Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ • \ >4 1 % V % McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947 HIM HAY Car of Extra Choice Timothy Hay due to ar rive today; price in ton lots and over, $39.00 per ton off the car. J. L. BRACKNELL PLUM BRANCH, S. C. P HAT GLEANINO, BLOCKING * In addition to being in position to take care of your Dry Cleaning and Laundry needs, we are now prepared to render efficient and prompt service in Hat Cleaning and Blocking. Hats will he picked up and delivered along with dry cleaning and laundry. J, T. HOLLIDAY, JR.,. McCORMICK, S. C. {PewonaU Mrs. J. E. Bell, who has been ill at her home here the past week, is reported to be somewhat im proved at this time. Mr. Maurice White, student at Lander College, Greenwood, spent the week end here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. White. Mr. J. P. Brunson of Parksville was a visitor here Friday. Miss 'Barbara Owings and Miss Poupalas, students at Lander Col lege, Greenwood, spent the week end here. 3E* —tM av? AVERA PROVISION COMPANY MANFACTURERS of PACKING HOUSE PROD- ; . UCTS Beef Pork—Veal—Sausage and Smoked Meats. WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR LIVE CATTLE, ^ HOGS and VEAL at MARKET PRICES. Telephones Olive Road * 3-4771 Augusta, Ga. 3-6655 Cadet Robert Hanvey, Clemson College, Clemson, spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hanvey. Mr. E. L. Langley of Plum Branch was a visitor here Satur day. Mrs. Bob Hope and children, Sallie and Mary, of Iva, and Mrs. Hope’s mother, Mrs. Thomas H. Tatum, of Bishopville, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Britt the past week. Miss Carolyn Rice, student at Columbia College, Columbia, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice, in Plum Branch. Mr. J. C. Winn of Plum Branch was a visitor here yesterday. Cadet Joe Luke White, Clemson College, Clemson, spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. White. Mr. W. S. Sanders of Bennetts- ville has accepted the position as Highway Patrolman for the S. C. State Highway Dept, in this terri tory and with his wife and daughter, have moved to an a- Tailoring Display At Drucker’s Store Tuesday, February 4th A representative of Westgate Clothes, Whole sale Custom Tailors, Baltimore, Md., will he at our store on Tuesday, February 4th, one day only, for the purpose of holding our Tailoring Opening for the Spring and Summer seasons. You are cordially invited to attend the opening and see the display. H. DRUCKER Main Street ^4- McCormick, S. C. > @5 ’ partment in the home of Mr. H. R. Deason. Mr. Sanders takes the place made vacant when Patrol man Frank Arnold recently re tired. Miss Malinda Jennings of the Anderson College faculty, Ander son, and Miss Bettie Tatum of Bamberg, a Lander College senior, were week end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Britt. Miss Blanche Kathleeiii Harmon of Lexington is now - secretary to Miss Blanche Asbury, Social Wel fare Worker of the John de la Howe State School near McCor mick. Miss Harmon is well quali fied for this position, having re cently graduated from the Colum bia Commercial College. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Robinson and Sonny were visitors to Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bullock of Abbeville Saturday. Remember — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY SPECIAL ATTENTION We still have a variety of good-look ing Suits, Coats and Dresses to bright en your wardrobe at this season of the year. Also now you’ll find early Spring .Suits, Coats and Dresses in the new est styles and colors to suit your taste. Come in and see them! We at Gallant-Belk Company are al ways delighted to have you visit us .. whether you buy or not. Enjoy our elevator service. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bullock of Abbeville announce the birth of a 9 1-2 pound son, Daniel David, January 15, 1947. Mrs. Bullock is the former, Miss Helen Ross, of Evans, Ga. X Broome-F erguson Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Broome of Honea Path announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Frances to Charles E. Ferguson of Due West. The wedding will take pl&ce February seventh. She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs. Chester McNair of Will- ington. State Cotton Contest Prize Winners In 1946 r* n'». GALLANT-BELK COMPANY , d< HOME OF BETTER VALUES , „ , GREENWOOD, S. C. . V • Furman University Music Scholarship Contest, March 8 Greenville, Jan. 21.