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Thirty-Ninth Year
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Established June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C. f THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940
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Washington. Dec. 2.—The posi-
Confederacy.
As a Virginian, he had to make
the difficult choice which so many
citizens of that commonwealth
faced. He was all for keeping the
state in the Union; but when he
was overruled, he cast in his lot
with his fellow citizens of Vir
ginia and was elected to the Con
federate Congress in 1862, but
died before that body assembled.
Vice-President Tyler had an-
tion of the Vice-President of the other distinction in that in 1844
United States has been a peculiar ( he was nominated for a second
one for the past one hundred and term as President by the Demo-
twenty yeans. The first two Vice- cratic National Convention and
Presidents, John Adams and declined the nomination.
Thomas Jefferson, succeeded How Andrew Johnson, Chester
naturally to the office of President Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and
because each of them had receiv- Calvin Coolidge became Presidents,
ed the second largest number of because of the assassination or
votes when the President was arfath of the President of the time,
elected. Then the Constitution i S familiar history to every school-
^was changed and with it the bQy And everybody who reads
method of electing the Vice-Presi- ■ the newspapers today knows that
dent.
The post of Vice-President con
tinued to be an important one be
cause, as Woodrow Wilson once
put it, “he may cease to be Vice-
President and become President.**
That has happened five times in
the brief history of the United
States. That number of Presi
dents have died in office and the
man who had been elected Vice-
President has succeeded him.
That is the way Presidents John
Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Chester
A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and
Calvin Coolidge reached the White
Henry A. Wallace became Vice-
President by order of President
Roosevelt, over the opposition of
practically the entire Democratic
Party.
Attention Focused
That focuses attention upon
Vice-Presidents generally and
Vice-President Wallace particular
ly. Mr. Wallace, so far, has done
nothing to make him as famous
as one of his Democratic predeces
sors, Thomas R. Marshall. Mr.
Marshall was Vice-President un
der Woodrow Wilson, and when
House. Not one of them had any he was asked what the country
real expectation of becoming Pres- needed most he gave the perfect-
ident, certainly not by that route, ly truthful answer: “A good five-
and not more than one or two of cent cigar.” That made Tom
them had any ambition to be Marshall famous and popular.
President. Mr. Wallace is already famous
as the Secretary of Agriculture in
Mr. Roosevelt’s two terms. It can
hardly be said that he is popular.
He originated the Agricultural Ad-
ent Administration project,
.operated all of the ma-
Chose the Confederacy
On the whole, the P^ifidents
who have reached that pest lay
turned^ out pretty ^
•tyier, who succeeded General Wil-1 chWery for the supposed benefit
item Henry Harrison after the 1 of the farmers since 1933, with the
hero of Tippecanoe had been only
a month in office, has the unique
distinction of having been both
President of the United States and
a member of the Congress of the
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result that the latest election re
turns show that the Republicans
'carried practically every one of
the farm states.
It was whispered, shortly after
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MUM THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
December 6th and 7th, 7:00 P. M. and 9:00 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
ANN SHERIDAN GEORGE RAFT
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[ “THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT’
Also
Selected Short Subjects
MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
December 9th and 10th, 7:00 P. M. and 8:50 P. M.
LIONEL BARRYMORE LEW AYRES
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“DR. KILDARE GOES HOME”
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S Selected Short Subjects
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents;
ChUdren 12 to 15. 15 cents
Christmas Portrayed
In Song
A program of Christmas music
will be presented by the McCor
mick High School Glee Club on
December 19, 1940, at 7:30 P. M.
A small admission of five and ten
cents to help buy shades for the
school will be charged.
The program follows:
Processional: O Come, All Ye
Faithful.
Chorus: The First Noel.
Ye Old Christmas Masque.
Reader: Hal Dowtin.
Chorus: Deck The Halls.
Chorus: Wassail Song.
Solo: Good King Wencelas—Ce
cil Patterson.
