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4 TBUl TO OUBMELVUS. OUB NBIOHBOBB, OUB COUNTBT AND OUB GOD. Year Established June 5 f 1902 McCORMICK, S. C f THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941 Number 33 WASHII Washington, Jan. 13.-Now that the first week’s sessions of the 77th Congress have passed into history, the last lingering .doubt of the tenor oi legislation and de bate has been resolved. War will dominate the picture for 1941—aid to Britain, our chances of partici pation, ways and means to finance our industrial effort. .All' other questions and proposals will hinge on hew they effect the war effort. Although Congress held but two meetings, feverish behind-the- scenes activity is taking place. Committees are meeting to enact enabling legislation to carry out President Roosevelt’s “Lend-lease" plan. Other groups are gathering to Ught for modification of the proposals. Democratic party lead ers are desperately striving for a united front behind the President, while the Republicans, realizing the impossibility of presenting a united group, have declared that the old American policy of “Poli tics stop at the water’s edge” will hold true for Republican members. To Watch Spending . On some major issues, the coali tion ' of conservative Democrats and Republicans which has united to defeat many spending bills in the past, will be revived. Pres aging this. Representative Wood- nun, Democrat of Virginia, is pro posing the creation of a joint com mittee of the ranking members of the House Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees to pre vent any non-defense spending expenditures under the guise of defense needs. v This proposal is expected to get early consideration' in the House where all revenue proposals must originate. The proposed commit tee'-would be bi-partisan and is assured of Republican support by Representative Martin, Republican House leader. The avowed pur pose of the committee is to affect an early, balancing of the non-de fense part of the budget and eventually to pay as much of the defense expenditures out of in come as is conceivably possible. . The proposed economies are ex pected to affect relief and public works construction most. That they will be given Presidential support is regarded as doubtful, but it is just as doubtful that they will meet with White House re sistance. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins gave encourage ment to the economy bloc by is suing a statement that the* * defense program should break the back of unemployment by the end of 1941. The Secretary, in her annual re port, estimated, that 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 neW Jobs would be avail able in the next eighteen months. “About half of these will be needed on construction jobs,’’ she said, “in shipyards or in factories engaged in making finished prod ucts like airplanes and engines, tanks and shells. Some 2,320,000 man-years of labor will be needed primarily to supply the contractors with materials. This ; labor will extend back into the mines and forests, into factories making semi-finished products, to the railroads and other carriers en gaged in moving these goods, and to white-collar workers in admin istration offices.’’ Proposal for Housing Yet with all the talk of strict economies, a proposal for govern ment construction' of low cost housing has been quietly dropped in the lap of Congress. Nathan Straus, United States Housing Ad ministrator, reported that $24,- 000,000 would be spent on defense housing projects in 1941; this con struction to take place in areas where private contractors cannot t-ftirp up the slack in housing facil J ities. The.'..dejtense projects are meet ing wum' 1 Disposition in many other Mr. J. H. Baughman Passes Away Mr. John Henry Baughman, 31, died Friday morning at the home of his son, Paul, in the Bellvue section of McCormick county. Mr. Baughman was bom July 16, 1859, in Abbeville county, the son of John Henry and Peggy Ann Link Baughman. He lived all his life in this section. > He was married to Molly Louise Talbert who died some years ago. Surviving are four sons: Ben and Ernest Baughman, both of Abbe ville; Paul Baughman, McCormick, and Robert Baughman, Charles ton; and* two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Link and Mrs. W. C. Banks, both of Greenville. \ Funeral services were conducted at the graveside at Bethiah Pres byterian church of which he was a member. Services were at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, con ducted by the Rev. J. R. Hooten. 