University of South Carolina Libraries
Mt. Carmel IMews Mrs. Marvyn Burts of Anderson spent several days the latter part of last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Curtis. Mr. Burts joined her for the week end. They left Sunday en route to Anderson via Honea Path. Mrs. Clara Majette and Miss Virginia Majette spent Wednesday night with Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin. Mrs. J. R. Tarrant left Friday to spend some time with Mrs. Gladys Bowyer and son, Charles, in Anderson. He is at home now and recovering rapidly from a re cent operation. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stone and daughter, Mrs. Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Selden Harling of Greenwood were recent spend the day guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Harling. Mrs. A. B. Andrews was seeing friends here one afternoon last iweek. Mrs. L. L. Hester was a recent visitor in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Martha Jean and Mr. W. H. Horton were McCormick visitors Wednesday. Mrs. D. J. McAllister was a busi ness visitor in McCormick Wednes day. Quite a large crowd attended the dance at the Community House last Thursday evening. The dance was sponsored by Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Miss Mary Hardaway and others, and was quite an enjoyable affair. Orchestra from Elberton furnished the music. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mr. Tarrant Scott were guests of Mrs. Gladys Bowyer Sunday. Miss Gladys Scott of Davidson College was also a guest of Mrs. Bowyer. Her parents and brother carried her to Greenville en route to Char lotte. The family returned home Sunday evening. • Services At M. E. Church Sunday; | Training School | Begins Sunday Night The Rev. M. E. Derrick, pastor of the McCormick and Troy Meth odist churches, makes the following announcement for these churches Sunday: There Will be Church School at 10:00 a. m. and preaching at 11:00 a. m. at McCormick. There will be ! Church School at 2:30 p. m. and preaching at 3:30 p. m. at Troy. At 7:00 p. m. at McCormick a training school will begin and con- i tinue each evening at the same hour through Friday. The Rev. M. T. Wharton, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Chester, will teach the course, “The Meaning of Methodism.” Mr. Wharton has serv ed as pastor of the McCormick charge, and many of his friends here will be glad of the opportunity of hearing him again. All of the churches of the Plum Branch and McCormick charges are to participate in this School. XXI Home Agent’s Schedule For Week Jan. 28 To Feb. 4th Grand Jurors For McCormick County For 1938 Friday, office; Chestnut-Ridge H. D. C., 2:30 p. m. Saturday, office. Monday, Plum Branch 4-H Clubs; p. m. office. Tuesday, office; Dowtin H. D. C., 2:30 p. m. Wednesday, office; Plum Branch H. D. C., 2:30 p. m. Thursday, office; Willington H D. C., 2:30 p. m. Friday, McCormick 4-H Clubs, Grand Jurors for McCormick County for 1938 are: E. L. Hollingsworth, Jr., Jas. J. Collier, T. L. Britt, T. W. Walker, G. E. Carroll, W. T. Self, James Keown, E. F. Bussey, W. L. White, Joe P. Holloway, Gary G. Palmer, G. C. Patterson, E. C. Rice, A. S. Cade, Grover C. Sanders, L. W. Bowick, George L. Sharpton, W. A. Winn. x Petit Jurors For First Week Of February Term Of Court Our latest report from Mrs. J. W. McCormick High School. Morrah was a more favorable one, Matilda Bell, we are glad to say. Co. Home Dem. Agent. .M«. <■ ■> • HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY January 28th and 29th, 7 p. m. and 9:30 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3 p. m. JEANETTE MaeDONALD ALLAN JONES in 66 THE FIREFLY” Also A Pete Smith Specialty ‘‘Romance of Radium*' Special Matinee Saturday 3 p. m. Adults 20 cents If you enjoy good pictures, see both of these. MONDAY and TUESDAY January 31st and February 1st, 7 p. m. and 9 p. m. ALICE FAYE DON AMECHE THE RITZ BROTHERS in 66'' ‘You Can’t Have Everything Also Adventures of Newsreel Cameraman W £ “Laughing at Fate’" 1 * and LATEST NEWS EVENTS 99 ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Petit Jurors to serve the first week of February term of Court that will begin Monday, February 7th, 1938, at 10 A. M., are: A. H. Hamlin, Ernest Christian, W. A. Langley, J. Luther Edwards, Thos. K. Collier, Leonard F. Dunlap, Ellington Jester, J. W. Wilkins, Leon E. Freeland, Luther Dillashaw, J. Bruce Holloway, Oscar Butler, E. C. Cheatham, H. T. Christian, Paul J. Dowtin, J. C. Jennings, John T. Shannon, G. H. McCain, T. F. Langley, Sam G. Link, Horace Brown, B. N. Talbert, J. W. Parks, James W. Lovelace, W. M. Harmon, Raymond McDonald, J. P. Lagroone, W. Frank White, W. A. Chamberlain, Wallace Banks, W. M. Creswell, W. R. McNeil, W. N. Smith, C. L. Williams, J. O. Marshall, James W. Shannon. Honor Roll