McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 22, 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 22, 1946
Number IS
What Chief JtMUfit Fred M. Vin
son ran or will do to restore dignity
anrf decorum to the United States
supreme court is a subject of inter
esting conversation in Washington
end in judicial circles throughout
the nation.
The return of Justice Robert H.
Jackson from Nurenburg where be
hot been prosecuting Nazi war crim
inals has added to the conjecture
as to the final, outcome of the open
Send between Justice Jackson and
Justice Hugo L. Black. And the
Jackson-Blaok feud is not the only
difficulty which faces the new chief
Justice, who replaced the last of the
"Nine Old Men" who were the ob
jects of the purge plan of the late
President Roosevelt. There Is a com
plete set of new faces on the bench,
with an average ef 56 as compared
to an average of 71 when the late
president sought liberal decisions on
his great legislative and social re
forms Jutck in the 1930’s.
There are rumors of other deep
rooted differences between the court
members and there also is consider
able gossip concerning activities of
one or two members of the body. All
of which tends to lessen respect for
the court and has an effect on the
efficiency of the court itself. It is
said there Is a large backlog of cases
which the court has not decided due
to Its internal bickerings.
The new chief justice has held
many big Jobs which required ad
ministrative ability of a high nature.
He says he comes from a country
where it is dangerous to be afraid.
He has no more authority on the
court than any other member since
he has only one vote. But as chief
justice he fixes the docket and per
haps has the authority to guide the
court at least to a judicial attitude.
For the sake of the court and alec
for the sake of the country, let'*
hope that Chief Justice Vtaeon car
use his courage and hie administra
tive ability, his Judicial knowledge
and his reputation for settling major
disturbances among conflicting per
sonalities, to bring back once more
a smooth working, dignified United
States supreme court.
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The last days of the 79th Congress
brought to light some new end bi
zarre examples Of the use of riders
attempting to defeat legislation
favored by s majority or to obtain
approval of measures opposed by a
majority or by the President. And
probably for the first time the fili
buster and the rider were combined
to force a new parliamentary
weapon.
This combination was used first by
Senator Wayne Morse, (R-Ore.)
when he threw the senate into an
uproar by Introducing the filibus
tered anti-poll tax bill as a rider
on the Tidewater Lands bill then
under consideration. Senator W. Lee
O'Daniel also threatened a compar
able filibuster-rider tactic when, as
a bitter foe of the OPA he threaten
ed to tack the Fair Employment
Practices bill, also a filibustered bill,
as a rider on the OPA bill to defeat
It.
As a result of these tactics. Sena
tor William P. Knowland, (R-Cal.)
introduced two resolutions into the
senate seeking to prevent riders by <
forbidding amendments not germane
to Mha under discussion. He also
sought, in another resolution to
amend the 30-year old cloture rule
to permit limitation of debate by a
mere majority instead of the two-
thirds rule. Of course no action was
taken on these resolutions.
Death Claims
D. M. Benfield
David Monroe Benfield, 81,
prominent farmer of York, S. C.,
died Wednesday a. m., August 14th,
a 12:30 o’clock at his home after
an illness of several' months. He
was the son of the late James N.
Benfield of Catawba County, N. C.,
and Jane Thomasson Benfield of
York County.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Fannie Mae Willis Benfield, for
merly of McCormick County, two
children by a former marriage to
the late Jane Jones Benfield, John
K. and William H. Benfield, both of
York; one brother, J. N. Benfield,
and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Carroll,
both of York. The following
grandchildren also survive: Sarah,
Martha, William H., Jr., John K.,
Jr., and Phillip; one step-daugh
ter, Mrs. Roy L. Smith, of Jack
sonville, Fla.
The funeral services were held
from ' Philadelphia Methodist
Church in the Delphos section at
11 a. m. Thursday. Dr. J. C. Roper,
pastor, officiated. Interment was
in Rose Hill cemetery in York.
Mrs. Benfield is a sister of Mrs.
W. O. Graves and Mr. A. P. Willis
of McCormick.
George Christian
Represents County
At Forestry Camp
George W. Christian, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Christian, was
the boy from McCormick to repre
sent McCormick County at the
forestry camp which was operated
by tVie S. C. State Commission of
Forestry at Cheraw State Park
during the period of August 5-10.
At the end of their stay in
camp the boys were given a Quiz
on forestry. Certificates were a-
warded all the boys.
George made an average of 89.4.
