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Washington, D. C. (NWNS).—A re
organization of the whole rationing
set-up, so tar as food is concerned,
is expected shortly in view of Pres
ident Truman’s recent statement
pledging that the meat situation
would be improved and there would
be a single control over food. Many
members of congress have argued
that the food situation was largely
a matter of “too many cooks spoil
ing the broth'.”
If the single control idea goes
through, the man who will probably
nave that control will be Clinton An
derson, the new secretary of agri
culture. This was suggested in a
proposal made by former President
Herbert Hoover, which will help get
Republican backing for the plan.
And if President Truman and Mr.
Hoover agree on approximately the
same nlan it should pot face much
difT > in getting congressional
app 1.
If food control is pat entirely
in the hands of the department
of agriculture, the work of the
Office of Price Administration
would be conoMerably cut
down. This would be all right
with many members of con
gress who, daring the hearings
on the bill to extend tb" \.
favored limiting the %>...* of
OPA to the Job of handling the
mechanical details of rationing.
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Lawyers in congress are enjoying
informal discussions of the sugges
tion which President Truman threw
into their laps that the rules be
changed regarding the succession
of officers of the government to the
presidency. At the present time
Secretary of State Stettinius would
become President if anything hap
pened to Mr. Truman. But the
President pointed out that mem
bers of the cabinet are appoipted by
him and not elected by the people
and that it would be more demo
cratic to have an elected member
of the government take over. He
suggested that the order of succes
sion be changed so that, if he should
die, the speaker of the house or
the president of the senate be next
in line.
The President’s plan raised im
mediate objections such as these:
the speaker of the house might be
a Republican when the people had
voted for the Democratic party;
the speaker was only elected by the
people of one state and might not
be the choice of the citizens of the
other 47 states; no change could
be made by congress but would
have to be made by a constitu
tional amendment.
Although the subject is one
which, it is agreed, deserves im
mediate consideration, since Presi
dent Truman will be in office for
almost four years with no vice
president to succed him, sugges
tions are so numerous that it may
be sor ie time before any action is
taken. One suggestion which seems
to have many adherents is this: If
a President who has no vice presi
dent dies, the electoral college shall
be reconvened to elect a new Presi
dent
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A sweeping revision of the Wag
ner Labor Relations act, aimed at
avoiding a major postwar fight be
tween labor and management, is
now being considered by the sen
ate. The legislation calls for sub
stituting compulsory arbitration of
disputes for strikes and virtually
makes strikes illegal. It also bans
unfair labor practices by labor it
self instead of just by management,
eliminates the closed shop unless
it is approved by 75 per cent of
workers, and restricts government
control over labor to businesses op
erating directly in interstate com
merce.
Although the measure already
has been attacked by labor leaders
as being one that “turns back the
clock,” it has met with consider
able popularity in congress. There
is no chance that it will be rushed
through, but it will tend to bring
labor legislation to the forefront for
a}any months to come.
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JvurriB hull
Europe, Uncle Sam, and His Victory Garden
t The world normally raises an
! amount of food sufficient to feed it-
! self. Some countries are so thickly
! populated that they have to import
i part of their foodstuff from the out-
) side, and some—like the United
. States, Canada, Australia. Brazil,
} Russia, Argentina and others—
\ raise enough to fill the needs of the
, importing countries.
Food production, is not geared for
ever-production, and it is seldom
} that there are supplies of durable
: foods on hand sufficient In quantity
• to take care of a very great short-
i age In some large sections of the
1 earth. There are usually enough
1 stored grains and livestock to “help
! out”—but that is about all.
If the world didn’t raise any food
• we would all starve to death in
short order. If we raised only 25
, per cent of our required normal
' quota, we would all starve slowly
! to death. If we raised but 50 per
' cent we would be half starved all
the time; and if we raised only
, 75 per cent we would decline in
. health and an entirely new form of
• life and type of living would doubt
less evolve.
