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N % v.« • f > . .. -g — ■*»— AS ni^wn «W true to ourselves, our neighbors, our country and our god. Forty-Fourth Year June 5.1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1^45 Number 30 rr«''; i I \\k li' ^6 lit ' VJ «*• - »x \ WASHINGTON. D. C.—The Presi dent’s plan for relieving the hous ing shortage is considered here to be a “partially satisfactory an swer” to a problem for which there is no hope of an immediate rem edy. At the present moment, accord ing to figures supplied by Jeh'n Snyder, director of the Ofmce of War Mobilization and ReconVef- sion, “more then a million families are living doubled-up with other families” and the number is ex pected to increase by hundreds of thOtSMnds next year as more men return to civilian life. The President's answer to (the situation includes: immediate release of government sur pluses of building materials, priorities to those building hemes in the under-|10;000 1 class and price ceilings on ] both aew and old dwellings. : Hie first two parts of the pro gram already are being put Into operation. The ceiling pro- ; vision, however, will require legislation, and it appears rather doubtful whether con gress will agree to enact “ceil ing price” legislation when there is so mnch public clamor t# get rid of price control. The ceiling for old houses pro posed by the President would be the last price at which a house sold, while the ceiling on new houses would be based on the cost of build ing plus a fair profit. Most optimistic estimates are that 500,000 dwellings might be built during 1946. At this rate the pres ent severe housing shortage couldn’t be very much relieved be fore 1949. • • + Indications are that the labor difficulties which are impeding re conversion will continue well into 1946. When finally solved it* is ex pected that our country will have a more definite labor policy than it has ever had before—a set of rules and regulations under which la bor. management and government can work together without constant bickering and serious interruptiuns in production. j Present indications are that la bor Will have to agree to accept more responsibility, to abolish “wild-cat’’ strikes, to use the regu lar ^strike weapon with less fre quency, and to let wages be more directly related to the prosperity of .business. Management, on the other jj hand, may be forced- 1 to dpen jf its books '’during wage discus sions in order to work strt wage agio omen to related 4e profits, to abolish layoffs or provide some 'Compensation to workers flaring layoffs, and to give greater acceptance to collec tive bargaining. The President’s recommendation' for legislation empowering him to! appoint fact-finding boards to con sider strike -threats for 30 days be fore a strike takes place is looked upon fairly favorably by many, congressmen. But because of the opposition of labor and the lack of enthusiasm for the plan on the part of management, there is no chance of it being rushed through con gress. , < * * # ' 1 Automobile production, because of strikes, is way behind the sched-| ules se* when war ended. It was expected that 500,000 cars would be built during 1945, but present fig ures indicate that the total will probably not reach 100,000. This means months of delay in supply ing the new cars which people al ready have\ordered and the major automobile companies have given up even guessing when deliveries might be made. The automobile concerns are still putting pressure on OPA to allow them to increase prices — particu larly if they will have to give wage increases. The Ford Motor com pany has estimated that it will lose money on every car it makes in 1946, under the present price sched ule, and expects losses to total 35 million dollars. j F Ed. Note: This newspaper has ar ranged with the Washington Bureau of Ttetional Weekly Service, 1616 Eye St. m^Weshwgton 6, D.G^to answer s pertaining to servicemen and These questions will be an- „ _4 'this column if addressed as imbovm. Noreplies can be made by mail, but Ms paper will print answers lo all quedtions received.' husband is overseas with been in the service ■, 1942. Since last March X have had to take care of my tWe sisters, 16 and W years old*. My paresis are dead. Is my hus band entitled to 24 points for my sisters?—Wife, Lamar, South Caro lina. A. No. Under the current army point system only the first three dependent children count, 12 points each. > Q. My hnsband died of heart dis ease in Germany several months ago. I filled ont the papers for a pension but have not beard a word from it. I want to know if I will get a pension and how soon?