McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 01, 1943, Image 1
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Forty-First Year
Established June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C.,,THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943
Number 44
TmtWEEK
Washington, D. C., March 29. —
<NWN8) — With the advent of
meat rationing, it is hoped here
that a more orderly process of
feeding the nation will result and
that hoarding, black market sales
and other disrupting activities will
be curbed. However, it is admitted
that the Job of enforcing OPA reg
ulations regarding food is an un
wieldy and gigantic task and there
is no question but that there can
be hardships in parts of the TJ-
nited States this year unless vio
lators are controlled with a strong
hand.
The whole government food pro
gram, which provides for furnish
ing sufficient food to all civilians
this country in addition to feed
ing our armed forces and aiding
the food problem of our Allies, is
contingent for its success on the
proper working of a controlled dis
tribution system and on the at
tainment of high production goals
set for farmers. If the distribu
tion plan falls down, or if the
farmers cannot reach their goals,
the nation's diet is apt to drop be
low the requirements for good
health.
It is believed here that the
greatest immediate danger is on
the farm production front, since
farmers who are short of help, of
machines and fertilizer are being
, called upon to produce record
crops. The Bankhead bill, which
calls for deferment of all farm
workers from the draft, will help
(keep the farm labor situation
from getting worse, hut other con
structive moves to get more men
on farms IRtrSTTtte “taken at once.
If necessary, the army will be call
ed upon to help farmers, but it is
realized that, with the planting
season at hand, farmers must
know right now that they are go
ing. to be supplied with sufficient
B H mb B B B' fll
help or some °f them will be un
willing to plant crops which they
might never be able to harvest.
One way to solve the farm la
bor situation and also end labor
shortages in production would be
to pass a compulsory service act
which would give the government
thfe power to draft all men and
women for necessary work. A bill
to make this possible has been in
troduced, known as the Austin-
Wadsworth bill, but it is unlikely
that it will be passed for some
time. The President has said
that he does not want workers
drafted if it can possibly be avoid
ed, and he has indicated that he
does not think it is necessary im
mediately.
Action to freeze essential work
ers in their jobs is more likely.
This would make it impossible for
farm workers to seek more lucra
tive jobs in industry. It also seems
likely that legislation may be
written to freeze union wages and
thus end the fast-spreading de
mands for new wage increases
which are being made by the Am
erican Fedetation of Labor, the
New War Loan
Drive To,Open
Here April 12th
COUNTY COMMITTEE WILL
SEEK TO SELL NEW
BOND SERIES
Campaign Expected To
Close In County
On May 1st
The second War Loan ^rive In
McCormick County will get under
way on Monday, April 12, G. J.
Sanders, Jr., chairman of the
special county loan committee,
announced this week.
The drive, part of a nationwide
effort by the U. S. Treasury De
partment, will continue until May
1.
Volunteers will be active in the
sale of the new series of govern
ment securities. A list of these
volunteer workers will be an
nounced later, as will be the
county's quota in the drive.
Throughout the nation, the
Treasury Department, according
to Secretary Morgenthau, expects
to borrow during the month of
April the huge suni of thirteen
billion dollars.
This money will be raised 'thru
the continued sale of War Savings
Services At' Plum
/
Branch Baptist
Church, Sunday
A: M., April 4
Sermon by Rev. E. F. Gettys, of
De la Howe State School at 12
o'clock. Important church con
ference following service for pur
pose of calling pastor. All mem
bers who possibly can, are urged
to attend.
• / Pulpit Committee.
