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TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHRORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Fifth Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S, JC., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1947
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r WASHINGTON, D. C.—Much of
( ihe steam has been let off by vic-
j tory-flushed members of the new
f congress, statements that made good
' reading back home, and they have
^ now settled down to face the reality
' of the responsibility which is theirs.
\ Already there is some hedging and
i back-tracking mi some of the earlier
\ statements on both labor and tax
! Questions. Congressman Knutson
i got out over his head on the ques-
i tion of r^jealing war-time excise
taxes and is now treading Water with
a bill to continue these taxes after
the dead-line date June 30. On the
Question of the national budget, the
consensus, of opinion is that the fig-
( urge of 37 % billion as fixed by Presl-
| dent Truman will be cut some, like-
1 ly down to 34 or 35 billion, but not
t the 29 - billion - dollar figure ' as de-
1 manded by Representative T^ber of
‘ New York.
And the thinking Is that Individ
ual income tax cuts, if any, will like
ly be around the 10 or 12 percent
mark, far short of the 20 percent
across-the-board goal as set by Con
gressman Knutson. }
The supreme court hearing on the
John L. Lewis appeal, while of high
Interest here, has had ,• the edge
takep off somewhat by the fact that
no matter what the court's decision,
this congress seems determined to
amend the NOrris-LaGuardia Act,
to make certain the government will
have authority to use the injunction
in emergencies declared by the Pres
ident as affecting the general public.
The proposal of the President for
a compromise merger of the armed
forces has met with almost universal
approval on Capitol Hill and legisla
tion to carry out the merger to cre
ate a single-agency *•£ national de
fense with separate arms of army,
navy and air, likely will be passed.
There has been considerable fa
vorable comment from both sides of
the aisles in congress over the Pres
ident’s economic report on the state
of the nation as prepared by bis
economic advisers under the terms
of the full employment act. There
was considerable comment over the
fact that the thinking of the non
partisan committee follows closely
in many respects the report of the
.Committee on economic develop
ment, a committee of small business -
leaders, which was filed a year or i
so ago. f !
The unique value of this report }
does not lie particularly in its rec- \ .
ommendations and warnings, many .
of which have been made before, but }
in the fact that its analytical con- »
elusions are linked up with specific \
recommendations for legislative ac- >
tion which the President already has (
endorsed, and upon which the con- j
gress is obligated under the law to , r '
take action. •)
This latter fact was brought to the '’ , '
fore this Week by Sen. Joseph Ma- >
honey, of Wyoming. Under the 1946
reorganization act there was created '
a joint economic committee com- I
posed of seven members from edch »
branch of congress representing i
both parties.. .It is the job of this '
committee, under the terms of the '
law, to prepare an economic report
supposed to be based on the report v
of the President’s economic commit- '
tee. . . 1
Senator Mahoney called a meet- .
ing of this committee, of which he is /
the retiring chairman, this week and i
pointed out that the law requires {
that th*e report must be ready by ^
February 1. Furthermore the com
mittee is required to make a con-;
tinuing study of matters set forth in * f
the President’s, report and to seek *.
means of coordinating the various .
programs tp further the policy of the ,
full employment act. Senator Ma- ;
honey said he. intended to keep (
prodding the senate until they acted
to bring into being legislation to
carry out the terms of the law.
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The President’s first bi-partisan t
meeting at the White House to fur
ther his promise of non : partisan co
operation of the executive and leg
islative branches created continued
good will in the congress, but, of \
course, the GOP members are not
bound to carry out any of the pro- |
J. C Wiley
Claimed By Death
J. C. Wiley, 74, died at 4:15
Friday afternoon at his home near
3e la Howe following an illness of
:our weeks.
i Funeral services were conducted
•!rom Buffalo Baptist Church, of
which he was a member, Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock .with his pas
tor, the Rev. W. E. Brant, of Plum
Brandh, officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the churchyard cemetery
with the following nephews serving
as active pallbearers: J. D. Richey,
J. E, J. Thos., R. M., J. B. and
Luther Wiley ,
1 Mr. Wiley - was the son of the
late David and Martha Darby
Wiley of,.this county where,,.he
spent his entire life. He was njpver
married. He is survived by orie
brother, C. E. Wiley, who lived with
hiffi .And a number of nieces and
nephews.
Strom’s Service.
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Death Claims HrSi
. J. B. Timmerman
McCormick School
News
posals discussed “off the record” at
these conferences. TTie White House -j
has indicated that Mr. Truman will ;
call these meetings of the leaders of \
both parties to the White House
whenever he deemed it advisable.
The agricultural leaders on both '
sides of the fence are getting down i
td work preparatory to writing a *
new agricultural bill to set up sup
port prices on commodities guaran-,
teed under the Steagall act which
now expires at the end of 1948, be-)
cause of the President’s proclama
tion on the end of hostilities, as of
December 31, 1946.
