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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 31, 1942 i I Hnp'pr n£ui rffip to £i»£rtrooDr..i l !43 .?.:S ' 1 ai ; .- *r*j a ' - i * • \ - > ♦ , , J. L. BRACKNELL General Merchandise And Farm Supplies • > *>•: ‘ ‘ PLUM BRANCH, S. C. Children’s War Activity Will vh Gain In County (“Ike”) Eisenhower. On their first anniversary of the Pearl Habor disaster, the people were told that the destruction there was far greater than first revealed. Even the Japanese did not fully realize the enormous success of their treacherous at tack. * " ' , !; ‘ V. '** - >'• C- Domestic, non-military life for Americans during the year was more and more tied up with the nation’s all-out, smash-the-enemy ■v Sttacionmg of sugar, coffee, vol- -TT" «annib Cl ITT** T , .3. -?c« p- iwui l .W.:;W 7 A *?.wCT. '‘••4-' :r ry'-s r-.. V ^V ^ V .jf X- MW GALLANT-BELK CO. The Home .Of ^Better Values GREEN WO OD, S. C. ii- rT ^T*— — »> SsstrlOi BEN FRANKLIN STORES McCORMICK, S. C. u Hear licupiest lltiu YeiiC' . > J. L. SMITH in *n Kinds Of 7i v ; . * r r ; t • / •; ■ a »\r ^tcowuiqi. s-c-: . •%* ** , *-; * .*• GREETINGS 70 ALL '■ i DORN’S MARKET FVesh Meats, r Groceries, Country Produce, Fish And Oysters • ' : McCORMICK, S. C. ' ’ >: SANITARY CAFE J. A. PARKS, Prop., Regular Dinners, Plate Lunches, And Short Orders McCORMICK, S, C. Qttr UII$H£$ HOilDAY CHUR Dorn’s Cash Store Home-Made Ice Cream, Sand wiches And Cold Drinks McCORMICK, S. C. U)isMs 1943 Peatl oh £^1^4^.. J. S. STROM Funeral Director Furniture McCORMICK, S. C. HOW Cheer > - i H IIEIjUreAR W3 M f •‘•1 9, ; City Service Station ’ /J. M. SCHUMPERT, Prop., i Gas, v Ohs, Accessories And Repairs : r McCORMICK, S. C. J. F. DILLASHAW Staple And Fancy Groceries Country Produce McCORMICK, S. C. McCormick Dry Cleaners Dependable Dry Cleaning At All Times McCORMICK, S. C. If you kept no records this year, how do you know your farm was profitable? x A powerful team to raise heavy grass is limestone and phosphate. Gulf Service Station W. T. STROM, Prop., Gas, Oil, Tires, Tubes And Acces sories, Washing, Waxing And Polishing A Specialty McCORMICK, S. C. • Tile war activities of the chil dren of thtt county are expected to be steadily increased, it was learned ? here this week, and the start of : this accelerated partici pation of children will be an in tensification of the war istamp and bond program in the school. At a conference in Columbia _ . a program and bbjective have been r 111 ^ 8,1 ^ rationing of meat; rising agreed upon. Dr. James H. Hope, I livin S costs; scarcity of materials; state superintendent of education; increased taxes announced to be- W. P. Bowers, state war bond ad- gin in * 943 ; and finally gasoline ministrator, and Mark Larkin, of rationing through A, B and C per- the national war savings staff, mits to save tire rubber made up were' the conferees who worked the high spots of civilian life, out the plan. The “thriller” story of the year Under this plan, the immediate was the landing of the eight sabo- three-point objective will be: teurs on the Long Island and (1) The diversion of children’s j F1 ? rida coasts, their apprehension, so-dalled “luxury spending” to and final execution of six. the war savings plan of buying j % Sports, too, despite the anxiety stamps. It is pointed out that and worry of the people did their there will be less and less of the P ar t helping Americans over things children customarily * buy the .^ro^jgh days.”, with their weekly “allowances” Wdst ^Virginia won the national from their parents, things such as imitation basketball tournament, sweets and soft drinks. beating Western Kentucky state at (2) The encouragement of in- MadisQl? S<J&are Garden. Shut stallment buying of war bonds by Out won the 68th Kentucky Derby school children, with the schools National league All-Stars were de setting up facilities for such pur- Seated, 3-1, by the American league chases. The plan is for. children h ;ear ^ 1 - T h e Cardinals, in four to steadily buy stamps, which stra ight wins, won the World would later be converted into Series from the Yankees. The bonds. This is pictured by the Cards were named the outstand officials as a means of