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xmus TO OUB1KLV1GI, OUtfc NEIGHBOM, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirty-Ninth Year
Established June 5 9 1902 McCORMICK, S. C.* THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941
Number 51
WUHUKTON
Washington, May 19.—(NWNS)
—The mad whirl of conflicting
opinion on the war issue has
reached such an intensity here
that a break is bound to come
soon—a break which will deter
mine whether we will enter the
war or will re-define “short of
war" to permit us to give greater
aid to Britain without actually be
coming a belligerent.
No tme can predict what devel
opments will take place from day
to day which will force a decision
and even the congressmen closest
to the President do not feel cer
tain that they know his plans.
The President's spokesmen, such
as Secretary of the Navy Knox and
Secretary of War Stimson are
practically urging war, but are
doing so in words which allow for
back-watering. They ask for con
voys without using the word “con
voys." _ They stress the war as
being our war, but avoid asking us
to send men.
In congress the majority are
believed to be for convoys, even
though it may mean war, but
mapy of the representatives re
fuse to talk on the subject for
fear of the reactions back home.
The strong isolationist group, on
the other hand, is speaking at
every opportunity realizing that
they are fighting with their backs
to the wall.
Both isolationists and those who
•believe that opr future depends on
a victory for ^Britain are grasping
^at.evejg jtr^w of public opinion in
the hope of finding out how far
their constituents are willing to
jo, but they all have found that
ic opinion is confused, un-
irtain and diversified
Polls, such as the Gallup poll.
continue to show strong senti-
1 ■ t •
ment for giving all-out aid to
Britain but equally strong senti
ment against using our armed
forces. The problem of how to
continue to satisfy both of these
aims is becoming increasingly
difficult of solution.
Organized groups, which have
taken a definite stand, continue
to bring pressure on congress and
the President. The strong Com
mittee to Defend America by Aid
ing the Allies is urging the adop
tion of a six-point program, in
cluding the use of naval convoys,
which they admit “may lead to
armed conflict.”
Conflicting Opinions Heard.
A large group of women, with
Kathleen Norris, popular authoress,
as their spokesman, are demand
ing that the President hold to his
campaign promise of not using
our armed forces to fight in for
eign wars; the America First Com
mittee and the Lindbergh-Wheel
er isolationists are charging that
we are being forced into war un
necessarily and against the will
of the people; Winston Churchill
is calling across the sea for im
mediate help; thousands of people
who attended a “Freedom Rally”
in New York wired the President
urging the use of convoys.
In congress, Senator Pepper was
applauded'for urging that we “get
tough" even if it means losing a
few lives, and Senator Nye was
applauded for saying that men
like Senator Pepper are “blitz-
krieging the American people into
this war.”
Whether the President has
clear plan of what he wants done
and is waiting for public opinion
to catch up with him, or whether
he, like the‘public, is also grasp
ing in the dark for some way of
getting our goods to Britain with
out actually becoming involved in
the war, is a subject of much de
bate. The argument of. Herbert
Hoover, that we would have to
keep more materials for our own
use, and consequently could not
give as much aid to Britain, if we
were actually in the war, may also
be the President’s viewpoint, it is
Closing Exercises
Of McCormick Public Schools
Be^in May 25th.
HOlimOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
May 23rd and 24th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:00 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
JACK BENNY FRED ALLEN
in
“LOVE THY NEIGHBOR”
Also
A Popeye Cartoon
“Eugene, The Jeep”
and
A Sportlight
“Canine Sketches”
MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
May 26th and 27th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:25 P. M.
ROBERT TAYLOR—RUTH HUSSEY
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“FLIGHT COMMAND”
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A Miniature
“The Great Meddler”
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
The Fev. L. K. Simnson, nastor
of the McCormick Baptist Church,
will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon to the McCormick High
School graduates. The services
will take place on Sunday evening.
May 25, at 8:30 o’clock in the high
school auditorium.
On Thursday, May 29, the sen
iors will present class night exer
cises, to which the public is cor
dially invited.
Graduation exercises will be held
Friday, May 30, at 8:30 o’clock in
the high school auditorium. Dr.
