McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, November 22, 1945, Image 1
TRUE TO UURSELVKS. OVJ{ N El GUIS OKS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Fdurth Year
Established Juoe 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C M THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1945
Number 25
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#?ASinNGTON, D. C. (NWNS).—
Although many people may be dis
appointed in the accomplishments
of the labor-management confer
ence to date, it is the general con
census of opinion here that it can
not end in complete failure. For,
even though few agreements may
be reached which will help solve
labor-management problems, the
conference already has done a
great deal toward defining the dif
ferences which exist between la'
bor and management, accom
plishment in itself, will make it
easier for congress, for the ad
ministration, and for business and
labor to seek practical solutions,
congressman
“Members af eangr«
af whom are closely fal*
•swing the procedure af tha
Conference, are going to have
a clearer picture than they
ever did before of what this
epidemic of strikes Is all about.
It Is going to help us a lot In
determining whether new labor
legislation is necessary, and If
so, what kinds of legislation
will do the most good. This
whole problem Is now getting
a good airing—and that is what
has been needed."
< Little action on labor legislation
Is expected until the conference is
over—until both labor and manage-
• ment have put all of their cards
on the table. Then legislation will
, undoubtedly be sought aimed at
reducing the “area of differences.”
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* Meanwhile, the fight between the
automobile workers and the auto
mobile manufacturers has reached
, the point where the public is de-
1 mending an early settlement. Re
ports that the 500,000 automobiles
, expected to be produced in 1945 has
i now dwindled to less than a quarter
of that figure has aroused a car-
hungry public, and letters pour-
; lag in to congress reveal that the
public ijs not only concerned over
getting new automobiles, but is In
creasingly fearful that the delay
may disrupt our nation’s reconver
sion program.
There also has been consid
erable objection to the fact that
automobiles which are on dis
play do not have any price tag*
on them, as Is also the case with
a good number of other Items
on the consumers* “high prior
ity" list. The public, apparent- ,
ly, wants to start buying these
Items now—to get in line with
cash payments—but they don’t
want to buy “a pig in a poke”
. ao-far ** price fa ctneorn-^.
Manufacturers are becoming
equally Insistent that the go*-
oromopt end its delay in agree
ing to colling IgNom.
In the most Interesting press con
ference which Clinton Anderson
has held since he became secre
tary of agriculture, be revealed
that meat rationing will probably
be all Over by the end of the year,
that our civilian food supply will
hereafter be much better than
“even In prewar years.**
Mr. Anderson also released
figures on our program for
helping hungry Europe during
the rest of the year. He said
that eur exports of food to the
United Kingdom, liberated
countries in Europe and
French North Africa would be
increased by about 50 per cent
during the last quarter of the
year.
Pointing out the enormity of our
food supplv, the secretary indicat
ed that our shipments to other
countries could be still greater,
without any shortages at home. The
only thing which is preventing
greater shipments, he said, is the
regulations regarding such ship
ments and the financial difficulties
nvolved. Total food shipments in
the last quarter will be about
4,500,000 tons.
Mr. Anderson, who favors getting
rid of subsidies as soon as the
ime is ripe, indicated that some
subsidies may be terminated snob
even though it may result in in
creased prices.
' Ed. No**: Tint Ri* sjfv&er hot ur-
ranf«4 with tho Washington Bureau of
Natiod/riWoakly Sorvice, 1616 Eyo St.
JV. W^ Washington 6, D. C, to answer
' quastim* pertaining to servicemen and
, veterans. These questions will he an-
severed in this column if eddressed as
above. No replies eep he mode by mail,
but this paper will print answers to all
questions received.
i limited
Q. 1 am on limited service duty
In the states because af a service-
incurred disability^ Should f apply
for n disability pension now or after
!l am discharged?—Pfc. R. R. B„
Decatur, 111.
A. It is possible to apply before
discharge, but it may be better to
make your application at your sep
aration center. You will find a Vet
erans administration officer there
to help you with all forms, etc.
You cannot draw your pension
while you are still drawing active
duty pay.
Q. Can yon tell me whether or not
the 26th infantry division and the
11th armored division have been in
activated ?—J. R. 8., Abingdon, Va.
A. Yes, the war department says
both these divisions have been in
activated, unless there has been
m last minute change.
Q. Will the widow and one child
ef n soldier killed in action receive
a compensation, and hew much and
fer hew long?—Widow, Hudson,
Colo.
A. The Veterans administration
says that if you are the widow of a
soldier killed in action, and you
have one child, you are entitled to
’a death pension of $65 per month
for life, or until you remarry, and
until the child reaches 18'years of
qge at which time your pension will
amount to $50 per month. In addi
tion, you art entitled to a death
gratuity from the government equal
'•to Six months* pay of your husband,
'and his war risk insurants, if ha
;had insursnet and named you as
beneficiary. Suggest that you write
the regional office of tho Veterans
tioo at Denver and make
jWjntf
your husband's name, serial num
ber, date and place of birth and all
other information required.