Plum Branch
School News
We saved all cf our money. 7/e
gave It to thte March of Dimes.
We had &13.00.
Our room had most of all.
We get a half holiday.
Helen iBodie,
2nd Grads.
Mr. Sharpton, our forest ranger,
conducted a forestry test in the
sixth grade on Friday, Jan. 31.
The three contestants who won
first, second, and third places, re
spectively, were Jean Creswell, Joe
Martin Jackson, and Malcolm Gar-
it
nett. Jean will participate in the
[county wide contest later in the
I spring.
The Plum Branch school gave
J $28.00 for the March of Dimes to
jhelp the little children that have
jlnfantile paralysis.
Lila Gable,
4th Grade.
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
'reighton, Miss Moore, who is
rtth the State Department of Ed-
ication, and one of the State
Lunch room supervisors, . visited
>ur school Wednesday. We en
joyed having them eat lunch with
is.
Clean 'Plate Club
George Earl Parks,
Joyce Gable,
Janice Coleman,
Danny Reynolds,
Bill Morgan,
Melvin Leverett,
Judy Bracknell,
Brenda Miner,
Sister Freeland,
Jean Willis,
Lewis Jennings,
Helen Bodle,
>bbie Langley,. _ _
Legion Auxiliary
Meets Today
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The American Legion Auxili-|
ary will hold its regular meeting
at the home of Mrs. George Dorn
at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon.
Dr. L. K. Simpson will speak on
Americanism.
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Buffalo Grange To
Meet February 13
The Buffalo Grange will meet
Thursday night, Feb. 13th, at 7:15
->ni^ tbp Buffalo school house.
Mrs. Hattie Lila Cartledge Tim
merman died at the Laurens coun
ty hospital Sunday morning at
7:15, following an illness of one
month.
Mrs. Timmerman was a daugh
ter cf the late Thomas A. and
Mary Morgan Cartledge, members
of well known Edgefield county
families. She was a devoted mem-
br of the First Baptist Church of
Laurens, also member of the Am
erican Legion Auxiliary. Her hus
band, J. B. Timmerman, died in
1924.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
B. A. Dukes, 127 Academy street,
Laurens, conducted by the Rev. J.
H. Kyzar. Interment was in the
Parksville cemetery.' — Grandsons
who served as active pallbearers
were Edward, Tom, Harold, Gar
rard, Leonard," and Donald Tim
merman.’
Besides - her daughter, Mrs.
Dukes, she is survived by six sons,
Dr. T. L. Timmerman, M. M. Tim
merman of Laurens; G. R. Tim
merman of Charleston; J. B. Tim
merman, Jr., of Greenville; D. C.
Timmerman of Augusta, Ga., A.
L. Timmerman of Columbia; one
brother, T. R. Cartledge of Plum
Branch; two sisters, Mrs. B. O.
Kitchings of Beaufort, Mrs. Salley
Holley of Clinton, also a number
of grandchildren and great grand-
chfldren. •
Assembly Program
The tenth grade, under the di
rection of Miss Rucker, had charge
of the assembly period and gave
a play on the importance > of
courtesy which was entitled “It
Might Have Been”.
The following girls, and boys
played the leading parts:
Billy Creighton,
Faye Bodie, ; ( -
Louise Rice,
Johnel Caudle,
Georgia Rose McCracken,
Albert Campbell, , > '
T. W, Humphries, ' ‘ .
George Christian,
t Billy Creswell,
Jacquelin Bonnette.
Mary Lou Seigler gave the devp-
tional and • announced tiie pro
gram.
County Teachers’ Association ’
, Meets
The McCormick County Teach
ers’ Association met at the local
high school building on Tuesday,
Jan. ■28th, with Mrs. E. C. Rice,
principal of the Plum Branch
School, in charge of the program.
She introduced Miss Lena Moore
of the State Department of fedu-
cation who brought a timely and
informative talk on the importance
of better teaching in our public
schools. Miss Moore emphasized
the point that reading is a con
tinuous process, extending even
beyond school years.
Mrs. W. M. Freeland of the
Plum Branch faculty gave the de
votional. The McCormick Glee
Club furnished music for the oc
casion.
Dr. Harry Clark of the' Univer
sity of South Carolina was a wel
come visitor and spoke briefly to
the association. ■' ' < } ^
After a short business session
the faculty of the local grammar
school served refreshments.
Visitors
Recent visitors at the high
school were Dr. Harry Clarke of
the University of South Carolina,
Edwin Rice, student at Presbyteri
an College, Miss Grace Moore, of
the x State Department of Educa r
tion, and Bill Willis, student at
University of, .South Carolina.
Grammar School News
The names of Bettye Sue Brown
apd Elmer Creighton were inad
vertently omitted from the citi
zenship roll last week in the third
grade.