McCormick Public Schools, Month Of December 1937 --X- Civil Service Exami nation Announced For Elevator Conductor The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an ooen comnetitive examination for the position of elevator conductor. The entrance salary is $1,080 a year, less a retirement deduction of 3 1-2 oer cent. Anplicants must have had, with in the past 10 years, at least 3 months’ experience in operating elevators. They must have reached heir eighteenth but must not have passed their fiftieth birthday. All States except Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mis souri, North Dakota, Rhode Island. Utah, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia have reached less than their quota of appointments in the apportioned departmental service at Washing ton, D. C. Full information may be obtain ed from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D. C. jNew Jail And Town Hall Being Built About two years ago the mayor and councilmen began conferring with W. P. A. officials regarding the construction of a new jail and town hall and recently the proj - ect was approved and work is now going forward in a big way. The building located on the site of the old jail will be constructec 1 of native pink granite with a foun dation of cement which s now complete. There will be water, lights and sewerage installed. It will rise two stories with rooim included for Mayor’s office, City Clerk’s office, court room, fire de partment, town trucks, and other equipment as well as the jail rooms. It will be fire proof, having both floor and roof of cement. T. J. Sibert is Mayor, and the fol iowring are members of the Coun cil: Dr. C. R. Strom, Claude H. Huguley, J. T. McGrath, Dan A. Bell and Jno. T. Faulkner. J. O. Patterson is Clerk. xx Edgefield Associa- tional Training Union Rally At Plum Branch Baptist Church Jan. 30 The Edgefield Associational j Training Union Rally will meet at j Plum Branch Baptist Church Sun day afternoon, January 30, at 3:00 o’clock. It is hoped that every church wrill be represented even though it does not have a B. Y. P. U. The following is the program: Theme—We are His Witnesses. 3:00—Song Service. 3:10—Devotional. 3:20-^Roll call of Churches, Busi- The annual Roosevelt Ball, for ness » Announcements. . the benefit of the Warm Springs 3:35 The 1936 Calendar of Em- Foundation, will be given at the Phases, Events, Activities, presented McCormick Coummunity House on Louise Bracknell. Saturday night, January 29th. The 3:45 s P ecial Music By Orches- public is urged to attend and lend ^ ra * a hand in this noble cause. I 3:55 Pla y let We ar e His Wit- Music will be furnished by Ed nesses—Edgefield T. U. Hill’s Orchestra. Admission, 75 4:10 Vocal Solo Mrs. J. S. cents. Dukes. Round and square dancing from 4:20 Talk What a Million 8:30 to 12 o’clock. Also added at- Youn e Pe °P le are Missing_By Rev. trautirnc B - W - Thomason. 4:30—Song and Benediction. FIRST GRADE— Hubert Bishop, Johnel Caudle. SECOND GRADE— Theresa Earnhardt, Virginia Seigler, Doyle Abercrombie, Bobby Huguley. THIRD GRADE— Lois Edwards, Claude Huguley, Betty Jean Suber. FOURTH GRADE— Aubrey Lee Earnhardt, Belton Harmon, Eugene Johnson, Carl Henry Strom, Joe Luke White, George Bruce Jaynes, Billie Freeland, Josephine Morgan. FIFTH GRADE— Annie Sue Banks, Helen Fooshe, Frances New, Bertha May Harris. SIXTH GRADE— Carolyn Hitt. EIGHTH GRADE— Anne B. Seigler, Virginia Fooshe. NINTH GRADE— Lois Freeland, Natalie Brown. TENTH GRADE— Thomas McComb. ELEVENTH GRADE— Frances Cheatham, Herbert Sturkey, James C. Williams. xx Roosevelt Ball Here January 29th M. G. Dorn, Chm. -XXI- Supervisors Checking Farm Boys And Girls Soil-Building i Plan To Visit Fat Cattle Show And Sale In Augusta Community Supervisors are check- I ing the crops turned under for the I soil-building payment. These crops! are mainly: cow peas, vetch, Aus- ! — trian winter peas, grain turned un- 1 Farm boys and girls of this coun- der green, and other legumes, ty are centering their interest on Every farmer is urged to assist his Augusta w T here they are to be guests Supervisor in getting this work of the Twin States Livestock asso- dene. Getting this work done quick- ciation on Wednesday, Feb. 23, the ly will greatly aid the office force last day of the Second Annual Au- in placing the papers in proper gusta Fat Cattle Show and Sale. F. F. Edmunds Dies In Spartanburg; . Funeral Here Friday Fed F. Edmunds died in the General Hospital in Spartanburg at 7:30 o’clock yesterday evening after a long illness. He was 68 years of age, and a former resident of McCormick. Funeral services will be conduct ed at the McCormick Methodise Church tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. M. E. Derrick, assisted by the Rev. A. Thad Persons of the McCormick Baptist Church and Dr. S. W. Reid of the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church. Interment will be made in McCormick City Cemetery. