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TSUS TO OOBSELVICS, OUB KEIGHBOB3, OUB COUNTliY AND OUB GOD.
^Thirty-Sixth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1937
Number 30
Junior Class Presents
‘The Path Across
The Hill
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On Thursday night, December 16,
the Junior Class of the McCormick
High will present a 3 act-comedy-
drama, “The Path Across the Hill”,
by Lillian Mortimer. Under the di
rection of Miss Ruth McKee and
Miss Lillie Mae Inman, these mem
bers of the Junior Class enact well
their respective parts:
Grandpa Crawford — Lawrence
Strom,
Robert Post—Thomas B. Minor,
Dr. Jimmie Reed—James F. Mat-
tison, Jr.,
Walter Conrad—Jim Neal Work
man,
Salamander Alexander John
Henry Jones—Ashmore Brown,
Ruth Conrad—Aurelia J. Caudle,
Grandma Davis—Frances Schum-
pert,
Flo Gray—Thelma Brown,
Lutie—Imogene Sanders,
Zuzu—Doris M. Coleman.
To add to the entertainment,
Mr. Morris Drucker will play several
violin selections, accompanied by
Miss Edna Mae McKinney at the
piano; also the school band will
perform. The school band includes:
Jim Neal Workman, Jamie Sanders,
Edward Campbell, Jennings Gary
Dorn, Bill Patterson, Rudolph
Strom, Robert Corley and Miss
Ruth McKee.
“The Path Across the Hill” is
an exceptional exhibition of the
talent of McCormick’s younger set.
Don’t miss it!
Thursday night, December 16, at
8:00 o’clock in the High School
Auditorium.
A small admission will be charged
and the public is urged to attend.
Card Of Thanks
Henry J. Bussey
Is Found Dead
Henry Jennings Bussey, 52, was
found dead in bed at his home in
Modoc early Monday morning. He
had been in his usual health and
his death comes as a shock to his
many friends throughout this sec
tion. He was born in Lincoln coun
ty, Georgia, but moved to this
county with his parents, the late
E. Z. and Lucy Jennings Bussey
a number of years ago.
He was a member of the Baptist
church and funeral services were
conducted at three o’clock Tuesday
afternoon from the Modoc Baptise
church in charge of the Rev. O. L.
Orr and interment made in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Bussey was never married
and is survived by one sister, Mrs.
L. P. Guillebeaux, Atlanta, Ga.;
four brothers, E. F. Bussey, Modoc;
T. W. Bussey, Atlanta, Ga.; G. W.
Bussey, Douglass, Ga.; and J. G.
Bussey, Wauchaula, Fla.
Active pallbearers were J. O. Mc
Daniel, Carroll Bussey, Tilman
Howie, Grover McDaniel, Henry
Bailey and Joe Hornsby.
Honorary pallbearers were C. W.
Pennal, W. T. Strom, J. A. Talbert,
J. F. Mattison, Morgan Reese, G.
E. Dukes, Douglass McDaniel, J.
T. Clem and G. N. Moore.
J. S. Strom, funeral director^ :'n
charge.
Mrs. D. J. McAllister
Garden Contest
Winner
Carol Singing
Thursday Afternoon
December 23rd
The singing of Christmas carols
on the streets will be enjoyed again
this year. The carolers are invited
to meet at the Christmas tree near
the depot at 5 o’clock Thursday af
ternoon, Dec. 23rd. In case you
don’t get to the practice, don’t let
this prevent your joining* the
j carolers as familiar carols are being
' used. The following is a list that
will be used.
Joy to the World,
The First Noel,
Hark! the Herald Angdls Sing,
Silent Night! Holy Night!
Come All Ye Faithful,
O, Little Town of Bethlehem,
Deck the Halls,
It Came Upon the Midnight
Clear,
Away In a Manger.
We wish to thank our friends and
relatives for the many favors and
kindnesses shown us during the ill-
Atss and death of our husband and
father.
Mrs. F. A. Wise And Children.
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Mrs. D. J. McAllister, Mt. Carmel,
S. C., has been announced as one
of the winners in the South Caro
lina Home Demonstration Better
Garden Contest for 1937 by Mother
Walker and the other judges. Mrs.
McAllister will receive a prize of
$5.00 from the Chilean Nitrate Ed
ucational Bureau, Inc., for her good
gardening and record keeping.
Matilda Bell,
Co. Home Dem. Agent.
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
December 17th and 18th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m.
Matinee Saturday 3 p. m.