— Mrs. M. G., Susquehanna, Pa. A. Suggest that you write to the Veterans administration, Washing ton, p. C., for sometimes these pa pers move slowly, but when you do receive your pension, it will be retroactive from the time your ap plication was made. Q. What is the time limit for fil ing a‘claim for burial expenses for » deceased veteran of World War D?—O. K. 8., San Diego, Calif. A. Claim for payment or reim burserr.ent for such expenses must • be filed wHhin ’two years subse quent to the veteran’s burial. * Q. Can you tel! me what the 61st, 83rd and 96th articles of war mean? My brother whites that he was being field for violation of these articles. — A. L., v Denver, Colo. A. The 83rd article of war covers wrongful disposal, loss or damage to government property and pro vides that the loss shall be made good in addition to punishment. The 61st article of war covers be ing absent without leave, A.W.O.L., while the 96th article covers all disorders and -neglect to the preju dice of good order and military dis cipline . . . conduct of a nature to bring discredit upofl the military service apd all crimes and offenses, not capital, of which persons sub ject to military law may be guilty. Trial under these articles may be before a summary, special or-gen eral court martial, depending upon the seriousness of the offenses. Q. Where may 1 obtain informa tion about the discharge of in American soldier in Europe? Also where may I learn his present ad dress? — Mrs. J. L. B., Knoxville, Teun. A. The war department says that only in the rarest instances or cases, are American soldiers dis charged on foreign soil. If you are the wife of the discharged man, or a close relative, you may write to the Office of the Adjutant General, War department, Washington, D. C., for ttie desired information. If you are not, no information will be given. Q. My husband has been in the navy since 1942 and took out an insurance policy when he went in. We were married the following Jan uary and I was made his bene ficiary. 4 received a notice to that effect, but have never received the policy. To whom may I write about It?—Wife, East Peoria, IU. A. No national service life insur ance policies are issued until your husband leaves the service and converts his insurance. His serv ice record which follows hitn wher ever he goes and on which his in surance deductions are noted, is all the '^policy” needed. Q. Is there ahy linftted time bow long a sailor hatrto Stay in the navy Who wetot"1tt under the selective service act. and who has not left the States?—Mrs. E. F. G., Thomas- viUe, N. C. A. Enlistments in the naval re serve were for the duration and six months. Tm Tired, Son, You Take the Load! 1 x Cl / * ^4 Ki«s/cz=a “The most poignant and wide spread prayer in ' the world is, ‘Give us this day our daily bread’. Two-thirds of all the people on the earth are undernourished, and are on the brink of starvation, xxxxx even the most prosperous, including our own, have multi tudes who are 111-fed.”—From At lanta Journal editorial. “We need only to change the defeatist attitude towards cotton and work together intelligently to put this great crop, cotton, back where it belongs as America’s greatest source of fiber, food, and feed, and chemical raw materials of any crop now grown.”—Victor Schoffelmayer in “West Texas To day”. _ Mrs. Lydia Christian Claimed By Death Mrs. Lydia Holies Christian. 54. wife of Jim R. Christian, died at her home near here early Thurs day morning, Dec. 20, after an illness of three days. Funeral services were conducted from the Bethany Baptist Church, of which she was a devdted mem ber, Friday afternoon at 2:30, with the pastor, the Rev. C. L. Whittemore, of Greenwood, offici ating. Interment followed In the church cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Christian is survived by one step daughter, Miss VirgThia Christian, of De la Howe School; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Robinson, of Red Hill, Mrs. H. B. Bledsoe of Johnson; three brothers, W. L. Holmes, Trenton, J. B. Holmes, Augusta, C. V. Holmes, Edgefield,- and Dr. A. L. Holmes of Ware Shoals. \ J. S. Strom, funeral director, iri charge. X Mrs. Lizzie Freeland Claimed By Death Mrs. Lizzie Parkman Freeland, wife of W. E. Freeland, died at their home in the White Town community Friday, following an illness of two weeks. Funeral services were conducted at the Plum Branch Baptist Church Saturday morning 11:30 o’clock with the Rev. W. E. Brant officiating. Interment fol lowed in the Freeland cemetery. Besides her husband she is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. W. O. Lindsay of Honea P*th: r»ns. Charles B. Freeland, St. Petersburg, Fla., William E. Free-; land. Ways Station, Ga.: Johnnie; Freeland, Julian Freeland, and Winfrey Freeland, all of Plum Branch; five grandchildren; twoi brothers, Press Parkman, Green-1 wood and