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TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTL v AND OUR (>OD
For: y-Fourth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1945
Number STT
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WASHINGTON, D. C. — Reports
from all over the nation Indicate
that manufacturer* are reconvert
ing to peacetime production faster
than was believed possible — that
we may get many products
before Christmas which were not
expected until the spring of 1946.
The only major hitch to speedy re
covery seems to be the possibility
of widespread strikes.
It is obvious that union leaders
are going to act now to insist on
big increases in wages and short
er working hours. The pattern of
their demands has been presented
by the United Rubber Workers of
America which has asked for a 30-
hour week and a wage increase of
30 cents an hour. They argue that,
without overtime, the take-home
pay at workers would be less un
der this new plan than during war
time.
It is expected that the gen
eral policy of all labor demands
will be for shorter hours, in
order to make possible the em
ployment of more men, and
for wage increases which will
be enough to bring take-home
pay up to approximately the
present averaget That is—the
unions hope to force contracts
whereby a man will get ap
proximately the same amount
for a 30-hour week that he has
received for a 48-hour week
during wartime.
Unless the coming government
conference between industrial and
labor leaders, called by the Presi
dent, finds some unexpected solu
tion, it seems evident that there
will be widespread strikes in the
near future. Management is not
ready to give in to the demands of
the unions, the unions will be in
sistent, and a stalemate may be
reached in many industries which
could delay recovery indefinitely.
One possible answer may be tax
reduction. If excess profit taxes are
eliminated, and if business taxes in
general are reduced, industry
would be better able to Increase
wages of labor. And if personal in
come taxes are reduced, so that a
smaller amount is taken out of the
working man's pay envelop* by
the government, the unions might
agree to smaller wage increases.
It is expected that the tax situ
ation will go {^congress soon, and
at least some reductions are antici
pated. It is pointed out that if busi
ness is stimulated and wages in
creased by a lowering of the tax
rates, government revenue may
actuary be increased — simply a
matter of a smaller tax on a larger
national income.
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All members of congress are
being deluged with letters from
families who are trying to
speed the discharge of their
sons from the armed services.
The resulting pressure put upon
the war department to step up
demobilisation seems to have
done some good, for the records
show It is now running ahead
of the schedule originally set.
According to Maj. Gen. S. G.
Henry, assistant chief of staff, ap
proximately 400,000 members of
the -army will be released in
September and 1,300,000 additional
men will be demobilized by Christ
mas. But it will take until next
July, under present plans, to re
lease the 6,000,000 men which the
army plans to release. The separa
tion rate is now over 10,000 a day
and, by January, it is estimated
that it will reach a rate of 22,400
daily.
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The sudden end of cheese ra
tioning started rumors that all
food rationing may be called off
in the very near future—possibly
by October 1. Although OPA has
not commented one way or the
other, it is expected here that some
meat rationing will continue long
er than that but probably not alter
toe first of the year. ,
Plum Branch School
News *
The primary grades have been
busy painting flower pots and
planting flowers. TTieir room is
very attractive. They /carried
some of their plants to the lunch
room.
Dorothy Anne Strother.
In the 9th, «th and 7th grade
room the following girls conducted
devotional this week: Elizabeth
Wall, Doris Ann Reynolds, Jean
Creswell, Charley Ann Miner and
Millie Wall.
Millie Wall.
Lunch Room
Our lunch program began Mon
day. We appreciate the coopera
tion of the parents who help to
make our lunches a success. We
u
want them to come and visit our
school. Mrs. Creighton spent Fri
day with us. We are proud to
have visitors in our school. We
are proud of our lunch room.
Vera Gable.
Visiters
Mrs. Bertha Harris, Mrs. Kate
Brown and Rev. Foster Speer visit
ed our school last week.
4-H Clubs Organize
Mr. Bonnette, Mr. Sharpton and
Miss Bell came this week to or
ganize clubs in our school.
