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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICk, SOUTH CAROU1SA Thursday, October 23, 1941
United States Civil
Service Examination
Hie United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open
competitive examination for At
tendant (For filling the position
of Ward Attendant)—$1020 a year
for filling vacancies in the U. S.
Veterans Administration Facility,
Augusta, Georgia. Applications
may be filed with the Manager,
^Tlth U. S. Civil Service District,
New Post Office Building, Atlanta,
Georgia, until further notice.
Applicants are not required to
possess any specific length of ex
perience but will be given credit
for training and experience shown
in their applications which tends
to fit them for the performance
of the duties of Attendant posi
tions.
Full further information and
i pplication forms may be obtained
irom the Secretary, Board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners, Post Of-
lice, Augusta, Georgia; or from
the Manager, Fifth U. S. Civil
-Service District, New Post Office
Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
x
History Of St. Paul’s
Methodist Church,
Plum Branch
Modoc News
Well, gathering com is the order
cf the day in our community at
present, and it’s time oats were
planted, but the ground is so
miserably dry. We surely need
. ome rain.
Messrs. F. M. Bussey and T. J.
Stone made a short business trip
io Augusta on Monday of this
week.
Mr. L. B. Stone of Augusta was
r week end visitor here to his
mother, Mrs. Savannah Stone.
Mrs. H. W. Bailey and daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Moore, from Augusta,
: pent Tuesday of this week here
; mong relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. James Burnett
were visitors here Sunday to the
latter’s mother, Mrs. B. M. Bus
sey.
Mr. E. F. Bussey and children,
LOss Rosalie Bussey and Mr. Wil
liam E. Bussey from Augusta, and | Mattie Carroll.
Early in 1882 Messrs. Elzra
Robertson and T. K. Collier dis
cussed the organization and build
ing of a Methodist Church at
Plum Branch.
In July of this year a meeting
was held in an oak grove, near
the home of T. K. Collier. Revs.
A. P. Harmon and W. W. Jones did
the preaching. The latter’s wife
is buried in Republican church
yard.
At the Annual S. C. Conference
of 1882 the Parksville Mission was
organized with preaching places
at Plum Branch, Parksville, Modoc,
and Clarks Hill; at the two latter
places preaching was don.e in the
Baptist churches. W. D. Kirkland
was Presiding Elder of the district
at that time. The pastor assigned
to the Parksville mission, now
Plum Branch circuit, was J. Ware
Brown.
The lot for St. Paul’s Church
was given by Mrs. Mattie Black-
well. Trustees of the property
were J. B. Holloway, Ezra Robert
son, T. K. Collier, F. P. Wells, and
M. I. Harmon.
St. Paul Church was built in
1883. The pews were given by Mr.
Tucker, husband of one of the
charter members. Others were
Mr. Chesley Walker, Miss Mary
Walker, Mrs. Carrie Walls, Mrs.
Susannah Willis, Mrs. Rebecca
Tucker, Mrs. Susan McKinney,
Mrs. Fanny Wells, T. K. Collier,
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Robertson, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Holloway, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Langley, Mrs. Susan
Willis. The last surviving member,
Mrs. Susannah Willis, died this
year.
Mr. F. P. Wells was the first to
join St. Paul’s Church. Mrs. Mat-
tie Carroll was the first to join in
the present building. From the
organization of this church until
the building was finished, services
were held in the Baptist Church.
The Magnolia trees in front of
the church were donated by Mrs.
lr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie and
daughter, Miss Sarah Howie, were
v.eek end visitors to relatives at
Avondale, N. C.
Mr. E. F. Bussey made a short
\isit to McCormick on Wednesday
uf this week.
The church was dedicated Tune
1884. The sermon was preached
by Dr. Silos P. H. Elwell, a one-
armed Confederate Veteran who
gave a beautiful communion Serv
ice to St. Paul.
Mr. G. P. McCain, now living,
CAB-F. ReE
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Augusta, Ga. *65 I jV
~~ Jacksonville, Fla. 4.15 7.50
Savannah, Ga. 2.55 4.60
Knoxville, Tenn. 3.70 6.70
Columbia, S. C. 2 * 8C
Plus 5% Federal Transportation Tax
gave the church a fine Pulpit Bible*
at this time.
