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V ♦ -5 I Annual Baptist General Assembly Be Held June 13-25 Columbia, May 7.—Plans for the annual Baptist General Assembly are being completed by J. L. Cor- sdne of this city, who is state sec retary of Sunday school and training work for the denomina tion and director of the assembly. This year the session of the Assembly will be held in Hartsville at GOker College. The dates an nounced are June 13-25. The first ■week will be given over to camps and conferences for children and young people. These will be held ■under the auspices of the Woman’s Missionary Societies and will be directed by Miss Ruth Provence of Columbia and Mrs. Chaus. M. Griffin of Walterboro. The week of June 20-25 will be known as “Religious Education Week” and will embrace some new features this year. There will be camps for young people, study courses and conferences daily, a school for ministers, and inspira tional addresses. Among the plat form speakers to appear on the program will be Mrs. J. M. Daw son of Waco, Texas, Dr. J. B. Weatherspoon and Dr. W. O. Car eer of Louisville, Ky., Dr. J. L. Stealey of Richmond, Va., Dr. Chas. A. Jones of Columbia, and President C. Sylvester Green of Coker College. A vacation Bible school is to be run in connection ■with the First Baptist church of Hartsville. This year a camp for boys will he operated June 6-11 at Camp tong near Aiken, under the di rection of Miss Ruth Provence, state young people’s secretary, assisted by several young men as counselors. The session at Coker College will he the 24th annual gathering of the Baptist church people in what is known as the summer assembly. Home Agent’s Schedule For May 13-20, 1938 Friday, office; Meriwether H. D. C., 3 p. m Saturday, office. Monday, office; Bethany H. D. C. , 3 p, m. Tuesday, Washington 4-H Club; Rehoboth, H. D. C., 3 p. m. Wednesday, office; Youngs H. D. C., 3 p. m. Thursday, office; Sandy Branch H. D. C., 3 p. m. ITriday, office; White Town H. D. C., 3 p. m. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agt. x Dowtin H. D. Club Meets The Dowtin H. D. Club met Friday afternoon. May 6, in the Robinson school house. Following the devotional, a program on Health was carried out by several of the members. Record cards were* filled out and scrap books handed in. Miss Bell discussed the Winthrop Short Course and the trip to Charleston A picture contest which dealt with the pictures we have studied was conducted. The club wishes for Miss Bell a speedy recovery from her broken arm. Reporter. xx Card Of Thanks We wish to use this means to express our most sincere thanks to our neighbors and other friends for the many acts of kindness to our mother, Mrs. Mary J. Bell, during her Alness, and to us at her death. The Children. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. , FRIDAY and SATURDAY May 13th and 14th, 7:15 p. m. and 9 p. m. Matinee Saturday 3:30 p. m. MIRIAM HOPKINS—RAY MILLAND in “WISE GIRL” Also Walt Disney’s “Donald’s Ostrich” and MARCH OF TIME Matinee Saturday 3:30 p. m. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY 0 May 16th and 17th, 7:15 p. m. and 9:15 p. m. ALLAN .TONES JUDY GARLAND FANNY BRICE in \ “EVERYBODY SING” Also A Pete Smith Specialty “Decathlon Champion” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults 25 children uo to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Six O’clock Closing \ Know all Men by the Presents: That the undersigned merchant/' and business men of the town ol McCormick do hereby affix oui signatures and agree that we wiF close cur respective places of busi ness at 6:00 p. m. each evening beginning May 1st. 1938, and end ing Sept. 10th, 1938: Smiths 5&10c Store, Patterson Clo. Co., C. H. Drennan, White Hardware, Dorn’s Market, J. S. Strom, Strom Cash Store, Huguley’s Store, M. L. Gibert, Dixie Home Store 116, H. Drucker, Brown’s Inc., J. G. Campbell, G. P. McCain, J. C. Corley, W. P. Parks, Jr., D. C. Talbert, J. B. Harmon, W. S. Arrington, Jester Cash Market. txx Wednesday Afternoon Closing Begins First Wednesday In June We. the undersigned merchants and business men of the town of McCormick, do hereby affix our signatures and agree to close on Wednesday evening at one o’clock, beginning the first Wednesday in June, and ending the last Wed nesday in August: Smith’s 5&10c Store, Patterson Clo. Co., C. H. Drennan, White Hardware, Dorn’s Market, J. S. Strom, Strom Cash Store, Huguley’s Store, M. L. Gibert, Dixie Home Store, No. 116, H. Drucker, Brown’s Inc., J. G. Campbell, G. P. McCain, J. C. Corley, W. P. Parks, Jr., D. C. Talbert, J. B. Harmon, W. S. Arrington, Jester Cash Market. Good Results On Treated Cotton Seed Farmers are well pleased with the results now showing in the treated cotton seed. Stands from Ceresan treated seed do not show signs of dying. In some fields where the cotton seed was not treated, the plants are dying from the black shank rot, even to the extent of seriously affecting the stand. Plants from the treat ed seed are growing rapidly and are about a third taller than plants from untreated seed. Dem onstrations in