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W" 4 I %&>■ 4 * TRUB TO OUR8ELVR8, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. la Thirty-Seventh Year Modoc News Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939 Well, the farmers ha^i an ideal week for work, and much plowing was done, tho very few have bought their fertilizer. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bussey from Augusta were visitors here Sunday evening to Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Mr. William E. Bussey was a week end visitor here to hiS parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Mr. J.~ T. Clem spent a couple of days among friends in Augusta the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bussey from Newberry spent Sunday here with their mothers, Mrs. Roseland Reese, and Mrs. Minnie Bussey. Mr. W. M. Nash was a week end visitor here to homefolks. Miss Sarah Howie was the guest Saturday night to Miss Lucy Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Edmunds from Augusta were week end visi- > tors here to the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. MtDaniel. Mr. T. J. Stone, Jr., is spending a few days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Mr. W. W. Reese of Augusta is spending some time here with his nephews, Messrs. Jesse and J. M. Reese, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bailey and Mr. C. E. Holson spent Monday with relatives in Greenville. Mr. Fred M. Bussey was dinner guest to Mr. E. F. .Bussey on Tues day of this week. Miss Lucy Bussey was the guest to Misses Vivian and Martha Hazel Bailey on Monday night of this week. Rev. E. F. Gettys To Preach At M. E. Church Here Sunday Baraea Class Announcemen t Prof. Gurvice Taylor of the Plum Branch School will talk to the McCormick Baptist Baiaca class Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock. All members are urged to attend and all visitors are wel come. The Reverend E. F. Gettys, su perintendent of De la Howe school, will preach at the McCormick Methodist Church Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock. The young people of the church will have charge of the evening services which will begin at 8:00 o’clock. This is the beginning of a series of services by the young people which will continue through Fri day evening. All of the services will center around the words that Jesus spoke from the cross. All of our young people are urged to at tend these services, and the public is cordially invited to them. May we have a great awakening during this Holy Week under the leader ship of our young people. M. E. DERRICK, Pastor. Home Demonstration Agent’s Schedule For April 3-8, 1939 Monday, Office; Bethany H. D. Tuesday, Office; Dowtin H. D. C. Wednesday, Office; Plum Branch H. D. C. Thursday, Office; Willington H. D. C. Friday, Office; Visiting. Saturday, Office. / Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. Announcement The public is cordially invited to services at the McKissick Memo rial Chapel on Sunday afternoon, April 2, at four o’clock. Dr. R. C. McQuilken, who is connected with the Columbia Bible College, is to spsak. E. F. GETTYS, Supt. HUnM THEATRE FRIDAY and SATURDAY March 31st, and April 1st, 7 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. LEW AYRES LIONELL BARRYMORE in 46' '99 ‘YOUNG DR. KILDARE' Also Robert Benchley “The Courtship of a Newt” and A Historical Mystery “The Bravest of the Brave ’ MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY April 3rd and 4th, 7 P. M. & 9 P. M. Matinee Tuesday 3:30 P. M. LORETTA YOUNG__RICHARD GREENE in “KENTUCKY” * r-- r- r (We urge you not to miss this) Also A Walt Disney Cartoon * U, “Merbabies” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS MATINEE TUESDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents ADMISSION: AduHs. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents American Legion And Auxiliary Meeting And Barbecue, April 5 The American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will celebrate a joint meeting and an old time barbecue on April 5th, at 6:30 p. m. All members of the legion and their wives and all members of the auxiliary and their husbands are invited. A real old time barbecue will be served at 6:30 p. m., April 5th. 1939. Tickets are 40 cents each, at the ccmm unity house, McCormick. In addition to the ’ barbecue there will be speaking and music. Among the speakers will * be Dept. Commander R. K. Wise, of Columbia, Dept. Adj. R. T. Fairey, Columbia, Dist. Comdr. Malcolm Shirley, Hcnea Path, Vice-Comdr. J. C. Bush, North Augusta, S. C. Groeschel, Gen. Mgr. Veterans Hospital, Columbia, S. C., and probably J. O. Sheppard, National head of 40 & 8. This is our spring round up. All veterans desiring to join should see the post adj. on or before April 5th. All legionnaires are urged to at tend. The barbecue will be pre pared by Mr. Tom Wood. FRED MORGAN, Adj. Temperance Enter tainment At Asbury M. E. Church Sunday Night There will be a temperance entertainment at Asbury Metho dist Church on Sunday night, April 2nd. Exercises will begin at eight o’clock. Seven young ladies and gentlemen of the community will recite, and a silver medal will be awarded the best speaker. Mrs. J. L, Mims, President of the S. C. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, will be present, and will make a short address. A cordial invitation Is extended to all the citizens of that section to attend the services. There will be no admission fee. FOSTER SPEER, Pastor. Chestnut Ridge H. D. Club Meets The March meeting of ^Lhe Chestnut Ridge H. D. Club wa" held at the home of Mrs. A. J. Hendrix Friday, March 24th, with Mrs. T. J. Price associate hostess, with 14 members, 4 visitors and Miss Bell present. Mrs. Baker, president, presided. Club voted to sponsor a Chinese checker tournament; the follow ing committees were appointed to arrange place and date for same: Mrs. J. E. Strom, Mrs. Butler Miner, Mrs. C. A. Gilbert. Mrs. F. M. Pinson, club beauti fication chairman, gave a talk on beautification, urging us to use more of our native plants. Miss Bell gave the lesson for the month, Doorways and Porches. Mrs. Gilbert had charge of the recreation. The April meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Tom Hartline, with Mrs. Baker associate hostess. Hostesses served refreshments during the social hour. Reporter. Sullivan News -SXl- Mt. Carmel News * Miss Sara- Alverson of McCor mick spent the spring holidays with her grandmother, Mrs. Myr tle Mauldin. Billy Gilliam of Thomwell Or phanage is visiting his mother, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam. Miss Gladys Scott of Davidson College Spent the spring holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney and others were visitors in Colum bia Thursday. Messrs. Wade Puckett and Mal- !cclm Coates spent the week end with their families here. Mrs. Jennie M. Cade is spending seme time with Capt. and Mrs. William Sharp at Fort McPherson. Mr. W. L. Miller of Greenwood, was a visitor here Sunday. Mrs. Burts and daughter, Mrs Gladys Smith and children and other relatives of Honea Path and ccmmunity were guests of Mrs. Joe Curtis and family last Friday. Corporal Lawrence Hester and Cadet Lewis Knott of The Citadel are spending the spring holidays here with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hester. Mr. Neil Merrett of Augusta was a business visitor here Tuesday. Miss Lilly Miller of De la Howe spent last Thursday in Mt. Carmel. Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson visited Mrs. W. A. Scott Tuesday night and Wednesday and visited in Augusta with Mrs. Scott and others Wednesday. Mrs. Gladys Bowyer and Mr. Charles Bowyer of Anderson were visitors here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Norris and little son, Jean were visitors here 1 Thursday afternoon. ( — tXt i On Treasure Island 308 persons 1 may drink from outdoor fountains at the same time. A large crowd attended preach ing services at Sullivan school house Sunday night. The Rev. A. D. Croft preached a fine sermon on “Citizenship.” Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Foreman of Jackson, Miss Elizabeth Sullivan of Batesburg and Mr. J. P. Sulli van of Walhalla spent the week end with their mother and sister, Mrs. J. P. Sullivan, and Miss Ev elyn Sullivan. Miss Edith Mae Winn and two other nurses from State Park visited the former’s mother, Mrs. Janelle Winn, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bussey are receiving congratulations upon the birth of a son, Tuesday, March 21. He has been named D. C. Mrs. Bussey is the former Miss Iris Jaynes. Mr. A1 Appelt of Greenwood is spending several days with Messrs. Wilbur and Edward Reames. Miss Cecyle Mayson is somewhat improved from a recent illness. Among those visiting her recently were Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Mayson of the Limestone community, Mrs. G. R. Mayson, Miss Edna Mayson, Mrs. James Keown, and Misses Marie and Juanita Reames. Mr. Roy Callison of Marietta, Ga., and Mr. Woodrow Callison of Columbia spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W Callison. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reames and baby, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reames, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seigler and children were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Johnson in Aiken Wednesday. Miss Virginia Winn spent sev eral days last week with Mrs. Blanche Rambo in Kirksey. Miss Carrie Mayson of Lake City spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. May- -5on. Friends will be sorry to know that she has been ill for several days. Miss Eileen Morgan was the week end guest of Miss Lura Gil christ. The Rev. A. D. Croft, Mr. Strom Quarles, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winn and Miss Trula Winn were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rey nolds and Mr. J. E. Reynolds Sun day. Mrs. J. E. Winn, Mrs. J. B. Gil christ and Mrs. Roll Williams visited Mrs. Leo Bussey and baby Friday afternoon. Miss Evelyn Gilchrist of Colum bia spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gilchrist. Friends will be glad to know that Mr. Gilchrist is sufficiently im proved to be able to return to his work in Charleston. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bannister on Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ed Timmerman and children of Pleasant Lane. Meeting On Eco nomical Cotton Production Friday There will be a meeting for all McCormick County farmers at the Court House Friday, March 31st, at 2:30 P. M. on economical cotton production. Mr. jA. H. Ward, District Agent, Aiken, S. C., will be here to discuss how McCormick County farmers might lower the cost of producing cotton. It seems timely that we should pay more attention to the cost of producing our cotton than to the price over which, we have very little individual control. Mr. Ward will discuss a plan which has been worked cut by the Greenwood Marketing Association for the distribution of calcium arsenate and black molasses, the materials you will need in poison ing your cotton, at a much lower price than farmers have been paying. Come to this meeting and bring your neighbor and tenants. It will profit each of you. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. Number 44 Kleberg And Ward To Deliver Addresses AT THE THIRD ANNUAL AU GUSTA FAT CATTLE SHOW BANQUET IN AUGUSTA ON APRIL 4TH. Anti-Rabies Clinic Here April First On Saturday, April 1st, from 10:00 a. m., to 2:00 p. m., Dr. W. A. Barnette, Greenwood Veterinarian, will be at the County Agent’s of fice to vaccinate dogs against rabies. Dr. Barnette’s charge will be 50 cents for each dog. Have your dog vaccinated and help eliminate the danger from rabies. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. 1 xx Notice C. M. T. C. Applicants I have C. M. T. C. blanks and information folders for those young men desiring to enter training for one month this sum mer at Fort Moultrie. C. K. Epting, C. M. T. C. Representative For McCormick County. xx Birth Records Gain In Importance Proof of Age Required in Payment of Many Old-Age Insurance Claims Development of the Federal Old-Age Insurance program has given added importance to the record section of the old family Bible, baptismal certificates, and other papers carrying birth dates With the size of the average payment of lump-sum claims for Old-Age Insurance benefits in creasing steadily, Martha Pressly : manager of the Social Security Board’s Field 'Office at Green- ' ■* • > wood, S. C., has been instructed tc inform claimants that when £ claim is for over $100 proof of age will be required, except in the case of a claim made by the heirs or estate of a wage-earner who has died. Lump-sum payments amount to 3 1-2 per cent of wages received in covered employment since 1936. The Social Security Board recognizing the difficulties in sup plying proof of birth since many States have not required certifi cates until recent years, has pro vided that when an applicant can not obtain evidence without diffi culty and expense, he will be directed to file for consideration Bible, family, business, fraternal, school, governmental, or other similar records, Miss Pressly said. Lump-sum benefits are paid now to covered workers who reach 65, or to the relatives or estates of those who die. These are the only claims now being paid. Beginning in 1942, monthly checks will be Augusta, Ga., March 28.—Con gressman Richard Kleberg of Texas, manager of the great 1.- 250,0CQ-acre King ranch, near Cor pus Christi, will address the Third Annual Augusta Fat Cattle Show banquet at Hotel Richmond here on Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p. m. The executive head of the nation’s largest cattle ranch will discuss the possibilities of the Livestock industry in the South east upon the background of his wide experience in the Southwest. Audley H. Ward, district farm demonstration agent, of Aiken, S. C., will share the speaking assign ment with the Texas congress man. Mr. Ward’s subject will deal with the vital importance of co operation in the permanent suc cess of the Livestock movement. Five hundred citizens of Eastern Georgia and Western South Caro lina have been invited to attend the banquet as the guests of the Twin States Livestock association and the Augusta Chamber of Commerce. This number includes farmers, bankers, business men, editors, farm and home agents, vocational agriculture teachers^ and exhibitors in the fat cattle show. World’s Fair Pre-View Hailed By Virginia State Chamber Of Commerce RAYMOND B. BOTTOM COM MENTS ON ITS VALUE TO SOUTHERN INDUSTRY The New York World’s Fair 1939 Pre-View on Wheels and Southern Motorcade, now touring the South has been acclaimed by the Vir ginia State Chamber of Commerce through its president, Raymond B. Bottom. The Motorcade is bringing to the people of the South an ad vance showing of the Fair, in diorama form, depicting the vari ous buildings, and the theme symbols; also a scientific exhibit of the fixation of nitrogen and the distribution of Arcadian Ni trate, the American Soda, a product manufactured in Virginia and distributed throughout the Southern States. In commenting on the Motor cade, Mr. Bottom said in part: “I have been favorably impressed with your undertaking. I feel that this project should be available both in setting out the advantages of Southern industry, and the op portunities for increasing the value of Southern ajriculture through the use of scientific methods. Aside from this, I feel that the collateral benefit through the promotion of the use of a domestic product—a product of Virginia industry, is a highly com mendable enterprise. It appears to me that the useful purposes of your project should have general support.” The subject of Southern self containment is receiving increased attention on the part of those concerned with the economic fu ture of the South. For this reason, considerable interest has been evidenced in that part of the exhibit known as “The South Self-Contained” which shows in animated form through the use of a symbolic silver dollar behind which miniature figures appear in rotation, the apportionment of “The Home Folks’ Dollar.” The Pre-View is officially ap proved by the New York World’s Fair and carries a personal greet ing from Grover Whalen, presi dent of the Fair, to the people of the South, projected to them by means of a sound recording. The Everyone welcomes Mr. and Mrs - „ Henry Reynolds and children back sent to those who qualify for {exhibit, sponsored by me distribu- into the community. They have monthly retirement benefits. How- tors of Arcadian Nitrate, the moved into the home with Mr. J. ever, Miss Pressly pointed out that American Soda, is vivid, colorful E. Reynolds. ! congress is considering proposals and realistic. The diorama form Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mayson of to advance the date for beginning of presentation is augmented by Augusta visited Mr. and Mrs. R. T. payment of monthly benefits to illumination, sound projection* Mayson Sunday afternoon. |1940. animated and motion pictures.