S. C. Hodges of Greenwood, who
is widely known over the state as
an excellent speaker, will address
the graduating class. Anne Bussey
Seigler and Norma Holloway will
be the valedictorian and saluta-
torian, respectively.
State High School diplomas will
be delivered to the following
students:
Gladys Mae Brock,
Dorothy Vermeil Brown,
Doris Chamberlain,
Ruby Elizabeth Cothran,
MUdred Virginia Creighton,
Virginia Ann Fooshe,
Cornelia Freeland,
Henrietta Bradley Gilbert,
Edith Atwood Henderson,
Norma Elizabeth Holloway,
Willie Mae Humphreys,
Mary Cornelia Jennings,
Alice Mable Lanier,
Nellie Long,
Mildred Emily McDonald,
Mary Jane McKinney,
Nettie Louise Morgan,
Harriet White Pinson,
Helen Claire Pinson,
Sarah Juliet Rush,
Anne Bussey Seigler,
Marjorie Odessa Seigler, _.
Thelma Lou Stroud,
Margaret Jane Wall,
Mamie Louise Walker,
Wilma Pauline Walker,
Ralph Hubert Bowick,
Joseph Frederick Buzhardt, Jr.,
James Randel Hadsock, Jr.,
Ernest Alexander Hanvey,
John Sanders Harris,
Cecil Harmon Patterson,
Lewis Furqueron Scruggs,
James Grady Strom,
Charles Rudolph Strom, Jr.
ADMISSION: Adults. 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15. 15 cents
believed by some.
All other issues in Washington,
many of which would be headline
news in normal times, are now
Inconsequential compared with
this one momentous question of
war. The seizure and use of Ger
man and Italian ships; the seiz
ure of German seamen and Italian
aliens charged with violation of
our immigration laws; the seizure
of funds of tne German dye trust;
all have contributed to the inten
sity of the war situation, but are
of comparatively minor impor
tance.
Bombers, 500 a Month.
The only other leading interest,
and of course a closely related
one, is the progress of our defense
program. Each week, new moves
are made to speed that program.
Sidney Hillman, associate director
general of the Office of Produc-
ion Management, has worked out,
with labor leaders, a plan for put
ting defense industries on a 160-
hour week of four shifts; Presi
dent Roosevelt has ordered that
i production of heavy bombers be
jushed up to 500 a month to
create the world's most powerful
fleet of long-range bombers; gov-
rnment figures are released to
how that plane production now
.s ahead of schedule and may
•each 20,000 planes for the year."
The war department released
olans for maneuvers next fall
which will probably be of greater
~>cope than ever before attempted
by any country in peacetime;
army headquarters announced
that our army now includes 1,302,-
500 men; and it was revealed that
plans are now being made to call
up a million more men for listing
under the selective service act
Mrs. J. L. Bosdell
Claimed By Death
Mrs. J. L. Bosdell, 57, died at her
home near here last Thursday
morning after an illness of five
years.
Funeral services were conducted
at the graveside at Tranquil
Methodist church near Greenwood,
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock with
Rev. W. M. Owings, pastor of the
McCormick Methodist Church,
officiating.
She- was the former Miss Lizzie
Rebecca Scott of Greenwood,
daughter of J. T. and Mattie Ad
kins Scott, who survive, along
with her husband; three daugh
ters and two sons, Mrs. W. W.
Thomason, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Mrs. Nona Deal, Mrs. Ellen Hart,
J. T. Bosdell and William Bosdell,
all of McCormick; three grand
children, and one brother, J. T.
Scott of Millen, Ga., also survive.
She was a member of Bethel
Methodist church of Greenwood.
Pallbearers were John T. Faulk
ner, J. D. Richy, Elvln Brock, J. F.
Mattison, J. B. Wiley and John
Wiley.
J. S. Strom, funeral director,
in charge
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Mrs. E. W. Callison
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Emma Polattie Callison
wife of E. W. Callison of the Cal
lison section of Edgefield county
died at her home Friday morning
at eleven o’clock following a pro
longed illness.
