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*■ \ MV M % A. TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHB ORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Second Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMK.K. S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944 Number 31 'it"' n- Washington, D. C.. Jan. 3.— (NWNS) — Contracts arid com manders were in this week’s Washington spotlight. The con tracts involved railroad workers, steel workers and their employers. Higher wages appeared to be the core of the contract issues in volving the railroad workers, most of whom were on schedule to go on strike on December 30. 1943. The steel workers’ contract had expired on Christmas eve and negotiations had failed to produce a new one. Thus when President Roosevelt returned from his con ferences in the Near East, he was confronted with the prospect _ of carrying on his wartime program Without the vital production of Approximately 2,000,000 workers. But a few hours after the War Labor board reversed a previous decision and voted to guarantee, that wage increases between the union and steel companies would be retroactive to the expiration date of old contracts, the fires in the steels mills which .had been banked for three days were blaz ing and full production had been restored. The railroad troubles did not show signs of clearing up as eas ily. All but three of the railroad unions had agreed to let Mr. Roosevelt decide on their pay in creases. 'The holdouts were the conductors, firemen, and switch men. Two days before the uyreatened strike*, the President ordered the army to take posss- sicn of the nation’s railroads. With the order he issued this statement: “I cannot wait until the last moment to ' take action to see that the supplies of our fighting men are not interrupted . . . If any employees of the railroads now strike, they will be striking against the government of the United States.” Two American commanders oc cupy leading positions in the new lineup of English and United States leaders named to conduct the long-awaited “second front” against Germany from England. They are Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower, commander in chief of the Allied second front armies, and Lieut. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, chief of all American strategic air forces that will hammer at Ger many from the west and south. The cautious Eisenhower, who had made no predictions in 13 months of warfare, leftj his for mer headquarters in Algiers with the cheering statement: “We will win the European war in 1944.” And as the strike emergencies were relieved Eisenhower’s next sentence seemed almost prophet ic: “The only thing needed for us to win the European war in 1944 is for every man and wom an, all the way from the front line to the remotest hamlet of our two countries, to do his or her full duty.” X Post Office Re ceipts Show Large Increase According tp Postmaster J. E. Bell the total postal receipts at the post office here for the year ending December 31, 1943, were $9,839.80, as compared with $8,- 118.29 for the previous year. This is an increase of $1,721.51. X rr For -the safety of stored farm products, it is well to remember that the only good weevils are dead weevils. Mrs. A. F. Woodhurst Plum Branch News Claimed By Death | Mrs. J. M. Strom of Augusta spent the holidays with relatives Mrs. Mary Spence Woodhurst, I near Plum Branch, wife of A. F. Woodhurst, died at Sgt. Carolyn Freeland of Cas- the home of her sister, Mrs. J. B. P er * Wyoming, S 2-c Manning C. Dansby, in Troy, at 12:30 o’clock Freeland, Beaufort, S. C., and last Thursday. Cadet Cornelia Freeland of Au- She was 48 years of, age and a gusta visited their parents, Mr. loyal member of the A^. R. P. an ^ Mrs. H. M. Freeland, during Church of Troy. the holidays. Funeral services were con- Mrs. Louise Banks and little ducted from the v Troy A. R. P. daughter, Betty Claire, were Church Friday afternoon at 4 o’- guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E clock with Rev. W. L. Pressley in Ludwick in Wrightsville Beach, charge. Interment was in Troy N. C., several days during the cemetery. holidays, stopping over in Colum- Besides her husband, she is bia on their return to visit Misses survived by her mother, Mrs. Mai- Willie Mae and Pearl Ludwick. colm Spence; two sisters, Mrs. J. Pvt. Winston Campbell, Jr., B. Dansby and Mrs. Charlie stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Brown, four brothers, Ralph spent the holidays with his moth- Spence, John Spence, Thomas er, Mrs. Georgia Campbell, near Spence, and Ollie Spence. Plum Branch. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in I Misses Mable charge. -X- Mrs. Mollie Wall D. Creswell relatives in the holiday H0U.V10D THEATRE McCOKMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY January 7th and 8th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. « Matinee Saturday 3:30 P, M. ROY ROGERS_GABBY HAYES in 66 99 IDAHO Also A WALT DISNEY CARTOON “FALL OUT, FALL IN” % and CHAPTER 1 ‘f' ■ “CAPTAIN AMERICA” Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax Freeland and Gladys Winn visited several days the past week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn in Edge- field county. riaimprl Rv Death I Mr ‘ and Mrs ' E ° Langley ana ^ / j Mr. and Mrs. Carl Langley of Charleston visited in the homes Mrs. Mollie Merrell Wall died j cf Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wideman suddenly Friday night at the an d E- L. Langley during the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank holidays. Freeland near Plum Branch. Sur- Mrs. Maude Miner has returned viving are two sons, Claude Wall, home from an extended visit to Adrian, Texas; Sergeant Charlie Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Geddings in Wall, U. S. Army; one daughter, Paxville. Mrs. Dorsey Wilkie, Laurens. Her Major and Mrs. J. M. Robertson husband, W. S. Wall, died 1936. and Miss Mary Heath Robertson Funeral services were conducted of Columbia visited the past week at the Plum Branch Baptist end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Church of which she was a mem- W. E. Crawford, ber, at 3 o’clock Wednesday af- Miss Sara F. Robertson of ternoon, with the Rev. L. K. Charleston and Mr. and Mrs. Simpson of McCormick, officia- Charles ^Robertson of Savannah j Timmerman is the former ivuso ting. Interment followed in the visited their parents, Mr. and j Amy Seigler, the daughter of Mr. Plum Branch cemetery. Mrs. B. N. Robertson, several days; an( j j^rs. Alonza Seigler, of Plum Active pallbearers were Forest, the past week. Friends of Mrs. j Branch, where she is making her Lindsey, Duffie Wall, H. D. Cres- Robertson are sorry to know she home for the duration. Mr. Tim- well, J, W. Bracknell and Ray- is confined to her bed at this mofid McDonald. time. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in | Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wells, Pickens, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wise and children, Greenwood, visited recently in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wells. Rev. and Mrs. Leroy Brown, Abbeville, Ga., and Cpl. Charles tjt T rka-n I WeUs ’ 1101)11:18 Field, Ga., visited ^ I_jOa.Il vrlVCIl | their parents^ Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wells, during the holidays. Holiday visitors in the home of their father, G. A. Talbert. Miss Essie Collier of Wadesboro, N. C., spent the holiday Week end with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Collier. Mr. J. T. Forrester of Charles ton is visiting his family here. Messrs. W. E., C. W., and M. E. Crawford, G. E. Langley, E. R. and J. M. Strother of Knoxville, Tenn., visited their families here during the holidays. Mr. J. A. Ridlehover is spend ing some time in Baltimore, Md. D. R. Wall of Puerto Rico is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Wall. Mr. Wall is still a patient at Anderson Hospital where he underwent an operation recently. His friends join in hop ing he may soon be able to come home. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Winn and Miss Gladys Winn visited Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Godsey in Greenwood the past Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kilpatrick of Charlotte visited the J., A. Selfs during the holiday week end. Lt. and Mrs. j. R. Wilkie of Camp ‘Blanding, Fla., were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wilkie and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bracknell, several days during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. H. and children visited McCormick during week end. W. W. Jackson, U. S. N., sta tioned at New Bern, N. C., visited Mrs. Jackson and children the past week end. Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Timmer man announce the birth of a fine son, born on Der. 31. He has been named Rhett Carroll. Mrs. Mis ,VIt. Carmel Sunday after a pleas ant stay in Fla. with her hus band. • * •: Sgt. Henry Beard of Davidson, N. C., was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Scott Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gilliam of Greenwood were visitors of Mrs. Cecil Gilliam Christmas day. Mrs. W. W. Edwards of Ga. Baptist Hospital in Atlanta spent some time in Mt. Carmel and Due West during the holiday.. Mrs. Edwards returned to Atlan.U; Sunday. Mr. Darrell McAllister was a visitor in Marion, Columbia and Charleston during the holidays. A very pleasant social event in Mt. Carmel recently was an oyster supper on Monday evening, Jan. 3, 1944, in honor of the men of the town which was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curtis. We are happy to say every man in town was present and enjoyed this delicious supper very much. Dr. Lawrence Hester, Jr., of Charleston was a visitor here during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott of Greenwood, Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott, Christmas. ' — X Modoc News charge. This County’s Quota For Fourth merman, S 2-c, stationed at Bain- bridge, is enjoying a furlough with his family here. X- Mt. Carmel News McCormick County has been as signed, by the United States I E. L. Langley were Mr. and Mrs. Treasury, a quota of $97,900 for W. H. Gaylor and family, Mr. and the Fourth War Loan campaign, Mrs. James Gibert and little son, starting on January 18. Jimmie, Woodruff, and Cpl. and County Chairman G. J. Sanders, Mrs. Dave Dover of Joplin, Mo. Jr., has been notified of the Mrs. Ella P. Lankford, Parks- quota, and in Columbia, Christie vilie, and Lt. M. P. Lankford, Benet, state chairman, expressed Camp Crowder, Mo., spent last confidence that the county would Wednesday in the home of Mr. again “make a fine response to and Mrs. G. E. Langley, the country’s call to buy war Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Gable and bonds.” Mr. Benet added, however, children of White Town spent that “all must respond not only Sunday in the home of Mr. and by buying, but by urging other? Mrs. R. E. Coleman, to buy, and by assisting the coun- Mrs. L. E. Langley and daugh ty chairman in every way possi- ters, Elise and Bobbie, spent the ble.” 1 past two weeks in the home of Mr. Benet said, “Remembor, th r her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, war is still going on over the on I car Abbeville. MONDAY an<l TUESDAY January 10th and llth, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. • CARY GRANT LARAINE DAY in MR. LUCKY” ire world”, and declared the.' ‘the costs of supplying and main taining our' armed forces ar tiling up, minute by minute. Our government faces an enormou ask in financing this cost. A r jf us can help in this task by Tuying bonds.” It was announced that plans for the campaign have beer, horoughly made, and that in- Mrs. Wylie Coleman and little daughters, Janice and Ann, of harlotte, visited in the heme of fr. and Mrs. J. L. Bracknell sev- •al days the past week. Capt. and Mrs. James L. King, ho have been stationed in St. ^seph, Mo., enjoyed a fourteen- lay furlough with their parents ■. and Mrs. S. J. King, durin^ hristmas holidays. Mrs. H. C ensive work throughout the peri- Lowe of Westville was their gues' Also A DISNEY CARTOON and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults. 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents; Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax. od will be carried on. The total quota for the state, as arrived at and fixed by the Treas ury in Washington, is $54,000,000. x 1 Local W. O. W. Camp To Meet Jan. llth Maple Camp, No. 116, W. O. W.. will hold its regular January meeting, Tuesday night, Jan. 11, 1944, at 7:30 o’clock. Important business, election of officers, etc. Dan A. Bell, C. C., C. H. Huguley, Clerk. X this time too. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice and ■>mily were guests of Rev. an:’ '4rs. A. Q. Rice in Spartanburg ' veral days during Christmas. Miss Annie Humphrey, Wood- uff, and Miss Willie Ma 0 Tumphrey, Greenwood, visited ’•elatives here during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lyon of Au gusta are visitors in the home of their mother, Mrs. Susie Lyon. After an extended visit to rela tives here, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Reynolds have gone to Barnwell to make their home. The many friends of Mrs. Mollie Clinkscales and family will re gret to hear of her continued ill ness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jack Morrah, and Mr. Mor- rah. Mrs. A. B. Lyon of Greenwood enjoyed a pleasant visjit with homefolks during Christmas. Rev. and Mrs. Henderson and family were visitors in Greenville and Calhoun Falls during Christ mas. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell of New port News were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curtis one evening during Christmas. Miss Gladys Scott of Davidson was a visitor here a recent week end. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black of Anderson, Mrs. Roy Edmunds and Miss Elsie Edmunds of Laurens and Mrs. D. L. Bryson and Mrs. j Alice Frazier were Christmas day I guests of Mrs. Ida Black. | Mrs. J. W. Boyd is spendine [ some time with Mrs. S. T. Russell in Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. Jame* Boyd of Greneville and Mr. and Mrs. Dcde Phillips and son. David, of Due West accompanied her to Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dunaway and Anne, Mr. and Mrs. Curti Dunaway and baby of Tignall Ga., and Mrs. Ben DuBose of Lis- mon, Ga., were spend the daj guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cur ls during the holidays. Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Martha Teane McKinney, Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mrs. W. H. Horton visited Mrs. Clinkscales Sunday afternoon and .McCormick too. Cpl. Barnard Smith of Camp Davis, N. C., is spending a short furlough with his , mother, Mrs. Mary Smith. The many friends of Mr. G. E Dukes will regret to know that he is ill this week. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. White from Parksville were dinner guests here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. o. J. White. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Boswell from Martinez, Ga., spent Satur day night and Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes. Miss Marie Bussey was the guest to Miss Rosalie Bussey Sat urday night. Mrs, C. H. Stone is spending this week with relatives in Au gusta. Miss Hazel Dukes spent two or three days in Charleston and Moncks Corner. Mr. J. T. Clem of Panama City. Fla., is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. , Mr. Chas. Reese was a week end visitor to relatives in Greenwood. Miss Lucy Bussey is spending this week with relatives and friends at Greenwood. Mrs. Ella Holson of Augusta spent the past .week end here with Mr? and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. W. McDaniel and son, Mr. James McDaniel, spejnt Tuesday in Greenwood. Mr. E. F. Bussey and Mr. T. J. Stone made a short business trip to Augusta on Wednesday of this week. Mr. Fred M. Bussey of Moncks * Corner made a short visit here to homefolks Saturday night. X Sullivan News Mr, and Mrs. A. W. McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McNeill- of Ninety Six, Mrs. William Miles ~rd little daughter, B^tty, of ^reenwood, a^d Mr. T. B. Gil- ’’;ri?t were callers in the home of anti Mrs. P. S. Maysm Sun- .?.f f 7"noon. t/v. and M-s. E O. LaCroon ard 'Y’mily enjoyed a grand New Year d’nner with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bewick in McCormick, Sun- iay. O f her brothers, ‘ nieces and nephews mi joyed the dinner. Mr. E. C. Shuford, Jr., spent a few days with Mr. Thomas Stephens of Belvedere. Mrs. L. E. Winn and children spent Thursday in the home of Mrs. Janelle Winn. Emmie and Willie Nell Winn spent Wednesday in the home of Col. William B. Sharp of Fort; Mrs. L. E. Winn. McClellan, Ala.,' enjoyed a pleas- j Mrs. L. E. Winn and children i ant stay of two weeks with his spent Christmas Day in the home 1 wife at their home here. Col. of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Culbreath. Sharp left Monday morning to Mrs. Homer Corley, Raymond Miss Lucy Brown visited rek tives in Charleston during tin return to headquarters. anc j Edgar Corley motored to holiday season. J Miss Sallie T. Cade of Converse Glenn Springs during the Christ- Beauties In what the poet calls! “the sceneries of the sky” repay' Misses Saree and Mary Frances College is spending the Christmas mas holidays, visiting Mrs. Cor- ^ us for the departed glories of au- Talbert, Greenwood, spent the vacation at her home here. ley’s mother, Mrs. E. M. Gossett, tumn foliage. past week end in the hems ox Mrs. J. J. White returned to and other relatives.