Even It per cent less than
‘ normal weald make a great dlf-
I ference ever a prolonged period
of time. The human body is
geared to the consumption of
j n certain asaoant ef vitamins,
• proteins, fate, starches, rourh-
| age. etc. When we alter the
; amount and quality of normal
l consumption we change the cus-
T ternary funettenlag of the
body’s machinery—far better in
? some cases—for worse in oth-
I ’ ers.
The almost unprecedented dls-
, rup*ion of normal food production
! in Europe has created, at least, a
I 25 per cent shortage—if not more.
! (In some regions, as we all know,
i it has created a starvation condi-
• tlon > This situation will—and must
| —have a marked effect upon the
i existence of the people affected.
and the longer it continues the more
serious tills effect will become. It
would require a volume to describe
these various ill effects—but not
much of one’s imagination if one
can but place himself mentally in
the shoes of the 75 per cent fed
European.
Anything which affects a large
part of the world’s population must
react upon the balance of human
ity. As an illustration—let us sup
pose that partial starvation in Eu
rope drives its nations into Com
munism. or Socialism, or Fascism,
or Democracy. Whatever it is, we,
all over the rest of the world, will
be vitally affected. Hunger is not
apt to improve political standards.
This nati9n—as it always does—
is striving mightily to relieve Eu
rope’s difficult food problem. Its
primary urge comes from the big
heart of our people. Its secondary
urge is self-protection against the
unpredictable but—without doubt-
evil effects of an evil condition.
It is worth great sacrifice upon
our part Hungry people have but
one ambition—to get food. Other
business is ’’out” Our foreign trade
alone can make for depression or
prosperity over here. There won’t
be much of that while Europe re
mains hungry! AND THERE WILL
BE NO PEACE ON EARTH
WHILE EUROPE REMAINS HUN
GRY!
We don’f know who invented the
Victory garden—but he should rank
with Columbus, Edison and the
Wright brothers. The V.G. has
made—and will continue to make—
it possible to ship colossal amounts
of food abroad which otherwise
must feed us here at home. It
doesn’t help out the supplies of
meat, butter, eggs, sugar, milk, the
grains, etc. Qut we can stint a
little on those foods and still have
plenty—thanks to the Victory gar
den and to that constant, patient,
non-striking and hard-working pa
triot—the American Farmer.
“We have an urgent task to help
keep American soils rich and the
people strong and healthy so that
iree and private enterprise will
have a chance to continue. To
wait until the land is exhausted is
to wait until the people are ex-
1 r.usted.”—-George D. Scarseth in
The Nation’s Agriculture, May
ltK5.
W. R. McKinney, I Sixty Miles Of R. E.
Of Greenwood, pies
W. R. McKinney, well known cit
izen of Greenwood, ’died at his
home there, 43 Stockman Ave., at
3 o’clock Sunday night. He had
been in ill health for the past five
years. He was 68 years of age.
Mr. McKinney was born May 18
1877, at Bordeaux. He was the son
of the late George Napoleon Mc
Kinney and Amanda Theresa Beas
ley McKinney. He engaged in farm
ing and blacksmith work in McCor
mick County for many years. In
1929 he removed to Calhoun Falls
and was employed in textile work
there. He removed to Greenwood
in 1931 and had been a resident
there since that time.
Mr. McKinney was held in high
regard by a wide circle of friends
who will learn with deep regret of
his death
Surviving are his wife, who was
Miss Eugenia McGrath of McCor
mick County, four daughters, Mrs.
Frank Hodges, Bordeaux, Mrs. A.
E. Willis, McCormick, Mrs. L. E.
Bell, Baltimore, Mrs. Frank White,
Greenwood, one son, Henry N. Mc
Kinney, U. S. Army, overseas, one
sister, Mrs. Corrie Singleton, and
one brother, Perry McKinney, both
of Dublin, Ga. He is also survived
by 14 grandchildren and 7 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
from the chapel of Ellis Funeral
Home Tuesday afternoon at five
o’clock with Dr. G. H. Moore offi
ciating. Burial was made in Edge-
wood cemetery.
The following friends served as
pallbearers: W. B. Murphy, Curtis
Bradberry, Gilliam Whatley, Hoyt
Faulkner, Furman Martin and
Creed Silvers
A. Lines To Be
Constructed Soon
Senator Laurence Hester has
announced that after contacting
Mr. F. W. Brown, manager of the
Little River Electric Cooperative in
Abbeville, that approximately sev
enty five miles of rural lines is to
be let to the lowest biddef July 9.
Mr. Hester, in making this an
nouncement, said the sections in
volved will be the entire section
between Abbeville and McCor
mick, running along and tapping
off of highway No. 28. Also, the
Sandy Branch section, which is
highway No. 43 west of McCor
mick, also extending from McCor
mick to the Parksville town limits
along highway No. 28, which in
cludes sections in and around
Plum Branch, both east and west,
including the White Town section.
Mt. Carmel News
Robbie Cantrell
Claimed By Death
Little Robbie Cantrell, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wood-
row Cantrell, of Englewood, Tenn.,
died there early Monday after a
brief illness. She was five years
old.
Funeral services were conducted
from the McCormick Methodist
Church Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock with the Rev. M. E. Boozer
officiating. He was assisted by
the Rev. Mr. Hagood, of Buford,
Ga. Burial was in the Deason plot
in the McCormick cemetery.
She is survived by her father
and her mother, who was the
former Miss Lois Deason of Mc
Cormick; her maternal grandfa
ther, H. R. Deason, of McCormick,
and several uncles and aunts.
Pallbearers were Albert Camp
bell, Thurmond Brown, R. T. West,
Jr., Billy Creswell, Bob Sanders
and Joe Brown.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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Extend Time To
Present 1941 Elec
tion Certificates
Mr. and Mrs. Holland Pettigrew
and baby are enjoying a pleasant
visit with homefloks, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Pettigrew, after 6 years of
absence.
Mrs. Roy Edmunds and Miss El
sie Edmunds of Laurens were
guests of Mrs. Ida Black Sunday.
Mrs. Cleveland, Red Cross Field
Worker, and Mrs. C. K. Epting,
Red Cross County Chairman, were
visitors of Mrs. D. J. McAllister
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Rebecca Boyd and Mrs.
John Boyd attended the commu
nion service at the A. R. P. Church
here Sunday and a host of friends
were delighted to see them and to
see how well and happy both were.
Miss Kittie Morrah and Mrs.
Arch Andrews attended the meet
ing at the A. R. P. Church Sun
day.
>- Miss Jeane JSntith, Miss Margaret
Edwards, Mrs. Edwards and others
of Calhoun Falls were visitors in
Mt. Carmel Sunday.
Mrs. Ab Lyon and Mrs. Lucy
Branyon were visitors in Mt. Car
mel Sunday and attended service
at the A. R. P. Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Klingin-
smith, Mrs. W. B. Sharp and Miss
Juanita Curtis were visiting in
Anderson Monday afternoon.
Pvt. and Mrs. Robert Scott were
recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Scott.
Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Scott.
Mr. Terrell Frazier is enjoying a
very pleasant visit with his moth
er, Mrs. Alice Frazier; at Calhoun
Falls. ' ’ ■
Dr. S. W. Reid and Rev. Dale
White conducted a meeting at
the A. R. P. Church last Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. It was well
attended and very much enjoyed
as Rev. Mr. Dale has been a mis-
I sionary in India for 15 years and
j it is really a splendid blessing to
j hear him tell of India, the needs
of India, and the work he and oth-
114.91 Per Cent Of
War Loan Goal Is
Raised In County
McCormick County’s Seventh
War Loan purchases continue
their upward surge with the re
port received yesterday indicating
that through Friday 114.91 per
cent of the overall goal of $128,000
had been raised and that even the
E bonds have made some improve
ment, G. J. Sanders, war finance
chairman, said yesterday.
E Bonds Fall Short
Overall sales have reached $147,-
093.75. Series E sales stand at $46,-
353.75, against the E goal of $58,-
000, for a percentage of 79.92.