The boys’ club has six members
with the following serving as of
ficers: President, Marvin Seigler;
Vice-President, Leroy Wilkie; Sec
retary, Melvin Finley.
The girls’ club has nineteen
members. The following officers
were elected: President, Dot
Wall; Vice-President, Vera Gable;
Secretary, Betty Ann Langley;
Treasurer, Rose Marie Creswell.
Our Library
The seventh grade girls have
cleaned the library. We are
mending and rearranging the
books now. We use the library for
study groups to work together.
Vera Gable.
Chapel
Rev. Foster Speer conducted the
devotional at our chapel period on
Friday. We enjoy having him
come to see us.
Elise Langley.
The third, fourth and fifth
grades are trying to make their
room attractive.‘We have brought
flowers and pictures, and we keep
a neat reading table.
Florence Campbell.
McCormick Plays •
Batesburg-LeesviHe
Friday Night
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After four weeks of practice, the
McCormick Panthers will open
their football season, Friday
night. They will play Batesburg-
LeesviHe at Batesburg. The game
will probably start at 8:30.
The probable starting line-up
will be:
R. E.—Perry brown,
R. T.—Bill Bosdell,
R. G.—Bobby Lowe Huguley,
C.—Malcolm McKinney,
L. G.—Grover Davis,
L. T.—Tomihy Forrester,
L. E.—Dewey Jennings.
Backs—Claude Huguley, Tomms 7
Gable or Gary Brown, Edwin
Rice, and Bobby Dukes. -
Substitutes—Buck Alverson, Bo
Jennings, Albert Campbell, Buddy
McCain, Billy Creighton, Bobby
McKinney, Thurmond Brown. Bob
Sanders, J. W. Price, George
Christian, Joe Brown, Wilson
Hadsock, and Perry Holloway.
Manager—Billy Dukes.
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Union Meeting
Of The Edgefield Association Of
Baptist Churches To Meet With
Peace Haven Church Sunday,
September Thirtieth.
The regular Fifth Sunday Union
Meeting of the Edgefield Associa
tion of Baptist Churches will be
held with the Peace Haven
Church on Sunday, September
thirtieth. The morning program
will begin at eleven o’clock, with
Mr. H. E. Freeland, moderator,
presiding. There will be morning
and afternoon sesions, and dinner
will be served by the hostess
church. The Executive and Pro
motion Committee of the Edge-
field Association will hold its
quarterly meeting during the
lunch hour. A very interesting
program has been prepared, and
outstanding speakers have been
secured for this meeting. It is
earnestly hoped that all churches
of the Edgefield Association will
be amply represented. Visitors are
cordialy invited to come. j
A. D. Croft,
For The Program Committee. ,
War Fund Drive
Begins Monday
“We’ve got to see it through
until the last American boy comes
home,” said B. W. Crouch, McCor
mick County chairman, Monday
night when he and his advisory
ooard met to make final plans for
Jie War Fund Drive which will
jegin October 1st.
McCormick County’s quota is
$1,500.
Members of the soliciting com
mittee for the various communi
ties are:
MT. CARMEL—
Mrs. Bell Scott,
Mrs. Hunter McKinney,
Mrs. D. J. McAllister.
WILLINGTON—
Mrs. L. F. McNair,
Mrs. Daisy Hemminger.
BORDEAUX—BELL VUE—
J. W. Morrah.
DE LA HOWE— ,
Rev. E. F. Gettys.
WIDEMAN—
Clyde Edmunds.
CLATWORTHY’S CROSSROADS—
Miss Clarkie Link.
BETHANY—
Mrs. Y. E. Seigler,
Mrs. E. H. Christian,
Mrs. Ed Callison.
REHOBOTH—
Mrs. E. M. Morgan,
Mrs. S. B. Culbreath.
PARKSVTLLE—MODOC—
Fred L. Bass,
H. E. Stephens.
CLARKS HILL—MERIWETHER—
Mrs. J. J. Minarik,
L. C. Rich, '
J. O. Marshall.
SANDY BRANCH—
J. B. Walker,
Mrs. J. P. Ferqueron.
