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/ 0OM tXV - TRUE TO OURSELVES; OXJfl NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Third Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945 , Number 34 / Washington, D. C.(NWNS).—Sub ject Mo. 1 In government circles right now is that of determining bow to get the million and a half ; men which hrmy and navy officials say must be drafted this year. Be- . cause of the heavy losses in Europe ; the rate of induction must immedi- . ately be accelerated. \ The most likely method will be , that of drafting all physically fit men between the ages of 18 and SO, . even though such a plan wouldj, at least temporarily, seriously impair ' war production and farm produc tion. The army insists that it must • have young men. Spokesmen for \ the army make it clear that older ' men might be trained for war work ( and for farming, but could not ever do an adequate job on our fighting • fronts. s The chances are that certain ii vitally necessary young men on f; farms and In war factories will be deferred for a time, bat if ^ losses continue at the present 11 rate, and if the end of me war j] becomes no more definite than *' it is today, practically all young Vj men will be put in uniform be- < fere the end of the year. To meet the situation on the , fcomefront which will develop if the army and navy take all of the young men, it is increasingly prob able that congress will approve ' some form of national service act by which all men,, and perhaps women, in nonessential industries ’ can be forced into war jobs. Pres- • sure is already being put on those in nonessential industries, and on 4-Fs, to get in essential work or , face the probability of being draft ed. This type of pressure will con- : tipue—but since tKfe army and navy : don’t want the older men-or the 4-Fs. the pressure will be of a scare nature and probably only a few of these men will actually be drafted. It seems to be generally agreed that the only way to force enough men into factories and farm work will be through a national service net giving the government author ity to draft men for war work. But it is still doubtful if congress will approve such .an act unless the President goes over congress' head to the people and sells die public) on demanding such legislation. i It Is quite possible that women will be included in such an act if it is passed since women are al-: ready badly needed as nurses and many could do a good job on farms and in factories. > Just what win finally be worked out nobody knows, but r ) it is increasingly apparent that * the “aU'-ont war,*' which the President talked about in 1941, ’ win become an actuality in 1945. Although many members of con gress are eager to take up the ques tion of our country’s future foreign policy, they will probably accede to the White House's desire that this discussion be postponed until the President has met with Church ill and Stalin. Many in congress, including members of both polit ical parties, were stirred by Sena tor Vandenberg’s recent speech de manding that we establish a clear, understandable policy which will remove the fear of German and Japanese aggression and the fear of future American isolationism. Pointing out that there seems to be little fear of disunity between Eng land and Russia, and that they may have different ideas on the peace setup than we have, the senator’s speech hit home when lie said he refused to accept a conception “that our contribution to unity must be silence, while others say and do what they please and that our only role in this global tragedy is to fight and die and pay/’ Since the White House’s indirect request for a ban on foreign policy debate came the day after Senator Vandenberg’s speech, it can be as sumed that the President hopes to have a solution to offer to this deli cate situation following his meet ing with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. GP/mimrm BUY MORE WAR BONDS, mmmrm BUY MORE WAP BONDS James M. Garnett Claimed By Death Jartier Malcum Garnett, 78, died at his home near Plum Branch early last Thursday, after an ill ness of several years. Funeral services were • conducted from the Parksville Baptist Church of which he had been a life-long member, at four o’clock Friday af- ernoon. The Rev. Lewis M. Kirk land, pastor of the church, as sisted by the Rev. Foster Speer, officiated. Interment followed in he Parksville cemetery. Survivors are five sons, J. W. Garnett of Newberry; E. J. Gar nett of Charleston; J. L. Garnett of Paxville; J. R. Garnett of Plum Branch, and R. F. Garnett of Charlotte, N. C.; one daughter, Miss Mary Alice Garnett of Plum Branch; and 23 grandchildren. Mr. Garnett was the son of the late Jc.ne Cartledge and James William Garnett and had spent his entire life in this section. His wife, Mrs. Mamye Scott Garnett, died seven years ago. Pallbearers were F. L. Bass, D. M. Blackwell, Ward Robertson, A. C. Bradshaw, Mid Self and J. C. Stone. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. xx Grand And Petit ^Jurors Announced Closing Notice We, the undersigned merchants and business men, do hereby a- gree to close each Wednesday at 7 p. m., beginning Wednesday Feb. 7th, until further notice. We a It will close at 6:30 each week day, except Saturday. We wish to ask the public to please cooperate with us in thi: and to also save your paper bags and return them to some mer chant: Ben Franklin Stores, M. L. Gibert, C. H. Huguley, T. W. Walker, L. R. Bussey, J. A. Hamilton, A. P. Willis, Patterson Clo. Co., White Hdw. Co., until spring, Vanity Beauty Shop, McCormick. Dry Cleaners, H. Drucker, Dixie Home Stores, G. E. Camp bell, Mgr., H. D. Wideman, J. S. Strom, Brown’s Inc., J. G. Campbell, J. R. Corley. The Baptist Radio Hour Above- fAe HULL The Black Death bx bx XbbXbXa’tgfrxb’gb’tgygb’feb'gbYb-bbXb’dbXbXbXbX HULfflHD THEM V ■' l ■ McCOBMICK, S. C. FRIDAY anti SATURDAY January 26th and 27th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. RUTH TERRY, LULUBELLE & SCOTTY t m 199 SING, NEIGHBOR, SING’ Also A CARTOON and SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c MONDAY and TUESDAY January 29th and 30th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:20 P. M. IRENE DUNNE—RODDY MacDOWELL in “THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER” Al SO SfeLECtED STIOKT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS Grand Jurors for McCormick County for 1945 are: Hcld-over members: E. R. Price, E. C. Cheatham, M. C. White, Dewey H. Langley, H. O. Watson, W. J. Bruce. New members: S. O. Bouknight, W. L. Dansby, W. E. Chamberlain, J. L. Caudle, W. L. White, L. W. Ridlehoover, T. C. Faulkner, J. Ellison White, G. C: Patterson, P. J. Dowtin, J. R. Corley, ^T. P. Deason. Alternates: Y. E. Seigler, Jeff Sharp ton, T. R. Blackwell. Petit Jurors for the February term of court which begins on Monday, February 5th. at 10:00 o’clock a. m., are: D. W. Dowtin, Lee Price, D. W. Trammell, T. D. Davis, J. W. Morrah, F, M. Pinson, J. W. Robertson, Francis Wideman, L. C. Talbert, G. V. Shrine, D. C. Talbert, Archio Willis, W. B. Wood, S. D. Giles, Luther Dillashaw, Jack Gable, James V/. Strother, J. T. Link, T. J. Franklin, F. A. Herd^rson, A. C. Kehaya, W. C. Brown, W. K. Connor, G. C. Sanders, J. H. Furqucron, D. W. H^rdy, T. L. Britt, G. C. White, Monroe Simpson, W. W. Brock, J. C. Beach, O. M. McKeller, W. W. Hammond, W. C. Jaynes, E. B. Smith, W. E. Crawford. W E OFTEN hear someone say that "times have never been as terrible as they are today’’, and we become depressed by the thought that “civilization” is de generating rather than otherwise. The statement is inaccurate, as there have been other occasions since the birth of Christ when Eu rope Has gone through convulsions more tragic, believe it or not, than even those it is experiencing today. For illustration—the bubonic plague killed 25 million people in Europe alone in the 14th century. It de stroyed a quarter of the then popu lation. This same pestilence often affected 100 per cent of the popula tion of a town and killed from 20 to 80 per cent of those affected. Influenza, the last great wave of which swept the world in 1918. af fects 400 out of every 1.000 of the population where it strikes, and out of the 400 only two die. It is difficult to imagine the horrors of these epidemics of bubonic plague. Dead and dy ing people sometimes literally blocked traffic on the streets of the cities. Convict labor was used to get rid of the bodies, y I Everyone who could leave X- the cities did so, and many v4?.; were killed by the vigilance committees of other towns who were attempting to drive away V 3X! the panic-stricken refugees in f order to bypass the pestilence. Cities were without food as the tS&j farmers dared not bring it to the pestilence ridden centers, ^ and millions starved as local : governments completely broke down. There was in those days no known method of preventing this and other ; pestilences like typhoid fever, ma- i; laria, cholera, smallpox, leprosy, anthrax, dysentery, typhus, rickets, - syphilis, diphtheria, etc., and these , scourges spread over the face of $ the earth as fast as travelers could carry them, and sometimes threat ened whole nations with extinction. In as recent a century as the 18th. 60 million people are estimated to have died of smallpox in Europe alone. Then in the 14th century race hatreds and religious intolerance raged unrestrained. Today we know that rats and other rodents carry the bubonic plague germs, but at that time this was not sus pected and the spread of this dis ease was blamed usually upon those of Jewish faith. Such acts of horror and brutality as even Hit ler’s Nazi sewer rats have not con ceived, were ordinary occurrences. Thousands upon thousands were • tortured, murdered and burned. But anyone, be he Jew or Gentilef who * was even suspected, was tortured ’ until some manufactured confes sion was dragged out of him, or un- ! til he died.* ‘ Bubonic plague—the most ter rible of all known pestilences—is not “dead.” It still lurks in dark corners in the Far East, and only as recently as 1910 it wiped out 60,000 humans in Manchuria and again in 1918 it killed 20,000. It struck in San Francisco in 1900 but was ^topped through heroic means before it had taken 200 lives. Some day—during or following one of these great wars which we humans : indulge in—such chaotic conditions will be brought about in parts of the world that preventive regulations will be completely dis organized; the eternal vigilance, which is our only safeguard against bubonic plague, will fail and the Black Death will finish the work which dumb man started. It is not a pleasant outlook, but it is wortii the consideration of those who peri odically attempt to conquer the world over the dead * bodies of others. Chaplain (Major) William C Taggert will be the speaker on the Baptist Radio Hour next Sunday morning, January 28th, at 8:30. Major Taggert has seen service over seas and has ministered to the wounded and dying and tyas buried the bodies of some of the dead on foreign soil. With the background of such experiences as he has had, his message will be one of unusual interest to all the people at this time. Fathers and mothers and other loved ones and friends of our boys in service should find in his message some comfort and en- ouragement. His subject will be, “My Fighting Congregation”. Hear this message on your radio next Sunday morning at 8:30. X Mt. Carmel News Card Of Thanks ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children up to 12, 12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. We wish to thank each and ev- [ery one for the kindness rendered us during the illness and death of lour husband and father. Mrs. W. E. Sheppard And Children. Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson vas a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Seott Sunday. Sen. L. L. Hester spent part of ’ast week in Columbia. Mrs. Morris Scott and Mr. Mor is Soott, Jr., of Augusta, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sunday. We are glad to say that Misses Linnie and Eliza Covin and Mr. Clarence Covin have about recov ered from recent bad colds. Dr. S. W. Reid of McCormick was visiting in Mt. Carmel one af ternoon last week. Mrs. J. J. White visited her brother, Mr. Morris Scott, and Mrs. Scott, in Augusta recently. Mr. D. J. McAllister was a re cent business visitor in Columbia. Mrs. Ida Black spent a few days in Calhoun Falls last week. Miss Annie White visited her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Boyd, in the Memorial Hospital in Abbeville one day last week. We are glad to say our last news from Mrs. Boyd was very encouraging, as she seemed to be much better, which is good news to many friends. Mrs. J. D. Cade was called to Florence last week by the death of her nephew, Mr. DuPre, who made his home with his aunt, Miss McKellar, for some time. Mrs. Cade and Miss McKellar have re turned to Mt. Carmel and Miss McKellar will remain with her sister for some time. The loving sympathy of many friends is ex tended to the bereaved family. Modoc News (Too late for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Clay Jennings of Bradley were spend the day guests here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. 1 Sgt. T. J. Stone from Camp Gordon was a week end visitor to his parents, Mr. aind Mrs. T. J. Stone, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie were dinner guests to Misses Rosalie and Lucy Bussey. ' Mrs. B. M. Bussey spent the week end with relatives in Augus ta: Mrs. G. E. Dukes and daughters, Mrs. G. E. Canteleau and Mrs. i important part cf the fight. Emily Hancock from Augusta This film which runs 14 min- spent PJonday among relatives and uics was filmed by the War De friends here. * partment to show wood workers Miss Permelia Clem of Augusta the importance of their job in was a week end visitor here to her winning the War. It was obtained parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem, from the Industrial Service Of- Rev. L. M. Kirkland from Plum ficer of the Fourth Service Corn- Branch made a short visit here mnnd in Atlanta, Georgia, and is Tuesday evening. Timber To Toyko A new War Department motion picture film showing how wood is helping whip the Japs in the Pa cific has been obtained by the Timber Production War Project for showing in local theaters, said Project Forester L. O. Barrett of the local TPWP office. According to an advance notice received by Mr. Barrett this pic ture tells the story of a wounded Marine who returns home and finds an bid pal of his, a woods worker, dissatisfied at doing only woods work instead of helping on the fighting front killing Japs. The Marine tells how lumber is used in combat and flash backs show fighting action in various operations such as fighters and oombers softening enemy posi tions, troops landing from LCVP’s» establishment of a beach head, paratroopers capturing an air field, etc. The Marine convinces his friend that his work in the woods on the home front is an -X- The Church Speaks scheduled to be shown in addition to the regular program at the Glo ria Theater in Ninety Six Wednes day, January 24, and the Holly wood Theater in McCormick Fri- day and Saturday, January 26 and The church has always been a 27. Other showings are being common place of prayer. People scheduled in Edgefield, Johnson from every station of life enter its and Saluda the following week. doors to find peace and quietness ^ of mind. It is the place that has been set apart by. mankind where PclDCr all people may retire from the U noise and clamor of the world to build the citadels of their own souls. It stands for everything • that is high, holy, and beautiful. Through these terrific days which we are passing it is a source of strength and courage to many who face life calmly and serenely with a definite conviction that, in Collection Friday The Boy Scouts will collect waste paper and cardboard Friday after noon, and on Friday afternoon ev ery two weeks. Please have yours on your front porch by 3 o’clock. If you have the * ultimate/ righteousneX'-"w!li to ° “ luc ‘* t0 mana ,f easily, tell a prevail. Let us avail ourselves of sc ° ut and . “ me collectors "d 1 st °P and get it for you. X the glorious privilege of coming into the church and seeking the will of God for our lives in these As the heaven is high above the times. earth, so great is the soil’s reward M. E. Boozer. to them that nourish it.