encourag- * ng teai11 of the year by the ing thrift and pride among school sportswriters children, as well as aiding the Diasters took their yearly toll, war effort. The worst of the year happened in (3) The encouragment of new B° s ton when 500 died in a night revenue from children, so that c ^ ul> fire - Colorado’s worst mine they may be able to buy more ^i sas ^ er i n 25 years snatched 34 stamps and bonds, by providing lives. Carole Lombard, profitable employment for them, screen actress, and 20 others were on a part time basis, through | killed when their transport plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nev. ployment bureaus. This is seen as I Tornadoes through southern and a means of helping solve the man- central states killed hundreds and power problem, of encouraging destroyed millions of dollars worth children to work in proper chan- of property. A “tube ’ wreck in nels. Under this program, the New Jerse y» and fla sh floods in children would be placed in suit- Pennsylvania, western New York able part-time jobs, under faculty brought more death and destruc- supervision, and only with pa- tion - rental permission. Also, all such Well-known Americans such as employment would, of course, it actor otis skinner > 83 5 sports an- 1s pointed out, be within all state nouncer> G raham McNamee, 53, and federal labor laws affecting Wilbur Glenn Voliva, religious children leader, 72; Dr. Frederick Stock, ^ By the operations of this p r0 - symphony orchestra leader, 69; gram in the schools of this coun- and Edna May Oliver, movie ac ty, and those of all counties in tres s, 59, were just a few of The the state, a tremendous increase prominent Americans who died in stamp and bond buying by chil- during the year. Auditor’s Notice 1943 I will be at the different places on the dates given below to tak ? tax returns on all personal proper ty, except the kind that is return ed to the tax commission. All owners, agents, guardians, administrators, attorneys, etc.; please take notice and make re turns for 1943. Office, January 1st through the 11th. E. M. Morgan’s Store. January 12th, 10 to 12 a. m. P’am Era.^h, January 12th, x to 5 p. m. -! Office, January 13th through the 19th. Parksville, January 20th, 9 to It a. m. Modoc, January 20th, 12 to 2 p. m. T Jeff Sharpton’s Store, January 20th, 2 to 3:30 p. m. J. O. Marshall’s Store, January 20th, 3:30 to 5 p. m.*-, . t Office, January 21st through the 27th. Bordeaux, January 28th, 10 to 12 a. m. Willington, January 28th, 12 to 2 p. m. Mt. Carmel, January 28th, 2 to 5 p. m. :v.i' Office, January 29th through February 9th. J. C. Talbert’s Store, February 10th, 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mrs. Joe Link’s Store, February 10th, 3:30 to 5 p. m. , ^ Office, February 11th through the 16th. Vernon Church, February 17th.\ 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mrs. Mattie Hollingsworth’s^ Store, February 17th, 3:30 to 5 p' m. Office, February the 18th through February the 28th. After that date, the law says adT 10% for refusing or failing tar make returns. i All male persons between 21 an ^ 60 are liable for poll tax, except those in the armed forces of the U. S. All between 21 and 50 years are liable for cap. road tax, or street tax, except those in the armed forces of the U. S. The above schedule is the best I could make on account of gas rationing. C. W. PENNAL, Auditor. NOTICE ! To Be Called In The Near Futxife ON THE NEWS FRONT War, Rationing News Dominated During First Year Of Conflict dren all over the country is ex- Dr. Hope win soon send to aii I Oolored Registrants schools detailed directions ^ for the installation of the program. Dr. Larkin pointed out in Co lumbia that the children did “such a magnificent job” in collecting sdrap, that the United States treasury contemplates great results ^ r - W. Dunlap, Chairman of from the stamp and bond program Local , Board No. 57, announces in the schools. ' . | that the following colored \ regis trants will be called in the near future for examination: '' Fred Garrett, Robert Jones, Clifford Timpson, Lewis Wiley, Luther Rouse, Archie Harper, Pressly Dorn, Otis Harling, Willie Jennings, Albert Burton, William Taft