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V, [mii- ,1 *■ r'*^Sp^-.- " rf ’“* Nv •‘•*Vv'a, c .• •, < ';■• ••'•.■. •->, • ^ '■_• rtL». | .7.>»«iWr’.'t ^.v » v .;k .•. ’ -.•itf*». ;• »>«».%.>. ^. TRUE TO 'OURSELVES, OUR .NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. * 1 'vlv. *v.-;.yy Forty-Fifth Year June .5,1902 ' : McC<JRMICK, S. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1947 :<? f'w f >t< *1 A-'^rw. ( v "*• ->Nte ■?• tNumber^ r.i- j.u L't- r a ~ i 7ZZ— J With the senate labor and educa tion committee announcing continu ous hearings which will nmjto March 1 or possibly March 8. consideration of the many labor bills eonunued to occupy the spoUlght id Washington this week. The house labor commits tee, under chairmanship of Ceng. Fred A. Hartley, New Jersey, was also expected to get down to the serious business of public hearings. Sen. Robert A. Taft, phto, chair- . man of the senate conjunittee, has r announced that backers of the . measures in the senate, government . and Industry officials, and (aboil leaders will be heard in that order. In the meantime, labor leaders are urging membership to sit steady In the boat and to take no step which • would reflect dlsadvantageously. It Is believed here, as has been previously reported, that labor legislation is most likely to take a middle-of-the-road track as between the extrema as spon sored by Senator Ball of Minne sota for closed shops and com- * pulsory arbitration, and the mild ' ; coarse as sponsored by Senator 1 ; Murray of Montana for a com- . mittee to study and recommend legislation. It Is expected that the Case bill, largely as It is now written ■ • and differing in some respects 1 ) from the same bill passed last * session and was vetoed by the President, will be passed. One senator, a member of the labor committee, asserted that legislation which will be enact- ed will certainly make labor un- ‘ J ions more democratic and will , add dignity to the Individual membership. m m m i • ! The narrow squeak by which the : Republican majority In the senate , emerged from its first partisan fight , on extension of the war investigat- . ing committee for another year . the test vote being 47 to 45 .. . gave * rise to speculation as to whether the Republicans had sufficient working < majority to push through their leg- •. islative program as announced. This I vote was strictly partisan, with the , Republicans determined to continue , the committee as a springboard for < potential Issues in the 1947 Presiden- ' ttal campaign and with the Demo- ^ crate Just as determined to prevent (farther extension of the committee . willing, at least on the surface, >'permit further war investigations through the regular standing com mittees of ;4be senate. Democrats charged that- the Republicans were violating .the new reorganization law; and -the GOP equally maintained itiiAt they were not. . . ~ > V The line-up, with Senators Tobey. New Hampshire; Aiken," Vermont; Morse, Oregon: .and ^Ofwitfr. Ken tucky, deserting •the" Republican ranks . . . with Langer, North Da-.^ kola, unpredictable, and with " the Democrats having a fulljtnembership present. would^makeTthe ycOT en ah^ partisan questioh A hear or per-.,, haps give the bemocrats a majority of one. Senatpr v Overton, Louisiana, was absent 'as was, of pburse.^Rilbo of Mississippi. The ifflw ’fcfcfcibfcrat voting with the OOP was O’Daniels of Texas. * It now remains to be seen whether the senate 'majority will be content with its single special committee, or with ,the precedent established, they , wifi continue to break down the rev organisation act b>extension of the special small business and .other special senate .committees, . Already resolutions have'been in- ~ troduced to continue .the special... committees on both sehate and house small business committees; special committee to investigate ex ecutive agencies; special committee on organization of cohgress; senate special committee on -^vool; senate special committee on silver; creation of a special house committee to in vestigate old age assistance; house committee to investigate war surplus disposal; continue special senate committee to Investigate petroleum resources. • f , , r ■ Intent of the reorganization act was to prohibit special ■ committees except by a two-thirds vote in an emergency, and the act gave the standing committees appropriations and personnel to conduct special In vestigations. In addition Xhere have been resolutions Introduced to re peal or revise and amend certain sections of the reorganization act. And to top it off, two senate com mittees, the aimed services commit tee and the committee on expendi tures in the executive department, are staging a row over Jurisdiction on the legislation merging the armed services. Chairmen of both commit tees, Aiken of Vermont on the Ex penditures committee and* Chan Gurney of South Dakota on the armed services committee, both de clare their committees have .sole Jurisdiction. Plum Branch News Miss Carolyn Rioe, the