Lila Gable, *
Cecil Wall,
Edward Strother,
Eugene Finley,
Robert Lee Gable,
Margaret White,
Winky Langley.
Marjie Brown.
Raymond White,
Larry Bowick,
Malcolm Garnett, '
John Luther Bracknell,
Jimmy Moore,
Nathan Finley,
Sara Freeland, *
Janie Gable,
Emogene Jennings.
Our school has some new forks
for our lunch room. We are very
proud to have them.
Bobbie Langley,
4th Grade.
Miss Louise Bracknell came to
our school Monday. We were very
glad to have her come. She told
us the story of Zaccheus. We all
enjoyed.it. After she told us the
story we sang songs.
John Luther Bracknell,
4th grade.
High School Glee-
Club At The
Methodist Church
Position Of Regular
Substitute Post
Office Clerk
To Be Filled
Postmaster J. E. Bell states that
a regular substitute post office
We are anticipating with pleas- W ju be appointed from a
ure the coming of the high school j re gi S t er that will be established by
glee club for our Sunday morning > an examination to be held soon,
worship service. We know that the | The time for filing applications
club has some real talent, and we j close Feb. 13, 1947.
take this opportunity to invite the ^
public to come and enjoy their
performance. The service will be
gin promptly at eleven o’clock. Ev
eryone is cordially invited to at
tend.
M. E. Boozer,
Pastor.
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V. F. W. Organized
Here
A post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars of the U. S. has been
organized here. A few McCormick
County veterans met in the court
house Tuesday night and under
the direction of John Warner, de
partment official from Charleston,
elected a skeleton group of offi
cers.
The local post is No. 9020 and
nas not been named yet. It is
customary with the V. F. W. to
name posts after a
who died overseas.
The next meeting
W. will be held in
Thursday night, Feb
o’clock. Any veteran
Polio Drive
The Church Speaks
This Atomic Age
Some people are becoming in
creasingly alarmed at the dangers)
that we are facing in these days
when man has released solar en
ergy which is capable of destroy
ing civilization. Some want to |
turn back to the good old days]
when.there was no such night
mare. Some are so naive as to I
think that they can come to some
general understanding with the)
rest of the nations of the world
whereby all will agree to outlaw
the use of the atom bomb. Some)
are in favor of establishing a po
lice, force to police the world and
thereby control this frankinstein
.monster. But those with better
judgment know that none of these
measures offers any degree of real
■jecurity. Atomic energy can be
used to the advantage of the hu
man race. The trouble is not with
atomic energy as such, but rather
it is with us who use it. What \vc
neqid is people who are proper! -
motivated to use their scientific
knowledge to lead mankind into
a. richer, fuller life. Our trouble
is that we have become scientific
giants .while we haye remained
spiritual, pygmies. We need heart -
Targe enough to use our scientific
knowledge to the well-being c
mankind. This is where religicr
comes in. Only religion can mak
us the kind of people that we
ought to be. May God guide us in
our personal and international re
lationships in order that we may
build a more Christ-like world; a
world cf understanding arid
brotherhood.
M. E. Boczsr.
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Tax Gommission
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Agents To Assist
In Making Income
Tax Returns
Veterans’ Question
Box
The people of this county are to
commended for th&ir excellent re
sponse in this March of Dimes
drive. Incomplete figures show
that we have on hand today $474.-
30. Our quota, as Mr. Gettys gave
it, of $348.00 has already been
surpassed.
Donations as follows:
McCormick—Town—
American Legion Auxiliary_$l 13.25
Picture show 112.45
McCormick High School _ 29.33
Parksville—Modoc—
Washington School 8.00
Town of Parksville 25.00
Parksville Baptist Church _ 10.00
Cash Donations 15.00
White Town : 2.15
Bethany — — 16.40
Dowtins 5.25
Sandy Branch 10.00
county man Buffalo 8.00
j De 1^ Howe School 38.54
of the V. F. J Willington - 16.20
the city hall Mt. Carmel 13.17
13, at 7:30 Plum Branch 51.56
who served Colored People No report
Agents cf Income Tax Division
of the- South Carolina Tax Com
mission begin Ttieir journeys over
the State for the purpose of as
sisting income taxpayers in the
preparation of their returns on
the tenth day of February, 1947.
The Itinerary of £ield Agents ir.
this section is given below an:
their services are at the disposa •
of the public in the matter of giv
ing aid, advice, or information to
the income taxpayers.
Every individual receiving an
income of $1,000.00 net, if single,
or $1,800.00 net, if married, is re
quired to file a return.
In addition to the returns of in
come, every person, firm, or cor
poration making payments of sal
aries, wages, rents, commissions:
etc., in excess of $1,000.00, or in
terest or dividends, or both, ir
excess of $1,000.00 is required t.
make returns of informatio:
thereon, giving the names anc
addresses of those to whom pay
ments are made and the amounts
so paid, and by whom paid.
