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TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
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Forty-Fourth Year
R^.kH.h^t June S, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946
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Washington, D. C. (NWNS). —
Our problems with Russia have
over-shadowed all other issues in
the capital ever since Winston
Churchill cited what he believes
are the dangers of Russian ag
gression and called for a mili
tary alliance between the United
States and Great Britain.
Until then the word “war”
Was not mentioned-except in
hush-hush conversations, but
new yon hear it^on nll sides.
Net that most, responsible
government officials predict
war or expect war, bnt they
have decided that the causes
of friction between Rossis
and our country most be
openly discussed. General
opinion seeip* to be that Ros
sis will work with the other v
, nations and bold to her non
aggression agreements when
1 we call her bluff, bnt not
before.
It seems to be the opinion of
state department officials that
Rus&ia is blhffing — that she is
going to carry on an expansion
! program if she can get away
with it, but Will back down quick
ly if it comes to a showdown.
• Those who know conditions in
. Russia say that Russia is in no
position to fight a major war and
that Russia would not consider
' war as a means of carrying out
I her aims.
But the subject is expected to
be an extremely touchy one for
months to come and wilf definite
ly influence legislation now be-
: fore congress. For one thing,
congress is now almost unani
mous against sharing the se
crets of the atomic bomb where
as a few months ago there were
many congressmen who favored
this plan. It is also expected, be- j
cause of the war talk, that selec- >
tive service will be continued and i
major efforts will be made to
strengthen our armed forces. ;
Legislation for compulsory mili- '
tary training will alio be encour
aged by present conditions.
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Settlement of several of the pa-,
tion’s biggest strikes, including
that of General Motors, has led
Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach to predict that we will soon
have a long period of labor
peace. Indications are that there
will be less strikes and shorter
ones from now on, but there are
still many tiiajor ones being
threatened. However, with a
new settlement formula,-based on
increases of 18% cents an hour,
it appears likely that most
strikes can now be settled quick
ly if both sides agree to that
figure. But there is a real dan
ger that they will not stay set
tled — that there may be a new
epidemic of strikes by next win
ter when production is on a
full scale basis and industry’s
profits begin to rise.-
Labor leaders have given
in on the 18% cent figure,
which they consider a good
increase when it is realized
that peacetime production
has hardly started, but they
haven’t dropped their goal of
30 per cent increases.
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Even if we do have a pe
riod of labor peace, it will
probably be more than a
year before ample supplies
of many needed products are
available to the public. Au
tomobile production is ex
pected to get going rapidly.
Death Claims Miss
Georgia Burkhalter
Funeral services for Miss Geor
gia Burkhalter, 69, who died in a
Columbia hospital Tuesday of last
week, were conducted from the
Rehoboth Baptist Church of which
she was a member, last Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The
Rev. A. D. Croft, her pastor, in as
sociation with the Rev. ' W. E.
Brandt, of Plum Branch, conduct-
ed the rites. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Miss Burkhalter* whs the daugh
ter of the late Dr. Charles M. and
Fannie Mde Hammond Burkhalter,
of old Edgefield County, where she
was bom and reared.
.Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
H. E. Freeland, Ninety Six, Mrs.
Fannie'Mae Parks, Plum Branch,
and Miss Lucile Burkhalter,
Greenville: two brothers, C. M.
Burkhalter, .San Francisco, Cal.,
Willie B. Burkhalter, North Au
gusta.
Pallbearers were E. M. Morgan,
Edward Gilchrist, Julian Wash,
Strom Culbreath, J. E. Winn and
Robert Winn.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge. - ’
F. D. Crawford
Dies Of Burns
Plum Branch School Honorable Discharges
News
Red Cross Drive
The Plum Branch Grammar
School is sponsoring a Red Cross
drive this week. Each child is
bringing as much money as he
can to give to the Red Cross. The
group that gives the largest a-
mount of money will get a half-
holiday. Next week we wm pub
lish the names of those who re
ceive membership cards. *
Visitors
Among the visitors to our school
this week were: Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Brown, Miss Hamnjond, the State
attendance teacher, Mrs. Creigh
ton, Miss Gertrude McGrath, and
others.
