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■ • f#>l - • • y.Q.t s f T % • TRUE TO OURSELVES. OOk NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Third Year Krtahlwhed June 5. 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944. Number XI Washington, D. C. (NWNS)—The first chapter of the history of the postwar world is now being planned at the four-power conference being held at Dumbarton Oaks, dS-room mansioa in the outskirts of this city. The purpose of the conference, which will probably last fof several weeks, is to lay the groundwork for the international enforcement of peace and to consider the practical ity of plans already suggested for the relationship between countries in the future. The conference is being attended by representatives of the four lead- ng powers, die United States, Great Britain, Russia and China, Each of these countries has offered outline plans for a postwar world^and, al though there is considerable dis agreement about details, the basic aims of all of the plans are aston ishingly similar. It is not expected that any com plete plans will come out of this conference, since it is preliminary to conferences which will be held with other nations in the near fu ture. It is expected that a definite, working plan may be evolved at the later meeting which will be attend ed by representatives of 30 or more nations. Care will be taken at the present conference to avoid any indication, as suggested by Thomas Dewey, that the four powers represented intend to work out a plan for world do - anation. Mr. Dewey charged th-c in some of the proposals of fered by nations attending the con ference there appears to be “a cyni cal intention that the four great Al lied powers shall continue for all time to dominate the world by force and through individual agreements as to spheres of influence. . “The fact that we four,” said Mr. Dewey, “have developed over whelming power as against our en- HOLLVMID IMRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1st and 2nd, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. HOPALONG CASSIDY AND ANDY CLYDE in “FALSE COLORS” Also CHAPTER 5 “TIGER WOMAN ’ and SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS , Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c MONDAY and TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4th and 5th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. JUDY CANOVA DENNIS DAY • in “SLEEPY LAGOON” 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. emies doe* not give us the right to organize the world so that we four shall always be free to do what we please, while the rest of the world is made subject to our coercion. That would be the rankest form of imperialism. Such a proposal would be rejected by the American peo ple.” Replying to Mr. Dewey, Secre tary of State Hull said, before the conferences began, that Mr. Dew ey’s fears were “utterly and com pletely unfounded.” “No am meni,” saidMr. Hull, "which wi d involve a military alliance of tne four major nations is contemplated by- this government, or, as far as we know, by any of the other gov ernments.” Although Mr. Hull indi cated the present conferences were of an entirely preliminary nature. Chairman Tom Connally of the sen ate foreign relations committee said that more conferences will follow in which definite plans will be agreed upon. “We aim,” said Sen ator Connally, 'to have a league of nations that’s a going concern be fore the end of the war.” Congress is expected soon to be asked to approve a plan, worked out by the President, for the orderly discharge of the men in the armed forces when the war ends. The President’s plan is said to be based on a priority point system whereby the men in the armed forces would be given points for the time they have been in service, for foreign service, for the engagements in which they have participated, etc. Those with the most points would be discharged first Rnd replaced, if necessary, by younger men more re cently drafted. The President’s sug gestions may include a compulsory military service law to be enacted in time to enlist younger men for the armies of occupation which will be needed. McCormick Schools Start Next Thursday The 1944-45 session of the Mc Cormick Schools will begin Thurs day, September 7th, at 9 a. m. There will be no formal opening. All pupils are asked to come on this date prepared to rent their books. All first grade pupils and those attending the McCormick Schools this year for the first time must be vaccinated for smallpox. Any child may begin who, on the open ing day, is nearer six years of age than five. The office at the high school building will be open on Monday and Tuesday, September 4th and 5th, from 10 a. m. until 1 p. m. Any. high school student who would like to rent his books, dis cuss his course of study or sched ule, is urged to come on one of these dates. Quite a bit of repair work has been done in both schools and they are now ready for opening. The first faculty meeting of the year will be held at the high school building on Wednesday afternoon, September 6th, at 4 o’clock. Fol lowing is a list of the faculty: Grammar school: Miss Rebecca Sherard, Mrs. W. M. Talbert, Miss Helen Bradley, Mrs. Florence B. Wardlaw, Mrs. Ed C. Rice, Mrs. Essie B. Seigler. High School: Miss Martha Rucker, Miss Vivian Jaynes, Mrs. Elsie L. Chandler, Mrs. Martha J. Patterson, Miss Betty Fuller, Mrs. Krema B. Faulkner, Mr. P. C. Dorn, Jr., Supt. W. H. Weldon. After Tuesday, September 5th, the cannery will be open only by appointment. Plum Branch School To Open Sept. 7th Announcement is made that