the County now bear out this fact. Farmers feel that the additional cost of 10 cents per bushel of seed for treat ing is money well invested. More cotton seed was treated this sea son than any previous year. It seems only a few years hence until this practice will be firmly established on farms throughout the County. R. D. Suber, County Agent. • xx Balentine’s “Aristo cratic Pigs” To Be At Plum Branch May 18 Balentine’s “Aristocratic Pigs” will appear in person at the Plum Branch High School auditorium | Wednesday, May 18th, at 8:00 p. m. Admission 20 cents to every body. Everybody come. Enjoy an evening of real entertainment. Proceeds will go to Plum Branch t school library. Senior Play At High School Auditorium Tonight The M,odoc H. D. Club Meets If you feel the need of a goo'’ laugh, come and see the Senior Play, “Black Cats”, on Thursday night, May 12th, at 3:30 at the High School Auditorium. Admis sion prices are ten, fifteen, and twenty-five cents. The characters are: Kate, the maid Estelle Hollingsworth. Margy Burkett, the wife Margaret Holloway. Sue Jarvis, the neighbor Alice Rush. Mrs. Crane, the mother-in-law Louise Loveless. Henry Burkett, the husband» Herbert Sturkey. Mart Poindexter, the chum __ Charles Morgan. Amos, handy man Charles Henry Williams. Steele, the detective Bill Dukes. Laurette Day, the entertainer Virginia Minor. Hiram Hannibal, the constable Carl Faulkner. TXT Mt. Carmel News Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black of Belton were Mother’s Day visitors of Mrs. Ida Black. Mrs. D. L. Bry- was also a visitor in the after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott of Greenwood were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Mother’s Day. Mrs. White of Sumter is spend ing some time with her sister, Mrs. Smith Scott. Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd and son, Julius, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Dode Philips and son, David, of Greenville were visitors here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Claude Workman, Mrs. Dennis Talbert of McCormick and Miss Mollie Tittle of Troy, Mrs. A. B. Andrews and Mrs. Mollie Clink- scales of Willington were visitors here Saturday afternoon at the canning demonstration. Miss Gladys Scott of Davidson College was a week end visitor here. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam spent Satur day night and Mother’s Day with her sons, Harold and Billy, in Clinton. Mrs. Marvin Burts of Anderson is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Curtis. Misses Matilda Bell and Ger trude McGrath attended the Home Dem. Club meeting here Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Marvin Burts of Anderson spent Sunday with Mrs. Burts and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Russell and Miss Elizabeth Russell of Augusta spent Mother’s Day with Mrs. J. W. Boyd. Miss Florence Patterson spent Friday in McCormick attending a library meeting. xx Combination Of Farms If combinations of farms are desired involving farms not hav ing planted cotton acres alloted at this time, notification should be given the County Agent’s office by May 15th. This date closes the period for this work to be com pleted. Farms having alloted acres to plant to be combined in 1938 and not having already noti fied the County Agent’s office, please do so as soon as possible. This will greatly help in keeping the farm records in order for this year. R. D. Suber, County Agent. TXT Card Of Thanks Mrs. S. L. Edmunds and family wish to express sincere apprecia tion to the people of McCormick who so kindly saved their house hold goods Sunday morning, May 1st, when the house in which they were living caught on fire. T'-'° Modoc H. D. Club held Its regular monthly meeting Thurs day. Ar~il 28, in the home of Mrs. W. S C’em, with eight members two visitom and Miss Bell present The following program was car ried out: Song, Ti-ri-ter'ba. Scripture Reading, by Miss Lucy Bussey, President. Lord’s Prayer, by all. Reading, “The Value of an Education”, Miss Lucy Bussey. Reading, “What Kind of a Farmer are You?”, Miss Pamelia Clem. Business—Miss Louise McDaniel, not being able to attend any more meetings as she will be working in McCormick on the date of the meetings, handed in her resigna tion as Secretary. We are sorry to lose Miss McDaniel as she was a very efficient secretary. Miss Pa melia Clem was elected to take Miss McDaniel’s place. Miss Bell then took charge of the meeting and gave us an inter esting talk on “Pictures in the Home”. She gave us some very helpful information on how and where to hang pictures in the home. We enjoyed and gained lots by Miss Bell’s talk as some of us found that our pictures were hanging incorrectly, and decided to change them. The hostess then served assorted crackers and tea. Reporter. xx Camp Bradley News Camp Bradley, May 7.