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TSUI TO OUB8ELV1CE, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirty-Eighth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939 WASHINOOt! Wellington, Nov. 6. — (Auto caster).—The first definite tangi ble result*of the clearing away of the question of whether the man ufacturers of the United States may make and sell military weap ons and supplies will be the re lease from Governmental restric tions of almost $80,000,000 worth of War orders already in the hands of makers of airplane® and other munitions. Great Britain has ordered from the makers in this country nearly $15,000,000 of planes, France al most three times as many, and there are orders in hand for $5,000,- 000 of planes from Australia, Canada and other nations, to say nothing of numerous small orders for rifles and ammunition. It is known to the State and War Departments that hundreds of millions of further war orders from the Allies are ready to be given, the moment the President signs the new Neutrality law. That these war orders will start a boom of business in many lines is not to be doubted, but how far it* will be yield to the demand that Hitler and his immediate circle be thrown out. In that case there would be a possibility of mediation by some powerful neutral nation, such as the United States, looking toward a peace which would be just to all parties concerned. Such a peace cannot be nego tiated with a government which, like Hitler’s, has demonstrated its untrustworthiness, but it is under stood here that the new British Ambassador, the Marquess of Lothian, has assured the President that his government would be only too glad to avert the sacrifice of lives and wealth which a prolong ed war would involve if a satis factory settlement could be ar ranged with a government vhich the British government could trust. Such a message is considered here as tantamount to an invita tion to President Roosevelt to be the mediator of the European quarrel. He could hardly offer his services, but it is considered possi ble that he might accept that role if a formal invitation came from both sides, from responsible gov ernments. In that case he would be following the example of his illustrious namesake and prede cessor, “Teddy,” who negotiated the Peace of Portsmouth between Russia and Japan in 1905. While some who are close to the European situation ridicule the McCormick Farmers Reminded Of 1940 A. A. A. Wheat Regulations , All McCormick County farmers are reminded that the 1940 A. A. A. wheat regulations provide for a penalty to each farm having more than 10 acres planted to wheat unless you have received a usual ^.creage figure, or a 1940 wheat allotment from the office of the McCormick County Agricultural Conservation Association. All farmers are urged, however, to plant up to 10 acres of wheat for each farm if it is peeded on the farm. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. McCormick, S. C. • xx Mt. Carmel News reflected in other lines of business | idea that" any external pressure apart from munitions no one ventures .to predict. It will put a good many thousand men back on payrolls, however, and so increase the purchasing power of them selves and their families for all sorts of commodities. Boom May Be Li nailed How long this boom will last de pends upon how long the war lasts: and there are astute observ ers in Washington, close to the State Department, who are pre- ing that there is dieting that the war will not last long. These prophets base belief upon the assumption lennany will be forced by of World opinion to can force Hitler to relinquish his leadership, others who are equally informed point out that the Fuehrer has not the confidence or the unquestioning support of the German Army, and that another Army revolution such as that which drove the Kaiser into exile i is not impossible. Pure Speculation Much Of that is pure speculation, but it is worth noting as indicat- » certainty that the rush of war orders already beginning will continue long enough to start anything like a business boom. There is a better chance, many observers here be- HOU.YIOQD IHEAIDE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 10th and 11th, 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. LINDA DARNELL ANN SOTHERN m 661 rn9 tn HOTEL FOR WOMEN’ Also A Cartoon ‘Wickey, Wackey Rolnallce , and A Sportscope “Clocking the Jockeys’ MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY November 13th and 14th, 7 P. M. and 9 P. M. ROBERT DONAT GREER GARSON .99 in r * i GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS ' Also tf’lW*’' ^ Passing Parade Subject r “The Story of Alfred Nobel and FOX MOVIETONE NEWS 1 U ▼ * ' ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Mr. J. F. Sutherland of Ander son was a business visitor here this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. White attend ed the grange meeting in McCor mick Thursday night. Miss Sallie T. Cade and friend, Miss Williams, of Spartanburg, were recent visitors of Mrs. Jennie M. Cade. Mrs. Mabel Brown visited her son, Mr. Drennan Brown, at Clemson College Sunday afternoon. Mr. Willie Hester and others at tended the Duke-Ga. Tech game in Atlanta Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant of Columbia were recent visitors here. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sutherland of Greensboro, N. C., were visitors here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Mabel Brown and Miss Annie White were Abbeville visi- >•«•■' • •• ; tors Monday. , - lieve, that as a result of afl the discussion of the position of the United States with relation to the rest of the world, the next session of Congress may begin appropri ating enough money to provide our army and navy with necessary arms and supplies. It is taken as a settled question in Washington that the defeat of the “isolationist” block in the Senate is the green light which the Army and Navy and the State Department have been waiting for as the signal to go ahead and prepare the defenses, not only of the United States but of the whole Western hemisphere, so that we shall be actually, instead of only possibly, the most powerfully armed nation in the world. The superior strength of Ger many in the air and the successful raids upon the British Navy have gone a good way to dispel the old- time faith that we are immune to air attacks and that this country does not need a strong navy, since we can rely upon the British fleet i to guard the Atlantic. While a good deal has been said and printed about our defense preparations, the fact is that the Government has spent only about a tenth as much in the past three years for Army and Navy purposes as have England or France. The War Department believes that an adequate land and air force would take three years to build up and would cost $5,000,000,000 dollars. Only then would we be able to put enough trained and fully equipped soldiers in the field to protect our shores and provide defense against possible air attacks, the generals say. And the Navy believes that we will never be adequately pro tected until we have a “two- ocean” fleet, which would cost us another five or six billions and take three or four years to build. The idea is that with the start which the war orders now in hand from the Allies will give our factories in numerous lines it would be sound national policy to go into the munitions business for ourselves in a big way, and so take up a lot of the employment slack and get ourselves ready to talk turkey to Russia, Japan, Germany or any other nation which might conceivably want something that Methodist Bazaar On November 16th The ladies of the McCormick Methodist Church will hold their annual bazaar on Thursday, Nov. 16th, at the community house. .4 turkey dinner will be served from 12:00 o’clock noon to 3:00 p. m. Dinner for adults, 50 cents, and for school children, 35 cents. xx Card Of Thanks . McCormick Public Schools Honor Roll For October I wish to express my sincere ap preciation to my many friends for their kindness shown me during my recent illness. May God bless each and everyone of you. Sincerely, / Clyde Bowick. -xx- Sullivan News belongs to us. i The G. A.’s and Sunbeams held their regular monthly meeting, Friday afternoon, in the home of Misses Marie and Jaunita Reames. Nine members of the Girls’ Auxil iary and six members of the Sun beams were present. The subject of study was “Nigeria.” The hostesses served refreshments con sisting of apple float, cake and tea. Miss Maggie Winn, of Asheville, N. C., spent the week end with relatives in this community. Mr. J. J. Mayson and Mr. W. F. Mayson spent several days last week in Lancaster, where they at tended the annual meeting of the Upper South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. Week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reynolds were Miss Mary Reel and Master Bobby Reel, of the Cleora section. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reames were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bannister, Thursday. Misses Sarah Katherine and Mary Lou Winn and Messrs. G. P. and Edgar Winn visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mayson in Swains- boro, Ga. f Sunday. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Langley, in Greenwood, Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mayson, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Reames and family, Mrs. I. C. Harrison and Miss Rubye Mayson. Spend the day guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winn, Sunday, were Miss Maggie Winn, Miss Corrie Cheatham, Miss Hattie Brunson, and Miss Hazel Winn. Visitors to Mrs. Janelle Winn, Sunday evening, were Misses Ann Rambo dnd Beatrice Wrenn ' and Mr. W. L. Winn. Miss Elizabeth Mayson spent Thursday night with Miss Irene Mayson. The Rev. J. H. Manly, who has been on the Abbeville Circuit, has been appointed to the Phoenix charge, which now includes Mt. Vernon, Rehoboth, Bethel and Mt. Carmel churches. The many friends of The Rev. and Mrs. Manly extend to them a warm welcome into this community. Misses Maggie and Hazel Winn and Mr. J. E. Winn visited rela tives in Plum Branch, Sunday morning. Miss Elizabeth Mayson and Misses Minnie Lee and Emmie Winn were spend the day guests of Miss Azilee Mayson, Sunday. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reames and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reames, Sunday, were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reames and Betty Jean, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reames, Mrs. Albert Seigler and Joan and Jimmie, and Miss Gladys Reames. Master Curtis Winn spent Sun day with Master James Winn. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winn, Miss Hattie Brunson and Miss Corrie Cheatham visited Miss Brunson’s brother, who has been ill for some time, Sunday afternoon. Mr. Marvin Reames, of Colum bia, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Reames. Miss Lura Gilchrist, of Ander son College, and Miss Thelma Gilchrist, of Edgefield, spent the week end with their mother, Mrs. J. B. Gilchrist. Mrs. L. E. Reames spent Monday in Greenwood with her daughter, Mrs. Sidney Whatley, who has been ill for several days. FIRST GRADE— Cecil Alverson, Mary Grace Dansby, Bettye Frances Edwards, Patricia Price, Phyllis Chamberlain, Bobby Brown, Charles Simpson, Sondley Robinson, Joe Brown, Bobby Holloway, Thomas Seigler, Billy Parker, Joseph Duncan, • Ken Dowtin, Jimmy Strom. SECOND GRADE— Grover Davis, Melvin Derrick, Leonard Dorn, Bobby Edmunds, Joe Hartline, Paul LeRoy, Bobby Sanders, Johnny Schumpert, Anne Carol Abercrombie, Mary Joyce Abercrombie, Janet Caudle, Frances Ann Dansby, Betty Jane Deason, Lillie Ellen Wise, Anne Sanders. THIRD GRADE— Billy Creighton, Grady Young. FOURTH GRADE— Theresa Barnhardt. FIFTH GRADE— Lois Edwards. SIXTH GRADE— Belton Harmon. SEVENTH GRADE— Frances New, Helen Fooshe, Bertha Mae Harris. EIGHTH GRADE— Carolyn Hitt, Miriam Amick. NINTH GRADE-*- None. TENTH GRADE— Anne Bussey Seigler, Nettie Louise Morgan, Marjorie Seigler, Norma Holloway, Virginia Fooshe. ELEVENTH GRADE— Natalie Brown, Betty Fuller, Lois Freeland. Number 23 Union Services At Methodist Church Sunday Evening The regular monthly union serv ices of the local churches will be held at the Methodist Church next Sabbath evening at 7:30. The Rev. A. Thad. Persons, pastor of the Baptist Church, will preach. The public is cordially invited to this service. Rev. Speer And Rev. Derrick Return Their many friends in McCor mick County learn with pleasure of the return of the Rev. Foster Speer to the Plum Branch Metho dist Church Charge for another year and the Rev. M. E. Derrick to the McCormick Charge. The appointments were made in the Upper South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church at Lan caster on Sunday evening by Bishop Clare Purcell, who pre sided over the conference. insurance benefits? A: No. A worker does not have to retire from covered employment to file a claim for benefits if his wages are less than $15 a month, but he would have to retire to re ceive such monthly benefits. AH workers who are approaching re tirement age are advised to con sult or write the nearest field of fice of the Social Security Board for details. NEW SOCIAL SECURITY QUES TIONS AND ANSWERS -xx- New Social Security Questions And Answers (By Martha Presslv, Manager, Greenwood, S. C., Field Office, Social Security Board.) (Editor’s Note: This is No. 2 :<n a series of 12 sets of Questions most frequently asked. No. 3 fol lows this this week.) Q: How do the amendments af fect workers now already 65 or aporoaching that age? A: Older workers now have an opportunity to get monthly bene- fife; whereas, under the original law, no one who became 65 before eould qualify for monthly benefits. O: How soon could a worker whe was 65 years of age in 1936 begin receiving monthly benefits? A.: A worker who was 65 year. c old in 1936 may begin receiving monthly benefits in July 1940 pro vided he had 4 quarters of coverec employment in 1939 and 2 ouarters of covered employment in 1940. Q: Is it now possible for a work er 65 years old who has received a lump-sum payment from the So cial security Board to qualify for monthly benefits under the a- mendments to the Social Security Act? A: Yes. Consult the nearest field office of the Social Security Board for details. Q: In the event a man who has received a lump-sum payment qualifies for monthly benefits, what adjustment will be made with resnect to the money already paid him? A: The amount of the lump-sum payment which he received will be deducted from his monthly pay ments. Q: Must a worker retire in order to receive his monthly benefits? A: Yes. But under the revised law, his 65th birthday does not necessarily mark the end of his participation in the ‘insurance plan. He will continue to ac cumulate wage credits as long as he works in a job covered bv the program, no matter how old he is. Q: Does a worker have to retire in order to file a claim for old-age (Fv Martha Presslv, Manager, Greenwood. S. C.. Field Office, Social Security Board.) (Editor’s note: This is No. 3 in a series of. 12 sets of Questions most frequently asked. No. 4 will appear next week.) Q: How are Old-Age and Survi vors Insurance monthly benefits calculated^ A: Benefits are figured on av erage monthly wages instead of the total wages a worker has re ceived as was the case under the original Social Security Act. Q: Will the new method of figuring benefits make any impor tant change in the procedure al ready established by the Social Security Board for the mainte nance of wage records? A: No. Employers will continue to send to the Collector of Internal Revenue their tax returns along with the detailed statement of the wages earned by each of their employees; and the Social Security Board will continue to record these earnings on the individual ledger sheets of the millions of workers for whom accounts have been established. Q: What is the new formula for calculating monthly benefits? A: The insured worker will re ceive as a basic benefit 40 per cent of the $50 of his average monthly earnings in covered employment, plus 10 per cent of his average wage over $50 and up to $250 a month. He will receive an addi tional 1 per cent of his basic bene fit for each year in which he has earned at least $200 in covered eirolovment. Q: As an example, suppose a man has been receiving an aver age monthly wage of $100 since (he beginning of 1937 and chooses to retire when he reaches the age of 65 at the beginning of 1940. What would his monthly benefit amount to? A: He would receive $25.75 a month—40 per cent of $50; or $20 plus 10 per cent of the remaining $50. or $5; nlus 3 per cent of the basic benefit of $25, or .75; making a total of $25.75. Q: Suppose this man is married and his wife is at least 65 years of age? A: In that case, his wife would be entitled to a benefit equal to one-half of her husband’s benefit, or $12.87, making a total monthly navment to the old couple of $38.62. Gin Notice Until further notice, our gint days will be Friday and Saturday of each week. M. G. & J. J. DORN, INC. McCormick, S. C., Nov. 8, 1939. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And AIJ Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH CT BROWN, ^ McCORMICK, S. C.