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* TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Foiirth Year Fstablished June 5, 1902 McCORMICK* S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1945 Number i l WASHINGTON, D. C. — Tne vy. s; of government are turned toward i Potsdam, Germany, this week (where it is fervently hoped that 5 President Truman, meeting with 1 Prime Minister Churchill and Pre- . mier Stalin, will find suitable an* . swers to the complicated problems of territorial adjustments, feeding - the millions of liberated. Although the^e has not been much talk recently about Russia entering the’ war against Japan, ' military leaders here are hoping that the conferences will help to ' bring about that happy event Althoagh the war against Japan is progressing much fast* V er than was expected, it is pre- (l dieted that it will last for an other year or two unless we have Russia’s help. Rumors of an early peace were spiked re cently by Joseph C. Grew, act ing secretary of state, who said that no peace feelers had been received by anyone who could speak for the Japanese govern- < ment. Defending our country’s stand on demanding unconditional surren- • der from Japan, Mr. Grew warned that any compromise peace would • probably mean another war in the • future. Hearings on the United States charter before the senate foreign relations committee have given an « excellent cross-section of the high- ; ly varied views of the people of this country on the problems of • peace. Although it is obvious that ! the majority favor approval of the * charter in its present form, spokes- * men for various groups attacked it as “fraudulent,” a “deceitful inter- * national conspiracy,” and a docu- » ment that would encourage rather * than discourage war. Some thought \ it committed our country to too i much, others that it did not com- \ mit us to enough. Some took advan- . tage of their appearance before the committee to blame the |enate for the war and to accuse congress of turning our country "over to the R-.f But olhtir ops** ing millions of Amn^oj. immediate approval oi the chi-r-ev as a first step toward pexmnner.c peace. * * • Immediately following the drastic out in the nse of sleep ing cars for civilians, the office of defense transportation began considering other travel curbs which wohld help ease the dif ficulties of troop movements. The ODT still hopes to avoid actual rationing of travel, but has made it clear that it will use rationing, or a priority sys tem, if the situation cannot be solved otherwise. It is esti mated that approximately 5,- 000,000 troops will be moved by rail before fall. Fear that the production of feed grains may be smaller this year than during any year since the war started makes it look as though our meat shortage may continue through 1946 and possibly into 1947. Although estimates of production can turn out to be over pessimistic, present predictions are that the com crop will be over 500,000,000 bushels less than in 1944. On the other hand, the wheat crop may be the greatest we have ever had. This means that there is no danger of an actual food shortage, but since the production of meat is apt to be reduced by a shortage of feed grains, it may necessitate a major shift in the present American diet. More than 100 bills, seeking changes in the social security pro gram, are now before the house ways and means committee. When they will be considered is not known, but it is expected that one of the first to be discussed will be one introduced by Representa tive Doughton, at the request of the President, to permit unem ployment compensation up to a maximum of $25 a week as com pared with the present maxi mum of m LYTLE HULL High Income Results in Paid-Off Mortgages TM« evlnu to resator ••■trltattoo ■abatltat* la ala •f Lftla Ball. Unde Sam, who has been in the business of acquiring mortgages longer than he has been in almost any other field of private enter prise, is slowly getting out, accord ing to a study published by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America which showed that last year farm and city mortgages owned by the federal government declined by more than 19 per cent At the end of 1943, the fed eral government owned 10.4 per cent of all city and farm mortgages outstanding and last year the total declined to 9.4 per cent. But the mortgages which Uncle Sam lost didn’t in crease the total held by private interests since they showed a decline of 7.1 per cent. The reason is that high national Income provided borrowers with more money to pay off their mortgagesr and that is what they did. The total mortgage debt of the country on December 31, 1944, wal $31,656,850,697, a decline of 8 per cent from the $34,421,432,000 a year earlier, according to the study which was inaugurated last year as an annual research project of the association by L. E. Mahan, St: Louis, MBA president. Figures for 1943 have been re vised slightly since they were is sued a year ago because of later changes reported by government agencies. Mortgages held by goveriiment agencies declined from $3,563,232,- 000 to $2,980,715,287, or 19.2 per cent. Biggest decreases were for the Federal National Mortgage as sociation and the Federal