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TBO* TO OURSELVttg. OUB NEIGHBORS, OUB COUNTRY AND OUB GOD, A Thirty-Seventh Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 Number 41 W. D. Morrah Claimed By Death Mr. William r>. Morrah, promi nent 69-year old planter of the Bellvue section, died Saturday momina’ abmit 10 o’clock at his heme following an illness of sev eral months. Mr. Morrah. a native of this section was the son of David and F«becca ^adley Morrah. both pioneer citizens of old Abbeville county. Mr. Morrah aided in the forming of McCormick county and served In the state legislature for three terms. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Mason ic Order, and was a member of the Lower Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder. He is survived by four daugh ters. Mrs. L. E. Funderburke, Mathews. N. C.; Mrs. "W. L. Krell, Columbia, S. C.; and Miss Katrina Morrah and Miss Billie Morrah of Bellvue, and one brother, Sam P. Morrah of Bellvue. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Lower Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbvterian church. The Rev. W. C. Kerr of Abbeville, , assisted hy Dr. S. W. Reid of Mc Cormick, officiated, and interment "followed in the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were J. A. Young, L. L. Hester, J. J. Hester, J. C. Talbert. Jack Perrin. J. T. Fooshe. T. W. Cowan, S. H. Tal bert. Andey Young, P. J. Robinson, F. C. Robinson, Jack Flemming, Renwick Bradley, Dr. C. H. Work man. Rev. E. F. Gettvs, W. W. Brock and Frank Woodhurst. Active pallbearers were J. O. Covin, David Robinson, Edward Orier, W. W. Bradley, Jr., C. J. Lyon, Jr., and Tom Funderburke. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. y Union Services At Methodist Church Sabbath Evening, 7:30 Our regular monthly union services of the local churches will be at the Methodist church. The Reverend A. Thad. Persons will bring a message on the subject, “Lord, Send a Revival.” Dr. S. W. Reid will have charge of the de votions. May we all come to this service seeking a revival in our own hearts, and in the entire commu nity. Modoc JNews Well, still it rains and the farm ers are getting a little bit worried about their farm work. I reckon we all better go a fishing. Miss Rosalie Bussey of Augusta spent the past week here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Rev. W. P. Lanier filled his reg ular appointment here Sunday evening, delivering a very able sermon. Mr. William E. Bussey of Augus ta was the week end guest to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Mrs. Minnie Bussey was dinner guest of IVIrs. G. C. McDaniel on Monday of this week. Mr. Henry Ellison Bailey of Au gusta was a week end visitor here to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Edmunds from Augusta were week ehd visi tors here to the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McDaniel. Messrs. W. S. Clem, E. F. Bussey and James W. Bussey were visitors to McCormick on Monday of this week Mr! and Mrs. Kirk White were dinner guests Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Mr. J. W. Bussey from the Mountain Rest CCC Camp is spending this week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Messrs. W. S. Clem, James Mc Daniel, C. B. Bussey, E. F. Bussey and James Bussey attended court Tuesday at Edgefield. Mr. and Mrs. Levy Coleman from Edgefield made a short visit here Sunday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Will Clem. „ Home Demonstration Agent’s Schedule March 13-17 Mondav, McCormick High 4-H Clubs: Chestnut-Ridge H. D. C. Tuesday. Wideman 4-H Club; Mt. Carmel H. D. C. Wednesday, Office; Bordeaux H. D. C. Thursday, Washington 4-H Club; Sandy Branch H. D. C. Friday, Office; White Town H. D. C. Saturday, Office. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. X Townsend Club members will have a special day at the Califor nia World’s Fair, next June 20. BOLL MILE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY March 10th and 11th, 7 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. FREDDY BARTHOLOMEW—JtJDY GARLAND MARY ASTOR in 641 '99 'LISTEN DARLING’ Also A DONALD DUCK CARTOON “Donald’s Golf Course*’ and A Crime Doesn’t Pay Subject “MIRACLE MONEY” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents COM NG SOON! “KENTUCKY” and “JESSE JAMES”. MONDAY and TUESDAY March 13th and 14th. 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M. JOAN CRAWFORD—MARGARET SULLAVAN ROBERT YOUNG MELVIN DOUGLAS m “THE SHINING HOUR” mi f if _ IT* —s 441 Also Robert Bencbley in How To Raise A Baby’ A Historical Mystery • “Strange Glory” and FOX MOVIETONE NEWS riTC” L & B jr- 9 ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Glee Club Program Tonight Don’t forget' You want to know “Is It True What They Say About Dixie”? The groups of boy^ and girls will convince you in their performance tonight. Be sure to bring your dime to the McCormick High School auditorium at 8 o’clock. txi Sullivan News The regular monthly meeting of the G. A’s. was held at Sullivan school house Friday afternoon. The subject of study was, “Bene fits Derived from Attending a De nominational College.” The Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Diggs were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ashley Sunday. Miss Lena Louise Gilchrist of Columbia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gilchrist. Miss Grace Gilchrist of Greenwood spent the week end with them also. Misses Alma and Rubye Mayson of Greenwood spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mayson. Friends of Mrs. M. H. Jordan will be sorry to know that she is seriously ill in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Janelle Winn. Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reames and baby of Pelzer, Mr. Eugene Reames of Moncks Corner. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reames of Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson. Ramona, and Miss Gladys Reames of Aiken, and Mr. Cecil Reames of Columbia. Mrs. Susie Winn visited her brother and sister in law, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Culbreath, in Green wood, Saturday. Mrs. Lena Lanier of North Au gusta and Mrs. James Keown of McCormick are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. May- son. Mrs. F. w. Callison spent Sun day with her sister, Mrs. C. C. Rodgers, in Callison. Miss Sarah Katharine Wihn and Messrs. G. P. and Edgar Winn enjoyed “Chinese checkers” in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gil christ on Thursday evening. Mr. W. G. Corley was pleasantly surprised Sunday, the bccassion being his birthday. Everyone car ried lunch and had an enioyable day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Corley, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winn and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shuford and family, Mr. J. C. Corley and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Corley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Corley, and Mr. Gene Corley. Mr. rnd Mrs. W. E. Gilchrist and baby of Beech Island spent Sun day with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gilchrist. Miss Mary Mayson visited in the home cf Mr. and Mrs. G. R. May- son Wednesdav afternoon. Mrs. J. E. Winn visited Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Winn and family Sun- dav afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gilchrist visited Mrs. Carrie Talbert in Mc Cormick Friday. Mr. Marvin Reames of Columbia spent Saturday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. ■Rpornpe; Friends of Mr. J. B. Gilchrist will be sorry tc know that he is a patient in the Columbia Hospital. txt Cadets A. H. McCain And L. L. Hester Receive Appoint ments At The Citadel Birthday Dinner For Mrs. Lucy Bowiek Nine children, forty-two grand children, seven great-grandchil dren, and other guests enjoyed a birthday dinner Sunday, March 5th, in honor of Mrs. Lucy Bow- ick’s seventy-seventh birthday. Dinner was served out-of-doors picnic stvle. The honoree’s place was marked with a lovely birth day cake. “Granny” Bowiek was vorr.embered with many useful gifts. The following people enjoyed fhis delightful occassion: Mr. and Mrs. Bussey Bowiek and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Bowiek, Mr. and Mr^. Luther Bowiek and son, Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Bowiek and family, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dukes and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Bowiek and family. Mr. and Mrs. / Charlie Bowiek and baby. Mr. and Mrs. James Bowiek and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pulley and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Edmunds and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edmunds arid baby, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brewer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brewer, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Spence and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Young and fami ly, Mr. and Mrs. Joe New and family, Miss Frances Lindley, Miss Mary Sue Wideman, Miss Ruth Wideman, Miss Helen Bradley, and Miss Ruth Weeks. xx Mt. Carmel H. D. The 1939 Farm Program Explained Conservation And Price Adjust ment Pavments Available For Growers. Club Meets The Mt. Carmel Home Demon stration Club held their regular monthly meeting in the N. Y. A. cabin on Feb. 14th at 3:00 p. m., with 19 members, one visitor and the Home Agent, Miss Bell, present. Meeting called to order by the president, Mrs. McKinney. Sene. “Carry Me Back To Old Virginny,” club. Scrinture reading and orayer, by Mrs. Ludie Boyd, Chairman on Finance. Selection, Finance, Mrs. W. H. Horton. The literary program was mostly selections about Gen. Washington as his birthday was so near at hand. Call for business was payment of Marie Cromer Scholarship and State dues bv some of the mem bers, and other matters discussed. Then the meeting was turned over to Miss Bell who made an interesting talk and demonstration on Storage Spaces; lesson sheets and pictures given out and dis cussed. Mrs. Jennie M. Cade and Mrs. Cecil K. King were joint hostesses for the afternoon. As it was St. Valentine day, the colors red and white were carried out in the decorations and also in the de licious refreshments of Valentine salad, chips and crackers, with hot coffee and whipped cream. The favors were cute little Val entines on each plate and reading the verses caused lots of laughter Mrs. Jennie M. Cade was ap pointed membership chairman by the president and will arrange nropram for March meeting. Mrs. J. D. Dean and Mrs. W. H. Hcrton will be joint hostesses. Adjournment followed. Civil Service Examinations Announced Charleston. March 1.