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true to ourselves, our neighbors, our country and our god.
Forty-Fifth’Year
June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946
Number 3;
L. L. Rankin
Claimed By Death
Luther L. Rankin, 66, of 2215
Richland Ave., Aiken, husband of
Mrs. Sunie Henderson Rankin
died Wednesday, June 12, at an
Aiken hospital at 4:45 P. M. after
an illness of four weeks.
Besides his wife, three daughters
survive;' Mrs. B. D. Heskett, Miss
Rosella Rankin, Mrs. S. P. Toole;
a granddaughter, Patricia Toole
all of Aiken; one sister, Mrs. Lula
Lyon, Laurens, three brothers, N.
O. Rankin, McCormick, Grady
Rankin, Tyler, Texas, T. I. Rankin
Aiken; step-mother, Mrs. Anna S
Rankin; two step-sisters, Mrs
Butler Gunter, and Mrs. Austin
Gunter of Aiken.
Mr. Rankin was well known
throughout this section, having
come here as a young man, where
he married and was engaged in
business until he moved to Aiken
about 17 years ago. There he
became manager of the Owens
Motor Company until the time of
“his death.
During his life here he contrib
uted greatly to community wel
fare, serving at various times as
Supt. of the Baptist Sunday
School, church organist, and
trustee of the public school. His
passing will be a great loss to his
many friends in McCormick, as
well as in Aiken, as it was hi^
custom to return often for visits
Funeral services were conducted
at the McCormick Baptist Church
Friday at 4 o’clock, Dr. L. K.
Simpson and Rev. A. D. Howard,
officiating. Interment followed at
the McCormick Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were C. A.
Owens, C. L. Holley, Aiken, R. H.
Talbert, W. M. Strom, G. C. Pat
terson, and Dr. C. K. Epting, Mc
Cormick.
An honorary escort made up of
business men of Aiken and Mc-
Cornllck included: R. A. Mer
chant, R. W. Taylor, T. M. McGee,
Grady Scott, Charles Huntley,
Frank Trowbridge, John Sizemore,
J. O. Patterson, J. R. Corley, C. C.
Morgan, J. B. Harmon, J. C.
Brown, H. Drucker, J. F. Mattison,
C. R. Strom, T. J. Sibert, Harvey
Sanders, William Keown and E.
J. McCracken.
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Mrs. Sudie G. Stone
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Sudie Garnett Stone, wid
ow of the late Jesse F. Stone of
Parksville, died early Monday
morning at the Columbia hospital,
after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
from the Parksville Baptist
Church, of which she was a mem
ber, with the Rev. H. E. Stephens
in charge. Interment followed
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Stone is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. O. D. Adair of Col
umbia, and several nieces and
nephews.
Pallbearers were Joe Price, John
Price, Julian Stone, Taylor Gar
nett, W. B. Adams and Fred Bass.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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Four-H Vege
table Growers’
Training School
A training school at Clemson
for South Carolina 4-H members
enrolled in the National Junior
Vegetable Growers’ Association
Project this year has been
planned by Miss Jane Ketchen,
Marketing Specialist, Winthrop
College, A. E. Schilletter, Exten
sion Horticulturist, and A. M.
Musser, Chief, Horticultural Divi
sion Clemson College.
The school will begin Monday,
June 24, and end Friday after
noon, June 28. Frances Ann Dans-
by, McCormick County, and
Hazel Winn, Edgefield County, will
attend this school with Miss Ma
tilda Bell, County Home Demon
station Agent.
A Vacation
Bible School
Is In Progress At
Plum Branch
feel
well
with
The Vacation Bibl'i School at
Plum Branch is in its second
week. The enrollment has reach
ed over 100 pupils with a staff of
15 workers. The school is spon
sored by the Baptist and Metho
dist Churches.
The pupils are looking forward
to two special features of the
'•chool. The school will hold its
last regular session on Friday, fol
lowed by a picnic. Then on Sun
day night there will be com
mencement exercises at the Bap
tist Church.
Ihe daily worship program will
be carried out, followed by a dem
onstration of the work done by
the various department^.
The leaders in the school
that the school is unusually
attended and is meeting
great success.
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Home-Coming
Service At
The Buffalo
Baptist Church
The Buffalo Church is th3 old
est church in the Abbeville Asso
ciation. It was organized in 1776.
The people have been enthusiatic
in repairing and repainting the
building. This work has been com
pleted and now they are planning
a home-coming service. This ser
vice will be on the fifth Sunday,
June 30.
The day’s program will consist
of the Sunday school, followed by
the home-coming service. A pic-,
nic dinner will be served at the
church. After dinner the people
will engage ‘in exchanging greet
ings and having a good time with
old friends.
A profitable, happy day is an
ticipated for former pastors and
members of the church are being
invited back. Present members
will attend, bringing picnic bas
kets of good things to eat.
