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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 23, 1937 REMEMBER — You Always Save At GALLANT-BELK CO. Greenwood’s Leading Dept. Store Home of Better Values OUR ELEVENTH ANNNIVERSARY AND CHRISTMAS SALE Our 11th Anniversary and Christmas Sale is saving you money. Now i§ the time you are in need of Winter Clothing for every member of your family. Read every word of this ad and do not fail to come in and see these good values which you will find only at— GALLANT-BELK CO i LADIES’ COATS At ~ Greatly Reduced Prices. Ladies’ COATS Orig inally priced $4.95- reduced for our 11th Anniversary and Christmas Sale to $2.98 Ladies’ COATS Orig inally priced $5.95— reduced for our 11th Anniversary and Christmas Sale to $3.95 ONE LOT LADIES’ COATS & SUITS With fur collars. Reduced from ONE HALF PRICE $24.50 “ $12.25 MEN’S SUITS And OVERCOATS Greatly reduced m price for our 11th An niversary and Christ mas Sale!! MEN’S $19.95 Suits reduced to $14.95 MEN’S $22.50 Suits reduced to $17.50 MEN’S $24.50 < Suits reduced to $19.50 MEN’S $27.50 & $29.50 Suits reduced to $22.50 ONE LOT MEN’S Suits reduced from $16.45 and $14.95 to $9.95 ONE LOT LADIES’ WINTER DRESSES Reduced from $1.98 each to 99c EACH ONE LOT LADIES’ WINTER DRESSES All new fall dresses; reduced for our 11th Anniversary and Christmas Sale from $3.95 to $1.98 ONE LOT LADIES’ WINTER DRESSES All new fall dresses; Regular price $4.95. Reduced for our 11th Anniversary and Christ mas Sale to— $2.98 Ladies’ WINTER DRESSES Reduced from $9.95 to $6.95 Boys’ DRESS SHIRTS 29c EACH 4 F0R $1.00 Think of buying 4 Boys’ Shirts for $1.00 Men’s DRESS SHIRTS Made by one of America’s best shirt makers. Regular $1.65 Quality! Our 11th Anniversary and Christmas Sale $1.00 MEN’S SHIRTS make ideal gifts for Christmas. Buy more shirts here for less! Do not fail to visit our big TOYLAND UP STAIRS. Greenwood’s Greatest Toyland is at Gallant-Belk Co. Free parking space to the rear of our store! Visit Our Upstairs. Visit every depart ment and SAVE! Our Store will be closed Saturday, Christmas Day. Now is the time and this is the place. GALLANT -BELK COMPANY Mrs. Essie Hemlen of Augusta was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. J. W. McBride of Willington was a visitor here a short while Tuesday. Mr. T. J. Haynes left Tuesday for Hope, Ark., to spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs. M. L. Haynes. A'PDfRN WpMfNj LaifNE White of The Na- tior.ai iteration of Busi- r.es& and Professional Womew’r Clubs, Inc. The revival of needle-work has been in progress for some time, yet NOTICE OF TAX SALE Mr. John B. Harmon of Bordeaux it astonishes me to learn that in a was a visitor here one day the past Kentucky town it has reached a week. million-dollar industry which was established sixteen years ago by Mr. and Mrs. C. T. LeRoy of Mrs. D. M. Beard. The industry Willington were visitors here Tues- grew out of a dilemma when she day. and her husband found they had quantities of wool on hand, but Mr. W. H. Horton of Mt. Carmel CO uld get very little for it. Some was a visitor here a short while one suggested that she use it in jTiday. • hand-sewn comforters. At the start, the work was done by three women. Mr. Ansel Talbert had as his Mrs. Beard now employs hundreds guests last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. G f women. Cecil Roper of Laurens, S. C. * * * Miss Elva W. Wilcox is sales Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Epting will manager for a firm cf printers sps- leave Friday to spend several days C i a iizing in magazine work and she in Newberry with relatives. j S a i so treasurer of a paper com- xx 1 pany. She has other side lines. -Shrine-Wilkie * * • After thirty-five years of service Coming as a surprise to their as curator-in-chief of the Brooklyn many friends was the marriage of Children’s Museum, Miss Anna Bill- Miss Pauline Shrine apd Mr. John ings Gallup has retired. When she I Woodrow Wilkie which was quiet- took charge in 1902, it was the first i ly solemnized at the Baptist pas- children’s museum in the world, torium here Saturday evening, De cember fk, with the Rev. A. Thad. Persons officiating, Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas- jrer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop- " r