We can be very proud of this rec
ord for George which was fine,
as 52 boys attended this camp.
Maurice Corbett, who lives near
St. Matthews, made the highest
average of 96.2.
Kir. Flory, State Forester, said
that all of the boys proved to be
apt students of conservation and
sincerely interested in good for
estry management.
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Card Of Thanks
McCormick County
Lunchroom Opera
tors Attend
Training School
The family of the late C. M.
e wish to take this way to ex-
ess their deep appreciation of
e many expressions of sympathy
their recent bereavement.
Mrs. Lee And Family.
Card Of Thanks
A district training class for
lunchroom operators was held at
Lander College on August 5th
through the 9th.
The meeting was opened in the
Leslie School auditorium, with a
welcome address by Dr. J. W. Rast,
President of Lander College. Col.
J. C. Turner, Supt. of the Green
wood city schools, gave an inter
esting talk on the lunch program.
Approximately sixty-five opera
tors were divided into four groups,
with each group attending the fol
lowing classes throughout the
week: Food Class, under direc
tion of Mrs. Ruth Longshore.
'Jewberry, and Mrs. B. R. Perry,
■^.luda. Menu Building, Mrs.
Birdie Cfowan, Aiken The Opera-
or, Mrs. Rosela Warren, Edgefield
Cleaning Storage Room. Mrs
Catherine Everett, Abbeville. E-
quipment and Care of Equipment,
Mrs. Alma G. Creighton, McCor
mick.
Those attending from McCor
mick County were, Mrs. J. P. La-
Grobn, McCormick Grammar
School, Miss Sallie Price, McCor-
Cormick High School, Mrs. Lillian
Freeland, Plum Branch School,
Mrs. Milton Percival, Washington
Con. School.
I wish to use this method of
cpresslng my most sincere thanks
) the voters of McCormick Coun-
r for the splendid vote given me
i the recent primary.
D. M. McGrath.
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Card Of Thanks
want to express my sincere
predation to the voters of the
Cormick Magisterial District
the fine support given me on
gust 13th. I shall always feel
iteful for the vote given me
i for the many acts of kindness
>wn me by my friends.
O. B. Minor.
Card Of Thanks
I wish to express my most sin
cere thanks to the voters of Mc
Cormick County for the splendid
vote given me in the recent pri
mary.
Joe A. Sibert.
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Card Of Thanks
I wish to use this method to ex
press to the voters of McCormick
County my deep appreciation for
the splendid vote given me in the
recent primary.
E. C. Cheatham.
Mrs. J. Allen Dendy
Claimed By Death
\
Mrs. J. Allen Dendy, 66, of Rich
land, died at the General Hospital
in Greenville early Sunday morn
ing after an illness of some length.
Mrs. Dendy was the ( widow of
the late J. Allen Dendy, who died
a number of years ago.
Survivors include two sons, John
A. Dendy and Nicholas E. Dendy,
both of Richland; one daughter,
Mrs. G. M. Blood worth, of. York;
five sisters, Mrs. E. W. McElmur-
ray, of Beech Island, Mrs. R. T.
Walker of • Memphis, Tenn., Mrs.
J. S. Strom, of McCormick, Mrs.
Nina B. Burkett, Baltimore, Md.,
and Mrs. J. £. Burley, of Charlotte,
N. C. One brother, Sam H. Bal-
lenger," of Walhalla, six grand
children and one great-grandchild
also survive.
Funeral services were conducted
from the graveside in the Rich
land Presbyterian Church ceme
tery Monday inorning at 11 o’
clock.
Active pallbearers were Dkvid W.
Stribling, Joe McDonald, Marion C.
Hughs, A. M. McConnell and Fur
man H. Burns.
Barbecue For Ser
vicemen And Women
Here August 30th
Announcement is made by G. E.
Campbell, Adjutant, and J. P
Strom, Commander, of Thomas J.
Lyon, Jr., Post of the American
Legion, that a free barbecue will
be served to all servicemen and
women of World War I and World
War II in the county.
Each has the privilege of bring
ing husband, wife or friend.
State Commander Audley H.
Ward will be the gusst speaker.
All are asked to be present at
7 o’clock p. m. at the community
house on Friday, August 30th.
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School Opening
The McCormick Public Schools
will begin the 1946-47 session
Thursday morning. Sept. 5th, at
8:30 ©clock. Grades one through
six will report to the grammar
school building and grades seven
through eleven will report to the
high school building
All pupils, both grammar and
high, who wish to stand re-exams
must do this by Sept. 2nd. There
will be no re-exams after this
date.
