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miM I n: iffimjiich (< C *■ & y niTB TO OURSKLV)KS, OUB NBIOHBOBS * ^•*iiNTK> 1ND OU> A Thirty-Ninth Year Established June 5,1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940 Number JT Washington, September 23.—Of the most immediate importance to almost every family in the United States is the final disposition by Congress of the Selective Training and Service measure which re quires the registration of every man between the ages of twenty- one and thirty-five for possible drafting for military dr other de fensive service under the Govern ment. There are about 16,500,000 men come within that age limit. All are to. be registered by local boards, beginning October 15. The selection of 400,000 fox' the first draft 4e to begin November 15. Choice of the individuals drafted will be by numbers drawn by lot, as was done in the World War. There are no exemptions pro vided by law except that con scientious objectors may claim ex emption and the Department of Justice will pass on the truth or falsity of the objector's complaint. If it is decided that he is exempt from fighting service he is still liable for any kind of non-com batant service. Students Exempt ^ Students who entered college this year, if drafted, may have their service deferred until after the completion of the present col lege year. The drafting of men after their numbers have been called will be in the hands of local boards, on ' trtltch no Army or Navy officer may serve. If any man whose number is called attempts to dodge the draft he will be subject to trial before a civil court and not by a court martial. * ^ Each man drafted will undergo a thorough physical examination at the beginning of his service and another when he has finished the one year term of training, so that no false claims may later be made against the Government for in juries or physical deterioration re sulting from the training. Drafted men will be assigned to duty either with the Army, the NaVy or the Marines. If a man is taken out of a job his employer is required to give him his job back, or another job equally good, at the end of his year’s training. Each drafted man, if a registered voter, will be allowed to go home to vote on election day, if that requires no more than a day’s journey; otherwise he may send his ballot by mail. Each man , drafted for service will receive, in addition to lodging, food and clothing, $21 per month for the first four months and thereafter a minimum of $30 per month with a sliding scale of in creases as he developes special ability or technical skills, until he may be drawing as high as $85 per month. If a previous employer wishes to continue paying a drafted man all or part of his salary, all laws which would forbid that are re pealed. Employers are required to consider all selected men as on furlough or leave of absence; and an employer may not fill any drafted man’s place with members of the Communist party or the German-American Bund. Service Limited The service of men drafted under this law is limited to one year’s training, unless Congress de clares the national security re quires an extension of that period. In all, the plan is to make two drafts of 400,000 men each, in the course of the next six months, or as soon as proper housing facili ties be provided for them. These added, to approximately 250,000 members of the National Guard already called or about to be called into service, and about the same number of soldiers in the regular army, will give the nucleus of a military force of 1,- HOIMHD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C FRIDAY and SATURDAY September 27th and 28th, 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. KENT TAYLOR FLORENCE RICE m >9? GIRL IN 313 Also A Pete Smith Specialty k “Cat College” and TRAVEL-TALKS “Seattle, Gateway t<r the Northwest “Sitka & Junea” MATINEE SATURDAY 3:30 P. M. Adults 20 cents MONDAY and TUESDAY Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st, 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M. DON AMECHE MARY BETH HUGHES in “FOUR SONS” Vi AISO **; r«- t ‘ A Cartoon “Hare and the Hounds” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults, 25 cents; Children up to 12, 10 cents; jw Children 12 to 15, 15 cents Announce List Of Prizes For Fair At Mt. Carmel Sept. 30 Plans for the Community Pair sponsored by the Mt. Carmel Grange are about complete. The directors of the fair are very grateful for the splendid coopera tion, and for the useful prizes that have been donated throughout the county to be awarded as first prizes the night of the fair, Sept. 30th. Again let me urge that all ex hibits be in the community house at 4 o’clock, that they may be ar ranged for judging at 5:30. There will be light refreshments sold by the Mt. Carmel Grange, sandwiches, cold drinks, boiled peanuts, pop-corn, etc. Following is a complete list of prizes that are to be awarded: Pyrex Dish. Pyrex Dish. Pyrex Dish. Cara-Nome bath powder. Tea Kettle. Pyrex Dish. 1 Pound Lord Calvert Coffee. Hair Brush. 2 1200 Yards Ball Crochet Thread. 1 Pair Pillow Cases. Bed Spread. * Ladies Kustum Fit Slip. Percolator. 10 Pounds Sugar. 1 Pound Maxwell House Coffee. 1 Gallon Gulf Spray. End Table. Shampoo and Set. 5 Pounds Sugar. Finger Wave. Towel Set. 1 Pound Norwood Coffee. 2 Quarts Gulf Lube Oil. 1 Pair Ladies Hose. 1 Dress Dry Cleaned. 1 Dinner. 12 Pounds Pure As Snow Flour. 