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1 t •f i' til » \ f - ■ < ■* y*^ -i» w». m«* ■'F TO OttttSELVBS. OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOB, Fotiy-Fifth Year Eitablished June 5, 1902 McCORMICK. S. C.»5rH*JR$DAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947 . Number 39, WEB «*r *"AK ^ M ll/r 1 f 3. —• Fonaal ident Tru- I WASHINGTON, D. C wmouncement of President Men's candidacy in the 1948 dential campaign, the Presidents re* Iteration of his plan for presidential r succession, continued hearings Ltte- I fore both senate and house l&boir ' committees, and the confused OOP \ picture of tax legislation oontlhued ! to occupy the spotlight in official 'Washington this week. ' Democratic National Chairman > Bannegan chose a time at which the j president’s popularity is decidedly on the upswing to throw "the boss’ ” 1 hat in the ring, and although there j was little doubt in any one’s mind \ that the President would be a can- ' didate to succeed himself, the Han- . negan announcement opened wide {.the field of politics as it is being i played day-by-day in. this 80th con- j trass. .. .. i And in the face of his announced ' candidacy, Presideht Truman took ’ occasion to reiterate to tfie congress ' his belief that the speaker of the , house and then the President of the senate should be the line of succes- 1 sion to the presidency instead of ap- . pointed, cabinet officials starting with the secretary of state and then . to the secretary of the treasury. , It will be remembered that Presi dent Truman made this same sug gestion to the Democratic 79th .con gress when the speaker was a Dem ocrat and when Ed Stettinlus was secretary of state. The Democratic house passed such a bill by voice vote on June 29, 1945, only ten days after Truman had sent his special message to the Congress. In the meantime, Secretary Stettinlus re- ( signed and Secretary James Byrnes waff named to the post, and appa rently this appointment allayed sny ~ ■ fears Democrats might have had. for , the bill remained buyied In the sen ate committee on privileges and elec tions through the rest of the cession ' in spite of Mr. Truman's renewed re- ’ quest on January 14,1947. Mr. Truman is at ibast consistent. Tor under this proposal, if anything bf .fcPvdfcuhent, r 'off v Ha theOOT lifts no bver- been the v floor of the senate Sad house the GOP leadership plan for revision of Ha ve you joined the veterans of Foreign Wars? If hot, and if you want to be a member of a great dfid active veterans organization, Theet with McCormick Post 9020 at the bify Bldl tonight, ^ru- ary 27, at 1:&. H. A. Caudle, . Commander. ler should happen to him, his plan • would place Speaker Joe Martin, a • Republican, in the White House. In i the meantime, the house has passed • a bill which would limit the term of the President to two or any part ' of two terms. In Mr. Truman's case '.the bill, if law, would limit him to only one complete term beginning ♦in 1949 although he will not have served a full term by that time. : Tax experts here, both in and out hue tax structure and that the plar to merely re<lt»pe the individual in come tsk indicated thjft committee “is more interested to the vote-getting possibilities of tftx in duction than ft the kind Of tax nr' duction required to adjust the tax burdens to the over-all needs of the country." < “It is generally agreed that the excise tax system needs a thorough overhauling from the hurriedly ift- posed war-time tax rates arid that corporate taxes are likewise so high that in the opinion of many tax ex perts, they constitute a serious de terrent to business enterprise. Earl Bunting, president of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, told congress this week that "to ill this s nation's history there is iio comparable example of inability Of government to control its expendi tures. Whether the revteptrestiinates for the current fiscal year, or the initial estimates fear the fiscal year of 1948 are considered, the situation revealed by the President is equally frightening. “The great Inflations of history did not develop because leaders of gov ernment planned it that wftk» but because they did not plan it any other way. The full consequences of improvident policies of government . . . are voided only when iiien of responsibility and stature, working in the public interest, look squarely at all the facts and make the decl- slbris which tiftve to fee made ff fiscal order is to be preserved,” Bunting said. ^ y ' On the labor front there seems to be a growing sentiment for a limi tation oh industry wide Bargaining. Testimony before the labor commit tees indicates that this pfSC&jja al though defended by labor, make work to the disadvantage of labor in many cases. Evidence was intro duced to