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p-# e I >‘x '• i Thirty-Sixth Year McCormick Lions Qub To Have Hallowe’en Carnival Bon TKUX TO OUK8CLVX8, OUK NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. EsU )lished June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1937 eaux H. D. Club Meets Attention is again called to the announcement in week before last's Messenger concerning the Hal lowe’en Carnival that will be given by the McCormick Lions Club at the Community House on the even- ‘ ing of Thursday, October 28. The entertainment will begin at 8 o’clock. A small admission will be charged. Hjere will be various forms of entertainment, side shows and con- Hot dogs, candy and lem- will be sold. The money raised on the carnival will be used to help some needy causes in the community and coun ty. The public is invited to attend. The fordeaux Home Demonstra tion Cub met on Monday, October 18 at I 16 school house which has been ciosen as a regular meeting eeting was called to order president began by read- | twenty third Psalm, an interesting program concerting agriculture was given, the meeting was turned over to vnss Bel She gave a talk on Room [tent for comfort, beauty and coi&enience, which will be helpful — ihe tafceting came to a close by singing7|>weet and Low, the song of the 4°nth. Reporter. -xx- Farmers’ Meeting Called meeting of all farmers inter- d in the 1938 Farm Program Friday morning, October 10:00 o’clock, at the Court Mr. A. H. Ward, District of Aiken, S. C., will be the speaker. Everyone is urg- attend. R. D. Suber, County Agent. 4-H Rally Day Held At State Fair Camp evening tained gram of this enl tended Foi Hyett heavy National On their back ol Wayah and also trict at County The finest 4-H Rally Day was held in Columbia Wednesday, Oc tober 20. at the fair ground. About five thousand club boys and girls this meeting. McCormick; riubs had fifty-six repre-; present to enjoy the ^Mucatiouel program and the State Fair. This was the finest trip some of the club members had to the State Fair or to Colum bia so each member reported hav ing an excellent time. pile leave for in Col who District trict at week end Georgia, versity* of festivities, reported a Charleston Bradley JNews iradley, Oct. 23.—Friday ’ofessor Dekalb enter- company with a pro mts of magic. Naturally ainment was well at- greatly enjoyed. Ray and Driver Boyd ered several pieces of tiinery to the Pisgah .rest this past week, itum trip they brought equipment from the ’stge at Wayah, N. C., >m the Mountain Dis- alla. Leader Joe .Jones and working steadily on ood supply and their growing larger every Wi Hamilton has been on reral days at his home S. C. Mr. M. E. Nixon, to the Long Cane the Mountain Dis- is spending the his home in Athens, is attending the Uni- iGeorgia homecoming Superintendent Allen yery pleasant trip to it week end. Mrs. Eliza Jane Spence Claimed By Death Mrs. Eliza Jane Spence, 72, widow of the late Mr. Sam Spence, died at her home near McCormick Sat urday evening at 9 o’clock after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the Wideman Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. R. E. Craig, assisted by Dr. S. W. Reid, pastor of the Pressley Memorial A. R. P. church. She had been a mem ber of Troy A. R. P., Church since early childhood. Before her marriage Mrs. Spence was Miss Eliza Jane Wideman of the Buffalo community. She is survived by two sons and one daughter, Mr. Calvin Spence, Mr. Bennie Spence and Mrs. J. T. Dillashaw; two sisters, Misses Sallie and Emily Wideman, and one brother, Mr. Edd Wideman, all of McCormick. Active pallbearers were Blease Edmunds, Sam Brewer, Perry Bowick, Tatum Wideman, Bernard Spence and John Shannon. G. P. McCain, funeral director, in charge. TXT Mt. Carmel JNews Home Coming Service Celebrates Comple tion Of New Baptist Church At Plum Branch HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. t FRIDAY and SATURDAY October 29th and 30th. 7 p. m. and 8:55 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3 p. m. CLARK GABLE JEAX HARLOW in “SARATOGA” J (Jean Harlow's last picture) Also 1 ' A Pete Smith Specialty * ’■Jungle Juveniles** and A Novelty "The Boss Didn t Say Good Morning"’ MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY November 1st and 2nd. 7 p. ra. and 9 p. m. BEULAH BONDI VICTOR MOORE in “MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW” (A Piclure Everyone should see) A l*o ^Plea-c K^r» Me In Your Dreams’* * ^ ' (Henrv Kins $ Orchestra) — and * I LATEST NEWS EVENTS ^MISSION': A: r 25 c.r-K Children up to i 0 cents: Children 12 lo 15. 