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TSU* TO OURSKLv«g, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirty-Seventh Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939
Number 39
To Celebrate Open
ing Of Town Hall
Here Tomorrow
JUDGE J. STROM THURMOND
TO SPEAK AT 3 O’CLOCK P. M.
A dream of McCormick citizens
since the town first came into
being has at last been realized.
A town hall has been erected! A
beautiful structure, built of Mc
Cormick County’s famous pink
granite, rises two stories high, is
30 by 60 feet and contains town
clerk’s office, a large council
chamber, 4 jail cells, garages for
the fire department and town
trucks, ah on the first floor. The
second floor has been leased to
the Masonic Order and Woodmen
of the World. It contains one
large hall and several smaller
rooms. It is fire proof, having a
composition roof and cement
floors. The grounds, landscaped
by Mother Walker of the *8. C.
Extension Dept., were set with
shrubbery during the past week.
The building will be formally
opened with exercises in the up
stairs room at 3 o’clock Friday
afternoon, February 24. Judge J.
Strom Thurmond of Edgefield will
be guest speaker, and the public
is cordially invited.
The approximate cost of the
building, which was constructed
with W. P. A. labor, was $15,000.
It bns water and lights and an
adequate heating system. Alto
gether it is a project of which the
natives are very proud and one
which could very well be called a
monument to Mayor T. J. Sibert
and his Council Members, C. R.
Strom, Jno. T. Faulkner, Jno. T.
McGrath, Dan A. Bell, C. H.
Hpguley, Paul R. Brown, J. Fred
Buzhardt, Attorney, and J. O.
Patterson, Ctetk.
Mr. Sibert was elected Mayor
April 6, 1936, and the accomplish-'
ment of this project which had
been talked and planned and
worked for by former mayors and
council members over a period of
years, was his first great ambition.
Since the lure of gold caused the
Chicago Multi-Millionaire, Cyru?
Hall McCormick, to bring about
the creation of the town of Mc
Cormick scon after the War Be
tween the States, 22 mayors have
served the town. They are:
George Andrews, W. O. Sturkey,
S. B. Smith, J. A. Creighton, W. A.
Smith, J. J. Hussey, J. B. Hannon,
L. Tucker, Jack F. Edmunds, J. P.
Jennings, Jno. L. Talbert, T. J.
Price, J. C. Brown, J. J. Andrews,
W. B. Quarles, I. C. Harrison, M.
W. Cheatham, Wistar Harmon,
Austin Abercrombie, C. K. Epting,
?.nd T. J. Sibert.
The first town charter was^
issued December 22, 1882, and was
surrendered for the one which
now stands, in 1913, making
changes in area and liquor regu
lations. In the original there was
a section forbidding the sale of
intoxicating beverages within the
city limits for a period of 99 years.
The first meeting of the city
council was held March 17, 1882,
with J. S. McLane as clerk, and
Dr. O. A. Traylor, James Whitten,
and T. M. Scott, forming the first
board of health.
Spread upon the “Minutes of
Town Council” for 1885 are reso
lutions of gratitude to Cyrus H.
McCdmick, who spent several
small fortunes in operation of the
Dorn Gold Mine here which yield
ed over $2,000,000.00 in free gold
before the War.
McCormick was a Virginian by
birth, and the inventor of the
McCormick Reaper and binder
and ether farm machinery. He
became interested in the Dorn
Gold Mine \yhen “Billy” Dorn, its
original owner and operator, ap
pealed to him for financial assis
tance in 1869. From then until
1882 McCormick advanced large
sums of money in this venture
which never brought him ade
quate returns. The coming of the
Savannah Valley railroad spurred
interest in the community and
McCormick looked on his property
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
February 24th and 25th, -7 P. M. and 8:40 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
JANE WITHERS
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“ALWAYS IN TROUBLE
Also
A Mickey Mouse Cartoon
“Brave Little Tailor ’
and
A Terry-Toon Cartoon
“Wolf’s Side of the Stofy”
MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
February 27th and 28th, 7 P. M. and 9:15 P. M.
ROBERT DONAT ROSALIND RUSSELL
in
“THE CITADEL”
(This picture won the 1938 Academy Award)
T Also
\W'f r ' LEW LEHR
in
M ~ “What every girl should know’
and
FOX MOVIETONE NEWS
.99
ADMISSION: Adult 0 '. 25 cents: Children up to 12, 10 cents,
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
Chicken Supper At
Plum Branch School
Tomorrow Night
The Parent-Teachers Associa
tion of the Plum Branch Schoo’
will put on a chicken supper at
the school house on Friday night.
