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* > . >. > *' '• • * i % * fc *' 1 •- • *v *; «vW»^4 * 11 f../ *> t. t ' >• TBtE to Ourselves, our neighbors, our country and our god. • - .V-’-H , f* . . . t ; ^ ^ - • ' - \ ‘ * ""£sb£9H Fdrty*$«tirth Yfear *; Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSPAYv OCTOBER 11, 1945 : .1 ■ ■ . ‘ H • % w — . Number 19 i ^ % tF’ it' «*iu Washington, D. C.,—The full employment bill, the unemploy ment compensation bill. Social Security revision—and all other measures written to help labor will probably be delayed indefi nitely until the wave of strikes which threatens to upset all re conversion plans, is put under control. For the time being Congress will probably keep its hands off of the labor problem, with the pos sible exception of quick repeal of the Smith-Connally so-called “an- ti-rstrike” measure. Members of both parties seem to favor repeal of this wartime law which calls for the * government to handle strike votes at a heavy cost to the tax-payer. The law has done lit-i tie to stop strikes and would just mean a large additional expense if it was continued. The cost of taking a strike vote among Gen eral Motors workers alone, it is estimated, would be almost $200,- 000. One of the chief advocates of repeal is Representative Smith, proached and the manufacture of many kinds of household equip ment, expected to be on the mar ket this year, will be delayed. Politically-minted 'Congressmen are much more interested in tax legislation than in labor legisla tion—for this is the first year since many of them have been in office that it has been possibe f<)r them to work for tax reductions for their constituents. The House Ways and Means Committee, which will write ' the new tax bill, aims to have it passed by November 1 that there will be time new tax forms printed Although tax reductions expected to be large, it is almost certain that there will be s^me reduction. Although - it is impossible to say yet what will be in the new tax bill, the revisions which are being given most serious consider ation are: reduction or outright repeal of the present excess prof its tax on business; a possible in order to have for 1946. are not one of the authors ure. Considerable pressure is being put on Congress to consider other types of legislation to control strikes, but most Congressmen would consider it “poor politics’’ to give these measures serious consideration unless the strike sit uation continues to grow worse. President Truman is npt expect- *ed to take any , direct action to stop strikes, since he has publicly stated that 'he is leaving all labor problems in the hands of his new Secretary of Labor. Spokesmen for the reconversion planning divisions ' of the War Production Board admit that strikes—particularly in the auto mobile and oil industries—have already interferred greatly with reconversion and the manufacture of peacetime goods. The goal of 600,000 automobiles expected to be produced by the end of this of the meas- | simple cut in all individual income Qaimed By Death Miss Ja^e Creswell, 90, died at 3 p. m. Monday at the home of her nephew, William R. Bowen, near Troy, following an illness of two days. Funeral services were con ducted at the graveside in the old Long Cane cemetery, at 11 o’ clock Tuesday morning with her pastor, Rev. W. L. Pressley, of Greenwood officiating. He was as sisted by the Rev. Huey of the A. R. P. Church of Troy. Miss Creswell was the daughter of the late John F. and Anne Spence Creswell, whose forbears settled near old Long Cane A. R. P. Church in 1752. She had been a devoted member of this church since early childhood. A number of nieces and nephews survive. Active pallbearers were Amos, W. Marshall, Jim L., and E. N. Creswell, Reese Young and R. P. Young. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. ^—-X County Victory Loan Quota Is Announced The quota for McCormick Coun ty in the forthcoming Victory Citizens Called For October 16th taxes qf from 10 to 20 per cent; L 0an campaign, opening October and elimination of the 3 per cent 129, W iu be $108,000, it was ab normal tax on personal income. : nounced today by G. J. Sanders, Disclosure by the War Depart ment that it will buy 42 per cent less food, including 53 per cent less meat, during the next twelve months than it did in the last twelve, indicates an immediate major increase in the food supply which will be available to the pub lic. Increased meat supplies ’ in most parts of the country already - are available and it is expected that'the supply will increase rap idly from now on. But price controls over food will probably continue for some time even though most -rationing will be dropped. It has been pointed out by OPA that the demand in many food items will be greater than the supply for many months, and that as long as that situation exists prices would soar if price , On Tuesday night, October 2nd. a large group of representative citizens met at the Community House to discuss the securing of new industries and needed im provements for the Town Of Mc Cormick. This meeting was at tended by a large number of ci.i- zens cf the Town. At the meeting, a committee vas appointed to serve one year as a steering committee for th" organization. This committee is composed of G. J. Sanders, J. S. Strom, W. N. Smith, Paul R. Brown, R. L. Faulkner and J. Fred Buzhardt. The committee will have its initial meeting this week and report back to the group, as a whole, at a meeting to be held next Tuesday night, October 16th, at the Community House, at 7:30. All citizens of the Town of McCor mick interested in promoting the welfare of the Town are invited and urged to attend this meeting. • T. J. Sibert, Mayor. X Miss Caroline Wood ruff To Speak To 4-H Council Meeting Jr., chairman of the County War Finance Committee. This will be the last of the State Agent, large public loan campaigns of the Second World War, - and its purpose is to help costs of caring for pay the heavy the wounded, Miss Caroline Woodruff, Girls’ Winthrop College, will speak to the 4-H Council Members at the . Home Agent’s Office on Saturday, Oct. 13, 10:30 o’clock. The 4-H Council is com- of bringing thousands of service posed of girls and boys who are men back home, of maintaining members of the 4-H Clubs. A1 the still-large military payroll year probably won’t even be ap-| controls were terminated. Plum Branch School News Chapel Mr. Speer came to our chapel Tuesday. He told us about three monkeys, who saw no evil, spoke no evil, nor heard anything evil. He told us another good story. We always enjoy Mr. Speer’s stories. John Luther Bracknell. Planting Bulbs The third, fourth and fifth grades have ordered freesia bulbs to plant in our room. We will plant them in a window box, made by the fifth grade boys. Josephine Miner. Devotional The following pupils conducted the daily devotional in Mrs. Chandler’s room: Rose Marie Creswell, Doris Shrine, Marjorie Willis, Marvin Seigler and Joe Martin Jackson. Leroy Wilkie. Visitors We enjoyed having the follow ing visitors in our school during this week: Mrs. Creighton, Mr. and Mrs. Speer, Miss Gertrude McGrath, Mrs. G. E. Langley; and Mrs. Wiley T. Coleman of Char lotte, N. C. Mary Ellen Reynolds. Boxing We have been enjoying the box ing gloves at recess. One of the teachers always referees, and we have some good matches. Some of our best boxers are: Leroy Wilkie, joe Martin Jackson, John Luther Bracknell, and Marion Wall. Sonny Wall. Hallowe’en Carnival! Watch our news column for announcements about a Hallo we’en carnival at the Plum jBranch school!! The proceeds Post Office Building Recommended For t McCormick The following telegram was re ceived by Mayor T. J. Sibert on October 2nd from Congressman Butler B. Har§: Mayor, McCormick, So. Car., Post Office Department advises it is recommending a site and and post office building at Mc Cormick, $85,000. Butler B. Hare. X McCormick To Meet North Augusta Friday Night The McCormick Panthers will meet the North Augusta Yellow Jackets at North Augusta, to morrow night. The Yellow Jackets lost to Langley Bath 12-0 last week and the McCormick team was beaten by Washington 25-0. The time of the kick-off is not known. Col. E. H. Barnwell Visits Local Board And meeting other costs of the aftermath of the most expensive war in history. “The counties of South Caro lina have made a superlative rec ord in the buying of bonds in pre vious campaigns, and I am con fident their response in the Vic tory Loan will be an appropriate finishing of the job”, Christie Benet, state bond chairman, said in Columbia. Mr. Benet said that even though the fighting is over, “the job of winding up the war isn’t anything like finished, and it is as much our obligation to finish the job as it was to support the war in its fighting stages. Our government faces an immense task of fi nancing, and it calls upon us, as it did while the struggles of battl raged, to help by lending our money. Let’s finish the job”, x X Veterans’ Loan Office Is Moved Club members are invited to come with their Club Officers. The Council Officers are: President, Mar>lene Wells, Vice-President, Belle Wall, Secretary, Mark Dillashaw. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. X McCormick School News Lt. Col. Edward H. Barnwell, Medical Officer, from headquar ters State Sele'ctive Service, was a business visitor here Tuesday, October 9th. He was reviewing the files of 4F registrants between the ages of 18 and 26 with the view of Mr. S. C. Groeschel, Manager of the Veterans’ Administration Fa cility at Columbia. South Caro- nia, announces the removal of the Loan Guarantee Division to an in-town location, Room 110 Creason Building, 1247 Sumter Street, Columbia, S. C. The Loan Guarantee Division cf the Veterans’ Administration han dles all loan operations in con nection with Title HI of Publk Law 346, 78th Congress, Service men’s Readjustment Act of 194* (G. I. Bill of Rights), in the Stat'* of South Carolina. The new downtown location wil! facilitate the service of the Vet erans’ Administration to veterans and to lending institutions in Co lumbia and throughout the State in matters generally referred to as “G. I. Loans.” Mr. John E. Linder, Loan Guar antee Officer, is in charge of the Loan Guarantee Division in the State of South Carolina. Mr. Lauren W. Shelley is Assistant Loan Guarantee Officer. The office was opened on Octo- Mr. Crouch, Chairman of the McCormick National War Fund drive, spoke to the student body during Assembly period. He ask us to remember that the war is not over for the soldiers overseas and urges each one of us to make a contribution. The War Fund drive which be gan Tuesday will end Friday, Oct 12. Let’s make our gifts liberal and one hundred per cent. New Teachers Welcomed We are glad to welcome to the faculty the following teachers: Mrs. R. ,,L. Dendy teacher "oi -second grade;. Mrs. Tom Dowtin Jr., fifth grade teacher; Mrs. Har vey Payne and Mrs. Milton Apple- field, teachers in high school. Mrs. Rice, first grade teacher L r back at school again, after an illness of several days. Miss Martha Rucker, Home Ec onomics teacher, spent the week end with her parents at Calhoun Falls. Off To College Members of the Serlior class of 1945 who have left for college are: JWilma Fleming, Anderson Col lege; Barbara Owings, Lander; Belton Harmon,- Hugh Hadsock, F. P. Deason, Robert E. Hanvey, and Joe Luke White, Clemson; and Bruce Jaynes, University of Geor gia at Athens. Former students, now in armed service who visited us recently were “Flip” Owings of the army, and Bill Willis of the Navy. We are always glad to see former pupils. Teachers’ Examination Mrs. Applefield, Mrs. Dendy, and Ed. Note: This newspaper has arranged with the Washington Bureau of National Weekly Ser vice, 1616 Eye St. N. W. Washing ton 6, D. C., to answer questions pertaining to servicemen and vet erans. These questions will be answered in this column if ad dressed as above. No replies can be made by mail, but this paper will print answers to all questions received. Q. I have noticed that in some veterans hospitals which I have visited the patients have been put to work at farming and truck gar dening. Why should this be? A. The Veterans Administration says that agricultural activities have been found to be among the most valuable forms of occupa tional therapy for certain types of psychotic patients who are physi cally able to participate in such activities. Managers of veterans administration facilities report that patients who can be given the run of the grounds will oc casionally sit for days watching other patients gardening or work ing at animal husbandry without showing the slightest interest Sooner or later, most of them will of their own accord begin pulling up grass from the crop rows or helping to tend an animal. Once they take interest their enthuiasm grows rapidly. The reconstruction officer in charge of the assign ments of patients is a doctor and works in close cooperation with the physician in immediate charge of the patient. Before any inclinations of who is return real assignment is made every at tempt is made to find out tho real interests and the patient. Q. Why does a soldier given a blue discharge home in civilian clothes? A. A blue discharge from the army is one other than honorable. A soldier discharged under condi