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* V true to oursklves. our neighbors, our country and our god. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK., S. C., THURSDAY, Number y. I WASHINGTON, D. C.—All phases of the problem of reconversion are being given prior consideration in Washington. Other work has been put aside in order that various de partments can catch up with the • speed of the war and peace de velopments. The over-all picture, as gathered at Washington as the war comes to . an end, shows: Some five million workers will be laid off at war plants. While some will retire from the labor field, post- • war industry will be able to employ most of the balance. Army and navy has halted work Involving more than 26 billion dol- - lars. The war has cost nearly three hundred billion dollars, in addition • to the quarter million dead—a total casualty list of more than one.mil lion. While the treasury department does not want a radical cut in taxes, it looks as if congress will make substantial reductions. Government ’ spending will be reduced, but will continue far above the prewar era. War Production board will expe dite manufacture of civilian goods, aid of some sort will be provided by the government during reconver sion. Travel conditions will remain se rious for some months. With more than five million men being dis- • charged during next 12 months, the army transportation demands will remain great. In addition closing of war plants will see thousands of families moving back to their for mer homes. Long delayed travel • holidays will be in order, placing additional tax on transportation. The 1945 food crop will be one of biggest in history—but rationing of food will continue for some time. Food shipments to Europe will con tinue (»i big scale. Other rationing will be dropped as soon as possible. Manpower controls will be re voked immediately. Congress to return in session Sep tember 4th, to tackle these prob lems. May pass law ending se lective service at once. Price control will be lifted in in dividual items, as soon as civilian production will prevent inflationary pressure. Accelerated production of electri cal supplies is to be one of the most outstanding early results noted. Special supplies will be made available to those companies which can start production immediately, without delay caused by reconver sion. Some will be able to start without manpower layoff. Reconversion blueprints for the aircraft industry have already been drawn, production has .actually started on civilian planes—soon to be on the market at reasonable prices. The adaptation of the atomic bomb to civilian industrial use is something to occur NOT in the near future. Months, or even years, will be required. The long-looked-for television is an early possibility. Plans to in augurate television and FM broad casting from stratosphere airplanes cruising six miles in the air. Per mits and equipment are promised' in the near future. Radar, marvel of the war, will find many uses in peace. Airports will utilize radar to bring planes in safely. Telephone development promises in the future include direct long dis tance dialing. Individuals in New York will be able to dial specific' party in San Francisco or else where. Wrlaj/atid t TJhnoVanv by Don Robinson BOMB . • . Frankenstein : With the dropping on Japan of the first atomic bombs ever per- > fee ted, the world enters upon a new 'phase, the ultimate end of t which no man can foresee. ! The closely guarded secret of , their construction and control is known, at present, only to a few men in the United States, Great ! Britain and Canada, i Of course this secret cannot be kept indefinitely. Scientists the i world over have been working on it for years. Germany came peril ously near beating us to it Hit ler, in his blind hatred of the Jews, lost out when he made life in Ger many intolerable for talented non- Aryans, such as Einstein and Dr. Lise Meitner. His loss was our gain. Dr. Meit ner fled to Sweden and took with her secrets that might have won the war for Germany. Enrico Fermi, Italy's foremost physicist, showed how easily a slow neutron could slip into an atom, to burst its nucleus and release the terrible energy that laid Hiroshima low; whereas a neutron not sub jected to the slowing down process would have no effect. Now that we have learned to use and control the stupendous power of the atom, we cannot help but wonder what the outcome of it all will be. Whether it will put an end to all war, or whether we have created a Frankenstein monster that will destroy civilization. SIZE . . • infinitesimal This business of bursting the nu cleus of an atom is of course highly scientific talk, which few of us can hope to understand. But to our own unscientific mind, one of the most fascinating things about it is that the biggest explosion of all time resulted from the bursting of the tiniest thing in creation. Magnify the nucleus of an atom a thousand million times, and it is still too small to