Q. I am a discharged soldier and
was told at ear separation center
that 1 had to get out of uniform in
48 hours after I arrived home. Is
that true?—Sergeant, Cisco, Texas,
A. The war department says
there W no rule like that. The reg
ulations say a discharged soldier
may appear in his uniform up to 86
days after he is discharged.
4- Htaa honorably discharged vet
eran has employment for five or
six months, or any period of time,
then fails to hold his job, will he
be entitled to the $26 per week com
pensation for a full 12 months* pe
riod? Is a veteran required to take
employment outside his regular
trade?—L. L., Denver, Colo.
A. The Veterans administration
says that if you lose your job after
being employed for any length of
time, you have the right to make
application to your state unemploy
ment compensation office for pay
ment of unemployment compensa
tion up to $20 per week. A veteran
is not required to take employment
outside his trade if a job is avail
able within his trade.
Q. Can you tell me where the 5th
marine division is now located?—
Miss P. F., Mentor, Ohio.
A. As of October 22, the Fifth
marines is stationed at Sasebo, Ja
pan, on occupation duty.
0. Does the navy give points for
battle stars or citations?—Mrs. A.
M. A., Brighton, Colo.
A. No, the navy does not award
discharge points for battle stars or
citations.
Q. Can you tell me when an en
listed man in the army is eligible
for discharge?-A reader. Tell City,
A. Under the recomputation of
points ms of September 2, 1945, an
enlisted man is eligible for dis
charge if he has 80 or more points;
if he is 38 years old or over; or if
be is 35, 86 or 37. and has had a
minimum of two years of honorable
military *trvi«e.
Pine Cone Collection
We have collected our pine cones
and delivered them to the Sumter
Nursery. Cones were scarce this
year and we fell short of our goal.
We hope for better luck next year.
O. L. Sharpton,
County Ranger.
No Fires In October
On This Thanksgiving Day
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FarmJYews
(By G. W. Bonnette,
County Agent)
Chamber Of Com
merce To Meet
Next Monday Night
j There will be a meeting of the
i Chamber of Commerce at the
Community House next Monday
! night, November 26, 1945, at 7:30
! o'clock.
At Our last meeting the follow
ing recommendations were a-
dopted:
1. That this be made a perma
nent organization and be named
McCormick Chamber of Com
merce.
2. That the dues be $6.00 for
6 months payable in advance.
3. That T. J. Sibert be made
President and P. R. Brown Secre
tary & Treasurer.
4. That the Board of Directors
be elected to serve for 12 months.
5. That the Board of Directors
be authorized to make any rules,
regulations and appoint any com
mittees advisable.'
6. That at any time necessary
the Board of Directors can call a
meeting of the entire member
ship.
Board of Directors:
G. J. Sanders, Chairman,
P. R. Brown, Secretary & Treas
urer,
J. S. Strom,
R. L. Faulkner,
J. Fred Buzhardt,
W. N. Smith.
If you live in Town or th
County and wish to become a
member of the Chamber of Com
merce of McCormick we will wel
come you and urge you to be pres
ent a,t this meeting.
T. J. Sibert,
President.
Notice To Rural
Patrons
Postmaster J. E. Bell states that
he is instructed by the Post Office
Department to give tne patrons on
rural routes notice, that in order
to facilitate the collection and
dispatch of mall matter bn rural
routes, all first and third class
mail matter debited in rural let
ter boxes for collation by carrier
must have stamps affixed at the
proper rate of postage. The car
riers will have ample stamp
stock and patrons are urged
to purchase stamps in ad
vance so that they can have the
stamps affixed when the mail is
deposited, in their boxes for collec
tion by their carrier.
Plum Branch School
News
3,299 Bales Qf Cptton
Ginned In County
To November 1st
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,
WASHINGTON.
COTTON GINNING REPORT.
G. L. Sharpton, county ranger,
says that there were no forest
fires reported to him in October.
This is the second month that we
haven’t reported a fire. Let’s keep
this record.
Intermediate G. A.’s
Hold Meeting
The Intermediate G. A.’s met
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 14,
1945, at the First Baptist Church.
We had 6 present. We hope we
have many more next meeting,
which will be every third Wednes
day of the month. Our G. A. of
ficers are as follows: Pres., Dot
Brown, Vice president, Jacquelyn
Bonnette, Sec. & Tres., Margaret
Mann, Reporter, Betty Weden-
camp. Our leader is Mrs. James
Mattison. We are proud to have
her as our new leader.
Betty Wedencamp,
| Reporter.
Census report shows that 3,299
jales of cotton were ginned in
McCormick County from the crop
f 1945 prior to Nov. 1st as com-
lared with 3,359 bales for the crop
f 1944.
Very respectfully,
J. W. Britt,
Special Agent.
Date 11, 15, 45.
Services At
The Pentecostal
Holiness Church
There will be services at the
Penecostal Holiness Church at 3
o’clock p. m. on the first and
third Sundays in each month.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
The preacher is Rev. O. E. Tay
lor.
Come and hear him and the
special singing.
