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REV. ROBERT R HARPER t
T Jhm Israelite* U* • foreign Land.
Lesson for September 50: Genesis
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Memory Selection: Psalms 90:1.
After the Israelites had come into
Goshen and Joseph had informed
I’haraoh of their coming, he pre
sented five of his brothers unto the
aaenarch. When Pharaoh inquired,
"What is your occupation?” they
Replied they were shepherds and
asked to be settled in Goshen where
Mere was pasture for their flocks.
We this Pharaoh agreed and fur-
Mer requested that able men
among them have the care of the
Egyptian flocks. The monarch
, doubtless welcomed having the
service of these men, for the Egyp-
tians were not shepherds. But his
kindness to them was true and sin- *
cerej. he did not allow the vast dif-
Jerence in their backgrounds and
^ .stations to restrain him in his
' benevolence toward strangers.
Finally, Joseph presented his
aged father unto Phardbh. The
meeting was natural and simple. In
Me presence of great age the ruler
ef a great kingdom was interested
and reverent—“How old art thou?”
be asked. Following the old man’s
reply, he blessed Pharaoh and de
parted.
So Jacob and his people were set-
Wed in Goshen, “the best of the
land.” This was to Joseph’s liking
and in his plan for them that they'
remain separate from the Egyptian
papulation in the working out of
Meir divine destiny. At the end of
CM years they had spread to all
pants of the country and had taken
prominent places in all its affairs.
Egypt did much for the nomads of
Me desert—at the time of the Exo-
dbe the Israelites had profited much
Mem their contact of four centuries
with the learning and culture of one
• ad the oldest nations of antiquity.
Voder the providence of God they
bad become a great people, ready
Jor their appearance as a nation on
Me stage of history. '
^ Those ‘Sixty Million JoLs’
EMPLOYMENT LEVEL SI
M1UIOM
The full employment bill has become a major domestic issue an.*
Is causing considerable debate. The above chart shows how the en;*
ployment problem has changed since 1918, and where it stands today
as the eventual solution of the problem Is being faced.
Backward, Time in Its Flight
With wartime going out of the picture, and standard time ip
•Sect beginning September 30, girl in the photo has a busy time se*
ting the clock ahead and trying to figure out if she will lose or gat
an hour.
Hollywood Theatre
“If It’s At The Hollywood
It’s Good”
McCormick, S. C.
FP. ! DAY • AND SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 23TH AND 29TH
ALLAN LANE—PEGGY STEWART
WALLY VERNON
in
STLVERCrTY KID”
Also: COMEDY HIT
Fits: ZORRO’S BLACK WHIP
NO 4 ,
SATURDAY LATE SHOW 10:30
JACK HALEY—ANN SAVAGE
in
» “SCARED STIFF”
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MONDAY AND TUESDAY
OCTOBER 1ST AND 2ND
JBegfaming Oct. 1st shows start at
7:90 P. M. and 9:00 P. M.
D Adults 40c. Children 20c.
Tax included.
VERONICA LAKE—SONNY
TOFTS—EDDIE BRACKEN—
MARJORIE REYNOLDS
in
-BRING ON THE GIRLS”
(In technicolor)
Also: LATEST NEWS EVENTS
> WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
OCTOBER 3RD AND 4TH
MATINEE WEDNESDAY 3:30
DBNNIS O’KEEFE—JUNE HAVOC
HELEN WALKER
in
“BREWSTER’S MILLION”
ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents;
ChUdren up to 12, 12 cents; Chil-
dren 12 to 15, 18 cents, including
I “Read ’Em and
Reap” our ads
Packages That Never Arrived
It shouldn’t happen to a dog, barks this puppy mascot at the Pearl
Harbor fleet post oflice as he sits in a pile of poorly wrapped and
packed overseas parcels that met a sad fate while enroute by mail
to hie Pacific. Most of the packages contained broken glass and perish
able food items uhich could not be re-shipped.
&&&/' Budget
1— The average consumption of potatoes per person in the
United States is (a) 1 bushel per year, (b) 2 bushels, (c) 3 bush
els, (d) 4 bushels.