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. xx Summary Of Highway Planning Survey In McCormick County form to receive payments. R. D. Suber, County Agent -Y— Sandy Branch H. D. Club Meets The invitation is to farm boys and girls between the ages oi 12 an 22. More than five thousand ar * expected from the 24 counties of the association in Georgia anc South Carolina, it is announced by D. H. Johnson, president. A gala program is being plan ned for the youth of Augusta, fea- The Sandy Branch Home Demon- during a gigantic parade with 4-H stration Club met Jan. 20th with dubs and F. F. A. chapters from Mrs. W. R. McNeil. i the various counties competing for Devotional was conducted by honors and the accompanying Mrs. B. C. Owings. prizes. Roll call and minutes read by The visiting boys and girls will secretary. be guests at a barbecue dinner and Song, “Morning Comes Early”. i hear an address by David E. Our lesson for this month was Lilienthal, director of the Tennes- Farm Outlook for 1938”, an in- see Valley authority, and one of teresting and important lesson to ^be nation’s foremost authorities help us to know better how to on ^be new agricultural order, plan and how to buy for this year. * n or der that every farm boy We also had an interesting pic- an< ^ Sirl * n ^bis county might have ture study, discussed plans for the chance to visit Augusta for the raising money for the club and Farm Youth Day of the Augusta church and other things. Fat Cattle Show and Sale Feb. 23, After all business was finished .tbe Livestock association is re- the meeting was turned over to questing school authorities to grant the hostess who served delicious a holiday on that day and make fruit cake, layer cake and am- school buses available to transport brosia. them to Augusta. We did not have the usual pro- Boys and girls who are interested road systems will probably succeed gram with games, contest and in visiting Augusta for this great in developing for us the most use- readings but had music instead, event should get in touch witn ful, as well as the safest highway and all enjoyed it very much. their club agent, vocational agri- system ever known to. McCormick Reporter. culture teacher, or school principal.' county and South Carolina. The Highway Planning Survey was organized a year ago by the State Highway Department in co operation with the Federal Bureau of Public Roads to conduct a series c ,iT. vevSi primary purpose of which was to unearth facts 6n which to plan future road building and improvement pro grams. Darina the rest ^ear, the Sur vey has inaugurated many differ ent studies in all of South Caro lina’s 46 counties, and in McCor mick County, the following work has been done: The rural road inventory, the field work of which is now com plete, included a descriptive inven tory of every mile of public road in McCormick County. Dra are now at work on field and aftea several months, the most complete map ever made of Mc Cormick county will have been completed. At selected stations, by a series of scheduled traffic counts cover ing an entire year, the traffic on all primary highways has been and is being counted. At some of these stations, trucks are being weighed to get a fixed idea of the amount of freight that goes over the highways. Already, an exten sive preliminary count of traffic on McCormick county rural roads has been completed. Each month, at representative stations, recounts are being taken, and by 1939, the average traffic on every road will be known for every day in the year. The financial survey is studying the tax situation in South Carolina to discover how much is paid in taxes each year and for what pur poses the taxes are used. Particu- ’arly, the Survey is interested in hi lax expenditure.; for highways. In the road-life survey, the “life” of our roads and the actual condition of cur present system is being determined, as well as the cost of maintaining it in its pres ent condition and making neces sary improvements. Every important road in McCor mick county has been checked to discover all locations where the sixty-mile-an-hour motorist can not see at least 1000 feet ahead of him. The kind of obstruction was noted in each case so that con clusions could be drawn as to the advisability of removing it. Existing physical conditions at all grade crossings have been ex amined, and when these have been considered in the light of the rail road traffic and the highway- traffic at each crossing, we shall be one step nearer eliminating some of the danger traps open to motorists. Science applied to our social and economic life has resulted in building for us the most progres sive civilization of all times. Science applied by the State High way Department to our present V. •: