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V |VV TXUl TO OUBOKLYM, OUB NBIOHBOBB, OUB COUNTRY AND OUB GOD# Thirty-Ninth Year Eetabliahed June 5* 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 * Numher 13 f McCormick Schools To Open Sept'. 5th The McCormick Public Schools, School ^District No. 4, will open for the IM0-41 session Thursday, September 5, at 8:30 a. m. Parents and guardians will taipe note that attendance of all children between the ages of seven and sixteen is required by law. A state law also requires that every pupil be vac cinated against srbaUpox. who are six years of age sixth birthday comes on January 1 will be per> to enter school on opening, ht the first six grades |fct in their respective the grammar school on morning. Pupils in the and in high school in. the High School J. B. Young, Superintendent. -* or will* Plum Branch School To Open On Thur8-| day, September-19 The Plum Branch School will begin the 1940-41 session on Thursday morning, September 19. at 8 o’clock. Short exercises will be had in the auditorium, to which the, patrons and friends of the school are cordially invited. The school i& opening somewhat lister this year than usual due to the fact that- the crops are later than Ordinarily. It is hoped that by this late start the children will their work corn- keep up v their ; ft school, to send nieir so that they if they have them at home later to do and childryo are bqy any high school a complete list has the first day at school, to be several changes in the books’ used due .to new state Adaptions. Old books may bfe engaged but do sot get them until after the list has been given. Use same corps of teachers that served last session will again be Sullivan News Wilbur and Edward . this community, and John Rogers and Marvin Reames, of Columbia, made a trip to Columbus, Ohio, c. the day guests in the of, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Winn, r.’ were Miss Fannie Sullivan HT. Ben Sullivan, of near Mrs. Kate Mayson re turned home with them for a short visit. Week end guests of their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mayson, were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harper, of Columbia, and Mr. and Mrs. James Mayson and children, of Greenwood.' Miss Trances Walton, a student nurse at Roper’s Hospital, who is spending her vacation at her home in Edgefield, spent Friday night with Miss Ethelyn Shuford. Miss Virginia Winn is spending thi*_week with Misses Martha and Elizabeth Day. Among those attending the last McCormick County Campaign, in McCormick, Friday, were Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mayson, Mm. L. E. Reames, Mrs. L C. Reames, Mr. WllUgpi Mayson and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. WUm.. Misses \lary and Azilee Mayson enjoyed a visit tp Chimney Rock and other scenic points of inter est in North Carolina, with friends, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames spent Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Williams, in the Lime- etooa section. Miss Margaret Corley, Tommie and Dick Corley are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Callison, UNOFFICIAL RETURNS OF COUNTY PRIMARY Complete unofficial returns of i for bouse of representatives, the first Democratic primary elec- j Second race between J. W. Cor- tion held in McCormick County ley and Tbos# R. Talbert for Tuesday show Butler B. Hare car ried the county by a large majori ty in the race for congress. Secbnd race between C. K. Epting and L. L. Hester for State senate. Second race between Hugh C. Brown and William M. Freeland superintendent of education. Second race between John T. Faulkner and W. O. Graves for supervisor. ft XL Joinings re-electW county W. L. Brown elected sheriff. j J. P. Brunson, magistrate at Second race for coroner between Parksville. Dan A. Bell and W. T. Walker. H. C. Walker re-elected magis trate at McCormick. Those re-elected without oppo sition are: Jeff D. Griffith, soUcitor, nth commissioner, and second race circuit. between D. M. Blackwell and A. C. Bradshaw. J. Arch Talbert, clerk of court. D. M. McGrath, game warden. A. B. Andrews, Sr., magistrate at Willington. E. R. Price, cotton weigher at McCormick. S. W. Wideman, cotton weigher at Plum Branch. Referendum: wet, 603; dry, 1172. The unofficial returns by pre cincts are given below: •§ n . / - tA . t o o & CQ P U fed u o V i § P o BORDEAUX CLUB BETHANY CLUB BELL’S STORE CLUB CLARKS HILL CLUB U K> ns m © « ■e © l* P ’ «D e* t © • * LYON’S CLUB MODOC CLUB MX. CARMEL CLUB PLUM BRANCH CLUB PARKSVILLE CLUB REHOBOTH CLUB § w os o H CD CD £ w 3 WILLINGTON CLUB 00 3 P 23 £ ©; W H £ YOUNG’S CLUB s • 2 £ \ . • H 1 © ( . 1 P H ' FOR CONGRESS, 3rd District: j . fcl »' I' 1 ■ 51 J ; BUTLER B. HARE 271 206 24 57 15 33 24 12 51 68 127 106 23 65 34 13 usoi JNO. C. TAYLOR 181 182 12 20 '• 0 23 7 20 5 35 47 16 V 3 15 41 17 25 649 FOR SOLICITOR, 11th Circuit: *■ . JEFF D. GRIFFITH 450 388 37 78 15 56 31 32 56 103 173 120 ‘ 26 76 92 52 38 1823 FOR STATE SENATE: J. FRED BUZHARDT 150 107 5 28 7 12 8 6 24 1 51 28 12 17 2 12 6 476 C. K. EPTING , Pi*: 155 126 4 27 2 17 1 13 14 2 76 48 7 39 10 28 8 - .» 577 L. L. H tayA’lsjc 147 155 28 23 6 27 22 13 17 100 50 46 7 25 80 12 •24 f 783 FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES: HUGH C. BROWN 247 218 15 15 1 20 12 6 6 18 14 13 0 45 42 4 24 700 1 ' H. E. FREELAND 75 51 2 28 3 7 0 6 20 14 65 61 22 20 13 23 8 418 WILLIAM M. FREELAND 105 98 15 24 1 19 \ 9 13 22 13 86 38 0 9 19 22 2 495 J. J. WHITE ?o 5 9 10 8 10 7 7 52 8 8 2 5 23 2 4 200 SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATION: ' * # i % a»~ MRS. G. W. CADE * 30 43 35 0 J ^ 4l —-gl ■v 19 0 17 51 .3 13 251 J. W. CORLEY 96 94 2 6 3 17 11 ‘ 3 14 9 20 16 2 2 10 0 4 311 MRS. LUCILE C. FERGUSON 60 34 0 3 3 5 3 4 8 24 22 26 5 4 11 4 5 221 MRS. C. H. HUGULEY 95 65 0 3 2 4 7 6 6 8 17 15 7 8 14 8 5 270 THOS. R. TALBERT ’ ■ ' J :> V ■ , . - 168 150 0 66 7 27 2 17 28 30 104 60 12 49 5 34 10 733 m FOR SUPERVISOR: 2 290 i E. C. CHEATHAM 51 77 1 43 5 6 0 20 0 4 1 4 6 47 20 3 JNO. T. FAULKNER 123 87 4 8 2 5 3 5 9 48 15 33 4 10 23 5 14 398 W. O. GRAVES 146 94 4 21 4 14 12 2 20 12 29 11 2 12 . 11 20 18 432 G. H. McCAIN 69 92 20 2 3 10 10 0 11 24 25 26 2 12 15 3 3 327 C. E. WILKIE 61 31 7 4 1 22 6 5 16 15 107 47 11 0 22 21 1 377 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 19 37 41 39 - 769 D. M. BLACKWELL 137 118 34 27 8 16 14 24 32 62 97 17 1 A. C. BRADSfeAW 172 115 6 . 28 1 33 4 6 37 38 75 79 10 12 25 5 10 656 J. L. JENNINGS 265 233 32 44 2 20 11 12 17 38 64 32 6 29 65 20 24 .920 J. F. LANGLEY 147 158 1 28 15 12 16 10 11 24 47 26 0 57 21 4 21 597 J. L. WELLS . 75 69 0 18 4 15 11 6 6 21 112 5 13 9 18 23 1 4061 I FOR SHERIFF: 1 17 26 17 I 928 W. L. BROWN 238 219 8 21 10 29 22 19 23 35 90 84 6 64 W. T. STROM 213 171 29 57 5 28 9 13 33 68 > 86 38 20 17 75 24 21 907 FOR CLERK OF COURT: J. ARCH TALBERT 452 376 37 78 15 54 30 32 56 100 172 115 26 65 88 52 38 1787 FOR CORONER: £ I DAN A. BELL 206 117 7 33 4 36 9 12 33 40 17 54 14 • 15 34 8 10 649j 1 M. M. WALL 75 89 5 24 1 v 7 12 8 10 28 145 40 10 30 • 25 39 24 572! W. T. WALKER 171 181 25 21 10 11 10 12 13 32 15 27 2 37 1 33 5 4 609 FOR GAME WARDEN: D. M. McGRATH 453 390 37 78 15 57 31 32 56 102 177 122 26 78 92 52 38 1836 FOR MAGISTRATE, McCORMICK: 9 8 17 • ■f 61 29 14 16 378 J. F. ELLINGTON JESTER 75 149 0 H. C. WALKER 374 229 68 15 21 15 112 49 37 20 940 FOR MAGISTRATE, PARKSVILLE: J. P. BRUNSON • 55 56 103 26 240 FOR MAGISTRATE, Willington: A. B. ANDREWS, SR. COTTON WEIGHER, McCormick: 37 • 32 * 103 80 92 232 1034 E. R. PRICE 453 391 78 .» COTTON WEIGHER, Plum Brunch: l i 161 26 52 239 S. W. WIDEMAN r * • American Legion Auxiliary To Meet The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the community house in McCormick on Thursday, Sept. 5th, at 3:30. Plans for a new year will be made. All members are urged to be present. Every one who is eligible is cordially in vited to come and join. Visitors are always