Corporations and partnerships
are required to file returns regard
less of the amount of income.
It is hoped that taxpayers wil
take advantage of this aid as of
fered by the* Tax Commission in
the filing of Income Tax Return -
the dates advertised. Owing to th
shortage of experienced help du:
the war effort, transportation dif
ficulties and other causes, it wiF
not be possible for the Commission
to serve the taxpayers other than
on the dates advertised.
Abbeville, Feb. 21, Court House.
Ed. Note: This, newspaper has T
arranged with the Washington Bu- 7
reau of National Weekly News
paper Service, 1616 Eye St. N. W* i
Washington 6, D. C„ to answer *
questions pertaining to servicemen ■
and veterans. These questions wiM
be answered in this column ii ad- 4
dressed as above. No replies can *
be made by mail, but this paper
will print answers to all questions
received. I
Q. Can yon please ten me where t ;
can write to obtain the home ad- '
dress of a couple of buddies of mine. 1
I knew them when we were overseas 4
together, but I lost track of them t
when being transferred home. It’s **
been a year, but I hfcve their serial .
numbers. Can they be Of any help •
to me?—P. EL, Madeira, Ohio.
A. Send the full names and serial
numbers to the Office of Enlisted "
Personnel, Adjutant General, War
Department, Washington 25, D. C.
Q. Would you please give me soma *
information on the whereabouts of ?
my brother? It has been a Rttle over ’
three months since I heard from .
him. He has been in the army al
most 15 months. His address is Pfu. -
A. M. G., 10th Supply Sqdm* 10th ,
Air Depot, APO 231, > Postmaster ;*
New York. Serial number, 44163598.
—Mrs. A. B., Newton Grove, N. C.
A. As of November 30 your broth- .
er, A. M. G., was - with the;.42nd Air ,
Supply Squadron, APO 231, Post*
master, New York City. ■>
Q. I understand a veteran’s pen- 1
sion is for his own use and Jaw pro- ^
tects him so that no* One can claim „
any part of iti Is this true?^—<G.F.S«
Buffalo, N. Y.
A. Yes, generally speaking, a vet- *
eran’s pension is for his own use and
is free from creditors and taxes.
However, .the veteran, is not free 1
from the laws of his state and in a
case where he is legally, bound te “
support a wife or children, a court 4
could order the veteran to contribute *
to the maintenance of his famfig j
from his pension.
Q. What taxes and how much f
percentage of same, are.: veterans at}
World Wars I and II exempt from^
on real estate and property, owned'!
by the veterans?—E. B^.B* Hudson]
Falls, N. Y. ;
A. There are no - federal la wo >
which exempt veterans from ^taxet •
on real property. However there am**
some estates in which specific lawe[
have been passed to give veterans,
certain tax benefits. Suggest yon
consult your local tax officials.
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Itinerary Of
Deputy Collectors
Of Internal Revenue
Feb 12-18, Inclu.,
Court
13-14,
Anderson,
Court House.
Edgefield, Feb. 10,
Greenwood, Feb.
Court House.
McCormick, Feb.
House.
Saluda, Feb. 17, Court House
House.
Incl.,
11, Court
overseas is invited to attend.
I wish to express my sincere
thanks to those on the committees
to raise these funds, and I am sure
the present and future victims of
polio thank you, too.
B. W.. Crouch,
Chairman of March of Dimes.
Federal income tax returns for
the calendar year^ 1946 are re
quired to be filed by every citizm
or resident of the United State*
(including a minor) who ha*
$500.00 or more gross income i»
1946. The period for filing In
come Tax returns for the jcnlendar
year 1946 began January 1 an*
ends at midnight March 15, 1941.
All income tax returns must be i*
the office of the Collector of In
ternal Revenue, Columbia, S.
or in the hands of a deputy col
lector, before midnight March 1$,
1947, in order to avoid liability for
penalties.
Please note that Internal Reve
nue offices are not open on Satur
days except they will be open tm.
Satufday, March 8, and Saturday
March 15. Deputy Collectors of
Internal Revenue will visit the
towns in this section listed below
on the dates shown, and at the
the places indicated, for the pur
pose of assisting taxpayers with
the preparation of their returns.
Should any information or assist
ance be needed, taxpayers are re
quested to get in touch with Dep
uty Collectors on the dates the
deputies visit their nearest towns.
Abbeville, County Court Housq,
February 19 and 20.
Anderson, Post Office Building,
March 4 to 15.
Edgefield, County Court Hons*.
February 26.
Greenwood, Post Office Building,
March 3 to 15.
McCormick, County Court Hons*.
February 13.
Saluda, County Court Housv
February 14. j
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