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'•C-V ■*** ’ ih v WMHOMRNI Washington, D. C,, Dec. 22.— (NWNS)—With all major news re ports,'both in newspapers and over the radio, concerned almost en tirely with the progress of the war—and with the people inter ested in little else but the war— legislation „ which would three weeks ago have been considered of vital interest to all of us is now being passed over as unimportant. Bills in congress and suggestions by government officials, which might result in freezing of wages, in drastic price control, in curbs on the freedom of both capital and labor and in soaring taxes are all relegated to the background, so far as public opinion is concerned, as we center all attention on the news from Japan, from Russia and from Europe. For one thing, the public is now witting to leave everything in the hands of President Roosevelt and is glad to have him go as far as he wishes in using his full dicta torial powers under our war status. Right now there is greater unity behind the President than there probably has ever been behind the head of any Democratic nation. Republicans, as well as Democrats, will no longer listen to criticism pf the President and his policies. They all realize that the future of America is in his hands—that our best hope for victory is id follow ing his dictates without question. 1 This attitude might be limited actions in leg&rd to war except flor the fact thiit RnfcCtiCftUy every governmental action and every bill introduced into congress has a “war angle.” Diseussion at the meeting held here of leaders of capital and labor, which in ordinary times would probably have been one long fight, showed clearly the desire of both groups to put their personal benefits in the back ground in order to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to per form a miracle of production. To both groups, as well as to all gov ernment officials, it is obvious that the eyes of the nation are on production and anything which interferes with it will be con sidered an act of treason. Public opinion is far too strong on this subject for any individual or group to dare delay production. Doubts as to the strength of our army and navy and our ability to produce faster than our enemies have disappeared. Although we have met some disappointments, our military machine already has shown that it is well equipped and has the best morale of any force in the world. It. is also clear that the adminis tration here has done a remark able job in planning for war and has the answer ready to meet any contingency. Congress is giving the administration 100 per cent support in rushing through legis lation which is essential for the carrying out of plans. The rapid ity with which it passed legisla tion to permit selectees to be sent to foreign soil is typical of the co-operation which can be ex pected from congress from now on. Partisanship went out the window the day Japan dropped its first bomb in Hawaii. All plans of congress and its committees are aimed at winning the war, but neither congress nor the administration are losing sight of the importance of preserving all that Is possible of our demo cratic way of life and our high standard of living. This was aptly expressed by Representative Doughton, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, who, in discussing new taxes for 1942, said: "We must preserve our cherish ed basic principles, and warm the hearts of our men who fight, by keeping the home fires burning to the end that' they will have some- Church Notice There will not be any Wednes day night prayer service on December 24th at the McCormick Methodist Church. There will be watch night serv ice at this church starting at 11 o’clock on Wednesday night, December 31st. Special sorg serv ice. Student night on December 28th at 7 o’clock. Rev. W. M. Owings will preach at St. Paul Methodist Church at Plum Branch at 11 o’clock a. m. on December 28th. -rxT- Teachers Returning For Holidays BOlitMD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C FRIDAY and SATURDAY December 26tb and 27tb, 7 P. M. and 9 P. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. MICKEY ROONEY JUDY GARLAND in 441 .99 ‘Life Begins For Andy Hardy’ Also A Walt Disney Cartoon ‘ “Baggage Busters” and Selected Short Subjects Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus lax Among the teachers returning to their homes here and at other points in the county for the Christmas holidays are: Mr. Luther Andrews, Parker District Schools, Greenville, Miss Sallie Quarles, Matthews, N. C.. Miss Birdie Walker, High Point,- N. C.. Miss Josie Talbert, Abbeville, Miss Helen Brown, Columbia, Miss Sarah Louise Strom, Lan caster, Miss Lucy Brown, Plum Branch, Miss Mary Remsen, Washington Consolidated High School, Miss Margaret McKinney, Wash ington Consolidated High School, Miss Ruby Abercrombie, Lees- ville. Miss Marion Sturkey, Lockhart, Miss Kathleen McKinney, Wide- man School, Mr. Gray Abercrombie, Ridge- land, Miss Carrie Mayson, Bennetts- ville. Miss Nell Dowtin, Wrightaville, fL Ci«, 11 : , , Miss Eloise Corley, Warrenville, Mr. J. P. Sullivan. Walhalla. Miss Marlin Harmon, Lyons High School, Lyons, Ga., Miss Martha Bell, Lowndesville, Miss Willie McComb, Andrews, Miss Clara Lee McComb, Laurens, Miss Mary McComb, Calhoun Falls, Miss Lura Jean. Watson, De la Howe State School, Miss Ella Lee Burnett, Waco, N. C., Miss Sara Frances Duncan, Branchvllle, Miss Nell FOoshe, Westville, Miss TOmmie Parks, Lyons’ School, Miss Carolyn Freeland, Harde- ville High School. MONDAY and TUESDAY December 29th and 30th, 7 P. M. and 8:13 P. M. GEO. MONTGOMERY—OSA MASSEN in Y. L . i “ACCENT ON LOVE Also Selected Short Subjects and LATEST NEWS EVENTS 99 VS I ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents: Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax. thing