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TBUK TO OUB8ELV«R. OOB NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Eighth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940 Number 34 WASHINGTON Washington, Jan. 22.—One of the big jobs which Congress is about to tackle, and which may be finished at this session, is that of revising the Wagner Labor Rela tions Act. The law is under fire from sev eral angles. Employers don’t like it because they contend that it gives them no chance to partici pate in negotiations with employ ees on the question of unioniza tion and the particular form of union organization to be adopted. Many persons in and out of Congress feel that the law as it stands puts too much arbitrary power in the hands of the Nation al Labor Relations Board, and the American Federation of Labor doesn’t like it because, it claims, the Board is influenced by John Lewis’s Congress of Industrial Or- Muciroff the testimony given be fore the Congress Committee which is investigating the subject, prenaratory to making recommen dations for amendments to the law. bears out most of those alle gations. If it were not for the split of organized Labor into two opposing camps, there might not be much chance of amending the labor Relations Act. ■ A solid pressure block of all Labor organizations could prevent any changes being made in a law which gives labor advantages which it never before possessed. But the powerful Labor lobby, which v/as the strongest outside influence on Congress, especially In election years, no longer is the mighty force which it was when there was but one Labor group to speak for all. Labor Ranks Divided __ Many veteran Senators and Rep resentatives are more pleased than otherwise over this state of things. No longer can the threat of an adverse Labor vote at next Fall’s election be swung as a club to in fluence their vote in Congress. With Tabor divided among its own ranks on questions of policy, timid souls on Capitol Hill, of whom there are plenty, feel freer to tackle matters of Labor legis lation impartially and from the viewpoint of the general welfare. One important wing of Organ ized Labor, the Federation, finds itself in agreement with an im portant and powerful group of in dustrials, the National Association of Manufacturers, in opposition to the continuance of the reciprocal trade agreements negotiated by Secretary of State Hull. So do so many of the Republican members of both Houses of Congress that many observers think the question of renewing the law under which these trade pacts have been con summated will be fought out on strict party lines. That will de pend upon the line of political strategy which the Republicans decide to follow in the coming Presidential campaign. The movement among party members for a return to the traditional high-tariff policy of the party seems to be gaining strength, in spite of the declara tion by Secretary Hull before the Ways and Means Committee that Ahe last Republican tariff law had been a major cause of the decline in farm income, and Secretary) Wallace’s contention that the smoot-Hawley tariff was the, chief cause of the economic crash in Europe which brought on the present war. The Anti-Lynching Bill The first measure of controver sial quality, the Anti-Lynching bill, to be passed by either House this session, is slated for defeat in * the Senate, if it ever comes to a! vote there. Three times the lower House has given a majority vote for this measure and three times the Senate has beaten it. In political theory, it is sup posed to/ be something with which to catch the Negro vote, since members of that race are more often the victims of “Lynch law” or mob murder than are whites. Its title is misleading, since it does not give the Federal government any power to interfere with the internal affairs of any state, even to punish persons taking part in illegal executions: that would be beyond the Constitutional power of the central government. All the Anti-Lvnching bill pro poses is to impose penalties upon sheriffs or other peace officers who fail to use due diligence to protect the intended victims of mobs, and to fine any political subdivision in which a lynching 1 takes place. Since the opposition to the bill is chiefly from southern Demo crats, it has practically solid sup port from the Republican side, the idea being to nut the Democrats in a hole by demonstrating that Grand And Petit Jurors Are Drawn HOLLYWOOD THEATRE • McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY January 26th and 27th, 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. _ VIRGINIA WEIDLER GENE REYNOLDS in 99 ‘BAD LITTLE ANGEL’ Also A Cartoon “Screwball Football ’ ami “VINCIENT LOPEZ & HIS