McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, November 09, 1939, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sullivan News
belongs to us.
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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
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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.