show that tills is a case to both the hosiery industry and the West Coast paper and pulp in dustry. In these industries; local unions, affiliated with international unions, have protested that industry *- wide collective bargaining prevents them from getting higher wages than if permitted to bargain 'alone. Plum Branch School News The fourth grade enjoys the Weekly Readers. This week they selected the articles they enjoyed most, and wrote about them. Fol lowing are some of the paragraphs they wrote. Fruit for Giants In our Weekly Reader we read that the ripe dates are golden in cclor. They hang in clusters high up in the trees. The trees are so tall that it would take a giant -o r?ach them. These trees are in Southern California. Larry Bowick, 4th Grade. Thomas A. Edison Edison was born Feb. 11, 18471 in the little town of Milan, Ohio.! He invented over a thousand things. A few of them are light bulb, movie camera, “talkies”, e- lectric locomotive, phonograph, and some are used in telephones arid radios. John Luther Bracknell, 4th Grade. A Forest Giant < We read about a giant tree which was a Dbuglas Fir. It was ai tall as a twenty story building and was thirteen feet through frbtn one side to the other. Three mfeh worked a day and a half to cUt it down with power saws. The lutober from this tree would build fifty-eight five room houses. Christine Reynolds, 4th Grade. Snow Plows The snow plows are useful in the winter. They are used to clear the snow off the roads, and help people get food and other things they need. Snow plows also keep people from having wrecks. Edward Strother, 4th Grade. The Helicopter The helicopter is the mailman’s helper. It goes to the ships and gets the mail. It can go faster than a mall truck. Soon the heli copter will be Carrying mail all over the country. ■ Joe Wylie Crawford, > 4th Grade. Lighthouses We are taking Weekly Readers. Last week our Weekly Reader VETERANS Junior Deparment Of B. T. U. To Have Weiner Roast Workers’ Council Holds Tift e Workers’ Council of Sunday Scftotf was ] Monday night at the home of Mr. &nd lifts. W. P. Pkfks with 20 pres ent. In the absence of Bupt. J. S. Dukes, Who is attending a Sunday School Clinic in Columbia, Dr. L. K. Simpson presided. A brief devotional was given Mrs. b. H Huguley aiiSfl reports were read by departmental secre taries. Pat Parks, Jr., spoke in behalf cf Camp Rawls, and announced that hfe htid already, raised $30 In the local Sunday School .for the camp’s neW 'picture machine. Dr. Simpson announced a week’s study course, at the church to be gin in March. ' Lewis Jennings, Jimmy Wise, Janet White. I k,now a boy whose name was Bunky The pet he loved most was a monkey. • \ He liked to watch him hang by his tail So in the yard he built a rail. Jimmy Itabore, Grade 6. My Cat My cld cat sleeps and sleeps Till he just gives me the “creeps” Malcolm Garnett, : , ! , Grade 6. L watch the. rain ofi ihb windovr pane. Until it dashes off again! Joanne Seigler, Grade 6. The 4-H Club met at ten o’ clock on- Wednesday morning Chkrley Ann Mirier, president called the meeting to order. The song for February was sung, “She’ll^ Be Coming Round the Mountain.” Everyone gave the motto and pledge. E3iSe Langley read John 14: 15-20 from the Bible and all members prayed the Lord’s Prayer. The business was next. Jean Creswell, secretary, called the roll and read the min utes of the last meeting. The program chairman had a program on Correct Table Manners. A dem onstration was given by Charley Ann Miner and Elise Langley. was about towers that talk are to Shirley Wall recited a poem about sailors. These towers are light | a boy who used his spoon wrong, houses. The lighthouses warn sail- i The following girls gave helpfu A. V ill ~ 4 ers about dangerous places.. Light houses talk in three ways. They talk by light signals, by radio, and by powerful foghorns. We enjoy the Weekly Readers very much? Bobbie Langley, 4th Grade. Clean Plate Club Nathan Finley, Joaniid Seigler, Mary Ann Winn, Malcolm Garnett, Margife White, Jimmy Moore, Bdbble Langley, John Luther Bracknell, Eugene Finley, Cacil Wall, Larry Bowick, Ellen White, Robert Lee Gable, Christine Reynolds, Eihajane Miner, Edward Strother, Winkle Langley, Raymond White, Marjie Brown, Margaret White, George Earl Parks, Dannie Reynolds, Bill Morgan, Sister Freeland, hfnts on good manners at th? table: Patricia Jackson, Jose phine Miner, Bobbie Langley. Sallie Leverett, and Mary Ann Winn. Miss Bell discussed contests we might be interested in. Elise Langley, Grade 6. Judy Bracknell played a piece on the piano Thursday in chapel, and Jean Crfesttfell played a piece Mondayi We like to hear the music pupils play. Margie Brown, 3rd Grade. We had a chapel program Feb. 22. George Earl Parks was George Washington; Janice Coleman