McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 07, 1938, Image 1

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'J TSUI TO OURSELV)C8 v OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Sixth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1938 Number 46 Funeral Services For Mrs. Elizabeth Bussey Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza beth Bussey who died at a Colum bia infirmary last Friday after an illness of three months, were held from the graveside in the McCor mick city cemetery Saturday after noon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. A. Thad Persons, pastor of the McCormick Baptist church, of which the deceased was a mem ber, in association with the Rev. M. E. Derrick and Dr. S. W. Reid, conducted the services. Mrs. Bussey was the widow of the late Johnny Bussey. She was | born and reared in Edgefield, and was Miss Elizabeth Heath before marriage. With the exception of some eight years spent with her daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Saun-; ders, Jr., at Hagood, she had been| a resident of McCormick for more 1 than 30 years. She was held in high esteem by a wide circle of relatives and friends who deplore her passing. Besides Mrs. Saunders, she leaves two other daughters, Mrs. Paul Smith, of Savannah, Ga., and Miss Mattie Eliza Bussey, of Greenville; one son, Tillman Bussey, of Edge- field, and a brother, Willie Heath, of Edgefield, and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Brunson, of Edgefield, and Mrs. Mamie Byrd, of Augusta, Ga., are also left to mom her passing. Pallbearers were Fred Curdts, J. Frank Mattison, Dr. C. H. Work man, G. J. Sanders, Jr., H. G. SandeA and J. F. Glim. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. Modoc JNews Well, we had a fine rain here last Friday which was badly need ed, and the weather is now fine and the farmers are beginning to plant cotton. Rev. O. L. Orr filled his regular appointment here last Sunday p. m., delivering a very able ser mon. Mrs. T. T. Bussey spent the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Lunett Prince, at Edgefield. Mr. G. C. McDaniel and Glen Bussey were business visitors at McCormick on Tuesday of this week. Mr. G. E. Dukes left Monday for a two weeks’ tour over the north ern part of Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Boswell from Evans, Ga., were week end visitors here to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bussey and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Mr. J. M. Stone and daughter, Mrs. Lela Copeland, from Clinton, are spending several weeks here with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Mr. Grover Thomas from Fort Brtgg, N. C., spent a few days here the past week among friends and relatives. Mrs. J. M. Johnson spent the past two weeks here with her mother, Mrs. Mattie Key. XXX C. M. T. C. Funeral Services For National Air [Special Services At Mrs. Mary K. Connor Mail Contest McCormick Methodist Church During Holv Week -XX- Card Of Thanks We wish to express thanks and Boys between the ages of -17 and 25 years of age, and desire to enter C. M. T. C. this summer can get application blanks and infor mation from Dr. Epting. -XXX- Card Of Thanks I wish to thank my many friends WAOJL1 W CJWpiTOO UAJMUl&a t&uu. A WXOii w VAAtAAA** ppreciation to our friends for the and neighbors for their many acts tany kindnesses shown us at the of kindness shown me during my eath of our husband and father.' illness, also Dr. Workman and Dr. Mrs. Ernest M. Browne And Children. Fuller for their faithful services. Mrs. C. L. Freeland. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY April 8th and 9th, 7 p. m. and 8:40 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3 p. m. GENE AUTRY itt 64 PUBLIC COWBOY NO. 1 95 * {*'• Also MICKEY MOUSE *n ' in “The Old Mill” and MARCH OF TIME MATINEE SATURDAY 3 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY April 11th and 12th, 7 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. MICKEY ROONEY JUDY GARLAND m “THOROUGHBREDS DON’T CRY Also a M-G-M Minature “Rainbow Pass” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS 99 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Keturah Connor who died at her home here last Thursday night following an illness of five months were conducted from the McCor mick Baptist church of which she had been a loyal and faithful member for a number of years at eleven o’clock Saturday morning in charge of her pastor, the Rev. A. Thad Persons, assisted by Dr. S. W. Reid, pastor of Pressly Memorial Associate Reformed Pres byterian church, and the Rev. M. E. Derrick, pastor of McCormick Methodist church. Interment was made in the McCormick city cem etery with Paul R. Brown, W. L. Acker, Joseph A. Sibert, Hoyt Forrest, Walter T. Strom, and James O. Patterson, serving as pallbearers. The honorary escort was composed of T. J. Sibert, J. M. Baker, Jr., W. E. Rheney, J. Frank Mattison, J. S. Dukes, G. Clarence Patterson, Dr. Wm. G. Blackwell, Dr. Claude H. Workman, Harvey G* Sanders, J. F. Buzhardt, J. E. Strom, D. C. Talbert, John T. Mc Grath and Claude H. Huguley. The members of the Dorcas Bible class, which Mrs. Connor had taught for a number of years, attended in a body. • Mrs. Connor was a native of al- lendale, the daughter of the late Rev. C. B. Reeves, a Baptist minis ter, and Mrs. Martha Gray Reeves. She had been a resident of Mc Cormick for the past forty five years and was loved by all who knew her for her unselfish con sideration for those in distress and for her