Farm Mortgage corporation, both of which showed declines of 19.2 per cent in mortgages held—the same rate of loss reported for all federal holdings. The Home Owners Loan corporation showed a decrease of 18.5 per cent in its loans on Decem ber 31, 1944, reporting $1,091,000,000 of mortgages as compared with $1,338,000,000 a year earlier. In the farm mortgage field, the Federal Land Banks followed the Federal Farm Mortgage corpora tion in showing the biggest loss of mortgages owned. These banks owned $1,209,646,000 on December 31 last as against $1,452,886,000, a drop of 16.7 per cent. The biggest changes last year in the field of mortgage investments were registered by the federal agencies, the study showed. Pri vate holdings, with the exception of those of “others,” were relatively little changed. Mortgages owned by private lenders and institutions last year totaled $28,676,135,410 as against $30,858,200,000 a year ago, a decline of 7.1 per cent. The biggest drop was for the account of "others” —private individual investors who are estimated to have lost 20 per cent of their mortgages last year principally because of pay-offs. Life insurance company holdings increased to $6,683,000,000 from $6,- 670,000,000 in 1943, a gain of 0.2 per cent. Building and loan associ ations showed a gain of 4.3 per cent, their mortgages rising tq $4,750,000,000 from $4,554,000,000. Mutual savings banks owned $4,- 297,809,679 at the end of 1944 as against $4,420,000,000 a year ear lier, a decline of 2.8 per cent. Commercial banks also showed a loss of 3.9 per cent in loans held, their total mortgages going to $4.- 344,151,000 from $4,519,000,000. Fra ternal societies show a gain of 3.1 per cent in mortgages owned. The principal reason for the 8 per cent decline in mortgage debt in 1944 is that a high national income gave borrowers the funds to pay off their mortgages, Mr. Mahan said. - L«******«**» •************* KEEP FAITH j l mf/t us— \ \by bttying\ WAR BONDS YOU NEED///AI/ HE NEEDSjf^// BUVJUHR BOnDS Maybe the leopard can’t change Farmers who wonder how much his spots, but any farmer can the ‘middleman’ gets may find out change the poor spots in a field by selling feed crops to livestock to make them productive like the and thus saving the middleman’s rest of the field. profits. Mrs. T. J. Britt Claimed By Death Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Kate Britt, 71, of the Sandover community were conducted Sun day afternoon at three o’clock at Buffalo Baptist Church, where she was a member. Interment was in the churchyarcY cemetery. Mrs. Britt died suddenly Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. R. McKelvey, in MOnck’s Corner, where she had gone Thursday for a visit. The widow of T. J. Britt, she was the former Miss Mattie Kate Rambo of North Augusta, daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Rambo. Dr. L. K. Simpson, pastor of Mc Cormick Baptist Church, was in charge of the funeral services and was assisted by the Rev. M. E. Boozer, of the McCormick Metho dist Church and the Rev. E. F. Gettys, superintendent of the De la Howe School. Besides Mrs. McKelvey, Mrs. Britt is survived by the following: three other daughters, Mrs. Paul R. Brown, Mrs. P. C. Dorn, Jr., of McCormick. Mrs. Tom Carpenter of Greenville; three sons, Wilton E., and T. Leonard Britt of McCor mick and Sgt. James Britt, now in the South Pacific; a step-daugh ter, Mrs. R. M. Fuller of Green wood and a step-son, J. Wayland Britt of McCormick; five brothers and three sisters, Fred and Robert Rambo of North Augusta, Henry and Belton Rambo of Atlanta, Ga., William Rambo of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Lila Whitlaw and Miss Lizzie Rambo of North Augusta, and Mrs J. C. Talbert of McCormick; and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers were W. M. Talbert, D. C. Talbert, R. H. Gilbert, James Whitlaw, Thomas Whitlaw, Grady McElmurry, J. F. Mattison and B. W. Crouch. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. -xx- Revival Services Start At St. Paul’s Church July 29th Revival services will begin at St. Paul’s Methodist Church at Plum Branch fifth Sunday. There will be two services on the fifth Sunday; the first at 12 o’clock noon and the second at nine o’ clock p. m. Beginning Monday, services will be held at nine p. m. only. The guest minister will be Rev. B. H. Harvey, pastor of Gal loway Memorial Church in Green wood. The public is cordially in vited to attend. M. E. Boozer, Pastor. -A— Union Service Of McCormick Churches At Baptist Church Next Sunday Night The regular Union Service of the A. R. Presbyterian, the Meth odist and Baptist churches of Mc Cormick will be held in the Mc Cormick Baptist church next Sun day night, July 29, at eight-thirty o’clock. Dr. S. W. Reid will bring the message on this occasion. A most cordial invitation is ex tended by the pastor and mem bers of the McCormick Baptist church to one and all to attend this service. L. K. Simpson, Pastor. X Services At Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church July 29th There will be services in the Pressly Memorial A. R. Presbyte rian Church next Sabbath, 29th instant. Sabbath school at 10:00 a. m., Prof. W. H. Weldon, super-, intendent; and preaching by