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ft TRUE TO OURSELVES, OCR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Fwty-Third Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944 Number 22 Vj,' i WASHINGTON, D. C.—(NWNS). ““There is considerable discussion here on what changes will be made in the president’s cabinet when his new term of office begins on Janu* ary 20. It is customary, when a ' president is reflected, for the mem- , bers of his cabinet to hand in their 1 resignations and have him deter- \ mine whether or not they will be ' reappointed. It is also more or less customary for the president to re- ; appoint the same members, pro- . viding they have done their Jpb sat- ^ isfactorily or do not have some » reason for desiring to retire. V The resignation of Secretary Hull i and appointment of Edward R. Stet* 4 tinius Jr, as secretary of state, be- ^ fore the president’s fourth term be- ; Sins, settles the question of the most important department of the ; cabinet. Congress and other Wash ington officials, as well as men of high office in allied countries, are ’ almost unanimous in approving the ' appointment of Mr. Stettinius. Hav ing worked closely wjth Mr. Hull, it is felt that he will carry on the ; same broad international policies . , and, because of his youth and , vigor, will speed up the work of the , state department. Mr. Stettinius’ amazing ca- r reer — he was vice president ^ of General Motors at 31, ;• * chairman of the board of U. S. ; Steel at 33 and director of our • lend-lease program at 40 — has ! earned him the confidence of the American people and there I ' are believed to be few groups in ; ! either political party who arc II not pleased with this appoint- i 1 ment of the president’s. The second most likely change : in the cabinet will be the appoint ment of Vice President Wallace to j take the place of Jesse Jones as sec- l retary of commerce. Since Mr. ' Jones is also head of the Recon- ! struction Finance corporation, and \ is understood to prefer that job, it i seems probable that this change \ ft could be made without creating any ill-feeling. However, it is understood that Mr. Wallace has been offered the choice of several cabinet posts, which indicates that other cabinet changes may be under considera tion. Although it is a little early to start talking about the 1948 election, there are many here who feel that' the president intends to groom Henry Wallace to be the next Demo cratic nominee—and if that is the case he will be given thtf job which the president believes will best pro mote him for that assignment. Wallace supporters, who hold this view, however, were disappointed that he was not given the job of secretary of state which they be lieved would be the best stepping stone for the presidency. A measure which is expected to aid in preventing unemployment after the war and at the same time perform a needed service to the country, is the bill to provide $1.- 500,000,000 for the modernization of roads. This bill, which includes an annual appropriation of $150,000.- 000 for farm-to-market roads, al ready has passed the house and is expected to pass the senate with little debate. Congress is getting his appropriation approved now because it calls for a 50-50 ar rangement with state governments and thus state appropriations must be voted before the funds can be put to work. It is expected that the new congress -will consider a simi lar appropriation bill for the building and improving of thou sands of airports. Because of the holidays ahead and the approaching termination of the present session of congress, most legislation is being . side tracked for handling by the next congress. Consequently, few if any measures of importance are ex pected to be passed during the re mainder of the year. Pvt.- A. D. Bradley Reported Wounded In Action Bond Quota In County Exceeded 1 / County Chairman G. J. Sanders states that while the bond quota of $95,000 for McCormick County an ^ Mrs. Jack L. Bradlev in the Sixth War Loan Campaign; receive d a message from the War has been exceeded, he wishes to j Department Monday stating that urge all who contemplate buying their son, Pvt. A. Douglass Brad- bonds during the remaining few ^ e y» had been slightly wounded in days of the campaign to purchase as many of the series E Bonds as possible. 0mmnTnm\. wmmm B JY MORE WAR BONDS WBUY WORE WAR BONDS McCORMICK, S. G FRIDAY nod SATURDAY December 15th and 16th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. RAY MIDLAND RUTH HUSSEY in 66 1 THE UNINVITED” Also CHAPTER 8 ' “GREAT ALASKAN MYSTERY” and SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c W. W. Mayson Claimed By Death » William Wallace Mayson.. 83, died at his home in the Sullivan section of McCormick County on December 6th at 8 o’clock a. m. Funeral services were conducted December 7th at 3 o’clock p. m. at the home of his son, Wallace May- son, with his pastor, Rev. R. M. Tucker, officiating. Burial follow- 2d in the cemetery at Vernon Methodist Church where he was a member. Surviving are the following chil dren: J. C. Mayson, Charlotte, N. C., P. S. Mayson, McCormick, Mrs. Fannie Reynolds of Greenville, W. W. Mayson. Jr., McCormick, B. M. Mayson, Greenville, Mrs. Agnes Erunson of Warrenville, and Moody Mayson, Macon. Thirty- two grandchildren and 12 great- : grandchildren also survive. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. X Rev. E. F. Gettys To Preach At McCormick Methodist Church Sunday, Dec. 17th action overseas on Nov. 26th. They had a letter from Pvt Bradley stating that he was wounded by a shell blast, but that he expected to be all right very soon. TVf “Stewardship Night” Plum Branch Baptist Church Dec. 17, 1944 8:03 ff\e H ■ms £v LYTLE HULL Tko Sixth War Loan T; Ev- Sy- MONDAY and TUESDAY December 18th and 19th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. MICHAEL 0’SHEA_ANNE SHIRLEY in 66 -T" MAN FROM FRISCO Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS Announcement is made that there will be regular preaching service Sunday, December 17th, at 12 o’clock, at the McCormick Meth odist Church. Rev. E. F. Gettys is to bring the message. We are always glad to have! Rev. Mr. Get tys and It is hoped that there will be a large attendance. The McCormick Methodist Church is now without a regular pastor since Rev. J. Claude Evans has assumed his duties at Chap lain with the U. S. Navy, ’pie Mc Cormick Charge, consisting of McCormick, Republican and St. Paul Methodist Churches, consid er it a great loss to. lose Rev. and Mrs. Evans, but since it was his decision that he could render a greater service as Chaplain with the U. S. Navy, every good wish s extended to him and his fam ily in his new duties. Plans are now under way for the appointment of a pastor for "he McCormick Charge. In the meantime, there will be preaching service at the McCormick Metho dist Church each Sunday morn- ng. The Republican and Sfc. Paul Methodist Churches will continue to have their preaching services m accordance with their previous schedule. X Following is the program, erybody inVited: Quiet Music Recognition of W. M. U., Pastor, Hymn of Year, “The Morning Light Is Breaking”, No. 12, Devotional, Miss Louise Brack nell, Prayer, Mrs. J. J. Collier, Hymn, “O Zion Haste!”, No. 151, Demonstration, By Sunbeams, “Jolly Tither’s Tests”, By G. A.\ R. A.’s, “Tithing”, talk by (Y. W. A.), Miss Mabel Freeland, Offering, Trio, “Have Thine Own Way”, Message, “Stewardship”, Pastor, Hymn, “Take My Life And Let It Be”, No. 184, Benediction, Miss Gladys Winn. X 3,671 Bales Of Cotton Ginned In County To December 1st IE same thing is occurring at !iis moment which has oc curred a hundred times in the his tory of warfare. The “winner” has become overconfident—the “loser” bas become desperate. The result is a perfectly normal one: Our armies at the front are short of ammuni tion, short of heavy trucks, short of blood banks and short of various other necessities. Six months ago this wasn’t the case, but six months ago the Germans had not retreated rapidly across France and created the illusion that they were beaten. But with our landing in Nor mandy and the rapid march across France, came those brilliant prophesiers,who can tell you—to the day—when the war will end. And we, being but norrpal, wishful hu man beings, believed them when they told us “it won’t be long now.” And the “letdown” was ver? great. Thousands of people left the muni tions plants to look for per manent jobs; blood donors didn’t keep their appointments as they had been led to believe that it would hardly be necessary; bond sales fell off. Today we are beginning to awake to the fact that no one knows any thing about when the war will be over and that every prophecy, no matter who makes it, is nothing more than a guess based entirely upon appearances of conditions as they exist at/the moment the prophecy is made and without any regard for the imponderables which are lying in wait and which are.cer tain to arise. This “brilliant” prophesying has gone on now since 1941 and it does seem almost startling that we humans have not yet grasped the fact that it signi fies just absolutely nothing. Possibly there are a few people in military positions who might have some basis upon which to make a guess, and some faint right to express their opinions—but these gentlemen seldom do. General Eisenhower did state, as we all know, that the war might be over before very long if everyone on the homefront did his duty. That prophecy was pr^'oCil.l y the only one which made any sente or which was based upon sound reasoning. But how can we be expected to “do our duty” when — in the very next breath some important leader, for whose opinions we have respect, ; tells us that it is practically all over, j The stupid statements of men , j in important positions have pro- , A longed this war greatly. The . <* admonition — “don’t talk, the , j enemy may be listening” — * should apply to these men also. i Today we 'are again faced with a great bond drive. This country ; must now make a loan to its govern- ment of 14 billion dollars. This loan is just as important — if not more so — than previous loans, and any- ■ one who believes that the govern- • ment is not going to need it be- i cause this war will so soon be over, * is just not making sense. Even if ; the German end of the war should be over, the loan is still vitally es- \ sential; and there will probably t be other loans to follow which we must also subscribe to. If we don’t do so, we will be letting down * the men who are dying for us and we will be letting ourselves down. The government must have this money and we must advance it. Let us cast out the prophesiers from our calculations. Their war bling may be music to our ears but • their flights of fancy bring us noth ing but loss and sorrow. Man is only human — no matter who he is: And only the Lord knows when this awful war will end. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON Men Needed At The Charleston Navy Yard Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 9th. - Charleston Navy Yard has The been County Community Committeemen Election For 1945 COTTON GINNING REPORT The election of A. A. A. Cosss- given -the highest manpower pri-1 mitteemen will be held in McCor- - ority rating for recruitment of, mick County on December 18 and Census report shows that 3,671 bales of cotton were ginned in Mc Cormick Cpunty from the crop of 1944 prior t6 Dec. 1 as compared with 3,884 bales for the erbp of 1943. Very respectfully, J. W. Britt, Special Agent. Date, 12, 12, 44. X Shools Of Instruction For Trainees To Become Enumer ators In 1945 Agriculture Cen sus Begin In District Dec. 16 Modoc News have from ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children up to 12, 12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. Well, the past few days felt like real winter time. Miss Blanche McDaniel Warm Springs spent the past week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. McDaniel. Miss Lucy Bussey is spending a few days in Augusta this week. TMiss Annice Brooks from Green wood spent Sunday and Monday here in the home of Mrs. W. S. Clem. Mrs. G. E. Dukes spent the past week end with homefolks in Au gusta. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkie from Plum Branch were spend the day guests Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. K. E. White. Mr. E. F. Bussey and daughter, Miss Lucy, were the guests Sunday evening to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Schools of. instruction for train ees to become enumerators in the i.945 Agriculture Census will be held in the First Census District, South Carolina, beginning Decem ber 16 and continuing through December 30, except shipyard workers within the five states embracing the Fifth Civil Service region, it was annuonced hete by Dillard B. Lesseter, re gional director of the. War Man power Commission. This increased priority for the Navy Yard in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina has been given because of vital construction p.pd repair work now underway. “Wbile these urgent programs are in progress, the Navy Yard is entitled to, and has been accorded, top considera tion in allocating the available manpower”, Mr. Lasseter said. Rear Admiral Jules James, USN., Commandant of the Sixth Naval 19, 1944, at the following places: Dowtin, C^Uison, Bethany, Re- hoboth, Bethany School, Decem ber 18th, 2 p. in. Mt. Caripei, ..WUlington, Bor deaux, Bellvne, Clatworthy’s Cross Roads, ! ‘Willington Depot, Decem ber 19th, IQt:80 a. m. Plum Branch, Modoc, ParksviB^, White town, Clarks Hill, Plum Branch Depot,' December ISCSkw Id: 30 a. m. Chestnut Ridge, Young’s, Buffa lo, McCormick, Sandy Branch Cedar Hill, Court House, December 19th, 2 p. m. You are urged to be present tm help elect your community com mitteemen for 1945, and to select District and of the Charleston a delegate to help elect the coun- Navy Yard, has cutlined the need : ty committee for 1945. for hundred of additional work- j Please attend the meeting fcr ers as emperative in order to meet I community in which you live. >ch‘duies set for the yard. World War II has been termed i by Navy Yard recruitment officials _ , _ „ Ch “ s | as an “electrical war” demanding Day and Sundays. The schedule 1 is tentative, depending on several matters yet to be determined. However, it may be stated that al’ applicants who are accepted as trainees will be notified of the ’ates c2 the classes, either through he nrees or by correspondence, and will be paid $3.00 per day ar When enumerators have been appointed they will be assigned to enumeration districts. In his dis trict an enumerator will enumer ate every tract of land which may >o classified as a farm under the Census definition. The census when completed will represent a eompletc a^d accurate picture of hr agriculture. It may be interesting to know that during the war emergency census returns are accorded con fidential treatment as heretofore subject to existing law. Under a high degree of skill and trained builders and repairmen. Unskilled workers who may be trained for specific trades and jobs will be employed also. The special inducement of free transportation to Charleston, S. C., H. M. Freeland, Chairman, McCormick Coun ty A. C. A. Ration Calendar For Week Of Dec. lit]* PROCESSED FOODS: Blue At and meals en route are provided B2 (Book 4) now valid at all men who qualify. Applicants should be at least 18 years of age and not presently employed in es sential industry at highest skill Information on the jobs open and rates of pay may be obtained by contacting the local U. S. Civil Service Representative at the U. S. Employment Service office, 516 South Main Street, Greenwood, S. C. -xx- Card Of Thanks 10 points each. Good indefinitely, MEATS AND FATS: Red Aft through S5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each for use with tokens Good indefinitely. SUGAR: Sugar stamps No. 38, No. 31, No. 32, No. 33 and No. 3* good indefinitely for five pounds each. CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds can ning sugar until February 28, 194$. SHOES: Airplane stamps No. I* No. 2 and No. 3 valid indefinitea*. FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou pons from last year and Period 1L We wish to express our sincere coupons for this season now vat- the Census Act heavy penalties are thanks and appreciation to our! id. prescribed for revealing informa- many friends for their kindness I GASOLINE: A-13 coupons vaSii tion to unauthorized persons. On- and words of sympathy shown us through December 21. ly sworn census employees will at the death of our little daughter I Rationing rules now require that have access to farm schedules; and sister, also for the beautiful each car owner write his license and the records of individual flowers offered. We pray that number and state on each gaso- Miss Etoile Clem of Augusta farms cannot be used for purposes they have God’s richest blessings, line coupon in his possession xx. spent Sunday here with home- 0 f taxation, regulation, or investi- Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Quarles soon as it is issued him by his Is— folks ’ _. , , gation. ^ And Family. * cal rationing board.