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I McCormick messenger, McCormick, south Carolines Thursday, October 14,1943 GALVANIZED ROOFING 1 wish to adviste my customers that I now have a limited quan- of Galvanised Roofing for and will be glad to fill your orders promptly. J. W. CORLEY McCormick, S. C. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In eluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK. S C DR. HENRY J. GODIN Bight Specialist Eyes Examined i Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Pitted. BBS Broad Street, Augusta GM jHtA&onaL Mrs. Nora Campbell and Miss Helen Willis of Augusta, Ga„ spent Saturday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. LaGroon, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Willis, of near town. Mi. C. L. VVidcmaii of Plum Branch was a visitor here Friday. mother, Mrs. near town. C. A. GUbert, of Mr. W. H. Hester of Mt. Carmel was a visitor here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. Garrett Talbert, Mrs. Paul Kerr and two daugh ters, Misses Joan, and Frances Kerr, and Mrs. Richard Hunter and son from Columbia spent Wednesday of last week here in the home of Mrs. W. J. Talbert. Mrs. P. F. Alverson has return ed home, after spending the past two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. R. E. Elgin, at Belton. Mr. J. W. McBride of Willington was a visitor here last Thursday. Mrs. J. E. Drlskell left Thurs day morning, for Battle Creek, Mich., to join her husband, Pvt. J. E. Drlskell, who is stationed at Fort Custer. Mr. J. J. Collier of Plum Branch was among the visitors here Mon day. Mrs. J. W. Bradley and daugh ter, little Miss Jean Strom Brad ley, of Norfolk, Va., are here on a visit to relatives. When you need roofing, sid ing, Rock Wool Insulation or home modernization, call us for the best in materials. workmanship and terms. * PALMETTO ROOFING & SUPPLY CO. . J. W. CORLEY Representative McCormick, S. C. AT FIRST SIGN OF A 466 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS Mrs. D. B. Woodward of Aiken spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. J. T. Martin. Mr. F. C. McCain of Macon Ga., was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. J. Talbert Reynolds of Plum Branch was a visitor here Tues day. MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS 1943-44 MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES ARE NOW ON SALE Present motor vehicle licenses expire on October 31, 1943. Passenger car and truck licenses will be renewed by means of revalidating strips to be attached to bottom of present licenses. Bus,« trailer, dealer and motorcycle li censes will be renewed with regular size plates. Renewal strips and plates must be purchased before'October payment of penalty. 31, 1943, to avoid' Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Suber and children from Orangeburg spent the week end here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Jr. Mail or bring your application card with proper remittance to prevent delay. For the conservation of steel you are urged to surrender all license plates, issued for years prior to 1942-43 to Columbia headquarters, maintenance shops or patrol offices. Mr. J. J Falls was Thursday. Hester of .palhoun a visitor here last Mrs. W. C. Reedy of Albany, Ga., is spending several weeks here with her mother, Mrs. E. B. Brown. Mrs. J. K. Harper of Charlotte, N. C., spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. J. K. White. Mr. Guy Jennings of White Town was a visitor here Saturday. Mrs. Sophia T. Buchanan, of Clarks Hill, widow of the late Judge O. W. Buchanan of Winns- boro, was a visitor here Saturday. Misses Henrietta Gilbert and Sallie Sims, students at Lander College, Greenwood, spent the week end with the former’s Mr. and Mrs. R. Elgin an nounce the birth of an 8 pound baby boy on September 27. Mrs. Elgin is remembered as Miss Sarah Alverson prior to her mar riage. r STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Box 1498 Motor Vehicle Division Columbia, 1, S. C. Mr. J. L. Smith spent Monday in Atlanta, Ga., buying mares and mules for his salestables here. X Blackwell-Davis Miss Alice Cantelou Blackwell of Beaufort, S. C., and Washing ton, D. C., was married to Ser geant Walter King Davis, U. S. M. C., Saturday afternoon, October 2nd. The wedding took place at McKindree Methodist Church, Washington, D. C., the pastor, Reverend Charles F. Phillips, of ficiating. Given in marriage by her uncle, Colonel Paul G. Thompson, the bride wore a gown of white faille. It was fashioned with a fitted bodice, the skirt ending in a short Remember — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY Greenwood’s Leading Department Store train. Her tulle veil was of fing er tip length which fell frqm a crown of halo effect. She carried a bouquet of white roses. Mrs. Paul G. Thompson, aunt of the bride, played the wedding music. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Blackwell of Beaufort, S. C. Slie is a graduate of Beaufort High School, and attended Columbia College, Columbia, S. C. ' The groom is the son of Reverend and Mrs. S. C. Davis of Screven, Georgia. He attended Douglass Univesity, Douglass, Georgia. Sergeant Davis is now stationed in Washington, where the couple will make their home at Briar Inn, 1527 Eye Street, N. W. Longer Shoe Ration Period Need Not Bring Hardship VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL, BARGAIN LOFT „ Completely Renovated FOR THOUSANDS OF USEFUL ITEMS PRICED AT ' ' PRE-WAR LEVELS Every Item High Grade Merchandise • * * « YOU’LL BE IMPRESSED BY THE ALMOST COUNTLESS WONDERFUL BAR GAINS ON THIS POPULAR FLOOR. - ’ THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF CHINAWARE AT SAME OLD PRE-WAR PRICES 5c and 10c Pieces Up to Beautiful 50c Pieces FOR MANY USES WHEN BOUGHT WITH OTHER MERCHANDISE. THEN VISIT OUR FIVE OTHER BIG FLOORS . FOR THOUSANDS OF THINGS NEEDED AROUND THE HOME AND ON THE FARM. OUR SIX BIG FLOORS OFFER YOU THE BIGGEST ASSORTMENT OF HIGH GRADE MERCHANDISE TO BE FOUND UNDER ONE ROOF IN THIS ENTIRE SECTION OF THE STATE. _ ALL MERCHANDISE PRICED AT OR NEAR PRE-WAR LEVELS BUY U. S. WAR BONDS SAVE BY SHOPPING AT OUR BIG STORE AND PUT WHAT YOU SAVE IN WAR BONDS TO B ACK THE ATTACK! GALLANT-BELK COMPANY Greenwood’s Largest, leading And Best Department