YOUNG’S—
Mrs. J. C. Young.
DOWTIN’S—
Mrs. Paul Dowtin,
Mrs. P. W. Roper.
WHITE TOWN—
Mrs. Harry Ream,
Mrs. D. W. Trammell.
PLUM BRANCH—
E. C. Rice,
Mrs, William Freeland,
Mrs. Elsie Chandler.
BUFFALO—
Mrs. S. L. Britt.
SCHOOL—
W. H. Weldon.
WEST OF RAILROAD-
MISS Matilda Bell.
MAIN STREET—
Mrs. James R. Collier.
EAST MAIN STREET—
Mrs. P. R. Brown.
COLORED PEOPLE—
W. S. Mims. . v
It is true that the Stars and
Stripes fly over Berlin and Tokyo,
but the cessation of fighting only
gives us a chance to see the dis
tress, hunger, fear and suffering
which stand in the way of the
realization of what gallant men
and women everywhere have been
struggling to attain. It is the
duty and the great privilege of
every McCormick County citizen
to do his part in contributing to
.he realization of victory.
Mr. Crouch urges that you do
not wait for the person in your
community to see you. Go to your
committee and make your contri
bution out of a heart of gratitude
for God’s goodness to you!
McCormick County
Teachers -To
Hear Gerald
Modoc News
Mr. Charles H. Gerald, Execu
tive Secretary of the South Caro
lina Retirement System, will ad
dress the teachers of McCormick
County on Friday afternoon, Sep
tember 28th, at 3 o’clock in the
McCormick High School auditori
um. All teachers and school of
ficials of the county are urged to
be present for this meeting.
Teachers will be given an oppor
tunity to ask questions on the Re
tirement Bill following the ad
dress by Mr. Gerald.
A business session will follrw
the address of the afternoon. The
association will elect a president
and a vice president during the
course of the meeting. Reports
will also be given on the recent
Workers’ Conference for County
Association Officers and Repre
sentatives in Columbia, South
Carolina.
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Court To Convene
Here Next Monday
The October term of General
Sessions court for McCormick
County will convene in the court
house here next Monday morning,
October 1st, at 10 o’clock, (EST),
with Judge L. D. Lide of Marion
presiding.
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Services At Metho
dist Church
It has been called to the at
tention of the pastor that the
time changes Sunday morning at
2 o’clock to prewar time. ^
If you turn your clock back an
hour before coming to church,
preacHing will be at 10 o’clock
and Sunday School at 11 o’clock.
M. E. Boozer,
Pastor.
Pfc. William E. Bussey from
Maxton, N. C., is spending 15 days ,
here with his father, Mr. E. F
Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Reese from
Barnwell were week end visitors
here to relatives.
Mr. K. E. White and Mr. and
Mrs. O. J. White were visitors to
White Town Sunday.
Mr. J. Gordon Bussey of Wau-
chula, Fla., spent several days
here the past week with his
brother, Mr. E. F. Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Bussey from
North Augusta made a short visit
here Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smauly and
and Mr. James W. Bussey were
visitors to Augusta Monday.
Mrs. B. M. Bussey spent the
past few days among relatives, in
Augusta.
District Council Of
Farm Women To
Meet In Colum-
'. bia Saturday
Mrs. Joe Griffith, Director Cen
tral District Council of Farm
Women, has completed plans for
her Fall District Meeting to be
held in Columbia at the Jefferson
Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 29 th.
The program will have for it’s
theme “Health for the Farm
Home”. The main speaker of the
day will be Dr. Leland B. Tate of
the Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute of Blacksburg, Va. Dr. Tate
will discuss the topics “Some Un
met Needs in Rural Health”. An
other highlight of the program
will be a panel on Health Services
Available in S. C., put on by Dr.
