Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*v TRUE TO OHRSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Third Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1945 Number 44 J Each School Child Is Asked To Buy Or Sell A War Bond U <• WASHINGTON, D. C. — There Will probably be no let up in gov ernment control over our lives and our business until July, 1946, at least, if the President’s request for $1,120,453,300 to keep 19 war agen cies functioning is approved. And there is every expectation that this request will be approved although Congress may try to change some. In requesting that all agen cies tied up with the war be continued, and that some be given money for expansion, the President did say that if war conditions improved to the ex tent that the work of any of )] these agencies was reduced, ■! the full amount would not be used. The 19 agencies which you will help support until July, 1946, and the amount asked for each, follows: 1. Selective service system—$54,- 500,000. In addition to handling the draft, this group will also take part in handling the problems of return ing veterans. 2. National War Labor board— $13,405,000. In charge of the en forcement of the wage stabiliza tion program. 3. Dfflce of Economic Stabiliza tion — $100,000. Largely concerned with preventing inflation. • 4. War Production board — $48,- 042,000, a reduction of $12,500,0p0. Handles the problems of getting a maximum amount of goods pro duced for^war and for civilians with a minimum of materials. 5. Smaller War Plants corporation — $8,000,000. Operates to get a maximum amount of production from smaller plants and helps pro tect those plants financially. 6. Office of Price administration — $178,000,000. Handles rationing and price ceilings. Includes an addi- • tional $15,000,000 over last year to deal with increasing danger of in flation. 7. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion — f32,359,500. Large ly concerned with the disposal of surplus properties. 8. Office of Strategic Services— $38,166,000. To perform services for the joint chiefs of stalT. 9. Office of War Information — $54,100,000. To supply government news to this country and news and propaganda to foreign countries. 10. Office of Censorship—$19,150,- 000. To keep voluntary censorship working and keep out of news papers information which might be helpful to the enemy. 11. Office of Civilian Defense— $11,000,000. Concerned with the pro tection of property and the working of voluntary local defense organiza tions in the communities of the na tion. 12. War Shipping administration —$485,000,000. Handles the trans portation of military cargo and the v training and procurement of sea men. 13. Foreign Economic adminis tration — $19,002,800. Concerned with the economic control of for eign countries and the foreign transactions of our country. * 14. Office of Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs—$15,880,000. To build better relationship >yith other North and South American coun tries. 15. Committee of Fair Employ ment Practice — $599,000. Has of fices in war production areas to protect the interests of workers and employers. , 16. War Relocation authority — $25,140,000. Provides shelter and other help for war workers being moved from one section of the coun try to another. 17. Petroleum Administration for War — $4,345,000. Controls the sale and distribution of gasoline and oil. 18. Office of Scientific Research and Development — $90,700,000. En courages the development of new weapons^ and other scientific dis coveries needed to further the in« terests of the war. 19. Office of Alien Property Cus todian — $3,370,000. Seizes and handles the use ot' enemy prop erty and enemy patents. you B1UUUHR BOnDS HOLLYWOOD THEATRE AIcCOKMICK, S. C. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY April 5th and 6th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. DOROTHY LAMOUR BETTY HUTTON FRED MacMURRAY in “AND THE ANGELS SING” Also: COMEDY HIT SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH Show starts 2 p. m. and runs continuously WILD BILL ELLIOTT GABBY HAYES in “DEATH VALLEY MANHUNT Also: “MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLANDS •n MONDAY AND TUESDAY April 9th and 10th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. OLIVIA de HAVILLAND ROBERT CUMMINGS Iis4 in PRINCESS O’ROUKE Also: LATEST NEWS EVENTS Each of South Carolina’s half a million school children will be asked to buy or sell a war bond in tlfe forthcoming Seventh War Loan campaign, under a program of which superintendents