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f&w TRUK TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5, 1902 JdcCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1945 Number 11 JAPAN SURRENDERS ■■ OVER The official announcement was made at five minutes past seven Tuesday evening, August 14th. that Japan had surrendered, and that the war in the Pacific was over. This ends one of the might iest conflicts of all history, involv ing nearly every country in the world. The first announcement of the surrender came at 4 a. m. Tues day, when celebrations started all over the world. There was some uncertainty about the first news, which came from the Japanese radio only, until the official news was flashed some 15 hours later. Japan’s surrender is uncondi tional, the only Jap request grant ed being that the emperor will be allowed to remain on the throne, under Allied control, of course. America immediately began to plan for the peace. General Mac- Arthur was delegated to receive the formal surrender of Japan, and this will take place within two or three days, it was stated. Formal V-J day will not be declared until the surrender papers are signed. President Truman at once took steps to bring America back to peace-time conditions. The man power regulations were canceled at once, and six billion dollars of ship construction contracts were canceled. County School Lunch Supervisor GWes ■i Annual Report The annual report submitted by Mrs. Alma G. Creighton, School Lunch Supervisor, shows 50 per cent of the schools participating in the lunch program, with 1200 children being served in the lunchroom. (Food Production and Preserva tion) Vegetables produced in local and school gardens have enabled schools to can 2000 No. 3 cans for the school lunch units. Two well equipped canneries have made it possible for schools to do this. v Large quantities of produce have been received from the War Food Administration during the year This includes: snap beans, 15,000 pounds; onions, 7,000 pounds; ap ples, 37,500 pounds; Irish pota toes, 15,000 pounds; carrots, 15,000 pounds; sweet potatoes, 13,000 pounds; cabbage, 15,000 pounds. Finances The estimated value of this produce amounted to $8,150.00. Cash furnished by Federal Aid amounted to $8,701.94.. Children’s contributions $4,103.11 and other contributions $324.57. Non-cash contributions $969.07. i Equipment and Buildings Wide interest is shown by the number of new lunchrooms being built and improvements of. old ones. Three new buildings have been constructed during the year. - New equipment has been installed at a cost of $606.00. Improvements Made in Lunch Program General improvements have been made in the lunch program throughout the year. Lunchrooms have more efficient workers, bet ter menus, sanitary condition? improved, more food preserved better relations of the school lunch to other school work, and one hundred per cent cooperation of teachers. Educational Aspect Educational phase of program lias been promoted in lunchroom by teaching children to prepare meals, serve meals and plan menus. Teachers stressed table manners, food combinations. Children taught consideration for others and sharing with others. Posters were made on balanced meals, how to eat and use of sil ver. Scout Meeting . There will be a meeting of Troop 71, B. S. A., at 7:30 tonight. All boys are urged to be present. All Scouts interested in a camp ing trip, come by and sign up with me. Claude Huguley, Jr. Revival Services At Bold Spring Church Aug. 19 Through 24 The annual series of revival services of the Bold Spring Bap tist Church will begin Sunday morning, August nineteenth, and continue through Friday even ing, August twenty-fourth. The pastor, Rev. A. D. Croft, will de liver the messages. . The schedule for Sunday is as follows: Sunday school, eleven o’ clock a. m.; morning worship ser vice at twelve noon, and evening services at nine o’clock. There will be services each evening Mon day through Friday beginning at nine o’clock. Every one has a cordial invitation to attend ev ery possible service. A. D. Croft, Pastor. • X Conservation News WASHINGTON. D. C. — Since even the most recent history books have been unable to catch up with the changes in the cabinet made since President Truman went into office, this seems a good time to review the changes which have been made and list the names of those who now handle the 10 cabi net posts. Since President Truman took his oath of office on April 12, be has accepted the resigna tion of six members of Mr. Roosevelt’s cabinet and re placed them. Resignations were