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» * McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946 >* Nones STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Common Pleas. L -J. I*. BRACKNELL, Plaintiff, VS: MAOOIE LEE WILLIAMS, CO LUMBUS WILLIAMS, JAMES W^TTAMS, JANNIE SUE ROB- EBXBON. ETHEL MAE LEE, OmauUE BELL CHAMBERLAIN, MAOOIE WILLIAMS, SUSIE MAE WILLIAMS, ISAAC WIL LIAMS, LUGENIA WILLIAMS, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, Defendants. PURSUANT to Order of the McCormick School News:: '■ CTourt In the above entitled case, I will sell before the Court House door in the Town of McCormick, County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, on Sales Day in February, the same being the 4th Grammar School News Safety The sixth grade has been study ing about safety. We have been bringing articles from the daily papers which tell abuot accidents in South Carolina. Then we study these clippings and make 'rules to follow which will help to avcid unnecessary accidents. Let us make every week Safety Week! Clean Plate Club Growing boys and girls need day of February, 1946, at the u- well-balanced and varied diet— 3ual hour of sale, the following one that contains many different ^escribed property, to wit: .! things that the body must have "ALL that piece, parcel or tract, * 'tv.ot.a cf .land lying, situate, and being 1,1 order t0 be healthy. There in Plum Branch Township, Coun- must be fruits, vegetables, cereals, ty of McCormick, State of South bread and milk in some form ev- cOTitotalng op mm- el7 day . Part of these needs are BRED FORTY-two (142) ACRES, . ' . .. .. more or less, now in the possession bein g met by the well-planned of O. W. Williams and being and nutritious lunches which are ixmnded on the North by Lands served so attractively and for such of George Adams and Bird Creek; j a sma u cos t in our school lunch on the East by lands of the Es- _ ’ .. . , . , , ta*e of E. H. Tolbert; on the!™ 0 ™- To further interest in good South by lands of Wm. Morgan eating habits we have organized and on the West by lands of Mor- gan and of James Adams and the run of the creek. Said tract being a Clean Plate Club. Every week the names of the pupils who have mnrj* particularly described by cleaned their plates the previous reference to a plat made thereof week are read in chapel. Let us tjyJ. M. Bussey, Surveyor, on the WO rk for 100 per cent membership. 3PG1 day of November, 1933, and described thereon as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the' extreme northern corner of said tract where the land comers with Four-H Clubs The Grammar School Four-H Clubs met Monday, January 21. Ihe land of the Tolbert Estate;,The boys’ club under the direction thence S. 17 degrees E. 53.50 of Mr. Bouknight discussed the chains; thence S. 2 degrees E. 6 . . , chains; thence S. 88 degrees W. 2 breeds hogs to be raised r ^alns# thence S. 9 degrees W. 2.75 in McCormick County. Plans were chains; thence N. 68 degrees W. 4 chains; thence N. 43 degrees W. 5 chains; thence S. 53 degrees W. 20 'bains to a rock; thence turning and running N. 89 degrees W. 21.50 r.nains to comer in creek; thence folowing the run of Bird Creek in a north and northeasterly direc- ‘ Mon to a point opposite the be ginning comer, said comer being marked by a beech tree; thence 130 chains from the beech tree in, a northeasterly direction to the point of beginning. COPY off said plat now being on file with the Federal Land Bank cf Columbia, S. C.” TERMS of sale, cash, purchaser to pay extra for deed and stamps. J. W. CORLEY, Master For McCormick Coun ty, s. c. Jan. 14, 1946.—3t. made for the stock show. Charlie' Sanders, ^ Secretary v The girls’ club was led by Miss Bell. The-secretary, Rose Weldon# read the minutes and called the roll. Miss Bell gave a demonstration on selecting chickens in home and markets. We learned how to kill, dress and grade a chicken. A contest which was conducted by Ruth Jaynes caused much en joyment. Rose Weldon, Secretary. X Crippled Children Society Seal Sales ^ Total $40,210 % ? . ;v 4 C Mouths Water at Thought Of Getting 170 Billions! Columbia, January ' 21. — The McCormick County contributions to the Crippled Children Society of South Carolina totaled $83.45 in the 1945 sale of Easter seals, it has just been announced by William M. Perry, Columbia, state presi dent of the Society. A grand to tal of $40,210.46 was contributed throughout South Carolina, he added. “This is quite a contrast to the $3,000 receipts of the first Easter seal sale conducted in South Car olina in 1937 by the Society,” Mr. Perry declared. “Since the or ganization was begun in July, 1936, seal sale receipts have grown rapidly year by year. The Society is supported entirely by volunteer contributions and the seal sale. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Oounty Of McCormick. BY Hon. J. W. Corley, PROBATE J. B. Deason made suit to me to grant T. M Dorn Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of J. T. Deason; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to Hte and admonish all and singu lar the' Kindred and Creditors of the said J. T. Deason, deceased, that they be and appear before me. In the Court of Probate, to be held at Mc(3brmick on January 25th, Next, after publication here- of, -at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, Why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 11th day of January, Anno Domi ni, 1946. J. W. CORLEY, Probate Judge. Our Cooler Is now equipped with . Electronic Pasteuray Insures meats which are . Fresher f. • . More Tender .. . -J.; 1 . — . More Healthful . Full of Juices and Vitamins. Does for meats what Pasteurization does for milk. S~.. D. C. TALBERT Upper Main Street Phone 26-J McCormick, S. C. By EDWARD EMERINE The American people, with their war bonds and cash savings, are in danger of the worst fleecing in the nation’s history. Confidence men and swindlers throughout the United States have drawn up chairs around the world’s greatest money table and are dealing fast and furiously from the bottom of the deck. There’s plenty of money to be had—and the wise boys intend to gst it. The “suckers” are roughly p.aced in four groups: 1. War veterans with their mustering-out pay. 2. War plant workers with fat purses and war bonds. 3. White collar workers, wid ows with pensions or insurance money, and all other persons who have savings. 4. Farmers who have had good crops and good prices, many of whom now want to buy farms and other real estate. And what are the stakes in this new con game? Well, friends, it’s just a cool 170 billion dollars! That represents the surplus change ly ing around in bonds, banks and ■safety deposit vaults. (This is a recent estimate, but the total may W a few billions more.) It Happened Before. For some reason the swindlers have been out of business for d .tumber of years. Where have they been? The fellows with larcenous proclivities didn’t take a run-out powder. They turned to legitimate pursuits long enough to haul in big wages in war plants (which helped them escape the draft, too). Others didn’t escape and were forced to don a uniform. Many of them were slowed up because their rackets hinged on materials and items of production which couldn’t be had during the war. Anyway, they’re back — just as ihey were after World War I. And a reminder of what happened after ‘hat war comes from Victor H. Ny- •org, president of Better Business .’uireaus. Con men in that era. 'ays Mr. Nyborg, took the citizens •or 400 million dollars in Liberty •.onds! But this time they’ll take :• in billions! • Swindlers are popping up that haven’t heard of for from four V. iv e years,” declares Miss Eliza beth Alvord. an executive of the Chicago Better Business bureau. It's Happening Again. AH over the country smooth-talk ing gentry are coaxing men and women to cash their war bonds, draw out their savings, or bring out their hidden cash, and put the proceeds into sure-fire investments. And believe it or not,’ people are again buying this, that and some thing else, sight unseen! Since V-J Day, housing has re turned to the con man’s bag of tricks. Everybody wants a house, and the swindler is ready to serve. Ex - servicemen and others get word that a house is for sale. The agent takes the would-be purchaser to the place, then pretends aston ishment that it is already sold. But he has a way out: “I’m sorry about this.” he ex plains; “but that vacant lot right there—we could build you a house on it.” The deal is made. The victim purchases the lot, at a high price, and waits for the house to be built. Yes, the sucker waits and waits, and is stalled with talk of a “bot tleneck in building supplies.*’ Servicemen Are Doped. The con men are taking advan tage of the servicemen’s ambition to go into business for themselves. A veteran buys a rooming house only to discover that the furnish ings haven’t been paid for. He buys a lunch room, finds he owes for the fixtures, also that the “customers” he saw on an inspection were “plants” paid by the swindler to eat at the place for an hour. Veterans also are being taken in by the “territorial rights” scheme. A promoter sells a veteran the “ex clusive” rights to distribute a prod uct in a given area. The ex-soldier pays in cash, of course, and then discovers that a dozen others have the sarr p ••Avcktsive” territory. Even the old book salesman is at it baa in. i-ie aoes it wuh flattery. The nt'. sehoic :r is tcld that he is reea v c as on* of the “promfnent” mer •• t v.e n «hb mood. All the u u ls is a letter •o s. and a small ■ T ie flattered citi- c paid two or .it; viie oooris are corfilc .r« r ir.dorr r. ? once 1 ; k 5 zen Ur.' r thr e '.lii tj WO’ 2r2 iG-CI-S o schemes al ready being us'ed, 'and* pop up every day. Some of them are entirely legal too, so the law Is stymied. But clubs, organiza tions, business bureaus, chambers of commerce, newspapers, and oth ers are attempting to warn the public. “Investigate before you invest,” is a part of the educational program being urged by officials and organ izations. “Read before you sign,” is another slogan. And always it’s a good idea to “beware.” It took a long time to save 170 billion dollars. It won’t take long