“It is our opinion that any
sound conversion program must
aim to reach at least bale-per-
acre yields if we are able to keep
ourselves on any competitive basis
with foreign countries.” — The
Progressive Farmer, October 1945. i
Thanksgiving Holidays
Our P. T. A. is planning the
usual Thanksgiving dinner for our
school next week. The mothers
will contribute the dinner, and wf
sincerely hope they all may at
tend next Wednesday to take par
in this annual school event. This
generosity again shows the splen
did coperation of our parents with
the school. The following menu
has been planned: baked chicken
dressing, gravy, English peas
macaroni pie, cranberry sauce
pickle, rice, hot rolls, tea, coffee
ambrosia, cookies.
The school will have nex
Thursday and Friday for Thanks
giving holidays.
4-H Clubs
Our state pool try specialist, Mis
Craven; Miss Luz Uzcatequr o
Merida, Venezuela, South Amer
ca, and Mr. Bonnette conductec
our club meeting last week. W
learned many interesting facts a-
bout South America. They hav-
the 5-V there instead of the 4-H
By Betty Anne Langley.
Visitors
During the week we’ve enjoye
the following visitors: Mrs. Jamc
Strother, Mrs. W. E. Crawford
Rev. Brant, Cadet Nurse Corneli
Freeland.
Clean Plate Clubs
There are two interested clea'
plate clubs in the schoo
Our lunches are wholesome an
well-prepared, so we are pleased t
see the empty plates after a mes]
‘Miss” Lillian is such a good coo:
and she likes to see us eat ws;
We are trying to form good eat
Lng habits. Everyday we try l
have one hundred per cent clea
plate club members.
By Marvin Seiglcr.
Many of our farmers are using
‘ormaldchyde to treat cats and
Blue Stone to treat wheat for
smut. I find many of these men
fertilizing at time of planting
these small grain crops, which
shows that our farmers use the
best practices recommended. Good
seed and a heavy rate of seeding
per acre are also practices worth
consideration.
Plant those Winter Peas and
Vetch seeds at once, as it is get
ting late. We should get some
growth on these plants before
the hard winter months.
Harvest of Lespedeza seed has
been good in places, as H. O. Wat
son got 1500 lbs. of Korean seed
from 2 acres and has 14,000 lbs.
harvest from his farm this year.
A bale to the acre is very com
mon “cotton language” in McCor
mick County this year. Bill
Bracknell has ginned about 1590
bales of cotton this year—seems
as if we will about hit last year’s
mark by the end of the season—
that means a good crop for us.
Don’t cary more cattle thru the
winter than you have food and
shelter. Treat calves for worms
and it is a good idea to treat your
cattle for hemorrhagic septicemia
and black leg. See or call me and
we will arrange for the State
Veterinarian to do this work.
T
Notice To The Public
All the officers at the cour'
house will close for Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. the 22nd.
Due to the change in time wc
will begin on Nov. the 23rd, clos
ing at 4 p. m. every afternoon.
Any one wishing to see any of
ficer after 4 p. m. phone or send
a card. We will be glad to wait
on you for a reasonable time.
C. W. Pennal,
For The County Officers.
McCormick Defeats
Lincolnton 19-0
The McCormick Panthers closed
their season by defeating the
Lincolnton, Ga., Red Devils 19-0
last Thursday evening. The game
was played on the local field.
Halfback Ed Rice scored the
Panther’s first touchdown in the
first period by running over guard
from the three yard line. McCor
mick failed to make the extra
point. The ball was swapped back
and forth for the remainder of
the half.
During the third quarter right
;uard Bobby Huguley recovered a
fumble in Lineolnton’s territory.
Dewey Jennings, end, then took
he ball on a reverse, one of the
Panthers’ favorite plays, over for
.he score. Rice hit the line for
he extra point. Malcolm Mc
Kinney, center, who plays j, bacV-
•eld on defense, intercepted one
of the Red Devils’ many passes
and raced 45 yards to score in the
last minute of the game.
The Panthers’ line played an
outstanding game and put up a
good defense against Cartledge,
Lincolnton’s backfield ace.
McCormick’s line-up was:
Ends — Dewey Jennings and
Perry Brown.
Tackles — Bill Bosdell and
Tommy Forrester.
Guards—Bobby Lowe Huguley
and Grover Davis.
Center—Malcolm McKinney.
Backs—Claude Huguley, Tommy
3able, Ed Rice, and Bobby Dukes.
Substitutes for the line were
Buck Alverson, Buddy McCain, Bo
Jennings, and Billy Creighton.
Substitute for the backfield was *
Gary Brown.
Claude Huguley and Perry
Brown served as co-captains.
Extend Thanks
For Pounding
The first step in the “cultiva
tion” of a forest crop is fire pro- 1
tection.
We extend our heartiest thanks
to the Adult Bible Class of the
Plum Branch Methodist Sunday
School for the bountiful pounding
given us Nov. 14th. Their kind-’
ness will not soon be forgotten by
us.
Rev. and Mrs. Foster Speer.