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TRUE TO OUKSELVKS. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Fourth Year
Established June 5, 1902 * McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946
Number 1
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j Washington, D. iNWNS)—
; Labor leaders, led by John L.
\ Xjewis, have finally brought upon
themselves legislation which will
t curb them much more than they
' have ever been curbed before.
; The senate, stirred up by public
• opinion,* has at last agreed that
it must do something—and the
^ house is now in a mood to ap-
, prove any curbs which get
v through the senate.
Although the new legisla-
' tion is not basic, and does
< not\ establish a new govern
ment labor policy, it should
realize that -the public wel
fare still comes first with
■v our government. It should
also convince them of the
fact that public opinion is
' still the strongest force in
• America—and that they can-
< not hope, in the long run, to
< put over any programs
which are opposed by the
public.
John L. Lewis’ attempt to
force employers to hand over
: health and medicine funds to
unions has been thoroughly
quashed by congress. Even the
majority of pro-labor members
of congress balked at the idea
of permitting a union to tax em
ployers. Congress has made it
clear that whenever there is new
taxing to be done it wants those
taxes to flow to the public treas
ury.
Congress, because of its de
sire to close up for the summer,
is not expected to try during this
session to revise the Wagner act,
but unless the labor-manage
ment picture is a lot brighter by
next fall, complete revision of
this Iqw is anticipated. The Wag
ner act, originally passed for the
i>urcc*c
s. rg
peace, is now considered by
many congressmen to have been
one of the chief factors in en
couraging the strike epidemic.
• • •
Statisticians here are gath-
ering together all kinds of
figures to try to find how
much production has been
delayed by the coal strike
and the railroad strike. The
figures haven’t yet been an
alyzed, but it is indicated
that the damage done may
take many months to repair.
And the end is not in sight
—over 1,000 new strikes are
now on labor’s program.
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Although the labor crisis has
overshadowed all other consid
erations here, there is much
speculation on the navy’s reve
lation that it has a new weapon
which puts the atomic bomb in
the horse-and-buggy class. From
the little information that has
been released, it seem^ that this
terrible new weapon is a bio
logical one—probably a means
of destroying masses of people
by the spreading of deadly
germs. It is understood that this
weapon—which those who know
about are praying will never
have to be used—is completed
in every detail. So far as is
known it is a discovery which is
entirely an American secret.
During the war it was feared
on many occasions that the Ger
mans, in desperation, might
start germ warfare, since they
were known to have done much
research in this direction. But
apparently our new weapon is so
powerful in its destructive pow
ers that no nation would con
sider* inviting that type of war
now.
Outstanding
Citizenship Roll
McCormick Schools
The outstanding citizenship roll
>f the McCormick Public Schools
'or the 6th six weeks of the 1945-
16 session is as follows:
1ST GRADE—
Charles Bussey,
Tom Haynes. •
Monty Schumpert,
John A. Dansby,
Patsy Edmunds,
Larry May,
Betty Wardlaw,
Paul Edwards,
Mary Frances Mayson,
Fannie Elizabeth Goff.
SND GRADE—
Betty Lou Bledsoe,
Lucy Boozer,
Hazel Brock,
Anne Bringle,
Betty Sue Browne,
Doris Brown,
Delma Bryan,
Faye Campbell,
George Neal Creswell,
Frances Dillashaw,
P. C. Dorn,
Celia Dowtin,
Andrew Langley,
Cornelia LaGroon,
Carolyn Maddox,
Rachel McKinney,
Margaret Lee Rankin,
Mary Weldon.
RD GRADE—
Peggy Bowick, .
James Goff,
Mary Sue LaGroon,
Lena Mae Loveless,
Claude Lindley,
Curtis Maddox,
Rae Jean Partain,
Irma Sandifer,
Billy Sharpton.
TH GRADE—
Georgia Britt,
Sue Ellen Campbell,
Kathryn Lott Dorn,
Bobby Faulkner,
Barbara Maddox,
Martha Rogers,
Harvey Sanders, Jr.,
Sara Will Talbert.
TH GRADE— if
Effie N. Banks,
Christine Dillashaw,
Rose Weldon.
