McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 08, 1946, Image 1
TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Fifth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946
Number IV
v't;
y The 79th congress is dead . . .
Tdeud unless President Truman
i sefes fit to bring it back into spe-
' cial session between now and
^ January 3 when the new 80th
congress convenes.
The speculation here, with
food prices, commodity prices
and all prices except rents,
showing a steady rise, a rise
i which is expected to continue
despite the efforts of a crippled
i and impotent OPA and promises
' of leaders of the National Manu-
' facturer’s association, is just
! how high must they go before
' the President and his advisers
\ consider dangerous inflation is
) here and a special session
’ necessary to curb it.
However, in spite of the
t economic dangers' ahead,
there is a general feeling of
relief that this congress is
out of the way. It has been
marked by futility, bicker
ing, filibusters, intolerance
and selfishness, log rolling
, and coalitions on most all
domestic issues. Probably
never before in history has
the legislative program of^a
President been treated wita
such contempt and defiance
’ as the program sent to the ^
/ congress by President Tru-
. man shortly after his ac-
; cession to the. Presidency
f* upon the death of Franklin
I: D. Roosevelt.
Adjournment sine die gives
’ the congress the longest respite
j since 1938 when the 75th con
gress adjourned on June 16.
' Since that date, the affairs of
i war and peace have kept the
members close to their desks
! -As a matter of fact, however,
the closing days before adjourn-
\ ment saw barely a quorum pres-
ent, many of the members haw- \
ing already left to mend their
political fences for the coming
congressional election ... an
election so important that the
outcome will almost surely fore
cast the Presidential election of
1948.
And with these empty desks,
the last hours of the congress
saw such important measures .
under consideration as the G.I.
terminal leave bill and the nec
essary legislation to finance it,
legislation to freeze the social t
security payroll tax at 1 per 1
cent through 1947, and the ad
ministration backed Taft-Ellen-
der-Wagner long-range housing
bill.
In spite of the many fail
ures and few accomplish
ments of this congress
there are two bright spots in
an 'otherwise black picture
on the domestic front . . .
one, the McMahon bill creat- »
ing a civilian commission for f
the domestic control of
atomic energy, and two, the ]
congressional reorganiza
tion bill which seeks to
reform congress itself. The _
importance of these two
measures and their effect
upon the future is incalcu
lable. This latter bill, passed
largely through the skillful
handling and long hours of
work by Sen. Robert M. La-
Follette, Wisconsin, and
Cong. Mike Monroney, Okla
homa, will cut away a lot
of deadwood in the con
gress, will seek to stream
line its obsolete machinery
and make it more re
sponsive and responsible to
the people of the nation.
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Y. W. A. To Present
Pageant “Thy
Kingdom Come
The Y. W. A. Girls will be in
charge of the prayer meeting ser
vice at the McCormick Baptist
Church on Wednesday, August
14th, beginning at 8:00 P. M. A
pageant, "Thy Kingdom Come,”
will be presented. The public is
cordially invited to attend this
special service.
Those to take part in the pag
eant are as follows:
Program Chairmen:
Mrs. J. E. Scott,
Mrs. D. C. Talbert.
Directors:
Mrs. A. C. Kehaya,
Miss Marie Sharpton,
Mrs. James Keown.
Organists and Pianists:
Miss Virginia Wilkins,
Mrs. D. C. Talbert,
Mrs. C. C. Morgan.
Choir:
Mrs. J. W. Furqueron,
Mrs. G. C. Patterson,
Mrs. G. L. Jaynes,
Mrs. J. F. Mattison,
Mrs. J. E. Strom,
Mrs. G. C. Wall,
Mrs. G. A. Simpson,
Mrs. Leon Traylor,
Mrs. Zeke Wedincamp,
Mrs. Herbert Coleman,
Mrs. James Keown,
Mrs. W. T. Strom.