GENE RAYMOND JOE PENNER
HARRIET HILLARD PARKYAKARKUS
in
“T*HE LIFE OF THE PARTY”
Also
A POPEYE CARTOON
“My Artistical Temperature”
and
A BETTYBOOP CARTOON
“Making Friends”
MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
December 20lh and 21st, 7 p. m. and 3:45 p. m.
WILLIAM POWELL MYRNA LOY
in
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DOUBLE WEDDING
Also
A Pete Smith Specialty
“SKI CHAMPIONS”
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
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ADMISSION: Adults. 25 center, Children up to 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
Buy Christmas Seals!
Those who have not yet sent in
their contributions to J. Fred
Buzhardt for the Christmas Seal
Sale, are urged to do so imme
diately. Tuberculosis is still tak
ing its death toll every year in Mc
Cormick county and many inno
cent unsuspecting individuals are
suffering impaired health because
of this infection. There is great
need for organized effort to fight
this dread disease in early diagnosis
and treatment and the money
from Christmas Seals goes for
this purpose.
The need is urgent and the cause
a most worthy one. Every person
should be eager to do his part.
Those contributing this week are
as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Barnhardt_$ .50
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bell 1.00
Miss Matilda Bell 1.00
Mr. Luther Bo wick .50
Mr. F. A. Dean .50
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dillashaw .25
Mr. Joe Dillashaw .25
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Faulkner 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fooshe .35
Mrs. P. B. Fraylick .50
Miss Mary Jones 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lomas 1.00
Miss Lily Miller 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pennal 1.00
Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Persons __ .5a
Miss Estel Powell .50
Mr. R. L. Quarles, Jr., .25
Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Reid 1.0J
Miss Mary Remsen 100
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice 1.00
Mrs. Essie B. Seigler 1.00
Mrs. Carrie Talbert .25
Mrs. Leon Traylor .20
Miss Carrie Waters 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Talbert 1.00
H. C. Sanders Committee Appointed Interesting Slides
Rites Conducted - dling
Empty Stocking
Being Shown
Henry Calvin Sanders, 45 year old
World War veteran of McCormick of the Iccn! ci'rurc.iei
county, died at his home in Clarks have appointed the following com-
Hill Sunday evening at six o’clock 1 -'nUee to .-'range plans for holding
after an illness of two weeks and a !- "''or^le of this corn-
long period cf ill health. He was a munity at Christmas time:
native of this section, a son of die j Mrs. D. C. Talbert, Mrs. J. L.
late H. C. and Mary Blackwell San- Smith, Mrs. W. E. Rheney, Mrs.
Each Wednesday evening for th»
past three weeks opportunity has
been given tq the people of Mc
Cormick to see in pictures some
thing of the Home Mission Fields
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion through the courtesy cf Mz.
G. J. Sanders, Jr., at the Hoilywoo 3
Theatre. These slides have been
ders. He was a devout member of J- F. Buzhardt, Mrs. Charles Brown,!;;;;:;;; . ^ ot ^ 3
the Clarks Hill Bapa 5 t church and Mrs. John Creswell, Mrs. C. k!
at the time oi his death >vas i Strom, Mrs. Marshall Creswell, Mrs. and hav g included 31 ** 181 CnurC1V
member of the board of deacon
Mr. Sanders was also a member <.
C. A. Gilbert.
The public is asked
to
The Last
hand ' Fr0ntier ”’ “ Froni Dan To Besr "
Masonic Lodge No. 199 at Parks- names of people who will need help For , ch J' 1 _ st ”
ville and of the Thomas Jefferson in filling empty stockings to this T ri o h ^ i
Lyon, Jr., Post No. 19, American committee or to one of the min-
Legion of McCormick. isters by Friday afternoon at 2:30
Surviving are his widow who be- o’clock when the committee is ask-
will be presented on December 21.
Mr. Elmer Creighton is the op
erator and along with Jamie
tore her marriage was Miss Annie ed to meet in the Ladies’ Rest T1T ,, . T * *
West of Evans, Ga.; one son, Grc- Room of the Court House. At this ® they are to . be thanke *
also for this rare opportunity.
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ver Calhoun Sanders, Clarks Hill; time the committee will decide just
three brothers, Grover C. Sanders, how the work is to be done and
McCormick; J. c. Sanders, Simp- announcement concerning same
sonville and J. P. Sanders, Spartan- will be made in the churches Sun-
burg; four sisters, Mrs. J. A. Ridle- day. / .
hoover, Plum Branch; Mrs E. B.
