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TSUI TO OUSSKLV** OUS NSI6HB0SS. OUE COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Fortieth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942 Number 45 Washington, D. March 23.— CNWNB)—The shock of oar naval disaster in the Pacific has done even more than the Pearl Harbor War Production board who are apparently working primarily o their bosses back home.” These charges may lead to a "■vor shake-up in the organi zation, for there is no doubt here that Mr. Nelson will “yank out by f he roots” any unco-operative ^set-up found to exist in his board. t A tightening up of all the weak links in the vast government or ganization is being carried on continually and although there are undobtedly many changes attack to arouse angry opposition ne cded it is generally agreed that to all political and selfish actions the war program is now being here which can be interpreted directed with much greater ef- as interfering with our all-out Aciency than it was before Pearl war program. i Harbor. The rush of investigations 1 Orders curbing the civilian started immediately following the supply of countless products are charges of Robert Guthrie that going out thick and fast as are certain industrialists were doing those putting ceilings on prices, everything possible to resist con- The use of automobiles by the verting their plants to full war | civilian population continues to production, is typical of the be a problem of major considera- present attitude. Mr. Guthrie, a $l-a-year. War Production board executive in charge of textile, clothing and leather goods division, resigned his office because, he said, repre sentatives of those industries, both within and without the WPB had blocked his efforts “to effect a sufficient supply of materials to meet the requirements of the war effort.” T took,” said Mr. Guthrie, “what I considered to be a deci- si s stand against the indecision, ti e resistance and t: q procrasti nation of representatives of the a 'cted industries now working within the WPB. I felt that we could no longer afford the risk of ‘too little or too late.’ For these efforts I was labeled ‘hostile to industry.’ ” Donald Nelson, WPB head, be gan an immediate investigation as did the defense investigating co uiiittee of the senate. Com menting on the situation. Senator Herring of Iowa, member of the committee, said: Although I know nothing of the particular matters complained about by Mr. Guthrie, I do know there are men in the Union Meeting At Plum Branch Sunday, March 29 The following is the Union Meeting Program, Edgefield Bap tist Association, to be held at the Plum Branch Baptist Church on Sunday, March 29, 1942, 11:45 A. M., E. W. T.: 1. Devotional—Rev. A. D. Croft, 11:45 a. m. 2. Reports of Churches, 12-12:- 20 p. m. 3. Discussion on Woman’s Mis sionary Union, Mrs. Mamie N. Till man, 12:20-12:35 p. m. 4. Special Music—Plum Branch Male Quartette. 5. Inspirational Address—Rev. L. K. Simpson, 12:40-1:10 p. m. 6. Miscellaneous Business, 1:10- 1:20 p. m. * 7. Lunch, 1:30-2:30 p. m. 8. The Baptist Training Union Program, 2:30 p. m., in charge of Miss Louise Bracknell, Associa- tional Union Director. -xx- Attend W. M. U. Meet At Abbeville tion„ The two most important developments in regard to this recently were the order of the War Production board cutting by 20 ner cent the amount of gasoline to be delivered to service stations in the East and the President’s request for state legislation re- iucing speed limits to 40 miles an hour. It was made clear in the order Rev and Mrs L K Simp _ curbing the supply of gasoline son> Mrs j s Duke s, Mrs. W. J that this was done entirely be- ^ Talbert, Mrs. D. c. Talbert, Mrs. cause of the transportation prob- ; q q Morgan, Mrs. C. H. Huguley, '“m and not because of any short- Mrs. Ernest Hanvey, Mrs. G. C. age of oil. It is expected here Patterson, Mrs. Leon Traylor, Mrs. that this step is preliminary to william Patterson, Mrs. W. S. Ar- the rationing of gasoline, which rington, Mrs. R. H. Talbert, Mrs. would be preferred by many deal- , j. E Ben, M rs. T. R. McAbee, ers since they do not like to im- Mrs. Sarah G. Mattison, and Mrs. nose their own make-shift meth- G A S i mpsonf represented the ods of rationing. The voluntary McCormick Baptist WMU at the reduction of the use of