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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Third Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMJCK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945
Number 43
WASHINGTON, D. C. — It's hard
to believe, but OPA figures show
that civilians are eating 17 per cent
more meat than before the war. In
this city, as in most other cities of
the country, there appears to be a
real scarcity of meat—but the rea
son may be that there is a greater
. demand for meat than ever before.
With higher wages the order of the
day, more people can afford to eat
meat more often—and, OPA figures
indicate, this must be the chief rea
son for the apparent shortage.
In a highly interesting report to
the senate banking and curren
cy committee recently, Chester
Bowles, head of the OPA, graphi
cally described the present state of
our nation, so far as costs, wages
and savings are concerned. He
claimed that the people of our coun-
, try have been saved about $80,090,-
, 000.000 during the war by price con
trol and rationing. But he said that
unless price control is continued
throughout the period of scarce
merchandise, even after the war,
we will still experience destructive
inflation. He pointed out that the
people are itching to start spend
ing a savings backlog totalling
over 100 billion dollars and said
that prices would go sky high if this
spending rampage started without
price control while there was still a
scarcity of merchandise.
Presenting his fignres with
easy - to - follow charts, Mr.
<' Bowles indicated that corpora*
’I tions, individuals and store
keepers were, in general, all
^ better off than before the war.
' I He said that corporation profits,
) | after taxes were deducted, were
'• higher in 1944 than in 1929,
, ! that the average take-home
pay of factory workers had in-
I creased from $26.95 in 1929 to
.] $46, and that certain storeCeep-
ers, particularly in the apparel
field, had more than tripled
their profits.
And. surprisingly enough, he was
able to demonstrate rather con
clusively, that both food prices and
rents had gone down in the last
year because of price control.
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It will be very surprising if the
coal operators and miners get to
gether on a new contract before
John L. Lewis calls a strike. B it
predictions here are that there is
not apt to be any interruption in
the mining * of coal because the
government will take over the
mines as soon as a strike is appar
ent. And there seems to be little
question but that the miners will
continue to work, even without a
contract, if they are working for
the government.
The miners will undoubtedly be
given part of the increases they
have demanded, but not aU. Just
what they will get, under present
conditions, will be more of a gov
ernment decision than a decision of
the mine operators. But it is
thought highly improbable that the
government will agree to Mr. Lew
is’ request for a royalty of 10
cents to be paid to the union on
each ton of coal mined. The labor
authorities here realize that if
they gave in on that request every
other union in the country would
seek -the same thing.
One of the greatest worries
of the War Production board is
the danger of widespread
strikes the minute the war in
Europe ends. With only one war
to fight, union leaders are apt
to decide they should have a
vacation, from their no-strike
pledge long enough to force
wage increases which they
have been after for a long time.
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That "draft labor" bill is still
around, but if any act of this kind
is passed now it will probably be
one favored only for morale pur
poses. For it is quite obvious that
as long as the war news continues
to be as good as it has been
lately, congress won’t take too seri
ously any demands for severe new
restrictions on the people at home.
Army Must Have
More WAGS To
Help Care For Our
Gallant Wounded
Conservation News
(By Benj. W. Crouch)
Farmers in McCormick County
have bought enough kudzu to
plant 88 acres this year. Others
are harvesting their own crowns.
This kudzu will be planted on
land that is not suited to a cot
ton and corn rotation, but will re
turn dividends when put to its
proper use.
J.. L. Bracknell has already
planted 7 acres of kudzu this year.
He prepared his land well in ad
vance of the actual planting by
laying off his rows 25 fett apart
(on the contour) and filling these
rows with compost and commer
cial fertilizer. These rows were
bedded with a turn plow until they
were 8 fefet wide. To settle these
beds a drag-harrow was used,
making 1 two or three trips to each
bed. The kudzu crowns were de
livered to Mr. Bracknell Friday
morning and he planted them 3
1-2 feet apart on these beds.
Kudzu is making a bid in the
Mt. Carmel area this year with
L. L. Hester planting 5 acres, W
H. Hester, 3 acres, and D. J. Mc
Allister, 5 acres.