Duets and Solos:
Miss Ann Bussey Seigler,
Mrs. Alex Hanvey.
Pageant Characters:
Church—Mrs. J. E. Scott,
Spirit of Missions—Miss Vivian
Jaynes,
Hope—Miss Nylena Strom,
Joy—Miss Mary Remsen,
Healing—Mrs. Howard Watkins,
Enlightenment — Miss Mable
Lyon,
Peace—Miss Betty Fuller,
Love—Miss Martha Rucker,
The Word—Mrs. Harvey Walker,
Child Soloist — Miss Joanne
Bonnette.
Children of the Nations:
Chinese—Jan Parks,
Chinese—Sarah Will Talbert,
European Peasant—Beth Davis,
African—Jack Keown,
Mexican—Jim Keown,
Negro—Jimmy Dorn,
Blind-tAnn Bringle,
Lame—Charlie Bussey,
Poverty—Patsy Sharpton.
Church Family:
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Sanders,
Bub Sanders.
William Carey—Bobby Huguley,
The Judsons—Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Dukes,
David Livingstone — Claude Hu
guley, Jr.,
Lottie Moon — Miss Frances
Rush,
Grace McBride — Mrs. A. C.
Kehaya,
Missionary Doctor — Bruce
Jaynes,
African yroman—Miss Matilda
Nichols,
Missionary Teacher—Mrs. H. L.
Lee,
Missionary Evangelist — Carl
Henry Strom.
Missionaries: .
Graydon Dukes,
Mrs. T. J. Sibert, Jr.,
Mrs. James Mattison.
American Indians:
Mrs. McNeill Henderson,
Miss Nettie R. Richey,
Miss Marie Sharpton.
Youth:
Miss Helena Wall,
Miss Evelyn Rankin.
Tithe Boy—Billy Sharpton.
Offering Boy—Bob Sanders.
Prayer Group:
Mrs. Jamie Sanders,
Graydon Dukes,
Mrs. James Mattison,
Sonny Bonnette,
Mary Frances and Gail Mason.
Pantomine Girls:
Miss Bertha Mae Harris,
Miss Betty Wedincamp,
Miss Evelyn Wall,
Miss Jackie Bonnette,
Mrs. Travis Dorn,
Mrs. John Edward Dorn,
Miss Ann Sanders,
Miss Georgia Rose McCracken.
The program chairmen are ask
ing that everyone in the pageant
make a special effort to be pres
ent at the following rehearsals:
Sunday evening, August 11, at
9:00 and Wednesday P. M., Aug
ust 14, at 4:00.
Any person who has a special
article or garment that could be
used in some of the costumes,
please notify. Mrs. A. C. Kehaya.
John F. Dunlap
Claimed By Death
John F. Dunlap, age 78, died at
2:30 a. m. Wednesday from a
heart attack. He had worked on
his farm all day Tuesday and re
tired in his usual health.
Funeral services will be held
from the Troy Baptist Church, of
which he was a member, today
at 3 p. m., the pastor, Rev. W. E.
Brant, officiating. Interment will
follow in the Troy Cemetery with
the following active pallbearers:
Paul J. Dowtin, J. M. Cox, Sidney
Russell, S. O. Bouknight, Horace
Edwards and Rex Edwards.
Mr. Dunlap was a native cf
Oconee county, son of the late
William A. and Mary Alice Martin
Dunlap, but had lived near Mc
Cormick for the past 26 years. His
first wife was Miss Sallie Adams
of Westminster. Surviving this
union are 7 children: Mrs. S. E.
Holliday, Laurens; Mrs. W. O.
Brown, McCormick; Mrs. Charlie
King, Pelzer; Mrs. Lucille Turman,
Abbeville; Lewis J. Dunlap,
Greenwood; Rev. L. T. Dunlap,
Newberry and A. F. Dunlap of
Greenville.
After his first wife’s death he
married Miss Permelia Clark of
Westminster who died last year.