—Foreman J. W. Ray returned to duty Wed nesday morning after being con fined to his home in Walhalla for several days due to an infected throat. Pete Cantelou and his crew have developed into a husky bunch of lumber jacks. These men have been cutting cypress logs near the mouth of Beaver Dam Creek and floating them down Turkey Creek to a point near the Key Bridge where they are rolled out on the bank, loaded on a truck, and hauled to Bradley. These logs will be used in the erection of Portal Shield Entrance signs. Mr. E. Nixon, who is in charge of Land Use work on the Long Cane, spent Thursday and Friday in Newberry with the Enoree Land Use forces. Mechanic Joyner, from Colum bia, visited Camp Bradley Tuesday afternoon. Two trucks were brought over and were driven on to Camp F-l, at Mountain Rest, by Lee Hall, Thomas Robinson, and Gerald Williams. Robinson liked the mountain scenery sc much that he is trying to get a transfer to the camp in the Mountain District. Foreman Reece and his terrac ing crew are building approxi mately 4500 feet of terraces a day. This is a new job at F-7 but the men have been given some train ing in the fundamental principles of the job and are doing some nice work. Machine Operator “Red” Warren denies that he has been fishing in Cuffeytown Creek while he was supposed to be working but he re turned to camp Friday afternoon with a medium-sized mud turtle that he says he caught crossing the road. The turtle was stewed and eaten by “Red” and his friends. Many of the boys who are not on fire duty plan to spend Mother’s Day at home while those on duty will probably spend a great portion of the day thinking about their mother and other friends at home. Men in CCC camps are like men the world over in that no matter how wild or tough they are when you begin talking about their mothers and sisters at home the shell breaks and they become the same little boys they were years ago. If a man doesn’t respond to talk about his mother in this way there is no place for him in a CCC camp or anywhere else where he will come in contact with other people. Large Cotton Crop Brings Less Income Despite production of the largest cotton crop of record, farm income from cotton in 1937 was $41,000,000 less than in 1936. the Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics reports. The 1937 farm income from cotton and cotton seed was esti mated at $863,970,000 compared with $904,879,000 in 1936, and with $460,694,000 in 1932—the smallest in 27 years of Government record. Income for the pre-war years, 1910-14, averaged $831,000,000. Of the 1937 total, the income from cotton fiber was $734,194,000 and from cotton seed $129,776,000. The cotton income report :1s the first of a series of preliminary re ports on a study designed to de velop income parity estimates called for under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Other aspects of the study, in which the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration and the Bureau of Home Economics also are cooperating, include expenses of agricultural production, prices paid by farmers for commodities and services, and income to farmers from non-farm sources. The 1937 figures for cotton and cotton seed include the cash ad vances made to farmers on cotton placed under Grovemment loan, but none of the estimates include Government rental and benefit, price adjustment, or agricultural conservation payments. It was noted in the report that the importance of cotton seed as a source of income has increased in recent years, averaging in the past five years about 13 1-2 per cent of the total income from the crop, as contrasted with 10.3 per cent in pre-war days. Board Of Visitors Inspects Clemson Clemson, May 7.—The Clemson college Board of Visitors made its annual Inspection of the college Wednesday and Thursday. Composed of 12 members, 2 from each congressional district, the board is appointed by the college trustees on recommenda tion of the president. Dr. E. W. Sikes. The members serve one year; a holdover member acts as chairman. The 1938 board includes: A. E. Jury of Winnsboro, holdover member; Mayor Burnett R. May- bank, of Charleston; J. R. F'airy, Fort Motte; Adam Haskell, Beau fort; T. B. Barron, Union; Mell Glenn, Greenville; H. B. Bland, Mayesville; C. L. Cureton, Pickens; M. E. Brockman, Chester; Dr. George Wilds, Hartsville; W. D. Morrah, Troy; and G. D. Witcover, Darlington. XXI Resolutions Of Love And Respect Whereas, God in his infinite wisdom and love, has removed from our midst our beloved sister and co-worker, Mrs. W. J. Connor, and Whereas, hers was a life of unselfish service .and loyalty to her Church and Womans Mission ary work, therefore be it resolved: F’irst, that while we realize the loss we have sustained, that we, her friends and co-workers keep the faith, exemplifying her life of faithful service. Second, that we express gratl- # tude to God for her beautiful life and influence, and with humble submission bow to the will of God, who doeth all things well. Third, that we extend sympathy to her family, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Baptist Courier and our local paper, and a page in the minutes of the W. M. S. be dedicated to her memory. Respectfully submitted, Mrs. Carrie Talbert, Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, Committee from McCormick W. M. S.