Solo: Yule Log Song—^Henrietta
Gilbert.
Duet: The Holly and The Ivy—
Anne Bussey Seigler, Mary Louise
Seigler.
Chorus: Come Now Ye Shep
herds. '
Song: It Came Upon The Mid
night Clear—Audience.
Solo: There’s A Song In The
Air—Lilia Belle Rogers.
Chorus: I Heard The Bells On
Christmas Day.
Chorus: We Three Kings—Boys.
Chorus: Nuit Silencieuse—French
Classes.
Sextet: Come With Torches—
Anne Bussey Seigler, Miriam Ed
munds, Lilia Belle Rogers, Corilfelia
Freeland, Jane Wall, Meg Brack
nell.
‘ Chorus: O Little Town Of Beth
lehem.
Pantomime: While Shepherds
Watch Their Flocks—Sextet.
Soloist—Anne Bussey Seiglep.
Solo: Star Of The East—Vivian
Parks Adair.
Recessional: Joy To The World—
Audience.
Basketball Games
At De la Howe
Tomorrow Night
There will be two basket ball
games between McCormick and
Calhoun Falls at De la Howe to
morrow night, beginning at 7:30
o’clock. Both girls and boys will
play. The public is cordially in
vited.
Elections Of Commu
nity Committeemen
December 11th
Pr
election, that Mr. Roosevelt in
tended to lean very heavily on Mr.
Wallace, even to the extent of
making him a sort of “Executive
President” to relieve the Presi
dent himself of domestic details
while the Vice-President looked
after such things. Some indica
tions have already been given of
a project of this sort.
During the campaign Mr. Wal
lace was sent around the country
to speak for the President. Since
election he has been appointed as
a special emissary and personal
representative of the President to
attend the inauguration of Mex
ico’s new President.
There are rumors around Wash
ington of other jobs which the
President has in view for the
Vice-President after their joint
inauguration on January 20th.
Indeed, if half of these reports
are true, the new Vice-President
will seldom be seen on the rostrum
of the Senate, because he will be
out around the country some
where attending to business for
the President.
There is nothing the matter
with that kind of a scheme. It is
surprising that no President be
fore has ever thought of using
the Vice-President as his assis
tant. One or two Vice-Presidents
have been invited by the President
to sit in Cabinet meetings and
Tive the Cabinet the benefit of
their advice as to what they might
ir might not be able to get
through Congress. But these have
been few and far between, and
have seldom lasted in that capaci
ty.
Situation a Puzzle
The whole Wallace situation is
\ good deal of a puzzle, to which
the best answer that the Wash-
ngton wiseacres have been able
to figure out is that, while Mr.
Roosevelt doesn’t expect a fourth
term for himself, he wants to pick
the fourth-term candidate and he
is grooming Mr. Wallace for the
job.
That impression grows the more
the experienced observers here ex
amine the situation. There have
been a great many worse Presi
dents than Henry Wallace would
be, if he could get elected.'
Whether he will shape up as a
1944 Presidential candidate is
something which will depend upon
the kind of work he is given to
do by Mr. Roosevelt, and how he
does It. j
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On December 11th the following
community elections will be held
to elect community committeemen
and delegates to the county con
vention:
Willington—WilKngton Depot,
Wednesday, December 11, 10:30
A. M.
Bethany—Bethany School, Wed
nesday, December 11, 10:30 A. M.
Washington—Washington School,
Wednesday, December 11, 3:00
F. M.
McCormick—McCormick Com
munity House, Wednesday, De
cember 11, 3:00 P. M.
All producers are urged to at
tend this election in their respec
tive communities.
M. A. Bouknight,
Secretary, McCormick County
A. C. A.
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Mr. J. W. Britt
Is Appointed
Cotton Statistician
Mr. J. W. Britt has been ap
pointed cotton statistician. De
partment of Commerce, Bureau of
The Census, for McCormick Coun
ty, succeeding Mr. J. E. Bell, who
resigned on November 15th to be
come postmaster here. The ap
pointment of Mr. Britt was ef
fective December 1st.
