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.y ' f • > \ , C •• *+ v r ••* 4 • • —* IT/ ;A :r * i MkL * 4 iafiSSafe-'T -v^- ; ;’ /S' /v 4.j > : 44 ; - i', -.. ftiV'. ■j- 1 *, Tfoi ■r'.f.y ' ; ' ’•■ • • :;«• ,v ■ V i- : i : - 'V' * ' ** * •«* ■»* . ?/»*■ •* :*•; y •• TRUE TO OURSEUVSS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Tiurd Yjau- . K / *• .i'y;h~ :•> EataMi.lmd June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C., ifHipB SPA^t‘fiECEMBER 28,‘ 1944 Number 30 .*: . d&x: r# Y, WASHINGTON^? C. (NWNS).— A preview of What labor will de- snand during the'- postwar period was given at the National Labor conference held here recently where it was unanimously resolved that all states should pass legislation es tablishing a rocK*bottom wage of 65 cents an hour, or $26 a week for a 40-hour week. The labor conference, consisting of representatives of organized la bor from 42 states, has had a pow erful influence in state legislatures in raising labor standards find it is expected that many of the states, during 1945, will amend their la bor laws to include this provision. Meanwhile, the greatest imme diate problem with labor con tinues to be that of keeping men on necessary war jobs. Because we R «re using up certain types of muni tions and*supplies faster than they /are being produced, which could slow up the progress of the war, the army has released thousands of soldiers to take vital war jobs. “For the first time in this war," said Sen. Lister Hill, acting majority leader of the senate, “we are ap proaching a situation in which American troops may die because our production failed to. keep pace with their needs,” _ To replace the'Vsdldiers who "Xhave been released to speed up pro duction, draft boards will step up induction of men ‘ between 18 and \ 37. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, has ordered • draft boards immediately to end deferments of men who- leave . their war jobs without permission, t Saying that it is increasingly nec- * essary that all registrants between 18 and 37 “participate to the full extent of their abilities either in the armed forces or the civilian war . effort.” General Hershey’s order to draft boards said: “When an occu- ■ pationally deferred registrant leaves the employment for which he has been deferred, he shall be classi fied into a class immediately avail able for service.” Crop insurance, which was aban doned last year, has -now been re vived by congress to a limited ex tent and studies have been ap proved to determine the best ways of extending such Insurance fur ther. A new measure which has passed congress provides pro tection for growers of wheat, cot ton and flax. It provides that there must be 50 applications from each county to make the insurance ef fective in that county. The in surance covers damage by acts of nature up to 75 per cent of the average yield of a farm in the past. The bill provides for studies of the best ways to handle similar types of insurance for growers of corn, beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, potatoes, citrus fruits, hay and other agri cultural products, but it is not like ly that insurance will be provided for any of these crops during 1945. * • » The cigarette shortage, which has forced many smokers into “rolling their own,” is now the subject of several investigations here. The Federal Trade commis sion is investigating it to see if there is any violation of antitrust laws, and a senate committee has been holding hearings on the prob lem. Indications are that it will get worse before it gets better, but W. G. Finn, assistant chief of the tobacco division of the AAA, said that the shortage would probably be eased before very long. He said the shortage was caused by the necessity of filling' up “long distance pipelines” to the fighting fronts. He added, “Once these sup ply lines have been filled and the armed services have reestablished the reserve stocks they feel are necessary at supply depots here and abroad, .the cigarette shortage should be eased considerably.” However, others testifying before the senate committee anticipate at least somewhat of a shortage for the duration of the war because of the greatly increased consumption. BUY MORE WAR BONDS BUY MORE WAR BONOS HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. & FRIDAY sod SATURDAY December 29th and 30th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. MICKEY ROONEY LEWIS STONE u m Andy Hardy’s Blonde Troubles Also CHAPTER 10 “GREAT ALASKAN MYSTERY” and SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c 79 MONDAY and TUESDAY January 1st and 2nd, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. RANDOLPH SCOTT JAMES BROWN Mrs? Ida FurquerOn Claimed By Death Mrs. Ida Creighton Furqueron. 75, widow of the late T. E. Fur- queron, died at her home here last Thursday night at 9:30 o’clock. She suffered a stroke early that morning and never regained con sciousness: •• • . Funeral services were .conducted Friday at 4:30 at the residence with her pastor, the Rev. M. E Boozer of the’ Methodist Church, the Rev. L. K. Simpson of the Mc Cormick Baptist Church and Dr. S. W. Reid of the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church officiating. In terment followed in the cemetery at Republican Methodist Church near McCormick where she was a member. Mrs. Furqueron was the daugh ter of the late Rev. George Creigh ton, beloved Methodist minister, and the late Frances Freeman Creighton, formerly of Plum Branch. She was a devoted mother and friend. She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Frank Mercier of Lin- colnton, Ga., Mrs. Willie Hum phries, Plum Branch, Mrs. J. L. Wells, Plum Branch, two sons, Ed. D. Furqueron and James M. Fur queron, both of Greenwood. Also surviving are two brothers, B. E. Creighton, Spartanburg, and T. D. Creighton, Barnwell, one sister, Mrs. Laura Dallas, Spartanburg, fifteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were G. E. Campbell’, B. C. Owings, D. C. Talbert, George Sharpton, T. J. Sil^ert, Jr., and J. F. Mattison. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. X W. E. Sheppard ..Claimed By Death William Ellery Sheppard, 84 cousin of the late Governor Olanda Sheppard, died at his residence in “Liberty Hill,” near McCormick, at 4:30 o’clock Monday morning fol lowing an illness of several years Mr. Sheppard was a son of the late Emeline Mobley and George James Sheppard of this county. He was an outstanding citizen and took a place of leadership in civic affairs as long as his health per mitted. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Julia Cheatham Sheppard, and five children, George J. Sheppard of Wilmington, N. C.; Mrs. D. M Evans, of New Zion; Miss Emmie Sheppard, of McCormick; Julian L. Sheppard, of Oakley, and Wil liam E. Sheppard, Jr., seaman first class, United States Navy. Sever grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were conducted from the Bethany Baptist Churct near McCormick with the pastor, the Rev. C. L. Whittemore, in charge, at 3 o’clock Tuesday after noon. Interment followed in the family plot of the church ceme tery. Pallbearers were L. M. Freeland W. H. Yeldell, C. B. Beaudrot, Sr., C. B. Beaudrot, Jr., E. C. Cheat ham and E. W. Sheppard. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in Charge. -X- in 66 77 CORVETTE K-225 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. 3,672 Bales Of Cotton Ginned In County * To December 13th DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON COTTON GINNING REPORT Special Service At The Plum Branch Baptist Church Sunday, Dec. 31st A special service will be held a* the Plum Branch Baptist Church Plum Branch, on Sunday, Decem ber 31st, at 12:00. This meeting will be one of the many thousands being conducted throughout the Southern Baptist Convention in keeping with plans to make this a special day of penitence, confes sion, and rededication. It will al so be a day of preparation for the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the organization of the Southern Baptist Convention at Augusta, Ga., in 1845. To Climax a Century for Christ, worthy and challenging goals have been set up in evangelism, enlist ment, education, rehabilitation, stewardship, and benevolence for the year 1945. The Reverend James A. Howard, State Evangelist for South Caro lina, will be the guest speaker at this meeting. His subject will be: Our Relationship to the Lord”. In connection with this special service, “Training Union Atten dance Night” will be observed with a. goal of 100. This meeting be gins at 7:00 P. M. At 8:00, a pro gram will be presented by the students of the various churches in the field in observance of “Stu dent Night”. The Troy, Buffalo, Parksville, ( Modoc, and Plum Branch Baptist Churches are co operating in all of these special services. Full attendance upon these special services is urged by the pastor, the deacons, and other leaders. X Post Office Win Be Closed Jan. 1, 1945 'AtjOvc- fAe H • V. ■6v LYTLE HULL Vvhistun, Joe and the Applecart Postmaster J. E. Bell states that as Jan. 1, 1945, is a legal holiday the local post office will be closed and there will not be any rural delivery service. X Mt. Carmel News T HE United Nations have pledged themselves to undertake no ter ritorial changes in Europe which do not meet with the freely expressed approval of the peoples involved. They have also promised the peo ples of all nations to respect their right to choose any form of govern- rhent which their majorities may desire. Upon the assumption that these promises are to be kept, the Ameri can people have unofficially con sented to forfeit the political isola tion which they have enjoyed for 150 years, and to collaborate with their Allies in some sort of organi zation to be constructed for the pur pose of keeping peace in the world —by force if necessary. Today those promises seem to have been badly 4)604—if not broken. Russia has openly in terfered in a number of coun tries in order to impose govern ments favorable to her inter ests; and Great Britain has in terfered in several cases in or der that governments shall not be imposed which are inimical to her interests. Russia’s pol icy is more aggressive—Brit ain’s defensive. Russia seems to be power-grabbing in a big way—Britain countering where possible. In the case of Greece: A minority of Greek Communists are attempt ing to overthrow the temporary government of that country in order to get the power into their own hands. The British base their re sistance to this move upon the promise of the United Nations that every country shall have the privi lege of choosing its own form of government by secret ballot in an honest election. The British de clare that this election will be held if they have anything to say about it. In whose hands ufould you pre fer to trust your destiny were you a Greek? In those of Great Britain— or in those of the Greek Commu nist party? And yet our “Liberals” (?!!) have persuaded 75 per cer.t of America that Winston is the vil lain of the piece and Uncle Joe just an innocent bystander. Now we Americans really don’t know what is going on in connec tion with these affairs. We can only surmise: and being normal, we tint our opinions according to our color-^pink or white. Maybe Rus sia is doing in Poland. Romania, Bulgaria, etc., just What England / is doing in Greece—seeing to it that when the time is propitious for a popular election each nation shall be given a clear road to decide its own destiny. But in the meantime great injury is being done the Allied cause by these uncertainties and by these fanned frictions; and the Nazis and Japanese are reportedly rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation of further inter-Allied irritation. It is time for our leaders to interpret these misunderstandings—or what ever they are. And it is time for both