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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946 Number- 40* i' w 1 i iA Washington, D. a (NWNS).— As Canada's investigation of its atomic spy ring progressed and rumors persisted that ramifica tions of the case extended to the U. S., Secretary of State Byrnes sought to reassure Americans that this country alone still held the all-important secret of manu facturing the A-bomb. At the same time, Byrnes took pains to deny charges that the state department bad interfered with the FBI's probe of an atomic spy ring' in the U. S. to avoid giving offense to Russia. Capitol insiders supported Byrnes* public reassurances, scoffing at reports that a Rus sian agent had been permitted to leave a west coast port with a suitcase loaded with atomic in formation, since plans for all phases of A-bomb development would weigh many tons. In siders also scotched a story that the FBI had been compelled to release another Red operative in New York City, declaring that the G-men lacked sufficient eyi : dence to hold the man. Meanwhile, close observers anxiously awaited the effect of the Canadian investigation upon the v already strained British- Russian relations. Though open ly admitting that its military at tache had collected atomic in formation from Canadians prior to his recall; Russia sought to minimize the incident by accus ing the dominion of trying to divert attention from Commu nist championing of the cause of independence for subject peo ple. * Weighed with the delicate in ternational situation and an' all- out legislative fight for his liberal domestic program. President Truman was further harassed by the tension within his own party over his stubborn espousal of Edwin W. Pauley's nomination tot under-secretaiy of the navy. Personal loyalty long has been one of Harry Truman’s outstand ing virtues,, but in this case party stalwarts believe that he may have carried his fealty too far. Continuing to back Pauley in the face of former Secretary of the Interior Ickes* charges that the big Californian had proposed raising $300,000 for the 1944 Democratic war cheat ii the government would drop its ef forts to gain title over under water oil lands, the politicos fear the President ia providing the Republicans with damaging campaign ammunition. Calling upon Pauley himself to quit, Sen. Tom Stewart (Dem., Ky.) declared: "We have had one Teapot Dome experience in this country, and I hope we do hot have another one. You can not mix oil, water and poli tics. . »» With the objection of state rightists met by eliminating the U. S. education commissioner’s supervision over administration of the act, the house passed the 50 'million dollar school lunch program by a top-heavy vote of 275 to 101 and sent it to the sen ate. Elimination of the disputed feature of the bill came after heated debate during which the state rightists declared that U. S. supervision would create a new bureaucracy and open the door to federal control of edu* cation. Plum Branch School ■ News Typhoid Clinic Miss Gertrude McGrath, county icalth nurse, will begin a typhoid ;Unic at Plum Branch school on March 15 at 2:15 p. m. Everyone n the community is urged' to co- jperate in immunizing „our peo ple against typhoid fever. ' Forestry Contest The County Ranger, Mr. Sharp en, came to our school and coh- iucted a quiz on forestry. Six pupils were in the contest. He rave prizes to the first three win- lers. They were Betty Ann Lang- ey, Nell White, Charley Ann Miner. By Doris Shrine. Chapel Rev. Foster Speer conducted :hapel this week. v He read the .welfth chapter of Acts, and told j is the story about Saint Peter. 1 [hen he told a favorite iairy tale o us. We were happy to have ilm eat lunch with us. Nell White. English Contest The sixth and seventh grades vrote human interest stories a- >out the'lUnch room program. Our eacher offered two prizes for the test. Out of town judges chose he two best stories. The prizes trere awarded to Marjorie Willis, .nd Dot Wall. By Dorothy Ann Strother. Primary News Miss McGrath visited our third ;rade health class. She checked ach child, then she let us knowj rtiat each one should weigh. We /111 try to gain what we need be- ore school closes. Miss McGrath will check us a- ain the last week of school. By Bobbie Langley, 3rd Grade. Lunch Guest Miss Gertrude McGrath, county icalth nurse, ate lunch with us ist Tuesday. Clean Plate Honor Roll Julian Chandler, Janice Cole- lan, Dannie Reynolds, Joyce table, Joe Brown, Helen Bodie, teorge Earl Parks, Bill Morgan, fargie Brown, Winky Langley, largaret White, Jean Wilkie, Ray- Honorable Discharges ARMY Pvt. William P. Parks, Sr., en tered service Apr. 18, 1945, dis charged July 30, 1945. Served with 38th Engineer Training Bat talion, Army Service Forces Train ing Center. Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Blackwell, entered service March 31, 1943, discharged Feb. 26, 1946. Battles and campaigns, Luzon. Wears Combat Infantry Badge, Distin guished Unit badge, American 'theatre ribbon, APT Service medal, Good Conduct medal, Philippine Liberation medal and Victory medal. Served with 128th Infan try, 32nd Division. Pvt. John M. Lindley, entered service Oct. 10, 1942, discharged Feb. 19, 1946. Wears American Theatre Service ribbon and Vic tory medal. Served with 1060th AAF Base Unit. NAVY Robert Lawrence Self, Radio man 3-c, entered service Dec. 14, 1943, discharged Jan. 13, 1946. Served with USS Goshen. Wears American Area Campaign medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal 1 star, and Victory medal. X Fellowship Meeting At High School Building Sunday Come to the high school build ing Sunday, March 10th, at 3 p. m. for a fellowship meeting; good singing and preaching. Everybody welcome. The Church Of God, Rev, J. E. Sechrest, Pastor. mond White, Emajane Miner, Eu gene Findley, Ellen White, Bobbie Langley, Sallie Leverett, Lila Gable, Larry Bowick, Elise Lang ley, Sonny Wall, Joanne Seigler.j Jean Creswell, Jo Miner, Shirley' Wall, Sara Freeland, Emogene Jennings, Vera Gable, Betty Annej Lagley, Millie Wall, Melvin Finley, Doris Shrine, Marjorie Willis. j Robert A. Smith Claimed By Death Robert A. Smith, age 74, died at his home here Tuesday morning following a long period of ill health. Funeral services were conducted at the graves’de in the Troy Ceme tery Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’ clock. Rev. R. E. Huey, pastor of the Troy Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, officiated. Mr. Smith was born in Germany but came to South Carolina when a small boy. His wife, Dolly Bowick Smith, died 17 years ago. Surviving are 4 sons: Will Smith, Tampa, Fla.; Johnnie Smith, Greenwood; Erwin Smith, Nash ville, N. C., Robert Smith, Jr., McCormick; 3 daughters: Miss Annie Mae Smith, McCormick; Miss Rebecca Smith, Asheville, N. C., Mrs. Rallie Turnage, McCor mick; and a number of grand children. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. x Callison News County Teachers’ Meeting Held Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cameron called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Langley Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Jordan and children, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith and son of Lyman, and Mr. and Mrs. William Burnett of Greenwood spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Burnett. The Rev. R. M. Tucker of Re- hoboth was supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lockaby Sunday night. Mrs. Furman Witt, Mrs. Kate Witt and Mrs. Effie White called in the home of Mrs. E. M. W tt and family Sunday afternoon. T. J. Alton celebrated his 80th birthday last Friday in his home. Visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Dorn, Mrs. LeGrande Burnett and son, Mrs. Mag Agnew, Miss Thelma Agnew and Mrs. Carol Clegg. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Henderson and daughter called to see Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dorn Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Revis Funderburke have moved into an apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Hinton. M. C. Byrd continues ill at his home. The McCormick County Teach ers’ Association met in the Mc Cormick High School auditorium on Wednesday, February 27, with a good attendance, including a number of visitors. Miss Helen Bradley, of the Mc Cormick Grammar School, who had charge of the program, introduced Miss Ophelia Hardy, teacher of public school music in the Ninety Six Schools. After giving an in teresting discussion of her work, Miss Hardy presented several of her pupils in a program of music which consisted of selections by the toy orchestra and members of the Glee Clubs. Dr. James H. Hayne of the State Board of Health was present and spoke briefly of his work. Fol lowing this his assistant, Mr. Powell, showed films of the actual work being done in our state. During the business session the following were appointed to nomi nate officers for the coming year: Miss Helen Bradley, Mrs. Elsie Chandler, and Miss Thelma Alex ander. At the conclusion cf the meet ing the McCormick Grammar School teachers served refresh ments. The next meeting of the associ ation will be held with the Plum Branch School in April. X Joint Exams For DPW & UC Positions Protect Woodlands, Harvest Them Wisely Clemson, Mar. 2. — Point 10 in the 1946 Peacetime Agricultural Program for South Carol’'na states: “Take care of the farm woodlands, and do a better job in marketing the products.” Pre cautionary steps should be