Notice To Boys 17-25
Those interested in taking a
course in metal work, see W. S.
Coleman immediately. This course
consists of welding, shaping,
tempering and finishing metals
and is set up as a part of the De
fense Program. The course is
free to boys within the age limits.
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Oyster Supper At
Sullivan School
House, Dec. 10th
Early Mailing
Is
Urged
The Postoffice Department has
issued its annual call to all per
sons who use the mail service to
do their shopping and mailing
early, according to Mr. J. E. Bell,
local postmaster. *
Already, the volume of parcel
post is increasing at the postoffice.
Meanwhile, arrangements for
handling the huge Christmas mails
are being worked out.
Careful packing, wrapping, id-
dressing and typing of parcels was
also urged. Insurance and regis
tration of valuables also is recom
mended.
One of the tough problems of
the postoffice is the thousands of
greeting cards. • Early mailing of
these was urged.
Rates are:
1. Card without an envelope, one
cent per card anywhere in the
United States.
2. Card enclosed in an envelope
but not sealed, 1 1-2 cents any
where. The only writing allowed
on these cards, at this rate, is the
signature of the sender.
3. Cards sealed in an envelope,
two cents per card if addressed to
a postoffice box within the city or
local R. F. D.; 3 cents per card if
mailed to an out-of-town R. F. D.
or other out-of-town address.
Cotton Marketing
Quota Referendum
December 7th
There will be an oyster supper
at Sullivan School House Tuesday,
Dec. 10th, at 7 o’clock, also sand
wiches and candy.
Good old time fiddlin’ music.
Benefit of school.
Come and enjoy yourself.
Vehicle Inspection
Station Opens Here
On December 10th
Vehicle Inspection Station No.
16 of the State highway depart
ment will begin operation in Mc
Cormick Tuesday, December 10.
The station, under the supervision
of William R. Bradford, Jr., will
occupy its previous location on
Augusta street directly opposite
the City Hall.
In regard to the inspection here
Mr. Bradford said, “This is a new
nspection period—the first 1941,
and all vehicles in this county re
gardless of what sticker they now
carry must receive one of the new
certificates before the station de
parts for Saluda January 3. High
way Patrolmen throughout the
State are now rigidly enforcing the
inspection laws,” .Mr. Bradford
continued, “And car and truck
owners may save themselves con
siderable inconvenience by bring
ing their vehicles into the lane
promptly for an inspection.”
The station will be open each
week-day from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
and on Saturdays from 8 a. m. to
1p.m. j
The referendum on Cotton Mar
keting Quotas for 1941 will be held
on Saturday, December 7th, 1940.
The polls will be open from 8:30
A. M. to 5:00 P. M. and the ballot
boxes will be located in the fol
lowing places:
McCormick—McCormick Com
munity House.
Plum Branch—C. & W. C. Depot
Parksville—C. & W. C. Depot.
Modoc, Clarks Hill and Meri
wether—C. & W. C. Depot, Clarks
Hill.
White Town and Rehoboth—E
M. Morgan’s Store.
Bethany and Callison—Mrs. Hol
lingsworth’s Store.
Bordeaux and Willington—Mc
Nair’s Store, Willington.
Mt. Carmel—McAllister’s Store
Bellvue and Clatworthy’s—Link’s
Store.
Young’s—Young’s School House.
■Dowtin’s—Robinson School.
All 1940 cotton producers are
eligible to vote in this referendum.
If you do not happen to be in
your respective community on
this date, you may vote at either
of the above balloting places if
you can identify yourself to the
managers.
It is the duty of every cotton
producer to vote in this referen
dum regardless of the way he
votes, either for or against mar
keting quotas.