Dr. T. L. Davis (who has taken
over the Stark farm in the Flat-
woods section) is planning to
build a fish pond and has asked
for assistance in this undertaking.
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HOLLYWOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY anH SATURDAY
March 30th and 31st, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
JOEL McCREA BETTY FIELD
in
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THE GREAT MOMENT”
Also
CHAPTER 6
‘MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLANDS”
and
SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c
ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children up to 12,
12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax.
Casualties are being returned to
this country from overseas at the
rate of 1,200 a day! Army general
hospitals are short of personnel,
including doctors, nurses, and hos
pital technicians.
Every army nurse in the USA
must handle almost twice as many
beds as any one person is effi
ciently able to handle.
If more women join the Wom
en’s Army Corps, they will assist
with essential hospital work, al
lowing doctors and nurses to give
their full time to professional du
ties. WAC medical technicians
will take temperatures, prepare
dressings, keep records, help with
blood transfusions, etc. WAC sur
gical technicians will prepare op
erating rooms, sterilize operating
instruments, help care for operat
ive patients, etc.
Women with the desired require
ments are urged to join a local
South Carolina WAC hospital unit.
After basic training and six
weeks at an army medical techni
cians school, units will be sent to
army hospitals of their own choice
for four additional weeks of on-
the-job training. Then they will
be assigned to that hospital as
technicians fifth grade (corpo
rals).
Requirements are set for this
training as follows: 20 to 49 yrs.
of age, inclusive, citizen of the
United States, single or married,
excellent character, good health,
no dependents under 14, and with
at least two years of high school,
(or equivalent training).
More information may be ob
tained by sending a penny post
card to U. S. Army Recruiting Sta
tion, P. O. Building, Greenwood, S.
C.
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The Church Speaks
By M. E. BOOZER
Red Cross Goal Met
The people of McCormick Coun
ty have been most liberal with
contributions to the Red Cross
War Fund Drive. I am proud to
announce that we are "over the
top”, but wish to emphasize the
importance of every one making a
gift before we close the drive Sat
urday of this week. The $2,500
quota has been raised, but the
works of the Red Cross are multi
plying.
Give now—your dollars will
save lives.
G. W. Bonnette,
County Chairman Red Cress
War Fund Drive.
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McCormick School
News
This week we have uppermost in
our minds the crucial pivot of the
whole Christian religion. Some
people think that the greater em
phasis should be placed upon the
birth of Christ than any other
date on the church calendar
However, I am inclined to think
that the most solemn and mean
ingful moments come at the end
of a man’s life and not the be
ginning. Certainly this was true
with Christ.
When Jesus left the country of
Tyre and Sidon to return to Jeru
salem, He was deliberately choos
ing the course of action that
would inevitably bring about His
ignominious death. At the same
time He was choosing the highes
and noblest action that lay open
to Him. We may shun or avoia
the distasteful and tedious tasks
that come to us in our daily liv
ing but, if v/e do, we will never
reach that sublime experience in
which the voice of God speaks tc
ur souls, "well done”. Only these
who have willingly accepted the
difficulties and problems of life
and have stood like men need ev
er expect the calm and serenity of
soul that is characteristic of true
followers of Christ.
As we think this week upon the
death and passion of our Lord and
Savior may there come an inner
most yearning to give ourselves in
sacrificial love for our fellow men.
That is the noblest ideal that has
ever been born in the heart of
man; at the same time, it is the
most costly. For without fail it
leads to the cross. The cross is
central in all life.
Communion Service
The communion service will be
held in the Methodist Church of
McCormick on the night of Good
Friday at eight o’clock.
M. E. Boozer,
Pastor.
Chapel, March 19
Our chapel speaker was Supt.
W. H. Weldon, and our faces show
ed we were pleased to have him
bring our chapel message. His
scripture and remarks were about
"Talents." He encouraged us to
use our talents wisely.
Notice
The public is cordially invited
to attend the Reading and Decla
mation contest Thursday, March
29th, at 8:30 p. m.