tions other than honorable is not permitted or entitled to wear the uniform even to his home. Q. Where should an employer apply if he wishes to ask for the discharge from the army of a former ‘ employee considered es sential? A. He should address a letter to the Industrial Personnel Division Army Service Forces, War De partment, Washington, D. C., at tention Labor Branch, requesting complete instructions on the pro cedure to follow in asking the re turn from service of a key em ployee in an essential industry. He will be given an instruction mem orandum. Q. What does the Navy rating TMV 3-c stand for? A. The Navy Department in forms us that TM (V) 3-c stands for torpedoman, aviation, third class. Q. Does a soldier wounded in line of duty receive his pay while in a hospital overseas? A. Yes, if a soldier of our army is hospitalized for wounds or dis ease he receives full pay and al lowances. Pressure Cooker Clinic Friday, October 12 Hare Advised That (Discharge Points Will Miss Sallie Pearce, Foods Spe cialist, Winthrop College, will hold a Steam Pressure Cooker Clinic in the Home Dem. Agent’s Office Friday morning, Oct. 12, 10-2 o’ clock. Everybody who has a pressure cooker, with a guage, should have it tested. It may not be possible to have another clinic during 1945, so take advantage of this one. Bring only the top of your cooker. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. T. E. L. Bible Class Entertains Faculty r" The home of Mrs. H. N. Cole man was the scene of a beautiful tea Wednesday afternoon of last week when she and other mem- brs of the T. E. L. Bible class of the local Baptist Church, enter tained in honor of the faculty of the McCormick schools. Earlier in the afternoon the business session was held with 1 Mrs. W. M. Strom presiding. Mrs. 1 devo- Be Lowered To 60 By November 1st Washington, Oct. 6.—In* response to a letter from Congresman But ler Hare to the Secretary of War September 22, suggesting some modification of the discharge sys tem, he was today advised that enlisted men with 70 points would become eligible for discharge fol lowing October 1 and that a fur ther reduction to 60 points ef fective November 1, 1945, will be announced in the meantime. Male officers of all grades, ex cept those in the Medical Depart ment, are now eligible for dis charge with 75 points. The Adju tant General states further: We are convinced that fairness and equity to the greatest number require that we adhere to the point system as the basis for de termining discharge priority. The point system is based upon the ex pressed views of the soldiers them- seves that priority for release from the Army should be governed by four factors; namely, length of service, length of overseas service," combat awards T. R. McAbee brought the tional message using the Christian Obedience.” A report was given by the noml-|; et ' urn ^' VivTliVn fife "of and dependent subject children under this system and other discharge procedures, the 7,000,000 natlng committee and the follow-; men wU1 ^ accomplished by June ing officers were elected: Mem bership chairman, Mrs. W. M. 1 Strom: class ministries chairman, Mrs. H. N. Coleman; fellowship chairman, Mrs. James M. Dorn; treasurer, Mrs. M. C. White; class secretary, Mrs. C. C. Morgan; cor responding secretary, Mrs. W. S. Arrington. Mrs. L. K. Simpson is the teacher. When the honor guests arrived all were invited into the dining room where iced tea, cookies, National J sandwiches and mints were serv- 30. Rationing Office To Close filling future calls of Local Board ber 4, 1945, and will maintain No. 57. ! daily office hours from 8:30 A. M. I to 5:00 P. M., Sundays and Feder-'North Augusta at|ed from a beautifully appointed lace covered table. the Assistant hostesses were Mrs. The McCormick War Price and Rationing Office will be closed Oct. 20th and will be merged with the Greenwood office after that date. Mrs. Lauree M. White, Chief Clerk. will be used to buy a new for our school lunch-room. stove al legal holidays further notice. excepted, Mrs. Dowtin stood the Teachers’ Examination held Abbeville on Oct. 5 and 6. The Panthers will meet tnei Assistant hostesses were Mrs. “Calcium in the soil helps make team on Friday Kennedy Dowtin, Mrs. J. L. Leslie, strong-boned livestock and people until night, Oct. 12th, in North Augus- Mrs. Grady Young, Mrs. Otto strong of sinew, bone and brain.” |ta. ... i Bracknell, Mrs. H. G. Sanders. —Russell Lord, in “Growth”.