tv to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years v *34, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder cnsh on salesday in January, 1938, during the legal hours of sale •• T't of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be ap plied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Mrs. M. L. Lind- ley, and is described as follows: One hundred seventeen (117) '’■es of la id, more or less, in choo! District No. 3, McCormick bounty, State cf South Carolina, o-n north bv lands of Willie and Eugene Tompkins and <v lands formerly of Walter Law- 0“' now of W. W. M. Lindley; east and south by lands of J. S. Stark and Mrs. Mary Lou Lindley; west lands of Mrs. Mary Lou Lindley and lands formerly of Walter Law ton now of W. w m. Lindley lands, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C., Dec. 14, 1937.—3t. * * * If you expect to buy a living Christmas tree now is the time to The bride who is the oldest p re p are the place you want to plant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. ^ after the holidays. Spread V. Shrine of the White heavy mulch of dead leaves, litter Town section of McCormick or 0 ther rubbish over the place you county is a graduate of the Plum wan t to plant it and leave it there Branch High school and a young „ nt | 1 reac jy to dig the ground. This woman of many personal charms. cover j n g tend to keep out the The groom is the son of McCor- j ros t keep the soil ih workable mick County’s prize winning farm- con( jition. er of near Plum Branch, Mr. C. E. * * * Wilkie and Mrs. Wilkie. Having ac- , Experience in Indiana and quired and inherited unusual abili- g^ttie, Washington, helped to pre- ty in this work from his dis- pare mss j 0 rzick for her tinguished father, Mr. Wilkie is one pj-g^j^t important job, w'hich is of this county’s most promising that of assistant secretary to the New York World’s Fair 1939 cor poration. NOTICE OF TAX SALE young farmers. -txi- Cotton Ginnings Given By South Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in January, 1938, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be ap plied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of George Wesley Lindley, and is described as follows: Seventy (70) acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 3, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by lands now, or formerly, of A. S. Cade and R. F. South; East by lands of R. F. South and M. L. Lindley; south by lands of Robert Belcher; west by lands of Robert Belcher, R. E. Gibert and A. S. Cade, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick, S. C., Dec. 14, 1937.—3t. Miss Emma Castella, a govern ment clerk in Washington, D. C., . .took over the management of a Carolina Counties small hotel in the national capital which was on the verge of failure and has made it a success. COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO DE CEMBER 1 IN SOUTH CARO LINA: CROPS OF 1937 AND 1936 FINAL SETTLEMENT The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census, 1 wnTBuggs^dec^eased; his STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In the Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given that L. L Hester, Administrator of the es- announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned prior to December 1, by counties, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1937 and 1936. The total for the State was made pub lic on Wednesday, December 8. (Quantities are in running bales. Linters are not included.) HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. C. County 1937 1936 The State . 937,941 705,282 Abbeville __ 14,796 9,564 Aiken 32,492 26,162 Allendale __ 10,422 8,450 Anderson __ 67,674 38,079 Bamberg . 13,199 14,154 Barnwell __ 19,401 18,878 Berkeley 3,799 1,810 Calhoun _ __ 21,379 1T.510 Charleston 738 504 Cherokee __ 17,598 6,123 Chester __ __ 15,376 12,060 Chesterfield _ 31,969 26,335 Clarendon __ 22,942 15,978 Colleton __ __ 12,584 9,831 Darlington _ 25,719 23,839 Dillon __ _ __ 28,526 24,982 Dorchester _ 9,446 7,612 Edgefield __ 16,508 13,481 Fairfield _ . 7,790 6,312 Florence __ _ 29,294 20,893 Greenville 46,314 26,228 Greenwood -- 10,031 7,357 Hampton 10,572 9,728 Horry 1,093 528 Jasper . 