and principals of schools in this coun ty have been advised. The Seventh War Loan Cam paign proper will open on May 14, but all savings bonds, including Series E, sold between April 9 and July 7 will 4 be credited against South Carolina’s quota, and Chris tie Benejt, the state bond chair man, has announced that he is hopeful that bond-buying and bond-selling of school children will play an important part in the drive. In outlining the schools’ part for the approaching campaign, Mr. Benet, in a letter to school offi cials, discloses that the state’s E oond quota in the drive will be the largest of any campaign so far— $25,000,000, as against $16,000,000 in the Sixth campaign. “I am therefore asking for your cooperation,” his letter to school authorities says, “in having your school adopt and put into effect a program for having each pupil in your school either buy or sell at least one $25 E bond at a cost of $18.75.” The chairman said that to each school making 93 per cent or more of this goal of “a bond for every pupil” will receive a special United States Treasury citation. “The schools of South Carolina,” Mr. Benet said, “have rendered a great service in the previous war bond drives and I know that they will do their full part in making the Seventh War Loan another ‘success.” McCormick School News Nurses Needed In Veterans Admin istration Hospitals The Civil Service Commission is launching a new drive to secure nurses for essential war service in Veterans Administration Hospitals and in other Federal hospitals. In a new folded entitled “Serve Those Who Served,” just released by the Commission, the need for nurses to care for the war wounded is emphasized. The shortage of nurses in Vet erans Administration Hospitals is particularly acute. Approximately 2,000 nurses are needed imme diately to aid in caring for wound ed servicemen and women who still require hospitalization after they have been dismissed from j o he military service. The finals of the Reading and Declamation contest were held March 29 at the high school. The judges were from Lander College. Ten .contestants were presented and the following decisions were announced: first, Barbara Owings and Claude Huguley, Jr.; second, Janette Cheatham and Bruce Jaynes. The wipners of first place represent McCormick school in the district contest, and will also re ceive a medal at commencement. Thank you to all parents and friends who were so thoughtful to assist with the coaching of the students! Again we congratulate the twenty-seven students who en tered the contest! The fine spirit of all the contestants showed def inite qualities of good citizenship. We consider this a progressive step in improving our school standards. The contest was sponsored by the English department under the su pervision of Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Chandler. Canning For School Lunch Last week the school faculty met one afternoon and peeled ap ples to can. Miss Rucker an nounces the total of 166 cans. As we enjoy our school lunch let us think of the work required to pre pare these lunches. Miss Rucker has worked hard, in cooperation with school officials, to have an effective lunch program. Mr. Dorn’s part in operating the can nery is necessary, so let us not forget to be appreciative of these things. The F. F. A. boys, under the su pervision of Mr. Dorn, are making a play-ground behind the gram mar school. Items Of Interest Sudie White of Junior College, Augusta, visited the high school last week. Maurice C. White, Jr., seaman second class, of the U. S. Navy, was a visitor at the high school. We Welcome our graduates, and are always proud of our boys in uniform. Glee Club The Glee Club was presented March 29 during intermission at the Declamation and Expression contest. The school congratulates Mrs. Boozer and the following members on their fine perform ance: Johnei Caudle, Janet Cau dle, Mary Henderson, Georgia Rose McCracken, Louise Rice, Jac queline Bonnette, Mary Lou Seig- Buffalo Grange To Meet April 9th — ■. ■■ .... f ' The Buffalo Grange will meet Monday night, April 9th. at the Buffalo school house at 8:15 o’ clock. -xx- Home Canning Sugar Blanks Apnlicants for home canning sugar can get blanks at different points near their homes in the county: Mt. Carmel, Willington, Plum Branch, Parksville, etc. Fill out properly and mail in to Ration Office with spare stamps No. 13 from ration book 4 attached. The sugar certificate will be mailed back to the applicant. , x Ration Office Hours '••.SANT! fy j!. Ration Office hours are 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. every day except Saturday, when they are 9:30 o’ clock to 1 o’clock. X Mt. Carmel News Miss Harriet L. Seabrook of Charleston is spending the Spring vacation with her grandmother. Mrs. W. H. Horton. Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson spent Easter Sunday with her sis ter, Mrs. W. A. Scott, and Mr. Scott. Mrs. J. D. Cade and Mrs. W. B. Sharp were visitors in Anderson Monday.' Miss Monnie Harling was a vis itor in Calhoun Falls last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney and Martha Jeane visited relatives near McCormick Sunday after noon. Mr. D. J. McAllister and others were visitors in Atlanta Sunday night and Monday. Sen. and Mrs. L. L. Hester en joyed a pleasant visit to their daughter. Miss Carolyn Hester, at Winthrop College. Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. J. J. White, Mrs. Hunter McKinney and others were recent visitors in Au gusta. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harling of Greenwood were recent visitors of Mr. D. W. Harling and Miss Mon nie Harling. Mrs. G. T. Rhodes of Augusta and Louis Sprouse of Abbeville ler, Elizabeth Holloway, Rebecca i were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, Virginia Smith, Virginia Seigler, Betty Jane Deason, Jan- elle Henderson, Irma Joan Con- nor, Wilma Fleming, Marian Free land, Catherine Jennings, Anne Sanders and Pauline Henderson. We think our girls have taken advantage of their excellent train- ng under Mrs. Boozer, and v/e’re ways glad of an opportunity to D. J. McAllister. Mr. John McAllister enjoyed a pleasant day fishing with friends last 'Friday. -X- Modoc News WEDNESDAY April 11th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. MATINEE 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c JANE WYMAN in “CRIME BY NIGHT Also: NEW COMEDY ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children iib to 12, 12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. Civilian nurses are also needed m Army hospitals to replace the Army nurses who have gone over seas, and in LT. S. Public Health Service Hospitals to care for war casualties of the Coast Guard, the Merchant Marine, the Army En gineer Corps, and the Army Trans port Service. To qualify for a nursing position in a Veterans Administration Hos pital, applicants must have grad uated from a recognized school c-r nursing, and be registered in a State or Territory, or in the Dis trict cf Columbia. There are no age limits. The entrance salary is $2,190 a year for Graduate Nurse positions. Some appointments ar~ node positions paying $1,970 a year, but after 6 months’ training successfully completed, nurses may be- promotod to positions paying $2,190. The Commission’s new folder sets forth some of the advantages for nurses in the Veterans Admin istration Hospitals. All nurses who may be available for this impor tant work are urged to write at near them sing. -X Naval Operating Base Workers Needed Workers are urgently needed at Hie Key West Naval Operating Base, Key West, Florida. There are openings now for electricians, machinist, shipfitters, sheetmetal workers, welders, caulkers, riggers, sandblasters, moulders, pipefitters, automotive mechanics, chauffeurs, cement finishers, gardner, labor ers, and helpers in most of the trades. Qualifying applicants will be hired on the spot and transporta tion will be paid to Key West. Florida. Persons now employed in essential industry at their highest skills should not apply. Complete information can be obtained from the Civil Service Representative who is now stationed at the U. 3. Employment Office, 516 Sgt. T. J. Gtone, Jr., from Camp Gordon and Mrs. T. J. Stone from Jacksonville, Fla., were week end visitors here to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Slone, 3r. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes and daughters, Mrs. Caroline Cant, leau and Mrs. Donald Hancock, ol Augusta, were dinner guests her. Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. W. S Clem. Mr. and Mrs. James Burnette of Augusta were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bussey anc Mr. and Mrs. O. J. White were dinner guests to Mr. and Mrs. K. E. White. Mr. W. S. Clem was a week end visitor to his son, Sgt. Talmage Clem, of Spartanburg. Miss Permelia Clem of Augusta spent Sunday here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem. Tax Notice "w W / VW. A seven per cent penalty will be effective through Saturday, April South 14^ when unpaid State and coun- Main Street, Greenwood, S. C. A ty taxes will be placed into execu- representative will also be in Ab- tion. once to the Civil Service Commis- beville, S. C., at the court house 1944 tax books opened in mid- sion, Washington 25, D. C., for a each Tuesday and at the court Sept. copy of the folder “SERVE THOSE house in McCormick, S. C., on Fri- MRS. RUTH P. DUNCAN WHO SERVED.” ^day of each week. j Treasurer, McCormick County. FACTS . • • • progress Less than 1 per cent of women who attempt to commit suicide be cause of an unhappy love affair actually kill themselves. The rest are either poor shots or just fak ing. Young men of today average two-thirds of an inch taller than their fathers. Boys 14 years old arc 3J4 inches taller than were boys of 14 in 1892. The death rate from pneu monia has been reduced by more than 80 per cent since 1900. Over 500 children are killed each year by accidents with firearms. * • • The above tidbits of knowledge, culled from reports of the statis ticians of the Metropolitan Life In surance company, are just samples of the thousands of statistical facts which are gathered together each year by men assigned to the job of keeping score. There is something fascinating about these figures which boil down all of our problems, our tragedies, our heartbreaks and our successes into digits. It makes you realize how little an individual matters ir the overall scheme of things. II creates a feeling of insignificance to realize that the death of any one of us, to these statisticians; merely means a change on the na tional scoreboard whereby the fig ure for “Deaths by Pneumonia. 1945” say, may simply be in creased from 61,048 to 61,049. MEDICINE . . . 1900 In these numerical pictures of life, as presented by the statis-’ ticians, there are some rather thrill ing chapers—such as the figure? indicating the progress which has been made in medicine during the 20th century. To anyone who get? pneumonia, for example, it mus> be reassuring to know that so few die of that dreaded sickness these days. If mortality from various ait ments was at the same rate todaj as it was in 1900, the statistic? show that 2,281,621 would have died in 1942 from the leading cause? of death. But actully, only 1.209,- 944 did die from those causes is 1942. For example: at the 1900 ratef 243,367 would have died from tuber; culosis. but because of increased medical knowledge and care, onlj 41,306 did die from that cause: Typhoid fever, which 1900 estimate^ indicated Would kill 37,274 people in 1942, actually caused the death of only 504. Childhood diseases,' which, according to 1900 expec- tations, would have caused the death of 76,363 children, actually caused only 4,349 deaths. The picture, in general, shows vast progress in overcoming seri ous sicknesses. But there are sev eral black spots indicated, too. For the figures show that the death rate from cancer, organic heart disease and diabetes has in creased — that these dreaded ail ments are more out of control than they were in 1900. There may be a lot of reasons for this increase, but whatever the reasons are the figures make it clear that the medi cal profession has not yet found an adequate answer for dealing with them. SUICIDE . . . reasons With so many magazine stories and novels built around tragedies, where suicide is often considered, it was interesting to me to read the statistical, unemotional record of the conditions under which people find life so unbearable that they prefer self-inflicted death. According to the record, about 13,- 000 people in our country take their own lives each year. The chief rea son given for suicide among men is poor health, 40 per cent of those attemping it doing so for that rea son. Among women, however, domestic difficulties are the chief cause, 50 per cent of women who commit suicide doing it because of intolerable home conditions. As for unrequited love, which ac cording to the story books has been for ages the primary reason for sui cide, the figures prove that to be a comparatively minor reason. Only 12 per cent of women and 4 per cent of men who attempted to kill themselves, gave love affairs as a reason. And of those who did give that reason, practically all of the women and 90 per cent of the men saw to it that their gesture of suicide — probably made for dramatic purposes — didn’t result in death. Suicide often reveals, more than anything else, the struggle that life is for some people, but even sui cide, when recorded in cold statis tics, loses its tragic glamour. Of course it will cost more to get higher yields per acre but it will cost less per pound or bushel or ton.