E sales have been gradually
inching upward for the past sev
eral reports and officials express
ed the hope that the goal will be
reached by Saturday, final day for
bond sales to be applied to the
goal. Even though the E goal has
not been met, sales of E bonds in
the county have reached the high
est figure of all war loan drives,
the county chairman pointed out.
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Special Services At
Pressly Memorial
A. R. P. Church
Begin Next Sabbath
Our summer meeting will begin
next Sabbath morning. 8th inst..
at 11:00 o’clock, in "the Pressly Me
morial A. R. Presbyterian Church
with a sermon by Dr. R. C. Grier.
President of Erskine College, and
the Sacrament of the Lord’s Sup
per. The meeting will continue
through Thursday, following,
preaching-each evening at 8:30
o’clock. Dr. Grier, the preacher
for this meeting, was with us two
years ago and not a few have al
ready expressed their great pleas
ure at having him with us again
The Sabbath School will meet at
10:00 o’clock a. m. and the session
at 10:45.
A most cordial welcome will be
extended to all.
S. W. Reid,
Pastor.
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4-H’ers Help
Boost Nation’s
Meat Output
“When farm and industrial
j leaders join forces to seek ways of
preventing factories and men from
remaining idle after the war, then
j their success in that field will as
sure unrestricted production of;
farm goods. That in turn is a
guarantee of satisfactory income
to farmers.”—Southern Agricul
turist, May 1945.
Columbia, June 26. — Because
many certificates of indebtedness
held by officials conducting the
special U. S. Senatorial primaries
in 1941 still are outstanding, J. M
Smith, Treasurer of the State
Democratic Party today has ex
pended the deadline for presenta
tion of these certificates from July
l, 1945. to August 1, 1945.
“Since my announcement of sev-
~rpl months ago that the party
bad sufficient funds to take care
-f outstanding certificates,”
said Mr. Smith, “a large number
-f ♦v»o rn have been presented for
checks but there are still many of
them that have not come to my
office. For this reason, I am to
day extending the deadline for
receipt of these certificates one
(1) month or from July 1st to Au
gust 1st, by which time I trust that
each election official in the State
will be paid.”
Mr. Smith’s address is Post Of- (
fice Box 333, Columbia, South Car
olina. ^
Clemson. June 30. — Govern
ment authorities estimate that
our 1945 meat production will be
two billion pounds short of the
amount needed to supply our
armed forces, home front, aijd lib
erated countries. Dan Lewis, state
4-H boys’ club agent, presents that
forecast as a challenge to South
Carolina 4-H members with swine,
beef, and sheep projects.
Mr. Lewis adds that last year
club members raised 526,000 mea
animals. Their goal this year i
581.000 swine, beef, and sheep.
Club members participating v
the 1945 national meat animal ac
tivity have an opportunity of win
ning awards for high rating rec
ords of production. Gold-plated
medals go to county winners, gold
watches to state champions, and
National 4-H Club Congress hon
ors and $200 college scholarship
to sectional-national winner;
which are selected from state
champions.
This is the 16th consecutive yea -
that this activity has been con
ducted under the direction of thf
Clemson Extension Service and i:
which Thomas E. Wilson of Chi
cago has given awards.
Several watches and medals, onf
trip to the Congress, and one
scholarship have been awarded to
South Carolinians as a result of
this activity. Mr. Lewis reminds
that a medal is available for ev
ery county winner.
Last year, Fred Mathias, Lex
ington, won the watch, and coun
ty medals went to champions in
A Sumter, Lee, Greenville, Williams-
“Many m*n who think they have burg, Saluda, Richland, Marion,
been farming well have really been Oconee, Fairfield, Laurens, Dor-
figthing nature for a living, and Chester, Dillon, Chester, Bamberg,
you can’t fight nature and win.” Orangeburg, Pickens, and Green-
— Russell Lord in Farm Journal, wood.
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ers are doing to bring Christ tc
the millions of people there. His
talk on Sabbath evening brought
home to the listeners what a won
derful blessing it is to live in a
Christian land. Dr. Reid assisted
him in the meeting. We all hops
Mr. White will visit Mt. Carmel a-
gain.
