University of South Carolina Libraries
■fo'-V ,f ^^nSr- • ^ ' r ^ "'^v i Union Thanksgiving Service At A. R. P. Church Next Thursday “Charlie Mitchell And His Mountaineers” To Be At Troy Nov. 23 “Charlie Mitchell and his Moun- | taineers” will appear in person at The Union Thanksgiving Service Troy school house, on Tuesday of McCormick churches will be evening, Nov. 23rd, at 8 o’clock, held Thursday, Thanksgiving j Admission 15c and 25c. These fa- morning, at 7:30 o’clock in the mous musicians broadcast from Pressly Memorial A. R. P. church, j WIS, Columbia, every day at 12:15. Rev. M. E. DerriCjk wfal bring the This personal appearance is spon- Thanksgiving message. 'sored by A. R. P. Ladies’ Aid So- These services have proven pop- C iety. ular and profitable and have been j xx • remarkably well attended in the |Hon0j . RoU McCor . Everybody invited. S. W. Reid, Pastor. xx Thanksgiving Carni val At Buffalo School House Nov. 23 mick Public Schools 2nd Month (October) 1937 c^ftemories by A. B. Chapin TMAVJKSGIVING- wpasatiokjs -JMU v. A vr"' Hi 1 JovIn(I stop sampling-Tk,/cr Bottl*IJ^][ \ WONT WAVE ENOUG-M LCCT COft. Th ' mince Pies i l (oo'o Bette* come out were and WBi-P Jimmy Cwop tm'mince meat ecoee me eats all nc a X Everybody is cordially invited to the Thanksgiving Carnival to be given by the Buffalo-Bellevue Home Demonstration Club on Tuesday, November 23, at Buffalo school house. Time, 8:00 o’clock. Admission three and five cents. xx 3841 Bales Of Cotton Ginned In McCormick County To Nov. 1st ' • *_ Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County qf McCormick. Cotton: Census report shows that there were 3841 bales of cotton gin ned in McCormick County from the crop of 1937 prior to Nov. 1, 1937, as compared with 2878 bales gin ned to Nov. 1, 1936, crop of 1936. Very respectfully, James E. Bell, Special Agent. Date, Nov. 16, 1937. SECOND GRADE— Theresa Earnhardt. FOURTH GRADE— Thelma Chiles, Carl Henry Strom. FIFTH GRADE— Bertha May Harris, Frances New. EIGHTH GRADE— Anne B. Seigler, Virginia Fooshe, Norma Holloway. NINTH GRADE— Natalie Brown, Lois Freeland. TENTH GRADE— James Bell. ELEVENTH GRADE— Evelyn Bo wick, Frances Cheatham, Herbert Sturkey, Chas. H. Williams, James Candler Williams. III ms -p.xr.m -XX- Art Lessons I give art lessons in the recrea tional hall from eight to four on Wednesdays. Will be glad to see anyone interested in art. Mrs. T. L. Edmunds. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 19th and 20th, 7 p. m. and 9:10 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3 p. m. ELANOR POWELL ROBERT TAYLOR in BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938” Also OUR GANG COMEDY “Night V Gales” and A Pete Smith Specialty “Pigskin Champions” MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY November 22nd and 23rd, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. WARREN WILLIAM MADY CORRELL KITTY CLANCY in •VJ “MIDNIGHT MADONNA Also A BETTY BOOP CARTOON “House Cleaning Blues” 99 f r wm; fc ** ^ A Paramount Pictorial and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Funds Coming In Nicely For Tillman Memorial Those who have contributed to the Tillman Memorial Fund and amounts. I would like to complete this canvass as early as possible, and all those wishing to contribute to this movement, I would appre ciate it if you would let me have the amount. Previously submitted, F. C. Rob inson, (1932) $10.00 Marion Baker 1.00 S. L. Britt 1.00 Miss Alice Talbert 1.00 Ernest Hanvey 1.00 J. B. Harmon, Jr., 1.00 H. E. Freeland .50 Dr. C. H. Workman .50 J. O. Patterson .50 W. T. Strom 1.00 W. O. Graves .50 J. A. Talbert 1.00 Mrs. J. J. Dorn 5.00 W. W. Keown, Jr., .50 A. K. Britt .25 H. G. Sanders .50 welfare for all. Dr. C. K. Epting presided over the meeting and other legionnaires making short talks were