devotion to her family and her church. Since the death of her husband in 1925 Mrs. Con nor had continued to operate the Connor Hotel here of which she was the owner. Survivors are the following daughters and sons, Mrs. J. Arch Talbert, McCormick, Mrs. John L. Kennedy, Grovetown, Ga.; Mrs. B. L. Talbert, Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. Metz A. Price, Greenville; Mrs. J. S. Heiss, Seneca; Jack Connor, McCormicfc; Charles Connor, Greenville; seven grandchildren, Mrs. B. B. Cooney, New York City; Miss Mary Frances Kennedy, Miss Betty Kennedy, Grovetown, Ga.; Miss Miriam Talbert, Augusta; W. Klugh Connor, Greer; Charlie Connor, Jr., John Connor, Green ville; and two great grandchildren, Irma Joan Connor and Klugh Connor, Jr., Greer; and three brothers, J. C. Reeves and R. F. Reeves both of Allendale; Joseph W. Reeves, Galveston, Texas. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. -XX- :rfV , • ri* -rjr ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Civil Service Exami nations Announced For Junior Scientist Positions The United States Civil Service commission has announced open competitive examinations for the following positions in the Depart ment of Agriculture: Junior agronomist, junior an imal fiber technologist, junior in animal nutrition, junior biologist (wildlife research), junior ento mologist, junior entomological in spector, junior plant pathological inspector, junior poultry physiolo gist, and junior soil surveyor. The entrance salary is $2,000 a year less a retirement deduction of 3-Vj percent. Applicants must have completed a 4-year college course with- studies in the field in which they apply, except that under certain specified conditions, ap plications will be accepted from senior students. FNill information may be ob tained 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, Washington, D. C. , f Greenville, S. C., March 28, 1938. —“Wings Across America” is the subject of a nation wide school essay contest announced today by Dixon D. Davis, State Chairman who has just received the Rules and Regulations governing this contest from Paul R. Younts, Ex ecutive Chairman. The essays are to be based on the progress, de pendability and future possibilities of this method of modem commu nication. State Chairman, Dixon D. Davis, is today sending every high school principal in South Carolina a sup ply of the “Rules and Regulations” governing this contest which will, without doubt, create more inter est in aviation than has ever been known in the nation as every high school pupil in America has an even chance to win one of more than a hundred valuable prizes, including some fifty air plane trips to Washington, Hollywood or Miami. Who Are Eligible To Enter This Contest? / Mr. Davis states that every high school pupil or those having high school curricula in South Carolina are not only eligible to enter this contest but urged to do so. The prizes are certainly worth trying for. Here are the prizes: There will be two prizes for some bright boy or girl in every state of the Union. The first state prize to be an airplane trip from the winners’ nearest airport to Washington and return. The second state prize will be a trophy to be presented by the South Carolina Air Mail Week Campaign Committee. The Grand! Prizes: The essays of pupils winning a trip to Washington and return be entered in A National contest in which the winner will be given an airplane trip with expenses paid for five days from Washington to Hollywood for those living east of the Mississippi river (or to Miami if the winner lives west of the Mis sissippi River.) The second Nation al prize will be a trophy, while the third National prize will be a plaque to be presented by the National Air Mail Week Commit tee. Mr. Davis states that the basis for judging essays will be on orig inality of ideas, 50 per cent, con tinuity and construction 25 per cent, spelling and punctuation and neatness 25 per cent. All essays are to be certified by the school prin cipal as to the eligibility of the contestant. Essays must be post marked not later than midnight, May l, 1938, and addressed “State Chairman National Air Mail Week Contest, in care of your local Post master. All essays winning either in the States or National contests will become the property of the Committee for use in promoting the growth of aviation. Mr. Davis *is very anxious that every school pupil eligible in. South Carolina should enter this contest. For further particulars or a copy of the “Air Mail Week Es say Contest Rules and Regula tions”, see your school principal at once for the contest will close at mid-night, May 1. It is believed that every qpibitious boy or girl eligible in South Carolina will en ter this unique contest. The Reverend M. E. Derrick pastor of the Methodist Church here, makes the following an nouncement -concerning the ob servance of the Holy Week: Sunday morning, 11:00, the Pas tor will preach on “The Triumpha- Entry”. Sunday evening, 8:00, the regu lar monthly union service will be held at the Baptist Church. Monday—“The Second Cleans ing of the Temple”—Mrs. J. T Fooshe, leader; C. W. Pennal speaker. Tuesday—“Some Questions”— William Fooshe, leader; Yatei Webb, speaker. * Wednesday—.