15 cents Messrs. Fife and their mother, Mrs. Eva Fife, who were guests of Miss Lilly Miller at De la Howe for a few days were visitors in Mt. Carmel Sabbath morning at the A. R. P. Sabbath School. Mr. Bill Fife is a very gifted musician and the beautiful music was very much en joyed. . Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Mr. Will Hester attended the State Fair and the Carolina-Clemson football game last Thursday. They also visited Miss Julia Cade, and were happy to find her improving nicely. This will be good news to Miss Cade’s many friends. Mrs. D. J. McAllister, Mrs. Hun ter McKinney and Mrs. W. A. Scott were McCormick visitors Tuesday. Mr. Lawrence Connor and sons, Lawrence, Jr., and John Ed, of Charleston, spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Mc Kinney. Mr. Hollis Connor of Charleston came up Sabbath evening with Mr. Lawrence Connor and sons and is spending some time in Mt. Carmel. Mr. Frank Cason of Evanston, HI., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lillian Cason. Many friends here are glad to welcome him home again. Mr. W. L. Miller of Greenwood was a recent visitor here. Mr. Floyd Wells of Greenville was a visitor herfe last Friday and Saturday and Mr. Roy Wells ac^ companied him home for a short stay. ivir. Bradley Morrah of Green ville was a recent visitor here. Mr. and Mrs. Sistrunk and fam ily of Clover, S. C., visited Mrs. J. W. Morrah and other friends here recently. Mr. and Mrs. Sistrunk were former residents of Mt. Car mel and a host of friends were delighted to see them again. Mrs. Sistrunk is pleasantly remembered as Miss Sallie Whitton and Mr. Sistrunk was R. R. agent and tele-^ graph operator here for several years. Miss Monnie Harling, Mrs. Car rie Tarrant, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney were Abbeville visitors one day recently. The many friends here of Mr. W. O. Covin deeply sympathize with him in his illness, and hope for him a speedy recovery. More than 500 people gathered at Plum Branch Sunday, October 17th, to celebrate the completion of the new Baptist Church Build ing with a home coming all day service. The pastor, Rev. O. L. Orr, pre sided, introducing the Hon. J. Strom Thurmond, of Edgefield, as the first speaker of the morning session. He congratulated the peo ple of Plum Branch upon such a noble and sacrificial accomplish ment and pointed out the ways,in which the church made a com munity a better place in which to live. Sin was compared to a foot ball game with various besetting sins such as selfishness, greed, envy, revenge and strife as prin cipals in the lineup. Following Mr. Thurmond, Dr. W. G. Blackwell spoke on “What the Christian Church Means to the World”. He stressed the value of home training in church develop ment and the great place that Christian mothers play in charac ter development. The scripture les son for his talk was read by the Rev. A. Thad. Persons of McCor mick. J. L. Bracknell, chairman of the building committee made a report on finances. The total cost of the building which is a beautiful brick veneer 12-room structure was ap proximately $8,000, all of which has been paid except a little more than $1,400. CONGREGATION IS COMMENDED The Rev. Mr. Hodgens of John ston, a former pastor, commended the congregation upon the great work accomplished and mentioned what it would mean to the future of the community. The theme of Rev. O. L. Orr’s message of the day was the importance of taking God into account in the building of a church. This is the third church building constructed under the pas torate of the Rev. Orr who has served as a minister for more than 40 years. The Rev. J. D. Hughey, Jr., of Au gusta spoke on the “Art of Hap piness”, pointing out that the peo ple of the Plum Branch Baptist Church should be happy over their work well done. During the noon hour a bounti ful picnic dinner with barbecue