told about George Washington. Helen Bodie was the Goddess of Liberty. Each one in the first grade gave a reason why we honor George Washington, Bill Morgan and Joyce Gable told what the colors of the flag mean. The school joined in the salute to the flag. Bill Morgan, Grade 2. The Junior Department of the B. T. U. is pleased to have Herbert Brown as a new member. To show the juniors’ approval they want Hefbert and all other eligible and present juniors to attend a weiner roast and social at the Community House Thursday p. nu at 7:40. x — tiary To it March 6 ' Plans are being made for the regular monthly meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary on March 6th. Program chairman for March, Mrs. G. L. Jaynes. Hostesses, MTs. C. H. Workman, Mrs. T. L. Britt, Mrs. cftl Willis, Mrs. Nellie Jennings, Misp'Eugenia Browne, Mre. 1 Ruby . MBConnell, Mrs. Rosa C. Robertsdd, Btfts. Betty Earl, Mrs. W. N. Nash and Mrs. F. S. Robinson. X rsr? •ft tfi — . YT McCormick Unit American Legion Auxiliary Wins State Prize Mrs. J. Rion McKissick. S. C Department President of the Am erican Legion Auxiliary, and Mrs E. H. Cappelman S. C. Department Secretary, while passing through McCormick Thursday, informed Mrs. J. E. Scott, president of Mc Cormick Unit American Legion Auxiliary, that the McCormick Unit had won the cash award of $25.00 for reaching the highest oercentage in the State of S. C. of Its post’s membership of the pre vious y£ar. They wish to present the award to Mrs. Scott at the Spring Rally in Columbia on March 18th. This prize was offered by Mrs Foster McKissick of Greenville and the contest was open tp^ all 88 units in S. C. McCormick’s rating of 214 per cent of its 1946 post’s membership was by far the highest percent-fee in the State of S. C MrS. McKissick complimented highly the splendid work of the membership committee of the Mc Cormick Unit and its chairman, Mrs. C. R. Strpm. This award is to be used by the unit as it wishes. The McCormick Unit also won a National Citation for reaching her membership quota by December 27th. This is also to be presented at the Spring Rally by the Na tional President, Mrs. Norton Pearl. X C. H. Huguley, Jr., On Dean’s List At Furman University E*“Tr"acru ►* » h v* JP i mm 1 i | ■ uhr«P M Ed. Note: This newspaper >has arranged with the Washington Bu reau of National Weekly News paper Service, 1616 Eye St. N. W., Washington 6, D. C., to attswer questions pertaining id servicemen and yetersas. These questions will be snawered in this column if ad dressed as above. No replies can be made by mail, bfit this paper will Print answers id all Questions received. . v « . - Greenville, Feb. 25.—Claude H Huguley, Jr., of McCormick war one of 174 Furman university men ncluded on the dean’s list for the first semester of this school term, Registrar C. D. Riddle arinounced today. A member of the freshman class Mr. Huguley takes an active part in Furman extra-curricular activities in addition to maintain ing a high scholastic average. r Card Of Thanks We take this means of express ing our sincere appreciation to our many friends and relatives for their kind deeds and expressions of sympathy during the illness and at the death of our dear mother, Mrs. Sallie A. White. We also wish to thank Dr. Workman for his faithful service rendered. May God’s richest blesings rest upon each of you, is our prayer. Miss Lillian White, Mrs. J. A. Gable, J. Ellison White. $* r WM* sppftcft^ if yo® would plSM* five me seme iniorma- T/4 FJK.W. It has been three rnenths since he was last heard from. Ris address ires Serial No. 3rd Army Ordnance Col lectio* Point, APO 168, % Postmas ter, New York.—Miss V. L. B., West Nfewtbh, ML •' A. irhe Nkr department says as of Septetobei* 15, 1946, address of T/4 FJE.W., was 3505 Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Co., APO 168, Posftnaster, N. Y. • Q. A very dear and close friend of ours was in the army, sent to Camp Biandinf, Fla, for his first traintof and then the last we heard he was in Louisiana. He'said in his letters he was hot getting our mail. We haven’t heard from him in over three years. Cohid you give me his , address in the service, or if he is out, what is his home address. He i lived here in Maryland before going into service but his home was in Repton, Ala. His name was M. O. G. —Mrs. R. E. Rm Phoenix, Md. A. The war department says he was discharged July 2, 1945, and gave his home address Box 56, Rural i Route 1, Repton, Ala. Q. I have a son who is a soldier in the army. He spent two years in the navy and came out in December, 1945, and went in the army in July, 1946. 1 received one letter In Au gust. Since then I haven’t heard ^ from him. I have Written his com- , manding officer bat received no re- t ply. When last heard from he was h stationed at Camp Polk, La. Can - jyou tefl me how I might locate him ; as I am very worried?