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% » TO OU.KSELVKS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 Number 48 WASHINGTON. D. C. — Itch ing to get througn with the af fairs of state in order to devote their time to the more personal affairs of electioneering, it looks as though congressmen will vote for a prolonged adjourn ment to begin early in July. If they do, there is no .question that many legislative matters, supposedly of major importance, will be side-tracked indefinitely. The senate is apt to use op considerable time discussing the highly controversial is sue of the 3,750 million dol lar loan to Britain. On this issue the Republicans are widely split, the two nominal leaders of the party having very different views. Sena tor Vandenberg has en dorsed the loan, while Sena tor Taft has asked that the loan be voted down bnt that an outright gift of 1,250 mil lion dollars be made to the ] j| British to be used specifical ly for the purchase of Ameri can goods. The senate has yet to take .up the bill for the extension of price control whjph, because of , the public interest in it, is like- • ly to develop into a major bat- , tie. Since the OPA will fold up ■ on June 30 unless a measure to continue it has been enacted, ] there is the possibility that it ! will automatically die. The house already has passed an • OPA extension measure, which OPA officials say contains so many curbs that it could not function. If the senate should pass a more lenient bill, there is expected to be great difficulty in arriving at a conference • measure which would be agree able to both houses. ' The Case labor control bin is apt to be one which will i be side-tracked since most senators are not anxious to debate this measure preced ing an election. However, considerable pressure is be- * ing brought to force a labor bill to the floor. If the pub lic becomes sufficiently \ aroused over the coal strike, i the railroad strike, or other > major strikes which may de velop between now and June, other measures may ) be put aside to take action on labor problems. It seems unlikely now that ] congress will take any final action on the super-security and health insurance bill, the mini mum wage measure (which has passed the senate but made no . progress in the house), or un- . employment compensation. t The veteran’s housing meas- f ure, a form of which has passed each house but must be 1 rewritten in conference, prob- f ably will be worked out before ’» the session closes, although it is k possible, because of the long- • range problems involved in vet- ; erans’ housing, that even this j measure will be left hanging in • the air when congressmen de- i cide that they must get back to t their home stamping grounds. Plum Branch School Nows * Visitors ic s folKWlng "people were visi tors to our school this week: Mrs. Hate Brown, Mrs. Alma Creigh ton, Mrs. E. M. Winn, Mr. Brant, Mr. Speer and others. ^ Locust We found some pretty locust in the woods. I brought some of them to school. They are large and fly shaped. They have red. bead-like eyes, with two pairs of lacy wings. They buzz louder than bees. We liked watching the lo cust. Some of my friends and my teacher thanked me for bringing the locust to school. Vera Gable, 7th grade. A Rainy Day When it rains I read or write. I like to pick roses when they are wet, because they are so pretty. Today when it was raining I wa5 reading my sister’s ' history nook. Mother was coming in from milk ing the cows. My sister was stand ing out in the rain. The ram was falling so pretty. Lila Bell Gable, Grade 3. A Rainy Day I like rainy days. When it rains Honorable Discharges —*— ARMY . T-5 Ralph E. Brown, entered service April 20, 1944, disenarged April 19, 1946. Battles and cam paigns, Central Europe. Wears American Theatre Service medal SAME Service medal with bronze star. Good Conduct medal and Victory medal. Served with 307th Airborne Medical Company Pfc. Eugene S, Richardson, en tered service Jan. 8, 1941, dis charged June 25, 1945. Battles and campaigns, Northern France, Normandy, and Ardennes. Wears Good Conduct medal, American Defense Service ribbon, EAMET ribbon with 3 bronze stars and Bronze Star medal. Served with 2i'.h Field Artillery Battalion. NAVY William Ralph Willis, Pharma cist’s Mate 2nd class, entered ser vice Aug. 11, 1943, discharged May 3, 1946. Served with U. S. Naval Hos., Navy Yard, S. C., and U. S. Nav. Per. Sep. Cen., Jacksonville Fla. Walter Virgil Wall, entered ser vice Dec. 28, 1943, discharged May 6, 1946. Served with PSC, Jack sonville, Fla., and RS, Key West. Fla. MARINES Cpl. Samuel N. Walker, entered everything gets wet. Some people service Ma y 1 * 1942, discharged don’t like rainy days. When it April 30, 1946. Served in