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TBU1 TO OUBSELVKS, OUB NEIGHB OBB, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD* Forty-First Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942 Number 10 This Week in Washington, D. C., August 3. — (NWNS)—Under a new pro gram announced by Leon Hender son, head of the Office of Price Administration, a purchaser can sue a retailer for at least $50 if the retailer charges a price higher than that established by retail price ceilings. Under Mr. Hender son’^ order, which is expected to aid greatly in the enforcemnt of maximum prices, a civilian can sue for treble the overcharge by a re tailer, or for $50, which ever is greater, and the retailer will also be required to pay court costs, lawyer’s fees, etc. On many lines of goods, the reg- cost of living. Although thousands of types of products are under strict price control, the cost of living, in the eyes of most people, is measured primarily by the cost of food. With food prices rising there is an in creasing demand that all food prices be put under control of the OPA. But it is not likely that' an ~^"usic] congress will agree to this — at | ^ least until after the election — be- -j^ q , rp cause of the strong farm bloc in JjOy oCOUX 1 TOOp congress which insists on watch ing out for the interests of the farmers no matter how contrary that procedure may be to the in- Civilian Defense Day In McCormick Friday, August 7 The program begins at 11:00 o’ clock a. m. Everybody in the county is urged to hear the speakers on air raid protection. Speakers on program: Jacobs, and others. Bring own picnic lunch. Barbecue will be sold. Home Guard parades. Amplifying system for speakers Dr. Organized Here Tonight, August 6th, at the Ma sonic Lodge, some of McCormick’s terests of the nation as a whole. v«x UI XCB- attitude of congress was boys will join the Boy Scouts of ulation is expected automatically clearly demonstrated when both America by passing their Tender- to take care of ^ a °y CC “ e f ! houses, despite presidential oppo- foot requirements. Others who there are still which stand in the way of perma nent price stabilization. Tne demand for freezing of farm prices and for the freezing of wages has increased greatly during the last month. The rap idly increasing costs of certain meats, plus the shortage of meats in some cities, is blamed on the lack of control over farm prices. Figures indicate that the cost of jiving continues to rise because of the food products which are not under price control. According to figures releasd by Mr. Henderson, the price of uncontrolled lamb rose 10 per cent between May 15 and June 15, the greatest increase there ever has been in such a short period, the price of uncon trolled roasting chickens rose 9 per cent. On the controlled foods, such as beef, bananas and canned fruits and vegetables, the price has de clined in most k cases, but the in crease in prices on uncontrolled items has offset all reductions‘‘and caused an increase in the Mrs. P. L. Reagan Claimed By Death Mrs. Parrie Leard Reagan, 73, djed at her home at Troy early Friday morning after an extend ed illness. Funeral services were conducted at Troy Associate Reformed Pres byterian Church, of which she was a life-long member, Saturday af ternoon at 5 o’clock. The Rev. W. P. GriW, the pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. Wade Kay, and interment was in the Troy ceme tery. Officials of the church com posed an honorary escort, and ac tive pallbearers were C. N. Ed wards, J. F. Rush, W. P. Long, An sel Talbert, Sydney Russell and Charlie Brown. Mrs. Reagan was the daughter of the late Samuel P. and Loraine Creswell Leard, pioneer citizens of that section. Her husband, Young P. Reagan, died in 1915. The de ceased taught school in Lincoln County, Ga., in her early woman hood, and later did practical nurs ing throughout this section. Mrs. Reagan is survived by one sister, Miss Belle Leard, of Troy, with whom she made her home; sition, passed a measure to estab- were scouts before the organiza- lish a separate government agency tion of this troop will be reinstat- to encourage the manufacture of ed at the rank they last held. The synthetic rubber from farm prod- new troop is being sponsored by ucts. Because of the controversy the Masons. over whether synthetic rubber) Scoutmaster is Mr. W. N. Smith. should be made from farm prod- The Assistant Scoutmasters are ^ ^ T ^ _ ucts, from oil, or from both, con- Mr. C. R. Sanders and Mr. J. M. tw ° brothers, Ed Leard, of Tioy, gress decided to take this matter Dorn. The troop will meet every an ^ B - Leard, of Atlanta, into its own hands and see that Thursday at 8:00 at the Masonic J * s - Strom, funeral director, m the group with the largest number, Lodge until a Boy Scout hall is chrage. of votes got the break no matter secured. which method was adjudged best Any boys twelve years of age or Revival Meeting At by experts on the War Production over wishing to join please meet I c? j ;)oard | with the Scout leaders and the The insistence of Congress on boys at the Masonic Lodge over doing favors for the farmers, no the City Hall tonight. The boys matter what the consequences to f re reall y wor |“ n e * P u ^‘ s ne » the nation may be. is considered troop over and they *ant the pub- here to be the chief dangerpoint | »c’s interest and support. -TXI- Parksville Baptist Church Starts Aug. 9 Hospital Named For The Late Brig. Gen. James M. Kennedy in our efforts