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f. i ■ffe V TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR^.NEIGHB ORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Second Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK. $ « . THI B SDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1943 Number 30 Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.— <NWNS)—Leaving a good deal of Unfinished business behind, the members of congress are now home on a vacation and for a chance to check up on how the home folks feel about pending legislation. Most observers here agreed that congress needed a rest—that the majority of congressmen have been working harder than con gressmen ever have worked be fore and that a period of rest frozp their long hours of dealing with complex problems was in or der. .r But there is a general feeling of disappointment throughout the country that congress didn’t get more things settled before it re cessed, instead of leaving us up In the air on taxes, on farm sub sidies, on labor control, on the soldier vote, etc. The subsidy issue, which is one cf the most controversial which has faced congress in a long time, was finally postponed rather than settled. A resolution was put through continuing the pres ent subsidy plan until February 17. With two months to go before a final decision, the administra tion will have an opportunity, to muster its forces in support of subsidies and it now seems likely that they will eventually be ap proved. If a final vote had been taken before Christmas, subsidies probably, would have been de feated. Thus th* action on this measure may well be changed en tirely by the congressional holi day. The questioh of taxes seems to have been fairly well worked out, but since the new revenue act will ajjply to 1944, it is going to mean.that we will start the new year without actually knowing what our taxes are going to be during that year. It is quite pos sible that the present tax deci sions, which have not yet become law, may be changed consider ably, and again the administra tion will use the holiday to mus ter forces in favor of higher taxes than those approved by congress men. With congress away, attention here will be centered on the ad ministration .which will have many difficult and pressing prob lems op which to make decisions. As this column was written, the most crucial action needed was a solution to the threat of a na tion-wide railroad strike which would do more to interfere with the war program than did even the, coal strike. But however the railroad strike threat is handled, this is expected to be just the beginning of new labor problems. For all union leaders seem to agree that the “Little Steel” for mula, which froze wages at • 15 per cent above what they were in 1941, was broken by the govern ment when it agreed to higher wages for coal miners and there will undoubtedly be strikes all a- long the line unless the govern ment works out some solution which is agreeable to all of labor. This problem is one that cannot be decided entirely by the ad ministration and calls for drastic legislation by congress. During 1944 another problem with labor wiH v arise when some companies are called upon to make less goods than in 1943 and will feel it necessary to eliminate some jobs. Recently a strike was started in the subsidiary of steel plant because the company let two men go who were no long er needed. As long as high war production is called for, this Post Office To Be Closed Saturday- January 1, W44 r ' ‘ * M ' t * ' Postmaster J. E. Bell states that as Saturday, January 1, 1944, is a legal holiday, there will not be any rural route service and the post office will be closed. i X — Modoc News HOLL McCORMICK, S. G saris ^ • FRIDAY and SATURDAY Dec. 31st, and Jan. let, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. RICHARD ARLEN CHESTER MORRIS in 66 99 AERIAL GUNNER Also A WALT DISNEY CARTOON “PLUTO AND ARMADILLO” : ' ail d A MUSICAL “HIT TUNE JAMBOREE” Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem and family spent Christmas day with Mrs. G. E. Dukes. ^ Mrs. W. M. Nash was dinner guest Saturday to Misses Rosalie and Lucy Bussey. Mr. Charley Bussey of Savan nah is spending the week here among friends and relatives Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Reese from- Barnwell are spending the week here among relatives. Mr., and Mrs. Evans Bussey of Augusta and Mr. J. Gordon Bus- seyi of Wauchula, Fla., were din ner guests Sunday to Misses Rosalie and Lucy Bussey and Mr. E. F. Bussey. , ' Mr. F. M. Bussey from Moncks Corner spent Saturday and Sun day here with homefolks. Mr. Chas. Stone of Augusta spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Miss Lucy Bussey, Miss Cehoy McDaniel and Mrs. W. M. Nash made a short visit to Augusta on Tuesday of this week. Mrs. B. M. Bussey antf daugh ter, Miss Dorris Bussey, are spending a few days among rela tives in Augusta this week. Mr. E. F. Bussey and Miss Rosalie Bussey were dinner guests Tuesday to Mi. and Mrs. T. D Howie. —:—_x — Congress Moves To Aid Returning Veterans Lawmakers Debate Rate Of Pay For Discharged Men By AL JEDLICKA • Congress already has started the ball rolling , to put Johnny Doughboy on his feet when he comes marching home. Acting now when 70,000 men are being discharged each month from the armed forces, the senate passed a mustering-out . pay bill providing for disbursements ranging from $200 to $500, and sent it to the house, where it is expected the payments may be raised higher when the measure is considered after the holidays. Early this fait, President Roose velt declared the country should be ready to give its vets a help ing hand as soon as they come home, rather than forestall legis