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true to ourselves, our neighbors, our country and our god. Forty-Fifth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCOjRMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1946 Number WASHINGTON. D. C.—The trag edy of presidential errors and public relations blunders at the White < House which culminated in the oust ing of Secretary Wallace from the Truman cabinet overshadowed all other developments in Washington. On the international front the Wallace foreign relations speech and its divergence of views from our es- ' tablished foreign relation policy had such repercussions in the capitals of the world, the President, some ’ sources said, had to take the tragic course he did take and fire Wallace in order to preserve the government’s • unity behind Secretary of State ’ Byrnes and the American delegation at the Paris peace conference. On the domestic political front, the Wallace ouster had equally \ loud repercussions and according to some official observers shunt- ) ed away from the Democratic ( party the last of the New Deal party of Franklin D. Roosevelt and a sizable chunk of the labor and liberal vote. i That the President chose to oust , Wallace as being the lesser of two evils, or that a united front at Paris was more important in our attempts ' at world peace than to retain Wal- 1 lace as the leader of the liberal ele ment in the Democratic party, is ap- ' parent. For the President, as a re- ’ suit of his own blunders, was faced (with the grave responsibility of un- i- \ doing what he had done in his now famous press conference. His action < In firing Wallace and his issuance of a statement placing in Secretary , Byrnes his full and complete confl- • dence, was his way of telling the ; world that the Wallace speech in' no ■ way affected our established policy. Democratic leaders here are < divided as to the effect of the * Wallace ouster on the congress- | ional elections next November j and the Presidential election of 194S. The old-line conservatives which comprise most of 1 the aouthem bloc, and which now seemingly have taken over the <• 1. (l , administration, are jubilant over tne Wallace exit. They have been i trying for yean to obtain his Liberal Democrats dark picture ahead, declaring that Wallace, the last of the Roosevelt cabinet, was the only party bulwark which kept labor and the liberal dement in line. In the meantime Wallace has been also ousted from the speak er's list at the Democratic na tional committee along with Senator Pepper of Florida, other liberal leader. Hence Wallace must find another medium by which he may go before the people and proclaim his views, ( other than the Democratic party.; Both the statements of the President) and that of Wallace issued after! Wallace was ousted, put the work of * peace ahead of party politics and it ; may be that the erstwhile secretary, whose public life has been a contin- * uous round of political crisis, may see I fit to remain quiet on international ) policies until after the Paris con- { ference has adjourned. He did say, 1 however, that the President’s action relieved him of his promise not to make further foreign policy speeches. Whether Wallace as a private citi zen will have the same influence with the liberal vote as he did within tbs government, remains to be seen. His cabinet job can no longer be the springboard by which he can proc- laim his “one world" theory and his ’ fight for peace. As a consequence of the incredible ’ blunders which led up to the Wallace ouster there is talk in official circles here of abandoning the extemporan eous press conference of the Presi dent. Few men in the White House have been able successfully to handle the barrage of questions hurled by the newspapermen. Wilson did it questionably well although he also made some blunders. Harding, Cool- idge and Hoover made mistakes so fast that they abandoned the con ference and had questions submitted in advance in writing. President Roosevelt revived the practice of personal and extemporaneous ques tions and answers and he was a past master. President Truman, how ever, has been unable to keep up the pace and some of his top advisers are now urging him to stop the pres ent practice and return to the writ ten quest inns Plum Branch School News | McCormick Tops Connie Maxwell Mrs. G. E. Langley is teaching After losing to Washington, Ga., music at the school house each 1 18 0 ’ and fi Shting Abbeville to a Monday and Thursday. She has I ff or f. less “*• ‘ he McCormick High twelve pupils. We are glad to have a music teacher in our school. Lila Gable, 4th grade. Rev. Mr. Speer was a chapel visi tor Monday and gave a very in teresting and helpful talk. We are always happy when our preachers visit us. Emajane Miner, 4th grade. We made jac ©’lanterns. Some had smiling faces. Some had