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Mrs. Alice Thompson
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Alice Kibler Thompson, 78,
widow of J. Y. Thompson, died
Saturday night at her home jn
Newberry after several months’
illness. She was the daughter of
the late Jacob and Frances Chap
man Kibler of Newberry county.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. G. W» Eleazer of Columbia;
Mrs. W. M. Talbert of McCormick
and Miss Rosabel Thompson of
Newberry; one sister, Mrs. Sallie
Kibler Williamson of Newberry;
one nephew, Kibler Williamson,
and one niece, Mrs, Florence Tal
bert, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 4 o’clock with
the Rev. R. A. Goodman in
Mt. Carmel News
McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
APRIL 2nd and 3rd, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
HUMPHREY BOGART—MARY ASTOR
m
„ , Bonds, Tax Savings Notes, Treas-
CIO and the mine workers under; ury Bills and the offering of new
John L. Lewis. | Treasury issues designed for every
.There is no doubt that congress' class a ^ d ^ investor.
is alarmed over the assaults upon ; A new organization, titled the
the present wage structure being Treasury War Finance Com-I charge. Interment was in Rose
made by the unions and is in no m ittee, will conduct the nation- mpnt cemetery, Newberry,
mood to permit the granting of wids salss - ^ wil1 brin S together Active pallbearers were W. M.
the increases which are being de- the Victory Fund Committees Talbert, James Talbert, Kibler
manded. If tha administration wb i cb carried on the bond sale Williamson, A. J. Bowers, M. W.
permits the coal miners the $2 per last Decemb er. Clary and Welch Eleazer.
^ .. . . .- New offerings to be sold in-
day increase they are seekmg or if clude . Twcnt ix 2 ^
the miners carry out the ttoeat of ^ dated th , s
a strU^congress will be deluged due June and call _,
with legislation to clamp down on hl T 1QA .
labor. It is also likely that control Bonds dated April 15, Mfcses Sara and Juanita Curtis
legislation setting wages for the this year> due 15> 1952, were McCormick visitors Friday
duration of the war will be put and caUable Septembei . 15> 1950 afternoon.
through if the National War La- A seven _ eighths ^ cent Ce rtifi- Cadet William Sharp is visiting
ber board gives in to the demands cate | of Indebtedness dated April his mother, Mrs. W. B. Sharp.
^ ^■'•onninor nf ltjl - - 1 Mrs. J. D. Cade left Sunday to
visit her sister, Miss McKellar, at
Florence
Council Flans J Miss Virginia Watson spent the
T> t> week end at her home near here.
ALaniO i rOgranil Mr. Baker Tarrant of Green-
wood was visiting relatives here
On April 3, a state-wide radio Sunday,
program as a phase of the Rally Miss Sara Curtis of Warm
Day for County Councils of Farm Springs Foundation is at home
Women has been planned. The for an extended stay and a much
program will be given over Sta- needed rest.
tion WIS in Columbia at 11:30 A. Messrs. W. H. Horton and
M., and will last for fifteen min- j Douglas Black were business visi-
utes. Miss Mena Hogan, who is tors in McCormick Monday after-
the Field Supervisor of the South- noon.
ern States, will be one speaker; Miss Norris of Abbeville was a
Miss Lonny I. Landrum and Mrs. j week end visitor here.
C. D. Sowell will be the other j Mrs. Posey Alverson and little
speakers participating in this pro- j daughter, Cecil, were visitors here
gram. The topic will be “Food Tuesday afternoon.
Production on the Home Battle Misses Lillie Miller and Gay-
Front.’ -
Red Cross Drive
Goes Over Quota
“McCormick County is the best
place in the world to live," said
one recently. And WRDW of Au
gusta in saluting McCormick last
Thursday night said that it wasn’t
so much the physical appearance
of the towns which made it this
way, as the spirit of the poeple.
That spirit of brotherly love
and service to others, has mani
fested itself in the fact that peo
ple have given $2,588.41 to the
American Red Cross Drive when
the quota was only $1,700. Of this
amount $633.10 was given by Mc
Cormick County colored people.
The Lions Club sponsored this
drive with W. Yates Webb as
chairman. Hats are off to this
service club and local community
chairmen because every one of
them gave and worked untiringly
in this great undertaking.
Next week names will be pub
lished and all who have not yet
contributed are urged to do so.
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Sullivan News
Week Of Training
For Baptist S. S.
Teachers and Officers
During April, the Baptist
churches of Abbeville associatim
will cooperate in a plan for Qb
Southern states to. give at least
one week of training; to all Sun
day school teachers and officers
in the service' of that denoml&a-
tion.