February 24, beginning at 7
o’clock. The price is 25 cents per
plate and will include all the
things that go along with a good
sunosr. Dessert, however, will be
extra.
During and after the supper
Chinese checkers will be played.
A small fee will be charged to
play.
The monev will be used to buy
and place shrubbery around the
school building and grounds. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
as a possible town. He subscribed
to the road and erected a station.
The family donated 40 acres for
the foundation of the town. “Mrs.
Cyrus H. McCormick had always
been skeptical concerning the
value of the Dorn lands as a min
eral property although she was
interested in the town of McCor
mick as a social investment in the
Back-Country South”. . . . Quoting
from Hutchinson’s Life of McCor
mick.
Quoting further: “A resolve to
help the thriving little Community
of McCormick supplanted the de
sire for profits from the Dorn
lands. In this work Mrs. McCor
mick and her eldest son were the
l&ders. ~ Lot§ were given for
Churches, a cemetery, and a news
paper. Stores, and a temperance
hotel called ‘.‘The McCormick”
were erected. Street lights were
installed and the town’s drainage
system was improved.” It was for
such interest and philanthropy of
thfe McCormick family that the
aforementioned resolutions were
written.
The Town, which was first
called Dorn’s Gold kfine, “’grew
rapidly and in 1885, three thou
sand bales of cotton were hauled to
its depot and shipped on the
Charleston and Western Carolina
Railway, which had just been
completed from Augusta to Green
wood.
The sale cf lots went on for
years‘’Iffr’A^hen “an academy”,
which Mrs. McCormick donated,
was completed, a nearby news
paper carried the following ac
count: “A handsome and con
venient academy has just been
completed at McCormick. A con
tribution to the town by the Mc
Cormick family. To celebrate this
event the people of' McCormick
gave a grand barbecue last Friday.
An immense throng was present
and the day was a grand one for
the rising village. Eighty-two
carcasses were barbecued and
“here was no end of fruit and
vegetables. Capt. R. J. Robinson
presided and introduced the
speakers, Hon. George D. Tillman,
Oapt. M. L. Bonham, Jr., and the
Rev. S. H. Elwell. The people
have reason to be proud of the
success achieved.”
Elsewhere the paper stated that
McCormick was a wide awake
town and did nothing by halves.
By June 11, 1885, the “McCormick
Advance” was being published by
T. M. Scott.
A corporation, The McCormick
Land and Lumber Co., finally
purchased all the lands and
interests of the McCormick family
here, later selling out to M. G. &
J. J. Dorn, Inc., members of which
firir., the late State Senator J. J.
Dom and Senator M. Gary Dorn,
have given generously of their
means and service in the improve
ment and development of the
town and community. Through
the efforts of these and other
public spirited citizens the town
of 1,500 inhabitants thrives today
with all modem facilities, beauti
ful homes, churches and schools.
It has about two miles of paved
streets and a $27,000 project has
just been set up for street im
provement. An opportunity for
paved sidewalks on each side of
these paved highways is being
offered the town now, and it is
expected that the same spirit of
cooperation which has character
ized McCormick since its begin
ning will manifest itself in the
securing of right of ways for this
improvement.
Local Masonic
Meeting In New
Hall Feb. 27th
Mine Lodge, No. 117, A. F. M..
will hold its regular communica
tion Monday night, February 27,
1939, in their new hall at 7:30
o’clock. All members are urged to
be present, visitors welcome.
Light refreshments will be served.
J. FRED BUZHARDT,
Committee.
Honor Roll
Of McCormick
Public Schools
Sullivan News
FOR JANUARY:
FIRST GRADE—
Anne Sanders,
Melvin Derrick,
Grover Davis,
Leonard Dorn,
Bobby Edmonds,
Jce Hartline,
Courtland Lewis,
Bobby Sanders,
Mary Joyce Abercrombie,
Janet Cahdle,
Doris Dom.
SECOND GRADE—
Frank Brown,
Billy Creighton,
Mark Dillashaw,
Georgia Rose McCracken,
R. T. West,
Grady Young.
THIRD GRADE—
Virginia Smith,
Rebecca Simpson,
Theresa Bamhardt,
Mose Wideman.