to stem inflation; and may also interfere with our war production, as threatened by the synthetic rubber move. The next most important threat to our emergency program is the unwillingness of the government to take a firm nand with labor. The decision of the War Labor total board to increase wages in the -txx- Throw your scrap into the fight. Bomb the Japs with junk! MimOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. In the book of successful farm ing there are many legume leaves. “Little Steel” industries by an amount equal to the increased costs of living— a decision which has set a formula tor the de mands of all industry—is believed by experts here to be a Protracted revival meeting is to begin Sunday, August 9th, at 8:45, at the Parksville Baptist Churcn. Rev. L. K. Simpson is to assist the pastor, beginning on Monday at 8:45 p. m. The public is invited. G. P. Lanier, Pastor. J XX Republican Evangelis tic Services Start August 10th FRIDAY and SATURDAY Aug. 7th and 8th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:30 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. HUMPHREY BOGART—CONRAD VEIDT m 399 • ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax m | 1$ m >1 Listen in on WGAC, Augusta, Ga., every day at 12:20 o’clock for program announcements. MONDAY and TUESDAY Aug. 10th and 11th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:30 P. M. BOB HOPE VERA ZORINA t 66 in LOUISIANA PURCHASE (Technicolor) Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS 99 §S m. w m A series of evangelistic services move I will begin at Republican Metho- which practically forces inflation, dist Church next Monday evening, Under that formula, each time August 10th, and continue through there was an increase in living the following Sunday costs there would be more de- Rev. D. R. Dickerson, an honor- mands for pay rises, manufac- ed member of the Upper South turers would have to increase Carolina Conference, is to assist their prices to meet the increase* the pastor. Rev. W. M. Owings, in labor costs and a vicious circle these services, would be put into operation in Preaching daily at 11 a. m. and which wages and prices would 9 p. m. throughout the week, race upward together. The public is cordially invited All of the “Little Steel” com- to attend each service. panics have accepted the War X Labor board’s ruling because they r> i?i* l have been forced to under the 0111 ldlu VxIdllgC ° f ’“ lng th , eir T busln ff s Meets Aug. 10th if they didn t comply. In a state- I “ ment made following acceptance, the Inland Steel company said: I 11116 Buffalo Grange will meet “In the name of patriotism, In-Pt the Buffalo school house Mon tand is compelled to do a thing j da y ni g h t, August 10th, at 3:45 o’- which it believes to be wrong, be- 'to 015 - members are urged to cause the alternative would in- ’ 3e Present, as this is the last terfere with war production. * meeting before the State meeting “The steel workers threatened | a t Clemson to strike if the company did not comply. The War Labor board threatened to invoke the full power of the President to compel the company to comply, meaning that the company’s plants would be taken from it. The company had no alternative. It had to comply.” Hoping to let these -xx- Bethany H. D. Club Sponsors Commu nity Canning The Bethany H. D. Club spon- I sored a community canning at the Bethany school house on Wednes day, July 29th. The canning was under the supervision of Miss Bell. During the day 96 quarts were canned, which will be used for hot lunches for Bethany school. Each one present brought a picnic lunch which was very much en joyed. In the afternoon Mr. G. W. Bon- nette, our county agent, came out and visited us and gave us a talk on liming land, which was very well discussed, showing the good it does. News has come here to Mrs. Onie Kennedy Haggard that the new general hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has been named the “Ken nedy General Hospital,” in honor of her brother, the late Brig. Gen. James Madison Kennedy, one of McCormick County’s most re nowned sons. His father was Archibald Boggs Kennedy, prominent planter of the old Long Cane Settlement of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who settled that section at an early date. His mother was Mary Mc- Caslan Kennedy. A graduate of the University of South Carolina and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, he entered the medical corps of the U. S. Army in 1893. Until his death in 1930, his experiences were many and varied in many parts of the world for the duration of three wars. During the World War I he was in command of the medical department of the port of em barkation at Hoboken, N. J., one of the most important and diffi cult pieces of work accomplished by the medical corps. He was in command port and a large num ber of concentration camps and hospitals situated in and around New York. It was at this time that he was awarded the most coveted medal of the eight which he was given, six of which Mrs. Haggard has in her possession. It was the Distinguished Service Medal “awarded for services of great responsibility, not in com bat.” He also had the unusual and distinctive honor of having the Distinguished Service Cross conferred upon him by the Navy “in recognition of the meritorious services rendered during the time the n^vy was responsible for the transportation of troops.” He was cited for “gallantry in action against Spanish forces at