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Fortieth Year
Eatablislicd June 5 f 1902 McCORMIGK, S. C. f XHXJR 3D AY, JUNE 19, 1941
Number 3
Washington, D. C., June 16.—
(NWNB)—The rebellkm of vital
groups in the labor army against
their own union leaders, against
government mediation and against
law enforcement agencies, has
overshadowed everything else in
yrashington as it becomes increas
ingly evident that Communistic
and anti-American groups have a
strong grip on defense industries.
Since the President’s speech to
the nation, in which he said that
- industrial disputes must be set
tled “without stoppage of work,”
there have been more strikes
started than before his speech,
serving as a challenge to him to
do something about it. With
many labor groups getting out of
hand, and new strikes developing
in our most necessary defense in
dustries, plant seizures and the
use of the army to force men to
work can be expected until the
situation is in hand.
The public began demanding
immediate government interven
tion in the strike situation when
C. I. O. strikers at the North
American Aviation company’s
California plant defied their na
tional leaders by refusing to work
while negotiations were carried on
and wired President Roosevelt’s
secretary saying, “The armed
forces will not break our strike.
Bombers can’t be made with
bayonets.” This defiance of the
President by a union in a company
which has $200,000,000 in defense
orders, was considered by most
congressmen to be “a last straw*’
and an invitation for the govern
ment to use every power at its
command to curb such unruliness.
The danger of the situation was
piade glaringly apparent when
the strikers booed their union’s
national director, Richard Frank-
ensteen, and refused to listen to
his pleas to continue working. Mr.
Frankensteen then admitted that
“the vicious underhand maneuver
ing of the Communist party was
apparent in the strike.” Declar
ing the strike to be a “wildcat
strike” opposed by C. I. O. leaders,
Mr. Frankensteen expressed the
feeling of most officials here when
he told the strikers, “Your action
today has made one man the
happiest in the world—that is
Hitler.
While strikes are seriously dis
rupting defense production, capital
experts are insisting that our pro-
duction must be speeded up to a
point *far above previous goals if
we hope to compete with the pres
ent $3,000,000,000 a month produc
tion schedule now in forefe in Nazi
Germany. Following testimony to
this effect before the senate de
fense committee, Senator Connally
of that committee commented:
“All we are doing is advertising to
Germany and the world that we
are in a mess on this program.
What we need is fewer statistics
and more action.”
There has been considerable
heated debate over the adminis
tration’s bill which would give the
President the right to seize all
kinds of property, either personal
property or industrial plants, and
pay for them what he considered
a fair price. Even the President
himself expressed surprise over
the drastic terms of the bill, say
ing that he had not read the
measure as prepared by the war
i department. He seemed to agree
that some limitation should be put
on the seizure of necessary prop
erty, x saying that he had no
thought of the government taking
permanent possession of property,
as provided in the bill. Indications
are that the bill, with some toning
down, will be passed by congress,
as are practically all administra
tion-sponsored bills having to do
with, defense. Passage will give
the President more dictatorial
powers than have ever been held
by any other President, it is gen-
Slow to Wrath, but-
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Byrnes Appointed
To Supreme Court
Senator James F. Byrnes of
Spartanburg, South Carolina, was
appointed to the United States
Supreme Court last Thursday
morning by President Franklin D
Roosevelt. The appointment of
Senator Byrnes was approved a
few minutes later by the Senate.
Senator Byrnes had been promi
nently mentioned for the high-
tribunal for some time. His term
in the United States Senate will’
not expire until 1943. The gover
nor of South Carolina will appoint
a man to fill out six months of
the unexpired term. A special
election will be held to elect a
Senator to fill out the rest of
Senator Byrnes’ term.
In addition to Senator Byrnes,
Attorney General Jackson was ap
pointed as a justice and Associate
Justice Harlan F. Stone was ap
pointed to the position of Chief
Justice succeeding Charles E.
Hughes who has resigned as Chief
Justice.
Inspection Station
Moves To McCor
mick, June 21st
is
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMIGK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
June 20th and 21st, 7:15 P. M. and 9:00 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
THREE MESQUITEERS
MOUNTAIN RANGERS”
Also
A Popeye Cartoon
Olive’s Sweepstake Ticket”
A Sportlight
"Lasso Wizzards”
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and
A Musical
"Those We Love”
MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents
MONDAY and TUESDAY
June 23rd and 24th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:20 P. M.