welcome. Everybody come and let’s make this the best year we have had in auxiliary work. Mrs. P. W. Roper, Pres. Card Of Thanks From John T. Faulkner family and Mrs. Leon Bailey and children attended the Lanham reunion, at the Legion Hut, In Edgefield, Saturday. Miss Jaunita Reames is spend ing this week in Greenwood With her sister, Mrs. Sidney Whatley. Friends of Miss Cecyle Mayson will be glad to know she has re turned to her home, after receiv- ta Greenwood. t “ 8 »“ k . - j, tag medical treatment at the Uni- Mew,. Marion Carl arta ^'^ty Hospital, l«t week. Those Winn are spending several day, v ' ■" this week at the beach. . "I™ , L Mr. and Mrs. T. g. Gilchrist *ad. ,.cie.Mrs. R. T. »*«• * E. Reames, Mrs. I. C. Reames, Misses Marie, Jaunita and Janie Reames and Miss Mary Mayson. Miss Carrie Mayson spent sev eral days last week in Columbia with her aunt, Mrs. I. C. Harrison. Miss Lena Reynolds is the guest of her cousin, Miss Irene Mayson, this week.. Mrs. Janelle Winn is spending some time in the Callison section with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rodgers, have announced the birth of a daughter, on August 20. Miss Minnie Lee Winn spent Thursday with Miss Azilee May- son. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jaynes and children are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Jaynes this week. —X Card Of Thanks I wish to thank the people for the generous support given me in the first primary. I keenly ap preciate the kindness and con sideration you have shown me during the campaign. I will not be able, in so short a time, to see everyone in the county. Your con tinued support and influence in the eppaing primary. Sept. 10th, will be highly appreciated. JOHN T. FAULKNER. -X- Card Of Thanks From L. L. Hester I wish to thank the people for the generous support given me in the first primary. I deeply appre ciate the kindness and considera tion you have shown me during the campaign. As I will be unable to see everyone in the county be fore the second primary on Sep tember lOtb, I should like to say that your continued support will be sincerely, appreciated. L." L. HESTER. — u i Card Of Thanks From W. O. Graves I wish to thank the people for the generous support given me in the first primary. I deeply appre ciate the kindness and considera tion you have shown me during the campaign. As I will be unable to see everyone in the county be fore the second primary on Sep tember 10th, I should like to say that your continued support. will be sincerely appreciated. W. O. GRAVES. XX Card Of Thanks From C. K. Epting I wish to use this means to ex press my most sincere thanks to the voters for the consideration shown me during the campaign and the splendid support given me in the first primary. T may not be able to see each of you again before the second primary, on September 10th, so I want to again thank you and assure you that your continued support will be highly appreciated. C. K. EPTING. Card Of Thanks From W. M. Freeland ass? ■m like to use these columns to ex press to the public their apprecia tion for the wonderful Coopera tion that has been given in the erection of the cemetery fence, along with other projects spon sored by them. Donations have been given in ; labor, material, shrubbery and j cash—the actual amount of cash amounted to $891.22, —and again they wish to thank each and w ; 1 every one for their help in this j The Buffalo Baptist Church and work which stands for co-opera- . Home Demonstration club would tion as well as beautification. I wish to thank the voters for the support given me in the first orlmary. Your support and in fluence in the second primary will be appreciated. WILLIAM M. FREELAND. X Card Of Thanks From Hugh C. Brown I wish to use this method of expressing my most sincere thanks to the voters for the splendid vote given me in the first primary, and to say that I shall deeply appre ciate your vote and influence in the second primary on September 10th. _ , ^ * HUGH C. BROWN. v