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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLI1M Thursday, November 5, 1D42 DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Byes Examined Spectacles And Bye Glasses Professionally Pitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta. Qa Tn M relieve f COLDS Misery of LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS TTy “Rub-My-Tism” - a Wonderful liniment * 666 Announcement is made that registration dates for fuel oil dealers and suppliers are set for Thursday and Friday, November 5th and 6th- Judge J. P. Brunson of Parksville was among the visiters here .Mon day. Miss Sally Sims of Tucapau, Mi. Mary Martin of Anderson and Miss Doris Timiperman of West minster, all students at Lander. Miss Sara Frances Duncan^' teacher in the Branchville school, spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Duncan. Mrs. J. A. Jordan and son, Mas ter Albert Jordan, from Rayford; N. C., are spending several days here with her parents, Mr. and J an early date Mrs. W. H. Hamlin. Wells-Brown Engage, ment Announced Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wells of Plum Branch, S. C., announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine Elizabeth to LeRoy Campbell Brown of Mayesville, Ga. The marriage to take place at -xx- WANT ADV. Wanted To Buy—Sound young mules. v Also milch cows and cat tle of all kinds. J. L. Smith, Mc Cormick, S. C. FOR SALE—Snap Dragon plants, rust resistant, and Sweet William plants, at 25 cents per dozen. Mrs. J. A. Talbert, McCormick, S. C. in. LOST—One brown pocketbook, containing two one-dollar bills, gas ration bdok, F363100D, driving license and hunting license. Re ward for recovery. William Bow- ick, R. 1, McCormick, S. C. LOST—One gas ration book, F362631D. Reward for recovery Mrs. Paul Holloway, McCormick, S. C. Mr. Thomas Talbert, who was a patient at the Greenwood Hos pital the past two and a half weeks, returned to his home in the Bethany community yester day, and continues to improve satisfactorily. Special Service Miss Madeline Williams of Au gusta, Ga., spent the week end At PentCCOStal with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. __ L. Williams, of near town. | XlOllIieSS dlUrCll Many thanks to Judge A. B. An- There will be a special service drews of Willington for a fine at the Pentecostal Holiness six-pound sweet potato sent this Church, McCormick, Sunday, No- Mrs. W. G. Blackwell has return- 0 ffi ce Friday, which is the largest vember 8. The Rev. F. L. Bram- ed from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. one we have seen or heard of blett, Conf. Supt., will have charge this year. |of the service/ Everyone is cor dially invited to attend this ser- William Blackwell at Macon, Ga. Mr. J. W. Morrah of the Bellevue community was a visitor here Saturday. Mrs. J. C. Bowick has returned from Orlando, Fla., where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Duffie. Miss Gladys Brock and Miss Essie Mae Wilscfn of Ninety Six spent the week end with Miss Evelyn Brock. Miss Henrietta Gilbert, student at Lander College, Greenwood, spent the week end near town with her mother, Mrs. C. A. Gil- | bert. She was accompanied by Pfc. Neal Walker of New York, | vice. Mr. Ellis Walker of Hickory, N. C., and Miss Mamie Louise Walker of Charlotte, N. C., visited last week in the home of their parents, Mr. I ]\| c (] orm Pxlpils . and Mrs. • J. B. Walker, of near | ^ # ^ ^ . U town. Rev. J. H. Williams, . ./ Pastor. X——— Mrs. J. M. Leland, who under went an operation for appendici tis at the Greenwood Hospital Give More Than 93,000 Pounds Metal l ABOVE ^HULLABALOO ;\ x . By LYTLE HULL ‘GENEr.lt WINTER’ RETURNS 'i he most thrilling weather re port of our lifetime was rushed to' may be in ; their devotioh to Hit- every corner of.. the earth last week. It read: “IT’S SNOWING ON THE VOLGA.” Even to Americans, who haven’t heard a bomb drop or a cannon roar or a single agonized cry of a child who has suddenly had a limb torn off by a piece of shrap nel, this news came as the answer to our prayers—as the event for which we had been waiting for what seemed to be an eternity. Snow on the Volga has nevex been news before. Ordinarily, it would be. news if there wasn’t snow on the Volga by this time of the year. Long winters, heavy blizzards and sub-zero tempera tures are normal weather in the vicinity of Stalingrad. But this year’s snow in Russia is something different. This year’s snow actually constitutes a ship ment of arms from the heavens which is more terrifying to the German than any quantity of tanks, guns, planes or men could The McCormick Public schools last Thursday, is reported to be I turned in