automo- Associational meeting in Abbeville biles which has taken place in the ( Wednesday of last week. East, however, is believed already Plum Branch News by McCormick church was the only one in the Abbeville association to have a WMU reported A-l. Mrs. THEATRE McCORMICK* S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY March 27th and 28th, 7:15 P. M. and 9. P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Johnny Weismuller Maureen O’Sullivan to have reduced consumption most 20 per cent. The President’s request far q. q Patterson is president of the state laws regulating speed Union, Mrs. D. C. Talbert is local automobiles, in order to conserve ywa leader as well as associa- the huge rubber supply which is tional leader, Mrs. F. A. Cosey is on the 30,000,000 motor ^ vehicles q a leader, Mrs. J. F. Buzhardt of the country, will be acted upon an( i Mrs. E. Hanvey, lead the R. N '■'■■■ A. Mrs. James Keown. and Mrs. G. J. Sanders, Jr., lead the Sun beams, Mrs. Keown succeeding Mrs. J. E. Young. Mrs. L. K. Simp son, is director of young people’s work n 99 199 J99 TARZAN’S SECRET TREASURE A l«n A Cartoon “THE BRAVE LITTLE BRAT’ and “POINTS AND ARROWS’ Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax Listen in on WGAC, Augusta, Ga., every day at 12:20 o’clock for program announcements. # . MONDAY and TUESDAY March 30th and 31st, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. FREDERICK MARCH _ MARTHA SCOTT m 66 ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN (Don’t miss this) Also A Sports Parade “WATER SPORTS’’ and LATEST NEWS EVENTS 99 ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents: • Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax. quickly by most state governors. Most ail states which have a law governing the speed limit permit faster than 40 miles an. hour There are only five which now limit speed to 40 miles or less— Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and South Dakota. In addition to new state speed laws, it is also expect ed that' greater enforcement of speed laws will immediately be ipvoked throughout the country. During the month of March the tgovernment took in more rev enue than in any other month in the history of the country— argely as result of the income tax payers. Although it is esti- ~"?ted that income tax payments during the month totaled $2,750,- 000,000, even this huge amount 3eems almost insignificant with the present war costs of over three billion dollars a month. Preliminary analyses of the reports indicate that those in the low-income groups are particu larly anxious to make sure the government gets the full amount which they owe and there appear to be quite a few cases of people paying more than they are asked to, or making a contribution when they weren’t required to pay a tax. The new simplified form for payment of taxes on incomes of less than $3,000 proved very pop ular, the great majority of tax payers in that group using the new form. Congress has now raised the national debt limit to 125 billion dollars in order to make it possi ble to put through additional war appropriations. At the pres- i ent time the government debt is $63,600,000,000 and by the end of the fiscal year, even with new heavy taxes now being planned, it will probably rise to nearly $95,000,000,000. —Buy Defense Bonds— Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Adams of North Augusta and Mrs. Carrie Talbert of McCormick were recent visitors in the home of Mr. S. W. Wideman. All the teachers in the Plum Branch school attended the State Teachers’ Convention in Colum bia. Mr. W. B. Carmichael, the principal, spent the week end with relatives in Dillon County. Mrs. Louise Banks and her little daughter, Betty Clair, visited rel atives in Greenville for the week end. Mr. C. L. Wideman has been quite sick with flu, but is now much improved. Miss Louise Bracknell taught a course in a Baptist Training School at the East Side Church in Newberry last week. The pupils of the Plum Branch School will present an operetta, “The Sleeping Beauty,” on Friday night, March 27th, at 8:30 o’clock. Admission, 11 and 22 cents. The Young Women’s Auxiliary of the Baptist Church met on Wednesday night of last week with Miss Nerine Wall. After the program, in charge of Miss Alta Lanier, had been concluded, re freshments were served. Miss Maggie Wells