Clean Plate Honor Roll -
Joyce Gable, Helen Bodie, Janice
Coleman, Julian Chandler, How
ard White, Raymond White, Mar
garet White, Winky Langley, Jean
Wilkie, George Earl Parks, Jean
Creswell, Elise Langley, Sara Free
land, Joanne Seigler, Doris Rey
nolds, Sonny Wall, Edward Stroth- p _
er,' Emagene Jennings, Bobbie Beneill JraymentS
Langley, Lila Gable, Sallie Leverv, t
ette, Jimmy Dantzler, Emajane DOWIl 111 r* CDrilciry
Miner, Larry Bowick, Robert Lee
Gable, Rose Marie Creswell, Veraj Benefits paid by the South Car-
Gable, Marjorie Willis, Doris olina Unemployment Compensa-
Shrine, Melvin Finley, Millie Wall, j tion Commission during February
Mary Ellen Reynolds, Betty Anne,total $109,196, a decline of $23,509
ARMY
First Lt. Wilbur H. Reames, en
tered service Aug. 24, 1942, re
leased/ from active duty Feb. 17,
1946. Battles and ^.campaigns,
Ryukyus. Wears Asiatic Pacific
Theatre Service medal, American
Theatre Service medal, and Vic
tory medal. Served with 4208th
Quartermaster Service Company.
Cpl. Thomas S. Morrah, entered
service July 29t, 1942, discharged
July 18, 1945. Wears EAMET
Ribbon,, and Good Conduct medal.
Served with 92nd Replacement
Depot. \
NAVY
Elsie Jane Osborne, Radioman
3-c, entered service March 26, 1943,
discharged July 6, 1944.
Charles McCary Osborne, Avia
tion Chief Metalsmith, entered
service Jan. 9, 1940, discharged
T an. 19, 1946. Wears Victory medal,
American Defense, American Area,
Asiatic-Pacific-2 stars, and Good
Conduct medal.
Frank Davis Crawford, 36, died
Monday of bums sustained Sun
day at noon when a five gallon
Union Service At
A. R. P. Church
Next Sunday Ni^ht
The Union Service of the Mc
Cormick Churches will be held
next Sunday night at eight o’clock
at the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian Church. Rev. M. E.
Boozer, pastor of the Methodist
Church, will preach.
It is hoped. that the people of
the community will come out in
large numbers to this service.
L. K. Simpson.
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Mt. Carmel News
Cadet John, McAllister of Clem-
son College was a recent ,week end
visitor at his home here.
Mr. ami Mrs. Ben Harling and
children of Atltanta were recent
week end guests of Miss Monnie
Harling ahd father, Mr. Harling.
All attended the funeral and
burial service for Mr. Newt Har
ling at Bethany Church on Sun
day afternoon. Quite a number of
Mt. Carmel people also attended
the service at Bethany Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beard and
precious little son, William Bar
ron, of Tyler, Tex., are spending
some time with Mrs. Beard’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott sur
prised their son, Mr. Tarrant
Scott, with a birthday dinner
which is his first birthday at
home in four years as he was in
can cf fuel oil exploded ov6r a hot . ,.
cook stove when he attempted to service - “ wa f £ ' ulte a "
rekindle a fire. Funeral services' day and qulte a numbe r o, the
were conducted Tuesday afternoon ! ove<1 ones were present to wish
at 4 o’clock from the St. Paul
Methodist ' Church in Plum
Branch. The pastor, Rev. M. E.
Boozer, was in charge, assisted by
Rev. Foster Speer. Interment
followed in the Plum Branch
cemetery with the following pall
bearers: James M. Strother, J. W/
Bracknell, Raymond McDonald, E.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Black of
Walterboro and Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Key, and attractive little
daughter, Cherry, enjoyed a plea
sant visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Scott Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Frazier and Mrs.
Dora Bryson of Calhoun Falls en-
C. Rice, W. M. Freeland and Roy i°y ed a Peasant day with ,Mrs.
Ida. Black Sunday and worshiped
at the A. R. P. Church in the af-
Strother.
Mr. Crawford and his wife, the
former Miss Frances Reynolds,
were visiting in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Reyn
olds, near Plum Branch. They
had just returned ffom church
services when the accident hap
pened. The house and all its fur
nishings were destroyed by the
fire and his wife and both her
parents were painfully burned a-
bout the hands and head. Mr.
Crawford was rushed to the vet
erans hospital In Augusta where
he died early Monday morning.
He was the son of Mr. , and
Mrs. James S. Crawford of Augus
ta and a veteran of World War II,
having served In the coast guard
for several years.
Besides his parent^ and wife
he is survived by four sisters, Mrs.
John S. Bailey, Jr., and Mrs. John
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. KUngensmith, Mrs.