ORCHESTRA” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY January 29th and 30th, 7 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. “MARX BROTHERS FLORENCE RICE—KENNETH BAKER in ‘ Marx Brothers At The Circus” Also A Pete Smith Specialty “Culinary Carving’ and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Grand Jur r,r * drawn to serve for the year 1940 for McCormick County are: Ho^d-over members are: L. W. Bowick, F*. J. McAllister, T. J. Sibert, Jr., T. C. Faulkner, J. P. Deason, T. R. Blackwell. New members are: R. M. Pettigrew, E. L. Hollingsworth, H. W. Bailey, A. S. Cade, C. K. Enting, W. T. Walker, Dewey H. Langley, W. T. Self, W. M. Wilson, D. R. White, G. H. McCain, E. B. Smith, Jas. J. Collier, Joseph C. Mann, Otis McKinney. Petit Jurors to serve first week of February term of court begin ning February 5th, 1940, are: J. R. Cartledge, C. F. Cade, S. W. McKellar, W. E. Crawford, Alonzo Seigler, J. C. Covin, John Shannon, w. L. Dansby, W. P. Cosey, W. P. McDaniel, J. R. Watkins, D. H. Collins, R. T. White. B. M. Bussey, J. W. Self, J. E. Talbert, W. L. White, C. P. White. S. S MeBrid 0 . J. W. Morrah, a. w. Coleman. r r\ F,. McDonald, r r\ A. Robinson. Robert A. Smith. Charles Culbreath, J. d. Dowtin, John Roberts, W. M. Henderson, A. B. Wood, J. W. Britt, R.. M. Fdwards, E. M. Winn, J. T. Creswell, C. S. Dansby, T. W. Cowan, B. S. culbreath. x Postoffice To Be In New Quarters Soon McCormick’s Postoffice will soon move into the building next door to the present location which has been remodeled and freshly nainted. Along with the new building will go new, up-to-date fixtures, with combination lock boxes. Altogether the outfit is very attractive and commodious and befitting an office which has come second in South Carolina in the sale of U. S. savings bonds for third class offices. According to Postmaster J. B. Harmon, Jr., postal receipts for 1939, January 1 to December 31, were $5,987.14 as compared to $5,- 723.24 for the same period a year previous. Mr. Harmon, who has been the popular and efficient postmaster here for the past nine years, gives Tw^tal sa v ir»frs denosits as of Jan- uarv 1. 194n, at $59,744.00 as com pared to $53,897.00 on Jan. 1, 1939. their party is not the friend of the Negro. The Negro vote in northern cities is an important ^ctnr in a Presidential year. In *he last two Presidential elections it went strongly for the Demo- ■* T 'ntic ticket Now, political an alysts say, the Negroes are coming ''ack to their traditional Republi can allegiance. National Defense The division on the issue of ■•ational defense is not so likelv to r*v» .strict nartv lines, though it is expected that the Republicans generally will be found lining up with the conservative Democrats n criticizing the President’s pro- cram. on the ground, chiefly, of economy. The movement in the State, led ’cv .Senator Pat Harrison of Mis sissippi, to set up a complete new budget on the initiative of Con gress rather than of the President, ’-as many adherents in the Senate and is gaining strength in the ^ouse. The political strategy in this move is to discredit the Presi dent by taking the direction of caUonal finances out of his hands, and so weaken the New Deal con trol of the Democratic party in order to prevent the renomination of Mr. Roosevelt. Since the President’s failure to declare himself out Of the run ning at the Jackson Day dinner, third-term talk has been revived. The belief that Mr. Roosevelt has not abandoned ambition is streng thened bv the public declaration for a third term voiced by the new ( Attorney General, Robert Jackson. Sullivan News Mrs. Emma Bannister, of Green wood, is spending some time with her son, Mr. J. D. Bannister, who continues to be ill. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Callison, Friday after noon, were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Flynn, of the Callison section. Miss Hattie Brunson and Miss Corrie Cheatham were spend-the- day guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gilchrist, Sunday. The many friends of Mrs. J. H. Seigler will be sorry to know she is ill at her home with pneumonia. Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson and Ramona. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reames, and Miss Gladys Reames, of Aiken. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hughey, of Columbia, spent Wednesday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. T West. Misses Marie Reames and Trula Winn spent several days last week in Columbia with Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Harrison. Mr. Abrum Seigler and Charles, of Belvedere, visited friends and relatives in the community, Sat urday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Winn visited Mr. Jack Griffis, who continues to he ill at his home in the Cleora section, Sunday afternoon. Miss Minnie Lee Winn was a business visitor in Greenwood, Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames at tended the funeral of the latter’s brother-in-law. Mr. John Greene, at Red Bank Baptist Church, Tuesday afternoon. Week end guests of Mr. J. E. Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Reynolds were Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, of Clinton, and Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, of Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harper, of Columbia, spent the week end witn the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mayson. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn and children spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Cul breath. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mayson visited Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Mayson, in the Limestone section, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. William Mayson and baby are soending several days with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Seigler, in the Bethanv section. — Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reames and Betty Jean, of Pelzer, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jaynes and children have moved back to their former home after having been in Chester several months. The many friends in this com munity of Miss Martha Connelly, of Phoenix, and Mr. E. L. Hollings worth. of the Bethany section, were interested to learn of their marriage, Friday evening. McCormick Public Schools Honor Roll For December Columbia Music Festival On Feb. 10 J. Boyce Nickles And Mrs. J. Arch Talbert In Charge Of Arrange ments In McCormick County. FIRST GRADE— Bettye Frances Edwards, Betty Jean Butler, Phyllis Chamberlain, Doris West, Cecil Alverson, Mary Grace Dansby, Charles Simpson, Pat Parks, Joe Brown, Ken Dowtin, Jimmie Strom, Thomas Seigler, Sondley Robinson. SECOND GRADE— Grover Davis, Melvin Derrick, Leonard Dom, Cecil McDonald, Bobby Sanders, Johnny Schumpert, Sammy Lee Young, Anne Carol Abercrombie, Janet Caudle, Frances Ann Dansby, Betty Jane Deason, Janelle Henderson, Anne Sanders, Lillie Ellen Wise. THIRD GRADE— Grady Young, Georgia Rose McCracken, R. T. West. Y FOURTH GRADE— Theresa Earnhardt, Marion Davis. Bobby Lowe Huguley, Virginia Smith. FTP’TH GRADE— None. SIXTH GRADE— Billie Freeland, Carl Henry Strom. SEVENTH GRADE— Annie Sue Banks, Helen Fooshe, Bertha Mae Harris, Frances New. EIGHTH GRADE— None. NINTH GRADE— None. TENTH GRADE— Norma Holloway, Thelma Stroud, Virginia Fooshe, Anne Bussey Seigler, Alice Lanier, Nettie Louise Morgan. ELEVENTH GRADE— Lois Freeland, Betty Fuller, Natalie Brown. REQUIREMENTS— 1. An average of 90 on each sub ject, including conduct. 2. Not more than two excused absences and two excused tardies during the month. Grange Officers Are Installed -XX- “Manna Loa Strings” TO BE PRESENTED AT PLUM BRANCH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 2. Columbia, Jan. 22.—The Nation al Youth Administration and the Columbia Music Festival jointly announced today that J. Boyce Nickles, NYA office, Greenwood. NYA area supervisor, and Mrs. J. 4rch Talbert of McCormick, coun ty chairman for the Columbia Music Festival, would be in charge cf arrangements in McCormick "ounty for auditions for Leopold Stokowski’s All-American Youth Orchestra. j From Mr. Nickles and Mrs. Tal-1 bfmt mav be obtained annlication j blanks and details regarding the orchestra and the auditions, the latter of which will be held begin ning at 10 o’clock Saturday morn- 5 ng. February 10. in Columbia. Al 1 applications from McCormick '•ountv anplicants must bear the signatures of these two persons, ulus that of another qualified musical authority. The competition is ooen to any voung man or woman between the ages of 16 and 24 inclusive, re gardless of whether or not thev are or have been employed by the WA. Applications, completely filled out, must be submitted by l he apnlicant to the Festival coun tv chairman so as to reach the state NYA office in Columbia not later than noon Saturday, Febru ary 3. For those who are chosen to represent South Carolina as a re- of the Columbia, auditions February 10, regional auditions will follow February 15 in Atlanta, Ga. Final auditions for those sur viving the regional competition will be held about March 2, also in Atlanta. From the most highly talented musicians selected as a result of the final auditions, being held in key cities throughout the United States. Mr. Stokowski will form a 109-niece modern symphony or chestra that he will lead on a Central and South American good will toim this summer. Membei*- 5 will be paid