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i r V /. ' ■». f . <,■ •,/ w. ’ "s- t' - • • ' • ' •> • * • * • • « * .. * tc. « 4 . TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Third Year Established June 5 9 1902 McCORMICK* S. C.* THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1945 Number 421 \ 1 ] WASHINGTON, D. C.—The “it s- . an - over - but - the - shouting” outlook j toward the European war is back • with us again. Washington is alive • with rumors about the war's end. To ; hear some talk, the Germans are • likely to give up before this column ] appears in print. But the big differ s ence between the optimism of-today j and the optimism of last fall is this 1 —the 1944 optimism was based on \ predictions of army, navy and gov- ; crnment officials, while today’s op- i timism has sprung from the peo* . f pie. The news has been so good that the people can’t conceive of the war lasting much longer. But in offi cial circles there is a strange si lence, and when officials do talk, they urge action which would indi- V cate the European war is far from ’ won. Best examples of this are the h, urgent demands of war leaders ij for enaction of a worthwhile rj work-or-fight law and for the p* drafting of nurses. The official ! attitude is: we must act and plan '• for a long war until victory is | assured. They’re not taking any chances. Congress, however, is not entirely In accord with this attitude. The un willingness of the senate to approve a work-or-flght bill with any teeth | in it makes it clear that congress< | doesn’t intend to disrupt our civil- I ian economy any more than neces- ’ sary—and the senate apparently j isn’t sure that it is necessary to • draft labor at this late date. When i the senate approved a substitute ! bill, which wouldn’t in any way ; achieve the purpose of the labor 1 draft measure. Senator O’Mahoney, • coauthor of the substitute meas ure. expressed the attitude of many senators when he said, “I want to , congratulate the senate for using, as it did, reason over emotional ap peal.” Wmmnmi \ | Supporters of the measure wanted by the President and army and navy heads, however, condemned the sub stitute measure as useless. Senator Russell said it was no more ef fective than “a resolution passed by the ladies' sewing circle of Sque* dunk.” But as long as the war news continqes to indicate an early victory in Europe, it looks as though it will be almost Impos sible to get congress to back the administration’s demand for new curbs.on home front activi ties. After the bitter fight over whether Henry Wallace would head the Re construction Finance corporation as well as the department of com merce, which ended in his getting the secretaryship but not the RFC job, it was a pleasant contrast to hear the unanimous support given to Judge Fred Vinson when named to head the RFC. Not only did both parties in the senate praise the ap- poifitment, but both Mr. Wallace and Jesses Jones, former head of the department of commerce and the RFC, said Judge Vinson was just the man for the job. Judge Vin son, who has been director of eco nomic stabilization, will be replaced in that post by William H. Davis, chairman of the War Labor board. These will be two of the most im portant posts in government from now on. Judge Vinson has control of the expenditure of many billions of dollars which can be used for poster adjustments, while Mr. Davis will determine when changes should be made regarding wage freezing, price fixing, and other sta bilization factors. Together they will have a great deal to do with whether we have breadlines or pros perity when peace comes. BUY MORE WAR BONDS MM THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C Rites At Troy For ' Cpl. M. J. Browne Cpl. Manson Jolly Browne, 31, died late Monday night, March 12th, at Lawson General Hospital. Atlanta, following a short illness. Funeral services were held from the Troy Methodist Church at 3:3C Thursday afternoon with his pas tor, the Rev. T. L. Bryson, in charge, assisted by Dr. S. W. Reid of Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church, and Rev. M. E. Boozer of McCormick Methodist Church. In terment was in the Troy cemetery. Corporal Browne had been in the army for the past two years, stationed at Camp Crowder, Mo. He was the son of Mrs. Ernest • / Browne and the late Mr. Browne of Troy. Besides his mother, he is sur vived by two sisters, Miss Eugenia Browne of Raleigh, N. C., and Mrs. D. H. Langley of Troy; three brothers, Lewis Browne of Troy, Master Sgt. Harold R. Browne of Fort Moultrie, and Sgt. Wilton M. Browne in the Philippine Islands. Pallbearers were J. M. Cox, Jim Rosenswike, J. F. Rush, Clifton Ed wards, Alfred White and Burton Price. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. xx McCormick School News At recess the boys and girls are enjoying soft ball and it is rest ful after staying in doors during bad weather. Pressly Memorial The program for the services at the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church next Sabbath, 25th inst., is as follows: 11:00 A. M. — Sabbath school, Prof. W. H. Weldon, superintend ent. 11:45 A. M. — Meeting of the session for the reception of new members. 