Congregations were small as
few people lived at Plum Branch.
Until after 1865 this was a region
of large plantations and many
slaves.
The first S. S. Supt. was J. B.
Holloway. In Spring of 1884 there
were two classes and 25 pupils.
Mr. Holloway was also the first
steward. T. K. Collier was the
first church trustee.
About 1900 the building was
ceiled. Mr. T. W. Morton, a
merchant here, paid over half the
cost. He was not a member, but
his wife was.
We, the members and former
members, owe a debt of gratitude
to Mr. Tucker and Mr. Morton who
were largely responsible for the
building of the church.
In 1910 the parsonage was
moved from Parksville to Plum
Branch. Rev. J. M. Lawson, pas
tor, did a large part of actual
construction. Other carpenters in
the community, regardless of de
nomination, gave their time and
their money. As the church and
parsonage have been repaired
from time to time the work and
expense has been borne by both
Methodists and Baptists.
This church has had only
relatively few S. S. Superinten
dents—among them J. B. Hollo
way, F. P. Wells, E. L. Langley, J.
M. Strother, and W. M. Freeland.
At present there are 112 mem
bers, of which only seventy five
(75) are active. The present
membership is composed largely of
the descendants of the earliest
members.
The following have been mem
bers of St. Paul’s for about 50
years: C. L. Wideman, S. W. Wide-
man, J. H. Wideman, Mrs. Fannie
Reynolds, B. N. Robertson, J. C.
Wells, F. P. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Langley, Mrs. Hattie Collier,
and probably others.
The following are the pastors
who have served this church, 16
of whom are still living:
1883— J. Ware Brown,
1884- 85—Sam J. Bethea,
1886-87—Geo. H. Waddell,
1888— J. M. Steadman,
1889- 92—M. H. Pooser,
1893— B. O. Berry,
1894- 95—E. A. Wilkes, Sr.,
1896-97—O. L. Rountree,
1898-99—J. B. Holley,
1900— F. B. Hodges,
1901- 04—J. T. Miller,
1905— R. R. Dagnal,
1906— J. T. Peeler,
1907— R. R. Doyle,
1908— E. F. Scoggins,
1909— George Lee,
1910— J. M. Lawson,
1911— O. L.'Rountree,
1912— 15—B. H. Covington,
1916— Robt. L. Rountree,
1917- 18—A. Q. Rice,
1919-22—R. L. Rountree,
1923-27—Paul Kinnett,
1928— E. A. Wilkes, Jr.,
1929— J. H. Montgomery,
1930— J. M. Culbertson,
1931— 32—R. M. Tucker,
1933— J. E. Strickland,
1934- 35—C. W. Brockwell,
1936-37—Rex V. Martin,
1938-41—Foster Speer.
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Notice
There will be a meeting of ’* e
Old Age Pension Association, Sat
urday, October 25, at 3 o’clock. All
members are urged to be present.
Maggie Young,
Secretary.
envoi
HOM
October
Beautification Letter
Presbyterian Pastors
Exchange Pulpits
November 2nd! Dyeing is a simple art these days
because you can procure all the
Clinton, S. C., October 21.—The tmt ® and dyes 1x1 the colors you
Presbyterian Pastors of South Car- ^ ant at the comer grocery and
clina will exchange pulpits on drug store - So get out the modem
Sunday, November 2, as a part of dye and wave the magic wand
the synod-wide Christian Educa- ox color to transform dresses and
tion campaign, Dr. Roswell C. curtains and household linens.
Long, of Greenwood, announced . Whether to tint or to dye may
today. 1)6 your question. Tinting is 'a
Dr. Long is a member of the ouick method for rather tempo-
Synod’s Committee on Christian results and is used for light
Education, whose report recom-1 deli cate colors. Dyeing is con-
mending a campaign to raise a sidered a permanent process be-
million dollars for the endowment; cause the article is either boiled
of Presbyterian College, Queens in dye bath or kept at a sim-
College, and Columbia Theological lrer i n g point for a certain length
Seminary was approved at the °* tu* 16 as directed by the manu-
annual meeting of synod in Flor
ence last week. Dr. Long’s par
ticular duty on the committee is
the handling of pastor-relations.
facturer.