is the president of the auxiliary. Mrs. Alice Lee Connell and her young daughter, Nina, of Aiken, Mr. Charles Wejls and Miss Cath erine Wells, of Piedmont College, Georgia, and Mr. William Thomas Wells, now of Maine, spent last week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Wells. Mrs. John C. Wells suffered a dislocated arm from a fall in her home last week. Mr. Jesse Collier and family were the week end guests of Mr. R. E. Coleman. The quarterly conferences of McCormick and Asbury pastoral charges convened at St. Paul church here March 22nd. Each of the four churches was well represented. After a most im pressive sermon on “The Biggest Business in the World,” by Supt. E. R. Mason, of Greenwood, the business of the day was transact ed. The financial reports were excellent. A sumptuous dinner Cn the lunch room of the nearby school house concluded the exer cises of the day. Misses Hugh Margaret Freeland and Bernice White, recent grad uates of a business college in Ken tucky, have just resigned their work at Fort Knox, in that state, and have accepted positions in Augusta. Miss Freeland is with The Southern Milling Company, and Miss White is with The Cit izens & Southern Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Coleman and Mrs. Thomas Coleman of Edge- field visited the family of Mrs. Sallie White March 22nd. They also visited Messrs. James and Edward Coleman while here. Mr. Raymond Holloway recent ly underwent a successful opera tion for eye trouble. The unusually heavy rain of ’ast week caused Stevens Creek to rise higher than for several /ears. The Parks mill dam, over which more than two thousand tons of red angry water poured every minute, was truly a won- ierful sight. Modoc News Sullivan News Mrs. Minnie Bussey spent Sun day with her daughter, Mrs. J. O. McDaniel. Mrs. J. M. Stone from Clinton spent one day last week here with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Miss Etoyle Clem is spending some time with her brother, Ser geant Talmage Clem, at Spar tanburg. Mrs. T. J. Clem from Parksville was a week end visitor here to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Miss Marie Bussey and Mrs. Hermon Bussey were dinner guests here Tuesday to Miss Lucy Bussey. Mr. J. O. McDaniel of Augusta spent Sunday and Monday here with homefolks. Miss Permelia Clem of Green wood spent the past week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Mrs. G. E. Dukes, Mrs. Donald Hancock and Mr. G. E. Dukes, Jr., were week end visitors to Miss Hazel Dukes in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Douglas of Augusta spent Sunday p. m. here in the home of Mrs. A. P. Doug las, who is very ill. Mrs. Roy Bailey from Johnson spent the past week here with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash. Mr. G. E. Canteleau of Bradley was a week end visitor here to homefolks. Mr. Cooledge Clem was a week end visitor to his father, Mr. T. J. Clem, at Parksville. -xx- Mt. Carmel News o Mr. Ben Fortson of Lincoln County was a visitor of the Miss es Covin and Mr. Covin one day recently. Sen. L. L. Hester and Mr. W. H. Horton were recent Abbeville vis itors. Mr. Edwin Covin spent the week end in Mt. Carmel. The very heavy down-pour of rain Friday night and Saturday put the rivers, creeks and branch es at flood stage. Everybody is enjoying the bright sunshine this week and hoping for the ground to get dry. Mrs. Otis Black, Mrs. J. R. Tar rant and Miss Gladys Scott were Anderson visitors Saturday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Black and son, John, of Walterboro were week end guests of Mrs. Carrie Tarrant, and all were dinner giiests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sabbath day. Mrs. Myrtle Mauldin, who has been ill in Anderson for some time, returned home last Thurs day. We are glad to say she is doing nicely now. Miss Gladys Scott of Davidson N. C., spent a very pleasant week end at home. Pvt. Tarrant Scot f of New Orleans is also enjoyin r a pleasant 10 days’ stay at home Mrs. Janelle Winn and famihr were spend the day guests of Mrs. Blanch Rambo and family of Kirksey Sunday. Misses Emmie and Willie Nell Winn spent Friday with Miss Mary Louise Seigler. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNeill and children and Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bledsoe and children, of. McCormick visited in the home oF Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Mayseri Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shuford anrf family spent Sunday with Mr^ and Mrs. W. P. Shuford and fam ily of Pickens. We are sorry to report that Master Bobby Winn, son of Mr., and Mrs. R. E. Winn, had pneu monia, but are deligthed that he- is better. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Haltiwanger called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Corley Sunday after noon. Mr. Edgar Winn of Fort Jack- son spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Winn. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Reames Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Homer Anderson and Miss Juanita Reams' oF Greenwood and Corpl. Wilbur Reames of Fort Jackson. ' t Jimmie Corley spent severaE days last week with Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shuford and Mr. W. G. Cor ley. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn and family were supper guests Thurs day night of Mrs. Curtis Corley* of Greenwood. Miss Margaret Corley spent Fri day night with Miss Ethleen Shu ford. Mr. Junior Long of Sumter spent Thursday night with his- sisters, Mrs. Carrie Lou Perryman, and Miss Gertrude Long. Mrs. Janelle Winn received sr card from Calvin while traveling through Texas, also another from?. New Mexico. Mrs. T. B. Gilchrist is apparent ly better at this time. Misses Grace and Thelma Gilchrist were- with her during the past week end. Miss Thelma remained for this week. Many friends and rel— atives have called and offered? their services and shown many' kind favors, which are appreciat ed. Friends of Mr. R. T. West are delighted that he is recuperating, while at home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Corley* were visitors in Columbia Hiure— day. Spends First Birthday With'. Grandmother The palatial country home oF Mrs. J. P. Sullivan was the scene of a happy gathering Sunday^ March 15th. On this lovely occasion Master- Idgar Larinar Foreman, Jr., of | T ackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. • I L. Foreman, (Mrs. Foreman is re- Mrs. Leonora Hardaway and | nembered as Miss Delene Sulli- Miss Mary Hardaway were recent r an), celebrated his 1st birthday Msitors in Columbia and guest of Sergeant Lawrence Hardawav at Fort Jackson for a day or two Mr. Billy Gilliam was a recent visitor in Greenwood. Mr. Harold Gilliam of Green wood was a guest of his mother The February honor roll of the | Mrs Cecil Gilliam, Tuesday. ^lum Branch School is as fol lows: ~IRST GRADE— Jean Creswell, Charley Ann Miner, Jimmie Moore. SECOND GRADE— Dot Wall, Dorothy Ann Strother, Betty Jean Ream. THIRD GRADE— Rose Marie Creswell, Vera Gable, Betty Ann Langley. FOURTH GRADE!— Lillian Campbell, Marylene Wells, Polly Cosey. FIFTH GRADE— Faye Bodie, Montre Jennings, Louise Rice, Evelyn Wall. SIXTH GRADE— Frances Bodie, Mr. Neil Merriett of Washing ton, Ga., was visitor here Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Miss Juanitr Curtis and Miss Mary Hardawa\ will sponsor a dance at the com munity house Friday evening. v Bonds buy bombs, Stamps bu\ bullets! Buy U. S. Defense Bond; or Stamps every pay day! —ON PAY DAY, BUY BONDS— Marian Freeland, Betty Faye White. SEVENTH GRADE— Richard Culbreath. Eunice Wall. EIGHTH GRADE— Marian Campbell. NINTH GRADE— Bedola Campbell, Thomas Culbreath. with his grandmother. The table was laid with an Irish, ible cloth, the center of which was a cut glass bowl filled with, faffcdils and ferns. On a china platter rested a- luge turkey, which was carved later by Mr. Edgar Foreman, Sr., fearby was the birthday cake dec orated with pink frosting, rose buds and green leaves, and the- one candle adorning the center.. Guests on this happy occasion; were Miss Georgia Yeldell, Wind sor Springs, Ga., Frances Bowen, Westminster, J. P. Sullivan, Fort Jackson, Miss Evelyn Sullivan,. McCormick, Ekldie Foreman, Jr^ and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Foreman, of Jackson. Little Edgar was the recipient of many lovely and useful birth day gifts. We wish the fine little fellow many more happy birthdays to be spent with his maternal grand mother, Mrs. J. P. Sullivan. rxr Too little; • too late; too bad! There still is time to buy U. Defense Bonds and Stamps. —ON PAY DAY, BUY BONT'S—