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J i McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 7, 1940 IcGORMCK MESSENGER i Published Every Thursday Established Jons ft. 1M1 bdmond j. McCracken. Editor and Owner ntered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. ■CBSCKIPTION RATES:* One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 Palmetto Boys’ State At Camp Jackson June 16th To 22nd Columbia, March 4.—Plans are going forward for the Palmetto Boys’ State, which will be held at Camp Jackson. Columbia, S. ‘C., June 16-22, 1940. This activity is Miss Matilda Bell And Mrs. D. J. McAllister To Speak Over Radio Aiken, March 4.—For the past four years Miss Winnie Belle Holden, Richland County Home Demonstration Agent, has been conducting every Thursday a quarter of an hour broadcast period over Station WIS in Colum bia. This hour is listed in Radio Guide as the 4-H and Home Dem onstration Club hour at 10 o’clock each Thursday. In these programs, Miss Holden has been giving many valuable thoughts, receipes, etc., to thou sands of listeners. In making up her schedule for the next few weeks, she has in vited some guest speakers for these programs which will be as follows: March 7th—Miss Bessie Harper^ Aiken. March 14th—Mrs. Coker Alumnae Luncheon The eleventh district of the Coker College Alumnae association will hold a luncheon meeting in Edgefield on March 9 at 1:00 p. m. in the Edgefield hotel. President C. Sylvester Green of Coker will be the chief speaker. Mrs. Gordon Alford, Jr., of Edge- field is chairman of the district which includes Edgefield, Lexing ton, McCormick, and Saluda counties. Mrs. Wistar Harmon, McCor mick County Chairman, is urging all members in the county to at tend this meeting. 1XT Lander Alumnae Luncheon An outstanding feature of the Harriette state Teachers’ meeting for Lan der College alumnae throughout Mn. , , . _ , ,0 Jtorch Matilda Bell wl » be alumnae f f ^ and Mrs. D. J. McAllister of Me- ^ncheon to be held at 1:30 o'clock Carolina Department of The . . — American Legion. It is expected. op .. that 200 boys, outstanding boys of high moral character, good sportsmanship and potential lead-, TTT . „ ^ „ ership tendencies, will gather at Wtathrop CoUege Camp Jackson for training in the * ciemson College functional aspects of citizenship. , S> ., e f Q S ° n Watson, Winthrop College. April 4th—Miss Myra Reagan, Thursday, March 14, at Buncombe Elizabeth ® tree ^ Methodist Church in Green ville. The American Legion had com pleted plans for holding the first session of Palmetto Boys’ State last summer, when the “Polio” situation in the state made it ad visable to call it off. The Program, originated in IHionois in 1934, has been adopted by the National organization of The American Legion, and last summer was in operation in twenty-four states. A total of 32 American Legion Departments, eight more than last year, will sponsor Boys’ State during 1940. Hie eight new Departments in the Boys’ State program this year will be Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washing ton. Approximately 25,000 boys will be enrolled in this youth training activity this summer. The purpose of Boys’ State is “to educate our youth in the duties, privileges, rights and re sponsibilities of American Citi zenship”. It proposes to teach the youth of today constructive atti tudes toward the American form of government. It attempts to show that our scheme of govern ment has not outgrown its useful ness; and that all a democracy needs is an intelligent citizenry, and a clean, honest and impartial administration responsive to the will of the people. Citizens of Boys’ State will not only be require^ to review knowl edge already acquired concerning political machinery of a state, but they will find themselves perform ing exactly the same functions as real office-holders in the everyday world. In Boys’ State, citizens organize their own city, county and state governments. They choose their own officials in ac cordance with regular election procedures. They learn the duties of the various city, county and state offices. They introduce and argue their own bills in a legisla ture, justice is administered by their own law enforcement agen cies and courts. In Boys’ State, the young citizen has the oppor tunity to learn for himself that his government is just what he makes it. Here each boy “learns to do by doing.” April 18th—Miss Portia Sea- brook, Winthrop College. April 25th—Mr. M. H. Bruner, Ciemson College. Each of these will give an inter esting and helpful discussion along lines of interest to all farmers, their wives and children, who should be sure to listen in at that time. No reservations are necessary for the event. Seventy-five cents is the luncheon price. The luncheon is an annual af fair during Teachers’ Meeting activities and is always well at tended by Lander alumnae. x District Meeting Of Wofford Men Sandy Branch H. D. Club Meets TO THE MAN WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY To the man who honors and re spects his ancestors, to the man who respects his name, to the man who is proud of his descendants this message is addressed. Your family name deserves to be pre served. remembered. respected. What more fitting tribute is there than a lasting monument of mar ble or granite bearing that name? Mize & McCurley, Monument Makers, will gladly help you de sign such a monument and are experts in the execution of such a design. Prices are reasonable and service and work are the best. The Sandy Branch H. D. Club held its regular monthly meeting February 22nd at the home of Mrs. Sudie Jennings with Mrs. Frank Holloway and Mrs. A. E. Willis hostesses. Fifteen members were present. Mrs. J. B. Walker conducted the devotional with Bible reading and Lord’s p^ver by the club. After this, buiincss of the club was dis cussed. Miss Bell was not present, so Mrs. B. C. Owings, one of our local leaders, discussed why to plant shade trees, shubbery, foundation plantings, fertilizer for plants, evergreens and blooming shrubs. She also gave best methods of resetting and pruning trees and plants. A most enjoyable social hour followed when the hostesses serv ed congealed salad, crackers and coffee. The next meeting will be with Mrs. W. R. McNeil. Reporter. tXT De la Howe Loses To Abbeville The district association of Wof ford Men composed of Abbeville, Greenwood, Saluda, McCormick, Edgefield, Aiken, Newberry, and Laurens counties will hold its an nual dinner-meeting at the Oregon Hotel in Greenwood on Friday evening, March 8th, at 7:30 o’clock, according to an announce ment by Wofford authorities yesterday. J. Perrin Anderson of Green wood is president and T. T. Taylor also of Greenwood is secretary- treasurer of the association. Approximately -350 former stu dents of the 86 year old institution are now living in this district, ac cording to LeRoy Cox, alumni sec retary. Professor J. Hugh Anderson, assistant superintendent of the Parker schools in Greenville, will show a motion picture of the 1939-Commencement together with life on the campus as it was lived last year. Another feature of the gather ing of Wofford men will be the presence of the Wofford college quartet, which will give selections throughout the evening. District officers for 1940-41 will be elected at the meeting. Abbeville took both ends of a double header from De la Howe Saturday night on the De la Howe court. The girls’ game was rather slow with both teams displaying fine defensive work. The De la Howe forwards were unable to get near the basket, and were missing all shots from on the floor. The Abbeville team was superior throughout in every department, and while they got under the basket a number of times they too were unable to connect with their shots. The score was 16-12 in favor of Abbeville. In the boys’ game the Abbeville boys out classed the De la Howe team, which is composed of very young 8th grade boys, and while they put up a tremendous scrap, they vrere unable to hold the Ab beville boys down to a reasonable score. -Score 27-10. Abbeville High’s team this year has almost a perfect record, and is probably the best team that Abbeville High School has put out in a good many years. Between the halves, the midgets from the two schools played, with Abbeville winning 5-4. ADVISES YOUNG GIRLS ENTERING WOMANHOOD Thousands of young girls entering wom anhood have found a “real friend” in Lydia E. 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AUGUSTA GEORGIA Doctors Say KEEP BOWELS OPEN Oaring Cold Epidemics When colds are all around you, don’t let weak spots in your defense arise due to constipation. “Keep Regular,” many physicians advise. For constipation and its strength sapping symptoms; headache, bil iousness, sluggishness, dizziness, sour stomach, use a laxative that acts thoroughly but not harshly. An ideal one is Dr. Hitchcock’s All- Vegetable Laxative Powder, which acts thoroughly, but usually with gentleness when taken as directed. It contains pleasant - tasting aro matics, carminatives and what is known by medical authorities as a gastro-intestinal tonic-laxative. It helps tone sluggish bowel muscles. Dr. Hitchcock’s Laxative Powder' costs less than 1c a dose. Get it at any drug counter. 