the Plum Branch School will open on Thursday morning, September 7th, at 9 o’clock. Mt. Carmel News Modoc News Sgt. and Mrs. Talmage Clem of Spartanburg spent the past week end here with the former’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bussey were visitors Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. K. E. White. Mr. Charley Bussey of Charles ton spent the past few days here with homefolks. Mrs. O. J. White was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Francis Bus sey. Miss Annice Brooks from Green wood was a week end visitor here to Misses Etoile and Permelia Clem. Mrs. Mamie Rena Burnett of Augusta spent a few days here the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bussey. A revival meeting is running this week at Red Oak Grove Church. Professor Stevens is do ing the preaching. Miss Bettie Jean Ellis and Miss Mary Sue Copeland from Clinton were week end visitors here to Miss Sara Howie. A dairy cow on a good pasture is worth two in the lot. acpmmnnm!\ BUY MORE WAR BONDS A cover crop not only covers up erosion’s wounds in the soil, it heals them over beautifully. Celebrates 69th Birthday Plum Branch, August 26. — A birthday dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Cosey at their home : n honor of Mrs. J. A. Hamilton. A long table was arranged out in the shade. They served barbecued meat, hash, chicken, ham and a lot of other delicious things. Those present were her pastor. Rev. L. K. Simpson. Rev. Foster Speer, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Price, Sheriff Brown and wife. Miss Ju lia Belle Wiley, Mrs. O. M. McKel- lar, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mallett, Miss Rebecca Hamilton and Mr. J. A. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton received a lot of useful gifts. The birthday cako v/as decorated with white and pink. It had 69 pink candles and “Happy Birthday” on it in pink. Before leaving, all wished her many more happy birthdays. Mr. and Mrs. Dode Philips and son, David, were visitors in Mt. Carmel Monday afternoon. Master Jeff Black of Charleston is spending some time with his grandmother, Mrs. Ida Black, here, and aunt, Mrs. Dora Bryson, at Calhoun Falls. Mrs. Lane Smith is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Curtis, before returning to Bre- nau College, Gainesville, Ga. Mr. Ralph Campbell spent the week end with Mrs. Campbell and children at the home of her moth er, Mrs. J. W. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Campbell and litlte sons, Tommie and Brad ley, left Sunday morning to spend a few days at Wrightsville Beach before returning home in Char lotte, N. C. Mr. John McAlliser has returned home from a pleasant visit in Au gusta. Chief J. J. White enjoyed a pleasant stay at home here re cently. Mrs. Nell White of Columbia is visiting her sister, Mrs. Eula Scott. Miss Mary Hardaway was a re cent visitor in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Ralph Campbell and Miss Juanita Curtis were Calhoun Falls visitors Friday. Mrs. John Cade of Charleston is a guest of Mrs. J. D. Cade and family. Drew Cade, who has been visiting his grandmother and fam ily several weeks, will accompany his mother home this week. Miss Sallie T. Cade, who has been helping in war work in hos pitals in Tenn., is at home for a rest. Miss Mary Jones of Columbia was a recent guest of Sen. and Mrs. L. L. Hester. Ens. J. P. Hester has been spend ing some time here. .Above- tAe H />V LYTLE HULL ‘War-Is-Over’ There is nothing new in the fact that people on the winning side of a war relax their efforts when ev erything seems to be going well. This habit is as old as history and has lost many a campaign and a number of wars. Napoleon credited much of his success to the fact that he was able to keep his armies, and the citizens back home, on the qui vive up until the time victory was actually won. When the United States entered this present war, most everyeme— except the Germans, M. Laval, Mr. Quisling and a few others—believed the United Nations would win both against Germany and against Japan, and today it looks as though the German phase was on the point of being successfully concluded. In fact, failure does not appear possi ble with our forces driving through France from two directions and with Russia hammering successful ly on the Eastern front. But in 1918 the Germans were smashing again toward the Marne and the future looked black in the capitals of France, England and America. The Russians were out of the war and the Kaiser was con centrating his combined forces in what seemed a “non-stop” advance on the Western front. The United States had not yet landed a suffi cient number of men to be able to turn the tide; although certain American regiments near the Marne were vitally effective in slowing the German advance, for which the American army has nev er received proper credit. Then—with great suddenness and with much fanfare — supposedly Communist inspired strikes oc curred in many of the munitions factories of Germany. These strikes were put down immediately and drastically, but the harm had been done. The whole morale of the German army seemed to crack, based to a great extent upon the feeling that If the home front a so little for the men who wese fighting their battles, then the*e wasn’t much us* their sacrificing their Uvea further. On the other hand, the Allied forces became ba» spired by the crack in the Gennaet morale and before mkny months the war came to a victorious end for our side. It isn’t claimed by historians thgfc these nation-wide strikes were the sole agency responsible for the Ger