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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.
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Thanksgiving Carni
val At Buffalo School
House Nov. 23
mick Public Schools
2nd Month (October)
1937
c^ftemories
by A. B. Chapin
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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.
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3841 Bales Of Cotton
Ginned In McCormick
County To Nov. 1st
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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.
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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
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“MIDNIGHT MADONNA
Also
A BETTY BOOP CARTOON
“House Cleaning Blues”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.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.
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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