Any child entering the first
grade must reach his sixth birth
day by November 1st, and must
be vaccinated for small pox.
The first faculty meeting of the
year will be held at the high
school building on Wednesday,
Sept. 4th, at 4 p. m. The 'faculty
is not yet complete but will be
announced at a later date*
The high school office is open
every morning from 9 to 12:30.
We shall be glad to discuss any
problems our pupils may have.
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Card Of Thanks
LEMSON
DIOGRGMS
The Twin-State Farm Home
Program broadcast 2:00 p. m. each
Saturday over WRDW, Augusta,
Georgia, (1480 on your dial) will
be broadcast Saturday, August 24,
by the McCormick County Home
Agent. Miss Matilda Bell will
bring you a miscellaneous program
of news in the county Garden
ing Canning Food Storage
Vacations and a bit of in
spiration you are cordially in
vited to tune in!
I wish to use this means to ex
press my sincere appreciation to
the voters of McCormick County
for the splendid vote given me in
the recent primary.
Paul T. Ludwick.
Card Of Thanks
I wish to use this method to
express my most sincere thanks to
the voters of McCormick County
for the nice vote given me in the
recent primary.
J. S. Dukes.
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Card Of Thanks
I wish to take this means to say
to the voters of McCormick
Couty that I am very grateful for
the splendid vote given me in the
recent primary.
C. E. Wilkie.
Card Of Thanks
I wish to thank the people of
every precinct in the McCormick
Magisterial District for their loyal
support in the recent primary.
J. Bruce Walker.
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Government Printing
Office Needs Slug-
Machine Operators
(Linotype or Intertype)
Monotype Key
board Operators
i _______
$1.57 an hour for day work, $1.81
an hour for night work; 40-hour
week: plus time and one-half for
ovortime. In addition, employees
are entitled to annual and sick
leave with pay as allowed by law
and pay for all days designated
by Federal Statute or Executive
Order as holidays.
The Government Printing Of
fice has authority to recruit and
approve for temporary appoint
ment linotype operators and
monotype keyboard operators who
meet the qualification standards
used for filling such vacancies.
Permanent appointments will be
made from registers to be estab
lished by the Civil Service Com
mission as the result of examina-
•tions in which temporary em
ployees will have the opportunity
to qualify.
QUALIFICATIONS
Linotype Operator. — Applicants
must have had at least 5 years’
experience either as a sluz-
machine operator possessing
knowledge of the various compos
ing-room operations, or as a print
er-operator, of'which at least 1
year was as a slug-machine opera
tor. Applicants must be able to
set an average of 4,249 ems per
Ed Note: Th : * n^w^paper haii
arranged with tne Wa^htngton j
Bureau of National Weekly News
paper Service. 1616 Eye St. N. W.,
Washington 6. D. C., to answer
questions pertaining to servicemen
and veterans. These questions will
■ '( t ■ ■
be answered in this column it ad
dressed as above. No replies can
be made by mail, but this paper
will print answers to all questions
received.
Q. Is it possible for me to visit my
son’s grave at government expense?
If so. how soon?—&. S* Denver.
Colo. f s
A. There is no law at present
which provides for any appropria
tion which may be used for expenses
of civilians for travel to graves of
veterans buried overseas.
Q. My former husband served in
the army three years. During the
time there I received an allotment
for my two children. We were
divorced a year before he joined the
army. The divorce papers state he
has to pay alimony for the children
and myself. The government sent us
$40 we were getting as alimony and
now I’m told all that the govern
ment paid was the allotment. Can
you answer this?—Mrs. G. L. D„
Branch, Mich.
A. This is a legal case and you
should consult an attorney. You
might write to the Office of Depend-
e n c y Benefits, 215 Washington
Street. Newark 2, N. J., giving them
full details.
Q. My husband served with Boals-
burg troops in Texas and Mexico at
the ti*"** of the trouble down there.
His discharge was destroyed by fire
quite a few years ago. On August 24,
1945 he passed away and I am a
widow and have been unable to work
since OcU 1945. My husband was an
; invalid for five years before he died,
i I would like to know if I am in any
way entitled to a pension or a small
income. We have a medal he re
ceived for Mexican border service
in 1916 and he also served with the
Pennsylvania National GuardL-^Mrs.