be seen in the most high-powered microscope. Magnify it ten thousand million times, and the nucleus itself is still smaller than a pin point. The nucleus is less than one ten- thousandth the diameter of the atom; and yet it may contain 384 protons and electrons combined, as does the nucleus of the atom of uranium, used in the atomic bomb. Explosion of one uranium atom gives off 200 million electron volts of energy or power. In an atomic bomb, some astronomical number of these atoms explode all at once. Hiroshima is the best evidence we have at present of the result of such an explosion. GOOD evil We are placed in a position of enormous responsibility by lh;s new achievement — gicatcr than Modoc News i Pfc. Charles. Stone from Camp Blanding, Fla., is spending ten days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone. Rev. H. E. Stephens filled his regular appointment here Sunday evening, delivering a very able ser mon. Mr. and Mrs. Pat McDaniel and Mr. Fuller Robertson from Avon dale, N. C., were week end visitors to relatives and friends here. Mr. J. O. McDaniel from Char leston was up for a few days vis it to relatives. Sgt. and Mrs. T. J. Stone from Camp Gordon were week end vis itors here to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone, Sr. Mr. James W. Bussey and sis ter, Miss Rosalie Bussey, were vis itors in Greenwood Tuesday. Miss Mamie Bussey from Green wood was a week end visitor here to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bussey. j 3C3C — B. W. Crouch Is Chairman Of State War Fund Drive Gov. Williams has appointed B. W. Crouch as chairman of the State War Fund Drive in McCor mick County. Mr. Crouch has kindly accepted ♦his anpointment and is organiz ing his plans for the campaign in September. Watch the Messenger for more about this next week. has ever been faced before—to find means to use reason instead of I force to settle international dis putes, to check aggression before it | starts, and to remedy the social i and economic evils that bring on war. ‘ In the hands of a dictator, this great power would undoubtedly be used in an attempt to control the world. In the hands of the people of a democratic, peace-loving na tion, this new-found energy can gradually be adapted to cause such a startling revolution in living that it may mean that we will be able to make the standard of living soar throughout the world. Every nation must realize that this weapon, in the hands of Amer icans, will be used to spread free dom, and abundance of living among all peoples; while if it had been given to a man like Hitler, it would undoubtedly have been used to enslave the world. Let us pray that it will never get into the hands of a nation which would dare to use it lor evil pur poses. G. Pierce McCain Claimed By Death G. Pierce McCain died at his home here at 5:45 Thursday af ternoon after a lingering illness of several years. He was 87 years old. Mr. McCain was a native of Mc Cormick, being one of its oldest citizens. He had been a funeral di rector and furniture dealer here for the past 60 years. . Mr. McCain was a life-long member of the Republican Meth odist Church and before his death was the oldest living mem ber. He was the husband of the late Mittie Collier McCain of Plum Branch. Survivors are a daugh ter, Mrs. J. B. Smith of McCor mick; two sons, G. H. McCain of McCormick, and D. P. McCain of Nashville, N. C.; five granddaugh ters, Mrs. T. J. Haynes of Mariet- a. Ga., Mrs. O. H. Bryan of Greenwood, Mrs. W. L. Martin of Barnwell, Mrs. Frank Burgdorf of Columbia, Mrs. S. D. Edmunds of McCormick; two grandsons, G. H. McCain, Jr., of McCormick and O. P. McCain, Jr., cf Nashville, N. C., and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the McCormick Methodist Church by the Rev. M. E. Boozer, assisted by the Rev. Foster Speer, the Rev. Rex V. Martin, Dr. L. K. Simpson and Dr. S. W. Reid. Interment was in McCormick city cemetery. Pallbearers were W. L. Brown, Lee Price, J. L. Smith, J. W. Cor ley, D. J. McAllister, Joe P. Whar ton, D. C. Talbert and W. E. Cham berlain. The honorary escort was com posed of the busines men of Mc Cormick. Schedule Of Service For The Plum i Branch Field A new schedule of service for the Plum Branch field, consisting of the Plum Branch, Buffalo and Troy Baptist Churches, will be ef fective September 1st. Plum Branch—First and third Sunday mornings; second and fourth Sunday nights. Troy—Second Sunday morning; fourth Sunday afternoon. Buffalo—Fourth Sunday morn ing; second Sunday afternoon. These churches are now being pastored by the Rev. Wm. E. Brant who moved into the parsonage at Plum Branch just two weeks ago. X Notice 'k —,.