Asiatic- rains it washes our car off clean I like to smell the rain it the sum mer. It smells fresh. Edward Strother, Grade 3. Pacific Area. Participated in the invasion of Guam, participated aganist enemy forces at Iwo Jima, also in the landing and occupation of Kyushu, Japan. I day. Gable, George Earl The Story of My Teeth I brush my teeth every ^ M Julian chandlerf You do not have to use tooth Parks, Bill Margie t .. . . t .. Brown, Winky Langley, Jean paste, salt and soda is better than Wilkie Mar g are t White, Howard tooth paste. I go to the dentist whlte L uther three times a year. The dentist Woods Calvln Woods Ethel fills my teeth if they need it. One Woods time I went to the dentist and he pulled four teeth. He told me to come back and he would pull two more that needed it. Mary Ann Winn, 4th grade. Clean Plate Honor Roll Bettye Anne Langley, Rose Marie Creswell, Marjorie Willis, Dorothy Ann Strother, Eugene Finley, Edward Strother, Ellen White, Bobbie Langley, Lila Gable,; Primary News We brought some trucks and tractors to school. We made a long highway. We put topsoil on our road and made a good bridge too. We had fun building roads. Howard White, second grade. Items of Interest Jean Creswell spent the week end in McCormick with her grand mother, Mrs. A. R. Sharpton. A. H. Latimer Claimed By Death Ar hur Hudson Latimer, 67, was found dead in bed at his home here earlv Saturday morning, the victim of a heart attack suffered some time during the night. Funeral services were conducted from the residence of his twin sis ter, Mrs. J. E. Bradley, with whom he made his home, Sunday after noon at 1 o’clock. Dr. L. K. Simp son, pastor of the McCormick Bap tist Church, officiated. Burial followed in the Evergreen ceme tery at Chester at 4:30 p. m. Mr. Latimer was a native of Chester, son of the late Elizabeth Aiken and William A. Latimer. He was graduated from Erskine College, Due West, in 1899 and later from the George Peabody Teachers College, of Nashville, Tenn., having won the South Car- elina scholarship there by compet itive examination. He taught in the Sharon High School, Abbeville and at Camden, later receiving an appointment to the Navy Yard in Charleston. Following 37 years of service there he retired in 1943 as chief of the supply department. Since that time he had made his home in McCormick, where he had en deared himself to many friends and his. sudden passing has cast a pall of sadness over the entire community. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ches ter. Besides Mrs. Bradley, he is sur vived by two brothers, Wm. A. Latimer, Chester, and J. Frank Latimer, of Cythia, Kentucky, an other sister, Mrs. A. J. Bristow, of York, two nephews, Arthur Lati mer Bradley, Supt. Batesburg- Leesville High School, James Britt Bradley, principal Moncks Corner High School, one niece, Mrs. Har old McNeil, Ninety Six. Pallbearers were J. E. Bell, G. E. Campbell, Dr. C. K. Epting, Dr. C, R. Strom, J. F. DillashaW and T. C. Faulkner. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. X Party At Mt. Carmel May 16th The ladies of the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Auxiliary will sponsor a party Thursday evening, May 16, at 7 o’clock at the Mt. Carmel community house, Mt. Carmel. Proceeds will benefit the May Birthday objective. “We will measure your waistline inch by inch, And see that the measure does not pinch. For each small inch you measure round In our Birthday Bank you’ll drop a penny sound. The game is fair, you will admit. ‘Waist’ your money, let us pocket it.” Everyone is invited. X Combine School At Plum Branch May 16 There will be a combine school at Plum Branch Thursday, May 16, 2:30 p. m. for owners and opera tors of Allis-Chalmers Combines. The combine school will be con ducted by agricultural engineers from the Extension Service, Clerpr son College, in cooperation with factory trained representatives. M. A. Bouknight, County Agent. County Democratic Convention Held Monday Morning Officers elected at the McCor mick County Democratic Con vention held in the court house here Monday morning are: J. Fred Buzhardt, re-elected County Chairman, Mrs. C. H. Huguley, elected Vice-Chairman, J. O. Patterson, re-elected Sec retary, H. C. Brown, re-elected State Executive Committeeman, L. L. Hester, re-elected member of the Credentials Committee. Delegates to state convention, with one-half vote each: L. L. Hester, H. C. Brown, J. F. Buzhardt, J. T. Creswell, Dan A. Bell, C. E. Wilkie, A. B. Andrews, R. N. Edmunds. Resolution offered by R. N. Edmunds of Parksville, that citi zens be urged to enroll and vote in both primary and general elec tion was adopted by convention. D. L. Burnett urged convention to demand state legislature to carry out wishes of