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4 1 m mm I %*$; Sflh, c^, '%£■ W w OBI. 00S COUNTRY AND OUB GOD. Forty-Second Y$ar Established June 5, 1902 VM ob u< K. S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1943 Number 15 This Week in Washington, D. C., Sept. 13.— (NWNS)—In the past month there has been frantic activity here toward working out practi cal post-war plans. This does not necessarily mean that our government leaders are looking for a quick end of war, but they do realize the importance of hav ing their plans ready “just in case.” In the last war the end came suddenly and unexpectedly and our representatives in Wash ington are determined to have their blue {Mints for the* future as complete as possible when this war ends. Although normal predictions are that the war will last another year, this new speed-up in the formation of a post-war plan, coupled with the determination of President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill to get together with Stalin as soon as possible, indi cates that our Readers hone, even if they don’t expect it, that the war in Europe may end more quickly than that. For if the leaders of this coun try, of England and Russia do get together the purpose will not be to fifrure out how to fight to gether but to work out a peace plan to which all three nations can subscribe. In addition to activity in Wash ington itself on post-war plan ning. the recent meeting of Re publican leaders at Mackinac is land was confined almost entirely to that subject. The Republican ?*»aders emphasized the aims of their party for post-war activities in this country, but it was made clear that the carrying out of these aims depended upon the peace terms and the role of our nation in ihternational affairs. The need for working out peace terms at once was also empha sized recently by Pope Pius, who, in urging a hasty end to war said that “the soul of all people is re volting against violence” and that “people who have suffered so much do not ask for anything but peace, bread and work.” Following the pope’js talk, Sena tor Burton K. Wheeler of Mon tana, one of the leading pre-war Isolationists, wrote to the Presi dent that he agreed with the sentiments expressed by the pope and urged the President to de fine “unconditional surrender” as a step toward bringing about peace in Europe. “t fully believe,” Senator Wheeler wrote, “that you, as champion of democracy and op ponent of totalitarianism and ty ranny, can now bring about peace in Europe and establish Democra cy throughout the war-torn con tinent. In so doing you can not only save European civilization, but can prevent the future sacri fice of our own American boys as- wen as save the lives of thou sands of innocent non-belli gerents whpse freedom from gangster oppression we have pledged ourselves to guarantee. If,you do this, you will, I am sure, win the acclaim not only of every American, but the people nr .ighout the world.” Although Senator Wheeler has been one of the strongest oppo nents of the President’s interna tional policy and has made many enemies because of his isolation- i ism, the wide interest shown in his plea makes it evident that there, are many people in our country who hope that the Presi dent will consider telling our ene mies what the terms of uncon ditional surrender will be. It/ is apparent, however, that this can not be done until we have reached a common agreement with England and Russia on these terms * Our military leaders here seem to be almost unanimous in feel ing that the invasion of Italy is the beginning 'of the end, but predictions aS to how long the job will take to complete and how bloody a job it will be, vary wide ly. There are still some who hope for an end of the war in Europe this year, but they . are among the more optimistic. But most military leaders expect the war in Europe to end in 1944. X J. L. Smith Opens New Stock Barn J. t. ' Smith announces the opening of the mule season with a large assortment of mules and maces in his new barn here on Cedar Street. Watch next week’s paper for further particulars. B. C. Owings Was First To Buy Bond Charles Conrad Owings’ father was the first citizen of McCormick to buy a bond in the Third War Loan Drive which opened here last, Thursday. / There’s something sacred about this particular bond. Sometime before Charles was killed in t>*c plane crash on August 27, 1943, he told his parents not to put a- way any money for him to use after he came home, but to buy bonds with all they could spare. They remembered his words and all his buddies he was thinking about when he spoke so tenderly, yet wiselv. Tenderly because he knew what it would mean to them if we failed to supply them with ample implements of war. Wisely, because he knew that after this war, a de pression would follow and bonds would mean security and peace of mind for their owners. It will take many more such $500 bonds before McCormick County's auota of $117,500.00 will be reached. How many bonds have you bought? Does not the sacred memory of those who have made the su preme sacrifice stir you to do your share? As John D.