Store GREENWOOD, S. C. Children who wear out or out grow their shoes at a particularly fast rate and adults with extra shoe requirements need not suf fer hardships because of the long er shoe ration period (probably six months) announced last week by the Office of Price Administra tion, that agency said today. OPA pointed out that the shoe rationing program recognizes the great differences in individual shoe needs. Ration stamps are transferable among family mem bers living in the same household so that the stamps can be shared according to need. There is also a provision by which growing children, industrial workers, and others who need additional shoes may get special shoe stamps if they would suffer hardships by being limited to the regular fam ily stamp allowance. The proce dure for getting these special shoe stamps is simple: (1) If a child or adult needs shoes and the family quota of regular ration stamps has been spent, he may get an application form for special shoe stamp from his local rationing board. This application may be obtained from the board on written request and can be mailed back to the board when it is filled out. The form is simple. It requires a minimum of information about shoes needed and shoes owned so that in most cases the boards can act prompt ly. (2) Local boards may grant the special shoe stamp to an appli cant if he has less than two pairs of wearable shoes that will fill his need. Types of shoes for which these stamps may be is sued include children’s shoes, special work shoes, adults’ shoes for general wear, and, in a few cases, shoes required for health reasons. Since extra rations must be limited strictly to wartime needs, no special shoe stamps will be granted to persons who want o buy shoes merely for such reasons as style or personal ap- jearance. X The allied soldier goes to trange army camps away from home. The U. S. O. follows him nth materials and workers who irovide as nearly as possible this nissing touch of home. The U. 1. O. gets a share of your United War Fund gift. By LYTLE HULL THE CONSTANT SEARCH FOR PEACE ON EARTH About 4,000 years ago a dreamy poet, in the ancient land of Sumer, was theorizing upon the imagi nary wonders of everlasting Peace on Earth. He inscribed his thoughts upon a tablet made of clay. This tablet was unearthed 50 years ago by a tJniversity. of Pennsylvania expedition and was translated by Dr. S. N. Kramer of that seat of |learning. This Su merian rhapsody pictures a world free from want and fear; a world of security in which the decrees of the rulers are righteous and just; a universal God worshiped in a universal tongue; peace on earth and a union of all peoples in one harmonious whole. This charming visionary was apparently not as optimistic as was the tenor of his verse, for he appears to have been writing of a Utopian period which did not, had not, but might have existed. “At the time of writing” his coun try seems to have been involved in the perennial pastime of war fare, which then—as now—makes life only about half worth living. Is it not extraordinary that of all the great men—and women— who have lived since, and before, that day, there have been so many who could wage glorious warfare—but so few who could keep the peace? Is it not incredi ble that knowing the devastation which war creates, the great lead ers of world thought and culture have been unable to devise a means of preventing it? If the world was completely ig norant of the ‘‘past perform ances” of the god called *“Mars,” and had no record of the millions upon millions upon millions of human lives which had been sac- rificied to his insatiable hunger, it would be reasonably under standable that the world could become involved in such a holo caust as humanity is suffering to day. But the world knows wha. war means. It has a record cf destruction dating back 5,001 years. It has only to look bar'* 25 years to find these pitiful sta tistics: Total mobilized forces— 65.038.810. Killed and died—8,- 538,315. Wounded casualties - - 21,219,452. Prisoners and missing —7,750.919. Total casualties—37,- 494,186. Thank God the fighting forc~’; have not. fared that badly as yet in World War II; but they are on their way toward that ghastl? record if the reports of losses the Russian front are to be fully credited. Civilisation is still in its swad dling clothes hut it is neverthe less old enough to know that ii may never get out of them unless it devises some scheme to put an end to the slaughter caused by warfare. This war. Heaven knows, is serious eriough, but try to con ceive what a World war fought 50 years from now would be lik 1 *. One fleet of great airships could land a huge, fully equipped, army overnight in almost any part rf the earth. Another could carry enough high explosives—of eve t today’s vintage—to destroy New York or London or Berlin, and every soul in those cities^ In onq round trip. A war like that could very easily break down the control which keeps us function ing and bring on a world-wide state of anarchy from which we might never recover. It is possible to put an end to warfare; but it requires a com bination of brains and selflessness which the world has never yet known. Will the sufferings cf this war bring forth the man who possesses that combination? The treasurer of the McCormick County War Fund Drive is R. L Dendy at Dorn Banking Co. He will be glad to take your contribu tion. FALL SEED NOW READY Crimson Clover, Austrian Winter Peas, Hairy Vetch, Seed Oats, Abruzzi Rye, Beardless Barley, Seed Wheat, Winter Rye Grass, Blue Lupine, Cattail Millett. Also all varieties of Garden Seed. , WALTON SEED CO. Wholesale & Retail Augusta, Ga. PREWAR Truck Tires and Tubes Passenger Tires 450 x 20 WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE Phone 127 Aiken, S. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate Notice is hereby given that Jo seph Luke Adams, Executor of ih > estate of Mrs. Kate Middleto \ Adams, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and discharge as such Executor, and the 23r I day of October, 1943, at 10 o’clock, A. M., has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims gainst said estate are hereby noti fied to present same on or by a- bove date. J. FRANK MATTISON. Judge of Probate, McCormick Co., S. C. September 23, 1943.—-4t. i