—Reap- oointment of cadet officers and non-commissioned officers in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets hav^ been announced by the De- oartment of Military Science and Tactics at The Citadel, the Mili tary College of South Carolina. These cadets will serve for the -emainder of the current academic year. Cadet*; are .selected for rank on the basis of individual merit and not because of oersunal orefer- ment. The .record of the cadet for the nrevious semester is taken into consideration in determining his place in the list. The record con sists of eight factors—academic standing, conduct, bearing and ap- ranee, denendability. leader ship, personality, participation in athletics, and activity in miscella neous extra-curricular fields. Of local interest are the reap- nointments of Cadets A. H. Mc Cain, of McCormick, and L. L. Hester, of Mt. Carmel. Cadet Mc Cain was reaonointed as sergeant on the second battallion staff. He is a member of the junior class and ranks high academically as well as in military. Cadet Hester was reaopointed as cadet cornoral and assigned to company “B” of the Infantry battallion. He is a member of the sophomore class and takes an active part in many extra-curricular affairs within the college. The United States Civil Service Ornimissim has announced that it will accept applications nut 'ater f han March 27 if received from States east of Colorado, and not 'ater than March 30 if received frem Colorado and States west ward. for the following positions: Senior Pharmacologist, $4,600. Pharmacologist, $3,800, Associate Pharmacologist, $3,200, Assistant Pharma eulogist. $2,600 a year, Bu reau of Chemistry and Soils, and ^ood and Drug Administration, ">er*artment of Agriculture. Appli cants fur Pharmacologist and Senior Pharmacologist must not have nassed their 53d, for the associate grade they must not nassed their 45th, and for the assistant grade they must not hP T, e passed their 40th birthday. The Commission also calls at tention to the fact that the an nouncement of the examinations for Associate and Assistant Aero nautical Inspectors has been a- mended to modify certain require ments and to provide for filling the position of Air Carrier Inspec tor iOperation), at a salary of $3,800 a year. Civil Aeronautics Authority. The closing dates for receipt of applications have been extended to March 20 if received from States east of Colorado, and to March 23 if received from Col orado and States westward. Full 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 C\vil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. How the 1939 A.A.A. Farm Pro- ^ k*- ' u*- hoen explained in a bulletin recently published by the Southerti Division of the Agri cultural Adiustment Administra tion. The bulletin explains that farmers will receive conservation payments which are authorized for soil conservation accomplished through acreage adjustments and the carrying out of soil-building practices; and, price-adjustment payments to subsidize the prices farmers receive for their crops in the markets. The conservation or benefit payments available to cotton growers will be 2 cents per pound in the adjusted five-year average yield of cotton per acre times the allotted acres of cotton for the farm plus a soil-building maxi mum allowance for the farm which is calculated as the sum of the following three items: 1. Seventy cents an acre for each acre of cropland in excess of any cotton, tobacco or special crop acreage allotment, 2. One dollar and fifty cents an acre for the commercial orchards on the farm on January 1, 1939, and, 3. Twenty-five cents an acre for each acre of fenced non-crop open pasture land in excess of one-half the tilled land on the farm. The soil building maximum al lowance may be earned by terrac ing. liming, seeding legumes, es tablishing pastures, planting forest A cotton price adiustment or subsidy payment of 1.6 cents per pound on the 1939 adjusted yield per acre times the 1939 cotton acreage allotment will be paid to farmers in the fall of 1939. In other words, the subsidy payment of 1.6 cents per pound will be paid on the 1939 cotton marketing quota. For example, a farm with 110 acres of tilled land having 27 acres of cotton allotment with an ad justed yield of 220 pounds per acre times 27 acres equals 5940 pounds times 2 cents equals $118.- 80 as cotton benefit payment. The maximum soil-building allowance for this farm would be 110 acres minus 27 acres equals 83 acres in excess of the cotton allotment times 70 cents per acre equals $57.10, plus $1.50 per acre times four acres of commercial orchards equal $6.00, plus 25 cents per acre times 7 acres of fenced non-crop open pasture land (in excess of one-half the tilled land) equals $1.75. The maximum soil-building allowance would therefore be $57.10 plus $6.00 plus $1.75 or $64.- 85. The subsidy or cotton price ad justment payment of 1.6 cents per pound on the marketing quota of 5940 pounds would be $95.04 Therefore, the total payments a- vailable to this farm in 1939 are $118.80 plus $64.85 plus $95.04 or $278.69. Bulletins telling how the pro gram works can be had from this office. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. x- — Move Brooder House, Insure Chick Health WPA-Built Facilities Provide Recreation For Thousands Tt. is not advisable to wait unti 1 chick troubles show up to mow th Q brooder house, says D. Austin Shelley. McCormick county agent who warns acainst danger of curcidiosis, paraivsis. and worm infestation in poultry flocks when chicks are brooded on the same ground each year. “Farmers through"ut the state have trouble each fall with pullet- becoming infested with interna) narasltes and developing various diseases”. Mr. Sb°lley explains auoting P. H. Guodine. extension nonitrv specialist. “One of the most common troubles is paralvsis Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done once this trouble Aftn- ^b'' pul 1o t<; be come naralyzed. it is too ’ate t r mow the brooder ho i1<j e.. The time to do this is before the chicks are started. If vou have never had trouble in vour flock from cocci- diosis. worms, or paralvsis, it is no t asurance that vou will not. And vour oremises become heavily infested, there is great danger of trackimr these troubles to new ground.” ,,, Where it is absolutely impossible tr move the house, the specialist advises that the chicks run on a wire platform in front of the, house for the first two months. However, he asserts that on most farms the house can be moved even thoueh it will require con siderable time and some expense. “A combination of coccidiosis, paralysis, and worm infestations is almost eaual to one year’s loss in income, plus a lot of worrying and hard work, and in most cases it will be much less burdensome to spend time and money moving the house than to suffer an outbreak of these troubles”, Mr. Shelley concludes. Adults and school children bv the thousands are using or will use with the coming of soring hundreds of new athletic fields, parks, swimming pools and other recreational facilities completed in recent months by Works Progress Administration employes. A survey of physical accom plishments in the recreation field, made public recently bv Colonel F. C. Harrington, WPA Administrator, disclosed that 1.450 new public facilities of this type were com pleted and 1,675 were repaired or otherwise improved between July 1 and November 1 of last year. “Construction of recreation grounds has been an important part of our work in respect both to the useful employment provided thousands of able-bodied men and their contributions to healthy community life,” Colonel Harring ton said. “Schools have been en abled to offer a wider range of healthful sports in their athletic curricula and mature citizens, from the factories and offices, to imnrove the use of leisure time.” Nearly every field of sport has been advanced by these perma nent public works built by men from the relief rolls. Numerically outstanding and serving the great est numbers were the 202 athletic fields, 173 playgrounds. 125 parks, 637 tennis courts and 52 swimming pools, but there were also 121 new ^orseshou courts. 38 wading pools for small children, 31 handball courts and 15 public golf epurses. For outdoor warm-weather enter tainment. 16 open-air theaters and 11 ^and shells were constructed. Of comparable importance in an increasingly sports-minded coun try were the improvements made by WPA workers to 204 athletic fields 682 playgrounds, 625 parks, 23 golf courses, 79 tennis courts and numerous other facilities. Twenty-nine fairgrounds were im proved and four new ones bum;. In addition to thes Q new and repaired outdoor f? 1 now serving community jchool programs. WPA comp!; u as part cf its vast building construction program during the period 640 new gymnasiums, grandstands, auditoriums, bath houses and other recreational buildings; re pairs and improvements to 462 such buildings and additions to 24. In step with the increasing pop ularity of winter sports, local gov ernments sponsored and WPA workers brought to completion for use this winter a number of facili ties such as ski jumps, ski trails and toboggan slides. Eight new ice skating rinks, averaging nearly 500 by 500 feet, were part of this program to make winter sports generally accessible to the public in areas where they may be eji- joyed. Many of the proiec 4 - ^"mpleted during the four mon f provided for practically all types of outdoor recreational needs of the commu nities they will serve, taking chil dren from dangerous citv streets end edults to restful outdoor sur roundings which othc * 1 .night not be within their reav. A new 80-acre recreational op~k at We«t Chicago, Illinois, includes not only athletic fields and tennis ,> ourts but a grandstand, an out door theater and a lagoon for boating and skating. Similarly, a oroject. completed at South Gate, T os a r> o-pjes Cuuntv. California, provided court": fo~ terjiis. v ~ 1 lev- b"- 1 ’''trail a 1 ^ h 0 am in tun a- long with recreational buildings, "omolete lend-caning and picnic ^rounds with fireplaces. A park development at Pecrif. Illinois, in cludes a toboggan slide and a ski lump. _ ^ , In the last week of October, 242 000 relief workers were em ployed on 2.333 recreation con struction projects in various stages of completion—many of them em bracing a number of separate fa cilities. , . . , Some of the projects completed during the four-month period, especially playgrounds, will have recreational activities and pro grams supervised bv leaders em ployed bv the WPA Recreation, in coopera with the cities. This type oi work, separate from recreation construc tion. provided WPA jobs for more than 42.000 persons in 25,000 centers at the end of October. To visualize the extent of public recreation grounds constructed during the four months, it is com puted that the 52 new swimming pools, if all were the same size, would be 150 bv 75 feet and the 38 wading pools 55 by 55 feet. The new parks and additions equal the area of 673 typical city blocks one-tenth of a mile square and the new athletic fields the area of 160 city blocks. The area of parks improved is about that of 4,965 blocks. -xx- A special illumination displev. with all the lights turned on in the $1,500,000 electrical extravagan??, was staged for Los Angeles visitors at the California World’s Fair at the “Month to Go” fete.