South Carolina Baptist chuna*ss
have been asked by Mr. J. L. Gor-
zine, director of Sunday school
work for the Baptist state Con
vention to enter heartily into
this effort for better Bible team
ing. “The world needs Christ des
perately,” says Mr. Corzine, “antd
our Sunday school workers have!
a heavier responsibilty now than
ever before. These training
classes held in the thousands off
Baptist churches throughout
South will greatly increase Die
effectiveness of the church's
ministries during the present <s-
mergency. Our state always
stands at or near the head of the
list of states emphasizing Hib
importance of well trained" work
ers in the Sunday school. We aim
to maintain this high rating."
The Abbeville association wsl
cooperate in this movement under
the leadership of Rev. J. Y. Fradr.
Calhoun Falls, superintendent and
Rev. J. a. Hunnicutt, SoutSa
Greenwood, leader of teacher-of
ficer training work. In February
a conference was held by the
Baptist Sunday school workers of
the association as a part of tli*
state-wide series of conferences
led by Mr. B. B. Jernigan, state
associate for Baptist associatiomul
Sunday school work. At
time plans for cooperation tei
this work were made.
Mr. Hunnicutt recommends to
for the scrapping of its Little Steel 15 this year due Aprl , , 944
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THEATRE
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‘ACROSS THE PACIFIC”
Also
CHAPTER SEVEN
“GANG BUSTERS”
* and
SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
nelle Thompson have returned to
Ail council members are urged ;h e Infirmary at De la Howe.
Pvt. Warren L. Winn visited
homefolkS'during the past week
end.
Misses Emmie and Willie Nelle
Winn spent Saturday and Sunday
night with Misses Doris and Lo
ren e Mayson.
Mrs. B. R. Henderson and Eliza
beth Henderson and Mrs. J. H.
McNeil of McCormick spent the
past week end with Mr. and Mrs.
P. S. Mayson and family.
Miss Lois Mayson of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Miss Cecil Mayson of Colum
bia visited homefolks during the
week end.
Mr. W. W. Mayson, Sr., spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. jthe churches the following stens:
Mayson, Jr. ' ', .
inrWgeVv C 7 P “K aI1 ^“ersTnd offtcers ^
te , n y s Wlth prospective workers to come to
his mother Mrs. Susie Winn. the chureh for tw0
^rur^Turl 1 J.TC- ^ better "or*
during the past week end. L Select a 150011 from the S®”-
Lieut. Wilbur Reames of Cali- ' , Sch0 ° 1 Board’s teacher-officer
fornia and Mrs. Reames of Edge- tr ^ ni ^f cour f e ( each pastor has
field visited the former’s parents. | 00 giving the courses).
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Reames, dur- Select a teacher to lead
ing the past week end. studies. Pastors, Sunday school
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Harrison of teachers, day-school teachers a*i
Columbia were visitors in the Sunday school superintendents «e-
community during the week end. ten mak€ good teachers for these
Mr. E. C. Shuford, Sr., was thf J bodies,
honor guest at a lovely birthday j 4. Order your books from the
dinner Sunday, in his home, giver Baptist Book Store, Columbia,
by Mrs. E. C. Shuford and Mis J 5. Ask this department to
Ethelyn Shuford in honor of Mr you a blank on which to report
Shuford’s 50th birthday. The names of persons completing the
heavily laden table was centered course.
with a beautiful cake carryin, 6 Announce the class repeated!,
out the green and white color L nd vigorousl p ' CT8 ’
SChPITlP WlLVl t.hwa wnrHo- “HapP^ I "
7. Have the class as suggested
(See 1 above).
8^ Order the awards using the
to listen to this program.
Matilda Bell,
County Home Demonstration
Agent.
scheme, with the words-
Birthday”, on the cake.
Guests on this occasion wer
Mr. and Mrs. John Morris (sister
of Mr. Shuford), from Morgan- blank sent from this department
(See 5 above).