Holloway, Willie Mars, Wyatt Wiggleton, John Ollie Prince, James Timothy Gilchrist, Joseph Broadwater, James Jones, Willie J. Brown, Willie Gant Freeman, William Henry Patterson, James Warren Stevens, Howard William Cook, Braxton Richardson, W. T. Anderson, Richard Heath, Willie Henderson, Jr., James Robertson, Jr., Fate Pressly Anthony, George Newsome. X- During the past year Americans became more news conscious than they had been since the Nazis in vaded Poland. But as 1942 progressed, the war news for American people became more encouraging than during the first three months of the year. Bataan and Corregidor fell to the enemy, but Tokyo was bombed by U. S. airmen—all this happen ing within the month between the irst weeks in April and May. The Russians held off the Nazis dur ing the year, and put up a heroic defense at Stalingrad. Almost eight months to the day after Yank troops landed in Australia, French N. Africa was invaded by American troops under the com mand of Lieut. Gen. ' Dwight D. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Common PIeo% WILLIAM NAPOLEON WIDEMAN, SAMUEL EDWARD WIDEMAN^* TATUM WIDEMAN, SARA*C> WIDEMAN, LESLIE WIDEMAN* * ELBERT WIDEMAN , AND ES TELLE WIDEMAN, Plaintiffs, i Vs ; ROY SPENCE, MILLIE WIDEMAN AND , FRANK WIDEMAN, De fendants. . Pursuant to Order of the Con-V* in the. above entitled case, I wui • sell before the Court House dc^r in the Town of McCormick, Coun ty of McCormick. State of SouiJk Carolina, on Sales Day in January,,,) the same ‘ being the 4th day or’ January, 1943, at the usual hour of sale, the following described prop erty, to Wity » * “AH' that piece, parcel or traot. of land,situate, lying and being hi the County of McCormick, State of South,' Carolina, containing Sev enty-foil r 074) Acres, more dr lear* bounded on the North by the Nuartt of C. H. Workman, on the lands of Art New, on the lands of Patterson, and on West by lands of Napoleon man andi Lucinda Bowick, said tract being known as the home tract. A - ! ALSO:' • i ‘ ik* All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being the County of McCormick, State c? ; South Carolina, containing Thir t T (30) Acres, more or less, and ’ bounded on the North by lands of . U. S. Government, on the East bv lands of Luther Bowick, on th’i South by lands of T. J. Britt and on the West by lands of Henr/ Wideman.” Terms of sale, purchaser to pay extra for deed and stamps. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master for McCormick Coun ty, South Carolina. Dec. 15, 1942.—3t. i i FINAL SETTLEMENT A man who farms without re gard to soil building is running his farm down. Scrub sire funerals mean resur rection to new life for livestock production. NOAH PRICE Staple And Fancy Groceries Country Produce McCORMICK, S. C. Blessed are the terracemakers for they shall be called saviors of the soil. “All would go hungry if farmers made no plans till June.”—Robert Quillen. * ¥ Our country is at war. To in sure the safety of the world we must win. We must furnish mil lions of men but we must also fur nish billions of dollars and mil lions of tons of feedstuffs for our armies. It is literal truth that the safety of the nation depends on the American farmer and the American housewife. If they pro duce liberally and consume eco nomically, the necessary food and money will be available. Every farm, every home, and every bus iness should be so conducted as to be of the greatest possible as sistance to the government.”—The ii/r • 1 1%/T sisuanee to me government. —ine McCormick Messengei late R Coker, during World McCORMICK, Si. ^^nc. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. Notice is hereby given that Wm. L. Jolly & Lillian R. Jolly, Execu tor and Executrix of the estate of John L. Jolly, deceased, have this day made application unto me f~c a final accounting and dischar"? as such Executors, and the 9th. day of Jan., 1943. at 10 o’clock A M. , has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims r- gainst said estate are hereby no tified to present same on or by above date. r 14 J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge Of Prpbfite, McCormick Co.. S. C. Dec. 10th, 1%42.—4t. BUYER MEETS cri | rn in our ad OC-LLQix COLUMNS