—— The State Board of Education on July 20th adopted the follow ing resolution: “No pupil who becomes six years of age after November 1 following the opening day of school may be enrolled in the public schools of the State. Pupils becoming six years of age on or prior to No vember 1 may be enrolled at the beginning of the school session. The State Superintendent of Edu cation is directed to enforce this regulation by not permitting pu- oils enrolled in violation thereof to be counted for purposes of State aid.” Mrs. Bertha S. Harris, Superintendent of Education, McCormick County. Card Of Thanks We wish to express to our friends and loved ones our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many tokens of sympathy to us and cf esteem and respect to our -’enr father, both during his long illness and recent death. Mrs. Viola McCain Smith, G. H. McCain, D. P. McCain. City Schools To Begin 1945-46 Session On September 6th The McCormick City Schools will open Thursday morning, Septem ber 6th, at 9 o’clock, according to an announcement by Supt. W. H. Weldon. Grades one through six will report to the grammar build ing and seven through eleven will report to the high school build ing.. It is requested and expected of all pupils, both high and gram mar that they register and rent their books on Monday and Tues day, September 3rd and 4th. The hours will be from 9:30 to 1:00 p. m. and from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. All pupils, both grammar and high school, who expect to take a re-exam, are required to report to the high school office on Monday or Tuesday, September 3rd or 4th, at 9:30 a. m. for their re-exam. All grammar school pupils who failed one or more subjects must take a re-exam, if they expect to go into the next grade. No re-ex am. will be given after Tuesday, September 4th. All pupils entering school for the first time must be vaccinated for smallpox. According to a recent ruling by the attorney general, no child who has not reached his sixth year of age by November 1st will be al lowed to enter school during the school year. The faculty is not yet complete. The list of teachers and their as signments will be made at a later date. -X- -X- Frank Farmer says: “Cotton is only for the best farmers and cot- 1 ton only is not best for them.” j Annual Meeting Of Edgefield Baptist Association At Gilgal Church August 30th The Annual Meeting of the Edgefield Baptist Association will be held on Thursday, August 30, 1945, with Gilgal Baptist Church, beginning at 10:00 a. m. and the following is the program for the day: Morning Session 10:00—Devotional service, E. B, Williams, Chm. 10:10—Enrollment of messen gers, adoption of order of busi ness, recognition of new pastors and visitors. 10:25—Woman’s Missionary Un ion, Mrs. M. N. Tillman, Chm. 10:45—Baptist Training Union, Miss Louise Bracknell, Chm. 11:00—Sunday school, J. H. Courtney, Chm. 11:15—Hymn. 11:20—Temperance and Public Morals, Rev. J. P. Sheffield, Chm. 11:45 — Co-operative Program, Rev. H. B. White, Chm. 11:45—Address on Co-operative Program, Dr. W. S. Brooke. 12:25—Appointment of special committees, miscellaneous busi- icss. announcements, adjournment for lunch. Afternoon Session 2:00—Devotional service, E. B. Williams, Chm. 2:10 — Report of Trustees of Horn’s Creek, E. J. Mims. 2:20—Ministerail Retirement, A. L. Gross. 2:25—Southern Mutual Church Insurance, L. L. Riley. 2:30—Reports of special commit tees: 1. Executive and Promotion, Rev. J. S. Dukes, Chm. 2. Time and Place. 3. Resolutions. 2:40—Obituaries, Rev. J. S. Dukes, Chm. 2:45—Christian Education and Denominational Literature, Rev. A. D. Croft, Chm. 2:55—Orphanage and Hospital, W. W. Fuller, Chm. 3:10 — Constitutional Revision, Rev. A. D. Croft. 3:30—Miscellaneous business. 3:45—Evangelism, Rev. P. H. Anderson, Jr., Chm. 3:55—Address on Evangelism, Dr. L. K. Simpson. 4:20—Nomination, election, and installation of officers. Final ad- Ed. Note: This newspaper has ar ranged with the Washington Bureau of National Weekly Service, 1615 Eye St. N. W., Washington, D. C., to answer questions pertaining to servicemen and veterans. These questions will be an swered in this column if addressed as above. No replies can be made by mail, but this paper will print answers to all questions received. Q. Does a soldier lose his foreign pay when he returns to this country on furlough? A. Yes, he loses foreign pay from the time he lands in the United States. Q. Can you tell me what pro portion of the population of the United States will war veterans and their families represent when the war is over? A. It is estimated that by 1948, war veterans and their imme diate families will make up more than one-half of the total popula tion. Q. What is the highest rate of interest that can be charged on a soldier’s debt when payment is postponed while he Is overseas? A. Under the terms of the Sol diers and Sailors Civil Relief act, interest not exceeding 6 per cent may be charged during the mora torium. Q. May the wife of a man in the navy obtain a new dependency card if she has lost the original card and .now needs medical care? A. She should apply to the near est naval dispensary for a dupli cate naval wives’ medical card. She will be required to establish proof of her husband’s service. Q. What is the highest permanent rank in the army? A. The highest permanent