£ McCormick County
Council Farm Women
Meets April 10
MONDAY and TUESDAY
APRIL 5th and 6th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO
in
“WHO DONE IT”
‘ ^ 5^ ; Also
A CARTOON
“SCHOOL DAZE”
*’ , and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
m
QjL
spent Thursday with Mrs. Vir- j for their good service to church
The Spring meeting of the Mc
Cormick County Council of Farm
Women will be held Saturday,
April 10, 11:00 o’clock, at the Mc
Cormick Court House. The theme
of the program will be “Food Pro
duction on the Home Battle
Front.” The speaker for the day
will be announced next week.
This program has been arranged
(V)|r on this day at the request of Mrs.
^ C. D. Sowell, State Council Presi-
jpj. dent. She is very anxious that
all councils cooperate in the na-
£ tion-wide program on the Victory
£<£ Home Food Supply.
All council members and friends
are invited to attend this program.
Matilda Bell,
County Home Demonstration »
Agent.
W. M. S. Meets
ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents:
Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax.
weie at the beginning of 1S41.
' '■•T?
The W. M. S. of the local Bap-
tist church met at the church
returning to Mt. Carmel Saturday | Wednesday afternoon of last
afternoon, and Mr. Henry Hester | week with Mrs. C. C. Morgan in
leaving at once for his head- charge of the program entitled
quarters. j “Making America Christian."
Dr. S. W. Reid of McCormick Those taking part in the discus-
was seeing friends in Mt. Carmel sion were Mrs. L. K. Simpson, Mrs.
Tuesday afternoon. |j. P. Price and Mrs. G. A. Simp-
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Morrah of son.
Greenville spent several days last i Mrs. G. C. Patterson, the presi-
wesk in Mt. Carmel having the dent, conducted the business ses-
oid home here beautified. The sion and reports were given from
, house is beautiful in a lovely every junior organization. Mrs. W.
% formula under which it has per- 1 coat of white paint and green s. Arrington, treasurer, reported
mitted cos(£of-living increases up olmcis. The grounds also are be- that a special Annie Armstrong
to 15 per cent above what wages ing beautified and improved, offering for Home Missions a-
and community.
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Modoc News
The members of a colored
peoples’ church not far from N ‘ C ’’ Mr * and Mrs> R ‘ v i
Mt. Carmel arp rejoicing over the i ^ oford, and family of Cleora J 9. When the awards come pre-
Cact they raised over $25.00 Sun- i and ^ rs * E- P. Winn and Miss j sent them to the teachers and
Jay for the Red Cross and also[ , ^ ru ^ a ’ and ^ r ’ Corley. I officers in some public service‘and
raised part of the pastor’s salary.! Mrs _f- T : Baile y of Florida | commend these workers publicly
Misses Sara and Juanita Curtis
vere Calhoun Falls visitors Fri
day.
We are glad to say that Mrs.
vula Scott has almost recovered
from a recent illness.
We are happy to see the sunny
days now for gardens and yards
ire to be planted. The recent
lold killed lots of early vegeta
tion.
Mr. Jack Hester spent a few
days with his son and wife in
Jreenville. He was joined there
by his son, Henry, another air
corps member, for a short visit
ginia Bailey.
Mr. T. B. Gilchrist, Mrs. J. T.
Bailey, Mrs. Virginia Bailey and
Inez spent Thursday P. M. with
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bailey of Red
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames
visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seig-
ler and family Sunday.
j
a
.ry attractive place, mounted to $105
Well, the weather has mod
erated a good bit and the farm
ers have gone to plowing.
Mrs. G. E. Dukes spent the
past week end at Martinez wit)*
her brother, Mr. T. B. Bussey.
Miss Mary Sue Copeland df
Clinton spent the past week hete
with Miss Sarah Howie.
Messrs. E. F. and F. M. Bussey
made a short business trip to
Saluda last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Howie
rom Macon spent Sunday here
with the former’s parents, Mr,,
and Mrs. T. D. Howie.
Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Wood frcsiu
he Red Hill section were visitae-ar
here Sunday to the former’s sis-
;er, Mrs. Mattie Key.
Miss Sarah Hcvde spent Tues
day with Miss Rosalie Bussey.
Miss Lucy Bussey is spending:
two weeks with friends at Green
wood.
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