—The annual Furman university music scholar ship contest, in which six scholar ships of $100 each are awarded, will be held for high school senior men and women Saturday, March 8, Prof. Wendell Keeney, depart ment head, announced today. The contest consists of audi tions before the music faculty of the university and of tests to show aptitudes in music. One scholar ship each will be awarded for composition, organ, piano, violin, voice, and woodwind instruments classes. Mr. Keeney said that the schol arships are awarded on the basis of this contest, together with the high school record and general qualifications for college work of the contestant. To qualify for a scholarship, a student must not only win in the contest but must meet all entrance requirements to the institution. Further information and appli cation blanks for the contest may be obtained by writing Wendell Koeney, Director of Music, Furman University, Greenville, South Caro lina. X Frank Farmer says: “I am planning next year’s crops on the basis of prospective prices rather than present prices.” -X Pertinent question: Why shouldn’t South Carolina cows fill the big milk pail that South Car olinians drink dry daily? Clemson, Jan. 18.—First state prize of $750 in the 5-acre cotton contest for 1946 has been awarded to J. Harvey Neeley, Chester coun ty, who produced 8275 pounds of 1 1-8” lint on 5 acres, Clemson Extension Director D. W. Watkins announced 1 today. Neeley’s yield is the highest on record in the state. Second state prize of $275 was awarded to R. E. Williams, Estill, for production of' 5540 pounds of 1 1-16’ lint on 5 acres. In the Upper District W. M. Wooten, Chester, Rt. 4, was a- warded first prize, $200; and Joe Wylie, Richburg, was awarded sec ond prize, $125. Middle District prize winners were J. M. Moss, Cameron, first prize; and Albert Dority, Tim- monsville; second prize. In the Lower District George Cogbum, Bamberg, was awarded first prize; and W. F. Barnes, Brunson, was awarded second prize. These eight prize winners aver aged 1122 pounds of lint per acre. The 628 farmers in the contest averaged 602 pounds of lint per acre. Director Watkins cited the no table increase in state average yield from 182 pounds in 1926 to an average of 340 pounds in the last three years, an increase which the cotton contest has helped bring about. H. G. Boylston, Clemson exten sion cotton improvement special ist, pointed out that an equally remarkable development has been the change in the character of fcotton produced. In 1928 only 18 percent of the entire crop was over one inch in staple length, but for 1946 the average was 98.2 percent one inch or* longer, the highest on record in the state, and 100 percent of the crop was 15-16” or better. Prize money for the state and district prizes was donated by the Cotton Manufacturers’ Associa tion of South Carolina, which has thus cooperated for many years with the Clemson Extension Ser vice, which conducts the contest. County prizes, offered since 1945 with funds contributed by the S. C. Cotton Seed Crushers Associ ation, were awarded in 40 counties where there were 10 or more con testants. First prizes of $50 and second prizes of $25 were awarded in this section as follows: Abbeville: Sloan Brock, 4015 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R., St. 5; Jim my Campbell, 3600 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R., St. 5. ' Anderson: J. M Owens, 4465 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R., St. 5; H. B. Gassaway, 4125 lbs lint, Coker 100 Edgefield: L. E. Smith, 4055 lbs. lint, Wannamaker’s Stonewilt, St. 4; William Herlong, 3980 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R., St. 5. Greenwood: W. N. Henderson. 4785 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R., St. 5; Sam E. Metts, 4380 lbs. lint, Coker 100, St. 5. McCormick: R. H. Pettigrew, 4535 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R., St. 4; P. J. Dowtin, 4285 lbs. lint, Coker 100 W. R. St. 4. X “Agricultural and nutritional science have been developed to the point where it is now possible to banish hunger from the earth. It will take time to make this a re ality, and no single country can accomplish the objective alone, but the fact stands and it eliminates the old, old struggle.”—Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. New Year Thought: A farmer without a plan is like a ship with out a rudder—just drifting. STARS By LYN CONNELLY t. NWNS RmHo-Scmmi E4mm. W ITH a good start on the new year, it’s time to glance back [ and select the “bests’* of 1946. Acad- ; emy award time Is close at hand and ! the following list is respectfully sub mitted for consideration by the powers that be: “The Best Years of Our Lives’* is by far, the best picture of the year, or any other year, and Fredrie March leads the Held in turning in the best per formance of the year : in that pic ture. Olivia de tta*- .Hand turned in two O. DeHavilland excellent perform ances in “The Dark Mirror* and “To Each His Own’* which should win her the Oscar hands down .., “The Green Years’* produced two nominations in Charles Coburn and Dean Stock- well for the supporting actor’s and children’s awards respectively, while Anne Baxter unquestionably should win the supporting actress award for “The Razor’s Edge.* The worst picture of the year was “Three Wise Fools,* while the worst performance of all time was given by Johnny Weissmuller in “Swamp Fire.* Star* A-Glitter Last year a number of young stare were given chances to shfhe and among those who show real promise of staying around for a while are Burt Lancaster, Joan Caulfield, Vir ginia Mayo, Mark Stevens, Curt Kruger, Larry Parks. Tom Drake. Beverly Tyler, Don DeFore and Olga San Juan. The most impressive star was British James Mason. Biggest surprise was the cute “Margie,* big gest disappointment was the con tinued failure of producers to cast Janies Dunn in more pictures. Honorable mention for the best entertainment throughout the year go to the following pictures: “Green Years* “Bells of St. Mary’s," “No torious," “The Killers," **OSS," “Dark Mirror," “Anna and the King of Siam," “It’s a Wonderful Life," “To Each His Own ” and "Seventh Veil.* Universal and RKO each placed three of the above pictures and Par amount two, while the highly vaunt ed MGM and 20th Century Fox have only one each and Warner’s none . . . moral: don’t Judge a studio by it’s publicity. j -X- 1 ,0 im Babe Ruth By ELLIOTT PINE WfVT* jfr NWNS Sport* Writer. {' Babe Ruth, probably the greatest Star baseball has ever known, has won another battle ... a fight for life. At French hospital in New York ' City he fought against an Infection that came close to killing him. The Babe symbolized the Golden Age of Baseball. His home run record has never been equalled . . . nor his salary at the top. He was also a great pitch er .. . one of the best. * 1 Twenty - one deaths directly ■ •chargeable to football injuries were ••eported by the American Football Coaches Association for the 1946 reason. Of these, only two were col iege men. A committee on safer paying conditions recommended new type of headgear, padding of knee oraces, elbow and forearm pads. Five rule changes were also advo cated. Jack Sharkey, former heavyweight boxing champion, says that today's young heavies won’t train seriously enough. “In my time,” declared ; .Tack, “a man training for a big fight would often do 10 rounds a day plus roadwork. That’s something few present day heavyweights seem will ing to do." In a recent interview ’ Jack Dempsey expressed the opinion , that there is no fighter coming up ' »o beat Joe Louis, and that the pres ent crop of heavies are all third raters. i The Phillies’ first baseman, Frank McCormick, committed only one er- . •‘or last year—in the final week of •he season. This heart-breaking slip robbed him of a perfect 1000 fleld- »ng percentage. He let a grounder slip through his fingers. John. Cobb, English racing driver who holds the present speed record ••f 369 miles per hour, hopes to step bis three-ton car up to 400 mph. He • in Utah now preparing to make pie run on Bonneville salt flats, 120 ) '‘dies west of Salt Lake City where ■» set the mark in 1939. The Los Angeles Times will no linger mention betting odds in sports vtories, "because of the insidious in- ; eoads” gambling has made on ama- * <eur athletics in recent years. The policy declaration has special refer. ' «nce to college football, sports edi tor Paul Zimmerman said.