accepted from: Edward R. Stet- tinins. Secretary of State; Francis Biddle, Attorney Gen eral; Frances Perkins, Secre tary of Labor; Claude R. Wick- ard. Secretary of Agriculture; Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secre tary of Treasury; and Frank C. Walker, Postmaster General. After making his, new appoint ments, and keeping Mr. Roosevelt’s appointees to the four other posts, his complete cabinet is now as fol lows: Secretary of State —- James F. Byrnes. Secretary of Treasury — Fred M. Vinson. Secretary of*War — Henry Stim- son. Secretary of Navy — James For- restal. Secretary of Labor—Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Secretary of Commerce — Henry Wallace. Secretary of Agriculture — Clin ton P. Anderson. Secretary of Interior — Harold Ickes. Attorney General—Tom C. Clark. The only other change said to be under consideration is the possible appointment of a new Secretary of War. The possibility of an 11th ’>* cabinet post, that of Secretary , of Welfare and Security, is be- ing seriously considered. This would be part of a move to , •; simnlify the legislative branch ^ of the government and would ; V be in keeping with President Truman’s desire to concentrate authority in the cabinet. If this new department of gov ernment were established, it would take over the functions now handled by the Social Security board, Pub lic Health service. Food and Drug administration. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and perhaps some of the leading war agencies such as the War Manpower commission ^ and the United States Employment / service. . d Rationing will probably go on— i at least on some items—throughout • most of 1946. in the opinion of Chester Bowles, head of the Office of Price administration. But he ex pects that rationing will be all over by the end of next year and that the new No. 5 ration book, which will be distributed in December, will be the last book to be issued. Use of rationing stamps is said to be simplified in the new book. The new stamps will have only a number, instead of a letter and number. It will have red stamps for meat and blue stamps for other foods. Other stamps are pA>vided for sugar, shoes and miscellaneous items which may be rationed. In December a new gasoline ra tion book will also be issued, indi cating that gasoline rationing will also continue for most of 1946. The new “A” gasoline coupons will be the same as at present except that ? they will be a different color. By ; changing the color thfey will make • useless the coupons which are now { in the hands of the black market as . well as those which have been counterfeited. v Revival Services Start At Troy Baptist Church Sunday Revival services will begin at r rov Baptist C v * , "*ch Sunday ev ening, August 19th, at 8:30, and will continue at that hour each wening throughout the week. Preaching by the new pastor, Rev. W. E. Brant. All are cordially in vited to these services. c/KcOcfumick Farm -txi- Modoc News Plum Branch News <By Benj. W. Crouch) Dr. T. L. Davis has just com pleted a fish and stock water pond on his farm in the Flatwoods sec tion of the county. This pond is 2 acres in size and will be stocked with 3,000 bream and 200 bass fish ^his fall. Next spring Dr. Davis is to start fertilizing this pond with commercial fertilizer at the rate cf about 1,000 pounds per acre per vear. The Farmers Bulletin No. 1938 states that the bream fish feeds largely upon tiny insects that live irithin the pond itself rather than on those that fall into the water. Contrary to common belief, pond* :irh do not feed to any great ex- ent on water weeds that float on ^r near the surface. The bream "eeds almost entirely on aquatic nsects. A tiny plant called agae eeds these aquatic insects. The Trowth of algae is increased by fertilizing. So the fertilizer helps o grow algae, algae feeds more nsects, insects feed more bream and bream feed more bass. Bass and bream feed more farmers. Ha! A group of farmers went to Mr. Olin Warner’s farm Wednesday, August 1st, to see a kudzu hay curing demonstration. To see how Mr. Warner grows and handles kudzu will convince all that see it that this is a wonder plant and has a place in our agriculutural system. Mr. E. L. Langley said, “I should have been working my kudzu instead of spending all my time on cotton.” Mr. Warner said, “You must fertilize and work this plant if you expect results.” “A very large share of the peo ple gainfully employed in, or as a result of, the cotton industry live and work outside the Cotton Belt. The cotton industry is real ly a national