MADELEINE CARROLL—FRED MacMURRAY
’in
“VIRGINIA”
(In Technicolor)
Also
A Musical
“Bob Chester & Orchestra”
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children, up to 12, 10 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 15 cents
The inspection of private pas
senger cars and commercial vehi
cles for the Second Period of 1941
is scheduled to begin in McCor
mick on June 23 and continue
through July 7, 1941. This is the
•only stop that inspection station
No. 16 will make in McCormick
county during the present inspec
tion period which ends October 31,
1941. John K. Bradley, Supervisor
of the station, announced today
that the mobile testing lane would
be set up near the City Hall, and
that the station would be open
every week day from 8 to 5 o’clock
except on Saturday when the
hours will be from 8 to 1 o’clock.
Both commercial vehicles and
private passenger cars must now
undergo the safety test and secure
approval certificates for the Sec
ond Period of 1941. All motor
vehicle owners in McCormick
county are urged to secure the
new sticker before the inspection
unit leaves their community.
The inspection station will be
moved to Ridge Springs on July 8,
1941.
erally agreed.
The threat of gas-less Sundays,
is made by Secretary of Interior
Ickes who has been made czar of
the oil industry, has stirred up a
good deal of opposition both ift
Washington and in the state gov
ernments. The first reaction of
"he populace was that it would be
glad to use less gas if that would
aid defense, but study of the facts
showed the supply of gas and oil
is plentiful—that the whole prob
lem is one of lack of ships for get-
;ing gas and oil to the East coast
State and federal tax expert?
| pointed out that taxes on gasoline
have been a leading source of
revenue, and a cutting down of
gasoline sales would necessitate
passage of new revenue-producing
| measures.
The solution, most congressmen
believe, is to build pipelines for
| carrying oil to the East coast. Two
pipelines from Texas, which it is
believed could be built in a year,
would carry 475,000 barrels a day
to the East coast, whereas the re
duction in tankers has caused a
daily decline of only 200,000 bar
rels. Thus, even with increased
shipping problems, it is believed,
the pipelines would keep a plenti-
; ful supply flowing to the East.
Mrs. E. F. Bussey ,
Dies At Modoc
Mrs. Bertie Howie Bussey, 55,
wife of, E. F. Bussey, died Monday
morning at about 6 o’clock at her
home in Modoc following an ill
ness of one year.
Daughter of the late Sara Mc
Daniel and W. L. Howie, of Modoc,
Mrs. Bussey spent most of her
life at Modoc. She spent seven
years at Lockhardt, Ga., her hus
band’s former home.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Modoc Baptist church,
of which she was an active and
devoted member, at 3:00 p. m.
Tuesday. Rev. George P. Lanier
officiated, and interment followed
in the churchyard cemetery.
Active pallbearers were W. R.
Brown, Joe A. Hornsby, Leo
Hornsby, Courtland Robertson,
Clarence Howie and Albert Howie.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two daughters. Miss Lucy
Bussey, of Modoc; and Miss Rosalie
Bussey of McCormick; four sons,
William E. Bussey, of Augusta;
Ben F. Bussey, of Fort Knox, Ky.;
James W. Bussey, of Columbia,
3. C.; and Henry J. Bussey, of
«*rogmore, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs.
J. G. Robertson, and Mrs. Lula
Brown, of Avondale, N. C., and
.wo brothers, W. L. Howie, of
Winkleman, Arizona; and T. D.
lowle, of Modoc.
J. S. Strom, funeral director,
n charge.
Rev. O. T. Porcher,
Of Bennettsville. Dies
Program
Of The Union Meeting, Edgefield
Association, Edgefield Baptist
Church, Sunday, June 29th.
11:00 A. M.—Devotional—Rev. J.
T. Burris. (10 minutes.)
11:10 A. M.—Reports of churches,
md appointment of committees.
(20 minutes.)
Topic for Discussion “The Sun-
lay School.”
11:30 A. M.—“History of the
Sunday School Movement”—Rev.
J. Y. Frady. (10 minutes.)
11:40 A. M.—“Fifty Fruitful
Years, the Sunday School Board”—
Mr. H. W. Sawyer. (10 minutes.)