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McCormick Metho
dist Church Enter-
Account Of Our Trip
To Washington
(By A Student Who Went)
A group of 30 high school stu
dents and faculty members left
McCormick Monday, June 10, on a
trip that took us through the
Capitols of South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virgh.'fa, and to the
Capitol of the United States.
We spent Monday night in
Chester, Va., just south of Rich
mond. Arising early Tuesday, w:-
went through the historic cities of
Richmond and Fredericksburg,
passing many historical points on
the highway. We arrived at Mt.
Vernon early in the afternoon and
made a complete tour of Wash
ington’s entire estate.
We again boarded our bus for
the last lap of our journey toward
)ur destination. We arrived at
ihe Washington Tourist Camp,
where we stayed while in Wash-
.ngton, at four o’clock Tuesday af
ternoon.
Tuesday night part of our group
went to one of the large theatres
and the others went to their
first “big league’’ baseball game.
The St. Louis Browns beat the
Washington Senators 6-2.
Early Wednesday morning we
began our tour of the city. We
started with the Congressional Of
fice Buildings, where we visited
Rep. Butler B. Hare in his offices.
Leaving there, we visited the
magnificent Library of Congress,
where we saw one of America’s
most beautiful building? and the
original copy of the Declaration Qf
Independence.
Next, we went to the Capitol.
We witnessed both the Senate and
the House in session. The Senate
was discussing the O. P. A. ques
tion and in the House, several
problems were brought up by dif
ferent Representatives such as O.
P. A., scarcity of grain, F. E. P. C.
BUI, etc. While at the Capitol, we
climbed to the top of its dome
and also met Sen. Maybank from
S. C.
We ate lunch and continued our
tour at the Smithsonian Institu
tion. There, we saw everything
from cloth samples to the latest
Jet-propulsion airplane. We then
visited the Washington Monument
and went to the top—555 feet a-
bove the ground. From there, we
got a good view of the city as a
whole. Then -we saw the Jeffer-
# _ son and Lincoln Memorials and
taillS VctCrailS returned to camp. We freshened
up and left again for supper and
a show at a large theatre.
Thursday morning we went over
into Maryland to Glen Echo Park,
a large permanent amusement
center. There we went swimming,
ate a picnic lunch, and rode on
some of the thrilling rides, and
had lots of fun. Returning to
Washington early in the after-
Church, on Friday, June 7. we went past the White
An address on What the Coun- House, The Dept, of State, Dept, of
try Owes the Veteran and What | interior, Post Office Dept., the
the Veteran Owes His Country was Mint, and other important Gov-
Democrats!
If you expect to vote in August
you must enroll by June 25th.
ENROLL TODAY!
J. F. Buzhardt,
Chairman.
Seventy five veterans and
friends from the McCormick and
RepubUcan Methodist Churches
and the Pressly Memorial A. R. P.
Church were entertained at a
chicken supper sponsored by the
Wesleyan Service Guild and the
Woman’s Society of Christian Ser
vice, of the McCormick Methodist
made by the Rev. C. W. Brockwell,
an ex-chaplain, of the Green
wood Circuit. Mr. Brockwell em
phasized what the veteran owed to
his country, family, church, and
God.
The Junior Choir of the church
presented a musical program apd
the veterans gave impomptu talks
during the evening.
Price Office To
Move To Green wood
Announcement is made by Mrs.
T. K. White that the price office
will be moved to Greenwood July
1st. June 28th will be the last day
the office will be open in McCor
mick.
Card Of Thanks
ernment buildings. We went
through the Dept, of Labor Build
ing and went on a tour of The
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A guide showed us displays and
explained the work of each de
partment as we went through. At
.he conclusion of this tour, we
/isited the F. B. I. Firing Range
where an expert F. B. I. man dem-
jnstrated different guns.
Thursday night we went on a
cruise down the Potomac River to
Mt. Vernon and back on the “S.
S. Potomac.”
Leaving Washington early Fri
day morning, we travelled toward
the Blue Ridge Mountains, passing
Arlington Cemetery and the bat
tlegrounds of both the battles of
First and Second Manassas. We
went to the famous Caverns of
Luray, Va., where we ate lunch
and made a tour of the caverns
Honorable Discharges
ARMY
Capt. Claude H. Workman, Jr.,
entered service May 13, 1943, re
leased from active duty April 29
1946. Battles and campaigns. Ait
Offensive Japan, Southern Philip
pines, Western Pacific, New
Guinea, and Luzon. Wears Asi
atic-Pacific Theatre Service medal,
Philippine Liberation ribbon with
bronze star, American Theatre
Service medal, and Victory medal.
Served with 475th Fighter Group.
