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TBUa TO OURSKLVKB, OUB NEIGHB OKfl, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. -Ninth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THUR SDAY, MARCH 6, 1941 Number 40 1 gp' This Week In Washington V —... Washington, March 3. (NWNS)— A bargain -with Great Britain, whereby that nation would in- of surplus Amer- products as partial tion for the United States giving full support to the British war program, is being by congressmen from rural Farm groups, which are backing this proposal, point out that ex perts of farm products have fallen off alarmingly and that the lend- lease bill offers an opportunity to make a deal-to regain the lost British market. The farm representatives are >«*an complaining that Great is buying farm products from other countries—cotton from and tobacco from Turkey— but is confining its purchases here to munitions. Last year,- government experts estimate, U. 8. exports of cotton fell off 75 per cent, of wheat over 50 per cent, and that the decrease in exports of tobacco, fruit and other products were equally drastic. Surplus crops have there fore become a more’ serious prob lem than ever. Question Turns to Next Step. When all doubt ended last week as to passage of the lend-lease bill, discussions here turned to what will happen next. Those discussions revolve around the questions of how long we can keep out of actual war, what new measures will be taken to speed up production of planes and other needed equipment and what methods will be used to meet the huge expense that this program will incur. It is feared that the" answers to these problems will involve more squabbling and ill-feeling than the lend-lease bill itself, since many of the Republicans who op posed that bill did so because they didn’t want to give Mr. Roosevelt “dictatorial” powers—not because they were opposed to full aid to England. Hie revenue and defense pro duction programs, however, are more entirely domestic situations and the Republicans have a strong club to back up their opinions on these measures— namely, the business leaders who are called upon to produce the implements of war. On the other hand, the administration feels it is necessary to give labor the best break possible. The administration may feel that it is playing ball with big business by placing business lead ers in many key positions in the defense program, but it is evident that many business men don’t agree. Speaking in behalf of the National Association of Manufac turers, James Preston, Washington columnist, refers to government “plotters” who are “sniping at business men” and says, “If the sniping continues, it wouldn’t sur prise many in Washington to see a whole group of business men tell the President that unless the fir ing ceases they will pack up their bags . . . and go home.” Rough Road Ahead It is expected that, unless some super-plan is thought up to make peace between the administration, business and labor, the defense program is going to travel a rough road. Unfounded reports that Wendell Willkie might head the American Federation x>f Labor is an example of the type of move which might be taken to improve the situation. The new tax program, which will come up this month, is cer tain to put business on guard, ready to start battling all tax sug gestions which would further re- Dr. R. C. Cranberry To Preach At Baptist Church Here Sunday REV. L. K. SIMPSON OF SIMP- SONVILLE ACCEPTS CALL TO THE CHURCH. Announcement is made that Dr. R. C. Cranberry, president of Limestone College, Gaffney, will preach at the McCormick Baptist Church next Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock. Rev. L. K. Simpson, of Simpson- ville, who was called by the church last Sunday, has accepted the call and expects to move here and take up his work as pastor on April 1st. TX1 John C. Kennedy Dies Suddenly 66 .’9 ' HOLLVDOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C T . FRIDAY and SATURDAY March 7th and 8th, 7:00 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. r X‘> , Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. LYNNE ROBERTS_GUY KIBBEE m 61 STREET OF MEMORIES Also Short Subjects “Happy Hunting Ground” “Kiddie Cure” and >2 ‘Quicker’n a Wink' MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY March 10th and 11th, 7:00 P. M. and 9:00 P. M. ALICE FAYE JACK OAKIE BETTY GRABLE JOHN PAYNE in “TIN PAN ALLEY Also A Cartoon “Magic Pencil” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Funeral services for John C. Kennedy, prominent citizen who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home near Troy Saturday night, were held at the home Monday afternoon at three o’clock and interment followed in the Troy cemetery. His pastor, the Rev. R. E. Craig, of the Troy A. R. P. church, and former pastors, the Rev. J. H. Buzhardt, of Charlotte, and the Rev. C. Bynum Betts, of Clinton, conducted the last rites He served as elder of his church for a number of years. The following served as pall bearers: Active—Paul Dowtin, R. L. Dendy, J. M. Cox, Rupert Davis, Frank White, P. W. Roper, D. W. Robinson and .Foster Wardlaw; honorary—J. P. Robinson, W. B. Price, J. T. Creswell, J. L. Russell. A. W. Bradley, W. H. Robinson, T. A. Dowtin, Dr. C. H. Workman, David