fussy faces. We had fun making them. Helen Bodie, 2nd grade. Clean plate— Brenda Miner, Judy Bracknell, Jean Willis, Janet White, Sister Freeland, Jimmy Wise, Lewis Jennings, Dannie Reynolds, Melvin Leverette, Janice Coleman, Joyce Gable, Bill Morgan, George Earl Parks, Bobbie Langley, Eugene Finley, Larry Bowick, Christine Reynolds, Ben Allen White, Marjie Brown, Howard White, Jean Creswell, Nathan Finley, Sara Freeland, Emogene Jennings, Elise Langley, Joanne Seigler, Sonny Wall, Malcolm Garnett. Chapel Program On Friday, October 4, the sixth them, grade had charge of the chapel program. Sara Freeland read Mrs. Louise B. Wiley Killed In Auto mobile Accident Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Brock Wiley, 20, of near McCor mick who was killed in an auto mobile accident Sunday afternoon were conducted from the Buffalo Baptist Church of which she was a member, Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock. Services were con ducted by Dr. L. K. Simpson of McCormick Baptist Church. Inter ment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Wiley was returning home Sunday afternoon with her hus band, Ernest Wiley, following a week end in Savannah, Ga., with relatives. The accident, which in volved the collision of two automo biles, occurred at a crossroads a- bout eight miles north of Savan nah on the coastal highway. Besides her husband who was discharged from the armed forces in May following four years of overseas duty, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brock, four brothers, Elvin, Ansel, Raymond and Harold Brock, all of Troy, and one sister, Mrs. Wilbur Link of Abbeville. The following served as pall bearers: Thomas Britt, Air Mail Postage Reducd From 8 To 5 Cents Ai'r-vi i n u vi • /i v nmv Now it** & cents for .Air Mail Business firms are planning spe cial programs to stimulate volume during National Air Mail Week Oc tober 27-November 2, Postmaster J. E. Bell declared today. Inauguration of the new five- cent United States flag rate Oc tober 1 immediately brought a sharp rise in air mail volume, Postmaster J. E. Bell said. Rapid air mail service, offered for the first time at a low postage rate, should stimulate commerce, busi ness leaders here believe. For that reason, they are encouraging large air-mailings _ during the nation wide air mail promotion week. “We have long advocated lower air mail rates," said Mr. Bell, “be lieving tv>at r amd s°rvice between Thomas customers and manufacturers and Morrah, Henry Wiley, David Mor- | distributors rah, Raymond Collins and Tate merce. Senders. Strom’s Funeral Home in charge. would foster com- Panthers broke into • the win column by defeating Connie Max well 33-0 in Greenwood last Friday afternoon. Dewey Jennings starred for Mc Cormick, scoring the first touch down on a pass from Bobby Hugu- ley, and he also skirted his own right-end for twenty yards, and another tally. Huguley scored twice on short line bucks. “Rusty" Russell sparked a drive late in the fourth quarter, and hit pay-dirt on a five yard run over his own right guard. Jennings went over his own lefti guard for one of the extra points, and Huguley passed to Perry Brown and Jennings for the other two. The entire McCormick line play ed heads up ball and held the Connie Maxwell backs in their own back yard all afternoon. This Friday the Panthers tackle the strong Monetta team, last year’s state C champions. Hoyt B. Turner “The Pest Office Department has taken a leaf from the book of American business, reducing the air-mail rate from 8 cents to 5 cents an ounce and simultaneous- 04* Clim Wminrl ly offerin g better and faster ssr “ uies ui Urun wound The Post offics has bor _ -51* *1 .2 Q. VvItt i. 1 :.t»m the | A. The D. S. 8. Panama Victory trmy I was given a C. D. D. and re- ! is not a navy or army ship, but ia reived a pension. I was single at the operated by the merchant marine, time, but married soon after my re- I Suggest you write to the U. S. Mart- turn home. I have been told my time Commission, Washington. D. C. pension can be increased since I i Q. If a veteran of World War I rowed the proven principle that by Hoyt B. Turner, 75, who lived getting more customers for a good alone on the Minarik place in the product at a reduced cost the unit Meriwether community, was found cost of delivery is cut. A lower dead Tuesday afternoon of gun- price requires one thing to succeed shot wounds. He was lying in front —larger volume, of his house and, according to “Business men want to have the Sheriff W. L. Brown, who conduct- five-cent rate continued. A policy ed an investigation. Turner evi- enlightened self-interest sug- dently arose during the night and gests that all df us promote air walked out on his front porch ma ji during this period when the where he shot himself. A coroner s n tw low rate is being tested, jury returned a verdict to the ef-. Meanwhile> postmaster J. E. Bell feet that his wounds were self in- re p 0rte( j j a j r ma ^ letters are being flicted. received at the post office with in- Turner came to the home of Mr. correct postage affixe d. The five- and Mrs. J. J.