NAVY
Charles Luther Freeland, Jr.,
Seaman 1st class, entered service
Dec. 15, 1944, discharged May 30,
1946. Wears American Area Camp,
medal, and Victory medal. Served
with USS Glennon (DD 840).
Herman Thomas Jennings,
Storekeeper 3rd class, entered ser
vice Aug. 16, 1944, discharged June
2, 1946. Wears American Area
Camp. medal, Asiatic-Pacific
Camp, medal, and Victory medal.
Served with USS McConnell (DE
103).
Raymond Robert Jennings, Yeo
man 2nd class, entered service
June 24, 1943, discharged May 20,
1946. Wears American Area Camp,
medal, Victory medal, and Asiatic-
Pacific Camp, medal. Served‘with
USS Clay (APA 39).
William Whitfield McNeill, Sea
man 1st class, entered service
May 24, 1945, discharged June 3,
1946. Wears American Area Camp,
medal and Victory medal. Served
With NOB Norfolk, Va.
EdWhr Bredteyr Seamair -1st
class, entered service Feb. 10, 1944,
discharged June 12, 1946. Weers
American Theatre ribbon and Vic
tory medal. Served with U. S.
Naval Bk£ Washington, D. C.
COAST GUARD
Preston Wade Mann, Electrici
an’s Mate 2nd class, entered ser
vice July 26, 1943, discharged
April 25, 1946. Served with USS
Adm. C. F. .Hughes.
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Bond Sales In ...
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County In May
Totalled $8,231.25
U. S. Savings Bonds sales for
McCormick County during the
month of May totalled $8,231.25,
according to report to Mr. G. J.
Sanders, Jr., County Chairman, U.
S. Savings Bonds Division, by
State Director W. Brooks Stuckey.
Sales for the month of May for
"outh Carolina totalled $3,835,-
454.50 and to-date are running at
the annual rate of $44,556,000
vhich exceeds predictions made
last December, but the present
record of sales for the State, ac
cording to Mr. Stuckey, and for
the nation, as expressed by th r
Treasury Department in Washing
ton, are not high enough consid
ering the upward trend of price
with consumer goods remaining
scarce.
Whatever paint needed for farn
buildings costs, it is cheap.
which took us one and three
fourths miles over eight acres of
land and to a depth of 260 feet.
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank every one for the kind- J Tire caverns were full of beautiful
ness shown me during my recent formations, some
illness.
Sincerely,
Bill Willis.
million years
geologists.
old,
afternoon and rode down through
the Shenandoah Valley to Lynch
burg, Va., crossing the Skyline
Drive twice. Spending the night
in Lynchburg, we arose early Sat
urday morning and came down
through North Carolina entering
South Carolina about one o’clock.
We ate lunch at Fort Mill, S. C.,
and the trip across the state took
about four hours. We arrived in
McCormick at six o’clock, com
pleting a very educational and en
joyable trip.
We are grateful to our chap-
being several! erones, Supt. W. H. Weldon, Miss
according to Vivian Jaynes, and Miss Martha
(Rucker, and to the school trustees
Weekly Roundup
SUGAR—
Spare Stamp No. 49, good for 5
lbs., expires August 31. Spare
Stamp No. 9, good for 5 lbs., for
canning expires Oct. 31.
Nail Notes—
Contractors and home builders
were cheered by the news that
OPA and CPA are jointly taking
steps to increase production of
nails, now critically short, E. H
Talbert, OPA District Director,
said today.
OPA has granted a price in
crease of $10 a ton, and concur
rent aotion by CPA has set up
specific production goals for man
ufacturers of nails, he explained.
Cereal Story—
Corn flakes, puffed wheat and
puffed rice will be slightly higher
in retail stores, OPA District Direc
tor E. H. Talbert said today. He
added that interim increases in
manufacturer’s ceilings were made
to offset recent increased costs
and reduced available volume of
the raw materials for these prod
ucts.
Shirts Up—
Retail prices of cotton flannel
work shirts are increased about
12 per cent as a result of a manu
facturer’s increase granted by
OPA, E. H. Talbert, District Direc
tor, said today.
The action, Mr. Talbert explain-,
ed, is a follow up to an earlier ac
tion increasing the prices of oth^i
types of cotton work clothing.
The increase will mean that
mens flannel shirts will cost a-
oout luc more m most inaepend-
ent stores . . . $1.77 insteau oi
$1.58, ivrr. 1 albeit said. He addea
that in chain stores that buy di
rectly from manufacturers, they
will be $1.45 instead of $1.29.
Stoves Up—
Retail prices of household cook-
mg knd^rtWrWnT staves will ad
vance two to three per cent as a
result of an adjustment granted
manufacturers, E. H. Talbert, OPA
District Director, said today.
Manufacurers’ adjustments a-
mount to 11 per cent over January
1942 ceiling prices for electric
ranges, and 13 per cent for all
other stoves, Mr. Talbert said.