J. H. Parkman, Modoc;; one sister, Mrs. C. L. Mathis of ; Modoc, S. C. She was a life long member of the Red Hill Baptist Church, near Modoc. j Pallbearers were Harold Mathis, Edward Mathis, Gene Wates, William Freeland, William White and H. X. Wright. i J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. X Union Service To Be At Methodist Church Sunday Night The union service between the churches of the town will be held in the Methodist Church next Sunday night, December 30th, be ginning at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. L. K. Simpson, pastor of McCormick Baptist Church, will bring the j message. Everybody is invited. Mrs. J. F. Wideman Claimed By Death Mrs. Georgia Bell Wideman, wife of Jim Frank Wideman, died at her home -here Monday morning at 2:30 o’clock after an illness of four days. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the Wideman cemetery Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock with her pastor, Dr. L. K. Simpson, officiating. Mrs. Wideman was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Fields, of Sandersville, Ga., and had lived in McCormick since her marriage in 1941. She was a devoted member of the McCormick Baptist Church. Besides her husband, and par ents, she is survived by a daugh ter, Nan Evelyn Wideman; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Sistrunk of Lumber ton. Miss., two brothers, Vernon Fields, Milledgeville, Ga., and Harmon Fields, of Sanders ville, Ga. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. Farmers And The 1945 Federal Income Tax -x- Employers’ Rates Un affected By Service men’s Allowances Readjustment allowances paid veterans under the Servicemen’s ReadlusUript, Act of 1Q44 (G. I- Rill of Rights) are NOT charged a- Tainst the experience rating ac count of anv emplcyer covered by the South Carolina Unemployment Coinnencation Law, the Unemploy ment Compensation Commission a^ounced today. It was explained that, the South Carolina TTnemplovment Compen sation Commission administers both the State unemployment compensation law and title V of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act 1" Sou f h Carolina, but onlv benefits paid under the State job insurance law v/ere considered in determining contribution rates un der the State Act. The readjust ment pllowances paid under the “G. I. Bill” come from the gen-‘ era! funds of the United States Treasury, and not from the un employment trust funds. ’ Wh f, n o ' ,, e’' a veteran is deter mined eligible for allowances un der the Federal Servicemen’s Act, his last employer is notified. This is done so that the employer may inform the agency why the man was “separated,” as the cause of a claimant’s unemployment is al ways considered in determining his eligibility for allowances. -X- cio^nson. Dec. 22.—Current fed eral income-tax laws require that 1 two kinds' of reports—declarations, of estimated tax and the final) tax returns—are required of farm ers under certain conditions. Spe cial provision is made, however, 1 for farmers; that is. persons who derive at least two-thirds of their i a^nss income from farming in the filing ‘of these reports, says M. C.' Rochester, Clemson extension farm management specialist. | A farmer is required to file a declaration of estimated tax for the calendar year 1945 on or be fore January 15, 1946, unless he files a final return by January 15, thereby avoiding the need for filing a declaration of estimated tax. A declaration of estimated tax is-required of a farmer under at least two general circum stances:* (1) a farmer who has a gross income of $500 or more, and (2) a farmer who has an income in excess of $100 from sources not subject to withhold ing tax. Farmers are permitted certain alternative procedures in report ing for income-tax purposes. For example, farm income may be determined on the cash basis or op the accrual basis. The cash basis includes only the cash re ceipts from products sold during the year. The accrual basis takes into account the sales made on the cash basis and also inventory charges during the year. proper record of farm re ceipts and farm expenses is im portant for preparing a farmer’s tax return, Rochester points rut. For tax purposes, only the finan cial results of the farm business nerd be displayed. The Bureau of Internal Revenue does not insist that farmers keep books in any special wav. If the basic facts are in writing, the necessary re arranging for income-tax purposes can be made. The Extension Service has pre pared a farm account record book which farmers are finding of much value in filling in income- tax forms. This record may be obtained from county agents or from the Extension Service at Clemson. Much Lime Is Needed To Con dition Soils Greenwood P. C. A. Holds Meeting The