* Minarik about five cen ^. rate ap p lies anywhere that years ago and asked for a nights the Amer i can fi ag flies, including married. Is this true and if so, to whom should I apply for the in crease?—A. M„ Georgetown, Ky. A. You are not entitled to a pen sion increase. According to the Vet erans Administration, pension given for any disability either service or non-service connected is based upon the rate of disability and not upon dependents. Q. My son, a former member of the OSS would like the present ad dress of the OSS.—Mrs. E. H. B., Orient, S. D. A. The war department says in formation concerning the OSS is still privileged for national security. Q. If you are receiving a pension for a permanent total non-service connected disability, how much in come are you allowed in a year, other than your pension?—W. E. D., Rock ingham County, N. C. A. The Veterans Administration says that veterans of World War I and World War II are entitled to disibility pensions only if their an nual income Is $1,000 a year or less if single and not over $2,500 a year if they have dependents. Insurance payments of national life, adjusted compensation or overtime if em ployed by the government are not in cluded in such income. Provisions are the same for veterans of the Spanish American war except when the age is 62 years or over. Q. I have a son who is on the USS Panama Victory, but have had no word from him since last May. Can you tell me where the USS Panama Victory is and when it will return to the V. Sf -Mf W. P. M., Cam- has been married, but declares by law she is not his legal wife on ac count of her character, although he has no divorce and they remain sep arated for seven years, could the vet eran go to another state and marry? And would the second wife and chil dren get the widow’s pension?—Mrs. Z. Z., Woodlawn, Ala. A This question of the legality of the marriage is a legal question and would have to be settled In the courts. Q. I would like to know if the bOl in which enlisted men can draw fur lough pay has been passed. If so, how do we get it?—D. W. B., Delano, Cat A. Yes, the terminal leave pay bill was passed. It will come to you auto matically. Q. When a soldier who has been classified as “missing in action” b officially presumed dead, is his fam ily informed of this action?—O. F, Denver, Colo. A. Yes. The next of kin in each in stance is notified of the change of status. Q. If a former officer of the army who has been retired without pay for physical disability wishes to have his case reviewed, to whom does he apply?—L. A. K., Charlottesville, Va~ A. An officer who is retired or who is on inactive duty without pay for physical disability and who desires to review his case should write to the adjutant general, War Department, Washington 25, D. C. If entitled un der the law to have his case re viewed, he will receive a formal ap- ^ttoovSon blank. lodging. He stayed and was w*. all united States possessions ployed there. He em- took his meals Mrs. Schumpert New Director Of Central Farm Women Group McCormick Officer Promoted To Major John N. Talbert, husband of Mot. Elizabeth Brown Talbert, has re cently been promoted to Major Mrs. Bertha Schumpert of West in the U. S. Army. Major Talbecfe ^ Columbia was elected director of is now stationed at Oliver Genexall but as it is also applicable to the armed the at the Minarik house, uut «.» 11 '| forces abroad, and to Canada and was raining Tuesday the Minariks Mexicc did not become alarmed until he failed to come for the second meal. It was on investigating that he was found dead. The bedy was carried to Shflby. N. C., yesterday, where funeral arrangements will be completed. Strom’s Funeral Home in charge. X school student who makes highest average in English. Class Rings The members of the Senior the South Carolina Council of Farm Women of the central dis trict meeting in convention Sat urday morning at the Jefferson hotel, to succeed Mrs. Joe Griffith of Saluda. hospital, in Augusta, Ga., wnere 1* is receiving treatment for wcmntisi received in a land mine explosioai in Germany early in 1945. Major Talbert was graduated from Clemson college in 1939, aufl entered the army in February McCormick Plays Monetta Here John 14: 1-7, after which we prayed the Lord’s prayer. A play, Rumplestittskin, was presented by Joe Martin Jackson, the king; Charley Ann Miner, the miller’s daughter: Malcolm Garnett, the miller; Joanne Seigler, the mes senger. Jean Creswell and Elise Langley played the piano for us. Sara Freeland, 6th grade. Picture Show The forest ranger, Mr. George Sharpton, visited us Wednesday