TH GRADE—
Jo Ann Christian,
V^/TfCLEMSON
10 GROMS
The Twin-States Farm & Home
Program, scheduled 2:00 P. M.
each Saturday over WRDW, Au
gusta, Ga. The General Public is
cordially invited to tune in Sat
urday, June 8, when M. A. Bouk-
night, County Agent, McCormick
County, will bring a miscellaneous
program of timely farm and home
information.
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Doris Ferqueron,
Virginia Ferqueron,
Billy Jaynes,
Ruth Jaynes,
Rae May,
Connie McAbee,
Betty Anne McNeil,
Jo Freda Moon,
Charlie Sanders.
7TH GRADE—
Mary Grace Dansby,
Betty Frances Edwards,
Ivadell Talbert,
Douglass Britt,
Ken Dowtin,
Joe Thomas Seigler.
8TH GRADE—
Janet Caudle,
Irma Joan Connor,
Betty Jane Deason,
Anne Sanders,
Marylene Wells,
Leonard Dorn,
Grover Davis,
Bob Sanders,
Bobby Edmunds.
9TH GRADE—
Christine Flemming,
Dorothy Anne Newby,
Mary Henderson.
10TH GRADE—
Betty Edmunds,
Virginia Smith,
Marian Davis,
Bobby Huguley.
11TH GRADE—
Lois Edwards,
Claude Huguley, Jr.,
Bobby Dukes,
Gary Brown,
Richard Culbreath.
Commencement Ex
ercises De la Howe
School June 9 And 10
The annual commencement ex
ercises at John de la Howe School
will be held Sunday and Monday,
June 9th and 10th. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached by Rev. I. M. Bagnal,
pastor of the Easley Presbyterian
Church. This service will be held
at 8:00 P. M. oh June 9th.
The graduation exercises will be
held at 11:00 A. M. June 10th in
the school auditorium. At thir
time the address to the senior
class will be delivered by the
Honorable Thomas H. Pope, Mem
ber of the South Carolina House
of Repfesentatives from Newberry
County. The diplomas will be pre
sented to the seniors by Mr. J. M.
Nickles of Abbeville, Chairman of
the Board of Trustees.
The members of this year’s
graduating class are as follows:
William Burnett, Greenville
County,
Helen Campbell, Anderson
County,
Fannie Chavis, Orangeburg
County,
Myrtis Ferguson, Lancaster
County,
Calvin Fowler, Abbeville County,
Estelle Mixon, Jasper County,
Shirley Sparneil, Spartanburg
County.
Honorable Discharges
ARMY
Pfc. Jesse Thomas Bosdell, en
tered service Aug. 12, 1942, dis
charged Oct. 30, 1944. Served with
AFTS Scott Field, 111., then trans
ferred to Enlisted Reserve Corps.
^ NAVY
William Robinson Cheatham,
Motor Machinist’s Mate 3rd class,
entered service Oct. 13, 1943, dis
charged April 28, 1946. Served
with AIRPAC, POOL, NAVY 939,
CASU (F) 48. Wears Victory med
al.
Joseph Earl Collier, Storekeeper
Aviation, 3rd class, entered service
Dec. 14, 1943, discharged May 30,
1946. Served with NAS, St. Simons
Island, Ga. Wears American
Area Camp, medal and Victory
medal.
Manning Corey Freeland, Baker
2nd class, entered service Oct. 13,
1943; discharged May 25, 1946.
Served with USS UTE (ATF 76).
Wears American Area Camp, med
al and Victory medal.
Charles Luther Freeland, Jr.,
Seaman 1st class, entered service
Dec. 15. 1944, discharged May 30,
1946. Served with USS Glennon
'DD 840). Wears American Area
Camp, medal and Victory medal.
Hare Announces
For Re-Election
To Congress
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Memorial Poppy
Sale In County
Was $194.45
Total receipts from the sale of
the Memorial Poppies amounted
to $194.45.
Sales by the grammar school
children of $39.27 were led by
Mac Wedincamp with Jan Parks
and Mary Frances Mason running
next. High school sales totaled
$32.00 with Pat Parks leading,
Wilson Hadsock and Bobby Hugu
ley coming next. Other sales
were:
Plum Branch—
School—4.15
Street—6.18
Troy— -
School—5.11
Street—4.25
Washington School—5.00
De la Howe—5.00
E. L. Hollingsworth Store—2.50
Mary Grant (Colored Sales)—2.50
McCormick Colored School—10.00
McCormick Street Sales—76.51
Mrs. J. E. Scott, Poppy Chair
man, and her corps of helpers are
to be congratulated for this good
work.