Ben Wyman, Dr. James A. Hayne,
Dr. G. S. T. Peoples, Dr. Hilla
Sheriff, and Mrs. Paul H. Leonard
of the State Board of Health, and
Miss Janie McDill of the Exten
sion Service.
Mrs. Griffith is delighted to
have secured such an outstanding
and interesting speaker and au
thority on Health Needs for *her
meeting. Dr. Tate for a number
of years has been connected with
the colleges and universities of
the country as instructor in Rural
Social Economics, first at Univer
sity of Virginia, and then at Cor
nell. His studies and surveys have
been published as bulletins. At
one time he was associated with
the Rural Research Unit of the
Federal Emergency Relief Ad
ministration as Asst. Director of
F. E. R. A. Surveys in the Appa-
lachian-Ozark Problem Area, dur
ing which time he made surveys
of the rural relief situation in
five states, one of which was S.
C. For sometime, Dr. Tate ha^
been a member of the Virginia
Comm, on Rural Health and Med
ical Care and recently completed
a study of the rural health situa
tion in Virginia, which has been
published as a bulletin of the
Ed. Note: This newspaper has ar
ranged with the Washington Bureau of
National Weekly Service, 1616 Eye St.
N. W., Washington 6, D. C n 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. What fees or loan charges
may be made against the veteran
applying for an agricultural loan
guaranty?
A. Such fees, in accordance with
local customs, as are usually made
against a borrower, such as fees for
appraisals, credit report, surveys,
' abstract or title search, etc.
Q. How long a schooling does the
G.l. bill provide for veterans?
A. One year, or its equivalent in
part-time study. If you complete
this satisfactorily you will be en
titled to additional education or
training not to exceed the length
of time you spent in active service
after September 16, 1940, and be
fore the end of toe war, not in
cluding ASTP or navy college pro
grams, and in no case more than
four years.
o. Can a veteran select his own
c se under the G.l. law?
.. Yes, providing toe institution
which accepts him says he is qual
ified to take that course.
Q. 1 am having some difflcnlty
getting my old job back with a
small firm in my home town. What
can 1 do about It?
A. The law provides that if you
were working for this employer at
toe time you entered the armed
services you are entitled to get
your old job back, or one substan
tially equivalent in every respect,
if (a) you completed your military
service satisfactorily, (b) you are
qualified to perform the duties of
toe position. <c> you apply for re
employment within 90 days of your
V discharge and Id) if the employ
er's circumstances have not
changed so as to make it impos
sible or unreasonable. Hiving met
these conditions, you cannot be-
dismissed without cause for the pe
riod of a year. If you have met
these, qualifications and are having:
difficulty, report the facts to your
local selective service board.
Q. I was employed by the gov
ernment under civil service as m-
field representative before I en
tered the armed service. How d»
1 get my job hack since my die-
charge?
A. If you were a bivil service em
ploye, other than temporary, in tbo*
federal civi^ service when you en
tered the armed forces, you are-
entitled to your old job or one “ot-
like seniority, status and pay.’**
Apply to the agency where last:
employed within 90 days of year
discharge. If you experience any
difficulty in being reinstated, go ter
toe U. S. civil service commission
or selective service local board. Iff
you did not have a civil service-
job when you entered toe-armed
forces, but wish to obtain one, ap
ply to toe U. S. civil service com- '
mission. As an honorably dis
charged veteran you are entitled to
a number of special benefits in ap
pointment of a civil service job.
Further information may be de
tained from toe U. S. civil servico
commission, Washington 25, D. C.^
or from the secretary, board off
U. S. civil service examiners, at 4|
any first or second class posit
office.
Q. What is my best bet to obtataw
a new job after my discharge?
A. If you are having any diffi
culty, your best bet is to go to
your nearest U. S. Employment
service office as soon after your
discharge as possible. Many of toe-
courses in this institute are of »•
university extension nature and»
meet university standards. Some 2&-
trades arid businesses are on it*;
lists of courses.