hash was served on the grounds Music for the day was furnished by Miss Kate Bracknell, pianist, Mr. Calvin Orr, soloist, R. D. Suber, J. W. Bracknell, Dorsey Wilkie and Charles Wall in a male quartet and Mr. Charles Wilkie and his band. -xx- Home Agent’s Sehedule For Week Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 1937 Club Calves Shown At The State Fair Friday, a. m. office; Sandy Branch H. D. Club, 3 p. m. Saturday, a. m. office. Monday, a. m. office; Bethany H D. Club, 3 p. m. Tuesday, a. m. office; Dowtin H. D. Club, 3 p. m. j Wednesday, a. m. office; Plum Branch H. D. Club, 3 p. m. j Thursday, a. m. office; Willing- ton H. D. Club, 3 p. m. j Seven McCormick County 4-H Club beef calves were shown at the State Fair. Four of these calves won prizes for the Clubsters. In the class weighing up to 500 pounds, Thomas McComb’s calf placed eighth winning a $3.00 prize. In the class weighing between 626 and 750 pounds, Elvin Brock’s calf placed fifth winning a $6.00 prize. Billy Henderson’s calf placed sixth winning $5.00 prize, and Charles Crawford’s calf placed seventh winning a $4.00 prize. $18.00 totals the winnings in the show contest. The gain in weight contest has not been heard from at this writing. These calves brought $400.00 at the 4-H Club auction sale Friday cf Fair week. The purchasing price was about $200.00. Including the feed cost, the calves netted their owners approximately $200.00. Pric es varied from .0815 per pound liveweight to .0960. All of these calves came from the herd of W. H. Hester of Mt. Carmel, S. C. Five other calves are already on feed for the spring show. R. D. Suber, County Agent. Farm News Bright Spots Sumter, October 23.—Following the recent successful dairy feeding school nine dairymen in Sumter county joined the new dairy herd improvement association with a to tal of 347 cows listed on which to have records kept. “The dairies in this county are producing good clean milk but a great deal of room is left for improvement on the production side of the business, and it is felt that this work will help a great deal along this line”, says T. O. Bowen, acting county agent. “Many favorable reports have come from the dairymen who attended the school.” * * * * Manning, Oct. 23.—On July 13 J. R. Logan, of Alcolu, put 14 pigs weighing 1154 pounds on a field of soybeans and supplemented this j with corn, fishmeal, and cotton- I seed meal. He used 64 bushels of corn and $31.93 worth of fishmeal ! and cottonseed meal. On Sept. 20, I when these hogs were sold they | weighed 3060 pounds, or a gain of 1905 pounds, according to records of County Agent F. M. Hast. They brought 11 cents pier pound thus making a total for the gain of $209.60. Deducting the cost of fish meal and cottonseed meal, $31.93, the corn sold through the hogs brought $2.15 per bushel. Mr. Logan states that the damage done to the soybeans was very slight. * * * * Columbia, Oct. 23.—O. Romaine Smith, assistant farm agent of Richland county, reports that Collin Amick, Columbia, Rt. 5, be lieves in a combination of erota- laria and rye as a soil builder on sandy soil. In one field Mr. Amick had planted crotalaria followed by rye for four successive years. From this field he harvested this year 548.24 pounds of lint per acre. In an adjoining field he had grown crotalaria followed by rye only one year, and from this field he pick ed only 403.29 pounds per acre, a decrease of 144.95 pounds. Mr. Amick’s farm is in the sandhill section near Pontiac. He says, “You can’t beat crotalaria followed by rye on sandy land as a soil building practice.” * * * * McCormick, Oct. 23.—C. E. Wilkie of Plum Branch is pleased with the returns from sweet potatoes. According to County Agent R. D. Suber’s report, Mr. Wilkie harvest ed 200 bushels of No. 1 Louisiana yams per acre, while his cotton yielded 20 bales on 23 acres. The profit from the sweet potatoes is four times that from the cotton. The return from the sweet pota toes was $200 per acre, from the cotton $50 per acre. Mr. Wilkie has followed the recommended prac tices in growing this crop. No dis eased potatoes have been dug. These potatoes have been sold to local stores in McCormick, Aobe- ville, and Greenwood at $1.00 tc $1.25 per bushel. Number 23 The Anderson Fair Opens Nov. 1st Anderson, S. C., Oct. 25.