Dr. Garnet Tuten, advocating strong national defense and democracy in govern ment; Dr. C. R. Strom, James M. Cox, and M. C. White who asked the local post to go on record as favoring a “widows and orphans’’ bill. Fred Morgan, adjutant, advo cated the organization of a post of “Sons of Legionnaires”. Another called on for remarks was Mrs. P. W. Roper, president of the local auxiliary, whose members served an oyster supper to the legionnaires and their guests. Music for the occasion was furnished by members of the high school band, Miss Louise Brack nell, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. E. C. Rice, pianist. Mrs. Wise, wife of the guest speaker was also pres ent. Officers recently elected in the local post are: Gary E. Campbell, Commander; Fred Morgan, Adjutant; P. J. Dow- tin, First Vice Commander; T. R. i Ridlehcover, Second Vice Comm.; P. W. Roper, Third Vice Comm.; District P. T. A. To Meet In Greenwood November 20tb Whitmire Nov. 15.—The Third District of the South Carolina Con gress of Parents and Teachers^ comprising Newberry, Saluda. Edgefield, Abbeville, McCormick: and Greenwood counties, will meet- in Greenwood cn Saturday morn ing, November 20th, in the Green wood High School auditorium Mrs. Charles E. Roe, National Sec retary, and Mrs. Paul Leonard, State President, will appear on the program. Mrs. W. W. Lewis, Dis trict President, will preside. All members of Parent Teacher Associations, whether or not af filiated with the State Congress, are urged to attend this meetinff. Following is the program for the day: 9:30-10—Registration. 10-10:15—Invocation, Rev. W. R_ Wingard; Greetings, Mr. W. E_ Black,’ Supt. City Schools. 10:15-11:15—The National Con gress of Parents and Teachers, Mrs. Charles E. Roe, discussion leader; The Parent-Teacher Movement, The Program of Service, National Projects. 11:15-12—Group Singing, Busi ness, Reports of Local Presidents: 12-12:40—Open Forum—Led by Mrs. Paul Leonard, S. C. C. P. T. What the Local Unit Expects from the State Office; What the State Office Expects from the Local Units. 12:40-1:00—Symposium — Hlgti lights of the Day’s Conference. xx Cotton Ginnings Given Bv South Carolina Counties of the annual meeting, and after a round of entertainment and a sight-seeing trip be guests of the banquet that evening. There will be a first prize and a second prize of $10 and $5 awarded in each of the 24 counties. There is still time to enter and compete for the county prizes and the grand prize, officials point out. Boys and girls who are interested should contact their vocational agricul ture teachers, club leaders, or county agent. The contest is sponsored by the Augusta Chronicle, the Augusta Herald, the Citizens & Southern The Department of Commerce, National Bank, the Georgia Rail- through the Bureau of the Census;, COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO NO VEMBER 1 IN SOUTH CARO LINA: CROPS OF 1937 AND 1936 road Bank & Trust Company, and tne National Exchange Bank. -xx- Program Edgefield Associational Baptist Training Union Rally The Edgefield Associational Bap tist Training Union Rally will meet at Edgefield Baptsit Church Sun- C HHu^ulv" 1 'S!c. K. Epting, Service Officer; R. Oay afternoon, November 21, at m f “ h-rt “! L. Dendy, Financial Officer; Carl 3:00 11 is h °P e d that «wry m. Li. Lriotri .ou, „ . - — church will be represented even F. A. Dean 100! wil lis, Sergeant-at-arms; E. F. Mrs. Wistar Harmon .50 Pettys, Chaplain, and C. H. Hu- Mrs. Carl Osborne .25 I ^uley, publicity chmn. Mrs. James Gibert cn ^ Miss Mddred Blackwell C. V/. Pennal Dr. C. K. Epting, Chairman of Tillman Memorial Commission for McCormick County. • xx .50 ]VX 0 r e Than 1,000 Boys And Girls Have Entered Essay Contest American Legion Holds Armistice Augusta, Ga., Nov. 15.