to get rid of it if> we start invest ing in wildcat deals, buying unseen real estate, “smuggled” diamonds and furs, mail frauds, and other offerings of the slick boys now at work. Fake Radio Schools. Thousands of men have been taught the elementary principles of radio in the army and navy and. have decided upon radio careers. Many of them are enrolling hr schools for engineering training, only to find they are getting nothing more than they learned in th- armed services. The vet soon drop*, out of school, and the institution, is richer because of his tuition. One advertisement in a popular technical magazine promises “hai* a million jobs in television righ*. at start” and refers to 'the opinion of industrial leaders.” But according to the vice presi dent of a national radio corporation, planning to make television set*, television jobs will be scarce trw some time. Opportunities in th# immediate future will be open on»* to skilled engineers and mechanic^. Mass production of sets and ex tensive television broadcasting will not be here for another year at the least, he predicted, and even then there is not much prospect of job opportunities reaching 500,000. The Federal Trade commission has a complaint pending against a television school charged with rep resenting that “anyone with rea sonable qualifications can become a trained television, radio and com munications engineer and techni cian by taking a free course.” In many universities, to begin a four-year engineering course, the student must have three years of English, elementary and interme diate algebra, either plane or solid geometry or trigonometry, and ad vanced algebra, plus a high school diploma! There are many legitimate cor respondence schools, of course. And there are also many good values in books, real estate, houses, and businesses. But don’t forget there is a gang of swindlers out looking for suckers, too! so it can readily be seen that this $40,000 will mean much in ser vices, care, and appliances to the State’s 6,000 crippled children.” DEALER Will buy by the Pen, Unit or ' Boundary HARRY REAM McCormick, S. C. V BMMES. USED TIRES NEW HIRES 1 have a good supply of automobile Batteries, TJsed Tires, New Tubes, and Accessories. Also a full line of Groceries, Hard ware, Etc. ■s Also one good used two-horse wag on for sale. JESTER’S SERVICE STATION Ellington Jester, Prop., 2 Miles Northwest of McCormick on Highway 10 EE GOOD lor KIDDIES up to 12 3E MILL SUPPLIES PROMPT SERVICE S. DONALD FORTSON CO. 901- Reynolds St. — ■> —— Augusta, Ga. 0 = Farmers who leave cotton bales exposed to the weather need to remember that while good cotton is easily damaged, damaged cotton can never become good cotton. Hollywood Theatre McCormick, S. C. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JANUARY 25TH AND 26TH Show Runs Continuously Satur- • day After 1:00 P. M. DICK POWELL - in “MURDER MY SWEET” Plus: CHAPTER NO. 8 ‘THE MONSTER AND THE APE” SATURDAY LATE SHOW 10:30 “MOLLY AND ME” MONDAY AND TUESDAY JANUARY 28TH AND 29TH Monday—Continuous Showing From 3:00 P. M. “CASANOVA BROWN” STARRING GARY COOPER — TERESA WRIGHT A'FUN RIOT, YOU’LL SURELY ENJOY Also: LATEST NEWS FAITH TH A SMILE -xl mm Surgery Has Taken Radium into Partnership m By Dr. J. B. Warren N » ' ^ BMfrlERS f l ^ & Lord Moynihan, one of the world’s greatest surgeons, says that surgery has taken radium into partnership because the sur geon’s knife in the most highly trained hands is an instrument of great delicacy and exquisite pre cision, but it cannot always "tell the difference between healthy tissues and diseased tissues. Ra dium, properly used, kills the diseased tissues and leaves healthy tissues unharmed. if WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY JANUARY 30TH AND 31ST Wednesday — Continuous Showing From 3:00 P. M. “OBJECTIVE BURMA” . Starring E3ROL FLYNN Also: Selected Short Subjects ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; 'hildren up to 12, 12 cents; Chil dren 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. ■Gji * • ■' - >% • S«..T Mi- • - PpPi wsL mm m m ll 14 Jean Parker, 19, of St. Petersi burg, Fla., shown as she left to take a job after a five-year battle, with infantile paralysis. Unfertile, low-yielding fields make many farmers work for nothing. FIRST PRESIDENT . . . iVul Henri Spaak, Belgian foreign rV-n- ister, who was elected first r esi dent of the United Nations org' ’ '- lion. He received the suppoi t of **»e United States delegation. X "Every tree that beareth not good fruit” probably needs prun ing and spraying. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BY Hon. J. W. Corley, PROBATE JUDGE: WHEREAS, Grady Settles made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Nelius Settles: THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singu lar the Kindred and Creditors of the said Nelius Settles, deceased, that tk.ey be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on February 2nd, Next, after publication here of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 19th of January, Anno Domini. 1946. J. W. CORLEY, . w , 7* . a.. Probate Judge. .