M. L. R. Lewis town. Pa. /
A. I do not like to arowe y^.._
hopes then have them killed out it
is possible that you may be entitled
to a pension. Write to the Office of ;
the Adjutant General, War Depart- i
ment. Washington 25, D. C.. and ask
for a certified copy, of your bus- I
band’s discharge and as much of :
his service record as they will send ’
you. You might also contact the Na- *
tional Guard headquarters in Penn- ;
sylvania for any additional data j
concerning his service. Would sug- ;
gest that you enlist the aid of tbs
I
Red Cross or of the American Legion
Post in your town. When you have ]
all possible information apply to ;
your nearest office of the Veterans 1
Administration and they will do- j
termine your eligibility for a pen- i
sion. ; i
Q. I was honorably discharged in -
Sept. 1943. 1 filed my claim while i
still In the hospital and received a
card in Feb. 1944 which acknow
ledged receipt of my claim 526. I
filed supporting affidavits. 1 believe,
in March 1944 and had them nota-
rized and returned. I was not called -
for examination at the Veterans *
hospital until Dee. 1944. Then my
disability was proven. The Veteraim
Administration at Chicago held
since my claim was not proven until i
more than a year after discharge t t
was only entitled to back disability
pay until Dec. 18, 1944, or date at "
proof.
1 feel that since I filed before a ;
year had elapsed after my discharge
that 1 am entitled to back pay from ;
the date of my discharge Sept. 1943. ■"
Please advise me on my rights and i
how to proceed to collect the II •
months back pay on the Id percent ’•
service connected disability.— R. BL
W., lota, IU.
A. I am inclined to believe you an& l
right for under ordinary circum
stances if you file for disability un
der a year from discharge you ane '
generally entitled to disability par
from date of discharge. Of course, X ;
am not conversant with all details |
but you have the right of appeal hi *
your case. Have asked the Veteran* 4
Administration to look up the cam ?
from this end. Suggest that you ask’ ^
the Chicago office to reopen your'
case on appeal and for review. Ye
local American Legion Post may
able to help you.
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hour of clean matter after a full where appetizing meals may 9*
and fair trial period. The bulk of had at nominal pnrices. This Jin-
composition will be 10-point solid, sociation also supervises variuuB
26 1-2 picas, straight and tabular Office recreational clubs siich am
matter. Credit will not be given the Riding, Golf, Tennis, Phe-
for any part of an apprenticeship tography, Rifle and Pistol ClubR;
served prior to the age of 16 yeails. | and Baseball, Bowling, and
Monotype Keyboard Operator. —|ketball leagues in their seasons.
Applicants must have had at> lease
5 years’ experience either as a
monotype keyboard operator pos
sessing knowledge of the various
composing-room operations, or as
a printer-operator, of wnich a.
least 1 year was as a monotype
keyboard operator. Applicants
must be able to set an average of
1,999 ems per hour of straight and
tabular matter after a full a-id
fair trial period. Proofs must be
of first quality. Credit will not be
given fer any part of an appren-
iceship served prior to the age of
16 years.
PROCEDURE FOR FILING
• APPLICATIONS
Application for Federal Employ
ment, Form 57, may be obtained
from the Personnel Division, Room
803, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C., in person or by
mail; and when completed should
be returned to the same address.
Application Form 57 may also be
secured at any first- or second-
class post office, but must be
mailed direct to the Government
Printing Office.
In making appointments, pref
erence will be given first to quali
fied disabled veterans, second
to qualified veterans, and third
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Card Of Thanks
I want to use this method <£
expressing my most sincere thante
to the voters of McCormick Counter
for the nice vote given me in tk*
recent primary.
G. H. McCain.
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Card Of Thanks
1. I want to use this method dC
expressing my most sincere thank*
to the voters of the ParksviDe
Magisterial District for the nk*
vote given me in the recent pa—
mary.
F. L. Baa.
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Card Of Thanks
I wish to express to the votes*
of McCormick County my deqp
appreciation for the handsome rdse
(between 75 and 80 per cent dff
the total vote) given me in tire
first primary. This percentage
was exceeded in the State by onir
my home county and your adjeia-
ing county, Edgefield, where- U
tbat
to qualified displaced Federal
workers, if any. 1 received over 91 per cent of
The Government Printing Office votes cast.
Cafeteria Recreation and Welfare, Gratefully yours,
Association operates a cafeteria
J. Strom Thurmond,