Agricultural A-
' gencies Meet
The regular monthly meeting of
all Agricultural Agencies of Mc
Cormick County was held at the
community house on the night of
September 14. Mr. A. H. Ward,
district agent, of Aiken, and Mr,
W.*A. Mason, district conserva
tionist, of Newberry, were the
guest speakers. A chicken supper
was enjoyed by all present.
Program
\ Of The Union Meeting, Edgerffcidt
I Association, Peace Haven Bap
tist Church, Sunday, Seprteaofoetr
Thirtieth.
m.
Tea To Be Given At
Governor’s Mansion
Mrs. Ransome Williams, wife of
Governor Williams, is entertaining
at the Executive Mansion in Co
lumbia, S. C., from 3:30 to 5:00 P.
M. at an informal tea for the
Central District Council of Farm
Women who are holding their an-
’.ual conference in Columbia on
3aturday, 29th, at the Jefferson
Hotel. Mrs. Joe Griffith of Saluda
County, is District Director, and
will preside at the meeting. Mrs.
?. B. Sowell, State President, and
^ther officers are expected to be
present, with representatives from
Jie 16 counties of the district.
All Council Members going from
McCormick County should be
ready to leave the Court House at
3 o’clock; Christian’s Filling Sta
tion, 8:10, and The Tower, 8:20.
Matilda BeU,
Co. Home Dem. Agent.
Virginia Agriculture Experiment
Station. Dr. Tate is on a year’s
leave of absence from V. P. I., do
ing a special educational job on
rural health and medical care
throughout the south for the
Farm Foundation of Chicago.
Director D. W. Watkins, Miss
Lonny I. Landrum, and Mrs. C. B.
Sowell, State Pres, of the Council,
will bring greetings. Special music
will be furnished by the Richland
Council. A large delegation of
Council Members from each of the
16 counties in the District is ex
pected.
Miss Bessie Harper, District A-
gent, is assisting Mrs. Griffith in
planning this meeting.
11 A. M.—Devotional—Revv
E. Stevens, (ten minutes.)
11:10 A. M.—Roll can of dele
gates and reports of the churcligg.,
(twenty minutes).
11:30 A. M.—Miscellaneous buo-
ness, and appointment of aaaa-
mittees, (ten minutes).
11:40 A. M.—Hymn, (five mfet-
utes).
11:45 A. M.—Address, “The Gfarr—
ous Achievement^ pf Our Chussak^
—Rev. W. E. Brant, (twenty ffist:
minutes).
12:10 P. M.—Hymn, (five mms-
utes).
12:15 P. M.—Address, “Meetings
the Challenge of a Post B&ur
World”—Hon. J. D. Griffith!,
(twenty five minutes).
12:40 P. M.—Adjourn for lunch.
1:45 P. M.—Meeting of the Ex
ecutive and Promotion Committee,.
2 P. M.—Devotional—Rev. G~ B 5 .
Lanier, (ten minutes).
2:10 P. M.—Reports of comn^i-
tees, (five minutes).
2:15 P. M.—Address, “Aims, <El
the Woman’s Missionary Society a*
Our Church of Tomorrow”—Mrs.
M. N. Tillman, (fifteen minutes)-
2:40 P. M.—Address, “The Bair
of the Sunday School”—Mr. J. H...
Courtney, (fifteen minutes).
2:45 P. M.—Address, “Training;
for Leadership in Greater Service’*’
—Miss Louise Bracknell, (fifteecr.
minutes).
3 P. M.—Round Table Discus
sion, “Suggestions for Improving*,
the Service of our Church”—lets
by the moderator, (fifteen min
utes.)
3:15 P. M.—Hymn, (five min
utes).
3:20 P. M.—Address—Rev. J. FL
Sheffield, (thirty minutes).
3:50 P. M.—Adjourn.
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“Many farmers are not direct
ing enough power for efficient
and economic farming. Mere:
power on the farm is one impor
tant way to increase the ‘size’ ef
the farm without increasing the*
acreage*.”—O. M. Clark, Cleninx^
extension economist.