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7V7» rf. V<>- ' ' ! < » » f d- TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND Ouk GOD. » Forty-Third Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1944 • Number 9 % Washington, D. C., July 31 — (NWNS) — “Peace jitters” . and “political heebie-jeebies”, are - the nHipf worries of the war adminis trators here, who feel that these two infections of the national blood stream are going to cause serous disruption on the home front unless strong action is,taken to ( deal with them. The “peace jitters” term was used by Robert Patterson, acting secretary of war, who in a recent press conference, *said ; they al ready have affected war produc tion and may affect it more seri ously in the near future. Mr. Pat terson described “peace jitters’? as % state of mind inspired by the false belief that the war is a- bout to end. He said that the trend among war workers to try to establish themselves in peace time pursuits at this time is a- larming and said that there al ready is a shortage of over 200,- ,000 men in war industries. v Mr. Patterson added that many leaders feel the war department Jms failed to get over to the pub lic the true picture of what “war effort” really means and think that it may be impossible to teach civilians the importance of war work without their seeing what is going on at the war fronts. It is possible moving pic tures may be used more exten sively to try to bring this home to the people. At present, such films are being shown each month to 7,500,000 to 8,000,000 war workers and Mr. Patterson be lieves the results have been help?- ful with that group. The “peace jitters” psychology was considerably stimulated by .the attempt ia kill Hitler, the re ports of revolt in Germany and in the German army, the successes of all Allied armies, the changes in the Japanese war command and the hints of peace feelers be ing attributed to the Japanese. But .the war department holds no illusions about any of these de velopments resulting in peace be fore we have fought many hard and bloody battles. - One official at Mr. Patterson’s conference said “There are tough er .and bigger battles ahead. Any one who reads the newspapers ought to know that.” ..But the news reporters here, who probably read the newspa pers more avidly than any group in this country, cannot see how the war department expects the public to see anything but early victory in the air, when the news stories are concerned almost en tirely with the power and success of the Allies and the weakening of the enemy. One prominent re porter said that if the, war de partment has good reason to ex pect the war to last longer than the public anticipates, it must have information it is holding back which should be released at once. On the other hand, there are, others who blame the news papers and radio for making ev ery small step toward victory ap pear to be a major triumph. But there is no question that war work must be continued un til actual victory arrives and steps must be taken to prevent war workers from laying down on the job. The great interest in the com- ing, election is expected to be an other. serious handicap to war work. With the labor unions ac tively,, engaged in campaigning, with certain industrial leaders “playing, politics,” and with con gressmen concentrating most of thebr attention on the ballot box, there is almost bound to be a McCOKMICK, S. C. - FRIDAY sod SATURDAY AUGUST 4th and 5th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. ‘ \ Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. ALLEN JONES EVELYN ANKERS *»• in “YOU’RE A LUCKY FELLOW, MR. SMITH” * r , Also CHAPTER 1 “TIGER DOMAIN” +*ini r^pd ’ SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c %r{ MONDAY and TUESDAY AUGUST 7th and 8th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. DEANNA DURBIN PAT O BRIEN iu 66 HIS BUTLER’S SISTER’’ Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children up to 12, 12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. Memorial To «„Be Held For Cpl. J. E. Seigler A memorial service will be held at the Bethany Baptist Church Sunday mqrning, Aug. 6, at 11 o’ clock for Corporal J. Elliott Seig ler, who wag. killed in action April 20, 1944, in the African the atre of war.’ His pastor, the Rev. C, L. Whittemore, will officiate. - Corporal Seigler was a native of this community, the son of the late Walter S. and Mattie Tim merman Seigler of McCormick. He was a graduate of the McCor mick High School and, was em ployed in Anderson prior to enter ing the service two years ago. Surviving are two brothers, Yancey E. Seigler and James W. Seigler, McCormick; three sisters, Mrs. Cecil R. Bowen, Greenville; Mrs. Wallace Mason and Mrs. Frank Holloway of McCormick. Mrs. J. W. Faulkner I Claimed By Death Mrs. Amanda S. Faulkner, age 56, wife of J. W. Faulkner of near Greenwood, died at the Green wood Hospital at 6 o’clock p. m. July 26th, after an illness of sev eral weeks. Funeral services were conducted from the Plum Branch Methodist Church Friday at 4 p. m. with her pastor, the Rev. J. Claude Evans, officiating. Interment followed in Plum Branch cemetery. Besides her husband she is sur vived by five children, G. Manley Faulkner, Charleston; Richard Faulkner, Camp Peary, Va.; Mrs. Wilbur White, Modoc; Mrs. Willie Doolittle, Edgefield, and Mrs. Wal ton Dorn, McCormick; two broth ers, Dozier Brown, Troy; and Homer Brown, Plum. Branch; three sisters, Mrs. Flemming Cosey, Greenwood, Mrs. P. J. Cosey, Plum Branch, and Mrs. Tom Willis, Mo doc. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren. r Pallbearers were Claude Brown, Willie Willis, P. A. Hastings^ Mack Brown, Eugene Brown and O. M. McKellar. J, S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. X Death Claims Miss • Tommie Middleton Miss Tommie Middleton died at an - Augusta hospital Saturday morning following an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were conducted from the Bethlehem Baptist church at Clarks Hill of which she was a member, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock with the Rev. L. K. Simpson of McCormick officiating. Interment followed in the Bethle hem cemetery, Meriwether. Active pallbearers were Jeff Sharpton, C. L. Bridges, J. J. Mi- narik, John Ryan, James Mason and James Moore. Miss Middleton was the daugh ter of the late Frances Meriwether and Patrick Calhoun Middleton, pioneer citizens of Meriwether where she spent her entire life. Surviving are five sisters, Miss Mary Middleton, Clarks Hill, Mrs. W. O. Ayers, Nichols, S. C., Mrs Charles L. Stevens, Camdem, N C., Mrs. W. C. Strom, McCormick. Mrs. E. C. Jefferson, Augusta; and three brothers, John T. Middleton, Clarks Hill, Robert M. Middleton Talbotton, Ga., and Frank Middle- on, Martinez, Ga. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. Revival Services Be gin At Plum Branch Baptist Church August 6 Beginning Sunday morning, Au gust 6th, at 12:00 and continuing through Friday evening, August 11th, there will be revival services at Plum Branch Baptist Church, evening services to begin at 9:00 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev. Lewis M. Kirkland, will do the preaching and lead the singing. There will be special music at each service. X Revival Services At Gilgal Baptist Church Aug. 6-10 Workers’ Council •• Meets Beginning Sunday, August sixth, and continuing through Thursday evening, August tenth, Gilgal Baptist Church will hold its ah- nual series of revival * services. The pastor, the Rev. A. D. Croft, will deliver the messages. Ser vices will be held Sunday morning and afternoon, and each evening Monday through Thursday. The program for Sunday is as follows: Sunday School, eleven thirty A. M.; worship service, twelve fif teen; afternoon worship service at two thirty. Evening services will begin at nine o’clock. Sunday, August sixth, will be home coming day at Gil gal. A special invitation is ex tended to all former members, and non-resident members, to at tend these services. Dinner^ will be served on the church grounds at the noon hour. We hope that a great number of our fiends will be able to be with us for our home coming day services. Also, a warm welcome is ex tended to every one to attend ev ery service of the meeting. Feel ing the deep need of a revival in these days of unrest, the pastor and people of Gilgal extend to you a genuine welcome to be with us, and share our blessings. . A. D. Croft, Pastor. *• Merchants Urged To Get Priority Ratings ' To 'Get .Overseas Gift Boxes Now The Workers’ Council of the lo cal Baptist Sunday School met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. G. C. Patterson -with * Mrs. Leon Traylor and Mrs. C. K.- Ep- ting as assistant hostesses. The - devotional message was brought by Mrs. W/ Jr* Talbert, u^ing the subject *‘The Sunday School Teacher and Missions.” ■' During the business session with Supt. J. S; Dukes presiding, - re ports were read by each depart mental secretary. The pastor, Rev. L. K. Simpson, expressed delight at the 156 visits reported, made by Sunday School teachers and asked the workers to compare this with the improved attend ance record. The council voted to sponsor a church library. Mrs. C. H. Hugu- ley, Mrs. J. S. Dukes, '-Mrs. W. J. Talbert, ^ Mrs. J. M. Dorn and Mr. H. G. Sanders were asked to serve as the library committee. A delightful social hour fol lowed, with the hostesses serving iced punch and cake. X Rev. D. W. Keller To Preach At McCor mick And Republican Methodist Churches Sunday, August 6th Rev. D. W. Keller, of Saluda, will preach Sunday morning at McCormick Methodist Church and Sunday afternoon at Republican Methodist Church. Mr. Keller is a former pastor of the McCormick Charge. All members and friends are urged to attend these services. c/(lcQcfurnick Farm (By G. W. Bonnette, • County Agent) lew-down in production. And •-.here is no one here who believes congress would be willing to pass my legislation, until after the e- lecticn, aimed at forcing men to stay on the job. When congress reconvenes next month, unless there are emer gency conditions which demand action, it is expected that the re convening will be little more than a formality and that most con gressmen will go back home to continue political campaigning during the fall. Wholesale and retail merchants in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georga, Alabama, Florida, Tenn essee are urged to apply immedi ately to the War Production Board for priority ratings to pur chase standardized overseas gift boxes. Since the overseas Christmas mailing period is September 15 to October 15, it is desirable that the boxes be in the stores by Septem ber 1. J. H. Barnett, regional manager of WPB’s Office of Civilian Re quirements, said that up to the present merchants in South Car olina have not requested their proportionate number. Developed by WPB’s Paperboard Division in cooperation with th: Army and Navy for use