M. A. Bouknight,
Secretary McCormick County
A. C. A.
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5,633 Bales Of Cotton
Ginned In McCormick
County To Nov. 14th
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON
Supply And War Are
Big Cotton Factors
Cotton farmers, who will vote
December 7 on a marketing quota
for their 1941 crop, should give
serious consideration to the
European War and its effect on
cotton, declares H. M. Freeland,
chairman of the county AAA com
mittee. Quotas will be in effect if
approved by two-thirds of the
farmers voting.
“Regardless of the outcome of
the war”, Mr. Freeland said, “cot
ton farmers face difficulties a-
head. Already the war has caused
a severe reduction in cotton ex
ports. During the first three
months of the 1940-41 marketing
season, the United States sold less
than 300,000 bales abroad as com
pared with about 1,750,000 bales
during the same period last year.
A major part of this slump in ex
ports is due to the disruption of
communications, blockades, ex
change difficulties, and other
factors directly traceable to the
war.”
Domestic consumption of cot
ton, he stated, continues at a
high level. Estimates are that
about 8 million bales, a new record
for domestic consumption will be
used in this country in the 1940-
41 season. However, loss in ex
ports will more than offset the
prospective gain in domestic con
sumption.
“Clearly”, Mr. Freeland said,
“cotton farmers must use every
provision of their farm program
to meet this situation. They must
work together to keep the supply
in line with demand. Only in this
way can they hope eventually to
solve the problems affecting cot
ton which have been further ag
gravated by the war. Considering
the situation which confronts cot
ton farmers* have need for
marketing quotas m'* ' 1941 more
than ever before.**
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Cotton Ginnings
* Given By South
Carolina Counties
Cotton Ginned Prior To November
14 la South Carolina: Crops
Of 1940 And 1939.
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report
on cotton ginned prior to Novem
ber 14, by counties, in South Caro
lina, for the crops of 1940 and 1939.
The total for the State was made
public on Friday, November 22.
(Quantities are in running bales,
.inters are not included.)
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 5,633
bales of cptton were ginned in Mc
Cormick County, South Carolina,
from the crop of 1940 prior to Nov
14, 1940, as compared with 5,916
bales for the crop of 1939.
Very respectfully,
J. E. BELL,
Former Special Agent.
Date, Dec. 2, 1940.
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Notice
There will be a meeting of the
Mt. Carmel Grange Monday night,
December 9th, at 7:30 o’clock. All
members are urged to be present.
Secretary.
County
1940
1939
The State
867,244
832,658
\bbeville
16,691
15,621
Mken
24,854
26,197
Allendale
8,963
9,575
\nderson
60.511
54,810
"Bamberg
14,049
12,550
3arnwell
20,390
22,158
Vo1nv _
3.325
2,873
Calhoun
17,430
19,289
Cherokee
14,098
13,814
Chester
14,189
15,414
Chesterfield __
32,860
32,648
Clarendon
.19,921
18,634
Colleton __
9,440
7,802
■Darlington
23,961
24,231
Dillon
27,389
21,330
Dorchester
8,283
5,558
^dgefield —
16,662
16,675
T air field
8,583
9,598
Florence
27,164
20,298
Dreenville __ __
32,105
32,986
Greenwood __ _
13,302
11,958
Hampton __ —
8,434
7,785
Kershaw
14,014
15,892
Lancaster __ __
14,012
16,011
Laurens
29,130
24,611
Lee
27,746
30,957
Lexington __ —
14,855
16,892
McCormick __ _
5,633
5,916
Marion __
9,783
6,271
Marlboro
39,923
37,097
Newberry __ —
18,929
21,772
Oconee
17,537
15,895
Orangeburg __ _
63,924
63,723
Pickens __
21,121
19,166
Richland __ —
7,128
7,234
Saluda __
11,439
11,927
Spartanburg _ _
56,085
51,141
Sumter __
32,657
35,996
Union —
10,650
8,611
Williamsburg _ _
19,979
15,758
York
27,263
24,014
All other
2,832
1,97Q