over 93,000 pounds of getting along very nicely at this scran in the recent drive. Tommy time. She expects to return to McAbee, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. the home of her parents, Mr. and McAbee of McCormick, turned in j possibly be. Mrs. T. L. Edmunds, of the Buf- 15,000 pounds and won the de- The whole German campaign in falo community, Saturday, to fense bond offered to the child Russia for the past six months spend awhile before returning to in the county turning in the larg- has been aimed at crushing the her home at Huger. *st quantity. Tommy is a mem- Red army and capturing the ri<th ber of the third grade, with Mrs. Russian oil lands before winter. Wistar Harmon as teacher, so his The Germans have sacrificed scrap caused the whole grade to thousands—perhaps millions more charging Red army. No matter how insane the German sola :enr Remember — You Always Save At... win a half holiday. X— GALLANT-BELK COMPANY men than needed to be sacrificed in order to accomplish this am bition at any cost. And they have failed! Winter was the deadline which the Nazi leaders set for themselves and winter has no\r Merchandise BLANKETS MEN’S SUITS JACKETS CHILDREN’S COATS SUCH AS - LADIES’ COATS LADIES’ SWEATERS WORK SHOES MEN’S SWEATERS Workers’ Council Of Baptist Sunday School Meet I been heralded into Russia by “crashing” snowflakes, the impact The Workers’ Council of the j of which could be heard around j McCormick Baptist Sunday school the world, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Last winter Hitler and his army J. Fred Buzhardt on Monday ev- had a bitter taste of a Russian ening of last week with Mrs. G. winter. Thousands of his men J. Sanders, Jr., and Mrs. J. E. Bell were frozen in their tracks. Thou- as assistant hostesses. sands more suffered untold misery The devotional period was con- | as they attempted to fight off the ducted by Mrs. W. M. Talbert who used as her subject “Revenge. 1 A round table discussion of cur rent problems was led by Supt. J. S. Dukes. The pastor, Rev. L. K. Simpson, pointed out the need for more intensive visitation of absentees. ler, their spirits will be broken by spending another winter on the Russian front. Already there have been stories of rebellion in Italy, in Germany and in the con quered countries by soldiers whe preferred death before a firing squad to being sent to Russia ao this time of the year. Those soldiers have, heard about comrades who were frozen to death in Russia last year. The/ have talked with others who man aged to survive last winter’s cam paign and came back with tale* of horror which put fear into the hearts of even the most fearles; Nazis. They have heard about frozen supply lines, hunger, months of endless cold and con stant attacks on German camp> by the well-fed, well-clothed win ter fighters of Russia. And the/ have heard about planes which wouldn’t fly, guns which wouldn’t shoot and tanks which wouldn’t move as even the machines of war rebelled against the terrific cold. The Nazi army dreads another winter in Russia and Hitler fean the consequences of it. The way the Russians have he’T out at Stalingrad, despite the al most complete destruction of that city, will become one of the mos 1 : remarkable chapters of the his tory books of the future. Hot the chapter on the battle of Stal ingrad will finally end is jstill t > be decided, but the early snow this year is apt to be the deter mining factor in turning a near tradegy into a glorious victory. So let’s for the moment forge*; our worries about whether our oil burners will keep our homes at c. temperature of 65 or 70 this year and join in welcoming Old Man Winter as the greatest ally of thi United Nations. urer, Mrs. W. S. Arrington; Mis- I sion Study Chairman, Mrs. J. S. Dukes; Personal Service Chairman, Mrs. J. F. Mattison; Sunbeam [Leaders, Mrs. James Keown and Mrs. G. J. Sanders, Jr.; Junior During the social hour a chicken I Girls ' Au f‘“ y “ rs ; F ' T A ' salad course was served. l Cosey an<i Mrs - W - M ' Talbert; In - -X termediate G. A. Leaders, Mrs. H. G. Sanders and Mrs. G. W. Bon- nette.. Royal Ambassadors’ Leaders, DRESS SHOES AND ALL OTHER WINTER MERCHANDISE THAT YOU WILL NEED! -i • • • MANY ITEMS ARE VERY SCARCE AND OTHER ITEMS ARE RATIONED! Our Stock of Winter Merchandise is complete at this time . . . but we will not he able to re place lots of the merchandise we now have in stock. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE WHILE YOU SHOP AND AT THE SAME TIME FIND WHAT YOU WANT — SHOP AT T. E. L. Class • J A TT I xviiiuaoocniuxo mitertamea At Home Mrs. J. F. Buzhardt and Mrs. E. Of Mrc F \ Hanvey; Intermediate R. A. Lead- wl iTXlo. r. VuUfeCy ers Mrs c R Strom, Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Jr., and Mrs. C. H. Hugu The T. E. L. Class of the local ley . y w A Leaders, Mrs. D. C. Baptist Church was entertained and Miss Marie Sharpton; at the home of Mrs*. F. A. Cosey J Watson Circle Leader, Mrs. J. on Wednesday afternoon of last L Bradley; Neil Young Circle week with Mrs. W. M. Talbert, Leader> Mrs ’ w . M> strom Mrs. E. B. Brown and Mrs. C. H. T bj S w. M. U. was the only one Huguley assistant hostesses. j past year to make the A-l The devotional was conducted I standard in the Abbeville Associa- by Mrs. G. A. Simpson, using as her tion and one of the few in the subject “Jesus’ Standard of Liv- whole southern Baptist Conven ing. Mrs. J. S. Dukes led the J tion to reach this high standard. orayers. A short business session x was conducted by Mrs. Edgar # ^rice. The teacher, Mrs. T. R. Me- LillCollltOll BeatS Abee, made the report for the # nominating committee and thej JMcGorillick 13-12 following were elected officers: President, Mrs. H. N. Coleman; .Secretary, Mrs. C. C. Morgan; Re cording Secretary, Mrs. W. S. Ar rington; Treasurer, Mrs. M. C. White; Vice Presidents: Member ship, Mrs. W. M. Strom; Fellow ship, Mrs. D. C. Talbert; Steward ship. Mrs. E. Hanvey; Class Minis tries, Mrs. L. M. Kiser; Class Flow er Chairman, Mrs. J. A. Talbert. The social hour was conducted by Mrs. John N. Talbert and the hostesses served Russian tea, [sandwiches and cookies. (Second Game) -X- W. M. S. Of Baptist Church Greenwood’s Largest And Best Department Store GREENWOOD, S. C. Holds Meeting During the October business ses sion of the Baptist W. M. S. the following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Mrs. G. C. Patterson; 1st Vice President and Membership Chairman, Mrs. Sarah G. Mattison; 2nd Vice Pres ident, Mrs. R. L. Faulkner; 3rd Vice President, Mrs. L. K. Simp son; Recording Secretary, Mrs. W. M. Talbert; Corresponding Secre tary, Mrs. G. A. Simpson; Treas- McCormick lost its third game of the season last Friday afternoon to Linconton High by a score of 13-12. The game was played in McCormick. McCormick started the game by kicking off ‘ to Lincolnton. Lin- colnton returned the ball to about the thirty and began the game: B w Crouch Conservatian with pep and drive that baffled McCormick renewing their drive with more vigor. More runs by Owings and Gable moved the ball nearer and nearer the Lin colnton goal. Owings scored on ^ drive through the center of tkfc line. The pass for the point w>> unsuccessful. The score then wai 12-0. After this touchdown Lin colnton rallied and started a drive down toward the McCormick goal. After a series of first downs they scored. Their dropkick for the point was unsuccessful and the score was 12-6. Lincolnton kicked-off to McCormick and af ter three downs of unsuccess ful plays they punted and Lin colnton continued to drive. As the fourth quarter began Mc Cormick was being pushed back to theit goalposts by Lincolnton. repelled this attack on the ten yard line and took the ball only to give it back to Lincoln ton on the twenty-five when Lin colnton intercepted a Panther pass. Lincolnton then carried the ball on down for the score. An other dropkick was good for the point. This made the score 13-12. The game continued about four minutes after this score. McCor mick could not rally enough to score again but held Lincolnton in their territory until the game ended. X Soil Conservation Will Continue V i V'/H % •BfeL -'JL IF* ' IP 1 . / and overpowered the Panthers. McCormick stopped this drive be fore Lincolnton threatened their goal. The Panthers did not seem to be able to do anything with the ball, however. Lincolnton con tinued to push but McCormick was able to keep them from scoring. Then as the second quarter started the tide changed. The Panthers began to roll on down the field. Runs by Owings and Gable behind good blocking carried the ball down to the ten yard striper. The score came in »the final seconds of the second period when Herman Jennnigs caught a pass over center from Owings. The placement for the point was unsuccessful. The third quarter began with Aid, working out of Edgefield County, will be in McCormick County every Wednesday and the rest of the week if needed to as sist in the running of terrace lines, making out applications for cooperative agreements, and helping the farmers to carry out agreements and plans already in action. Any information that you would like passed on to Mr. Crouch can be left at the County Agent’s Office. Mr. Crouch has been with the S. C. S. for a number of years and I am sure that you will enjoy working with him. G. W. Bonnette, County Agent. McCormick, S. C. *45 Keep ’em firing—with junk!