industry.” — Dr. A. B. Cox, University of Texas. i Lt. Edna Miner, Army Nurses’ Corps, who has returned from ov erseas duty, recently visited Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Freeland. Mr. Jack Speer of Charleston, S. C., was a week end guest of his brother, Rev. Foster Speer. Capt. and Mrs. Guy Carr and son, Guy, Jr., are visiting Capt. Carr’s parents in Lancaster. Be fore returning, they will spend a week at the beach. Capt. Carr has recently returned from 3 years’ service overseas, and is being warmly greeted by many friends. Claude Langley of California is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lillie Langley, and sister, Mrs. W. M. Freeland. Miss Amanda Collier, student at Newberry College, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Collier. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bracknell of St. Petersburg, Fla., Miss Janice Coleman of Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs. C. L. Harper of Greenwood are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bracknell. Edwin Rice, Jr., and Duane Strother have returned from a veek’s stay at Edisto Beach. Mrs. Foster Speer is visiting rel atives in Columbia. j Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Brant are 1 being cordially welcomed in Plum Branch. Rev. Mr. Brant has as sumed the pastorate of Buffalo, Troy and Plum Branch Baptist Churches. “Mrs. Edna Harper and children of Williston visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bracknell recently. Mrs. Homer Connell and daugh ter, Nina, have been visiting in Lincolnton, Ga. Mrs. Bud Lowe is visiting in Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ridlehoover have returned to make their home here, after 18 months in Balti more, Md. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Creswell and daughter. Rose Marie, were vis itors in Spartanburg last week. Mrs. J. W. Bracknell and chil dren, John Luther and Judy, are visiting in Williston. Mr. J. S. Humphrey has return ed home, after visiting in the home of his son, Mr. Bud Hum- i phrey. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Winn this week end were Miss Mable .Winn of Augus-1 ta, Mrs. W. C. Bockman and daughter, Lynn, of Columbia, and Mrs. J. C. Goosey and son, Jim my, of Greenwood. . Mrs. W. M. Freeland is attending summer school at Newberry Col lege. Tommy Forrester has returned home from a trip to Florida. Robert Wilkie, U. S. Navy, re cently spent a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wil kie. Cpl. Billy Banks is psneding a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Banks. Cpl. Banks has recently returned from three years’ duty in the Pacific. Miss Carrie Banks of Asheville, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Allen of Columbus, Ga., have returned home, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Banks. Mrs. B. N. Robertson and Mrs. W. E. Crawford and son, Joe Wily, spent the past week in Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Maude Miner is visitnig her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Geddings, i.i Paxville. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Rearden are Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rearden and daugh ter of Asheville, N. C., Mrs. G. I. Rearden and children of Augusta, and Miss Nancy Rearden of Gains- ville, Fla. . -Mr. W. M. Freeland spent last week in Newberry. Mrs. Martha Marjenhoff visited friends in Augusta last week. Charles Freeland, U. S. Navy, recently visited his parents, Mr and Mrs. Charles Freeland. xx Preaching At Buffalo Baptist Church Sunday Mr. James W. Bussey has re turned, after spending two or three weeks in Texas and Mexico. Mrs. G. E. Dukes from Augusta »s spending this week here among friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Evans Bussey of North Augusta spent Sunday with Mr. E. F. Bussey and Miss Rosalie Bussey. Mrs. Herbert Moore from Au gusta made a short visit here Sunday evening. We regret to report that Miss Lucy Bussey was operated on Monday at Greenwood Hospital. Miss Blanch McDaniel of Warm Springs was a week end visitor to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Mc Daniel. Messrs. W. S. Clem and E. F. Bussey were visitors to McCor mick Saturday. Miss Etoyle Clem, Miss Rosalie Bussey and Mr. James W. Bussey spent Monday in Greenwood. X Poultry Short Course At Clemson August 21-23 Clemson, Aug. 11. — P. H. Good ing, extension poultryman, an nounces that visiting speakers at the annual poultry short course at Clemson College August 21-23 will include Frank E. Moore