morning. He showed us three mo- The approximately 500 dele gates in attendance heard a series He was wi ^h a Field Artillery urifc of discussions on the meeting ,' in Newfoundland for 21 month*. Class experienced quite a thrill theme, “Our Youth of Today Our! later going to Germany. He weaw last Monday when Mr. Weldon an_ Leaders of Tomorrow,” and at-i^l 16 Purple Heart medal and one: nounced that the class rings hadj tended ^ a number of business trenze battle star, come and were ready for delivery. , repor t s 1 jr Chapel Program | Dr. Harry H. Clark of the exten- ond and McCormick third. During assembly period, Miss sion division of the University of Committee reports from the- Friday Afternoon Rucker’s home room had charge of j South Carolina, main speaker, various units of the Council for -■ | the program and gave a humorous, spoke on “Youth Faces the Fu- Farm Women of the cenral district original skit entitled “The Faculty ture.” He stressed the importance were given by the county councL The Panthers will meet Monetta for their first home game here to morrow afternoon. The kick-off is set for three o’clock and a largo crowd is expected. Monette was state champion in the “C” class last year and tlvs promises to be a hard fought game. McCormick will be handi capped, however, because of in juries to first string players. Luther Ferqueron is still out be cause of injuries received in th° Abbeville game. Tommy Forrester. Albert Campbell, and Bill Bosd^ll were hurt last Fridav in the Con nie Maxwell game. Bosdell, how ever, expects to be ready tomor row and one of the others may be able to play part of the game. X McCormick School News Gift From Mrs. Dorn Meeting.” The characters were: Bill Creighton, Mr. Weldon, George Christian, Mr. Dickerson Albert Campbell, Janitor, T. W. Humphries, Ideal School Boy, .Evelyn Wall, Mrs. McGrath, Johnel Caudle, Mrs. Faulkner, Jackie Bonnette, Miss Rucker, Louise Rice, Mrs. Seigler, Mary Lou Seigler, Miss Crawford, Georgia Rose McCracken, Mrs. Rosenswike, Faye Bodie, Mrs. Jordan. Louise Wilkie read the scripture and announced the program. Improvements We are proud of the recent im provements that have been made extended in our school. The new cement walks add much to the convenience and ap- Salu&k* Vi vim! r Me C or— of proper home life and educa- presidents. tional opportunties for the boys Presiding with Mrs. GriffiUr and girls of today—the men and were: Mrs. Clifford Coleman sf women of tomorrow. Saluda, secretary; Miss Harpav Farm women council members Miss Mary Jo Griffith of were welcomed by Mrs. J. L. Cot- director’s page, and Miss ton, president of the Richland Ellis of Saluda, pianist, council, with Mrs. Andrew Gram- The 38 delegates from ling president of the Orangeburg mick were Miss Matida Bell, Cct. council, giving the response. Home Dem. Agent, Mrs. A. IE. Guests were introduced by Miss Andrews, Mrs. Fred Bass, Mrs. J. K. Bessie Harper of Aiken, district a- Bell, Miss Florence Brown. Mrs. IL gent of the central district. W. Bracknell, Miss Helen Bradley,, A short talk on 4-H council- Mrs - Creight Brown, Mrs. Dozier land their part in developing lead- Brown, Miss Frances Brown, Mix:, ership was taken up by Miss E- Christian, Mrs. B. S. Cii- Josephine Burley of Winthrop Col- breath, Mrs. Edd Dillashaw, Mn_ lege. Greetings from the stats J- Dowtin, Mrs. P. J. Dowtii^, home demonstration office were Mrs. C. A. Gilbert, Mrs. Frank: by Miss Lonnie I. Holloway, Mrs. S. J. King, Mrs. X, Landrum of Winthrop College, L£Groon, Mrs. Walter Lawtor*, state home demonstration agent. Mrs. Janie Belle Long, Mrs. W. YL. Dr. D. W. Watkins of Clemson Col- McNeill. Miss Betty Ann McNeif\, pearance of the grounds. The new sounding system lege, director of the haj greatly improved the acoustics ci greetings South Caro- Mrs - Honnie Newby. Mrs. B. <£. lina extension service, also brought Owings, Mrs. P. W. Roper, Mre* Emmie Sheppard. Mrs. E. It Wc wish to express our sincere the auditourium. The award of gavel went to Lex- tion pictures, two comedies and thanks to Mrs. J. J. Dorn for her New desks have been purchased ington County for the outstanding one picture about the growth of thoughtfulness in providing the for both grammar and high school, work for the second consecutive our forests. We really did enjoy jjjgh school with a large globe. We are indebted to the Senior year with McCormick County com- i Mrs. Dorn further shows her in- Class of 1946 for the flourescent ing a close second. Allendale re- Patricia Jackson, terest in our school by offering lights installed in the main of Grade 5. each year an award to the high flees. Smith, Mrs. B. N. Talbert, Mrs. H A. Y'lung, Mrs. J. C\ Young ant' Mrs. R. C. Young. X— Every farmer needs to be spor^ ceived the gavel for the largest man enough to enjoy testing attendance with Greenwood sec- ideas and trying new methods.