popular young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Rice of Plum Branch, has been chosen as one of the ten out standing seniors at Columbia Col lege. This honor is given each yf^r when the senior class votes by secret ballot for their ten most outstanding members. Miss Rica will be a grduate in the class of June’ 47. Members of our young college set who have enjoyed a few days at home after mid-term exams are:- Miss Gladys Winn, Lander, William Thomas Wells, Newberry College, Charles Freeland, Jr., Newberry College, Robert Strother, Wofford, Edwin Rice, Jr., Presbyterian C: liege. X Branch -School News Clean Plate Club John Luther Bracknell, Larry Bowick, * Edward Strother, Marjie Brown, Janet 'White, , Sister Freeland, George -Earl Parks, Joyce Gable, Lewis Jennings, Janice Coleman, Danny Reynolds, Melvin Leverett, Jean Willis, , Brenda Miner, Malcolm Garnett, Nathan Finley, Janie Gable, Joanne Seigler, Mary Ann Winn. LEMSON IDIOGRAMS The Twin-State Farm Home Program, scheduled 2 P. M. each Saturday over WRDW, Augusta, Ga„ will be broadcast Saturday by McCormick County Home Agent . .Miss Matilda Bell will bring you a miscellaneous program of gardening . . . home beautifica tion . . . New electric equipment . . . . poultry . . . 4-H club work and a bit of inspiration . . . you are cordially invited to tune in! I, / \ L_ rr i The sixth grade pupils have been experimenting with rhymes since they read a story in their reader ' of a poet who used rhyming ink. 1 Here are some of them. I went to the store To get some rice. On the way back I found something nice. I had an old mule Whose name was Nell. He walked down the hill And fell in the well. Jean Creswell, The Belgian Congo Down in the Belgian Congo Elephants live and coconuts grow, Monkeys swing on the trees. .They all do as they please. A mother parrot on her nest Tells her young she knows best— Warns them to keep from the jungle thick Where tigers are cunning and J. O: Patterson jj^^l Claimed By Death James O. Patterson, 64, died Tuesday .jsf&modp/At 5:15 o’clock at Jthe Greenwood hospital, where &e 4 had .uxider^ne twb "emergency Operations since having been rushed there Monday night..- He was stricken iju while at his office Monday morning. 4r :Mr. Patterson was .born here, the ;sdh of the late John A. and Mary F. Owens Patterson j and -with the exception of a few years* in Lin- coln&on, Ga., spent j his entire life, here. He had been city clerk here for the past 22 years .and a deacon and clerk of the McCor mick* Baptist church for the past J2 or more .years. Unpaired health because pf a throat operation sev eral years ago had not kept him from' being tine of McCormick’s most useful and beloved citizens. Funeral services were conducted from. (£ie McCormick Baptist church yesterday afternoon 5 at 4 o’clock with his pastor, Dr.. L. K. Simpson, In charge, assisted by die ttev. M. E. Bobzer, pastor of the M cCormlc,c Methodist church. Interment followed in cemetery. , ; Active pallbearers were W. H. Hamlin, Noel G. .Rankin, J. Fred feuzhardt, H. M. Schumpert, R. L. Bendy and T; Lee Edmunds. Mayor T. J. Sibert, Chief C. A. Fleming, city council members and rriembers of the board of deacons of the McCormick Baptist church formed the honorary escort. Survivors include his wife, the .former Miss Azalee Harmon; one daughter, Mrs. John T. McGrath, Jr., McCormick; four sons, J. O. Patterson, Jr., and Thomas L. (Tony) Patterson, both of Spar tanburg; John Davis (Jack) Pat- itrson of McCormick and Abbeville' and Cecil Harmon Patterson of McCormick; two brothers, G. Clar ence Patterson of McCormick and Charlie W. Patterson of Green ville ; two sisters, Mrs. R. H. Tal bert of McCormick and Mrs. Har old Wyse of Yemassee. Strom’s service. < ,»; f •. r- .. i February Grange Melting Called Off Because of the inclement weather, Buffalo Grange meeting for Thursday, February 13th, has been called off. American Legion Auxiliary Meets foxes are slick, To stay in their nest with mother dear To learn to fly high but to stay quite near. Down in the Belgian Congo. Charley Ann Miner. I walked to the door The door was locked, The clock struck twelve Right on the dot.- 1 Elise Langley. I had a little dog His name was Pete Everytime I turned around He wanted some meat. I had a little dog His name was Ring, Around his tail I tied a string. I pulled the string. His eyes turned blue. Farewell, Ring, I’m done with you! Jimmy Moore. The sixth grade is studying the Riviera, the playground of France. Riviera Riviera is a winter playground for the people of the colder coun tries of Europe and 'America. The mountain walls of the Alps shut out the cold winds from the north, and the winter weather is so warm.that the visitors can en joy all out-of-doors sports and pleasures that belong to summer in their homelands. On the mountain slopes there are vineyards, olive groves, and acres and acres of roses, hya- Cincths, sweet peas, and many other lovely flowers. These flowers are grown for industry in making perfume from the oil in their blossoms. Jimmy Moore. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 8:00 p. m. Byron Parker, “The Old Hired Hand”, and his WIS Hill-Billies will give an entertainment in the school auditorium. This show is sponsored by the Plum Branch P. T. A. The prices are 25 and 50 cents. The American Legion Auxiliary met at the ' home Mrs. George JQorn on Thursday afternoon, February gth. There was an at tendance .of twenty-nine. Good reports were given on “The March of Dimes”, on the essay and Poppy Poster contests being sponsored in the schools, on the typing of the one hundred eighty letters for Mrs. C. K. Ep- ting’s nomination for Department President of the American Legion Auxiliary, the writing of the Auxiliary Constitution and By- Laws; on the membership drive. Mrs. C. R. Strom reported a membership of 120. Eighteen of the ' *<jity' this number are juniors. Mrs. W. J. Bringle and Mrs. J. G. Dorn were elected as leaders of the Junior American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Mildred Nave having resigned from this position. It was voted that the auxiliary send $11.00 to the Opportunity School in Columbia to help in bedding for veterans. It was also decided that the auxiliary send two girls to be selected from schools in McCormick and the county to attend “Girls State” this summer. It was announced that Mrs. G. L. Jaynes will be in charge of the program for the March meeting and the hostesses will be Mrs. C. H. Workman, Mrs. T. L. Britt, Mrs Carl Willis, Mrs. Nellie Jennings Miss Eugenia Browne, Mrs. Ruby McConnell, Mrs. Rosa. C. Robert son, Mrs. Betty Earl, Mrs. W. N Nash and Mrs. F. S. Robinson. Miss Eugenia Brown was in charge of the program on “Ameri canism” in the absence of Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Jr. Introduction, Miss Eugenia Brown, A Scriptural Thought, Mrs. C H. Huguley, Prayer, Dr. L. K. Simpson, Song, “God Bless America”, Talk, Dr. L. K. Simpson. Dr. Simpson stressed the mean ing and reality of Americanism and he very interestingly gave the many threats to Americanism. He urged our making efforts to combat these threats. A delightful social hour was en joyed. All who missed the meeting missed something—The Auxiliary urges that all members make a special effort to attend all meet ings. . If there are any who wish to join, join before Feb. 15th. X . ' v* - ;v;r r><#- . v ■ <*■ . . S’***: :.<r K : *****•f’Wf'’ ■ r i i-r ; t U: ; Ed. Note: This, newspaper 4ktsf or not he petition* Ws Icomm^h/’ins Mrr^nged with the V/asfup&tdn jofficer to hfcve fti* wile join him. ~ ~ ..a_ . _ _ * ■ * *. * -t ■ ' i- - j Q. Can a veteran .who * as wound ed get a loan and buy a home o«. a De la Howe Wins Two From Abbeville The De la Howe basketball teams continued their winning streak by taking a double-header from Abbeville last Friday night. The games were played on the Abbeville court. De la Howe’s girls came from behind in the last few seconds of the game to win by a score of 9 to 8. The game was very hard fought throughout with both teams missing numerous scoring opportunities. Abbeville boys took an early lead of 6 to 0, but the De la Howe boys soon found the range and had pulled ahead by the end of the first half. The second half was all De la Howe with the final score being 41 to 22. This was the eleventh victory out of twelve games for the De la Howe boys. De la Howe boys will play Cal houn Falls for the third time on Friday, Feb. 14th, in the Calhoun Falls gymnasium.. These games | should be of unusual interest as xeau of National Weekly rUtper Service, 1616 Eye,St. N. W.. Washington 6, D. C„ to jUiswer questions pertaining to servtcepien and . veterans. These questions will be Mnshered in this cdlttmn if ad- dressed as above. No replies can be made by mail, but ibis piper will print answers to all questions received. *’* ,Q. When a doctor , reenlisto in tbe army how many years does he serve ip the armed forces? What is his monthly salary a* a lieutenant? Can he serve over-seas If ha wishes it?—Mrs. E. C. P., Cleveland, Ohio. A. A doctor In the army is > usually an officer and does not enlist. He remains in service until he is sep arated and if called back to duty, or if he returns to duty voluntarily his term of service remains with him and his superior officers. He can re quest overseas duty. Annual ' ba^e pay of a first lieutenant With under 10 years service is approximately $2,000, but regular allowances will bring it to $3,300 or more. "’ Q. My husband is stationed At the following address. Could you please tell me what their duties are and if they are permitted to have their wives with them? His address! is 628 Special Service Plat., APO 042, Postmaster,'Seattle, Wash.