Five children survive this union,
Ronnie and Raymond Dunlap,
Misses Ethel and Guynell Dunlap
of McCormick; Mrs. J. Andrew
Henderson of Daytona Beach,
Florida. Two brothers and two
sisters also survive: Claude Dun
lap of Greenwood and D. O. Dun
lap of Walhalla; Mrs. Etta Harbin
and Mrs. Alice Adams of West
minster, a number of grand
children and great grandchildren.
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County Campaign
Meeting Here To
morrow Begins
At 10:30 A. M.
The hour for the opening of
the McCormick County campaign
meeting to be held at the court
hoiise here tomorrow, Friday, Au
gust 9th, has been changed to
10:30 o’clock a. m. instead of 11
o’clock.
Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt, county
chairman, will preside.
Mt. Carmel News
Mr. Pierce Harling of Texas
spent several days in Mt. Carmel
with his brother, Mr. Walter Har
ling, and daughter, Miss Monnie
Harling.
Sen. L. L. Hester was a visitor
in Greenwood, Newberry, Colum
bia and other places Monday.
Quite a number from Mt. Car
mel attended the speaking a*
Plum Branch Friday evening, Mrs
D. J. McAllister, Mrs. Mae White
Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. H
O. Watson, Sen. L. L. Hester, Mr.
Pat Hester and others.
Col. and Mrs. W. B. Sharp have
returned to Mt. Carmel after a
pleasant week’s visit at the Oco
nee Co. State Park.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Russell of
Augusta were visitors here Sunday,
also Mr. James Boyd of Greenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Dode Philips and
son, David, of Due West were
visitors here Sunday. We were all
glad and happy to see that David
Is improving nicely. We all hope
for him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Ralph Campbell and her
two precious little sons are visit
ing in Mt. Carmel this week.
Miss Louise Griffin of Atlanta,
the very attractive daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Inman Griffin, is
enjoying a pleasant stay in Mt.
Carmel with her aunt, Mrs. Mc
Kinney.
Mr. Wilkie of Plum Branch was
seeing friends in Mt. Carmel Tues
day.
Cadet John McAllister was a re
cent visitor in Mt. Carmel.
State And County
Ballots Ready For
Democratic Primarv
The State and county ballots
are ready for the primary on
Tuesday, August 13th, and the
following is a complete list of the
State and county ticket as it ap
pears on the ballots to be used
then:
D^m^crntic Primarv
STATE AND COUNTY BALLOT
August 13, 1946
For the following State and
County Officers:
FOR CONGRESS:
(Vote For One, Scratch Other)
W.-J. BRYAN DORN
BUTLER B. HARE
FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES:
(Vote For One, Scratch Other)
HUGH C. BROWN
J. S. DUKES '
FOR TREASURER:
(Vote For One, Scratch Other)
JOE A. SIBERT
W. C. STROM
FOR SUPERVISOR:
(Vote For One, Scratch Others)
D. M. BLACKWELL
E. C. CHEATHAM
G. H. McCAIN
C. E. WILKIE
J. L. WELLS
FOR GAME WARDEN:
. (Vote For One, Scratch Others)
PAUL T. LUDWICK
D. M. McGRATH
THOS. M. McKINNEY
FOR MAGISTRATE, McCORMICK:
(To be voted on at McCormick,
Bethany, Bell’s Store, Clatworthy’s
Cross Roads, Lyon’s, Plum Branch;
White Town, Young’s and Tal
bert’s Store).
(Vote For One, Scratch Others)
J. F. E. JESTER
O. B. MINOR
J. BRUCE WALKER
FOR MAGISTRATE, Parksville:
(To be voted on at Parksville,
Clarks Hill, Modoc and Rehoboth.)
