McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, January 27, 1938, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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«.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Roosevelt Ball
Here January 29th
M. G. Dorn, Chm.
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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.
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Summary Of Highway
Planning Survey In
McCormick County
form to receive payments.
R. D. Suber,
County Agent
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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
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