30* X-RAY CLINIC TO BE HELD IN McCORMICK COUNTY ON JANUARY 22ND AND 23RD. A tuberculosis X-Ray clinic will be held at the City Hall in McCor mick on January 22 and 23. Dr. John M. Preston, -State Tubercu losis Clinician, assisted by the personnel of the McCormick Coun ty Health Department, will con duct the clinics on these two days. Those who would like to have an X-Ray made at this time, please notify the County Health Depart ment before Monday, January 20. X—: Card Of Thanks MimOD HEM McCORMICK, S. C FRIDAY and SATURDAY January 17th and 18th, 7:00 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. DON AMECHE_BETTY GRABLE in r 99 “DOWN ARGENTINE WAY’ Also A Cartoon “How Wet Was My Ocean’ and “Eskimo Trails” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents We wish to express our most sincere thanks to our friends for their many acts of kindness to us during our recent bereavement, caused by the death of our father, Mr. C. W. Willis. The Family. MONDAY and TUESDAY January 20th and 21st, 7:00 P. M. and 8:40 P. M. DENNIS MORGAN—JOHN PAYNE m u TEAR GAS SQUAD Also A Walt Disney Cartoon “Officer Duck” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS V9 . i ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; ‘ Children 12 to 15, 15 cents quarters aside from the economy bloc. Typical of these is the ob jection of American ship operators to the transfer of American ships to British registry. A shortage in American shipping is rapidly de veloping and the operators offered such strenuous objection to the placing on the auction block of 24 American vessels, that they were withdrawn from the bidding and nlans have been set up by the United States Maritime Commis sion to give American bidders preference in future sales, j. Admiral Emory S. Land, chair man of the commission, refused to interpret the commission’s state ment, but it is understood that if American bids are anywhere near British bids, American operators will be given the ships. Opposition Active The out-and-out. oppositionists to the aid to Britain program are forming under the leadership . of Senator Wheeler of Montana and LaFollette of Wisconsin.. Mr. * „■ . 'd Wheeler describes President Roose velt’s proposal for the “lend-lease” plan as “idiotic." He recently ■■old a New York delegation of the American Peace Mobilization call- ’ng at his offices in Washington: “I would rather give them (the British) supplies. When you lease ->r loan you are buying an interest in the war. “Some people say it is our war. If it is our war, how can we Justi fy lending them stuff and asking them to pay us back? If it is our war, we ought to have the courage to go over and fight it, but it is not our war.” This isolationist group may be able to modify some of the aid to Britain proposals, but they are certainly due for a stormy time of it. Already, they have been call ed “appeasers” in a way just short of “traitors.” And worse may fol low. But there is a strong senti ment in the country behind them which may make itself felt in many ways before Congress • ad journs. Mrs. A. B. Campbell Claimed By Death Mrs. Ellen M. Campbell, 71, wife of A. Bailey Campbell, died at her home here Monday at 2 p. m., fol lowing an illness of ten days. Funeral services were held from the McCormick Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock with her pastor, the Rev. Foster Speer, of Plum Branch, in charge. He was assisted by the Rev. W. M. Owings and Dr. S. W. Reid of Mc Cormick. Burial followed in the McCormick City cemetery. The following served as active pallbearers: J. L. Bradley, J. B. Harmon, Jr., Jnp. T. Faulkner, Robert Lee Faulkner, Charlie C. Morgan, and William M. Keown. Members of the board of stewards of tiie McCormick Methodist church and of the Republican Methodist church, of which Mrs. Campbell was a devoted member, served as an honorary escort. Mrs. Campbell was a native of Belton, a daughter of W. M. and Martha McMahan, and moved to McCormick in 1913. Besides her husband she is sur vive^ by seven, sons and one daughter. Dr. W. R. Campbell of Sarasota, Florida, Gary E., and J. Garland Campbell of McCormick, Ollie C. Campbell of Greenwood, Sanford B. Campbell of Waycross, Ga., W. Mack Campbell of Ander- sori, Fuller R. Campbell of Travel ers Rest, and Mrs. J. A. Edmunds of South Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell cele brated their golden wedding anni versary last year. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. x Dr. Branyon Is Taken By Death Funeral services for Dr. L. C Branyon, 69, well known writer and educator of Greenville and Atlanta, Ga., who died suddenly at General Hospital in Greenville January 1, were conducted at 2 p. m. January 4, from the Little River Baptist Church in Abbeville County. Rev. E. P. Driggers, of Greenville, 1 assisted by Rev. Mr. Hudgens, of Greenville, officiated and'burial followed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Dr. Max A. Green, Dr. R. L. Branyon, Jr., J. B. O* Landrum, James C. Green, Carroll O. Erwin and W. Edward Green. He was a native of Abbeville County, the son of the late R. O. and Sue Ann Pruitt Branyon of Due West, where he spent his boyhood days. Dr. Branyon was a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lucy Brough Branyon, and '.he foUowing brothers and sisters: Dr. Rl L. Branyon, Spartanburg; J. O. Branyon, Anderson; Mrs. Leslie B. Landrum, Spartanburg; Mrs. J. Clyde Green of Belton; Mrs. H. T. Keenan, of • Salisbury, N. C.; Mrs. J. T. Erwin, of Iva; Mrs. M. L: Derrick of Spartanburg; Mrs. Eugene McCarter of Antre- ville; B. C., O. P. and H. E. Bran yon, all of Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. G. G McDaniel Of Modoc Dies Navy Recruiting Of fice To Be Here And At Parksville On • January 29th \ Announcement is made that a representative of the United States Navy Recruiting Service will be at be Post Office Building in Mc Cormick on January 29, 1941, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., for- the purpose nf contacting young men in the community who are interested in enlisting in the U. S. Navy. At the present time the oppor tunities and quotas are unlimited; age limits are from 17 years of age to 31 years of age. All men who apply and are ac cepted will be enlisted as soon- as they complete their papers, which requires about 5 to 8 days. The Recruiting Office will also be in Parksville from 2:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. on the same date. . f Mrs. Narrie B. McDaniel, 53, wife of Grover C. McDaniel of Modoc, died at her home there Tuesday morning following an illness of two years. Mrs. McDaniel, daugh ter of the late F. P. and Sallie Parkman "Hailey of Modoc, was a devout member of the Modoc Baptist church, having served as president of the W. M. U. She also taught a Sunday school class as long as her health permitted. Funeral services, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Modoc Baptist church. The Rev. G, P. Lanier, pastor of the deceased, conducted the services, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Frady of Antioch. Burial followed in the Modoc cemetery. Active pallbearers were Roy Bailey, Fred Bailey, Pat McDaniel, Henry Bailey, Winchester McDan iel and N. Warren McDaniel. In addition to her husband, Mrs. McDaniel is survived by five daughters, Misses Ethel, Louise and Myrtle McDaniel of Modoc, Mrs. A. B. Edmunds of Augusta and Mrs. Glen Bussey of Modoc; three sons, Grover McDaniel, Jr., William McDaniel and Eugene McDaniel, all of Modoc; four sis ters, Mrs. L. C. Hammond of Au gusta, Mrs. W. E. Corley of Tren ton, Mrs. • Winchester McDaniel and Mrs. E. A. Hammond of Mo doc; five brothers, Jessie L. Bailey and Charlie Bailey of Modoc, Roy Bailey of Johnston, H. W. Bailey and Fred Bailey of Augusta, and two grandchildren. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. x Mr. E. Hanvey Urges Borrowers To Apply At Once IF THEY PLAN TO BORROW THEIR CROP MONEY THROUGH FSA 1 Greenwood P. C. A. Meets January 22nd MR. T. J. SIBERT SAYS LARGE ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED. Indications point to a very large attendance at the annual stock holders meeting of the Green wood Production Credit Associa tion, which will be held on Jan uary 22nd, at the Court House in Greenwood, at 10 o’clock, accord- to Mr. T. J. Sibert, Director. A very interesting and instruc tive program has been arranged for the association, Mr. Sibert said, and much interest is being manifest in the meeting by the members. Some new features will be introduced in the meeting this year. By special invitation of the association, a representative of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia will make a brief ad dress at the conclusioa