of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Wash ington, D. C., and Prof. W. M. Insko, Jr., head of the poultry de partment, University of Kentucky The only charge besides meals will be a registration fee of $1.00 Rooms will be free in the college barracks, but persons occupying them must furnish their own pil lows, bed linen, light cover, and towels. ^ A special request is made to re turning war veterans to attend the course if they are contemplat ing returning the farm or go ing into specialized poultry farm ing. (By G. W. Bonnette, County Agent) There will be preaching service at Buffalo Baptist Church Sunday morning, August 19th, immediate ly following Sunday school, by the new pastor, Rev. W. E. Brant. xx First Open Boll Of Cotton The first open boll of cotton to be received at this office this season was from the farm of Mr. | Raymond Dunlap of Route 1 on Thursday, August 9th. , j State Beekeeper Meet At Clemson August 21-22 Clemson, Aug. 6.—Ned Prevost Clemson beekeeping specialist, an nounces that the annual two-da T - short course for South Ca^olin' , beekeepers will be held at Clem son, Tuesday and Wednesday, Au gust 21-22. “At the 1945 short course,” say? Mr. Prevost, “we will take up va rious phases of beekeeping and its problems. These will include queen raising, package bees, mi gratory beekeeping, etc.” An outstanding feature of th'" program will be a special session for returned veterans, the special ist announces. On this special part of the program returned vet erans interested in beekeeping wil 1 be given the fundamentals of beekeeping to enable them to fol low the best and most modern practices. Rooms in the college dormitories will be free, but those who wish to use them will need to bring their own bed linen and toilet ar ticles. Meals may be had at res taurants, and possibly the college mess hall will be open. X i “Thin cover, thinned soil, and a slim living! When the soil! moves, people move! When the ( soil fails, life fails!” — From; Growth, by Russell Lord. _ j The crops in our county com pare favorably with the State at large. Com in general is show ing some mighty heavy ears. Cot ton is fruiting fairly well with the exception of late plantings and in that case I am afraid the weed is growing too fast and the wee vil damages are going to be extra heavy. You should have been with the 49 boys and girls on the 4-H camping trip down at Camp Long. They really had a wonderful time as the schedule called for tractor operation and care, tractor driv ing, swimming, clothing, and food preservation. Included in the 9 highest grades made by the group of about 75 boys taking the trac tor course, were 7 boys from Mc Cormick County. Three boys made perfect scores from this group of 75 and two of them, Johnny Le- Roy and George Bonnette, Jr., were from McCormick. Our group was outstanding in every phase of the camping program. It is use less to say that your extension a- gents and local leaders are very proud of the 4-H boys and girls from this county. We wish to thank the trustees and school au thorities for letting us use the school bus. Olin Warner really knows how to handle kudzu, as was evident at the cutting and curing demon stration held on his farm on, the first day of August. Mr. Warner says that unless you work kudzu the first year it will , take a long time foi; it to cover the land.. Most of the failures in this county have been due to a lack of cultivation. Weeds and grass choke and starve the young kudzu crowns before they get a start. If you have young kudzu work it, if you plant next spring, don’t forget to cultivate. xx Card Of Thanks We acknowledge with grateful appreciation the numerous acts of kindness rendered by relatives, friends and doctor and wish to express sincere thanks for the beautiful floral offerings, cards, trays and the tender expressions of sympathy during our recent bereavement. Husband and daughters, Mr. Frank White, Mrs. Roy Strother, Mrs. James Strother. X Attention A clinic for white children who are entering school for the first time will be held at the office of the Health Department at the court house on August 21st at 10 o’clock. We hope that parents will take advantage of this opportunity to have their children vaccinated and checked before school opens. Bertha S. Harris, Clerk, County Board of Edu cation. Mine Lodge, No. 117, To Meet Aug. 20 Mine Lodge, No. 117, A. F. M., will meet Monday night, August 20th, at 8:30 o’clock, at which time the Master Masons Degree will be conferred. All Master Ma sons are urged to attend. S. D. GILES, Acting W. M., W. W. KEOWN, JR., Secretary.