Vickery, Escondido, Calif.; Mrs. J.
C. Buchanan and Mrs. J. W.
Buchanan both of Coronaca.
Funeral services were conducted
at eleven o’clock Tuesday morning
from the Plum Branch Baptist
church with the Rev. O. L. Orr,
pastor, and the Rev. H. M. Hodgens
of Johnston, a former pastor, and
Christmas Party
Given By Dowtin
H. D. Club
T. E. L. Class Meets
The Christmas party given by
the Dowtin H. D. Club was held at
the home of Mrs. T. A. Dowtin, Sr.,
the Rev. Foster Speer of the Plum on ^ ec - ?•
Branch Methodist church, officiat- After Christmas seals had been
ing, and interment made in the sok * eac ^ niember, Miss Bell
Plum Branch cemetery. showed correct thread sizes for
Active pallbearers were G. E. ever y fabric and purpose. Also, il-
Campbeil, Fred Morgan, Earl Jef- lustraJkms on the modern methods
ferson. Dr. C. K. Epting, Dr. in stitching, decorating and finish-
Garnett Tuten and E. A. Williams., ^ were show* 1 -
Honorary pallbearers were mem- j Tl 16 program committee with
bers of the Parksville Masonic ^ rs - F. W. Roper as chairman took
Lodge No. 199.
charge. Then followed various
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in S&mes and contests which proved
charge.
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Total $17.45
Previously reported 56.35
Total $72.80
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Mt. Carmel INews
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson and
Miss Virginia Watson were visitors
in Greenville Sunday.
Mr. Bradley Morrah of Green
ville spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. J. V/. Morrah.
Mrs. J. R. Tarrant, Mrs. Mabel
3rown and Mrs. W. H. Horton
were visitors in McCormick Friday.
Mr. John Dru Cade was a busi
ness visitor in McCormick Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney
visited his mother, who has been
:ritically ill for several weeks, last
71 iday. Our last report was her
condition is about the same.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Boyd have
-ved to Atlanta. Their many
friends here regret to see these
o«-d people leave us but wish for
them the best of luck in their new
lome.
Miss Mae Tompkins, Mrs. Mims
of Edgefield and Mrs. Middleton
of McCormick were visitors in Mt.
Carmel Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Prather and attrac
tive little daughter, Norma Jean,'
Mr. and Mrs. Marvyn Burts of An-:
derson were spend the day guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Curtis.
Mrs. Ida M. Black spent the week
end in Calhoun Falls with Mrs. D.
L. Bryson.
Mr. Fred Black of Belton was a
visitor here last Friday and Sat
urday.
Camp Bradley News
Camp Bradley, Dec. 11,—The big
gest and best news to the men at
Camp F-7 and especially to the
Foremen and office force was the
return of Superintendent Allen
from Edgefield where he has been
ill for the past week. Foreman J.
W. Ray acted as Superintendent
during Mr. Allen’s absence.
Mr. A. F. Nontague came over
from the Encree District Monday
morning to assist Foreman Reece
on trie terracing work that is being
done in tne C.ramoerlain Ferry sec
tion.
The truck drivers are anxious to
drive on the jobs wmen are located
me longest distance from Camp
now as mileage on their
trucks means money in their
pockets. Each driver tnao
drives his truck 5000 miles
without an accident is given jj.uo
out of the Company fund. To date
"Plow Boy” Williams who hauls No.
2 stone on the two ton G. M. (J.
dump and “Perch' Jennings who
drives the Company truck are me
only men to complete their speci-
■iita mileage, imyu nyau nope co
get the remaining 900 miles on his
Reo before Christmas.
Several visitors have asked men
in camp about the meaning of the
red spot or circle seen at various
parts on the Forest Service build
ings. The visitors were advised that
mese ten inch red circles marked
whe location of fire extinguishers
on the inside of the buildings.
Men at Camp Bradley felt the
odd this week in several different
ways. First, the water pipes froze
and had to be thawed with a blow
torch before water would run: then,
the pump froze and burst and the
camp had only enough water for
cooking purposes for four days.
to be quite exciting and enjoyed
by the eleven members and three
visitors.
Christmas songs were sung and
after this, everyone was invited in
to the dining room where a salad
course was served.
Mrs. P. W. Roper will be hostess
to the January meeting.
Reporter.
