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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 ”
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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
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“HOW TO FISH*’
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CHAPTER 3
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“KING OF THE MOUNTIES”
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
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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
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“CHATTERBOX”
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A MUSICAL
“MITCHELL AYERS & ORCHESTRA*’
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LATEST NEWS EVENTS
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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.
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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.
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Parksville News Items
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.