Washington. — In making my
announcement for re-election to
Congress. I can say I shall follow
my usual practice and endeavor
to conduct a clean and honorable
campaign; and in asking a re
newal of the confidence hereto
fore expressed by the' people, I
shall rely upon my training, ex
perience and record in the Con
gress, together with the position
I shall take on new issues I plan
to discuss during the campaign.
Some new problems have arisen
since the last election and others
will arise within the next two
years. In fact, some of the great
est and gravest problems in the
history of our Republic, both for
eign and domestic, will have to
be met and solved in the mean
time both by the people and their
representatives. I will undertake
to suggest only a few at this time.
It is now being suggested that
a number of wartime powers of
Federal control and direction be
projected into peacetime pro
grams. This is a matter of far-
reaching significance because it
is possible for a government with
increasing power to become as dic
tatorial as a Czar.
The distinguishing powers and
responsibilities between the legis
lative and executive branches of
the Government should be re
viewed and clarified, and it is in
dispensable that the clarification
be such as to permit no misun
derstanding on the part of the
people and their representatives.
The Constitution of the United
States gives the Congress the
power and responsibility to pro
vide and maintain an adequate
military force. The procedure or
formula for discharging this re
sponsibility is now a debatable
matter, but one which must be de
cided.
“Equal rights to all*and special
privileges to none,” is one of the
main tenets in our system of gov-
erment. It is a fundamental and
sound doctrine and must be pre
served if our Government is to
survive.
The war has been won by
heroic sacrifices made by our
armed forces and civilian popula
tion. Hostilities have ceased, but
peace has not been declared;
sound thinking, profound judg
ment and courageous action on
the part of all will be required to
insure permanent peace, which
is our one great objective at this
time. The actions of the next
Congress will, in a large measure,
determine the results. The people
throughout the Nation will say
who shall represent them in the
next Congress.
The war has entailed a great
burden on the American people in
the way of taxes and if the bur
den is to be removed government-
il expenditures must be reduced.
The question of collecting reve
nues on taxable resources by both
State and Federal Government
must be defined and clarified if
the functions of the State are to
prevail.
The wealth of a nation is in its
soil and the products of labor
both of which must be protected
and preserved if we are to main
tain or stabilize our national e-
conomy.
Problems of mass production,
including problems of mass de
struction, are pressing for solu
tion. Enforceable legislation to
control atomic energy must be
considered or we may find our
selves in an atomic armament
race in which civilization itself
may be destroyed. On the con
trary, a proper solution of this
new discovery or invention prob
lem may be the beginning of a
new era in the social and eco
nomic life of humanity.
The question of whether private 1
enterprise shall be free or subject
to Federal control and direction
is one which will soon be pressing
the people and their representa-
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Ed. Note: This newspaper has ar
ranged with the Washington Bureau t>f
National Weekly Newspaper 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. Can you tell me how much
pension the son of a war veteran
killed in action will receive?—
Guardian, St. Louis, Mo.
A. The rate of pension for one
child, no widow, is $25 per
month, until he is 21 years of
age.
Q. Is this new increased pay
for enlisted men in the army
for the duration, or is it a per
manent law?—Discharged veter
an, Mobile, Ala.
A. The new law providing for
increased pay is permanent leg
islation.
Q. I am the wife of a service
man who expects to get out of
the army next month. Will I get
his mustering out pay?—Mrs.
A. R. M., Towson, Md.
A. No, mustering out pay is
given the veteran when he is
/ separated from the service.
Q.. My husband was injured
about the legs in an accident
• while he was in boot training.
He was discharged as a result
of this injury. Is he eligible for
the bill of rights benefits?—Wife,
Colorado Springs, Colo. v
A. Yes, if he obtained a dis
ability discharge for injuries re
ceived in line of duty, even
though he did not serve the 90
days as required by law, he is
eligible for benefits under the
G.I. bill.
Q. My brother, a second lieu
tenant, bombardier, was listed
as missing in October, 1944.
Eighteen months later he was
declared dead by the war de
partment. He married while in
service and has no children. His
wife remarried several months
before he was officially de
clared dead by the war depart
ment. Is this a legal marriage?