~-M. K., Bradford, Pa. ,.i A. Tills outfit is stationed In Alas ka and is the headquarters’for the entire Alaska mainland* ’Mad the Aleutian Islands. Duties are to pro vide educational. and ’recreational opportunities for the Paen in the command. Under certain conditions, wives are permitted to join their husbands in this area. It depends upon time in service, whether or not he agrees to remain at least a year after the Wife joins him and whether small farm and let his parents iu .ve on it as he Is single? j He wants a small farm home to live with his pa rents and goitowchooi. He was crit ically wounded mild ^discharged with a small pension. Another question— * - we .have another OonJn service who V ^enlisted at I? years and has been ■overseas 18 months. He made an ai- ' ; iotmewt to h|s parents eight or nine- ‘ ! ’ months ago- and jr* have never re ceived aqy allotment jet, although, 'they take $22 a month ant of his .. ;pay every month. 1 How can we g^t. . 'this - fixed up?—Kentuckians, Hargis, ,. 'Ky. * ’<-V' A. The fact that your son was wounded .should not necessarily pre vent him from obtaining a loan to buy a small farm under the QI bill, ; providing he can obtain the credit at a local lending institution. As a matter of fact, the Farmers Home Administration makes loans to dis- *• abled veterans for tills very purpose. Suggest you consult your county agent conceruing such a loan. With '= reference to the allotment, write' to • the Office of Dependency Benefits; tJ. S. Army, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd:, St. Louis 20. Mo., and explain the ‘details to them. ! Q. My brother received- a le^. 1 [' wound in action 'in Germany. Is Vi<P ' entitled’ to a pension? If so, ho'w ,w can he go about getting it?—Mrs. M. Cm Laurinsbtirg,’N. C. •’ A. Whether or not he Is entitled : to a pension remains for the veter- '* ans administration to determirie. He * should make application 'to the* i nearest office of the veterans ad- > ministration for a disability rating and they will determine whether he is entitled to it and the amount he Is to receive. both the girls and boys have split the two previous games. During the season De la Howe and Cal- houn Falls boys .have each lost only one game, that being to each Other. » Next week the De la Howe teams will enter the Third tournament at Johnson. X District Here They Come! 1 ' I Byron -Parker, “The Old Hired Hand”, and his WIS Hill-Billies. Motion Pictures,. Comedies, Sport, Travelogue. Stage Show. .Music, Comedy, Singing. Featuring old time music the way you like # . . . Fun ...galore . . . A big show for tbe whole family. Big 2 in 1 show. In person, Tuesday, February 18th, at the Plum Branch School, Plum Branch, S. C., sponsored by school. Show starts 8:00 p. m. Admis sion: Adults, 50c r Children under 12, 25c, tax included. X McCormick School News Bertell’s Bird Show, the most outstanding entertainment of the school year, will be presented by than one acre the Carolina Assemblies in the high scchool auditorium on Thurs day, Feb. 20th, at one o’clock. Any and all friends and patrons who are interested are invited to see this unique performance. No admission charges will be made. Lanch Rooms The McCormick Schools are justly proud of their modern well- arranged kitchen and lunch rooms to which some improve ments have recently been added. The kitchens are furnished with hree compartment sinks with running hot water. New chairs, additional dishes and kitchen u- tensils have been bought, and e- lectric refrigerators have been in stalled. During the month of January, the total number of meals exclu- ty through research than cotton.” —Congressman Steven Pace of; Jf*. school #were 2162, and in the grammar school 2646 meals were served. Each meal is well-planned, at tractively served, and properly balanced -to meet the requirements of an adequate lunch for a grow ing child. — X j Bcwnoa^ers In FHA Pro pram Have Good Record In Canning Coluhtt#*, .February 5.—Borrow- ers jip the Farmers Home Adminis tration jaragram last year outstrip ped : all records' in home canning, ■R. F. Kolb, State -FHA Director, announced’ here today. , : Mr. Kolb said the families can ned on an average -374 quarts of meats, fruits and vegetables per family or 68 quarts per capita. Back in 1943, Mr. Kolb said, the average per family was only 266 quarts. In 1944 it was incresed to 303 and in 1945 to 350 quarts. The 6,905 families last year had an average of 1.6 bushels of dried fruits and their vegetables gar dens averaged slightly more than one acre in size. J “We are particularly gratified to note that families in the FHA program now have slightly more in vegetable gar dens each year,” Mr. Kolb said. “This is highly significant because of the importance of the garden in cutting down the cost of family living and in providing a balanced diet for all members of the family the year sound.” Mr. Kolb attributed the marked increase in home canning largely to the work ■ of the home econo mists who have the responsibility of instructing all families in the use of pressure cookers and in helping the families to plan their garden and their home programs. “There is no other fiber which has more opportunity to reduce its cost pf production or to im prove its usefulness and versatili- T I sive of adults served in the high i Georgia.