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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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C. H. Huguley, Jr.,
On Dean’s List At
Furman University
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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.
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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.
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T. L, Patterson Is
Elected City, Clerk
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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.
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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