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EataMi.lmd June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C., ifHipB SPA^t‘fiECEMBER 28,‘ 1944
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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.
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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.
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HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
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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
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CHAPTER 10
“GREAT ALASKAN MYSTERY”
and
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Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c
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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.
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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.
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SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
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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
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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.
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Post Office Win Be
Closed Jan. 1, 1945
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.