people regard ing prohibition as expressed by them in 1940 when McCormick County voted dry. Executive committee set 12 o’ clock noon, June 1, as deadline for payment of fees by candidates. X Mother’s Day Service There will be a special Mother’s Day service at the Methodist Church in McCormick Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. An offering will be taken at this ser vice for the Building Fund at Epworth Orphanage. It has be come an established custom for the Methodist people in South Carolina to remember the children at Epworth on Mother’s Day. There is no more Christian way to do our mothers honor than to do something for those who have no mother. Let us all bring a sacrifi cial gift to the altar of the church Sunday for these children. May the Spirit of God guide us in this worthy cause. M. E. Boozer, Pastor. Jr*.* Mt. Carmel News Card Of Thanks Emogene Jennings, Jean Creswell, I Betty Ann and Winky Langley Elise Langley, Sonny Wall, Nathan spent the week end at Lowndes- Finley, Joanne Seigler, Helen ville with their grandmother, Mrs. Bodie, Janice Coleman, Joyce Ella Lankford. We wish to express to our neigh bors and other friends our grate- ul and heartfelt appreciation for the many kindnesses shown us at the time of the death of our brother and uncle, Arthur H. Lati mer. We shall treasure in our hearts these deeds of love and sympathy. Mrs. J. E. Bradley, And Family. We are glad to say that Mr. W. H. Horton is slowly improving from a recent illness, but we all hope he will soon be well again. Several Mt. Carmel ladies are planning to attend the meeting of the council at Plum Branch Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 8. Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mrs. Hun ger McKinney were Abbeville visi tors Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Harling of Greenville were welcome guests of Mr. D. W. Harling and Miss Mon- nie Harling. Miss Eliza Covin is making an extended visit to Dr. and Mrs. George Peel in Anderson. Mrs. W. B. Sharp was a recent visitor in Augusta to see Col. W. B. Sharp who is improving nicely in the Oliver Gen. Hospital there. Many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. Hon. and Mrs. Hugh Brown of McCormick worshiped at the A. R. P. Church here Sunday morn ing and were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Pressley of Due West were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson. Rev. Pressley preached at the A. R. P. Church in Mt. Carmel Sun day morning and visited the sick in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Inman Griffin and Miss Louise Griffin of Atlan ta were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney. Mrs. Cecil Gilliam has been a recent visitor in Mt. Carmel. Many friends were delighted to see her Ed. Note: This newspaper has ar ran/ted with the Washington Bureau of National Weekly Newspafter Service, 1616 Eye St. N. W., Washington 6, D. C., to answer questions pertaining to serv icemen and veterans. These questions will be answered 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. Denver is to have a small colony of prefabricated houses as rentals for veterans. To whom should we apply for this type of housing? How about the monthly rental? — Coloradoan, Denver, Colo. A. Suggest you contact your Veterans’ Committee of the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars, or the Denver Chamber of Commerce. The FHA in Denver also might give you some information. Q. I would like to know where the USS Red Star is and when it will return to the States. My brother is on the ship and does not receive his mail.—E. M. C., Denver, Colo. A. The navy says the USS Red Star left Kagoshima, Japan, April 15, for Eniwetok in the Mar shall Islands. There is no date upon her arrival in the U. S. Q. Where is the USCGC Ing ham and when is it scheduled to return home? — G. L. H., St. Louis. A. The coast guard cutter Ing ham has been in New York since January 6, 1946. Q. Can you give me any in formation about my son? He is with the 126th Infantry, 32nd Red Arrow division and was listed to be back in the States in March. Do you know if they have sailed yet? A. I can only tell you that the army reports the 32nd Division was inactivated in Japan in Feb ruary. Unless he was trans ferred to another unit, he should have been returned to th»-coun try. Q. Can yon tell me when my husband will be home? He has been In service two years and has 36 points. We have a little boy he has never seen. He is now in Tientsin, China.—Mrs. W. E. y Denver, Colo. A. Men with 24 months service should be home by June 30. Q. My husband went into the army in August, 1944, and over seas in December, 1944. He is with the 3rd army, 242nd Rain bow division. He has 31 points as of September 2. How much longer will it be before he arrives in the States? Have I the right as wife of a S/Sgt. to join him if he is not to be discharged in . the length of six months?