The manufacturers of home
dyes and tints give explicit direc
tions on the packages as to how
Under the approved plan for i muc h material the contents of a
pulpit exchange on November 2, Package will color, how to ob-
“We cleared away spring’s melting
snows
To plant brown seeds in march
ing rows,
Today from every autumn plain
We’ve gathered gold of ripened
grain
And from the dusky, scented vine
The purple fruited muscadine.
Our harvest gleaned, the fields
can keep
Their winter interlude of 'sleep.’*
sixty-four Presbyterian misisters
will exchange churches on that
day v and preach sermons on Chris
tian Education, its needs and its
objectives. Dr. Long stated that
this exchange was to give the con
gregations fresh approaches to
one of the church’s most impor
tant fields of work
tain a clear even color in just the
shade you want and exactly how
to go about the process of the dye
ing. Follow the directions to the
letter.
The garment or article which is
to be colored must be clean and
free from all stains. Be sure that
all soap has been .thoroughly
Under the special Christian was h ed out- All articles should be
evenly wet before they are put
into the tint or dye bath and they
should be completely unfolded in
order to prevent streaks and to
produce an even color.
In dyeing dresses take off all
metal ornaments and let down
hems, because the extra thickness
Education campaign which will
get under way officially with a big
rally of ministers and church
workers at Presbyterian College on
October 24, the synod plans to
raise a million dollars for the en
dowments of the three institutions
of higher learning which are un- | „ , , ,
der its care. These institutions are ° f material might cause uneven
Presbyterian College, Queens Col- or tinting,
lege, and Columbia Theological Dry a11 articles
Seminary.
Control Wheat Smut
By Seed Treatment
stretched to
their full size and in smooth
single thickness.
Different fabrics require differ
ent dyes and treatments. The
manufacturer will give you this
information, too.
There are endless opportunities
Clemson, Oct. 20,-Chemical seed | for engaging in this age-old art
treatment to control stinking m your own home - Yo « can w ° rk
out your own color schemes for
Mrs. Williams To
Speak Over Radio
Tomorrow Evening;
smut on wheat is advised by W. C.
Nettles, entomologist of the Clem
son College Extension Service.
“This preventive practice is es
pecially urgent now”, says Nettles,
“because wheat millers are alarm
ed at the amount of smut on this
year’s large crop.”
Circular 198, Wheat Smut Con
trol by Seed Treatment, has just
been published and is now avail
able for all farmers and others
wanting instructions on the ef
fective mercury dust treatment
and information on the differences
between this smut and other
diseases of wheat. Copies of the
circular may be had free from
county farm agents or from the
Publications Department at Clem
son College.
“A single stinking smut ball
contains two to four million
spores, each of which might in
fest an entire wheat plant”, Mr.
Word has been received here
that Mrs. Richard Williams, head
of the history department of
Lander college, will speak over
radio station WCRS (1450 kilocy
cles) Greenwood, South Carolina
at seven-thirty o’clock, Friday
evening, October 24. The topic of
her speech is “The City-Manager
Plan of Government.”
All persons interested in, forms
of city government are urged to
tune their dial to the said station.
READ THE AD$
Along With the News
Nettles explains. “Losses from A icultura] Planning Board Oc-
smut are unnecessary because the . , _ „ ^ TIT
hooked and braided rugs, curtains,
bed spreads and dresser covers.
You can tint or dye to harmonize
with new wall paper or you can
restore faded colors to their
original freshness. Table linens
of ail varieties can be dyed to
carry out clever ideas.
* * *
Have you potted your parsley
plants and chives for your kitchen
window garden? Now’s the time
to pot them and any other herbs
you want for winter culinary use.