—(Spe cial).—The seventh annual Ander son Fair is so close around the corner that it’s almost here. On Monday morning, November l, the gates swing open on what officials predict will be the most successful fair ever held here. All of the big tops along the up per midway are already in position. Carpenters and electricians are working in three shifts installing lighting fixtures and building ex hibit booths. The construction schedule was badly disrupted by the recent heavy rains, but J. A. Mitchell, secretary of the Ander son Fair association, promises that every department will be completed and ready by Saturday night. Exhibits will be received Satur day all day and until noon Mon day, with the exception of those entered in the poultry division. AH poultry must be in the poultry barn by midnight Saturday night. The Anderson Fair is a non profit community enterprise. Ten counties are embraced in the An derson Fair association: .Anderson, Abbeville, Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens in South Carolina; Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison and Stephens in Georgia. -xx- Cotton Reported Ginned Prior To October 18 -XX- Weekly Cotton Grade And Staple Report For South Carolina For Week Ending October 21,1937 Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 23.—This is the seventh weekly grade and staple report for South Carolina on the 1937 crop. A comparison of these reports reveals a definite trend toward lower grades and shorter lengths. The cotton classed this week is lower in grade and shorter in staple length than for any pre vious week this season. The high grades, represented by Strict Middling and better, include! j only 3 per cent of this week’s class- 1 ings in comparison with 9 per cent for the season to date, and with ! 32 per cent for last season to cor responding date. i Staple lengths, 1 1-16 inches and longer, include only 4 per cent of the cotton classed this week, as compared with 6 per cent for the season to date, and with 22 per cent for last season to correspond ing date. Washington, Oct. 25.—The census bureau reported today that cotton jof this year’s growth ginned prior to October 18 totaled 11,068,319 running bales, compared with 8,- ! 569,476 to that date last year, and 6,590,402 in 1935. Round bales, counted as half bales, included, totaled 186,174, compared with 148,827 for 1936, and 103,676 for 1935. American-Egyptian included to- : taled • 3,669 bales, compared with ‘ 4,158 and 4,885 in the previous two years. Ginnings to October 18 by states, with comparative figures for a year ago were: / Alabama, 1,203,423 and 953,069; Arizona, 65,863 and 57,694; Arkan sas, 1,043,066 and 923,154; Cali fornia, 148,177 and 149,601; Florida, 32,396 and 25,978; Georgia, 1,125,- 954 and 807,696; Louisiana, 823,- 546 and 668,835; Mississippi, 1,661,- 189 and 1,541,379; Missouri, 161,- 493 and 209,453; New Mexico, 33,- 725 and 41,284; North Carolina, 375,926 and 214,107; Oklahoma, 351,289 and 190,680; South Caro lina, 629,640 and 409,973; Tennessee, 268,085 and 275,613; Texas, 3,124,- 024 and 2,081,900; Virginia, 11,303 and 10.646; all other states, 8,720 and 8,594. tyt a» Lespedeza Provides Protection And Profit In Proper Land Use Chester, Oct. 16.—Much of the land on the farm of Dr. R. E. Abell, of Chester, Is too steep for produc tion of cotton, but the harvesting of $3,500 worth of lespedeza hay from 115 acres has shown him that proper land use can also be profit able land use. Dr. Abell is a cooperator in the- Soil Conservation Service program through the Chester County .Asso ciation and is following good land- use practices recommended by the Soil Conservation Service and Clemson College Extension Service on his 272-acre farm. From 115 acres of land planted to lespedeza he recently harvested 175 tons of lespedeza hay of ex cellent quality and he has already sold quite a bit of it at $20 a ton.. At this rate his crop would bring $3,500. In addition to the hay, which seived to protect much of his steep land from erosion, he made an ex cellent corn crop and an unusually good crop of grain. Dr. Abell says he prefers cutting, curing and bal ing lespedeza hay to harvesting the. seed.