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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
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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.”
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| 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Baptist
Radio Hour
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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
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THIS IS THE LIFE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.