(Vote For One, Scratch Other)
F. L. BASS
J. P. BRUNSON
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STATE BALLOT
Democratic Primary’ Election
August 13, 1946
For the Following State Offices:
For Governor
(Vote for one, scratch others)
A. J. BEATTIE
CARL B. EPPS
JOHN D. LONG
JAMES McLEOD
DEL O’NEAL
ROGER W. SCOTT
MARCUS A. STONE
JNO. C. TAYLOR
J. STROM THURMOND
RANSOME J. WILLIAMS
A. L. WOOD
For Lieutenant Governor
(Vote for one, scratch others)
E. COKE BRIDGES
R. E. HANNA
3EORGE BELL TIMMERMAN, Jr
JOHN C. WILLIAMS
J. W. D. ZERBST
For Commissioner of Agriculture
(Vote for one, scratch other)
ALFRED W. BETHEA
J. ROY JONES
For Superintendent of Education
(Vote for one, scratch others)
JESSE T. ANDERSON
H. ODELLE HARMAN
W. D. NIXON
The names of unopposed candi
dates do not appear on the tickets.
Card Of Thanks
The membbers of the family of
the late J. Samson Strom wish to
express their deep appreiation of
the many expressions of sympathy
in their recent bereavement. They
have been a source of great com
fort to us.
Mrs. J. Samson Strom.
Ed. Nofe: Thi* •vutpaper ho* nr-
ranged irith the Washington Bureau of
National Weekly News/wper Seruice,
1616 Eye St. /V. W., Washington 6, D. C..
to answer rruestions pertaining to serv
icemen and veteran*. These question*
will be answered in this column if ad
dressed as above. No replies can be
made by mail, but this paper will print
unsivers to all questions received.
T TNDER new regulations is-
^sued by the war depart
ment all fathers now in the serv
ice, that is non-volunteer en
listed fathers, will be dis
charged as of September 30,
194G.
The new regulations also pro
vide for release of all non-vol
unteer enlisted men who have
20 months of service as of Sep
tember 30, 1 ( j46 on that date,
and all with 18 months’ service
to be released as of November
30, 1946.
The above regulations will an
swer letters received from
scores of persons who have writ
ten to the Washington office of
the** National Weekly Newspa
per Service. Included in this
list are the following:
Mrs. B. R., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Mrs. M. L. J., Elgin,
Kans.; C. F., Marin City, Calif.;
Mrs. J. A. N., Baltimore, Md.;
Mrs. M. A. J., Spencer, Va.;
Mrs. L. C. M., Bradford, Pa;
Mrs L. C. D., Greeley, Colo.;
Mrs. R. H. B., Cedar Grove,
N. C.; Mrs. J. C., Clinton,
N. C.; Mrs. C. E. B., Denver,
Colo.; Mrs. F. L. McG., Halifax,
N. C.; Mrs. E. T., Cambridge,
Neb.; Mrs. J. W. S., Rural Hall,
N. C.; Mrs. A. M., Vernal.
Utah; Mrs. R. E., New Lothrop,
Mich.; Mother, Murray, Iowa;
Mrs. B, L. H., Denver, Colo.
Q. Our son died in a prisoner
of war camp in 1942. At the time
he enlisted in 1941 he took out
S3,000 in life insurance planning
to take more later. We later re
received papers stating he had
“pi%' r red insurance” and we
filled oat papers for it last
January and have heard noth
ing more since. I am receiving
payment on the $3,000. What is
“preferred insurance”? Our son
was captured at the fall of Ba
taan.—Mrs. C., McCook, Neb.
A. I am sure that “preferred
insurance” must mean the
gratuitous insurance which was
granted to all men in the serv
ice who were beseiged, isolated
or prisoners at war between:
October 8, 1940 and April It. JM2
Rehoboth Baptist
Church Announces
Revival Meeting
August llth-16th
The annual series of revival
services of the Rehoboth Baptist
Church will begin Sunday morn
ing, August eleventh, and continue
through Friday evening^ Augus.
sixteenth. Dr. L. K. Shnpso*i,
pastor of the McCormick Baptist
Church, will deliver the messages.
