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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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“Stewardship Night”
Plum Branch Baptist Church
Dec. 17, 1944
8:03
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£v LYTLE HULL
Tko Sixth War Loan
T;
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MONDAY and TUESDAY
December 18th and 19th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
MICHAEL 0’SHEA_ANNE SHIRLEY
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 $3.00 per day ar
When enumerators have been
appointed they will be assigned to
enumeration districts. In his dis
trict an enumerator will enumer
ate every tract of land which may
>o classified as a farm under the
Census definition. The census
when completed will represent a
eompletc a^d accurate picture of
hr agriculture.
It may be interesting to know
that during the war emergency
census returns are accorded con
fidential treatment as heretofore
subject to existing law. Under
a high degree of skill and trained
builders and repairmen. Unskilled
workers who may be trained for
specific trades and jobs will be
employed also.
The special inducement of free
transportation to Charleston, S. C.,
H. M. Freeland,
Chairman, McCormick Coun
ty A. C. A.
Ration Calendar For
Week Of Dec. lit]*
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue At
and meals en route are provided B2 (Book 4) now valid at
all men who qualify. Applicants
should be at least 18 years of age
and not presently employed in es
sential industry at highest skill
Information on the jobs open and
rates of pay may be obtained by
contacting the local U. S. Civil
Service Representative at the U. S.
Employment Service office, 516
South Main Street, Greenwood, S.
C.
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Card Of Thanks
10 points each. Good indefinitely,
MEATS AND FATS: Red Aft
through S5 (Book 4) now valid at
10 points each for use with tokens
Good indefinitely.
SUGAR: Sugar stamps No. 38,
No. 31, No. 32, No. 33 and No. 3*
good indefinitely for five pounds
each.
CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp
No. 40 good for five pounds can
ning sugar until February 28, 194$.
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.