‘ McCrae has had the dead of the first World War say, so speak those of this war: “From falling hands we throw the torch— Be yours to hold it high— If ye break faith with us who die—we shall not sleep! Thus may we reply “Fear not that ye have died for naught— The torch ye threw to us we caught. Ten million hands will hold, it high ( And Freedom’s light shall never die— We learned the lesson that ye taught ” •:*:c *6 it 'm&wvjgb&wsv&tivi McCORMICK, S. G FRIDAY and SATURDAY September 17th and 18th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. JAMES ELLISON—LOIS ANDREWS m “DIXIE DUGAN Also A WALT DISNEY CARTOON “HOW TO FISH*’ and CHAPTER 3 SERIAL “KING OF THE MOUNTIES” Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax -X- Farmer War Bond Quota, $60,000 All the Agricultural Agencies ^ aether with our Agriculture Planning Committeemen held a meeting in the court house Sept. 7, 1943, for the purpose of or ganizing and planning the ap proach to the Third War Bond Drive in the rural areas of Mc Cormick County. Each agency was given a -def inite section of the county and the list of community and neigh borhood leaders of his or her given area. These leaders are to be visited personally, having the entire program, the use of appli cation blanks and work sheets explained. Many of these rural leaders who attended this meetipg have al ready made remarkable reports. G. W. Bonnette, County Agent, and Chairman of all agencies. MONDAY and TUESDAY September 20th and 21st, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. JOE E. BROWN—JUDY CANOVA in “CHATTERBOX” Also A MUSICAL “MITCHELL AYERS & ORCHESTRA*’ and LATEST NEWS EVENTS & f % 4*. ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, ^1 cents: Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax. Plum Branch News Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice accom panied their daughter. Miss Caro lyn Rice, to Columbia Monday, where she will enroll .as a stu dent at Columbia College. Miss Annie Humphrey-, who is *--o«^i P or a t Woodruff, and Miss Willie Mae Humphreys, of Green wood. were visitors in the home f thiev oarents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Humphreys, the past week ^nd. Miss Mable Winn and her guests. Misses Lillian Duke and ^ora Fretzel. all of Augusta, spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wmn Maggie Wells spent last Monday In Greenwood. Mr*. BIB Burch and little daughter. Peggy Marie, of St Louis. Mo., are spending some time in the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Freeland. Major and Mrs. J. M. Robertson and daughter. Miss Mary Heath of Gainesville, Fla., spent several days the nast week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crawford. Miss T?r>hert**oo w o s en route to Harts- ville where she is entering her sophomore year at Coker College. Mrs. G. E. Langlev and three children have returned home, af ter a month’s visit in Atlanta with Mr. Langley. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Connell and little daughter. Nina, of Au gusta, visited Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wells. Mr and Mrs. Millard Crawford announce the birth of a fine daughter. Mary Annette, on Sept. 9th. at their home in Parksville. The Plum Branch Grammar School opened on Sept. 9th with an enrollment of 65. Mrs. Louise Banks is principal, with Miss Lucy Brown and Mrs. W. M. Freeland as assistants. * Rev. and Mrs. Harold T. Jester have as their guest. Mrs. Jester’s mother. Mrs. J. D. Hughie, of Greenville, and Anniston, Ala. , Changes In The Hours Of Services At Pressly Memorial Beginning next Sabbath the following changes will be made in the hour for the services at Pressly Memorial A. R. Presby terian Church: The Sabbath School will meet every Sabbath morning at 11:00 o’clock instead of 10:00 o’clock. The preaching services, on the second and fourth Sabbaths of the month, will be held at 12:00 o’clock noon instead of at ll:0u A. M. S. W. Reid, Pastor. X Draft For Duty On The Home Front; Re classify from 4F to 1A Do you have any electrical e- quipment such as irons, cords, etc., ‘ or canning equipment as steam pressure cookers or sealers or sewing machines that need repairing? If you do, the Rural Electrification Engineer, Home Management