12:00 Noon — Sermon by the pastor and baptismal service for children of the covenant and adults. S. W. Reid, Pastor. \ Buffalo Grange To Meet March 29th March 29th is set aside as Grange Day in S. C., so a special meeting is called on Thursday night, March 29th, at 8 o’clock at the Buffalo school house for the Buffalo Grange. All members plan to attend, and help make this a good meeting. All members are urged to be present at 7:30, as lunch will be served to the members and in vited guests at 8 o’clock. S. L. Britt, Master. X The Baptist Radio Hour i\i>ov-e tfie H j£>V LXTXE BULL Is Peace Possible? FRIDAY and SATURDAY March 23rd and 24th, 7:15 P. M. land 9:00 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. SUSANNA FOSTER DONALD O’CONNOR in I m 461 99 THIS IS THE LIFE AU» CHAPTER 5 “MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLANDS” and SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c MONDAY and TUESDAY March 26th and 27th, 7:00 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. GARY COOPER LORAINE DAY in “THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL” Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS The closing message on the cur rent Baptist Radio Hour series on The Declamation and Expression the general theme, THE CALL OF contest will be held on March 29, A NEW ERA ’ wil1 be delivered next 8:30 p. m. The following students Sunday morning, March 25th, at will compete in the finals: Jan- 8:3 °- 1116 speaker for this closing ette Cheatham, Louise Rice, Bar- message will be Hon. Pat M. Neff bara Owings, Christine Fleming, on the sub i ect ' CHRISTIAN PA- Janet Caudle, Irma Joan Connor I RI ° T ?, ^CING THE FUTURE. Bobby Dukes, Claude Huguley, Neff is president of Bay or Richard Culbreath, and Bruce Y l 1 !’ 2? PtlSt y Jaynes for Wie of Texas. He is also Forestry Contest | president of the Southern Baptist Mr. Price, a state forester rep- Conventlon. He has been governor resentative, conducted a quiz pro- ° f * exa *- For a nu , mbe f of / e f rs gram at the high school last week. be ha f a P roml “ nt 1 and , Prizes were awarded to George «“ en “ al , ,1 * ure 1, \ pollt cal and ?* Bonnette, Paul LeRroy of McCor- J igious * lrc L e f s - n °V ° nly 111 mick High and to Gene McDaniel Lone 8tar State ’ but throughOUt of Washington High School. I F THF great nations of the world, in collaboration with all the oth ers. could maintain peace on earth for 25 years, it might mean the end of warfare. The world has seldom been in a “warless” state. Fighting has been going on somewhere practically all the time. There was a period of 9 years, 1815 to 1824, when peace reigned everywhere on earth; but this is probably the longest peace period on record—at least since the fall of the Roman empire in the 5th century. There were 17 wars— large and small—between 1917 and 1939. not including the 2 great world wars. Now suppose two Balkan nations, or two South American nations, or two small nations anywhere, started a war and the prospective “Peace organization” used force to stop it. It wouldn’t take long for us dumb humans to realize that a new doc tor had come to town who could cure our most serious ills; and we would come to depend upon his wis dom and his judgment and we would support him against opposi tion. In fact if be could prevent dis ease for as many as 10 years, and one of his big clients wanted to op pose him, it is fairly safe to say that the whole town would “go to bat” for him. And there is no nation on earth — Russia, the United States, or any other—which would “buck” the rest of the world alone. Germany had Italy, Japan and Russia on her side of the fence be fore she started this last war. Suppose our own government — through our own carelessness — should fall into the hands of peo ple who were more interested in an ideology than in this country. Sup pose they decided to attack Spain because they didn’t like its form of government; and suppose the “Peace organization”—backed by the sentiment of the whole peace craving world—told us to keep our hands off and not start a conflagra tion which might spread over the earth. What would we do? We would keep our hands off if we knew the rest of the nations “meant business.” And a war would be avoided. The passion for peace would grow and grow; and before marv years, r-’'*v would dare to destroy peace would be looked upon *. t murderer — and be treated as such. In years to come the politicians and statesmen who 1 govern the nations would be thrown into prison if they per- '* formed acts which tended to involve the people in a n^w era of hell, mud and destruction. Of course there are wicked peo ple—and always will be. But rec ords prove that crime is de creasing per capita all over the world. The methods of detection, and the resultant punishment, is- breaking up the habits of centuries. War is a habit, just as doling was. If the punishment for “commit ting” war is great enough, then war will some day cease to be a habit—just as dueling has. If the men who brought on this war are punished, and that form of punish ment is made the customary legal consequence of aggression — this “consequence” in itself will act as a deterrent to future aggressors. But while well intentioned states men and politicans can erect an edifice of peace, it requires the iron determination and unalterable w’ill of the people to maintain that struc ture if it is to weather the storms which, since history began, have destroyed the peace temples of the past. Maybe this is just a dream, but at least it’s a pleasant one. Any thing else is a nightmare. Health Examinations Dr. C. H. Workman and Miss Gertrude McGrath, county health officials, gave health examinations at the high school last week. This check up of school children is a the south as well. He is an at tractive speaker and the people of our community will want to hear this outstanding Baptist layman. Another Baptist radio series will begin with the first Sunday in April and continue for three months. This series will be car- precaution in maintaining health.' {£1 . . ’ , ried by many of the same Sta- Moncy For School Improvements . . ,, . tions. These messages will be The