lation until they have been de mobilized, with empty pockets and no opportunity ahead. At the time, the President out lined a six-point program, in cluding: 1. Mustering-out pay to every ABOVE -1 THE By LYTLE HULL (The following article was writ ten exclusively for National Week ly NeWefiaper Service by the pub lic relati6n~ bureau of the Ameri can Red Cross.) Washington, D. C. (NWNS) — More than 4,000 emergency re quests from mien in the armed forces or from their families are handled daily by the Home Ser- : vice of the American Red ‘ Cross. Home Service is the soldier’s con tact wi£h his family and the fam ily’s means of get’titig lri touch in “a big ’ hurry,” with their soldier sons. ' ■*' Problems of allotments and al lowances, claims involving pen sions, insurance and compensa tion, questions of welfare of sol diers that have been» out of touch with thein families since going overseas and those regarding sons and husbands who have been tak en prisoners of war, reports on the welfare of men' who have been wounded or who are in some far off military hospital, perhaps at an undisclosed destination, fi nancial problems in the family at home which are often compli cated by need of medical care— all these and more are the prob lems which may come to the sol dier’s family any time, anywhere. These are the kind of problems which the Red Cross is handling to assist the service man or his family through its own resources member of the armed ^forces when discharged, large enough in or through helpful advice and in- Red Cross has been made by car- , . .. formation concerning all other each case to cover a reasonable available resources. period of time between his dis- j Wh j le many large chapters em _ charge and the finding of a new ploy professional social workers, job. backbone of this Red Cross Ser vice. There are 3,755 Red Cross chap ters in America, each one, regard- '°ss of size, obligated to provide the resources of home service t> service men, ex-service men aod their famihes. Of the total chap- jis, there are 2,910 in communi- having a nopulation less tha i 10,000. In 2,153 of these chapter', home service is conducted entirely by volunteer workers. In many sections of the country Red Cross workers must take their vital message from service men to their families and back a- gain. over mAny miles of difficult roads and even over mountains, or desert country where there are no roads at all. In one section, where counties are large and communication facilities meager, a relay system has been worked out whereby Red Cross workers sta tioned at different points in a county receive the relayed mes^ sages from the chapter and de liver them to families on isolated farms or ranches. In another county, where the only telephones are at cross roads, filling stations or stores, forest rangers co-operate with Red Cross to get themessages through. When troops are on maneuvers, delivery of emergency messages from the family to a soldier through the field director of the C. E. Wilkie Says Lime Your Land MONDAY ami TUESDAY January 3rd and 4th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. PAT O’BRIEN RANDOLPH SCOTT ANNE SHIRLEY m BOMBARDIER 99 Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS “My first experience with lime in this county was about 1926 on my farm near Plum Branch. One year before I bought this place I rented it and sowed some vetch and crimson clover but neither of them would grow satisfactorily. This land was worn out white land or land that was so poor I made .only 8 bales of cotton on 21 acres. I decided I would have to do better, move or starve as some of my neighbors had al ready told me i. that I would starve on that poor place I had bought. “In the fall of 1926 I purchased 20 tons of lime that cost me a- bout $100.00 dollars, then I sowed about 40 pounds of vetch ppi acre and put about 1 ton of lime per acre on the above mentlonec field. The following year I mad 17 bales of cotton on this same 21 acre field. ‘T do not think tkat the ’ini was directly responsible for th increase cf cotton but I do third that the lime stimulated th growth of^vetch and the extra growth of vetch caused the cot ton crop to be bett r. This is a little more than twice as much cotton per acre.” This true story told by one o'. aur good farmers is just one of the many experiences of farmer in this county with lime. In 1926 Mr. Wilkie did not receive any fi nancial assistance from the Gov ernment in his program ba- r.o day lime is yours just for th asking. Benj. W. Crouch, Soil Conservation Service, G. W. Bonnette, County Agent, Extension Service. ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents; Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax. problem won’t be too great, but as soon as the demand for goods falls off this will be one of the nation’s greatest problems unless some solution is worked out a- head of time. Union leaders not only will refuse to tolerate unem ployment, but they will also fight all attempts to reduce wages dur ing the period when industry is; converting to the manufacture of i J G ct C‘v UI a X i. L* 2. In case no job is found af ter diligent search, then unem ployment insurance should be paid. 3. Allowance of credit to all members of the armed forces un der unemployment compensation and federal old age and survivors’ imurance, for their period of ser vice. 4. Sufficient pehsions for dis abled members of the armed forces. i On October 27, the President asked congress for early action on the recommendion of the Armed Forces Committee on Educational Opportunity for Services’ Person nel to provide schooling for qualified vets. * Under the plan estimated to cost $1,000,000,000, the govern ment would pay the tuition plus $50 monthly for