rank in the army is that of major general. However, upon retirement, officers who have served one, or more than one, full four-year term as chief of staff revert to the rank of gen eral. Q. How many ships were there in the biggest convoy on record in this war? A. The world’s largest convoy in 1944 crossed the Atlantic in 17 days and consisted of 167 ships which covered an area of about 26 square miles. Q. What is the average daily food consumption of a soldier compared with that of a civilian? A. The average soldier consumes about five pounds of food a day. the average civilian about four pounds. However, the average of the civilian includes the lighter diet of young children and older people. Q. What is the estimated number of persons who use the USO clubs throughout the United States? A. About 30,000,000 servicemen and women each month. Q. If the widow of a soldier killed in action should remarry, will she obtain the soldier’s insurance? A. Yes, monthly installments will be paid to the widow, if she is the beneficiary, and will cease only upon death of the beneficiary or completion of the payments. Q. How much unemployment compensation will a veteran re ceive if he «annot get a job? A. Under the G.I. bill of rights he ge*s $20 a week for a maximum of 52 weeks. Q. I have been dischraged from the navy and my former employer refuses to give me my old job. What can 1 do to get my job back? A. One federal court has held a veteran is entitled to back pay from the time he was refused his old job until he was reinstated, so you can sue in the courts under the selective service act. The federal district at torneys are available for service and your state and local draft boards will also help and advise you. Q. W’ill family allowance be con tinued when a veteran is AWOL? My husband has been AWOL for more than three months. A. No. When a soldier is AWOL for more than three months, the al lowance is discontinued until his case is disposed of. Mt. Carmel News Mr. John McAllister of the Oco nee Recreational Center visited his parents a day or two last week. Mrs. W. B. Sharp and Miss Julia Cade, who enjoyed a pleasant vis it with Mrs. Marieta Cade and Drew Cade in Charleston and a pleasure visit at Folly Beach, re turned home last Tuesday. Miss Carol Hester of Winthrop College was a recent visitor at her home here. Mr. Pat Hester of U. S. Marines was also a visitor. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott of Greenwood were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott. Little Anne Dunaway of Tignall, Ga., spent last week with Mrs. Joe Curtis and Miss Juanita Curtis. Mrs. T. A. Able is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Wat son. Mrs. Able is pleasantly re membered as Miss Virginia Wat son. After a pleasant stay with Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. Inman Griffin and their attractive daughter, Miss Louise Griffin, returned to their home in Atlanta Sunday afternoon. Mr. W. L. Miller was a recent visitor in Greenwood. c/KcQMruekGou^dfJ^ Farm News (By G. W. Bonnette, County Agent) -xx- H. C. Walker Uses Sabadilla Dust Suc cessfully On Collards When H. C. Walker worked his 500 collard plants last week he es timated the number of hard back bugs on his plants at around 2,- 000. After one application of a new substance, Sabadilla Dust, he found only two young bugs. journment. (It is requested by the Commit tee on Order of Business that all persons on program adhere strictr- ly to the time allocations.) Everyone is cordially invited to attend the Associational Meeting and will find a warm welcome at Gilgal. It is sincerely hoped that every church of the association will have a large representation present. Horace W. Sawyer, Clerk and Treasurer. Out of the 75 4-H boys taking the tractor course at Camp La&fr during our stay down there, 9 boys made high score, and 7 of these were McCormick boys. Their names are given in the order of highest scores made—Johnny Lc- Roy, George Bonnette, Leonard' Dorn, Douglass Britt, Ken Dowtoo, Tr., Paul LeRoy, and Curtis Bas- sey. These boys deserve mucH credit and I am proud to recognize- them in this column. H. C. Walker used the new ma- erial “Sabadilla” to eradicate the ollard bug and he says it is reaJ- 7 the stuif. Last week’s Mes- •enger gave several experiences Tom other counties on the use cf •Sabadilla”. M. C. White has or dered sotne of this material and vill have it in stock in a few days. Crops in the county as I go vom community to community are very good. In passing, I noticed some very promising corn on the C. E. Wil kie farm. Yancy Seigler has some Hybrid corn that is going to really help fill the crib. Order your winter legume seed early. If you haven’t used up your AAA allotment, use winter legume seed to help do this. Our pastures have been excel lent this year due to rain&n, lime, and in some cases, complete fertilizer. It is a good time to sell fat pas tured cattle. Want a profitable investment, Mr. and Mrs. Farmer? Take a and-learn vacation.