11:50 A. M.—“The Teaching
Service of the Church”—Mr. Mob
ley Williams. (10 minutes.)
12 M.—Address, “The mission of
the church in our present world
crisis”—Hon. J. Strom Thurmond.
(30 minutes.)
12:30 P. M.—Miscellaneous busi
ness, and adjourn for lunch.
2 P. M.—Afternoon program—
Miss Louise Bracknell, Training
Union Director.
The Rev. Octacvius ^ Theodore
Porcher, retired Episcopal minister,
died in a Bennettsville hospital
Saturday morning after an ex
tended illness. He was 75 years
of age.
Funeral services were conducted
at St. Paul’s Episcopal church at
Bennettsville Sunday afternoon at
6 o’clock, and interment was in
McCall cemetery. Bishop A. S.
Thomas of Charleston and the
Rev. George H. Harris, rector of
St. Paul's church officiated.
Mr.. Porcher was the son of O. T.
and George Anna DeVaux Porcher.
He was born at Willington but
spent the majority of his life in
the lower section of the state. On
November 19, 1891, he was married
to Miss Harriett Huger of Charles
ton and she died December 18,
1937.
He graduated from Porter Mili
tary academy, Charleston, and the
University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn. He was a trustee of the
Episcopal orphanage in York, re
signing from this last year, but
serving as a trustee longer than
any other person in the history of
the institution. He went to St.
Paul church in 1918 and remained J
there until two years ago when {
he retired. He served as pastor of
St. Stephens Episcopal Church at
Willington and the Church of the
Resurrection in Greenwood for a
number of years. He also served
as pastor of St. Barnabas church
in Dillon.
He was actively engaged in all
matters affecting the life of the
community and was the organizer
of the first Boy Scout troop at
Bennettsville. He remained active
in this work until his health
caused him to retire. He was in
terested in matters of civic inter
est. He was a member of Marl
boro lodge, No. 88, AFM.
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Baptist Bible School
Commencement
Local Board No. 57
Now Open For
New Registration
The office of Local Board No.
57, McCormick, S. C., is open and
will be open, through July 1, 1943,
from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Monday
through Friday, and 9 a. m. to 1
p. m. on Saturday, for the purpose
of registering men who have
reached the age of 21 since
October 16, 1940, and who will
have reached the age of 21 by July
1, 1941.
Dan A. Bell, President,
Mrs. George Dorn, Clerk.
Dr. Echols At Pressly
Memorial Church
Next Sabbath
Dr. L. I. Echols, who was with
us in our special services last
summer, will preach next Sab
bath morning at 11 o’clock in the
Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church.
Dr. Echols is field secretary of
the Home Mission Board of our
denomination. He has rendered a
notable service to the cause of
home missions, both as pastor and
as secretary of the Home Board.
Dr. Echols will speak at 3:30
p. m. in the Wideman school
house. The public is cordially in
vited.
S. W. Reid,
Minister.
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First Cotton Blooms
Cotton blooms from this year’s
crop have been received by this
office as follows:
White and red bloom from Mr.
F. P. Deason of McCormick on
June 12th.
White bloom from Mr. E. P. Winn
of McCormick Route 2 on June
16th.
One white bloom and one red'
bloom from Mr. J. E. Winn of
McCormick Route 2 on June 16th..
Union Meeting
Edgefield Association, Edgefield
Baptist Church, Sunday,
June 29th.
Sunday Night
The Vacation Bible School of
the McCormick Baptist Church
which has been in session for the
past two weeks will hold its com-!
mencement exercises in the church
Sunday evening at eight o’clock j
The various departments will take
part and the pastor will speak. A
cordial invitation is extended toj
all to attend these exercises.
The regular Union Meeting of
the Edgefield Association will meet
with the Edgefield Baptist Church
on Sunday, June twenty ninth.
The morning program is under
the direction of Mr. H. E. Free
land, Moderator of the Union
Meeting; and the afternoon pro
gram is under the direction of
Miss Louise Bracknell, Associa-
tional Training Union Leader.
Every church in the Association is
urged to send delegates, and visi
tors are cordially welcomed.
A. D. Croft.
Chairman, Program Committee.
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