—More than a thousand boys and girls in Eas tern Georgia and Western South Carolina have already entered the Celebration Here $500 Livestock Essay Prize Contest of the Twin States Livestock As- sociation, it is announced by D. F. K. Wise, prominent attorney H. Johnson, president of the as- and legionnaire officer of Colum- sociation. bia, held up the American Legion Entries have been received from as a great service organization in 17 of the 24 counties in the asso- an address here last Thursday elation in the two states, but Mr. evening to members of the local Johnson expressed the hope that post who had gathered to celebrate the three Georgia counties and the the nineteenth anniversary of the four Carolina counties which have signing of the Armistice. He said not yet reported entries would be that membership in the American represented when the contest closes Legion is the best insurance policy on November 30. an ex-service man can hold for The winners in the contest are the small sum of three dollars per to be the guests of the association year. In discussing the principles at the annual meeting in December for which the legion stands he in Augusta, where they will be en- pointed with pride to many South tertained and where prizes will be Carolinians who had become heroes awarded at the banquet and the of the past because they were ser- grand prize winner of $100 an - vants of others. With such a heri- nounced for the first time. It is tage he challenged legionnaires to planned that the two winners in fall in line with such ideals in help- each of the counties will come to ing to promote peace, progress and Augusta around noon cn the day though it may not have a B. Y. P. U. The following is the program: Theme—Enlist Church Members for Training in Service. Song Service—Led by Charlie Wall. Devotional—Miss Mary Bussey. Roll Call of Churches, Business, Announcements. Talk—The Importance of the Training Union to the Rural Church—Mr. G. L. Taylor. Special Music— Playlet—“Grandpa Signs Up”— Plum Branch Training Union. Special Music— Dismissal. -xx- Home Dem. Agent’s announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned prior to November 1, by counties, in South Carolina* for the crops of 1937 And I93SL The total for Ihe State was made public on Monday, November 8. (Quantities are in running bales. Linters are not included.) County 1937 The State 771,486 Abbeville __ 11,876 Aiken 29,431 Allendale __ 9,952 Anderson __ 52,315 Bamberg __ 12,759 Barnwell 18,729 Berkeley 3,448 Calhoun __ 18,994 Charleston 666 Cherokee __ 13,227 Chester __ 11,814 Chesterfield 27,491 Clarendon 21,371 Colleton 11,903 Darlington 21,413 Dillon 22,213 Dorchester 8,747 Edgefield __ 14,356 Fairfield 6,177 Florence __ 20,667 Greenville 34,191 Greenwood 7,610 Hampton — 9,671 Horry 864 Jasper 1,492 Kershaw 12,071 Lancaster 8,677 Laurens 22,973 Schedule For Week ^L‘ g ton\T:::::: Villi i McCormick __ 3,841 Friday, a. m., Washington 4-H Marion __ 7,221 Club; White Town H. D. C., 3 p. m. Marlboro __ 32,203 Saturday, a. m., office. Newberry 13,726 Monday a. m., McCormick Gram- Oconee 14,220 mar 4-H club; Afternoon, office. Orangeburg 64,076 Tuesday, a. m., office; Wideman Pickens 19,796 H. D. C., 2:30 p. m. Richland 7,080 Wednesday, a. m.. Plum Branch Laluda __ 6,994 4-H Club; Parksville H. D. C., 3 p. m. Thursday, Holiday. Friday, a. m., office: Chestnut- Ridge H. D. C., 2:30 p. m. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. Spertanburg 45,676 Sumter __ 32,060 Union 10,039 Williamsburg 18,722 York 19,902 All other 1.881 193S 557,861 6,993 22,028 7,858 27,94L 13,691 17,095 1,628 14,948 408 3,130 7.42S 20,985 14,455 9,365 19,115 19,490) 7,47# 10,5277 3,907 16,938 17,421 5,05# 9,408 470 1,268 12,019 8,679 12,331 22,920 11,900 2,878: 6,098 26.528 10.528 7,685- 60,935 11,649 5,226 5,790 18,546 27,995 4,602 15,136 5,965 1,441