taker to protect farm woodlands, says Ray Orr, Clemson assistant exten sion forester, because the recon version period is going to make a big drain on the farm timber. Woodland should be treated just like cropland, and the products harvested in such a way that the woods continue to be productive. Mr. Orr advises woodland owners to start harvesting products when he stand of timber is young and ‘ake cut the crooked, diseased, and undesirable trees for use as fuelwood or pulpwood. Then, af ter a few years, owners could take out more trees to sell for poles, piling, etc. More mature trees could later be cut for sawtimber. Carrying out these operations would open the stand and make way for young trees that would continue to provide for profitable cuttings. In selling forest products, farmers should ahop around to get he best prices. There are now several agencies in the state which can help farmers with forest problems. Wood owners taking advantage of their services can learn what forest products to sell at the best prices. County agents or district forest ers can give detail information in regard to selling farm timber. The Merit Council announces open competitive examinations for typists and stenographic positions in the South Carolina Unemploy ment Compensation Commission, acccrd*'ng to announcement re leased today by E. H. Bradley, Merit Supervisor for that Agency. The examinations, Mr. Bradley stated, will be held jointly with the South Carolina Department of Public Welfare, and will be ad ministered by Dr. Daniel, Super visor for- the DPW. Those de siring to compete in these exam inations are requested to apply for further information and for of ficial application forms to Merit Supervisor, 219 Education Build ing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Unemplyoment Compensation positions for which examinations are announced, and the minimum and maximum salary ranges for the positions are as follows: Ty pist, $117.50-162.50; Stenographer, $117.50-162.50; Senior Stenog rapher, $140.-185; Principal Ste nographer, $170-215. Normally, appointments to po sitions are made at the minimum range of the position, but during the emergency, the Supervisor ex plained, appointments for typists Ed. Note: This neivspnper has ar ranged with the If ashington Bureau of National Weekly Newspaper Service, 1616 Eye St. N. W., Washington 6, D. to answer questions pertaining to serv icemen and veterans. These questions will be answered in this columry 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 two sons by a for mer marriage, aged 11 and 13. My second husband was drafted and served several months be fore I received my allotment. At first we got $70, then $100 per month. We both signed pa pers for a divorce In March, 1945. In Colorado a divorce is not final for six months, so I accepted the allotment. When the divorce was final, the allot ments came three payments more. 1 kept writing my hus band to stop it. Recently the Office of Dependency Claims in Newark, N. J., informed me I had been overpaid $900. Do I have to refund any allotment money sent me in this case?— Mrs. V. L., Englewood, Colo. A. This is a legal case and should be adjudicated under the law. However, I can give you the broad army policy govern ing such cases. Generally speak ing, if there is no alimony granted by the court, then the dependent is not entitled to al lotment after the divorce. If alimony is granted in reason able amounts, the army pays the amount of the alimony. So, generally speaking, you would not be entitled to allotment aft er your divorce became final if you received no alimony. Q. Our son will have been in the service three years the 13th of March and overseas since the first of last April. His father and I are old and dependent up- r on him but he never put us down ' as dependents. If he is not now eligible for discharge, could we ^ get him home on a dependency- claim?—Mrs. R. A. H., Coolidge r ! Ariz. t A. If your son is in the army * he likely will be home by April 1 30, this year. If he wishes, hr could ask for discharge as a "hardship” case due to your de pendency, but he would lose his mustering-out pay. Q. My former husand is now discharged from the army, ft was awarded $50 monthly sup port for our daughter. I did not get this alimony. Should I have-: made application to his com manding officer? Is there any thing 1 can do now?—L. E., Oma ha, Neb. ' v A. The war department says they have no authority to force a veteran to pay alimony. You have k . the same recourse as any civil- k ian under the law. Q. Does a serviceman’s wife s count 12 points toward his dis- »’ charge? Also is he given two , points a month for overseas serv— ■ ice?