Russia and Great Britain to stop counting the chickens before they are hatched. They don’t seem to be incubating any too rapidly at the moment. We should try to keep in mind the fact that the leaders of our Al lies are clever but human men. That in the excitement of the mo ment they may overstep them selves; but that when they consider the advantages of postwar collabo ration by the United States of America—they will do some very serious cogitating before they put too great a strain upon the equilib rium of the proposed peace sustain ing applecart. Mt. Carmel H. D. Club Meets (Too late for last week.) Here is wishing the McCormick Messenger and personnel and all McCormick County a very * happy and merry Christmas and may the New Year soon bring peace to all the world. ' Mr. and Mrs. Inman Griffin of Atlanta were recent week guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKin ney. Miss Carolyn Hester is expected home from Winthrop Colleg? Wednesday. Mrs. Dode Philips and David of ''hie West were visitors here Tues day. The meeting of the Mt. Carmel H. D. Club was held at the com munity house December 12, 1944. This being the Christmas party, the club members enjoyed the ex change of gifts. Ten members were present. Miss Lennie Covin and Mrs. Bo wick gave a very interesting and lovely Christmas program. Delightful cookies and punch were served at the close of the program. Mrs. White presented a lovely rose to each lady at the close of the meeting. X Ration Calendar For Week Of Dec. 25th tached. He pointed out that n» counterfeit A-13 coupons were found in South Carolina during the validity period ending Decem ber 21. “This unprecedented rec ord proves,” he said, “that the black market in gasoline can be stamped out if legitimate handlers of gasoline will use outlined pre cautions in accepting ration cur rency. Service station operators have through January 2 to turn in ex pired A-13 coupons or exchange them for valid coupons at the lo cal War Price and Rationing Board. PROCESSED FOODS: Blue AS through B2 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each. Good indefinitely MEATS AND FATS: Red AS ♦hrorgh S5 (Book 4) now valid a* 10 points each for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. SUGAR: Sugar stamps No. 30 Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mrs. Hun-1 No. 31, No. 32, No. 33 and No. 34 cr McKinney were Augusta visit-1 good indefinitely for five pound- Census report shows that 3,672 bales of cotton were ginned in Mc Cormick County from the crop of 1944 prior to Dec. 13 as compared with 3,886 bales for the crop of 1943. Very respectfully, J. W. Britt, Special Agent. Date, 12, 24, 44.- 3rs Monday. Miss Matilda Bell and Mrs. J. C. Bowick attended the Christmas party of «the H. D. Club at the club room Tuesday afternoon. Messrs. D. J. McAllister and John McAllister were visitors ir. vlarion and Columbia during the \veek end. Mr. Bradley Morrah of Green- dlle was a visitor here during last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Connor of Atlanta were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Horton recent- y. X losing Date For Taking Performance January 15, 1945, is the closing date for Reporting Performance under the 1944 AAA Program. If you have not yet called by the AAA Office you are asked to do so at once. Bring all bills or state ments for seed you have bought. Mrytle Ruth Deason, County Administrative Officer. 3ach CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds can ning sugar until February 28. 1945 SHOES: Airplane stamps No. 1 No. -2 and No. 3 valid indefinitely FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou pons from last year and Period 1, 2 and 3 for current season now valid at 10 gallons each. GASOLINE: A-14 coupons valic through March 21, 1945. Rationing rules require that each car owner write his license . Farmers and hunters will have to pay very little more for shot guns and rifles when civilian pro duction is resumed soon, E. H. Tal bert, district director of the Office of Price Administration, said. The retail prices will be only slightly above March, 1942, prices because wholesalers and dealers will assume most of actual coat increases allowed manufacturers under OPA’s announced plan of holding prices at 1942 levels, plus actual cost increases, for products on which civilian production, halt ed soon after the war started, is resumed. Citing the record of the Offic? of Price Administration since it was founded three years ago, Dis trict OPA Director E. H. Talbert today urged all residents of Soutli Carolina to include renewed ob servance of rationing and pries control regulations on their list of New Year resolutions. Rationing has meant fair dis tribution and continued supply of scarce commodities to essential users, he pointed out, and price control has resulted in the cost number and state on each gaso- ii V i n g price line being held on line coupon in his possession as soon as it is issued him by his lo cal rationing board. essential items. The record, the OPA Director said, is outstanding in comparison with shortages and high prices of the last war, espe- A-14 gasoline coupons which be- cially in considering that Ameri- came valid December 22 will re- ca has now been at war twice as main good for four gallons each, l° n g 35 in World War I. if properly endorsed, through Black markets and gradual re- March 21, maintaining the “basic; laxation of vigilance of the public ration” of 24 gallons of gas each have been the greatest handicap; three months for civilian motor- to OPA’s program, Mr. Talbert ists. said. With the beginning of the Service station operators were new year—another year of war— urged by District OPA Director E. Americans are being called upon H. Talbert to be sure that all “A- to get into the fight against 14” coupons they accept were breakdown of civilian price con- properly endorsed and not de- trol and rationing structures.