the pastor at 11:00 a. m. S. W. Reid, Pastor. McCormick County Exceeds Quota By $48,320 In Seventh War Loan Campaign McCormick County exceeded its quota of $128,000 in the Seventh War Loan Campaign by $48,320, according to the final report sub mitted by G. J. Sanders, county war finance chairman. Particularly gratifying is Mr. Sanders’ further report that the county exceeded its E Bond quota, bringing the overall total to $175,- 980. A leter of warm thanks and commendation to all who assisted in the recent campaign has come to Mr. Sanders from Christie Benet of Columbia, State chairman of the Treasury Dept.’s war finance committee. “The collective devotion to duty in time of war, the hard work and intelligent direction of the county chairmen, produced the largest sale of bonds in the history of war financing in South Carolina,” said Mr. Benet. He added “I shall al ways remember you as one of the generals in a battle in which S. C. not only achieved every statewide objective assigned, but in which unprecedented heights were reach ed.” McCormick County citizens are grateful for the splendid leader ship of Mr. Sanders and may well be proud that every quota as signed in every bond drive has not only been reached, but ex ceeded. Union Meeting Of Edgefie’d Association Meets With Red Oak Grove Bap tist Church July 29th The Union Meeting of the Edge- field Association will meet with the Red Oak Grove Baptist Church on Sunday, July 29th, at 11:30. All churches are cordially in vited to send delegates. H. E. Stephens, For Committee. Y. W. A. Meets At The Home Of Mrs. A. C. Kehaya The Y. W. A. held its regular monthly business and social meet ing on the evening of July 16th at the home of Mrs. A. C. Kehaya. with Miss Bettye Fuller, Mrs. J. E. Hutchinson and Mrs. Kehaya as joint-hostesses. Thirty-three members and vis itors were present. Three new members joined. During the social hour, the hostesses served a salad course, cookies and punch. WIS Radio Program Accomplishments of Central Dis trict Councils will be broadcast ov er WIS, Columbia, S. C., Saturday, July 28, 9:45, by Miss Bessie Har per, District Agent, and Mrs. Joe Griffith, Council Director. McCormick County Council re ceived a Red Ribbon for work done last year, so council members are urged to listen to this program. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. -xx- New Shoe Ration Stamp Airplane No. 4 Valid August 1st New Shoe Ration Stamp Air plane No. 4 (in War Ration Book Three) will become valid August 1, 1945. it was announced today by E. H. Talbert, District OPA Di rector, in Columbia. Mr. Talbert also called attention that Airplane Stamps Numbers 1, 2 and 3 arc good indefinitely. The last shoe stamp was valid ated November 1, 1944, and the in tervals between validation of stamps depend on the available: supply of shoes, Mr. Talbert point- ed out. ^ j Mt. Carmel News Mr. James Miller has about re covered from a recent illness, and was a visitor in Calhuon Falls Fri day. Mrs. Ida Black spent the last week end with Mrs. D. L. Bryson and both were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edmunds and Miss Elsie Edmunds at their home in Lau rens, S. C. Mrs. Ben Fortson and daugh ter, Mrs. George Cunningham, were recent visitors of Misses Len- nie and Eliza Covin. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Klingin- smith, who have enjoyed a pleas ant stay with Mrs. Joe Curtis and Miss Nita Curtis, left last week to return to Knoxville, Tenn., where they will make their home for a- while. Mt. Carmel people were glad to have them in our midst. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harling and children, Ben, Jr., and Patricia, of Atlanta, were happy week end guests of Mr. Walter Harling and Miss Monnie Harling. They all attended the reunion of the Har ling family at the church Sunday. They reported quite a pleasant time and large crowd, with dinner on the ground which was both de licious and bountiful. ' „ Miss Carol Hester of Winthrcp College enjoyed a happy weekend with her parents. Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mrs. Gladys Bowyer are visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Black at their home in Wal- terbor, S. C. Sen. L. L. Hester was a recent visitor in Atlanta. Mrs. W. B. Sharp was a recent vsiitor in Atlanta. Many friends of Mrs. Eula Scott sympathize with her in her re cent bereavement, the death of her sister, Mrs. Stuart, which oc curred last Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Galley. Mrs. Eula Scott and Mrs. Mae White attended the funeral and burial of Mrs. Stuart at Anderson Sunday. Quite a number of Mt. Carmel people attended the funeral and burial of Mrs. T. J. Britt last Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock at Buf falo Baptist Church. Amendment To The National Service Life Insurance Act Mr. Robert L. Dendy, County Service Officer, McCormick, ha' received the following news re lease from Mr. S. C. Groeschel Manager of the Veterans Admin istration, Columbia, covering am- mendment to the National Ser vice Life Insurance Act: “President Truman today signer’ House Bill 2949 extending the lif r of five-year-term National Servic* Life Insurance policies an addi tional three years from Decembei 31, 