1,553 1,292 Kershaw __ 14,472 15,172 Lancaster __ 11,368 13,434 Laurens -- . 28,408 17.713 Lee _ . 28,757 28,620 Lexington 17,045 „ 14,832 McCormick _ 4,293 3,883 Marion 9,836 7,219 Marlboro 37,586 33.430 Newberry __ 17,824 14,920 Oconee __ 19,285 11,617 Orangeburg _ 70,655 67,336 Pickens __ -- 27,383 16,641 Richland 7,906 6,754 Saluda - 8.658 7.655 1 Spartanburg - 62,533 31,459 Sumter _ --- 36.098 31,777 Union 12,967 6,959 Williamsburg __ __ 22,072 17,458 York 27,232 12,096 All other __ - 2,350 1,517 this day made application unto me for a final accounting and dis charge as administrator of the es tate of Will Buggs and the 14th day of January 1938, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick County, S. C. December 14, 1937. At. Auditor’s Notice FOR THE YEAR 1938 I will be at the different places NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop - erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the. County of McCormick, for the years 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in Jan uary, 1938, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House D6or at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: 7 The property of W. S. Wall Es tate, and is described as follows: One hundred twenty-one (121) acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 24, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by lands of W. H. Parks and W. C. Wilkie; east by lands of W. C. Wilkie and Britt and Banks; south by lands of C. E. Wilkie; west by lands of J. R. Wilkie and Mrs. Merrell, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick. S. C., Dec. 14, 1937.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a warrant on dates given below for the P ur ".issued to me by the County Treas- pose of taking tax returns, on Real urer of McCormick County, I have Estate and Personal property, ex- j se ized the following described prop- £®Pt the kind that is returned to erty to sa tisfy the taxes due the the Tax Commission. All ownc^ 8 ' ( state of South Carolina and the agents, guardians, administrators, Q 0un ty 0 f McCormick, for the years attorneys, etc., please take notice,»1934^ 1935 an£ j 1930, and the same and make returns. | W in b e t 0 the highest bidder Office, Jan. 1st through the 15th. j f 0 r cash on salesday in January, Mt. Carmel, Jan. 17th, 10 a. m. 11938, during the legal hours of sale to 1 p. m. Willington, Jan. 17th, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Bordeaux, Jan. 18th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Jo*» J. Link’s, Jan. 19th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Young’s School House, Jan. 20th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Vernon School House, Jan. 21st, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. R. T. Mayson’s, Jan. 21st, 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Mrs. Mattie Hollingsworth’s Store, Jan. 24th, 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. E. M. Morgan’s Store, Jan. 25th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Plum Branch, Jan. 25th, 2 p. m. others, fco 5 p. m. J. O. Marshall’s Store, Jan. 26th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Bennett Mer. Co., Jan. 26th, 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Parksville, Jan. 27th, 9 a. m. to 12 noon. returns. All male persons between Modoc, Jan. 27th, 2 p. m. to 4 21 and 60 years are liable for poll P- m - tax. 21 to 55 years are liable for Office, Jan. 28th through Feb. road tax or s t ree t tax. 28th. „ w C. W. PENNAL, in front of the Court House Door at McCorrnick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be ap plied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Mary Sue Key, now Carrie Sue T. Dorn, and is de scribed as follows: Fifty (50) acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 25, Mc Cormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by lands of E. T. Christian, Albert Wood and M. G. & J. J. Dorn; east by Highway No. 20; south by lands of B. F. Parks and R. M. Edmunds; west by lands of R. M. Edmunds and Rufus Trambell, and probably J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick Coun ty. McCormick, S. C., Dec. 14, 1937.—3t. After Feb. 28th 10% penalty on Auditor,