“The Betrayal”—A, C. Bamhardt, leader; F. A. Dean, speaker. Thursday—“The Paschal Sup per”—^Herbert Sturkey, leader; J. C. Brown, speaker. FYiday—“The Crucifixion”—Mrs Paul R. Brown, leader; R. D. Suber, speaker. All of these services begin promptly each night at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. xx Mt. Carmel News An April Shower “It is an evil wind that blows no man good.” The last winds of March blew a gale that carried on into the second day of April, and finished itself at the Baptist Par sonage in Plum Branch, literaly covering the tables in the dining room and kitchen with all kinds of fancy and staple groceries and other articles for the home. There was quite a bit of fan when the Pastor was hurried into his Sunday suit to perform a mar riage ceremony, and was after wards told “this is April.” We do greatly appreciate all these good things, and thank every one who had a part in this lovely April shower which was truly a great surprise to the Pas tor and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Orr. -txt- -xx- Miss Sallie T. Cade of Converse College left Sunday to return to Spartanburg, after a pleasant visit here. Mrs. Marvin Burts of Anderson came down Thursday afternoon to spend several days with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curtis. Mr. Burts joined her Saturday evening for the week end, returning to Anderson Sunday evening. FYost and ice were plentiful Sun day and Monday mornings. We sure hope the fruit crop was not injured. Mr. W. L. Miller of Greenwood spent one day here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Norris, Sr., and little son, Gene, visited Mrs. J. W. Boyd Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Mrs. W. A. Scott attended the fu neral of Mrs. W. J. Connor in Mc Cormick Saturday. Mrs. George Peel of Anderson spent the week end here with her sisters. Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin. Dr. Peel came down Mon day morning and she accompanied him home, Mrs. Fannie McBryd returned home Sunday from a pleasant visit to Louisville, Ga. Mr. Harold Gilliam returned to P. C., Clinton, last Thursday, after a pleasant visit here and other places during the Spring holidays. Mrs. John D. Cade of Anderson College spent the Spring holidays at her home here. Miss Lura Jean Watson of Erskine College spent the Spring holidays at her home near here. xx Rehoboth H. D. Club Meets Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, April 2.—April first was the enrollment period for the enrollees. Practically all the men who were not over age signed up for another six months service but several excellent men had to get out due to their age. Charlie Dyer was probably the .oldest mam in point of service to leave. He came to Bradley with the Com pany over three years ago and since that time has given excellent service on various jobs. His first special detail was an assignment to the Survey and Bridge Sounding crew; from this job he was moved to the garage as a mechanic's helper, later he drove a truck, acted as smoke chaser, served four months as a lookout on Parson's Mountain Tower, and served six months as Assistant Mechanic. The loss of a man of this type is felt very keenly. Supervisor H. M. Sears, Jr., For ester Miller, Regional Forester Kircher and seven foresters from the Chief Forester’s office, in Washington, D. C., visited Camp Bradley Wednesday. Three inches of rain during the past week and Joe Price's Fire Prevention Motion Pictures should end the spring fire season. How ever, the fire organization, at Bradley, is being held intact as past experience has taught the personnel on this District that a dry May can bring on a very seri ous fire hazard. Foreman Frank Reece has been confined to his home, in Edgefield, for the past week due to illness. The men at Bradley wish him a speedy recovery and are looking forward to his return to duty, i Thomas Robinson is enjoying the spring holidays granted by Winthrop College. Carl Elramus Johnson has gotten more leave to go fishing." xx- Home Agent’s Schedule For Week April 8-15, 1938 Friday, Office; Meriwether, H. dJ C., 3 p. m. Saturday, Office. Monday, Office; Bethany, H. D. C. , 3 p. m. | Tuesday, Wideman 4-H Club; Mt. Carmel, H. D. C., 3 p. m. i Wednesday, Office; Youngs, H. D. C., 3 p. m. ' Thursday, McCormick Gr. 4-H Club; Buffalo-Bellvue H. D. C., 3 p. m. * Friday, Office; White Town H. D. C., 3 p. m. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. The Rehoboth H. D. Club met the home of Mesdames W. P. and B. S. Culbreath on Feb. 15, with 9 members and 3 visitors present. Mrs. E. M. Morgan, president, read some verses from Mark and Mrs. J. P. Talbert led in prayer. The song, “Allelulia,” was sung. This was the song for the month. Then the secretary called the roll and read the minutes. After the business session the meeting was turned over to Miss Bell who gave a very instructive demonstration on “Care and han dling of milk.” At the close of the demonstration Miss Bell gave an educational contest which was very helpful and enjoyed by all pres ent. Then the hostesses served deli cious refreshments, after which we adjournd to meet in March with Miss Lenora Whatley. Reporter. Plays, Music, Etc. At Washington School April ft The P. T. A. of Washington. School will present a program of plays, music, etc., in the school auditorium April 8th at 8 p. in. The public is invited. A small admission will be charged. -xx- Tri-County Erskine College Alumni Asso ciation Annual Meeting April 14 Due West, S. C., April 5.—The Tri-County Erskine College Alum ni Association will have its regu lar annual meeting in the girls dining hall, Carnegie Building, at seven-thirty, Thursday, April 14th. A very interesting program has been arranged and there will be fun for everyone. Each Alumni ii urged to be present and enjoy the evening together. J. M. Plaxco, President.