2— The chief activity of Guatemala is (a) agriculture, (b)
fishing, (c) mining, (d) forestry.
3— How many acres of forests were destroyed by fires in 1944?
. (a) 8 million, (b) 16 million, (c) 24 million, (d) 32 million.
4— Which is the oldest continent geologically? (a) North
America, (b) South America, (c) Australia, (d) Europe.
5— Sir Alexander Fleming was the discoverer of (a) penicillin,
(b) rutin, (c) DDT, (d) atomic power.
ANSWERS:
1. (e) Three beshela per year. 1
1 t. (a) Afriealtare. * U
I 8. (b) Only ICVfc milllen aeres, half ef acreage destroyed in IMS. f
r 4. <e) Anstrnlia. ■
5. (a) Ho discovered penicillin.
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LABOR UNREST PERILS RECONVERSION PROGRAM
Government’s Stabilization
Policy Facing Big Test
By AL JEDLICKA
Already well under way, the great task of reconversion,
with its promise of full employment in postwar America,
has been threatened with delay by impending strikes in
major industries of the nation.
With wage increases heading up the unions’ principal
demands, the government’s whole stabilization program for
the transitional period to normal peacetime production
hangs in the balance. In an effort^
to hold down costs until supply be
gins to counter-balance demand,
the administration has decreed the
maintenance of the 1942 price level
and retained broad wage controls.
Caught between industry’s reluc
tance to grant pay increases un
der fixed prices and labor’s insist
ence upon retaining high wages,
the government was faced with a
first rate economic problem with
far-reaching political implications.
Having declared that nothing
should stand in the way for speedy
reconversion. President Harry S.
Truman was committed to solution
of what might well become the
most difficult of his domestic tasks.
Though the United Steel Workers
(CIO) were to present their de
mands for a $2 a day raise to the
most basic of America’s heavy in
dustries, supplying the principal
material for a wide variety of dur
able goods, the unrest in the auto
mobile manufacturing centers pro
voked the most immediate concern.
- Even before the United Automo
bile Workers (CIO) announced
their determination to fight for a 30
per cent wage increase by the nov
el means of production stoppage in
the biggest pace-setting company
in the industry. Ford laid off 50,000
employees as a result of strikes in
the plants of important subcontrac
tors.
In planning its new bargaining
technique, the UAW singled out the
great General Motors corporation,
since GM supposedly sets the wage
pattern for the entire automobile
industry. Armed with a $4,000,000
war chest, the UAW threatened to
halt produqtion completely in GM
plants while permitting full-scale
output by competitors. Thus, not
only would GM see its own market
open to invasion by other com
panies, but it would also be left far
behind in timing up production for
the race in the prosperous postwar
period.
While GM reportedly was singled
out for the so-called “blockade,”
the UAW preserved its strategic
position by also preparing to file
strike notices against Chrysler and
Ford, the other two great produc
ers in the industry.
As the powerful UAW maneu
vered for a 30 per cent wage in
crease, the equally powerful United
Steel Workers squared off for a de
cisive fight with 86 of the industry’s
top producers, including the great
United States Steel corporation.
In asking a $2 daily wage in
crease, the USW eited the wartime
earnings of the industry, claiming
that both so-called “hidden” and
declared profits approximated 2
billion dollars for the 1941-’45
period. Of the total, USW said, 800
million dollars were “hidden” in the
form of accumulated reserves, ex
cess provisions for depreciation and
depletion, accelerated amortization
of wartime facilities, and large set-
asides for pensions.
Countering the USW demands,
industry officials declared that any
substantial wage increases would
have to be met by raising prices,
which, in turn, would affect the cost
of a wide variety of durable goods
using the metal. If the $2 daily
were granted, it was said, the ex
pense of producing one ton of steel
would jump $6. 1
Pacesetter for the industry, U. S.
Steel corporation’s present average
hourly wage rate stands at $1.15,
with two out of three workers earn
ing over $1 per hour.