Dowtin, Kennedy Dowtin, Willie Roberts, Edwin Parker, Guilford Cade and W. R. Bowen Mr. Kennedy was 75 years of age and was a son of William P. Kennedy and Mrs. Margaret Mc- Lane Kennedy of Abbeville county. He spent his youth at Due West where his parents lived for many years and attended Erskine Col lege and later a business school at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He began farming early in life and purchas ed his late home place, originally known as the Hearst place, about 50 years ago. Mr. Kennedy is survived by four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Brad ley, Troy, Mrs. R. T. Nelson, Lake Wales, Fla., Mrs. F. E. Grier, Greenwood, Mrs. T. L. Funder burk, Matthews, N. C.; two sons, W. P. Kennedy, Greenville, and David W. Kennedy, Troy; three brothers, D. S. Kennedy, Donalds; Dr. E. B. Kennedy, Due West; Dr. I. N. Kennedy, Mooresville, N. C., and three sisters, Mrs. John K. | Hood, Anderson; Mrs. Nell K. Moore, Due West, and Mrs. W. C. Kerr, Abbeville. His wife, Mrs. Leila Wardlaw Kennedy, died in October 1926. duce profits. It is expected, how ever, that congress will try to spread taxes over all wage-earners rather than raise funds by new “soak business” or “soak the rich” levies, and that efforts also will be made to do much of the nec- essasy borrowing from the public at large. Informants close to the treasury department say that it is con sidered essential that much of the increased national purchasing power, resulting from the defense program, be loaned back to the government, or price inflation will follow. They point out that a big public demand for automo biles, and other luxuries people would buy as their incomes in crease, would mean that indus tries now doing defense work would not be able to supply the demands of the public. That would send prices sky-rocketing. Therefore, the government will attempt to get the public to use its increased income to buy bonds Aristocratic Pigs At School Auditorium Here This Evening Ballentine’s “Aristocratic Pigs” will appear at the high school auditorium here this evening at 8 o’clock. This entertainment is sponsored by the parsonage committee of the McCormick Methodist Church, which is composed of Mrs. John T. Fooshe, Mrs. Bill Ferguson and Mrs. J. L. Smith. Admission: Children 6 to 12, 20 cents; Adults, 12 and over, 30 cents. v Bundles For Britain Chairman Asks Aid In Distribu tion Of Clothing MateriaL | - nd s ~ vin S stamps. As chairman of the production committee of the American Red Cross for McCormick County, for Bundels for Britain, I am asking the following women to serve with me in the distribution of clothing material, including wool for knit ting, to be made into garments: McCormick— Mrs. J. F. Mattison, Mrs. E. L. Rogers, Mrs. J. A. Talbert. Plum Branch— Mrs. J. L. Bracknell, Mrs. E. C. Rice. Parksville— Mrs. E. A. Williams, Mrs. D. M. Blackwell. Modoc— Mrs. G. E. Dukes, Mrs. Nettie Bussey. Clarks Hill-Meriwether— Mrs. Calvin Sanders, Mrs. J. J. Minarik, Mrs. W. E. Keller. Rehobo th— Mrs. Strom Culbreath, Mrs. Gus Winn. White Town— ■ Mrs. Manning Freeland, Mrs. Dewey White. Callison— ' i Mrs. R. T. Mayson, Mrs. D. L. Burnett. Bethany— ? '■ Mrs. Y. E. Seigler, Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth. Dowtin’s— Mrs. Pal Roper, Mrs. Paul Dowtin. Buffalo— Mrs. Avis Britt, Mrs. T. L. Britt. Young’s— Miss Willie Young, Mrs. S. L. Long. Chestnut Ridge— Mrs. Rex Edwards, Mrs. E. M. Price. De la Howe-Bellvue— Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix, Mrs. E. A. McCormac. Clatworthy’s— Mrs. Luther Link, Miss Clarkie Link. Bordeaux— / Mrs. Janie Cade, Mrs. J. B. Harmon. Willington— Mrs. Jim Hemminger, Mrs. A. B. Andrews. Mt. Carmel— • Mrs. D. J. McAllister, Mrs. Hunter McKinney. You will receive a notice when to come for your package, which each member of the above com mittee will distribute to those in her community, who would like to assist in the making of these garments. Mrs. C. K. Epting, Chairman. x NEW BOOKS \ND PAMPHLETS AT McCOR MICK READING ROOM. “Sapphira and the Slave Girl”, by Willa Gather, has been added to the rental shelf at the McCor mick Reading Room. Brief biographies of the follow ing “Health Heroes” have also been added to the collection and are being widely circulated: Florence Nightingale, Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Marie Curie, Walter Reed, Edward Livingston Trudeau, Edward Jenner. Union Services IN PRESSLY MEMORIAL A. R. P CHURCH NEXT SABBATH EVENING. The monthly union services of the McCormick churches will be held next Sabbath evening at 7:3C o’clock in the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church. Rev. W. M. Owings, pastor of the local Methodist Church, will preach. This is the first time for Bro. Owings to speak in our union services and the people of the community will be glad of the opportunity to hear him. S. W. Reid, Pastor. XXt ; Mrs. J. W. Ypung Dies At Troy Mrs. Margaret Jeanette Young, beloved Troy resident, died at two o’clock Tuesday morning at her home following a period of declin ing health. Mrs. Young was a daughter of the late James Robert Crawford and Mrs. Elizabeth Frythe Craw ford, natives of Abbeville county. She had made her home near Troy all her life, and in early childhood