by Mr. Stokowski at regular musicians’ rates during the tour. The group of entertainers, “Mauna Loa Strings,” will be pre sented at the Plum Branch School on Friday evening, February 2nd, at 7:45 o’clock. These entertain ers play not only Hawaiian type of music but also current and popu lar tunes of the day. These same people were at Plum Branch last year and were well received and it is hoped that a large audience will again avail it self of the opoortunity of hearing this good, clean entertainment. The prices of admission will be 10 cents for school children and 20 cents for adults. On the same evening, beginning at 6 o’clock, the P. T. A. will nut on an oyster supper—both fried and stewed oysters—in the school building. Brices will be 20 cents and 35 cents. Both the musicians and the oyster supper v/ill he snonsored bv the P. T. A. in order to make up monev for the continuance of the school lunch room and also to pid out shrubberv around the school building. The entire public is cordially invited to attend. USC Students Seek Chapel Columbia. Jan. 22.—A move ment to obtain a new chanel for +h r ' Universitv of South Carolina wa** initiated by students this week. The movement was begun by Kanoa Sigma Kappa service fra ternity and received unanimous approval of the student body at a special meeting. Under the nlan outlined, the general assembly would be asked to contribute $135,000 to the con struction of the new chapel, which would cost a total of approxi mately $275,000. The federal gov ernment would b° .asked to con tribute the remainder. Students pointed out that the present chapel, built in 1855, seats onlv one fourth of the present student body and that there is no suitable place on the campus for reunions vnt.uerings, commence ment exercises and other func tions. The McCormick County Pamona Grange met with the Mount Car mel Grange Friday, Jan. 5th, at 4 o’cock at the community house. The following officers were in stalled for the year 1940 by the State Master, Mr. D. B. Anderson: Master—Mr. J. J. White. Overseer—Mr. Thomas Collier. Lecturer—Mrs. J. J. White. Steward—Dr. C. K. Epting. Asst. Steward—Mr. H. B. Smith. Chaplain—Mr. S. L. Britt. Treasurer—Mrs. Ruth P. Duncan. Sec.—Mrs. D. J. McAllister. Gate Keeper—Mr. J. T. Faulkner. Ceres—Mrs. R. M. Pettigrew. Pamona—Mrs. Thomas Collier. Flora—Mrs. J. T. Faulkner. Lady Asst. Steward—Miss Jua nita Curtis. After the installation of officers and the reports from all the granges, splendid talks were made by the following: Mrs. C. B. Leonard, State Lectur er, on “The Duties of a Lecturer." Rev. A. F. Doty, on “What is best for our Grange.” State Master Mr. D. B. Anderson, on “The five fundamental features of a Grange.” Bro. E. L. Langley, Master of the Plum Branch Grange, extended an invitation to the Pamona Grange to meet with the Plum Branch Grange at our next regular meet ing. April 5th, at 4 o’clock p. m. This invitation was accepted. At the appointed hour, dinner was served from long tables hav ing for decorations red gladiolus •and large red candles by a com mittee of ladies. Miss Juanita Curtis, at the piano, rendered several special numbers and Little Martha Jeane McKinney favored the grange with a song “The Man With The Man dolin”, during the dinner hour which were very much enjoyed by all. After all business was transacted the Pamona Grange was closed in regular form by the Master promptly at 9 o’clock. Secretary. txi < Rehoboth H. D. Club Meets Parksville.—The Rehoboth H. D. Club met with Mrs. W. P. Culbreath and Mrs. B. S. Culbreath, Jan. 16, 1940, with eight members present. The scripture was read by the president, also song history, Carry Me Back To Old Virginny. Song—“Carry Me Back To Old Virginny.” Prayer—Mrs. J. P. Talbert. The club raised enough money to buy two bonds from the Red Cross. Miss Bell gave an interesting talk on General Outlook Situation for 1940, also Do More Farm Plan ning. During the social hour the hostesses served a delicious salad course, coffee and cream. Reporter. Card Of Thanks We wish to express our most sincere thanks to our neighbors and other friends for the many acts of kindness shown us durftig the illness * and death of our mother, Mrs. Katie Letitia Holli day. J. T. Holliday And Family Card Of Thanks I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the many kind nesses shown me during my re cent illness. Mrs. W. C. Reedy.. Notice An agent of the South Carolina Tax Commission Income Tax Division will be located at McCor mick. S. C., Court House, February ! 6. 1940. I The purpose of this visit is to nssist taxpavers in preparing State Income Tax Returns for 1939. All persons should avail them selves of this opportunity of se curing aid which will be cheerfully given without charge.