Red Cross Drive
The school contributions to the
Red Cross are as follows: Gram
mar school, $4i8.63, and High
school, $57.52. We are glad to
contribute to such a worthy
cause.
, Items Of Interest
Bertha Mae Harris of Coker Col-
i lege, Ray Jennings of the U. S.
Navy, and Bill Willis of the U. S.
Navy were visitors in the high
school last week.
On Monday Patty Buie of Spar
tanburg visited in the high school.
She is Mrs. Wardlaw’s niece.
Junior Red Cross -
Members of the seventh grade
have been active Junior Red Cross
members. They have made many
paper swan-shaped baskets to
send to Oliver General Hospital
to be used on the soldiers’ trays
at Easter. This activity gives
these young people a chance to
help cheer a sick soldier. The
Junior Red Cross is under the di
rection of Miss Betty Fuller.
X —
Hare To Advise
Congress Group
In Special Study
Washington, March 26. — The
Committee created by a congres
sional resolution some time ago to
suggest ways and means for aid
ing the Congress or the legislative
branch of the Government to meet
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some of the increasing demands on
Congress has invited Congressman
Butler B. Hare to appear before
'he Committee in order that they
may have the advantage of his
views on this matter.
This contemplated program was
suggested and emphasized in an
address by Mr. Hare before an
audience made up largely of bu
reau chiefs and heads of executive
and independent Government a-
gencies. The address was in re
sponse to an invitation from the
Chairman of the Social Security
Board and the subject assigned
was, THE RELATIONSHIP BE
TWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF
THE GOVERNMENT.
The Congressman emphasized in
this address the growing and a-
larming tendency on the part of
the executive department to ab
sorb the functions of the legisla
tive branch of Government and
emphasized the necessity of the
Congress staffing its major com
mittees in the Congress with men
qualified to examine and report on
proposed legislation rather than
to continue the policy of submit
ting such bills to the executive de- ;
partments for criticism, which j
would discontinue the policy of,
the executive department prepar-1
ing legislation in the first place
and then submitting it to Congress
for ratification.
HUl
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Jv LYTLE HULL
A Balanced Diet for Golden Eggs ^
O NCE upon a time there lived a
fine big healthy goose which
laid eggs of pure gold. Its parents
had been very clever and had
so planned its life that it would be
almost impossible to go wrong if
the rules which they had laid down
were followed. v
For many years this fine young
gosling, whose name was USA,
throve mightily while it followed
the schedule of its parents. But in
about the year 1860, it became very
ill as a result of neglecting the
parental program and its digestion
was all shot to pieces. For four
years it was almost on the point of
death, but it did survive and for the
next seven or eight years it suf
fered greatly from stomach ulcers.
Its eggs, which originally had been
of pure gold, had now shrunk to
18 carat and less, and about a third
of its body was paralyzed. Over a
period of years, however, it slowly
regained a great deal of its former
health, although the paralysis was
stupidly neglected.
USA hobbled along until the year
1917 and then went on a big
"bender” which resulted in a
severe hangover. She was still
groggy wheo there occurred an
other big chicken fight in which
all the poultry, including our hero
ine, became involved. By this time
the old girl’s eggs contained a large
percentage of alloy and she wasn’t
functioning as well as usual above
the eyes. In order to keep herself
in fighting trim she was living en
tirely on starches, and had fore
sworn all green vegetables. She
v.-as neglecting certain essential
vitamins and overindulging in oth
ers Her legs began to get wobbly
and her eggs were falling below the
reouired 14 carat. Not until then
c id she awake to the realization
that she couldn’t starve her body
and s*:il produce golden eggs., Or
—to drop the metaphor—we are
waking up to the realization that we
must keep the "body economic" ii»
working condition or our arms pro
duction will fall off.
Today the transportation facili
ties of the country are grow
ing weaker. Automobiles, trucks,
railroads, railroad cars, and other
means of transportation are show
ing signs of disintegrating because
insufficient allowance is being made
for their upkeep.
