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\ TEUE TO OUKSKLVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY^ FEBRUARY 28, 1946 Number 39 / I w Washington, D. C. (NWNS).— The squabbles within our na tion's executive family have re sulted in a lot of front page news in recent weeks, the lead story so far being the resignation of Harold Ickes. But, in the opin ion of some observers here, "You 'ain’t seen nothin' yet." lir. Ickes* accusation that President Truman’s appointments are be ing made for purely political reasons, or else to give Jobs to his cronies, has turned the lime light on the executive depart- • snent and there are many who feel that a number of recent ap pointees are not big enough men. It is hoped, however, that | one of the major difficulties facing the President—that of deciding who will be the final authority on price control— i luw been settled for the time being by thO promotion of Chester Bowles, former OP A i head, to the post of director of the Office of Economic Stabilisation. Mr. Bowles, the government's leading proponent of holding prices In line, will now have the last word on prices. Bht he most act within the limita tions of the President's new f wage-price poliey which will 4 permit price increases not favored by Mr. Bowles, j The Truman wage-price pol- ley, which obviously was writ- 1 ten to avoid stepping on any ’ more toes than possible, is word- ’ ed to permit limited inflation. It 1 reverses his former stand that '! wage increases could be given - only when they would not result > in price increases. The new policy permits price increases necessary for a busi- to continue to operate at a reasonable profit after giving ; wage increases in keeping with . the "general pattern" set fcihee V*J Day. That pattern would indicate that wage increases of 16 to 20 per cent will be per mitted even if they must be paid by the public through price in creases. There has been considerable speculation here, following Mr. Ickes* resignation, as to the po litical philosophy of the Presi dent. Although he started out by following pretty much in President Roosevelt's footsteps, and was thus considered a New ^ Dealer, it is pointed out that k there is now only one strong ad* ; vocate of New Dealism left in i the cabinet—Secretary of Com-1 i t v ;> ') merce Wallace. There Is no evidence that the President wants to break wfth the New Deal group, but Ms appointments indicate that be is trying to play both ends against the middle in an attempt to get support from both New Deal and anti-New Deal Demoerats. In general, however, his legislative demands con tinue to follow the New Deal course of making the secu rity of the people a gov ernment responsibility. Although there are many "se curity" bills now in the hands of congress, the one in the forefront at tne moment is the Wage-Hour measure approved by the sen ate committee on education and labor. This bill would increase the present legal minimum wage by 62% per cent, from 40 cents to 65 cents per hour. It also pro vides for additional increases later on terminating with a mini mum wage of 75 cents an hour. 1 \ W. Harvey Robinson , Claimed By Death W. Harvey Robinson, 77, promi- jnent citizen of Troy, died at his home Sunday afternoon at 1:15 o’ clock following a long illness. Mr. Robinson was the son of the late [W. C. Robinson and Mrs. Isabelle I Cook Robinson of two well known [Troy families. He spent his en tire life in Troy and was a suc cessful farmer. Mr. Robinson was [a charter member of the Troy A. R. P. Church and an active mem- v I ber. Mr. Robinson was married Sept. 1, 1892, to Miss Addie Wardlaw, of the Bellvue section near Troy. She was a member of the well known Wardlaw family of Abbeville with wide connections all through the State. She died in 1936. Mr. Robinson is survived by three daughters, Mrs. R. N. Hous ton, of Matthews, N. C.; Mrs. D. R. Young and Mrs. Lillie Mae Hart, both of Troy; one son, D. W. Robinson, of Troy; four sisters, Mrs. Janie B. Dowtin, and Mrs. E. C. Cheatham, of Troy; Mrs. T. H. Robinson, of Corsinacan, Texas; and Mrs. E. O. Jenkins, of Good- lettville, Tenn.; three brothers, W. C. Robinson, of Greenwood; T. A. Robinson, of Cross Hill; and J. P. Robinson, of Troy. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Dr. W. S. Brooke To Speak At Plum Branch Baptist Church Sunday Dr. W. S. Brooke, Executive Sec retary of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention of South Carolina, will speak at the Plum Branch Baptist Church next Sunday n^ofning, March 3rd, at 11 o’clock. To hear Dr. Brooke is a rare privilege. It is hoped that there will be a record congregation pres ent. W. E. Brant, Pastor. X ' Mt. Carmel News Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mrs. Hunter McKinney were visitors in Anderson last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Scott of Ab beville were visiting relatives in Mt. Carmel Sunday and worship ed at the A. R. P. Church. Sen. L. L. Hester spent the week end at his home here,* returning to Columia Tuesday morning. Miss Matilda Bell of McCormick was a pleasant visitor in Mt. Car mel Monday afternoon, visiting the sick and also many friends. We are glad to say that Miss Susie Patterson is very much bet- from the graveside in the Troy ter now, and many friends hope cemetery at Troy at half past three o’clock Monday afternoon with his pastor, the Rev. R. E Huey, and Dr. C. B. Betts in charge. The following nephews served as active pallbearers: Edwin Cheatham, William Rob- [inson, George Robinson, Curtis Dowtin, David Wardlaw, and Dav id Kennedy. Plum Branch School News _ Primary News jBfctch child in the first, second, and third grade ropm has a read ing chart- Wh^n we read a book we -cut a little book out of colored paper. Thfen We print Oie name of the book oh it and paste it on the reading chart. At the end of the year we will have a reading chart to show all the books we have read. Some of us fead a new book each week. Marion Wall, 3rd grade. We are beginning our Health Book. We have invited Miss Mc Grath, our health nurSe, to visit our class and check on each child. We will see who improves most in health habits before school closes. Larry Bowick, 3rd grade. In our health class we are learn ing what foods we need to make us grow healthy and strong. We planted some seeds in saw dust and some in dirt. We will watch to see which grows best. Emajane Miner, 3rd grade. Visitors The following were visitors to our school this week: Mrs. Alma Creighton, Mrs. O. L. Sturkey, Mrs. Wylie Coleman and others. Please Return Library Books! If you have any books belong ing to the Plum Branch School Library please return them! We are frfrUng inventory of books and we shall appreciate your prompt ness In returning over-due books. Clean Plate Hbnor Roll joe Brown, -Janice Coleman, George Earl Parks, Bill Morgan, Julian Chandler, Margie Brown, Wihky Langley, Margaret White, Raymond White, Jean Wilkie, Emogene Jennings, Jean Creswdl, Janie Gable, Sonny WaU, Elise Langley, Emajane Miner, Eugene Finley, Larry Bowick, Ellen White, Bobbie Langley, Lila Gable, Mar jorie Willis, Millie Wall, Mary Ellen Reynolds, Doris Shrine, Bet ty Anne Langley, Rose Marie Creswell. X Plans to reduce production costs in 1946 will be worth more than mere hard work. Honorable Discharges ARMY Cpl. William R. White, entered service March 26, 1943, discharged Feb. 10, 1946. Wears American Theatre Service medal and Vic- uory medal. Served with 90^nd AAF Base Unit. Sgt. Wyatte E. Chamberlain, en tered service Aug. 12, 1942, dis- charged Feb. 10, 1946. Wears -Am erican Theatre Service ribbon Good Conduct medal and Victory medal. Served with 1st AAF Base Unit. Sgt. Charges C. Wells, .entered service Jan. 25, 1943, discharged Feb. .-8, 1946. Wears American theatre Service medal, Good Con duct medal, and Victory medal Served with 4526th AAF Base U- nit. Sgt. Coran F. Bridges, entered service Aug. 26, 1942, discharged Feb. 17, 1946. Battles and cam paigns, Luzon. Wears American Theatre Service ribbon, Asiatic- Pacific Service medal, Good Con duct medal, Philippine Liberation medal, and Victory medal. Served with 333rd AAF Base Unit. Staff Sgt. Lawrence A. Harda way, entered service July 23, 1940, discharged Oct. 12, 1945. Battles and campaigns, Northern France and Rhineland. Wears Expert In fantryman badge, EAMET Cam- paign medal with 2 bronze stars, and Good Conduct medal. Served with 423rd Infantry. Pvt. John S. McCracken, entered service Aug. 15, 1944, discharged Spet. 7, 1945. Battles r and cam paigns, Rhineland and Central Europe. Wears Purple Heart and Gak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infan try -Badge, EAMET Service medal with 2 bronze stars, and Good Conduct medal. Served with 38th Armored Infantry Battalion. NAVY Fred Watson Newby, Seaman 1st class, entered service March 10, 1944, discharged Feb. 12, 1946. Served with USS Westmoreland. Wears American Area Campaign medal and Asiatic-Pacific Cam paign medal. Workers’ Council Meets ‘T was shocked to see church leaders with heads unbowed, look ing around during prayer when recently I walked up to the church door,” said Mrs. L. K. Simpson in discussing the topic “Reverence at the Workers’ Council of the local Baptist Sunday School, meet ing with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. San ders Monday night. “Christians should be reverent in the home as well as at church, in their speech as well as behavior and attitudes”, she continued. The week following school clos ing was set for the Daily Vacation Bible School and a contribution made to the American Bible So ciety. Reports were read by depart mental secretaries, with Dr. L. K. Simpson presiding in the absence of Supt. J. S. Dukes, who was sick. Dr. Simpson also mentioned the special service for the veter ans and boys in service now being planned for the first Sunday in May. During the social hour Mrs. Sanders served chocolate sundae with cookies. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. W. P. Parks and Mrs Mrs. Bertha Harris. for her a complete recovery soon. Mrs. Herschel Fife of Atlanta who has been visiting the Misse3 Patterson, returned home Tues day. Mrs. J. B. Curtis, Miss Nita Curtis, Miss Monnie Hurling, Mr and Mrs. Elmer Khngensmith were visitors in Abbeville Monday and attended the picture show at Cal houn Falls Mpuday evenihg Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Horton re turned home from a 15 days’ stay in Abbeville Hospital several days ago. Mr. Horton is improving nicely. Many friends visiting him made him very happy The many friends of Mrs. Mamie Baker of Greenwood will be grieved to hear of her serious ill ness at the Greenwood Hospital. Mrs. Baker was a citizen of Mt. Carmel for many years and a host of friends, relatives and loved ones are hoping that she will soon recover. She was very much be loved by all when she lived here, and all are hoping for the best. McCormick School News G. A. Meeting The Intermediate G. A.’s met Wednesday, February 20, 1946, at ;he home of Betty Widencamp. We had a very interesting meet ing. There were three new mem bers. Ann Sanders, Georgia Rose McCracken, Betty Jane Deason. We were glad to have them. We had our largest group attended than ever before. They were Mar garet Mann, Rebecca Simpson, Eu nice Wall, Evelyn Wall, 'Betty Widencamp and our leader, Mrs. James Mattison. There were also two visitors. Mrs. James Seigler * and Mrs. Widencamp. | After the program we had re freshments and we discussed a Chapel We had a very interesting pro gram in chapel Monday. Miss Elizabeth Watkins, from Spar tanburg, S. C., was our guest speaker. She has been a teacher ‘n the Christian schools in Japan for more than eleven years, and vas prepared to give us much information about the country and :he people. Miss Watkins illus trated her talk with a model Jap anese home, dolls representing various classes of the people, and native clothing. From her talk we learned much about the cus toms and habits of the people, and the hardships the common people endured at the hands of the military class. Miss Watkins cTaid the people are looking to us for help, now, and unless we help them they will turn to commu nist nations. Everyone enjoyed Miss Watkins’ talk very much, I am sure. 4-H Club Meets The McCormick High School Girls’ 4-H Club met Wednesday, February 20th, with fifteen mem bers present. The program was as follows: Scripture, Iva Dell Talbert, Contest, Carolyn Jennings, Topic Discussion, “Breakfast”. Miss Bell is club. Ed. Note: This newspaper has or* ranged with the Washingtnn Bureau of Natittnal Weekly Neivs[taper Service, 1616 Eye St. N. W., Washington 6, D. C., to answer questions pertaining to serv icemen and veterans. These questions will be answer**! in this column if ad dressed as above. No replies can be made by mail, bug this paper will print answers to all questions received. Q. I am a discharged soldier and trying to get the GI loan. I first tried to get it to buy sheep, hut was advised to buy a farm. They said they weren't loaning money for farms as land had gone too high. I tried again for the sheep loan and they said I had to own a farm first. I know lots of boys getting this loan to buy trucks. How can I get this loan and do I have to get tt at this bank?—E. A. G., Alamosa, Colo. A. There are many GIs in your shoes. Under the present regulations, you may go to any bank, building and loan or other lending institution which is mak ing these GI loans. It is up to the lending institution to approve the loan. If it does, then the Veterans Administration will guarantee the 16an on homes or farms up to 50 per cent of the loan or up to $4,000. On busi ness loans, the guarantee only goes up to $2,000. You must first obtain a certificate of eligi bility which is a summary of your service record. This is countersigned and submitted to the V. A. by the lender. The same provisions apply in the purchase of either a farm or live stock and then the law provides the lender consider these two things: (1) that the ability and are such there is a reasonable : likelihood that he will be sue- ? cessful and, (2) that the pur chase price paid does not exceed ) a reasonable value as determined [ by proper appraisal. It is ap parently up to the lending insti- ' tution to determine whether un- » der these conditions the veteran . is a good risk. It is conceded that, based on normal values, land in many sections of the - country is too high at this time T for economical purchase. You 1 might try at another lender. | Q. My son is with the mer- . chant marines and has served .! over two years in the South Pa- ! eifle and the Atlantic. How many ) months sea duty is required and do they receive honorable dis- ‘ charge?