—Mrs. L. B* j Nashville, Tenn. * A. Since you do hot give his name j or serial number, can only advise f you to write to the.Qffice of the Ad- 4, jutant General, War Department. * Washington 25, D. C., and be sure -j to give full name and serial number. ( Q. i have a grandson who has - been In service for five years. I j haven't heard anything from him. ' Will yon please tell mo where he is:* if he is still In service. .If he is dia- 4 charged, give me his address. His , name Is J. A I would like to know * why he hasn’t written.—E. McN. /Dunn, N. C. : A. Sincfe there are several men in ’ the sbrv|ce with the suae name ks • your grandson’s, wifi have to have 4 a better address and his serial num- - her before I can obtain any Informa- . tion. You might write direct to the * Office of the Adjutant General, War Department, Washington 25, D. C. but be sure and give full name, mid- ; die name or initial, serial number if 4 you have it and the town from * which he was inducted into the serv ice. ’ Q. My brother-in-law has been in the army overseas and came back to San Luis Obispo, Calif,, in Septem ber 1945. That was the last we heart from him. Could you help us locate him? Our last address was Pvt. C. G. P., 35811996. Hdq. Co. 777 Tank Bd., Camp San Luis Obispo, CaL— J. C. S., Odenton, Maryland. A. The war department says he was separated from the service Oc tober 15, 1945 and gave his home ad dress as 712 Harmony Way, Evans ville, Indiana. Birthday Party For Margaret Lee Rankin On Ftfiflay, February L4th, Mrs. L. F.-Rahkhi honored her little daughter^ M&rgtf*fet Lee, with a party ©n her eighth birthday, from three to fhr© o’clock, at the hbfii© Of Mr. and Mrs; A. C. KthaYft 1 :V ■> a ; • ■ As the guests arrived, each was given a valentine hat and in vited into the living room, where several indoor games and a Valen tine were enjoyed. After several outdoor games were played, they were invited into the dining room. A beautiful pink and white birth day cake centered the table, and on each end of the table large Valentines, made out of pink pop corn balls, were placed. In the glow of the eight candles, the guests gathered around the table and sangU'Happy Birthday.’ Delicious ice cream, cup cakes mints and popcorn balls were served. Just after refreshments were served, Margaret Lee opened her many gifts. Mrs. Rankin was assisted in en tertaining by Mrs. W. L. Brown Mrs. N. G. Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. Kehaya. About forty enjoyed this happy occasion. X T. L, Patterson Is Elected City, Clerk - -.t Thomas• ' L. ‘ (Tony) Patterson, ;hird son of the late J. O. Patter- sori, McCdfftiick City clerk for the aast 22 years until his recent death, was elected to take his ather's place by member* of the city council in session Friday, 14th instant. Tony is a veteran of World War I, having served in the European theatre, for several years. Since his discharge he has held a posi tion in Spartanburg. He will live at the family home here with his mother, who for merly was Miss Azilee Harmon of McCormick. McCormick Unit < Wins 2nd, 3rd And 4th In Dis trict Contest Hi ! Nearly a ' thousand World War II membersH}ps were being sought lii ’ the -fifth district America*. LCglbn 'Auxiliary’s membership drive, which; ended December UL Announced Mrs. O. B. Franklhow Greenwood, membership chairman Tor this'"district: which • include* the following'. units: Greenwood^ Abbevm&; Newberry, Ware Shoals and McCormick. :; • ‘t • Trade prizes totalling $25.OB were offered by PaUl M. Gallant of Gallant-Belk Company, Green wood, for those women turning in the largest number of new World War n memberships. First prize of $10.00 in merchan dise was won by Newberry; how-, ever from McCormick Unit came the second, $7.59, third, $5.03, and fourth, $2.50, prize winners. These winners were Mrs. J. E. Scott, Mm C. R. Strom anid Mrs. Mildred Nave, respectively. This is the second membership contest offered by Mrs. O. B. Franklin. In the first contest McCormick Unit won real recogni tion when Mrs. C. R. Strom won the first week’s contest, the sec ond week’s contest and the grand prize for the two weeks’ total membership. , . -*•- . .. Are You A Musician? 2 * Do you play a fiddle, guitar banjbi' afccOrtolOn, mouth organ or £ny other musical instrument? XT you* do, and if yOu would like t» compete in a "Fiddlers’ Co®— ventioh’ f to be sponsored by the local Veterans of Foreign Wats. Post, either drop in at the Mes senger office and see Johnny Mc Cracken, Or drop a post card H. A. Caudle, P. O. Box 193. The “Convention” will be called as soon as enough applicants have filed requests. So if you want have a real old fashioned show hurry in with that call or posftl card. j