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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.”
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