single vets, and tuition plus $75 for married vets, with an additional payment of $10 for every child. Carrying the name of Senator Alben Barkley (Ken.) but em bodying provisions of a plan in- Lrcduced by Senators Bridges ‘N. H.) and Austin (Vt.), the sen ate bill would not only reward vets in service but also discharg ed World War II vets. An ex ception is made of those vets ov er 38 who were released upon heir own application. Under the senate bill, muster- ng-out payments would be made on the following basis: Fcr persons who have served ' utside the continental limits of he TJ. S. after December 6, 1941; $590 for 18 months or more; r/Ol for 12 to 18 months; $300 for less than 12 months. For persons who have served within the continental limits ol Jhe U. S. after December 6, 1941 • $33) for months or more; $203 for less than 12 months. In the case of $200 payments, %1 00 wou’d be disbursed at dis charge, and the rest one moptL ^ter. For the other sums, how ever, one-third of the amount would be paid at discharge, and he rest in two monthly install ments. Originally, Senator Barkley’s bill called for a flat $300 pay ment to every veteran, but the higher sliding scale was adopted when congress rumbled with dis content over the proposed a- mounts. During the senate debate. Senator Gerald Nye (N. D.) pro posed maximum payments of: $700 to vets, with a minimum of | $250. Under Senator Nye’s plan, the payments would be spread out over a year’s period. A bill similar to Senator Nyes has been introduced in the house, for Home Service cases, it is the small chapters with their volun teer workers from their own com munities which forrh the real rier pigeon. No matter what the problem is and no matter what the distance is in miles, Ihe man in the ser vice is as close to his family as his family is to the nearest Red Cross chapter. Dec. 20. which will act upon vets; legisla tion after returning * from its holiday recess. Also before the house is a measure by Repre sentative William Lemke (N. D.), giving vets $100 upon discharge, and up to one year’s pay. Speaking for liberal compensa tion, Representative Lemke said: “Any soldier who has been in ducted into the army, if only for a month, has had his life inter rupted. He returns in a nervous condition. It takes from three months to a year to readjust himself. ,, “It will cost him, at least, $250 to get himself readjusted. It mat ters not whether he has been a doctor, a dentist, a lawyer, or a busniess man. He has lost far more than $250, the minimum in our bill. It will take him more than $700 to get started . again, the maximum in our bill. “. . „• We talk about red- blooded Americanism and pa triotism not being for sale,” Representative Lemke (jQPclqded. “No, not for sale, but it . should ... be appreciated.” . With the services discharging men at the current rate..of 70,000 a month, approximately 900,000 already have been removed from the ranks, some by death. Ac cording to estimates by Senator Edwin Johnson (Colo.), the sen- * program would cost $300,000,- 000 within the next few months, with kin receiving the awards of fallen heroes. X seedlings. Tentative plans are that the trees will be delivered to the county seat by one of the company trucks. Interested farmers should con tact the County Agent for full in formation. Encourage Pullets To Lay More Eggs 25,000 Free Pine Seedlings For Mc Cormick County *« T’Tee pulp and paper compan ies nre piviPT to D'e farmers o r South Caroline. 1.500.000 free pin'' -eedlings for the present plantinsr season, G. W. Bonnette, County Apert, announces. For the second year, the South ern Kraft Division of the Inter national Paper Company is do nating 1.000.000, the Champion Paper and Fibre Company 400,000 and the Union Bag and Paper Corporation 100,000—total 1,500,- con. • The 1,500,000 total will be broken down so that each county will have a quota. The quota for McCormick County is Loblolly pines and the amount cannot go above the quota. Farmers have until January 11, 1944, to make application lor free If the poultry flock owner wants to make pullets profitable, he , must keep an eye on them from the time they are put in the laying house until the whole flock comes into production, says County Agent G. W. Bonnette. His suggestions are: It may be that some of the more aggressive pullets will keep others fought off from the feed hoppers. Additional feed hoppers may correct this trouble. It would be wise to cull out the slow-developing pullets that are late coming into production. Work at the Clemson College poultry plant showed that 95 per cent of the White Leghorn:, which did not start laying by the time they were six and one-half months old were net profitable to keep. Ninety-five per cent of the Rhode Island Reds which did no; come into production by the time they were seven months old did not lay enough eggs to pay fcr iheir feed. It is a wise plan to go into the heuse with a dim flash light or lantern after the birds go to rcost to see if certain parts of the roosting rpe.ee are avoided because- of drafts or other rea- ?ons. It may be necessary to place rome of the pullets on the rocst at night fcntil they get the habit cf going on it. To avoid getting a large num ber cf floor eggs, additional nests may help. If one nest to every four or five hens is already pro vided. the trouble may .be cor rected somewhat by darkening the nests by making them decp;r or by hanging some feed sacks a- bout 24 Inches in front of them. If the birds still refuse to use th? nests, it would be wise to put some of them on the floor unfl the pullets get accustomed to uc- ing them. X The real test of a year’s farm ing is how you show up at the show-down when the farm rec-< ordi aiv uaxaiiceci m December.