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“In this fourth year of the war
the need for every ounce of food
which the American people car
produce and conserve is greater
than ever before. The supply lines
to feed our troops and the millions
fighting and working with them
are the longest In the history of
warfare. Along with thousands of
miles of these lines, food must be
kept moving. Our soldiers are
eating more canned fruit and veg- I
etables because they are changing!
from combat rations to regular,
meals.”—Preiident Harry S. Tru
man.
REBELLION . . . blanks
A presidential platform, opposii ;*
the necessity for the public to fill
in any government forms wha?s<v
ever, could probably win an elec
tion hands down right now.
Not since the war began have I
heard so much rebellion against the
blanks we must fill in to get gaso
line, tires, fuel oil, sugar, shoes,
meat, canned goods—and to pay our
income tax.
I think the people of this
country realize the need for
pen-and-paper control over our
lives during wartime, but a lot
of us feel that the thing haft
been carried too far—that there
is no necessity for answering
the same questions dozens of
different times, that a lot of the
questions don’t apply to our in
dividual situations, and that
there ought to be some simple
way for controls to be executed
without our getting writer’s
cramp.
Of course the individual’s prob
lems along this line are nothing
compared with that of the small
business organization. Any busi
ness owner who isn’t an expert ac
countant or lawyer, or doesn’t have
one working for him, is probably
violating regulations most very
time he handies a transaction. If
it still holds that “ignorance of the
law is no excuse” it seems quite
likely that most of us will soon be
living in jails.
SUGAR .... guilt
A few nights ago I spent an eve
ning filling in forms. One was for
gasoline, one for children’s shoes,
one for fuel oil and one for sugar.
It was that sugar questionnaire that
really got me down.
In the first place, we weren’t par
ticularly anxious to have any extra
sugar. But we do happen to have
a number of fruit trees and, in
spite of asking the neighbors to help
themselves, there is always a lot
of fruit left over when they get
- through,. Therefore, because of the
food shortage, we felt that it was
the patriotic thing to do to pre
serve all of that excess fruit.
That’s how we happened to get
into the four-page sugar question
naire. After spending practically
an hour trying to make heads or
tails of the wording of sonru of the
questions, trying to remember how
much sugar we used last year, try
ing to estimate how much preserv
ing we might do this year, etc., we
finally reached the end. But. when
we mailed the blank to the ration
board, my wife and I both had the
unpleasant feeling which a burglar
must have when he realizes he is
in danger of being caught.
Although we had made a con
scientious attempt answer each
question honestly, and had no de
sire to get any more sugar than the
ration board wanted to give us, I
had the uncomfortable feeling that
our final conclusion of needing 20
pounds of sugar would probably be
the government’s cue to send an
FBI man hurrying to our door.
PATRIOTISM . . . penalties
In the last war most controls
over scarce products were suc
cessfully handled by voluntary
appeals to patriotism. In this
war, however, the scarcities
have been so much greater and
the problems so complicated
that it was, and still Is, neces- •
sary for the government to is
sue regulations and penalties.
But 1 wonder if the need for
mandatory regulations hasn’t
done a good deal to cut down
on our patriotism. During the
last war the people took on the
job of enforcement as a patri
otic duty. Would-be violators
of government requests were
kept in line by their fear of
stirring up the wrath of their
patriotic neighbors—which was
a much more potent reason for
good behavior than is the fear
of legal penalties.
As it is today, there are far too.
many people who feel no guilt over
their black market purchases, who
boast openly of how they have cir
cumvented war regulations and
who, if they do comply with the law.
do so because of compulsion rather
than for the sake of patriotic co
operation.
The very foundation of our coun
try being a worship of freedom.
Americans naturally wriggle and
squirm under the countless regula
tions which we now meet at every
turn. The quicker we can replace
government forms, government
edicts and government enforcement
by appeals to good, old-fashioned
patriotism the better off our coun
try will be.
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