united with the Long Cane church there, later moving her membership to the Troy A. R. P. church. In both institutions she proved herself a loyal and willing worker, offering her serv ices whenever needed. Mrs. Young was the widow of John William Young who died September 19, 1922. She was eighty years of age on the twenty- third of January and during her long life of Christian service she had made many friends who will be grieved ^t her dekth. Surviving f ar& v three daughters: Mrs. Joe Russell, Mrs. Julian Ad ams, and Mrs. Hugh Bowen, all of Troy; one sister, Mrs. Emma Ab ney, Jacksonville, Fla.; nine grand children and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted from the A. R. P. church at Troy Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock with her pastor, the Rev. R. E Craig, and the Rev. J. H. Buzhardt, of Charlotte officiating. Inter ment followed in the Troy ceme tery. Serving as active pallbearers were Robert Young, Jack Young, Floyd Young, Will Long, Reese Young, Will Crawford, J. W. Craw ford, and Samuel R. Young. The following friends composed the escort of honor: Dr. C. H. Work man, J. F. Rush, Jack Gable, Charlie Brown, J. A. Young, Sr., E. C. Young, Rupert Davis, J. M. Cox, R. L. Dendy, J. T. CreSwell, J. P. Robinson, Burton Price, E. L. Long and Clifton Edwards. txt Miss Ruth Diggs At McCormick And Troy Methodist Churches Sunday School ENLARGEMENT CAMPAIGN PLUM BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH The Plum Branch Baptist Church is having a Sunday School Enlargement Campaign, beginning next Sunday, March 9th. We are to have a week of Sunday School effort and study. G. P. Lanier, Pastor. Junior Play At School Auditorium Here March 13th The Junior Class of McCormick High School is presenting a play on Thursday night, March 13th. at 8 o’clock in the High School auditorium. The title of the play is * “Aunt Samanthy Rules The Roost.” The characters are as follows: Aunt Samanthy Simpkins, an old maid—Dorothy Smith. Serena Simpkins, her older niece —Kathryne Smith. Sophie Simpkins, her younger niece—Margaret Bracknell. Polly Paine, maid at the Simp-S kins’—Betty Osborne. Annie Ambrose, the village dressmaker—Helen Willis. Blanche Bowers, a woman of very few words—Inez Cosey. Lucien Littlefield, a farmer— Graydon Dukes. Blair Boswell, who likes Serena. —Sonny Caudle. Frank Fairfield, who likes Sophie —Jamie Sanders. Lawrence Lovewell, a stranger— Fred Morgan. V Buddy Baskins, the grocery boy —Edwin Bradley. Admission: All school children 10 cents; adults 20 cents. -xx- Miss Ruth Diggs, a recently re turned missionary from Korea the daughter of Rev. J. C. Diggs of Honea Path, S. C., will speak at the McCormick Methodist Churcr next Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock and at Troy Methodist Church in the afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Miss Diggs has a message we need to hear in this hour when the world is filled with uncertain ty and the Christian faith anc church is being so sorely tested. There will be no special collec tion. Let all our people make a special effort to be present to hear this message Sunday. • W. M. Owings, Pastor. xx Free Motion Picture Show Cancelled Announcement is made that «h free motion picture, “Ten Nigh- In A Bar-Room,” which W'- scheduled for a showing at the high school auditorium here to night, has been cancelled. Dinner In Honor Of Mrs. Lucy Bowick In honor of Mrs. Lucy Bowick,. who was 79 years of age, a grand dinner was served to about 74 on Sunday, March 2nd, in her home. The dinner was enjoyed by alL Mrs. Bowick received many beau tiful gifts. Those enjoying the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pulley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pul ley and daughter from Laurens, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bowick and family, Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bowen, Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Bussey Bowick and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Edmunds and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brewer and family, Mrs. Joe New and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edmunds- and son, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brewer- and son, Mr. and Mrs. William Bowick and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Spence and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Young and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bowick and son, Mr. Ollie Wideman and fam ily, Mr. Moses Wideman, Mr. Frankie Wideman and three via tors, Miss Cassie Mauney, Miss Nellie Long and Mr. Charles Leslie Edmunds, all from McCormick. txt / T. E. L. Class Enter tained In Home Of Mrs. R. L. Faulkner The T. E. L. Class of the McCor mick Baptist Church was enter tained in the home of Mrs. R. L. Faulkner Wednesday afternoon, February 26 th. The assistant hostesses were Mrs. J. A. Talbert, Mrs. T. C. Faulkner, Mrs. T. E. Fuller, Mrs. James Dorn and Mrs. M. J. Rush. Mrs. G. C. Patterson led the devotional and gave a talk on "Church Attendance” which was very interesting and helpful. After a short business session the hostesses entertained with the game of “Bingo”, and served dainty refreshments of fruit salad, saltines and coffee.