1 Pair Men’s Overalls. 1 Butcher Knife. 1 Man’s Tie. 1 Vanity Mirror. 12 Pounds Red Band Flour. 25 Pounds Chicken Feed. 1 Quart Ford Black Enamel. 1 Thermos Bottle. 1 Pair Scissors. 1 Box Ladies’ Handkerchiefs. 1 24 Pound Sack Flour. Base Ball Glove. 1 Pair Rubber Heels and Soles. Mrs. J. J. White, General Chairman. 300,000 men. It is not expected that anything like complete military training can be given in one year’s time. The men will learn, however, how to handle firearms, to obey orders, and will develop sound and rugged ohysiques and gain experience in the discomforts of a soldiers life, even though they do not become experts in handling tanks and anti-aircraft guns. Attached to the selective service act is a tag which, in effect, re news and re-emphasizes the pro visions of World War legislation authorizing the Government to compel any manufacturing es tablishment to fill Government orders for defense materials. Tax Supplement Sunn]emented by the new Ex cess Profit Tax legislation this is calculated to satisfy most of the oeople who have been complain ing that it is unfair for the Gov ernment to draft men without at *be same time drafting industry. There are still some gentlemen with Communistic learnings, both inside and out of the Government, who would like to see Uncle Sam *;ake over the factories bodily and try to run them under the eye of "olitical commissars. There is no likelihood that anything like that will be done. In Washington there is a good deal more excitement over the ex plosion at the Kenvil factory of the Hercules Powder Company than there is over the^ Maine election. Every political observer knew that Maine was going Republican by a larger majority than for some years passed. The power mill catastrophe, however, is widely believed to be the work of Nazi Fifth Columnists, and may presage drastic action by the Department of Justice. Hon. B. B. Hare Writes Hon. F. C. Harrington TO MAKE FORMAL PROTEST AGAINST THE CLOSING OF SOME OF THE SEWING ROOM PROJECTS. The following self explanatory letters were received Monday from Congressman Butler B. Hare of the third congressional district: Washington, D. C., September 20, 1940. Editor, The McCormick Messenger, McCormick, South Carolina. Dear Mr. McCracken: In view of the number of in quiries we have received from your county relative to suspension of some of the sewing room proj ects I thought it might be infor mation to your readers, in case you think it advisable, to cafry a letter I addressed to the Director of the Work Projects Adminis tration several days ago, a copy of which is enclosed herewith. You will feel free, of course, to use it or to lay it aside, as you might think advisable. With kind personal regards, I am, Very sincerely, BUTLER B. HARE. COPY September 12, 1940. Honorable F. C. Harrington, Administrator, Work Projects Administration, Washington, D. C. Dear Colonel Harrington: I conclude from information re cently obtained that the closing or suspension of a large number of work relief projects in my Dis trict, as well as in adjoining dis tricts, is due largely to the con centration of the State’s quota of relief workers to two or three projects in the extreme Southern part of the state, and the purpose of this letter is to make formal protest against such a policy or practice. To concentrate a state’s quota on two or three isolated projects .is manifestly unfair to those in need of employment and entitled to relief work. It is also unfair to the sponsors of small relief proj ects. In the first place not a large percentage of needy people are in a position to go a great distance from home to secure work and I have found that when local proj ects are suspended in some cases as many as one half or more of the enrollees are unable to go to one of these concentrated work relief projects and they are, there fore, off the relief roll. I understand, by way of illus tration, that a considerable part of the quota for South Carolina has been assigned to what i£ known as the Santee-Cooper Proj ect and to a defense project near Charleston. It is true the quota for the state may remain practi cally the same but when you in crease the assignment of enrollees at these places you necessarily close or suspend projects with a corresponding decrease in the number of enrollees in other places and unless they are able to go from 100 to 250 miles to work they are off the roll and without relief. Furthermore, when the smaller project is suspended the county or municipality sponsoring such project has in a number of cases been materially damaged, particu larly v/here they have purchased such materials as cement which, unless well protected, soon becomes unfit for use before the project is reopened. I want to emphasize the point that the policy of concentrating a state’s relief quota on one or two projects works such a hard ship on those who are unable to resort to these projects that the policy should be changed or re voked at once. That is, the relief quotas by counties should be maintained because this work is for the benefit of the unemployed and the money appropriated is for the purpose of giving relief work to the unemployed. It is a relief appropriation and not a project appropriation. | I want to make a further formal Petit Jurors Drawn For First Week Of October Term Court Petit Jurors to serve the first week of the October term of Court for McCormick County, to begin Monday, October 