—Mrs. E. F. F., Omaha, Neb. A. Service in the merchant ma rine is voluntary and any sea- i man can leave at any time he ; desires. However, if your son , is of draft age, he must serve • for not less than 32 months after . May 1, 1940, and must have spent,, 75 per cent of that time in ac- ; tive service and have received . his War Shipping certificate, oth erwise he would be eligible for draft in the armed services. Q. In February, 1943, I en listed in the WACCs, served six ; months, given an honorable dis- . charge. Was told when enlist ing we would hare all benefits of G.I. • I understand the gov ernment says we have no bene fits, hospital, sickness, bonus, etc. Which is correct?—R. M. J., Platteville, Colo. A. The Veterans’ administra tion says those who served in the WAACs are entitled only to experience of the veteran and j hospitalization and burial allow- uature of the proposed operation j anee. compete. for probational appointment and In addition to the prize offered enable the Veterans Admini- by the local Auxiliary, each De- filiation to continue the staffing partment will be awarded The its enlarging organization. World Book Encyclopedia, and the 1 This applies to all departments National award will be one hun- of the veterans Administration dred dollars. j wherever located in the States of The title of the essay is “Ameri- Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South can Citizens—Our Responsibilit es - ^' aro 4h a and Tennessee. —Our Privileges.’ New Books In making such appointments ,the yeterans Adnftnistration will The students of the High School adhere to the qualification stand- are enjoying the sixteen new: ards for .positions prescribed by books that have been received in Commission, and applications the library. More new books will | win be considered in the following; be aded to our list soon. 1P ' order: U) From persons entitled to ten-point military preference. (2) From persons entitled to five- point military service. (3) From former Federal employees. (This ^fxs. Porn Teacher The faculty and students of the High School welcome Mrs. George Dorn as the new teacher to take _ . ^ _ the place of Mr. Andrews who re-' ^ 0U P wiH be considered to ineluae signed to accept a position in Co- all former employees of the exe- lumbia cutive branch of the Federal gov ernment, the General Accounting Weiner Roast Office, the Government Printing The J. H. A. girls oi McCormick 0ffice> the Administra ti V e Office High School, under the direction of the United States courts, and of Miss Rucker, had a we ^® r j the District of Columbia Govern- roast at the community house Fn-' ment ) (4) From non _ pr e fe rence night ' _ W J G p ay " | appl'cants who are not former Federal employees. I These positions will be ing games and dancing. X For Jobs In The Vet erans Administra- tempo- rary in tenure, pending plans for the announcement of examina tions for probational appoint ments to be announced by the . . , .„.• Commission. tlUn Apply Ulrect: During this period of temporary j appointments the Civil Service I Commj'ssion will assist the Veter- Veterans and others desiring ans Administration by conducting Federal employment with the periodic post-audits of the Ad- Veterans Administration should ministration’s files, apply direct to the Veter-! Regional Director Myers stated, ans Administratino Offices, j that 26,660 veterans — including This announcement was made wives of disabled veterans or wid- today by Mr. O. E. Myers, Regional [ C ws of veterans—were appointed Director, Atlanta, of the United to positions with the Federal gov- Statcs Civil Service Commission, r eminent in the five states men- and Mr. John M. Slaton, Jr., At- tioned above and Puerto Rico in lanta, Deputy Administrator of the the calendar vear of 1945 Veterans Administration. Until persons lnt Ls t ed in employ- such time as the Civil Service | ment wlth the Veterans Acimlni . Commission can establish lists for stratlon £hould ap p ly dlrect t0 probational appointments it has thejr nearest 0{fice for ^,0^. isruedto the Veterans Administra- tion and a pp llcaUo ns and NOT to director of the ticn temporary authority to recruit the United States civil Service and employ their own personnel, commission Essay Contest .This cooperative plan will enable The American Legion Auxiliary the Civil Service Commission to X- Rural community progress comes weiner roast which is to be at the is sponsoring an essay contest in devote all of its resources to the Painting the home and the barn from hearty fellowship of worth- Lake Friday night, March 1st. , which all pupils of Junior and announcement of examinationr. helps also to preserve the owner’s [while leadership. _ _ j Reporter, Betty Widencamp. Senior High School are eligible to and the establishment of registers self-respect.