man collapse, but there is no doubt in the minds of many that the re sult might have been very differerc had not this one seemingly con*- paratively unimportant incident oc curred. This is just one of the many cases in the history of war fare which proves that a war ae not over until it is won. A very recent example of the so-called “war is over” optimism was a report from the Brooklyn*. N. Y., Red Cross Blood Donor cen ter that cancellations of appoint ments for blood donations in one day were about 164 out of 564. (Ant this occurs, unfortunately, at a time when there will be more and more wounded Americans in need of plas ma.) Another illustration is the spread of strikes—strikes which wOl delay the construction of subma rines upon which we depend to whit tle down the Japanese merchant marine upon which they in turn de pend for the life lines to the various nations which they have conquere* since the start of the war; strikes which actually have prevented much blood plasma reaching ow wounded men at the front; strikes in munition plants, seemingly aR over the country; strikes which the authorities allow to occur partially for the reason that they too consid er the war practically over. One thing we can be sure of: hi ratio, as the Allied home fronts re lax, the enemy home fronts vis redouble their exertions. Preparedness For Peace Commission * Holds Meeting Here Baptist Sunday School Conventions September 4-8 Baptist Sunday school workers throughout South Carolina will convene during the week of Sep tember 4-8, at five different points in as many Sunday school con ventions held on consecutive days It is expected that in the five con ventions upward of two thousand Sunday school workers will be present. The program arranged by the Sunday School Department of the Baptist General Board in South Carolina in cooperation with the Baptist Sunday School Board of Nashville, Tennessee, will fea ture addresses by Southern Bap tist outstanding leaders in the field of religious education. Dr. W. R. White, secretary of the editorial division of the Baptist Sunday school Board, and Mr. J. N. Bar- Committee was organized. Later nette. secretary of the Sunday this committee met and the fol- school division of that board, will j lowing were added to the group: I appear on the program along witr D. J. McAllister, Mayor of Mt. Car- 1 departmental specialists as fol- 1 mel, O. L. Sturkey, Mayor of Plum* lows: Mr. Philip Harris, Nashville, On July 19th R. O. Tuten, Ex ecutive Secretary of the Prepared ness For Peace Commission, met here with Mrs. Bertha S. Harris, McCormick County Superintendent of Education, J. T. Faulkner, Su pervisor, L. L. Hester, State Sen ator, T. J. Sibert, Mayor, and Miss Matilda Bell, Home Demonstration Agent, and the McCormick County tist, September 7, Gaffney, First Baptist, Septem ber 8. These five conventions are fak ing the place of the one central convention formerly held for tee entire state. This arrangement is a part of what is called the “Serse the “Folk at Home” program launched by the Sunday Department of the Baptist ral Board in South Carolina traveling became difficult. i Branch, W. N. SUnith, Merchants Association, H. G. Sanders, Indus try, H. O. Watson, Small Business. G. W. Bonnette, Agriculture, E. F. Gettys, Lions Club, G. J. Sanders, Finance, Mrs. C. H. Huguley, Pub licity, J. L. Bracknell, Representa tive at large, W. P. Parks, Labor, and H. C. Brown, Member of the House of Representatives. The purpose of this organization is to make plans as early as the nature of the work will permit, tc meet problems of a peace time e- conomy in South Carolina. X Young Reunion September 2nd Tennessee—Young People’s, Miss Mary Virginia Lee, Nash ville, Tennessee—Intermediate, Miss Blanche Linthicum, Nash ville, Tennessee—Junior. The state Sunday School Depart ment of the Baptist General Board will furnish additional spe cialists as follows: * Mrs. Willard Jones, Columbia, S. C.—Junior. Miss Elizabeth Nuckols, Colum bia, S. C.—Primary, Mrs. H. T. Cox, Greenville, S. C. —Beginner, Rev. Ollin J. Owens, Ridge Spring, S. C. — Extension Depart ment. Mr. J. L. Corzine, Director of the | Sunday School Department, and The descendants of S. O. and : Mr. B. B. Jernigan, Associate Di- Rebecca Robinson Young are plan- j rector, will appear on the program ning to have their annual reunion at each point, on September 2nd in memory of The time and place for these ther birthday, which occurs on meetings follow: the same day of the month. Rela- Charleston, First Baptist, Sep- tives and friends are invited. tember 4, Come .and bring picnic basket and enjoy the day with us. Place of meeting, at J. A. Young’s home, the only living child. J. A. Young. Florence, First Baptist, Septem ber 5, Columbia, First Baptist, Septem ber 6, Greenville, Pendleton St. Bap- MRS. W. W. LONG Mrs. W. W. Long of Woodruff, SL C., will conduct the Cradle EeH Cenferences in each of the five Baptist Regional Sunday School Conventions, September 4-8. She is a person of charming personal ity and is doing a fine work m her church and association. She is specializing in work with the pre-school age. All who work with the Cradle Roll and Nursery Class in the Sunday School will profit by the conferences. Mr. Corzine says, “These live conventions present the ideals of Southern Baptists in their edtua.- tional program and they will als» point forward in the 1945 celebra tion of the 100th anniversary of the Southern Baptist ConvenUzsn. The part which the Sunday schools can take in that celebration aSI be announced for the first tiira in these meetings.” IXI — (iffmu mmi