Santiago, Cuba, in 1898 in attending wound ed under fire,” and again in 1923 received the “Oak Leaf Cluster Ci tation” for “exceptionally meritor ious and distinguished service in the Philippine Islands.” Brig. Gen. Kennedy left a wife, the former Miss Mary Edith Bald win, of San Francisco, two sons, Laurence Baldwin Kennedy and Archibald Boggs Kennedy, both of San Francisco, and one daughter, Catherine K. Keane, wife of Lt. Col. W. B. Keane, of Birmingham, Ala. In all his brilliant career he never wavered in his devotion for his native State and loved and kept in close touch with the folk back home. It is matter of deep pride to the people of McCor mick County upon which he re flected so much credit, that now this fitting tribute is being paid to the memory of a medical of ficer who contributed so much and whose service is so repre sentative of the fine traditions of the Medical Dept. Df the Army. When he retired, shortly be fore his death, he was the com manding officer at Letterman Hos pital in San Francisco and had also been commanding officer at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. X » ■ Sfe ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents; ‘ Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax. want to get on the home grounds and learn what the people really » think, but some of them also fear they may irritate voters by being M at home when so many important questions are now being decided. WO uld be well attended. Crops In County The crops of McCormick Coun ty are very good this year. The farmers are of the opinion that the cotton crop is above average. The weather condition could ma terially affect our yields, even in the older cotton. The boll weevil is making a headway in a few spots. The County Agent is list ening to a lot of arguments about who has the best cotton in the County. An open boll of cotton was first handed the County Agent by J. ^ L. Bracknell, and Jack Morrah cussed the Defense Rally Day that brought; in two open bolls Wed- •is to be in McCormick August 7th, ne sday morning.^ telling us how important the; * meeting would be and hoping it Keep ’em firing—with junk! Mr. Bonnette and Miss Bell dis- in Washington. Reporter. -xx- I . « Bomb the Japs with junk! ON THE NEWS FRONT Dehydrated Food Industry Taking -Major Role In Al lied War Program The necessity of supplying food* for both the U. S. and Allied fighting forces throughout the world, plus the sending of food contracted for Allied nations has brought to the news front the ever-growing importance of dehy drated food. Then, too the growing shortage of tin (cans and containers for non-dehydrated foods) plus the increasing need for more cargo space, has added to the increasing use of the product. Dried, sun-dried, evaporated and dehydrated are the terms most frequently used to describe dried products. These dehydrated foods occupy an average of only one-fourth the space occupied by \ non-dehydrated products. During the last war over 8,905,- 158 pounds of dehydrated food were shipped to the United States army overseas. Potatoes ac counted for over six million pounds, while soup shipments were close / on to two million pounds. At that time food dehydration did not prove very successful be- . cause of the commercial concerns having very little understanding of the problems involved—one of the most important being that only the best grade of the prod uct must be used. The reason the United States had such a head start in food dehydration at the outset of the war is that the department of agriculture has been carrying on experiments in that field since 1921. Up to the present time, slightly more than two million pounds of .dehydrated vegetables have been purchased this year for Lend-Lease shipments. Additional large quan tities are to be purchased since increased production has taken place. Most .of the Lend-Lease purchases for shipment across the ocean have been largely repre sented in dehydrated dairy and poultry products. Food products of all kinds, such as eggs, skimmed and whole milk, soups, apples, cit rus fruit concentrates, butter (pure butter oil), cheese and meats are being shipped in ever-increasing amounts. In general, it takes about 10 pounds of fresh vegetables to make one pound of dehydrated; about three dozen eggs to make One pound of dried; four pounds of lean meat to make one pound of the dehydrated product. * Of all the products being de hydrated today, the processing Df meat in such a manner has not—as yet—been fully perfected, although an excellent product has already been turned out. De hydrated steaks and chops are in the not too far future, officials say. For those canners, and oth er organizations affected by the shortage of tin and other sup plies, the department of agri culture has assembled all the latest data and aid enabling those concerns that wish to enter the dehydration busi ness to do so with a mini mum loss of time and money. Officials have warned that such i business can not be started on a shoestring. At least an output of a half million pounds of dehy drated product yearly is neces sary for a successful operation of a plant. TXI Picnic Is Enjoyed By McCormick BTU Members of the Baptist Training Union enjoyed a most delightful picnic and barbecue in the park on Thursday evening of last week. Director J. F. Buzhardt was assisted in this by Misses Vivian Jaynes and Mary Fuller, Mrs: R. L. Faulkner, Mr. F. A. Cosey and Mr. G. A. Simpson and the affair . proved a very happy occasion.