J. B. Curtis and Miss Juanita
Curtis spent a pleasant day with
Mr. and Mrs. Ben DuBose, Lisbon,
Ga.
Mrs. C. A. Bowyer, Sr., Mrs. C. A
Bowyer, Jr., T-4 John R. Scott anc
Mrs. Scott were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sunday
Mrs. Emma Lanier, Miss Weldon
and Mrs. Bradwell of Calhoun
Falls worshiped at the A. R. P
Church Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. W. B. Sharp and son, Mr.
Billy Sharp, are in Mt. Carmel for
a short while awaiting the arrival
of Col. W. B. Sharp at the hospi
tal. We are glad indeed to say the
Colonel is improving.
Prof. Mark Bradley was a visi
tor in Mt. Carmel Sunday.
Mr. Josh Bradley is visiting in
Ed. Note: This news fra per has at-
ranted with the Washinftton llure.au of
National Weekly News/tuper Service,
1616 Eye St. N. W., Washington 6, D. C.,
to anstver questions pertaining to serv
icemen and veterans. These questions
will be anstvered 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. Is each veteran of World
War 11 entitled to a pension, or
has any provision been made
with referenee to same? Does
the pension apply only to dis
abled veterans drawing disabil
ity pensions at the tiiqe of their
death, or to all the veterans
of World War I?—Mrs. F. H.,
Omaha, Neb.
A. Only veterans of World War
I who were disabled for service
or non-service connected draw
pensions. All World War I vet
erans were awarded a bonus.
Widows of veterans are entitled
to a pension under certain con
ditions.
Q. Can you tell me the where
abouts of a close friend whose
last address was Medical detach
ment, 193rd General Hospital-
Miss R. J. C., Englewood, Calif.
A. The war department says
the 193rd General hospital is in
the European theater and is
scheduled to return home soon.
Q. I would like to know the
whereabouts of a friend of mine
in the navy.' He was called back
to duty from the naval hospital
in Glenwood Springs, Colo.,
some time in October, 1945.—E.
P., Denver, Colo.
A. Suggest you write to the
Bureau of Enlisted Personnel,
Navy Department, Washington
25, D. C.
Q. I would like to know how
soon the 235th Reinforcement
company, 3rd Reinforcement •
pot, would be sent home. My ■
husband is with that depot.—
Mrs. B. L. S., Hutchinson, Kan.
A. We take it you refer to the
235th Replacement company.
This unit is stationed at Mar
burg, Germany. If your husband
has had 2% years of service, he
likely will be home by May 1.
Q. My husband is in Belgium
with the 828th Ordnance Base
depot, Company A. He has 54
points. Can you tell me when
he will return to the U. S. A.?—
Mrs. D. P. K., Thomasville,
N. C.
A. If your husband had 54 .
points as of September 2, 1945,
he should return home or be on
his way home by April 30. The
same answer holds true for the
husband of Mrs. J. C., Earli-
mart, Calif., and for the husband
of Mrs. F. C., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Q. My son was sent to China
sometime in the early fall. I have
not heard from him since the
first part of October. Can you
give me any information as to
where he is at the present time
or other information pertaining
to his company and their duties?
He is with Company E, 5th ma
rines, 1st marine division.—Mrs.
E. A., Greeley, Colo.
A. If he is still with his Com
pany E he is either at Tsin Tsin
or Peiping, China, since the 1st
marines is on duty in these two
towns. Marine headquarters has
no information on when the divi- ,
sion will return home.
Q. Can you tell me where my
brother is? He is with 356th har
bor craft, APO 562. — Mrs. E.
R„ Candor, N. C.
A. The 356th harbor craft ar
rived in New York harbor De
cember 1, 1945.
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798 South Carolina
Veterans Get
Federal Positions
Red Cross Drive
Langley.
More Nature Club Members
under disbursements for January,
a statement issued by the agency
Some of the fourth and fifth revealed. The Commission ex
grades have decided to join the plained that while the decline was
“National Audubon Nature Club”, appreciable, It was mainly due to
We are very interested in our the fact that February was a short
study of science. Our school now month.
has thirty-two members of this The Commission had not com-
club. pleted the compilation of pay
ments to veterans under the Re
adjustment Allowance Act for
February.