The farmer — already very
short of labor — is not being ;
granted even enough repair
parts to keep his machinery ]
in shape—much less new ma- '*
chinery. What will happen when :j
the farmer’s machinery breaks
down completely, and the little ♦ 1
he does raise cannot be shipped v
because transportation has also '!
broken down? We have not yet rj
reached this condition bat at the ' i
present rate of machinery "ex- *■
haustion" we will soon be ap*
preaching it.
. We must have arms and muni
tions to fight a war, so we have
stretched the country’s industrial
capacity to the limit; and if the war
was to be over next month it
would be all right. But if the war
is to continue for another year or
so, the strain on parts of the pro
duction and transportation system*
will have become too great and we
may have a breakdown of desper
ate proportions. Our present meth
ods have worked magnificently up
to now; but from here on in we
are taking a big chance if we
gamble on a quick termination of
war. No human on earth knows how
much longer the war in the Pacific
will continue—or the German war
for that matter—and a breakdown
in our economic machinery could
result In incalculable injury to the
war effort. We must feed that
goose a more balanced diet!
Federal Crop
Insurance
s.
c/ftcQJivtugkGoiwvky-
Farm News
(By G. W. Bonnette,
County Agent)
Federal Crop Insurance puts a
/‘floor" under a farmer’s produc
tion returns just as Commodity
Credit loans put a floor under the
! price, according to H. M. Freeland,
Chairman of the County AAA
Committee. Insurance is offered
j McCormick County farmers on
cotton.
The grower may protect either
50 per cent or 75 per cent of the
farm average yield against una
voidable losses which occur be
tween planting and harvest. Ap
plications are being made through
the County AAA office and its au
thorized agents and must be made
before April 10, 1945, or the start
of seeding.
"Every farmer who takes out a
Crop Insurance policy benefits
from it,” Mr. Freeland points out.
"because he has protection when
he needs it. Undoubtedly he
would prefer not to need it just
as he prefers to sell his production
for a higher return than the CCC
loan rate. The way, it seems to
me, is that the farmers with a
good production record can’t lose
on Crop Insurance. It will pay
him when he needs it and when
he doesn’t.he can afford it.
“Most of us have suffered our
stiffest financial jolts either when i
prices were high and we had noth- j
ing to sell or when our prices were
too low and we had lots to seil. j - - — - ' ■■ =•
We’ve got Crop Insurance to pro- menus and supervise the service of
tect against the one situation now food for the sick and wounded.
The company in Orangeburg has
stopped selling molasses, so the
usual procedure of the cooperative
order delivered by trucks, will not
be possible. However, I have made
arrangement to purchase molasses
thru the Farmers Coop in Green
wood.
Please see me about your mo
lasses and arsenate at once if you
need these materials. You may
write me a card or come by the
office. Prices are same as last
year.
Our grain crop is exceptionally
good. Make arrangements now
for harvesting yours.
The community leaders did an
excellent job on the Red Cross
War Fund Drive. Thanks to you.
aipmmmmfs
BUY MORE.WAR BONDS
and CCC loans
the other.”
to guard against
Dieticians Needed
To Care For Needs
Of this goal, 1,500 have received
commissions and 200 more are in
j training, leaving a net shortage of
300.
Qualifications for commission
as a dietician include a degree
from an approved college with a
Of WminrL^ Mtf*r» 1 major in either foods and nutri ~
UI wounded Men tion or institutions! management,
| and completion either of a diefi-
Atlanta, Ga., March 26. — Die- ' tian training course approved by
ticians are needed more than ever The Surgeon General or two years
before to care for the needs of of experience in a hospital approv-
wounded men, the Fourth Service ed by The Surgeon General. Same
Command revealed today. | dieticians have been serving in
Proper, scientific feeding is an forward hospitals near combat,
important factor in hastening the zones where they rough it like the
recovery of soldiers back from the soldiers, wearing trousers, leg-
battlefields, Army doctors point gings, shirts, and helmets, the
out. In anticipation* of an in- last-named article being used for
creased patient load, the War De- washing purposes. Others serve
partment has authorized 2.000 die- on hospital ships crossing the
ticians, whose duty it is to plan oceans.