While the developments in the
automobile and steel industries
overshadowed all other strike
threats, the United Farm Equip
ment and Metal Workers’ (CIO) de
mand for a 30 per cent wage in
crease held interest for the all-im
portant agricultural community
charged with food production.
In moving on the International •
Harvester company, John Deere
company, Oliver company and Al-
lis-Chalmers company, the union *
declared that the profits of the busi
nesses in wartime made them
capable of paying the wage de- ,
mands without raising prices. At ,
the same time the union an
nounced that it would conduct a
propaganda campaign among farm- !
ers to combat company claims that
high wages are responsible for the
high cost of their machinery.
Meanwhile, the oil industry
feared a nation-wide spread of
strikes following walkouts at refin- .
cries in the Middle West over de
mands of the Oil Workers union
(CIO) for same pay for 49 hours as
they had been receiving for 52 t
hours. As production of a vital
source of U. S. power was threat- •
ened, company officials countered .
with an offer for a 15 per cent wage
increase for 40 hours.
With the government having re- >
moved most production controls, ,
only the difficult labor situation ap- .
peared to stand in the way of quick
reconversion. In addition to strike >
threats, manpower shortages were *
handicapping efforts of the coal, ^
copper and building industries.
On the basis of reports from
14,000 members, the National Asso- '
ciation of Manufacturers declared ^
that progress of the overall recon• \
version effort appeared excellent, (
with real prosperity ahead for the
next two or three years at least.
DEALER
Will buy by the
Pen, Unit or
Boundary
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HARRY REAM
McCormick, S. C.
Terraces are good watch dogs
to keep wayward soils at home.
NOTICE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of McCormick.
In The Court Of Common Pleas.
MRS. LEILA P. PERCIVAL, Plain
tiff, '
VS:
JIMMIE H. PERCIVAL AND FER-
REL S. PERCIVAL, minors over
the age of fourteen, and SARA
O. PERCIVAL and LEILA G.
PERCIVAL, minors under the
age of fourteen. Defendants.
Pursuant to the order of the
Court in the above entitled case,
I will sell before the Court House
in the Town of McCormick, Coun
ty of McCormick, State of South
Carolina, on Sales Day in October,
1945. the same being the 1st day
jf October, 1945, at the usual hour
of sale, the following described real
property, to wit:
‘‘ONE lot containing one acre of
and, more or less, situated in the
Town of Parksville, above named
State and County, surveyed by J.
M. Bussey of Parksville, S. C.,
same having been a part of what
is known as the ‘Mountain’ tract.
BOUNDED as follows: . North by
Nell F. Osborne, East by Henry
Gilchrist or J. H. Percival, South
hy C. M. Blackwell, and West by
Scotts Ferry Road; this being the
identical tract of land conveyed
to James H. Percival by Mrs. Nell
F. Osborne on the 6th day of Jan
uary, 1938, deed being recorded in
the office of the Clerk of Court
for McCormick County, South Car
olina, in Deed Book 10 at page
127.”
ALSO:
“ALL that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land, with all improve
ments thereon, situate, lying and
being in the corporate limits ot
the Town of Parksville, McCormick
County, State cf South Carolina,
measuring and containing one (1)
acre, and having the following
boundaries to wit: Beginning at a
Red Oak on the side of Street,
line runs North 24 ’ E. 2.46 chains
to a stake in the field, thence S
66 ’ E 4.00 chains to a stake, thence
S 24 ’ W 2.78 chains to a stake
on the side of street, thence N
49 ’ W 1.10 chains to a stake,
thence N 66 ’ W 3.00 chains to
Red Oak, the beginning point;
this being the identical property
conveyed to J. H. Percival bv Hen
ry Gilchrist on the 15th day of
February, 1936. deed being record
ed in the office of the Clerk of
Court for McCormick County*
South Carolina, in Deed Book 8
at page 617.”
TERMS of sale cash, purchaser
to pay extra for deed and stamps.
J. W. CORLEY,
Master For McCormick Coun
ty, South Carolina.
September 11, 1945.—3t.
Whoever wants drought insur
ance for crops next summer should
plant winter cover crops this fall.