Mrs. Callison was a daughter o
the late J. F. Polattie and Mrs. Lou
Polattie Powell. She was sixty-
two years of age, having been
bom July 22, 1878. Since child
hood she had been a member of
Bold Sprigs Baptist church where
she was an activfe and loyal sup
port^ of all religious activities
In her community shfe^was willing
to serve whenever her assistance
was needed **er numerous friends
will be saddened at her death.
Surviving besides her husband
are two sons, Woodrow ^Callison,
Georgetown, Roy Callison^Mariet
ta, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. Mary
Lou Hollingsworth, Greenville, Mrs
G. T. Ouzts and Mrs. G. L. Cole
man, Phoenix; two brothers, Joel
T. Powell, Columbia and E. J.
Powell, Coronaca.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday morning at eleven o’clock
from Bold Springs Baptist church
with the Rev. A. D. Croft officia
ting. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
The following served as pall
bearers: Active—G. R. Mayson, J.
Evans Winn, Irvin Reames, Robert
Winn, J. P. Sullivan, J. J. Mayson,
H. L. Corley and Wallace Mayson;
honorary—E. C. Schuford, T. B.
Gilchrist, Leonard Reames, Tom
Mayson, E. P. Winn, Jim Reames,
Joe B. Gilchrist, J. H. Seigler, R.
B. Bell, Jack Bradley, W. M.
Rodgers, T. M. Miller, Wallace
White, Dr. C. H. Workman, Chick
Winn and Press Mayson.
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Closing Exercises
For Washington Consolidated High
School Announced.
Little Beverly Louise
Thompson Dies
Funeral services for little Bev
erly Louise Thompson, thirteen-
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Norris Thompson of Mc
Cormick, who died at the Ander
son County Hospital shortly after
midnight Monday morning follow
ing an illness of about two weeks
were conducted from the Star
Methodist Church at 11 o’clock
Tuesday morning.
The Rev. W. W. Pendleton, pas
tor, in association with the Rev
E. L. Kugley of Anderson and the
Rev. W. M. Owings of McCormick,
conducted the services. Burial fol
lowed in Silver Brook cemetery at
Anderson.
Active pallbearers included Billy
Rainey, Wayne Jones Jr., Bobbif
Pettigrew, and Harold Seigler.
In addition to her parents, she
is survived by the paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
next July. Those men will be the 1 Thompson, and the materna’
ones who have reached the age of grandmother, Mrs. W. Reeves
ii since registration day last fall. ] Chamblee, all of Starr.
Closing exercises for the Wash
ington Consolidated High School
have been announced by Mr. E. A.
Williams, Superintendent.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. E. S.
Jones, pastor of Grace Methodist
Church, North Augusta, S. C., on
Sunday morning, May 25, in the
school auditorium. On Thursday
night, May 29, the annual gram
mar school night will be held.
Short plays will be presented by
the grammar school grades and
the seventh grade pupils will re
ceive their certificates.
Graduating exercises will be
held Friday night, May 30, in the
high school auditorium.
Members of the graduating class
this year are: Maxie Bailey, Isa
belle Rich, Sara Frances Bussey,
Addie Bunch, Ella Parks, Sara
Howie, Mary Ellen Buchanan,
Cehoy McDaniel, Angelle Bussey,
Rose Reese, Rae Gilchrist, Ralph
Ridlehoover, Thomas Blackwell,
Paul Winn, Jesse Reese, Earl Col
lier, Earl Bridges and Jimmy Jef
ferson.
Juniors Entertain
Seniors At Wash
ington School
On Friday, May ninth, the
Washington Consolidated High
School was the scene of a festive
occasion when the Juniors enter
tained the Seniors with a Patriotic
banquet.
Appropriate red, white, and blue
streamers, balloons, flags, and
suitable placecards, carried out
the patriotic motif. A delicious
three course dinner was served
by waitresses and waiters, from
the eighth and ninth grades.
During the course of the evening
the following program was enjoy
ed:
Song: America.
Commander-in-Chief — G. C.
Sanders, President of Junior Class.
Secretary-of-Labor — Charles
Stone (Welcome by a Junior).
Washington—Winston Campbell.
The Old Home Town—Myrtle
Seigler.
Jefferson—Virgil Wall.
Fortunes of Junior and Senior
Classes.
America for me—Gene Williams.