in sending Christmas packages to personnel in our Armed Forces abroad, the boxes are being distributed through priority ratings on the basis of information from the military services as to the number of men now serving overseas from each section of the country. The OCR official said that stores may sell the boxes without any further WPB regulations, but they are asked not to use them for display purposes. Any box that meets post office regulation 1 for overseas mailing may be used it was stated. Retailres and jobbers should file WPB Form 2408 with the Paper- board Division, War Production Board, Washington, as designated on the form. Copies may be ob- Mt. Carmel. News • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shexrard and little son, Mrs. James Hester^ Miss Flo Hester, Mrs. D. L. Bry- son f ,Mrs. T, B. Frazier and others from Calhoun Falls worshiped at the morning service* at the At R. P. Church here Sabbath. Rev. and Mrs. DuBose and chil dren worshiped at the A. R. P. Church. here Friday even ing. .• Many friends, were glad indeed to see. Mrs. Rebecca;- - Boyd and Mrs, James Boyd at.gfrurch <•, Sun day morning. •v; Mrs. Hunter - McKinney i.and Martha- Jeane are visitors in At lanta this week. Mrs. LeRoy, Mrs. Brice, Mr. Jim Hemminger, Mrs. A. B. An drews and. others of Willington worshiped at the A. R. P. -Church Sunday. Chief J. J. White of U. S. Navy is enjoying a pleasant stay with Mrs. White for several weeks. Messrs. John McAllister and Lewis Sprouse enjoyed a pleasan 1 • Well, it did rain—and you are saying, dUs too. late. Are. you real sure? I think it-r can and . will help much of our corn, all of our cotton, and give us a chance to plant our “fall”, gardens. A patch of turnips, and rutabagas, a few rows of bunch butter beans, a few rows of squash,., some stringless green pod, bunch * beans, . and a patch of fall Irish potatoes should be planted as the next job - done on our farms. Our “cream station” here in McCormick is bringing about $500 to our farmers each month. Why do we have so few customers? \ I don’t believe over 50 farmers pat ronize the cream station. AH sur plus cream should be brought here on Saturday morning. You are paid the. same day you de liver. Sell all grazers that are fat, but don’t sacrifice thin animals. Our pastures should make good growth after this rain and cause the thin animals to put on fat in a few weeks. Scatter that lime during the summer as you won’t have time this faU when you are picking cotton, sowing grain, and harvest ing corn. Nathan Ridlehoover, Frank Freeland, Jr., Johnel Caudle, and Marion Freeland attended the 4-H Conservation camp held at Camp Long. They report a most worth while stay in every way. In fact they told me they were sorry when the camp was over. ' You can get * some \ v“Winter Peas” through the A. A. A. office if. you ean get your order in ;this week. No money is needed as the cost wiU be substracted from your check. Getting-Bid Of Ants The secret of getting rid' of ants is to locate the nest and destroy the queen and,young ants. ; Fol low the trail of the ants back to where they disappear. Try to in ject a little .carbon disulphide, kerosene or gasoline into the o- pening with an oil-can or small syringe. These materials are in flammable—so don’t smoke ; or have any fire nearby while you use them, Mr. W. C. Nettles, Clem- son Entomologist, cautions. If you can’t find the ant colo ny, try poisoned sirup as bait. Or sprinkle sodium fluoride powder ^ , . . __ . along the edges of the kitchen fishing trip at Buzzard Roost re- 1 floor And of sweep up ce ” ty ‘ . ^ jail crumbs promptly and keep'* Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Co- lumbia were visitors in Mt. Car mel Saturday. Mrs. Wiliams mother is pleasantly rememberer here as Miss Gussie Covin. Chief and Mrs. J. J. White are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Morris Scott' in Augusta this week. Rev. E. Gettys assisted Dr. S W. Reid in a series of services at the A. R. P. Church here begin ning Friday morning and closing with Sabbath evening service. Rev.- Mr. Gettys is quite a fine preacher and in every sermon he preached the love of God in al of- its beauty and holiness and held up to a sinful world a loving Christ, a forgiving Christ, and a Christ as Savior. All services were well attendee and the cooperation of all the people was very fine. The Sacra ment of the Lord’s Supper was administered Sunday morning. j interested are requested to como .7e had such a nice rain Sun-; or send help. Dinner on the day evening beginning before I grounds. time for service, but a nice, large- Lynn Jennings. crowd was present to enjoy and , x be helped by the meeting. Sure, there’s garden “magic”; We hope for Rev. Mr. Getty.? hut it calls for sleight-of-hand tained from any WPB District Of- j the best of luck and success in his manipulation of soil, seeds, and your food supplies in tight con tainers. If you’ve had trouble with ants getting on cakes and other foods before you could put them away, there’s an ’d^fasb- ioned way of protecti your kitchen table when yo’- vant to use it for cooling fooGs. Stand the table legs in small saucers or jars containing a little kerosene. Keep the surface clear of dead ants or the live ones will use them as a bridge to get over and crawl up the table legs. Matilda Bell. To Clean Off Newby ■ Gemetery August 10 • _ Thursday, August 10th, has been set as date of cleaning off the Newby cemetery. All persons flee. i work. plants.