—Mrs. R. D., Cambridge,* Neb. : A. No. The army awards 12 . points for each child under 18 - years old, but on not more than three. One extra point per month is given for overseas serv- ice. Q. Can you give me any in formation in regard to the USS Oberrender (DE-344) and how . many times was it damaged?— J. F., Cambridge, Vt. A. The USS Oberrender ha* been stricken from the list a* inactivated. The navy has nr* information on how many time* she was hit. 1946 Crop Insurance Program All-risk cotton crop insurance is available to you on your 1946 cot on crop. This insurance is offer ed by the Federal Crop Insurance 5k>rporation to all cotton fanners. The insurance contract, among other things, gives the farmer a ^.ho'ce of covering his crop up to 75 per cent of the average yield or up to 50 per cent of the average yield of lint cotton. Your County AAA Committee is providing convenient means for you to get additional information either at the County AAA- Office, ">r by seeing one of the crop in surance agents appointed by the county committee. If you desire cotton crop insur ance contract must be signed prior to your planting cotton or can see the increase is relative^ *. mnior one,” he pkfinted out, add ing that the! slight adjustment, should aid considerably in e— qualizing our stabilization struc ture. The official emphasized thniL the necessary adjustment tp hf£ announced later, would not iisgft- cate a general “break-through!” im the price line. “There have mid ways been provisions in OPA rej&c— latiohs for necessary price adjext— ments,” he explained, reaffirmtigs; previous Statements that the xkw wage-price policy will not mean *t general increase in the cost afl; foods, clothing, rents and bosje furnishings. “These are essential items in oxer daily life, making up the raatfar part of our cost of living,” be «x— plained. “On them the price 2eHx; must and will be held.” Pine Increase Spurs Production— OPA’s recent increase of $3’^2& per thousand board feet in ixtfBS. piameu, , before April 10, 1946, whichever is and stenographers in UC positions! he earlier date, are being made with a beginning' We urge you to take advantage ceiling for southern pine lumber' salary of $132.50. I° f the opportunity to insure your Those passing examinations for I investment in a 1946 cotton crop ihe above positions will be placed in rank order on registers to be used by both the Department of Public Welfare and the Unemploy ment Compensation Commission. Application to stand these ex aminations must be made on the official form provided for that purpose and these completed forms must be in the hands of the Su pervisor on or before April 1, 1946. These forms and other informa tion may be secured from the of fices of the Department of Public Welfare throughout the State, or they may be obtained directly from the office of the Merit Su pervisor, 219 Education Building, University of South Carolina, Co lumbia, S. C. and to assure yourself that you should stimulate production of fcfaes lumber urgently needed in housing*; will have an income from such? crop regardless of possible dis aster to the crop. H. M. Freeland, Chairman, McCormick County A. C. A. Buffalo Grange To Meet March 14th The Buffalo Grange will meet Thursday night, March 14th, at 7:15 o’clock at the Buffalo school house. S. L. Britt, Master. construction, E. H. Talbert, O&A. District Director in Columbia, said today. As a result of this price incan?- tive, this year’s production of: southern pine lumber is expertefc? to be at least 1,500,000,000 board!! iiT* i feet greater than the 1945 output.. Weekly Koundup Ol Mr. Talbert declared. OPA PrW Npwe : Stresslng the importance of S' - '-'•L -L lie.wo creasing home construction, the 1 price official pointed to National Sugar Stamp No. 39 — expires Housing Agency estimates tha& April 30. *show a critical need in 1947 for* Meat Price Increase Expected 12> 810,000 housing units, both ur- Slight— jban and rural. Plans now beiocc The recent wage and salary in- ma de, he said, call for starts creases approved for the meat! cons t ruc tion on 2,700,000 of tbesc? packing industry will have com- (much . ne eded homes this year aiMfl paratively little effect on the av- next erage family’s cost of living, OPA. ’ District Director E. H. Talbert I “ tnese Domes are omit, «<■ ., . , r . r- rt i„v«Kio .must first have the lumber an& ' The wage boosts will'admittedly' other material wtth which »o buifc* have “some effect” on retail meat' them,” Mr. Talbert said. “QPAS. prices, Mr. Talbert said, but pre-'* doing everything possible tc» dieted that the retail increase spur the production of esseatiaU probably would not exceed 1 1-2 building materials, and will sec"*’ per cent. ' that they reach the market at. “Since this would add but 15 reasonable prices so the averce^: cents to a $10.00 meat bill, you family can afford to build.”