All School Children
Required To Be Suc
cessfully Vaccinated
For Smallpox
In compliance with the State
Law requiring all school children
to be vaccinated for smallpox, Dr.
O. D. Garvin, District Health Direc
tor and Mrs. R. fe. Babb, Jr., Coun
ty Nurse visited 10 colored schools
in the North Western portion of the
County and vaccinated 153 school
children and inspected 330.
In the near future the Local
Physicians working with the Coun
ty Health Department will vacci
nate ?.ll children attending the
white schools in this county whe
have not been successfully vacci
nated for this disease.
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Army Enlists 356
From Carolinas
During November 356 young men
from North and South Carolina
were enlisted in the Regular Army
as a result of the recent recruiting
campaign. Influenced by the desire
to travel, the majority of them
chose foreign service duty and are
now enroute to the Hawaiian Is
lands. Those desiring to remain in
the States were assigned to organi
zations in the Fourth Corps Area.
Recruits enlisted in the December
drive for overseas assignments will
sail about January 6th.
Wednesday afternoon the T. E. 1.
Class of the McCormick Baptist
Sunday School was entertainef
most pleasantly at the home U
Mrs. James Keown with Mrs. D. <JL
Talbert, Mrs. Fannie Kate McCaia,
and Mrs. Edgar Price serving as as
sistant hostesses.
Mrs. J. B. Branch, teacher cf
English at the De la Howe Stall
School, was guest speaker on thcr
occassion, bringing a most inter
esting and inspiring Christmai
message.
Following a short business ses
sion conducted by the president.
Mrs. A. Thad. Persons, $ delightful
social hour followed with Mia
Eloise Britt in charge.
The hostesses served a delicioui
salad course to the thirty-six ladle*
present.
In addition to the Hawaiian va
“IGd” Talbert’s most important job] cancies there are some in the
American Legion
Auxiliary Meets
The American Legion Auxiliary
was delightfully entertained at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Jr«
Thursday afternoon, Dec. 2, with If
members present.
During the business session con
ducted by Mrs. P. W. Roper, Presi
dent, plans were made for helping
to make veterans in the State H<»-
nitals happy at Christmas time..
Reports were made by Mrs. C. X..
Epting, Treasurer, and Mrs. Gary
E. Campbell, Membership Chair
man.
An enjoyable social hour follow
ed with Mrs. Harmon, assisted hj
Mrs. A. W. Coleman, and Mrs. C
H. Huguley, joint hostesses, serving
cake and coffee.
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Camp Modoc News
Camp Modoc, Dec. 11.—Construc
tion work being done by the camn
has progressed nicely during the
past week. F ifxn s are under way for
Hie construction cf a two-spais
bridge over Beaverdam Creek on
the Turkey Read. It is expected
that grading on this road will b*:'
completed by the middle of Jan
uary.
The Woodlawn Lookout Station
has been topsoiled during the past
week and was sodded to Bermuda,
grass. Shrubbery will be planted
during the coming week and the
entire station repainted.
Construction of the remainder of
the Prescott Road is to be started
the later part of this month. Grad
ing on the Key Road has been com
pleted and surfacing is expected
to be completed next week.
Mr. Bob West is being transfer--
red from Camp F-3 at Witherbee^.
S. C., on the Francis Marian For
est to Camp F-ll at Modoc, next
every morning was hauling enough Panama Canal Department for men ; Monday. Assistant Ranger E. L.
water to fill radiators and to use w ith special qualifications as clerks, Giddings is being transferred to
for cleaning tools. typists, radio operators, radio me- Newberry, S. C., on the Enoree Dis-
Another thing the cold weather chanics, airplane mechanics, cooks, trict and Assistant Ranger H. W..
was responsible for is the bending an( j musicians. Assignments can be Wagner is taking his place on the-
of the legs on a cot. This came made for Air Corps, Quartermaster Long Cane District,
about when Steve Allen found corps, Coast Artillery, and the Visitors to camp during the pasv
enough cover to give Marion Ham- Bands. week were Road Supervisor Ei
ilton as much as he wanted. After Men wishing to make application Vernon of Columbia, Ranger Wm.
putting the blankets from all the for any of these vacancies should P. David, Assistant Ranger E. L.
empty cots in Camp on Mr. Ham- see the Army Recruiting Agent at Giddings, Assistant Ranger H. \V.
ilton’s bed the cot simply couldn’t the Greenwood Post Office Build- Wagner and Junior Civil Engineer:-
stand the strain. ing. s. E. Puckettc of Greenwood.