—Mrs. R. H. S., Maxton, N. C. A. He will hot have had two j years service until August, 1946, i and length of service for dis- j charge beyond June 30 has not} been determined by the army, j You might be permitted to join him if he requests it of his com- ! manding officer. \ Q. My son is in Austria with ; the Rainbow division. He had ■ 55 points but didn’t get his . bronze star in time to come with the 55-point boys. Said he would . come with the 50-point boys. He was with a medical battalion. Can you tell me when he is com ing home?—Anxious, Los Angeles, * Calif. A. Generally speaking, all 55- • point men have been returned to t this country, but since your son , is in a medical battalion, there t may be some reason why his > . discharge has been held up un- ’ less he has expressed a desire ; to remain overseas. Q. My boy has been overseas 23 months in the 8th air force, ‘ quartermaster department. Since , the close of the war he has been shifted from place to place till now, or a month' ago he was in ‘ Illesheim, Germany, wrecking planes. He has 54 points and 23 months overseas. When should he be home?—H. W. G., Yoder, Colo. A. He should be home by June ’ 30, unless for some reason, such ‘ as replacements, he has been ' held up for a time. To Mrs. H. L. D., Toshes, Va. —A lady from Virginia, I be- ’ lieve, asked where Company 2,1 9th infantry, was fighting on the 26th at August, 1944, when ^ her son was killed. I was in th*_ engineer combat diyfefem whk*- ’ supported the 9lh infantry ' through World War II, and Um» whole 2nd infantry division, 9th. ‘ 23rd, 38th infantry regiment* • and supporting units, were fight ' ing for the great seaport anJ! fortress city of Brest, France. remember well because I wmr' wounded in the battle <yn the 24ffr • of August, 1944. If permissible^ you can pass this hfformatiow t on to the lady.—M/Sgt. Austin^ Fonteqot, Squadron A., 1621 AA^i base unit, Barksdale Field, La* again. ' Mr. Ernest Boazman of Verdery was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McAllister last Saturday. Mate Pat Hester is enjoying a nice rest at his home here. Mrs. Epting and Mrs. Clveland of Red Cross were business visitors ;n Mt. Carmel recently. Mrs. J. B. Curtis and family vere delighted Saturday evening when Jackie DuBose reached home at last and visited his grand mother Saturday night. Miss Jane Halliday of Mexico, now a student in Erskine College, Due West, S. C., was a welcome guest of Misses Florence and Susie Patterson Sunday. Miss Hai- liday is the talented daughter of Rev. who and again on Day, on V-B Day, V-J Day. Eyes were full .of tears on those occasions because hearts yearned over and for those boys far away from home. Eyes were wet on this occasion too but because hearts were overflowing with grati.ude to God that these boy* and all the others had been spared to again come home. As each man’s name was called a flower was pinned on him, be^ speaking love and appreciation for the service he had given and was still giving. As all these boys stood together the pastor lod a. prayer of thanksgiving and dedi cation. Dr. Simpson read Psalm 46 and and Mrs. Chisholm Halliday. the subject of his sermon was have been missionaries in “The Threat to Peace.” Confusion Mexico for quite a while and are and strife, strikes, un-American doing a fine work over there in activities, ungodly homes and preaching the gospel and drawing schools, crime, divorce, unwhole- the. people to God. X- Special Service . For Servicemen Dr. L. K. Simpson, pastor of the McCormick Baptist Church, told the large group of returned veter ans and servicemen present at the special service held in their honbr Sunday morning, of how the pray ers of the local church people had followed them, continuously. He expressed humble gratitude to God especially for bringing the 70 odd whose names are on the local church roll, safely through with so few suffering bodily wounds. some pleasure devices, and loose morals were listed as some of these threats. “Crime stalks through our lancTnke a black robed monster seeking to devour whom he may, and irreverence like a hideous » monster grins up in the face of God”, he said. He called upon these men and all present to dedicate their manhood and womanhod to the Cause of Christ, who is the only hope for bringing the world out of this chaotic crisis. "The soil is the foundation of the farm family’s living. How w 11 it yields will depend on how well you treat it. Your soil is your He reminded them of the special (bank account. Build it up.’ services held in the church on “D”jUSDA. _ j