10c, 25c. (adv.) i Freaks Of The Imagination “ APPAR ATION S” “Sho Nuf”. An elderly colored man blared and walled his eyes, cocked his head, and moanfully grunted “sho nuf”. An .expression halfway be tween that of an exclamation and a question. He continued “sho nuf. Did youse see dat?” These words came in response to a state ment made to a friend, “your wife was seen in town yesterday, com ing toward my home, else I saw her ‘apparation’.” One could readily see that the old man had become instantly absorbed in the freakish play of his imagination. So much so that he was fully con vinced that the most realistic thing in the world was the unreal appearance of this friend’s wife. It was the word “apparation” that captivated him and set both mind and tongue in operation. Im mediately he seemed, as by magic, transported into the realm of the mystic. All standing by, noticing his keen interest in the wierd and unreal, yielded to him the floor. He scarcely gave me an oppor tunity to answer, “yes, uncle, I saw some lady that looked very much like this man’s wife, but evidently it was someone else who turned into another nearby home”, before he said “yes, suh, boss, youse is likely to see anything on de change of de moon and de moon done make a change las nite”. The trouble with the old colored man, like many others, was that he placed too much importance to the moon. From the moon idea he proceeded to tell other stirring, superstitious tales which were just as real to his mind as though they were genuinely true. One wonders where the old man obtained these stories. By any chance were they derived some how by some of his white neigh bors, I am reminded of the fol lowing words of a colored minister to the Baptist state convention:— “If you white folks go to Heaven, we negros go with you to Heaven; if you white folks go to hell, we negros will go with you, but for heaven’s sake don’t you go to heaven and leave us to go to the other place”. G. P. Lanier. Highway Travel Heavier Now 7 SOUTH CAROLINIANS, INC., SAY Columbia, March 2.—Travel over South Carolina highways today is heavier than at any time this season, according to a survey made by South Carolinians, Inc., headouarters here. • While southbound travel got an earlier start than usual, the ex treme weather throughout the nation slowed down travel for several weeks. On the other hand, travel counselors point out that many visitors to South Carolina and other southern areas who usually return early in the season delayed their northward return. L. H. Metz, branch manager of the Carolina Motor club at Colum bia, says travel registrations at his office are about one-third greater than for the same period last year and that reports from other parts of the state indicate more travel. C. S. Patrick, secretary of the South Carolina State Automobile association, advises that travel directors and staff members of his organization have covered all through highways within the past 10 days and noted heavy travel, with the number of out-of-state cars southward and northward bound about enually divided. M. Bishop Alexander, secretary. Ocean Highwav Association, said travel was up 28 per cent the last quarter of 1939 compared with 1938. Traffic counts showed an increase for January and February this year, he said, with south bound travel still predominating. A. F. Funderburk. Jr., managing director of South Carolinians. Inc , in recent visits to resort areas throughout the state, found operators, as a whole, well satisfied with the volume of travel and preparations underway for han dling the largest crowds of winter and summer visitors in recent years. Out-of-state travel in quiries to South Carolinians, Inc., he said are increasing, in numer ous instances the writers stating that groups or parties had decided to visit South Carolina this sum mer and wanted information now to assist them in planning their trips. j _ BABY CHICKS Official Georgia U. S. ap proved pollorum tested chicks. All breeds hatching each Monday And Thursday. GEORGIA CAROLINA HATCHERY 1025 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. WANT ADV. BABY CHICKS — BEST GRADE blood tested. Hatches Mondays and Thursdays. See us as to our livability guarantee before buying. Simkins Seed Co., Augusta, Ga. 1 ~ -I. ■■■ IN f Special prices, on Junipers Ar- borvitaes, broad leafed evergreens, through March. Deason’s Nursery, McCormick, S. C. WHY suffer from Colds? 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