- - - Church Conference At M. E. Church Here Next Sunday The Rev. M. E. Derrick, pastor of the Methodist Church here, an nounces that there will be a Church Conference Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. Every member of the church is urged to be present. The pastor will speak informally to the con gregation. x American Legion Auxiliary Meets i The monthly meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was held last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Leonard Britt with Mrs. M. C. White and Mrs. Arthur Coleman as joint hostesses. The president, Mrs. Pal Roper, had charge of the program. About 18 members were present. After the business meeting the hostesses served delicious refreshments. xx Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, Oct. 9.—Three weeks ago everyone at Bradley heaved a sigh of relief when they heard that all men under 24 years of age would be allowed to reenroll. Nobody knew that in a short time Director Fechner would start pour ing men from the Fourth Corps Area into the Ninth Corps Area. As soon as a notice was posted on the Bulletin Board asking for vol unteers to go to California, Colo rado, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho, forty men volunteered and, al though less than half that number have been transferred, the strength of the Company has fallen to a new low at 108 men. Some of these men that Superintendent Allen, Foremen Ray, Tompkins, Cantelou and Chamberlain have been train ing for months, and who have de veloped into expert carpenters, tractor drivers, road machine op erators, steel sharpeners and tele phone linesmen were transferred and these foremen have started training another set of men to fill the vacancies that exist. Forty-six recruits are due to arrive here this week end, but the average recruit now is only seventeen years old and has seldom had any experience at all. Therefore it will take several months seasoning before the new arrivals will be very effective in our construction program Supervising Mechanic Purvis spent last week on the Long Cane Unit inspecting equipment. A new program has just been in augurated whereby any truck driv er driving 5000 miles without a minor or major accident will re ceive a $5.00 bonus. This has cre ated much interest among the driv ers and it is believed that the re sults of this program can soon be seen in the condition of the equip ment. The Forest Service quarters are again filled to the last room since •Joe Yassney, Uncle Bob Seigler, and Joe Price received appointments as Semi-Skilled workers and have been moved up with the foremen. Joe Yassney is still operating the steel sharpener at the rock quar ry, Mr. Seigler is repainting all lookout cabins, and Joe Price L stationed at Camp F-ll where he s learning telephone line construc tion under the able tutoring of Pete Cantelou. Mr. Sullivan, the Recreation En gineer for the S. C. National For- sts, spent several days on the Long Cane District in connection with the development of recrea tional areas. After five inches of rain fell Sun day night, Hardlabor Creek went on the rampage and several trips were made to the Hardlabor Creqk Bridge to knock driftwood away from it. All roads were washed badly but Foreman Tompkins and his main tenance and machine crew soon had them in shape again. The rains Modoc JNews i Well, the farmers are about thru picking cotton. Of course we didn’« have to pick much this fall. The boll weevil hardly left us a half crop. Mr. Ray Bussey was a week end visitor here*, to homefolks. Mr. Ernest Reese from Charlotte, N. C., is spending the week here with his brother, Mr. J. M. Reese. Mrs. Laura Garner and grand daughter, Miss Edna Merritt, spent a couple of days last week at Ches ter, S. C. Mr. H. J. Bussey is working at Edgefield this week. Mr. L. C. Reese from Barnwell was a week end visitor here among relatives and friends. Mr. Ernest Hanvey from McCor mick made a short visit here on Tuesday of this week. Miss Marie Bussey has returned home from a week’s visit to her sister, Mrs. Claude Skelton, at Aiken. Mr. Homer Morris from Black- viile spent the week end here among friends. Mr.. George Garner of Augusta spent the past few days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Garner. Mr. T. J. Stone made a short business visit to Augusta on Tues day of this week. xx Checker Tournament Held At Abbeville Last Friday A checker tournament was held in Abbeville Friday afternoon, Oc tober 8th. Contestants from Abbe ville, Greenwood and McCormick counties participated in this con test. Those who accompanied Mrs. C. A. Gilbert to Abbeville and took part from McCormick county were Cecil Patterson, Thomas Britt, Mildred McDonald and Gladys Brock. Winners from both age groups were from Abbeville Coun ty. Splendid sportsmanship was ex emplified in this tournament as has been shown in former tournaments. xx Statement By Mr. R. M. Cooper Mr. R. M. Cooper, Collector of Internal Revenue, today announced that the next Employer’s Informa tion Return on Forms SS-2 and SS-2a under Title VIII of the Social Security Act will not be required for the period ending September 30, 1937, as previously instructed. However, these returns must be filed covering the six months’ pe riod beginning July 1 and ending December 31, 1937. Such returns shall be filed with the office of the Collector on or before January 31, 1938. The proper forms will be for warded at a later date. The above in no way affects the filing of Employer’s Monthly Re turns on Forms SS-1. xx Sweet Potato Recipes In Extension Circular Important Meeting Homecoming Day At Of Chamber j Erskine College Of Commerce On October 16th I have just received notice from the Forest Service that the survey made in McCormick County has been completed and requested to have a committee appointed to confer with Forest officials with in a short time. This matter will be taken up at the regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday night, October 19. Not only the members of the Chamber of Commerce, but every person in terested in the welfare of McCor mick County is urged to attend this meeting, which will be held at the Court House at eight p. m. J. Fred Buzhardt, Sec. xx Bethany H. D. Club Meets The Bethany Home Demonstra tion Club met Monday afternoon, Oct. 4, at Bethany school house. Song—The Quilting Party. Scripture — By president, after which we were led in prayer by Mrs. W. K. McDonald. Roll call and minutes of the last meeting read. Mrs. R. H. Quarles, Sr., read a piece on “Keeping Well”. Miss Emmie Sheppard read a piece on “Minerals Are Needed in Chickens Rations”. Miss Bell then took charge of the meeting and gave us a demonstra tion on “Room Arrangement”. Beginning this month we are studying noted artists and their paintings. The County Council Meeting to be held Oct. 9, was discussed, hop ing a good number from the club would attend. Reporter. -xx- i of the past two weeks have kept; | the fire hazard to a minimum;! however, Camp F-7 is getting' Clemson, Oct. 9.