7, 1940, at 10 a. m„ are: Calvin Spence, H. P. Simpson, W. M. Strom, W. M. McKinney, W. J. Talbert, L. E. Jennings, W. W. Hammond, E. N. Creswell, J. B. Deason, D. W. Trammell, G. J. Sanders, Jr., T. A. Dowtin, Jr., P. C. Dorn, Jr., J. W. Robertson, S. L. Long, N. G. Rankin, ^ L. Bass, W. F. Cothran, Robt. L. Faulkner, Jack Wells, L. W. Bowick, J. T. Holliday, L. H. Miner, O. M. McKellar, Harry Ream, J. T. Link, J. W. McBride, R. A. Buchanan, R. L. McKinney, George W. Lindley, John M. Rich, Raymond Clinkscales, J. C. Brown, George Seigler, H. D. Wideman, W. W. Banks. \ -txr- Chestnut Ridge Club Meets The Chestnut Ridge Home Dem onstration Club met with Mrs. Jim Henderson on September 20th with Mrs. C. A. Gilbert assistant hostess. Fourteen members and four visitors were present. After all business was carried out a program of entertainment was led by Mrs. Milton Rush. Two new members were added to the club roll. During the social hour delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. This club will meet with Mrs John Creswell in October. Reporter. protest against the concentration of sewing room projects and sub mit the following reasons therefor: (1) To concentrate all of such projects in a county at one point or to concentrate the projects of two or more counties at one point means that a considerable number of most needy persons will not be able to go to the concentration point because they have no way or means of getting to and from work. As a consequence, they will be idle and subject to direct re lief. (2) If improved electric ma chinery is to be used, as is report ed, in the newly designated place of concentration, this will, of course, mean decreased oppor tunity for employment unless there is a substantial increase in pro duction. (3) Then with increased pro duction there will be increased competition with private industry which may mean decreased pro duction in private industry with a corresponding decrease in private employment, which must neces sarily mean an increase in the number of eligibles for work relief. From my personal observations the sewing room projects have contributed as much or more to relief in proportion to their num ber as any other work relief ac tivity and I can not urge too strongly that if we are going to continue a work relief program these projects should be main tained in such a way as to afford an opportunity for employment to the greatest number of the most needy people. ■ % I hope to learn, therefore, you will find it possible to reopen the large number of suspended proj ects in my District which have heretofore been closed or sus pended. Very truly yours, BUTLER B. HARE. Grange Meeting Here Tomorrow The McCormick County Pomona Grange will meet at the commu nity house in McCormick tomor row, Friday, afternoon, September 27th, at 4 o’clock, with the pro gram as follows: Grange opens 4 o’clock p. m. Regular business and report from Granges. Recess at 6 o’clock for dinner. Reconvene at 7 o’clock. Lecturers program, including at* address by Hon. W. J. Bryan Dora of Greenwood. Election of 1941 Pomona officers: at 8 o’clock. Grange closing promptly at 9 o’clock. J. J. White, Master of Pomona. -txx- Chicken Supper At Troy School House Tomorrow Night Announcement is made that the ladies of the Troy Methodist Church will serve a chicken sup per in the Troy School building: Friday evening, September 27tbu beginning at 7 o’clock. Minstrel Tomorrow Night At The Washington School Parksville, Sept. 24.—The Junior Class of Washington Consolidated High School will sponsor E. GF. Wright’s Cotton Blossom Minstrel. Friday night, Sept. 27th, at 8:00 o’clock. There will be two hours of fun and laughter consisting of magic, music, singing, dancing' and black face comedy. One of the star features is Maeno the Magician. He makes the imps from the darkness take notice. The admission for adults will be twenty-five cents and for children fifteen cents. The Juniors will also have candy for sale. , -xx- PROGRAM OF THE UNION MEETING, EDGE- FIELD ASSOCIATION, BOLD SPRING CHURCH, SUN DAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH. 11:00 A. M.—Devotional—Mr_ Mobley Williams. (10 minutes.) 11:10 A. M.—Reports of the churches, and appointment off committees. (20 minutes.) Itopie for discussion “Serving God.” 11:30 A. M.—“Serving God Through a Personal Relationship^ -Rev. Yates Frady. (10 minutes.> 11:40 A. M.—“Serving - God Through Our Local Church”—Mr. J. H. Courtney. (10 minutes.) 11:50 A. M.—“Serving God by Resisting Public Evils”—Mr. Lee Burnet. (10 minutes.) 12 M.—^Inspirational Address— Rev. C. M. Meiere. (30 minutes.) 12:30 P. M.—Miscellaneous Busi ness and Adjournment for Lunch. 2 P. M.—Afternoon Program— Miss Louise Bracknell, Director. X Union Service And Training Union Bally Sunday, Sept. 29th Union Service and Training: Union Rally of Edgefield Associa tion to meet Sunday, September 29. at Bold Spring Church. The Training Union program for the afternoon is announced as follows! Theme—Living Epistles of Chrisfc. 2:00—Worship in Song. 2:10 — Devotional — Miss Mary Bussey. 2:20—Roll call of churches, business, announcements. 2:30—Special music—Jack and Hazel Winn. 2:35—Playlet—What the Junior Union Can Do For Me—Plun* Branch Junior Union. 2; so—Talk — Christ’s Epistles — Miss Martha Bell. 3:05—Special Music—Rev. Yates Frady. 3:10—Message—Saving Lives Fat Service—Rev. A. D. Croft. 3:30—Closing Song and Prayers