Soecialist and the Clothing Specialist are cooperating in offering joint repair schools or clinics to teach groups to re pair valuable household equip ment. If you have equipment that you would like to have repaired this fall, will you please notify Miss Ma tilda Bell, County Home Demon stration Agent, right away so that definite plans miaht be made. X Fire Control Pm* gram In County Th° S. C. State Commission * ot Forestry announces th* 1 inaugura tion of an extensive fire control program for McCormick County. This program proooses to protect private forest lands in the county from the ravages of fire. Mr. G. L. Sharpton of McCor mick has been appointed County Ranger to head the program. The eountv is already being organized into districts and it is planned to appoint a volunteer warden in each of these districts. Within each district, volunteer fire fight ing crews will be organized and placed under leadership' of ex perienced and qualified leaders, all crews being under the leader- shin of the district warden. . It is planned to tie in . this work with the Forest Fire Fight ers Service, a National patriotic organization under the Office ot Civilian Defense. All citizens volunteering for fire fighting will become certified members of the F. F. F. S. and certificatesand arm bands will be furnished. It is hoped that the citizens ot McCormick County will show their patriotic spirit by joining with the group. For full information, apply to Mr. Sharpton at his store in McCormick. X Parksville News Items Landings Force Italy’s Surrender .mm..!•••••••••< ITTOR1A m ii m : / ¥ jrjjfj: :/V| j: j; j Mliii iiSiuil wi>»; ‘eupH i y ; i >:1 FROVILlARI :!!nll l (P;Hiii!!l!::i!n ; oR0SSAH0liiii;:.r>IV MAfffA WlilH ' iiom* M '■ ■. ■ t i SENXA*;||: :jlpii 1 1 iiTRAWvNjjj ALCAMO NICOSIA® eGmolCAUiBNiiHll fEOTtfiiiiii! i pmTtLw RiAlilllilp ■IOTOeII iiSHi! When Allied forces swept across to the mainland of Italy from Sicily in the areas shown on the above map they gave a demonstration of such terrific power that Italy’s unconditional surrender was quick in coming. General Dwight Eisenhower announced the surrender and it was under i r--—tr and that the combined United Nation’s armies forcted the issue. Statewide Meeting In Columbia Sept. 20th Of Producers. Processors, Dealers And Motor Carriers, Who Raise, Buy, Sell, Transport or Handle Livestock Pfc. R. V. Tuten from Camp Gordon, Augusta, spent the week end here with Mrs. Tuten in the iuine 01 Mr. and Mrs. Ward Rob ertson. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bass and daughter, Frances, and Mrs. Vance Wood of Laurens spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Price were business visitors in McCormick Tuesday. Mrs. J. W. Parks and son, Bob by, are spending this week with relatives in McCormick. Lt: Helen Wilcox, A. N. C., Dan iel Field, Augusta, spent last Thursday here with her mother, Mrs. Della Ktarvley. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Wood, An drew Wood and Mrs. Pearl Wood visited T. H. Wood in Veterans’ Hospital, Columbia, recently. food’s condition is improving satisfactorily* Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morgan and family from Brunswick, Ga., visit ed in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Cartledge this week. Mrs. K. B. Brigman and son, Broady, Mrs. H. P. Schmidt and son, Herman, attended clinic at Camp Gordon Monday. Mrs. Gary Self and son, Gary Keith, from Plum Branch, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Self Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Crawford announce the birth of a daughter 1 on Thursday. Sept. 9th. Miss Lois Blackwell from Au gusta spent Sunday with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Black- well. Mrs. B. F. Parks and daughters, Lena. Daisy, Stella and Mrs. Sid ney Sexton, from Augusta, visited in the home of Mrs. Ella Lank ford Sunday. Mr. und Mrs. W. P. Parks. Jr., and children, Pat and Jan, visited Mrs. W. P. Parks Sunday after noon. Mr. A. W. Bohlen, District Man ager of the Office of Defense Transportation, announced today that a Statewide Meeting of Pro ducers, Processors, Dealers and Motor Carriers, who raise, buy, sell, transport or handle livestock, will be held at 10:00 A. M., Sep tember 20. 