—A score of recipes for preparing sweet pota toes to tempt the palate is given in Extension Circular 159, Sweet Potato Recipes, issued this week by the Extension Service of Clemson College. Circular 159 was prepared by .iiss Myra Reagan, extension nu tritionist of the Home Demonstra tion Department, to encourage a wider use of sweet potatoes. Its appearance at this time is ap- piopriate for its use at the special sweet potato exhibit of the Exten sion Service at the State Fair. The sweet potato, Miss Reagan points out, has high nutritive value and is a fairly well balanced food. The recipes found in the new cir cular should help to further popu larize this already popular food. Besides being valuable at the sweet potato exhibit during the ap proaching State Fair, the circular may be had through county farm 4-H Club Day At Fair i Three large groups of young peo ple from this county are going to | the State Fair in Columbia, Oc- {tober 18-23, in addition to the many I who will go as individuals. For this year the fair more than ever is em phasizing youth with the Future Palmetto Farmers having a big day Tuesday, the 4-H club members being given right of way Wednes day, and great numbers of school children preparing to be there on “School Day” Friday. In addition the young people always hold sway on Thursday, which is Carolina- Clemson day. Unquestionably it is going to be the largest fair in history with four big days—^Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and with many people staying over in Co lumbia for more than one night. Due West, Oct. 9.—The old grads and their families, former students and their families, and hundreds of other friends are going to pour into classic old Due West on Home coming day, Saturday, October 16. Everybody in this town is talking it up. VJhat a day it is going to be! Dr. R. C. Grier, president of Er skine, has announced that all class es are off that day and that the entire day will be one of feasting and fun and football. At 11 o’clock there will be a rous ing rally held in the big audito rium. There will be a pep meet ing. The reunion crowd will hear Editor Hugh Query of the Gastonia Gazette in the only $et address of the day. Mr. Query is a Davidson alumnus. He is a warm friend and supporter of Erskine. At the one o’clock hour there will be a luncheon on the campus under the pines. It will not be a sandwich party either, but an hon- est-to-goodness Georgia hash and barbecue meal prepared by one of the best cooks in Georgia—Jim Bowers, of Moreland, Georgia. Then in the early afternoon will come the biggest event of home coming day—the football game be tween Erskine and Wofford. The Erskine band, directed by Prof. Fritz Holcker, will be on hand and will be diked out in their flashy new uniforms. Football enthusiasts will see in action one of the best teams in Erskine history. Jakie Todd’s Fly ing Fleet will put 28 men in uni form—ten of them seniors. The stalwart Juniors and the scrappy little Sophomores on the reserve list are all hoping to see action in this important game against Jules Carson’s Terriers from Wofford. x Civil Service Exami nations Announced -XX- “Cocked and Primed ’ for the fire, and home agents and from the season which officially opens this month. Publications Department at Clem-' son. Says Swat The Weevil By Destroying Stalks County Farm Agent R. D. Subei joins W. C. Nettles, extension en tomologist, in reminding McCor mick county farmers of the impor tance of early destruction of cot ton stalks as a means of reducing the overwintering boll weevil popu lation and thus lessening the dam age to cotton next season. With the heavy infestation of boll weevils in many parts of the state, the county agent urges that cotton stalks be destroyed as soon as cotton picking is completed. On this point he has the support of one of the state’s most success ful farmers, Mr. David R. Coker, Hartsville, who says in a recent letter to Director D. W. Watkins of the Extension Service: “The very strongest efforts should be made by all who are in terested in cotton and the general welfare to see that the stalks are destroyed at once. We are going right ahead with »his .vork, using a tractor and a heavy disc harrow which does beautifia work, ./e are following witr: : grain drhl. putting in cats and c. • a, a cov er crop. Wo are going m uy plow down every acre cf cotton stulho v.c.’l before irost.” The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol lows: Associate geophysicist, $3,200 a year, and assistant geophysicist, $2,600 a year. Special agricultural economic writer, $3,800 a year. Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics. Cottonseed technologist, $3,800 a year, Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics. Full information may be obtain ed from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Ex aminers at the post office or cus tomhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D. C. TXT vT Fai Road On Contour Reduces Soil Washing ° i Clemson, Oct. 9.—Careful plan ning of farm roads is advised by E. C. Turner, Jr., extension soil con servationist, as one means of re ducing soil erosion. Roads laid out on the contour act somewhat like terraces in slowing down surplus water run-off, and they are gen erally passable in all types of weather, he states. A straight road lane across the farm may save time and distance, but it often wastes soil, according to the Soil Conservation Service. On land that slopes steeply it takes a three-inch rut only a short time to become a three-foot gully. Where it is necessary to leave the contour and run the road a short distance down hill, SCS en gineers suggest low, broad-based ridges of the “breaker” type to halt rapid run-off. These may be spaced 50 to 100 feet apart and divert water into sodded side ditches or well p.otec.cd fields. Ideas for constructing farm roads or lanes that counteract coil ero- fden be gotten first-hand by a V’ ' -,e nearest demonstration area tu the Soil Conservation Ser vice, Mr. Turner suggests.