of the business session. The Greenwood Production Credit Association serves McCor mick, Abbeville, Greenwood, and Saluda Counties, and fumishe* short term credit for general agri cultural and livestock purposes to its members. “All farmers who have been bor rowing, or who plan ,to borrow, their crop money through the Farm Security Administration, should apply at once, Mr. E. Han- vey, County Supervisor, announced yesterday. “Most men who work for wages, in factories, stores, or where-ever, said Mr. Hanvey, “don’t have to look very much further ahead than the next pay check. But farmers, even the poorest of them, must set their eyes and hopes half a year ahead, or there are no crops at all. “Most farmers think about the feed they will need next season, and plan for it. ' They get their fields ready. Of late they have been planting winter cover crops because they remember how much better crops grow when thL natural fertilizer is turned under “But one thing they forget most of them. They forget tc ilan for credit. A majority of ''■-r’nrrmek county’s farmers must borrow money every year before n oroo. Some 15C of them are borrowing through ->m of'curity Administration “Now most folks want to put off borrowing until the last minute; they want to borrow as little sa possible. Postponing the time, they think, will cut down on the number of months interest will be • - - charged. But interest on farm loans are, in general, charged on a seasonal basis, rather than by the month. Farmers borrowing through the FSA enter into five year agreements, which allows them sufficient operating capital to buy the proper tools and stock. They pay it back, with 5 per cent interest amortized over five years. “The farmer who waits until just before planting time to ar range for credit is running the risk of having his whole year’s income endangered by nossible delay. If he is borrowing through the FSA this late application makes it impossible for us to work out the required cropping plans. “Applications for FSA loans are now being taken at McCormick FSA Office, Monday through Fri- Health Department Report Narrative Report Of The Work Done By The McCormick County Health Department For The Quarter Ending December 30, 1940. During the past quarter 3 well baby clinics and 5 prenatal clinics were conducted by the local doc tors. 17 Infant and pre-school children were given physical ex aminations. 48 prenatals were admitted to medical service, 95 visited the office, 95 given physi cal examination. 33 treatments given prenatals for syphillis this quarter. 2 midwife meetings were held with an attendance of 33. AH midwife bags were inspected and instructions given at these meet ings. 41 midwives visited the of fice. 26 home visits were made to midwives for supervision. 88 visits were made to the schools in the county. 382 chil dren were given physical exami nation and inspected. 143 chil dren were referred to their familj physician for defects. 140 N. Y. A., C. C. C., hot lunch servers and W. P. A. workers visited the office for immuniza tions. 7 orthopedic cases were carried to Dr. White’s clinic in Greenville. 2 fitted with shoes and braces. I admitted to the Foster Home in. Greenville. 1 dismissed from Gen eral Hospital. 1 carried to Dr. Carpenter for examination. 12 venereal disease clinics were held in the hea'th office with an attendance of 658. 21 new panenfs were admitted to mecical service. 185 treatments cf neoavsphena- mine, 121 bismuth and 5 marpha- sen were administered. 9 patients were referred to their family doc tor. 30 field visits were made to contacts and delinquent patients. Immunizations this quarter con sisted of 289 smallpox, 16 toxiods, 132 typhoid, 439 tuberculin test with 41 positive tuberculin, re actors. All contagious disease reported were visited and necessary pre cautions taken. Laboratory work consisted of 339 blood test for syphillis, 41 g. c. smears and 99 urinalysis. The sanitary inspector made field visits to private premises, schools, public water supply, sew age plants and dairy farms. Food-handling establishments were registered for supervision. Meat markets inspected and foed. handlers permits issued. Respectfully submitted, Francis C. McLane, M. D., Health Officer, Abbeville and’ McCormick Counties. day from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. every week day, and Saturday from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.” .-Jki 1 .A