pupils of the grammar school have been selling garden and flower seeds. The proceeds are to go for school improvements. Shrubbery Planting The Agriculture boys have re cently replaced several pieces of shrubbery at the grammar school. The shrubbery that was planted last spring has grown well and the children take pride in caring for it. A Mr. Dorn’s agriculture boys are busy these spring days. They ar6 planting their spring garden. We are glad to say that they have been top-soiling some of the roads around the school house. New Literature Books The 8th grade has begun the study of Literature “Your world in Prose and Verse.” Some of the remarks about it are: “I like Literature because it has interesting stories and poems in it.” — Georgia Rose McCracken. “I like our Literature book be cause it has interesting stories and ives of great men and women of America.” — T. W. Humphreys. X tions. These evangelistic and will be used to promote the Centennial Crusade of Southern Baptists. Further an nouncements of this new series will likely be made in connection with the broadcast next Sunday morning and will also appear in the Baptist Courier. I wish to take this opportunity to thank Editor McCracken for ihe courtesies extended by his pa per in giving space for the ap pearance of these notices about the Baptist Radio Hour series. Sincerely yours, L. K. Simpson. X Local Girl Initiated Into National Social Sorority Farm News (By G. W. Bonnette, County Agent) ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children up to 12, 12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. Well, kudzu is making its “de but” on many of our farms in Mc Cormick County. Monday of this week, about 50,000 kudzu crowns were delivered by the Soil Con servation Service, enough to plant Gainesville, Ga., March 15. — 100 acres. Now, my friend, you Miss Mary Louise Seigler, fresh- 1 should be as careful with these man at Brenau College and crowns as if they were cabbage daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. plants. Prepare your beds by Seigler of McCormick, S. C., was thoroughly pulverizing the soil, initiated into Phi Mu national so- These beds should be about 8-10 cial sorority. ft. wide. Open up a deep furrow Miss Seigler is an outstanding and put a liberal amount of com- student on Brenau campus. post, 200 or 300 pounds of mixed fertilizer or at least that much phosphate. These rows or beds should be spaced 25 ft. apart and then crowns are planted 3 1-2 feet apart in row. The Red Cross drive is making splendid progress but before we go over the top everyone should make his donation. Don’t neglect your garden as food is the second line of defense, and helps with the ration points. Plant good seed and fertilize heavy for rapid growth. H. O. Watson has a barley patch that is giving some splendid graz ing. It is about 24 inches high, even tho it has been grazed. Farm Bureau This organization is gradually growing in membership in McCor mick County. The “Farm Bureau” was organized in February and to day our number has grown to 28. Join at your earliest convenience, as we need an organization to represent the farming people in Washington and the State. Come in the county agent’s office and talk with him about this organiza tion. Members are: J. L. Bracknell, G. W. Bonnette, W. E. Robinson, W. K. McDonald, L. L. Hester, P. J. Dowtin, H. T. Christian, E. C. Cheatham, James Bowick, J. C. Talbert, , L. D. Blake, Jr., W. A. McDaniel, W. L. White, J. W. Corley, James M. Strother, ’• H. M. Freeland, J. B. Walker, Dave Dowtin, W. E. Britt, M. C. White, J. M. Cox, E. L. Langley, W. E. Parker, L. E. Reames, Dr. C. K. Epting, C. T. Bussey, W. L. Dansby, Robert W. LeRoy. X Your Future May Hold A Crop Failure It’s second nature for farmers to do everything possible to get a crop: You use the best seed you cam. You test and treat your seed. You plow and prepare your land the best you know how. You plant, cultivate and harvest to get the best results. You fight insects and disease. You handle, store and market your crops to avoid loss. You do all those things as a mat ter of course. Yes, you’ve adopted about every good idea that came along to get a little better crop, to reduce risks and to improve quality. But, with all the improvements you haven’t been able to close the big gap. Mu matter how good a farmer you are. you still have a risk that stays with you. It is the risk of losing your crojk. Flood, drought, hail, wind, in sects, disease — a lot of hazards are still there. Every year they wipe out a year’s work, a year’s in vestment for many farmers. They do even more than that. They wipe out feed supplies, a chance to pay offf the mortgage, school plans for the kids, needed medical attention, improvements in the home. A lot of things are taken away when the crop is lost. But now, fear of the last re maining risk is gone. Federal Crop Insurance again is available to protect your invest ment in your crop. This year you can get insurance only on cotton. There isn’t much tmie left before planting, but if you check with your County AAA office right away you c^n still protect yourself. Federal Crop Insurance Facts: Unavoidable risks are covered by the FCIC policies. You are pro tected against Drought, Fire, Hail. Flood, Wind, Insects, Disease, Ex cessive Rain, Frost, Wildlife, Etc. You can insure for 50 per cent or 75 per cent of the average yield. You must take out your insur ance before planting time or be fore the closing date in your coun ty. Anyone who has an interest ir» the crop at planting time may in sure his interest. Rates are based upon the risks of your area and your farm. H. M. Freeland, Chairman, McCormick Coun ty A. C. A.