These were granted because of
higher wage and material costs,
and should result in stepping up
their current volume of produc
tion, Mr. Talbert explained.
Gas and electric ranges are pre-
ticketed with the retail price at
whe factory, and this tak may no*
be removed until the range is de
livered to the customer, Mr. Tal
bert said.
Radios—
Radio buyers were advised today
by OPA District Director E. H.
Talbert that the ceiling price of a
radio includes a complete set of
tubes.
This statement was made be
cause many manufacturers, faced
with a tube shortage, have been
shipping tubeless radios to distrib
utors and retailers. In many in
stances the latter have been sup
plying tubes from their own stocks
md adding the fcosts to the retail
price, Mr. Talbert said.
This practice is strictly a viola
tion of the radio price regulation
since sets are pre-ticketed by the
manufacturers as a complete unit
and can retail at no higher price
regardless of the dealer’s cost of
supplying tubes, Mr. Talbert de
clared.
Manufacturers have been noti
fied to stop shipping sets without
tubes, he said. In cases where
manufacturers temporarily lack
tubes, they may apply to the na
tional OPA in Washington for
ceiling prices on tubeless radios.
Bread Boost Necessary—
Last week’s increase of one cent
a loaf for most loaves of bread
was required because bakers’ pro
duction cost per loaf have risen
with the growing shortage of
wheat, OPA District Director E. H.
Talbert said today.
The recent cut in wheat flour
quotas reduced bakers’ supplies of
flour by more than 25 per cent
Johnston Gets
Spinning Mill
Columbia, S. C., June 14th.—The-
Research, Planning and Develop
ment Board announced today that:
plans have been completed for the.
construction of a worsted spinning,
mill of approximately 100,0tK5
square feet, which will be erected
at Johnston, S. C., by Deering, M l-
liken & Company of New Yorit.
This will be the first mill of iis.
type in Edgefield County.
This new industry will be of tlrr
most modern type of construction.
It will be completely air condi
tioned and equipped with fluores
cent lighting throughout. It wiR
be similar in construction to the
Deering, Milliken Excelsior plant
near Clemson College and the one
now building at McCormick.
Mr. Roger Milliken, of Deering,..
Milliken & Company, states that,
his company is installing 10,000
spindles of long draft spinning:
with complementary machinery,
and that they plan to process woof
and synthetic yarns. The mill will
begin its operation just as soon as.
the building can be constructecE
and will use approximately 300
employees, this number to be in
creased as conditions warrant.
It is thought that the plant will
be completed within four months.
The steel and other materials for
this, structure has been on order
for some time and is now arriving
on the plant site at Johnston.
The machinery, all hew and of
the latest design, will be entirely
ready for installation with th&
completion of the building.
The addition of this mill to the-
Deering, Milliken & Company
holdings is just a part of their
postwar expansion program and
will add to their numerous other
mills now in operation in Souths.
Carolina. The Daniel Construction!.
Company of Greenville, S. C., is
erecting the new plant. The
Johnston mill will be managed by
Mr. Horace W. Kiser, now Mana
ger and Vice President of the Ab
beville Mills, AbbeviUe, S. C., whicl*
are owned and operated by Deer—
ing, Milliken & Company.
Mr. Roger Milliken, speaking for
his company, said, “I am greatly
pleased over the prospect of this
new plant and feel that we have
chosen a very attractive place for
its location at Johnston. We are
grateful to the Research, Planning
and Development Board, to the
Civilian Production Administra
tion, and to the fine citizens of
Johnston . for cooperating so
splendidly in clearing the way for ■
the construction of this muett
needed industry.”
Director R. M. Cooper, of the
Research, Planning and Develop
ment Board, said, “We are very
gratified to know that Deering^
Milliken & Company, who have
been such • big textile operators in>
South Carolina, have determined
to again expand their operations,
further in cur State.
“We are happy that Deering.
Milliken & Company are erecting
;-he second worsted mill in South
Carolina this year, the other one
being under costruction at present
in McCormick County. Its execu-
ives are strong believers in re
search. They feel that the tex
tile industry can do much to pro
tect the future usage of textile
fibres through diligent, careful
and planned research.”
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Cannery Notice
Due to the scarcity of produce*
no definite canning days are being
set-up at present for the schoor
cannery. However, anyone desir
ing to can may call Mr. Weldom
or Miss Rucker for an appoint
ment.
ume has resulted in higher pro
duction costs per loaf, Mr. Talbert,
said. Thus, bakers who were?
previously able to absorb advanc
ing labor and materials costs b?—
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We left the caverns in the early who made the trip possible.
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cause they were selling merfr-
and cut their volume of sale cor- bread, can no longer afford to r.^L
respondingly, he said. at prices frozen at March 1912'
The substantially decreased vol- levels.
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