Initial claims filed by unem-
We wish to express our deepest' ployed workers under the employ-
appreciation to our friends who ment conpensation law totaled 3,-
worked so faithfully to save our 815, as compared with 3,478 in
home from fire oi> the night of January. The statement showed
March 12. We also sincerely ap- that during February claimants
predate every kindness you have were compensated for 7,745 weeks
Card Of Thanks
A. Whittle, both of Augusta, Mrs.,
W. S. Hansen, Macon, Ga., and , > Greenvllle thls week -
Mrs. Frank K. Bolyard, Mobile,
Ala.; four brothers, Joseph A.
Crawford, Jasper, Fla., T. T. Craw
ford, Watkinsville, Ga., W. S.
Crawford, St. Augustine, Fla., and
Gordon B. Crawford, Jacksonville.
Fla.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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4,223 Bales Of Cotton
Ginned In County
To March 1st
shown us since our misfortune.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Brown.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,
WASHINGTON.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 4,223
bales of cotton were ginned in
McCormidk County from the crop
of 1945 prior to March 1, 1946, as'
of unemployment compensation, as' compared with 3,695 bales for the
compared with 9,400 weeks in Jan
uary.
“We are what sun and winds
and waters make us.”—Walter
Savage Landor.
And the Little Red Hen said:
‘My pedigree is my fortune.”
crop of 1944.
Very respectfully,
J. W. Britt,
Special Agent.
Date 8, 26, 46.
The Red Cross Drive now for
one week has only netted around
$300. McCormick County’s quota
is $1,100.
This means that many people
have not yet made their contribu
tion to this worthy cause.
Even though we are out of war,
thousands of our boys and girls
are still in distant places of ser
vice with the armies of occupation
and the services of the Red Cross
are vital to them. To the millions
of destitute people throughout the
world the Red Cross is an angel
of mercy. This organization stands
ready to cope with any disaster
which might happen right in our
own midst. Won’t you do your
part in helping this great service
to continue?
See the person in your neighbor
hood or contact M. A. Bouknight,
county chairman, and add your
bit to this important work.
798 Veterans in the State of
South Carolina were placed in
Federal Government jobs during
the months, of January and Feb
ruary of this year announced Di
rector O. E. Myers, pf the Fifth
Region of the United States Civil
Service Commission today. There
were 6,378 veteran placements ii
the entire region consisting of the
States of Alabama, Florida, Geor
gia, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Puerto Rico. Largest employer
was the War Department with
2,744 placements.
The Navy Department was sec
ond with 2,229, the Veterans’ Ad
ministration third with 525, while
the Post Office Department was a
large employer with 513. World
War II veterans accounted for 6,-
116 positions, while widows or
wives of disabled World War n
veterans accounted for 47. Vet
erans of other wars filled 195 po
sitions and the widows or wives of
disabled veterans in this group
filled 20 jobs, bringing the two
months total to 6,378. Veterans
or others interested in Federal
employment should apply direct
to the agency or establishmeftt in
which employment is desired; and
not to the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission.
tMcGcfonuek
Farm
By
M. A. Bouknight
Couny Agent
The Annual Twin-State Fat
Cattle Show and Sale will be held
at Smith’s Stock Yard in Augus a*
Ga., Wednesday, April 10, 1946.
Judging will begin at 8 a. m.
and the sale will start at 2 p. m.'
All farmers of McCormick Coun
ty interested in beef cattle are
urged to attend this affair.
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Federal Crop
Insurance / •’
Don’t Get Upset!
Crop Insurance Will
Keep You On Your Feet
Making an easy living on the
farm, if it comes at all, comes only
( after much hard work in estab-
jlishing “permanent farming.”
Why worry all season long about
crop losses which might upset
your plans? Let Federal Crop In
surance take this worry out of
your mind. This all-risk protec
tion in ONE contract insures you
a return from your crop. '
See the McCormick County AAA
office TODAY for insurance on
your cotton crop..
H. M. Freeland,
Chairman, McCormick A. C. A.
What It Does
Protects you against crop dam
age from all natural causes. Tne
contract covers up to a specified
per cent of your normal yield (or
your investment.) When the crop
fails to produce the coverage, you
collect enough to bring your crop
return up to the guaranteed pro
duction.
What It Costs
Premiums are based on records
showing the losses in past years
of growing the insured crop in
this county. Operating expenses
are not included in the - premium
rates. This keeps the rates at a
non-profit level.
Hpw To Get J$
Federal crop insurance can be
obtained from designated agents
and county AAA offices. Applica
tion must be signed before the
crop is planted' or before the
specified closing date, whichever
is earlier.
It is better to have insurance
and not need it than to need it
and not have it.
H. M. Freeland,
Chairman, McCormick Co. A.
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