FOURTH GRADE—
Catherine Chiles,
Lois Edwards.'
FIFTH GRADE—
• Billie Freeland,
Belton Harmon.
SIXTH GRADE—
Frances New,
Helen Fooshe,
Annie Sue Banks,
Bertha May Harris.
SEVENTH GRADE—
Lillie Belle Bowick,
Carclyne Hitt.
EIGHTH GRADE—
Helen Willis.
NINTH GRADE—
Norma Holloway,
Anne B. Seigler.
TENTH GRADE—
Lois Freeland,
Ella B. Faulkner,
Elizabeth Fooshe,
Natalie Brown,
Vivian Strother,
Elsie Reynolds.
ELEVENTH GRADE—
Annie Humphries,
Charles Wells.
FOR SEMESTER:
FIRST GRADE—
Margaret Henderson,
Mary Joyce Abercrombie,
Bettye Jane Deason,
Anne Sanders,
Doris Dom,
Cecil McDonald,
Paul LeRoy,
Johnny Schumpert,
Leonard Dorn,
Bobby Sanders,
Grover Davis,
Melvin Derrick,
Jce Hart line.
SECOND GRADE—
Billy Creighton,
Mark Dillashaw.
THIRD GRADE—
Doyle Abercrombie,
Theresa Bamhardt,
Virginia Smith,
Bobby Huguley.
FOURTH GRADE—
Catherine Chiles.
FIFTH GRADE—
Belton Harmon,
Billie Freeland,
Bruce Jaynes.
SIXTH GRADE—
Frances New,
Bertha May Harris.
EIGHTH GRADE—
Helen Willis.
NINTH GRADE—
Norma Holloway,
Anne B. Seigler.
TENTH GRADE—
Lois Freeland,
Natalie Brown.
ELEVENTH GRADE—
James Bell, *
Imogene Sanders. ^
The Home Demonstration Club
held its regular monthly meeting
: n the home of Mrs. E. P. Winn.
It was decided that the club would
sponsor a Chinese checker party
at Sullivan school house, Friday
night, February 24, at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harper,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mayson and
Betty Jean of Columbia visited
Mrs. J. J. Mayson Monday night.
Mr. j. B. Gilchrist of Charleston
spent the week end v/ith Mrs. J. B.
Gilchrist and family.
Miss Alma Mayson is spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. I. C.
Harrison in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Mayson and
Miss Sarah Byrd spent Sunday
with Mr. M. S. Mayson and Miss
Azilee Mayson.
Misses Thelma Jo and Janie
Gilchrist spent Monday night with
Mrs. Abrum Seigler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson and
Ramona of Aiken, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Reames of Pittsburgh, and
Mr. Cecil Reames of Columbia,
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames
Sunday.
Friends of Miss Cecyle Mayson
will be sorry to know that she is
ill.
Guests of Mr. J. E. Reynolds
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Quarles and baby, and # Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Reynolds and children.
Mrs. Kate Mayson is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Pennal and Mrs.
Belle Mayson in McCormick.
Those attending the W. M. S.
meeting in the home of Mrs. W. A.
Winn Thursday afternoon were
Mrs. J. E. Winn, Mrs. T. C. Winn,
Mrs. J. B. Gilchrist, Mrs. T. B. Gil
christ, Mrs. Leon Bailey, Mrs. Kate
Mayson and Mrs. Robert Winn.
Mr. Marvin Reames of Columbia
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L C. Reames, Monday night.
Recent visitors of Mrs. J. J.
Mayson, who is rapidly improving
from her recent illness, were Miss
Laura Mellette, Mrs. G. R. Mayson,
and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Reames
of Columbia.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Winn Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Corley and Miss Margaret
Corley.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mayson and
Miss Rubye Mayson visited Mrs.
Belle Mayson and Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Pennal in McCormick Sun
day afternoon.
Among those enjoying a de
lightful party in the home of Miss
Willie Mae Jordan in the Kirksey
community, Friday night were
Miss Minnie Lee Winn, Miss Azilee
Mayson, Mr. W. L. Winn, and Mr.
Elbert Mayson.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Diggs were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. T. Mayson Sunday.
Country Produce
Sale At McCain’s
Store Tomorrow
Members of the Buffalo-Bellvue
Home Demonstration Club will
hold a sale of country produce at
G. P. McCain’s-Furniture Store in
McCormick tomorrow, Friday,
February 24th, beginning at 10
o’clock a. m. Many delicious
eatables will be offered, including
cakes of various flavors and sizes.