The schedules are as follows:
Sunday morning, Sunday School
en thirty; worship service, eleven
hirty. Afternoon service, two o’-
lock. Weti v . day services eac
vening, Monday through Friday
eginning at eight thirty ''’cloc v
You have a special invitation to
attend every service.
Sunday will be Home Coming
Jay at Rehoboth. A special invi-
ation is extended to all former
members, and non-resident mem
bers to be at Rehoboth for these
services. Dinner will be served on
the church grounds to all who
come. The public is urged to a-
vail itself of our hospitality.
Dr. Simpson, the visiting speak
er, is well known to every one in
this section. Since his coming to
McCormick, that church has made
great strides forward in the ser
vice of the Master. He is one Of
the ablest speakers in this part of
the South, and his messages re
flect the spirit of a life completely
dedicated to the Father. Those
who remember the messages he
brought to the Rehoboth congre
gations two years ago have been
amounting to $5,000. I believe
your best bet would be to write
direct to the insurance claims
office of the Veterans adminis
tration, Washington, D. C., giv
ing your son’s name, serial
number and rank and all details
and I am confident that you will
obtain an early answer.
Q. Can you tell me the prop- .
er address to write to obtain a
copy of my service record? I ;
want to refer to four delinquent
bonds I was advised that ac
cording to my service record,
were not deducted from my pay
and that I received my full pay
for these four months. This is *
not so as I had a voluntary al
lotment each month thereby
making deductions on very
month’s pay. I would like an
itemized list as I didn’t get any
pay for sometime prior to sail
ing for home. I was in com ?
bat. On my discharge Iron-
Camp Dix it just states my de (
posits,,*, insurance deductions,
mustering out and travel pay ,
Am I entitled to such records ?--
Sgt. N. M., San Francisco, Calif '
A. The war department sa>>
that they do not furnish any •'
copies of service records. How
ever, I would advise you to
write to the office of demobil
ized records center, adjutan
general’s office, 4300 Goodfeflo\-
blvd., St. Louis 20, Mo., and they
will give you a certified list oi
whatever records you desire.
Be sure and give name, serial
number, etc.
anxious to have him. return; an!
the pastor deems it a real honor
to have Dr. Simpson assist him im
the meeting. We know that yon
will receive a great blessing from
the services; and we earnestly
urge you to attend any or all oC
these.
A. D. Croft,
Pastor.
Honorable Discharges
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• ARMY
Pfc. Milford M. Dillashaw, Jr.
entered service Sept. 16, 1944, dis
charged July 27, 1946. Battler
and campaigns, Rhineland anfi
Central Europe. Wears Combai
Infantry badge, EAME Service
medal with 2 bronzte service stars,
Good Conduct medal, Victory med
al, and Occupation ribbon (Ger
many). Served with 275th In
fantry Regiment.
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To Clean McCormick
Cemetery
The Cemetery Committee is
anxious that the McCormick Ceme
tery be cleaned off and improved.
Friday, August 23rd, has been set
as "Clean-up” day. All who havt
sections are urged either to come
Friday morning, send someone or
send $2.00 to J. O. Patterson to
have section and walks around it
cleaned. Please don’t forget.
Eastern Star To Be
Organized Here
On next Monday night a special
representative will be with us for
the purpose of organizing an
Eastern Star. In order to be eli
gible for membership in this or
ganization, it is necessary that a
woman be either the wife, sister,
daughter or mother of a Master
Mason. Any one wishing to join
this organization is urged to be
present at the hall of Mine Lodge,
No. 117, A. F. M., on next Monday
night, August 12th, at Nine (9) o’
clock. It is hoped that there
be present at this meeting a suf
ficient number to perfect the
organization.
Mine Lodge, No. 117, A. F. M.,
S. D. Giles, W. M.,
W. W. Keown, Jr., Sec’S-