Remember not to pick the middle
sprig of a parsley plant or any
other plant that grows the same
way. Always pick the outside
stalks when you need a bit for
flavor or garnishing.
of burning woods as possible
means of destroying boll weevils
in a resolution passed by the State
spores on the outside of the seed
grain may be killed by chemical
seed treatment.
“With stinking smut as prev
alent as it was during 1941, seed
ing the crop without seed treat
ment must be regarded as hazard
ous.’
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Don’t Burn The
Woods To Kill
The Weevils
Clemson, Oct. 20.—Farmers are
warned against the costly practice
tober 7, says D. W. Watkins, di
rector of the Clemson Extension
Service and chairman, of the Plan
ning Board.
The resolution emphasized three
pertinent facts regarding the mat
ter:
(1) That weather conditions
during the cotton growing season
determine largely the amount of
boll weevil damage, rather than
the percentage of weevil survival.
(2) That woods burning, while
it destroys some boll weevils, de
stroys timber that far exceeds in
value any possible increase in cot
ton crop which it might produce,
and, moreover, destroys birds that
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October is here and during this
"ear we certainly have found an
endless cycle that demands the
labor of our hearts and hands.
Let us recede from a poetical
inclination which is only momen
tary and resort to the study of
borders and their application to*
our flower gardens.
These are planted on the mar
gin of open areas, as well as drives
and walks, usually forming the
frame on which the garden pic
ture is set..
Beside drives and still more be
side walks, they are used more to
display individual and group
specimens than for frame work
and background effects.
Around buildings their chief
purpose is to break up and soften
hard, straight lines and abrupt
angles at wall comers.
Borders have two outstanding
advantages over flower beds. First
they avoid any spotty polka-dot
effects. Second, they afford far-
greater opportunities for the ex
pression of personal taste, variety,
and enlarging experience with
plants and plant arrangements,
since flower beds are frequently
limited to a few subjects which
have short seasons of beauty and
long seasons of ugliness when not
in bloom.
Of course if a border is made of
the same kind of plants exclusive
ly as are ordinarily used in flower
beds, it too will be just as un
sightly when not in bloom. But
plant materials offer such wide
choice for selection that this case
may never occur.
One border may be composed cf
evergreens, coniferous, broad leav
ed, flowering, or a mixture of all
three; another may be of decidu
ous shrubs altogether; a third of
hardy perennials; a fourth of
native wild plants; a fifth of an
nuals and bedding plants.
Innumerable pleausing combina
tions may be made with plants
belonging to the distinctive groups
mentioned above. However,
changes may be made occasionally
or even annually among the
smaller plants so that the border
as a whole will produce new ef
fects each year, besides offering
the greatest opportunity for ex
pression of personal taste.
If the bolder is to consist ex
clusively of annuals, the ground
may be prepared in the spring if
the soil is light; if it is heavy,
late fall preparation is preferable.
If the border is to contain hardy,
large flowering bulbs, such as
tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, etc.,
followed by annuals or bedding
plants, the soil should be prepared
in the fall prior to bulb planting
time.
In. case of these borders the
bulbs may be left in the ground
from year to year or dug after the
tops have died down, dried, clean
ed, stored and replanted the fol
lowing autumn. When the bulbs
are in a dormant state, the border
space they have occupied is filled •
with verbena, petunias, dwarf
sweet alyssum or any exquisite low
bordering plants.
Perennial and shrub borders are
permanent investments, and de
serve thorough soil preparation;
which means deep digging, gener
ous addition of humus, which ‘
gives body to sandy soil and in
creases its ability to retain mois
ture.
During the growing season keep
borders neat and clean by staking
tall plants, destroying weeds, re
moving dead flower stems, feeding
plants when necessary, keeping
the soil loose and friable and
soaking the soil well whenever it
becomes too dry.
Matilda Bell.
Co. Home Dem. Agent.
would also eat many weevils. Farm
buildings harbor many weevils,
but farmers do not burn them to
destroy weevils.
(3) That other methods of con
trol, such as early stalk destruc
tion, planting of early varieties,
picking up squares, early use of
sweetened poison, and dusting
will provide control without burn
ing woods, weather conditions per
mitting.