The proceeds go to the Buffalo
Baptist Church cemetery fence
fund.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the sale.
The Dowtin H.. D.
Club Meets
The Dowtin H. D. Club met on
Tuesday afternoon, February 7th,
with Mrs. W. E. Robinson. Nine
members and Miss Bell were
present.
The president called the meet
ing to order.
The program was as follows:
Song: Carry Me Back To Old
Virginny.
Scripture: Mrs. W. E. Robinson.
Prayer: Mrs. Clifford Dowtin.
Poem: Mrs. P. W. Roper.
Household hints: Mrs. William
Talbert.
The meeting was turned over to
Miss Bell, who gave an interesting
demonstration on “Storage
Spaces.”
The picture for the month was
“Avenue of Trees”, by Meindert
Hobbema.
During the social hour a salad
course was sejrved by the hostess.
Reporter.
Card Of Thanks
We, the family of Mr. Charlie E.
Newby, wish to express our sincere
appreciation to our many friends
and relatives for their kindness
shown us during the illness and
death of our beloved husband,
father and brother.
We also wish to extend our ap
preciation to Dr. Tuten for his
faithful services rendered.
Mrs. Honnie D. Newby,
Mrs. G. L. Sharpton,
Brothers and Sisters.
-V-
Congressman Hare
Calls Attention
OF YOUNG MEN TO OPPOR
TUNITIES OFFERED AT COAST
‘ GUARD ACADEMY
The Messenger has received the
following from Congressman But
ler B. Hare:
In view of the number of appli
cants I have had for appointment
to our Military Academy at West
Point and the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, and since there will be
no vacancy for my district unti 1
1940, I am calling attention to the
opportunity for graduates of high
schools or college students between
17 and 22 years of age provided by
the United States Coast Guard
Academy at New London, Con
necticut.
Admission to this school is based
on an examination and the exam
ination is about on a par with the
requirement for admission to en
gineering colleges. This academy
will pay the cadet while under
going instructions $780.00 per an
num, plus an allowance for sub
sistence, and after graduation he
will be commissioned as Ensign in
the United States Coast Guard.
The purpose of this notice is to
suggest that any one interested in
such a course of instruction
should write the Commandant,
United States Coast Guard, Wash
ington, D. C., for full information
relative to entrance requirements.
Survey Of WPA
Recreation Progr^n
Week Of Feb
A nation-wide survey to evalu
ate the WPA recreation pro^am
was made last week. Colonel F C.
Harrington, Works Progress Ad
ministrator, announced.
Anproximately 40.000 WPA rec- *
reational leaders, 95 ner cent of
whom are from relief rolls, con
ducted recreation programs in
nearly two-thirds cf the counties
throughout the country. They
were, supplied with forms on
which, for each day during the
week, they entered such pertinent
information as the extent of
ticipation in the program, ihe
most popular types of activities,
and the types of local public agen
cies soon soring the urogram
information was compiled ^rs.t in v
Aftch state and thw to
Washington, where it will be tab
ulated on a national and regional
basis.
Purpose of the survey as out-
’ined by Edward C. Linde*oan. Di
rector of Recreation for WPA, is
*"0 measure the effectiveness of
the orogram in meeting the needs
of various groups throughout the
'’nuntrv; to assist in the formula
tion of clans for the present year,
and to learn the extent to which
WPA-fostered recreation programs
have prompted the growth of com
munity recreation programs suu-
oerted bv local public funds. The
latter. Mr. Lindeman pointed out,
is one of the principal functions
of the program, and many WPA
workers, trained in recreational
leadership on protects. have
found permanent employment un
der full-time community recrea
tion programs. The survey also
will report new skills learned by
the workers which will equin them
for better jobs outside of WPA.
A similar survey conducted in
August, 1937, showed that an av
erage of approximately 5.000,000
persons weekly particioate in one
or more of the activities provided
on WPA recreation projects. Phy
sical recreation—sports, athletic
contests, swimming, etc.—proved
the most popular type with 70 per
cent of the participant-hours,
which was the unit of measure
ment used in the survey. Social
/Miitiii-Ai activities accounted
for 16 and 14 per cent, respective-
jv, oi toe time devoted to recrea-
mMs survey, taking place
during the winter when most ac-
jt.ivitv is indoors, will balance these
I iigures to give a year-round pic-
Jture of the program.