twelfth annual meeting of Greenwood Production Credit As sociation was held Wednesday, December 12. at the county court house. Greenwood. W. H. Stuckey, president of the association, o- pened the meeting and stated that the ' association had experienced another successful year. He said he thought that this should be a members’ meeting, ' and asked those members present to elect a chairman to take charge. W. W. Steadman, of Ridge Spring, was elected chairman. J. C. Smith, secretary-treasurer of the association, in making his renort shewed that the member- chin now totals 936 farmers, and ‘hat the association had made loans amounting to $336,338 the orst year, that the reserves built un amounted to $39 538, and that the association could lend 3-4 of a million dollars to the farmers in the territory. Mr. Steadman then stated that it seemed that the farmers should ta^e adva^tape of this privilege and asked those present w^at they thought about it. Twenty- four farmers responded to this, end it was unanimously voted that each member should en deavor to bring in a new member for another year. S. F. Sherqrd of Calhoun Falls and T. J. Sibert of McCormick, wore reflected to serve as directors. Other directors of the association are V. L. Warner. Greenwood. E- P. Gulledge. CaUiscn, and W. H. Stuckey, Ridge Spring. Special guests’ from the coun ties served by the acsocia’ibn, and introduced by Mr. Smith were: Saluda County: F. M. Kearse, county agent; R. W. Harrell, vo cational ' teacher at HoUywo^d School; with 1.1 boys and 18 girls, members of 4-H and FFA clubs; Miss Margaret Roddey, home dem onstration agent. McCormick County: G. W. Eon- nette. county agent, with Richard Blackwell, outstanding 4-H boy, having received the highest num ber of awards in his county* Mrs. Myrtle Ruth Collier, AAA office. Greenwood Coufity: P. M. Gar vin. county agent, with Iris Miller and Guilda Templeton, both hav ing made outstanding records in exhibiting cattle and in poultry. Ho also introduced 16 boys who have made unusual records in A -H club work: Miss Elizabeth Heir- bert, home demonstration agent. W.. F. Chapman, teacher of agri culture at Greenwood high school. With 20 boys from his classes; Harold Milier, shop teacher at Greenwood high school; S. M. Byars, soil conservationist; Miss Katherine Boulware, of the AAA office; T. Gordon Duckett, of the NFLA office; and C. L. Wells, of Greenwood Pasteurizing plant; T. Ml Cluburn, assistant county a- gent. Other visitors were Rex Lan- ford, secretary-treasurer of the Clinton Production Credit Associ ation, J. L. Marshall of the Pro duction Credit Corporation of Co lumbia, and Major and Mrs. Seddon, of McCormick. “American agriculture is now geared to produce 30 per cent more than it was producing just before the war. With more labor and the inevitable improvements in farm technology, ,it will soon be able to produce much more.” —From USDA statement to Boston Conference on Distribution. Clemson, Dec. 22.—To condition South Carolina soils for maximum production, large quantities of lime are still needed, W. H. Craven, Clemson extension a- gronomist said here today. Not many years ago Clemson College Experiment Station tested over two and a half million sam ples of soil representing approxi mately 95 per cent of farms in South Carolina. The analyses showed that about 40 per cent of these soils are strongly to ex tremely acid. Another 40 per cent were moderately acid. This leaves only 20 per cent slightly acid to alkaline. . . Last year farmers of inis state used approximately 150,000 ton* of ground limestone, a large por tion of which was applied to this 80 per cent of soils strongly tD moderately acid. After the soi s in this state have received suffici ent lime to reduce the acidity to that cf moderately acid, it. has been estimated that we need an nually an application of half a million tons in order to maintain this condition for normal pla it growth. The increased acreage of le gumes and pasture grasses in cur system of farming further em phasizes the need of a lime pro gram on every farm in this state, Mr. Craven declared. He remind ed, however, that limestone, un like fertilizer, is slow in action and immediate results cannot be expected. Results of the South Carolina Five-Acre Cotton Contest have shown that the prize-winning yields of cotton were produced on limed soils or on soils that naturally had little or no soil acidity. Not only does limestone sweeten the soil, it adds calcium, which is a necessary plant food on most of South Carolina soil. The lime con ditions the soil and makes avail able much of the plant food that is tied up in various ways in an acid soil. x Looking for your cattle? Th''-r are over in that corner of yj/.r pasture which you limed and phosphated.