McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 23, 1945, Image 1
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true to oursklves. our neighbors, our country and our god.
Forty-Fourth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK., S. C., THURSDAY,
Number
y.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Notice
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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.
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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.
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Farm News
(By G. W. Bonnette,
County Agent)
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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.