1945. Approval of the act, affecting 17,627,500 policies amounting tc $136,242,260,000 in face value, au- 'omatically extends the benefits of this insurance to members of the armed forces at premium lev els originally specified in the Na tional Service Life Insurance Ac' of 1940, Brig. Gen Frank T. Hine*' Administrator of Veterans’ Af fairs said today. Insurance already converted t' the three existing plans—ordinary life, 20-pay or 30-pay life, is not affected by the extension or by the premium rate extension. The effect of the act will be to extend for three years all insur ance benefits now available to those in the armed forces without the necessity of any change be ing made in any allotments or de ductions now in force. There will be no change in premium rates because of the time lapse between the original act and this exten- ricn. No other changes were made in any of the provisions of the law.” | X i Frank Farmer says: “Farming is a gamble, but the one-crcp farmer stacks the cards against himself”. FOOD .... Anderson There won’t be any baby pigs killed off during the administratio* of Clinton Anderson, our nation’s new secretary of agriculture. In his first public appearance since joining the President’s cabi net, Mr. Anderson gave a crystal- clear picture of his general poli cies, what he intends to do about food problems and what is the basis of his philosophy on food dis tribution. And from where I was sit- ; ting, it seemed to me that he has the answers to many of our most perplexing food prob- .• lems. At least he inspires un- - limited confidence. This tall. , young, good looking, self-as- j sured westerner, who is a • rancher and a small business , man on the side, struck me as just the kind of a man who t might find a lasting solution to : the increasing difficulties of , pleasing farmers, food distribu tors and the consumers. Mr. Anderson borsts of being a* “apostle of abundance.” His phi losophy is founded on the simple belief that the American farmer should be encouraged to produce all of the food he possibly can— that no matter how much we pro duce there will always be plenty of mouths to consume it all. How much we should do toward feeding the hungry people of other nations is, to him, a secondary considera tion. His No. 1 interest is to re move all curbs on food productioa and give the farmer all the help he needs to produce more food .thaa he has ever produced before. How many foreign mouths we will fee# can be determined when the foo# is actually produced. SUBSIDIES .... profit Although Mr. Anderson wants to help the farmer, he doesn’t • hold much faith in the subsidy plan. He would like to get rid. j- ot subsidies- but, at the same time, give the farmer some soft •f s guarantee that the food he produces will be sold at a fair profit. One plan which Mr. Anderson al ready has suggested for this war period is that the government de termine its military food needs for 1946 and give the farmers of the nation a definite contract to pur-* ehase that food. He point* out that bidustry has such arrangements— (tat if the war suddenly ended auC production of planes was culled off. the manufacturers would not tahr a loss because they are protected under the Contract Settlement act. It is more important, in Mr. An derson’s opinion, to give the farm er these assurances than it is ts give them to industry. It is aim necessary, he believes, to assume farmers that their prices will be protected after the war so they wfli have no qualms about producing to the face of possible surpluses. “A surplus,” said Mr. Andersmb “must not be used to break the economy of the American fanner. It can much better be employed M relieving distress around the world.” WAR .... starvatlcm Mr. Anderson has no illusions about our farmers being able to feed the world. He says that even if we starved ourselves, eafi shipped all the food we produce t*> foreign countries, it still wouldnli be enough. But he thinks we mud; help all we can in the interests *£ lasting peace. On this subject be said: “The events of the past few years have made it clear ta even the dullest mind that whatever happens in any part of the world, however seeming- . ly distant, happens finally to us. Underfed children grow up with distorted minds, and when chil dren with distorted minds grow big enough to carry guns they become a menace to the peace of the world. We don’t need to look for other reasons.” Mr. Anderson, in his first pubke statement, touched on many dif ferent subjects, but he made A clear that his work will be guide# by four simple principles: (1) wt produce all the food we possibly can; (2) to assure the farmer a fair profit so that he will be re warded for increased production • (3) to worry about surpluses afbsr we get them; (4) to help all we can in keeping the people of for eign countries from going hue- 1 gry. Those are Mr. Anderson’s aims, which probably have the approval of most farmers and most consum ers. But he admits that, while nr- hopes for greater food productio* than we have ever known, we irp- still faced with the danger of short ages. Mr. Anderson, I believe. wiR do all that is physically possible to keep us well-fed. but he sui& must have the help of Providence- and the ,’tathei man