Lincoln—Robert Wilkie.
Contest: Matching American
Partners.
The Ship of State—Mr. E. A.
Williams.
A Citizen speaks to his country
—Jimmy Jefferson.
Special Music.
Song: God Bless America.
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Series Of Services
Starts At Cedar i
Springs Church, 23
Rev. H. E. Pressly of .Anderson
will conduct a series of services at
he Cedar Springs church begin
ning Friday morning, May 23, at
11 o’clock.
Services will also be held Satur
day and Sabbath at 11. In con
nection with the Sabbath morn-
ng services the Lord’s Supper wilt
be observed. After dinner, which
will be served on the grounds, the
closing sermon will be preached.
We invite you to worship with us
in these services.
R. E. Craig.
Commencement
Exercises At De la Howe State
School Start Sunday, May 25th.
The John De la Howe State
School will begin its commence
ment exercises on Sunday, May
25th, at 11 o’clock A. M., when the
Rev. G. Bartow Harris, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Sum
merville, S. C., and a former mis
sionary to India, will preach the
sermon.
Oh Monday, May 26th, at IT.
A. M., Dr. F. W. Bradley, Dean of
the University of South Carolina^
will deliver the commencement
address. State High School diplo
mas will be delivered to the fol
lowing students: Emmett Steven
son, Saluda County; Johnnie
Griffin, Anderson, Co.; Earl and
Pearl Barnwell, Greenville Co.;
Marie Huffman, Beaufort Co.;
Vernelle Childress, Union Co.;
Kathleen Neese, Greenville Co.;
Irene Busbee, Edgefield Co.; Doris
Wright, Bettye Thomerson and
Lois Ellis, Abbeville Co.; Odessa
Crowley, Darlington; Dessie Sher
iff, Oconee; Odessa Hodges, Mc
Cormick; Iris Geddings, Richland;
Virginia Turbeville, Horry; Sallie
South and Eunice Pace, Laurens.
Avery Horne of Greenwood County
will receive a State Industrial
Diploma.
Mr. J. M. Nickles, of Abbeville.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
has called a board meeting im
mediately following the morning
exercises, Monday.
Supt. E. F. Gettys states that the
past scholastic year has been the
best of the ten which he has
served the institution as super
intendent, with fewer scholastic
failures and a higher standing
shown in the achievement tests.
This school, which is the oldest
manual training foundation in
America and a free home for the
indigent children of South Caro
lina, is attracting public attention
in the fine type of work being ac
complished and people from all
sections of the country visit it
with interest.
The public is cordially invited
to the commencement exercises.
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Poppy Day Next
Saturday
Poppy Day will be observed next
Saturday, May 24th.
A committee composed of mem
bers of local auxiliary unit of the
American Legion will have charge
of the distribution and sale of the
poppies.
Money derived from the sale of
these poppies will go to patients
in Veterans’ Hospital.
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Postoffice And Rural
Routes To Observe
Holiday May 30th
Postmaster J. E. Bell, states
that Friday, May 30th, is a legal
holiday and patrons desiring
stamps or mail will have to get
them between 9:00 and 10:00 A. M.
as the postoffice will boserve Sun
day hours.
There will not be any rural
route service that day.
L. L. Hester, Jr., Can-’
didate For Gradua
tion From The Citadel
Miss Jane Bracknell
On Senior Salute
Program At Coker)
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Hartsville, May 20.—Miss Jane
Bracknell of Plum Branch, a mem
ber of the graduating class at
Coker College, was one of the
speakers who represented her
class in a Senior Salute program
given recently at the college
chapel hour. The speakers re
viewed their four years as Coker
students, discussing various phases
of college life.
Charleston, May 21.—Lawrence
L. Hester, Jr., of Mt. Carmel, S. C..
is among the 172 candidates for
graduation from The Citadel on
May 31.
Outstanding in his class, Hester
is pursuing the pre-medical course
and is a member of the Citadel
Pre-Medical Society. His other
activities include membership in
the Dramatic Society, junior
sword drill team, and on the year
book staff.
He is enrolled in the infantry
R. O. T. C. unit, and holds the
rank of cadet captain in eonw
mand of Company B.
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