1943, in the Wade Hampton Hotel, Columbia, S. C. The purpose of the meeting is the coordination and organiza tion of the livestock industry for the planning and development ot a Livestock Industry Transporta tion Program. The critical shortage of motor vehicle equipment, materials * and supplies has made necessary the further conservation and .utiliza tion of all existing transportation equipment. It is anticipated that plans will be drafted for such conservation. Mr. Bohlen pointed out that this program will be of vital im portance to all affected carriers and those participating in any phase of the livestock industry. He urges that all interested par ties attend personally or arrange for proper representation. X Good Conduct Medal Is Awarded.Sergeant Wright Andrews News has been received here that Sergeant Wright Andrews of th Signal corps, located at Bend, Ore., recently was awarded the good conduct medal for “exem plary behavior, efficiency, and fi delity.” Sergeant Andrews was a suc cessful merchant at Willington before entering the service nearly two years ago. X Pvt. Eugene Brock Is Awarded A Good Conduct Pin Mr. and Mrs. Reid Brock of Troy R. F. D. No. 1 just received the news that their son. Pvt. Eugene Brock, has been awarded a good conduct pin, for having served in the army efficiently ‘Sthd faithfully for one year. He en tered service Aug. 23, 1942. He is stationed at Camp Gruber, Okla. X — Modoc News This County Thanked For Its Fine Start In The War Bond Drive The Third War Loan bond cam- oaien is in its second week in McCormick County, and under the leadership of Chairman G. J. Sanders a large corps of men and women are driving towards the conntv’s goal of $117,500. From Columbia to the county came a message from Christie Benet, State chairman for thf campaign, in which he praised highly the “splendid launching’ given the drive here, and ex pressed full confidence that th county would achieve its , objec tive. Tbe camoaign has had a splen did launching,” Mr. Benet’s mes sage said, “and I must immedi- itely express my sincere thanks and the* thanks of our govern ment to all who have made it possible—those who are buying the bonds, those who are leading and working in the campaigr and those who are doing so much to keep the campaign before the people, the men of business, the women in every county, the news papers, the radio stations, the theaters, the civilian defense vol unteers, civic organizations, the Civil Air Patrol.” In his report on the start of the drive all over the State, Mr Benet said the reports from all sections are encouraging and that “South'Carolina is again demon strating its traditional, unflag ging patriotism.” The chairman, calling for a eontinuance of the “fine pace” throughout the drive, declared that “although the fall of Italy was a long and encouraging step forward in the war, by now we realize that what happened in Italy was the establishment not of peace but of the first real bat tleground for the American boys | against our most powerful ene-, mies, the Germans.” Mr. Benet said “we cannot let | these boys down now, and we are not doing it. as the splendid start South Carolina has made in the campaign shows.” ' Mr. J. O. McDaniel of Charles ton spent the week end here with homefolks. Mrs. B. M. Bussey and ' daugh ters, Misses * Nell and Dorothy Bussey, have returned home, after spending a week with relatives in Willmington, N. C. ' Miss Sarah Prince from Parks ville was the guest Tuesday night of Misses Del and Mary Elenor McDaniel. Mr. John Burnett of Augusta spent a few days here last week with Mr. B. M. Bussey. Capt. and Mrs. Donald Hancock from Camp Forest, Tenn., silent a few days here the past week with- the latter’s mother, Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Mr. B. M. Bussey was dinner guest Tuesday to Mr. E. F. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Shrine from White Town spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. White. Mrs-. J. O. McDaniel and clrii- dren were week end visitors to relatives in Augusta. Miss Permelia Clem of Augusta spent Saturday and Sundav nere with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Miss Rosalie Bussey returned Saturday, after spending a week with relatives at Avondale, N. C. X F eeder-Stocker Sale In Augusta On October 15th Augusta, Ga. Sept. 13.—Many cattle growers believe that the Augusta Feeder-Stocker Sale, to be held at the East Boundary Stockyard on October 15, is the forerunner of a new and more profitable beef cattle industry for *his section, according to H. Glenn Segars, general chairman. Discussing the sale, which is planned to be the outstanding e- "ent of its kind in this section, Mr. Segars expressed his confi dence in the success of this type of sale where farmers can sell cattle directly from their pastures , and grazing fields and avoid the expense of winter feeding. , Ho said that farmers of this section had found difficulty in making a profit from finished cattle due to the high cost of grain, and that “the feeder-stock- • er sales will open a new avenue that leads down the road to prof it and prosperity for our farm ers”.