She has been receiving a large
allotment until he was declared
dead and now she has filed claim
for his back pay, gratuity pay,
G.I. $10,000 insurance and also
his medals. We feel that she
doesn’t deserve any considera
tion because of her actions. We
would like to know if there is
any way we can prevent her
from collecting any at the de
ceased’s property? His mother
is the second claimant.—R. W.
H., Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
A. Your brother’s wife is cer
tainly his legal widow although
she has forfeited a life pension
by her remarriage. Whether or
not her second marriage is legal
is a matter for the courts to de
termine, but it does not change
her status as the widow entitled .
to the insurance and other al
lowances, if she was named as
beneficiary in the policy. There
may be a legal question involved
and if so you should consult a
lawyer.
Q. I know a veteran of World
War I who fought valiantly in
the first war. He is now 60 years
old and it is hard for him to find
employment at all times. Could
he get a veteran’s pension
or any other aid?—Mrs. H. B.,
Cheraw, Colo.
A. Suggest that your veteran
apply to the nearest Veterans’
administration office to deter
mine whether he is eligible for
a pension because of some dis
ability. There is an office in the
Central Bldg., Pueblo, and in
the First National Bank Bldg, at
Trinidad.
Q. 1 am the Wife of a second
lieutenant who has been overseas
for almost 18 months. Am I not
entitled to free maternity care
as provided for others in -the
army?—Mrs. H. E. D., Char
lottesville, Va.
A. No, wives of commissioned
officers are not eligible. We sug
gest that you consult the person
al affairs bureau at headquar
ters of your nearest service com
mand for assistance.
Q. Can you tell me i* an of-,
fleer is discharged from the
army is he liable for reinduc
tion? Some folks tell me he is.
—Interested, Denver, Colo.
A. If an officer is released with
an honorable discharge he is
normally placed on an inactive
status for the duration and six
months, during which time he is
not liable for induction, but is
subject to recaU for active duty
at any time his service may be
needed. If he is separated un
der conditions other than honor
able, he is not placed on this
list, but is completely separated
from the armed services. An of
ficer so separated is required to
register with his local draft
board and therefore is under ju
risdiction of the Selective Ser^w
ice system and liable for inauc
tion.
Buffalo Grange To
Meet June 13
The Buffalo Grange will meet
Thursday night, June 13th, at
8 o’clock at the Buffalo senool
house.
S. L. Britt,
Master.
New District Forester
At Newberry
Newberry, May 21. — The S. C.
State Commission of Forestry an
nounces the appointment of John
W. Clarke as District Forester for
the Newberry District, replacing
F. M. Renfroe, who recently re
signed to enter private business.
Mr. Clarke, a graduate of the
University of Georgia Forestry
School, has been connected with
the S. C. State Commission of j
Forestry since 1939. His work with
the State was interrupted for 4 1-2 j
years of Army service, 3 of which
were spent in the African and
Italian Campaigns.
He received his discharge from
the Army in November, 1945.
Before coming to Newberry on
March 15, 1946, as Assistant Dis
trict Forester, he was forest tech
nician in the Aiken District.
Conservation News
(By Benj. W. Crouch)
L. C. Talbert has two excellent
small fields of crimson clover that
he expects to gather seed from for
use in a winter grazing program.
Mr. Talbert planted these fields
for grazing and as soon as his
pasture was good took the stock
off and let the clover go to seed.
It looks good to see a farmer
growing his own seed too.
S. O. Bouknight cut the sericea
hay from his meadow outlet about
a month ago and when I saw it
the other day it looked as if he
will get another hay cr®p in about
tv/o weeks. This meadow strip is
acting as an outlet for terrace
water and at the same time yield
ing a lot of good hay.
The terracing machine is in the
Mt. Carmel area now and anyone
wishing to have land terraced in
that section should make the nec
essary contacts as soon as possible.
R. M. Edwards planted two acres
of kudzu in March and he has a
good stand that is growing pretty.
How does your farm look after
heavy rains?
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tives for an answer.
It shall be my purpose to dis
cuss these and many other mat
ters during the coming campaign
and state definitely my position
on each.
“A garden full of succulent, well
tended vegetables is as beautiful
in its way as a flower garden. The
dullest, least poetic of men gets a
sense of continuing when he grows
his own food. It is more than
thrift; it is a vital connectioi
with the source of our being.”—
Edna Cain Daniel, in The Atlanta
Journal.