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I MctiOKMitIK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 11, 1944 OH HKNKY J. GUDIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examinei Spectacles And Eye Olasse* Professionally Fitted Broad INSURANCE Fire * Insurance And Other Kinds of Insurance eluding Life Insurance. A) I> HUGH C. BROVTN. MeCORMICK. S C wuonaU Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hendrix of Saluda spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. J. W. Loveless, and Mr. Loveless, of the Buffalo com munity. Mrs. Thomas Gooding spent the week end v/ith her husband who is serving with the armed forces. Pvt. Gooding is stationed at Gamp Lee, Va. Mrs. J. T. Holliday, Jr., turned home last Wednesday, ter spending a week with husband, Cpl. J. T. Holliday, at Camp Blanding, Fla. re- af- her Jr., FUR STORAGE Each garment folly insured against loss by fire, theft, or damage by moths. Augusta’s only certified fur cold storage vaults. Augus ta’s only exclusive furriers. Furs cleaned, glazed, repair ed and remodeled by expert workmen. ^ SOUTHEASTERN FUR CO. 911 Greens Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Mr. C. E. Wilkie of Plum Branch was among the visitors here yes terday. have seen action in the Atlantic. Mr. D. M. McGrath, who under went an operation at the St. Frances Hospital, Greenville, last Friday, is reported to be getting along very nicely at this time. Mrs. Clara Griswold left Thurs day for her home in New York, after a visit here with her aunt, Mrs. H. Drucker. Little Miss Minnie Ellen Loveless has returned home from a visit of several weeks to her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hendrix, of Saluda. Mr. and Mrs. J. 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Navy, spent a few days here last week with the former’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Holloway. Mr. Holloway and Mr. Morrow Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Coleman had as their guests here for the week end, Mrs. N. R. Briggs and Mrs. L. H. Russell of Columbia, Mrs. Frank B. Reynolds of Hodges, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam F. Reynolds and daughter, little Miss Dale, of Greenwood. Mrs. Briggs remained for a week’s visit with Mrs. Cole man. Pfc. and Mrs. Thomas W. Dorn announce the birth of a. daughter, born April 20th, named Lillie Ruth. Mr. Dorn is how serving overseas. -X- Garnett-Holmes Vows Are Spoken From The Charlotte (N. C.) Ob server, May 3. Mr. and Mrs. P. Z. Holmes of Charlotte announce the marriage of their daughter, Grace Rebecca, and R. F. Garnett which took place in Greenville, S. C., April 24. Mrs. Garnett attended the city school and Central High _ School and since then has held several re sponsible positions in Charlotte and for the last two years has been connected with Merita Bak ery company. She has a . wide Remember — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY PALMOLIVE 2 For 11c SUPER SUDS Lge., 23c OCTAGON SOAP 13 For 25c \ OCTAGON TOILET SOAP 5 For 21c OCTAGON POWDER 13 For 25c OCTAGON CLEANSER 3 For 10c OCTAGON GRANULATED 5 Coupon Pkg. Lge., 23c I OCTAGON FLAKES 2 For 15c HONEYSUCKLE SOAP 5 For 21c SPECIAL 3 1-3 Qt. Oven Proof MIXING BOWL For Onlv j 40 OCTAGON COUPONS circle of friends in the city. Mr. Garnett was born in Plum Branch, S. C., and is the youngest son of J. M. Garnett, a leading farmer in McCormick county. He was engaged in farming until the last several years when he has been connected with the Atlantic Greyhound corporation in Char lotte. After a wedding trip through South Carolina and parts of Georgia * they will make their home on Cedar street this city. X Miss Anne B. Seigler In Opera Recital Gainesville, Georgia. — Miss Anne Bussey Seigler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Seigler of McCormick, S. C., appeared in the Opera Recital given in Brenau College Auditorium on May 4. Miss Seigler sang the well-known duet and the “Bell Song” from the opera Lakme by Delibes. The “Bell Song” is considered one of the most difficult coloratura arias ever composed. On April 29, Miss Seigler was elected to Lorelei Nation honorary music club. She has recently been elected president of Chi Sigma Epsilon, chemistry club, vice- president of Bios Club, biology honorary, vice-president of Sigma Pi Alpha, national linguistic fra ternity, and representative on the nominating committee for the senior class. X Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. County Quiz Contest Mr. G. L. Sharpton, County Ranger for the Forest Fire Fight ers’ Service, recently held a quiz contest in every school in the county. The white contestants who won first place will be given an oppor tunity to compete for prizes in a county-wide contest to be held in the McCormick High School, Fri day, May, 12, at 2:30 P. M. The public is cordially invited. X —j Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Registered Optometrist in Charge THE 9 JEUJELE R S ••yoiiu Firm it or FRiEDMnns xr *•' 826 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. paign it would be a blessing to our nation and a decided contri bution to the war program. r GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. C. the most into the WORDS .... barrage It is discouraging to contem plate the barrage of high-sound ing but meaningless words which will soon jam the airways and crowd the daily newspapers as 'he presidential election of 1944 gets under way. In connection with the primar ies there was plenty of oratorical warming up, but that v/as noth ing compared with the deluge which is to come and nush everything but momentous war events background. In wartime it seems almost sacrilegious that the men who run or hope to run our country Tiould spend months of their val- Table time preparing and deliver- ng campaign speeches—but it is -‘xtremely doubtful, unless the neople show genuine resentment, hat the candidates, whoever they re, will let a mere war interfere v/ith the fanfare which has ac- empanied every election since the beginning of our democracy. It is vitally important to all of us that we become thoroughly familiar with the aims, the abili ties, and the philosophies of the various candidates—and to that extent a certain amount of speech-making is essential—but if the ballyhoo could somehow be squeezed out of the coming cam- REASON plan In a recent talk before a thou sand publishers of daily news papers, Eric Johnston, president of the United States Chamber cf Commerce, offered blueprints for the kind of an election which, it seems to me, we sflould aim to have this year. He said: “We should make this a cam paign of calm reason rather than blind prejudice, a campaign of high principles, rather than hol low slogans. The stakes are too high, the decisions are too vital, to be endangered by smear-words and bitterness and unscrupulous vote-grabbing. “Mind you, I am not asking for the surface unanimity all too fa miliar under the totalitarian dis pensation. The last thing I would recommend is a namby-pamby, punch-pulling campaign that re veals nothing and decides noth ing. Honest men must be forth right and unafraid in defending their convictions and principled opinions. But we can live up to the best tradition of American sports—the code of the baseball diamond—the football field. There must be no wounds or sores of class struggle left to fester after the election.” Mr. Johnston, who has himself been mentioned as a candidate for the presidency, may be over- cptimistic in imagining that such an election be carried as he outlines could on in this country. which will certainly the only way it is possi ble is if the people raise their voices now to make it clear to all politicians that this is the only kind of election they will tolerate in 1944, EVASION . . . politicians The preliminaries to the 1944 campaign are not too promising of its being a clean-cut, above- the-board contest. For it is ob vious that practically all leading candidates are jockeying for posi tion, closely following the advice of their political henchmen, say ing only those things which it is “safe” to say and refusing to re veal their stand on vital subjects until they consider it the appro priate time from the political viewpoint. Thomas Dewey, the leading Re publican candidate, has never re pudiated his original statement that he would not run, although Republican leaders all over th3 country seem to take it for grant ed that he will; President Roose velt has so far been unwilling tJ | let the people know whether he i will run for a fourth term; Wen- ! dell Willkie has apparently dron- ) ped out of the race but is rumor ed to have something “up his sleeve”; Eric Johnston has sal 1 he is not interested in being a presidential candidate, although many people close to him fe:I that he would be very much in terested if he thought he had a fair chance. So, as matters stand now, when it is tune the people knew the t- pinions and convictions of all candidates, we are actually put i i the dangerous position of not of ficially knowing who the candi dates are. If there is any chance that thi; campaign v/ill be the kind Mr. Johnston proposes, it would seem that the immediate step would be for all candidates who are goir-i to run to lift their hats off th; fence and throw them squarely into the middle of the ring. X Don’t Destroy Tire Inspection Record E. H. Talbert, District Director of OPA issued a warning to mo torists not to discard their tire inspection records. Mr. Talbert said—“motorists must keep their tire inspection records even though the requirement .for peri odic inspections has been lifted. This is most important. Mr. Talbert stated further that the tire inspection form, which contains a record of all gasoline rations issued to an automobile as well as a record of tire inspec tions, must still be presented to the ration board whenever appli cation is made for a gasoline or tire ration. It must be kept with the automobile when it is be ing operated, and must be trans ferred with it if it is sold. Also when the purchaser of an automobile applies for his ration, he must present to the ration board the tire inspection record he received with the automobile, and receive a new one. Notice The local War Price and tioning office will be closed day, May 12th, for the day. Ra- FrU