to come back to after the war is won and over, the right of democratic peoples to live and move and have their being in a free world. “We will make any sacrifice we are called upon to make, but we must carry on business and production not in the usual way but to the highest point of volume and efficiency in both civilian and military production. Certanly tn*' congress must enact a hew tax bill to get more money, just as mueh as we can get without dis locating our national economy.” No one here considers it possible that the war can be lost, but there are a great variety of opinions as to the time it will take to put Hitler & Co. out of business The estimates vary from two to years, about three being the average. Interesting statistics are com ■ s ng to light to show the superiori ty of the Allies over the Axi'r. A- mong the most interesting figures, ^hich should indicate the even- ual hopelessness of the Axis aims, ••re the figures on area and popu lation of the chief warring powers. These show that the area covered by Allied nations is over 30,000.000 square miles and that of the Axis nations is less than 1.000.000 square miles. Even more conclu sive is the Allied population fig ures of over 1,000,000,000 as com pared with the total Axis popula tion of slightly over 250,000,000, —Buy Defense Bonds— Students Returning For Holidays Among the college students re turning to their homes here and at other places in the county for the Christmas holidays are: Winthrop College, Rock Hill— Miss Sara Patterson, Miss Geneva Miles, Miss Mary McIntosh, Miss Annie Humphries, Miss Frances Schumpert, Miss Imogene Sanders, Miss Virginia Watson, Miss Emma Bell King, Miss Mildred Creighton, Miss Norma Holloway, Miss Cornelia Freeland, Miss Aurelia Caudle, Miss Ella Bradley Faulkner, Miss Vivian Rae Gilchrist, Miss Elizabeth Fooshe. Limestone College, Gaffney— Miss Virginia Wilkins. Lander College, Greenwood— Miss Bettye Fuller, Miss Margaret Creswell, Miss Mildred Gunter, Miss Henrietta Gilbert, Miss Ethleen Gable. Anderson College, Anderson— Miss Alice Lanier. Clemson College, Clemson— Mr. Raymond Morgan, Mr. Charles Morgan, Mr. Carl Faulkner, Mr. Herbert Sturkey, Mr. James Hemminger, Mr. Thomas McComb, Mr. Billy Hanvey, Mr. Henry Hester, Mr. Jim Neal Workman, Mr. Hubert Bo wick, Mr. Alex Hanvey, Mr. Rudolph Strom, Mr. Lawrence Strom, Mr. David Edmunds. University Of South Carolina, Columbia— Miss Margaret Welsh, Mr. Pat Hester, Mr. James Bell. Asheville Teachers College, Ashe ville, N. C^r Miss Louise Rieh. Draughon’s Business College, Co lumbia— Miss Mildred Gilchrist. The Citadel, Charleston— Mr. Wistar Harmon, Mr. Douglass Bradley. Tulane' University, New Orleans, La.— Mr. Claude Workman. Newberry College, Newberry— . Miss Catherine Wells. Southern Business University, At lanta, Ga.— Miss Judy Rush. Charleston Medical College, Charleston— Mr. Lawrence L. Hester, Jr. Presbyterian College, Clinton— Mr. Louis Scruggs. Wofford College, Spartanburg— Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. Brenau College, GainsviUe, Ga.— Miss Nettie Louise Morgan, Miss Anne Bussey Seigler. Bowling Green Business University, Bowling Green, Ky.— Miss Virginia Fooshe. Greenwood College Of Commerce, Greenwood— Miss Doris Chamberlain., Miss Dorothy Brown, Miss Irma Arrington. Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Needs Skilled Civilian Tradesmen For Defense Work Pearl Harber Navy Yard, crucial center of national defense efforts, stands in urgent need of hundreds of skilled civilian, tradesmen to immediately take over critical national defense work, the United States Civil Service Commission announced today. Of this num ber, several hundred will be re cruited by the Fifth District Civil Service office in Atlanta. The Civil Service officials de scribed the situation as “urgent”, and “requiring immediate priority”. The Commission said that the re cruitment of these civilian work ers is of primary importance to our war effort, and urgently re quested executives in primary in dustry to release qualified trades men for duty in Pearl Harbor. Civilian workers now engaged in rational defense contracts, the Commission explained, may file application if they enclose a re lease from their present employers. Civilian workers assigned to Pearl Harbor will receive maxi mum Navy Department pay au thorized for their respective posi tions. and pay begins the day these national defense men leave the Coast. Those appointed will receive transportation from their homes to Honolulu. The Navy Department has pro vided rooms and cafeterias for them, under Federal supervision, et which Pearl Harbor employees receive good food and good lodg ings at fair prices. Overtime pay is authorized for all time in excess of 40 hours per week, and the Navy Department reports that a- bout 75 per cent of all Pearl Harbor employees work in excess of 40 hours per week. Following is a list of positions to be filled from the Fifth (At lanta) District, with rates of pay authorized for each position: -V Merchants Closing For Holidays m December 25-26 The following merchants and business firms of McCormick have agreed to close their respective places of business two days, Thursday and Friday, December 25th and 26th, for the holidays: McCormick Service Station, McCormick Dry Cleaners, Arrington’s Shoe Shop, Jester’s Cash Market, D. C. Talbert, J. R. Corley, J. G. Campbell, Brown’s Inc,, Ben Franklin Stores, ' H. Drudker, Dixie Home Stores, M. L. Gibert, Huguley’s Store, Strom’s Cash Store, P. C. Dorn Market, Patterson Clo. Co., McGrath Motor Co., White Hdw. Co., City Hall. _ : Position Wage Boilermaker __ _ _ $1.18 hr. Chipper and Calker, Iron 1.18 . Coppersmith — 1.23 Craneman, Electric 1.02 Electrician (Ship & Shop 1.28 Gas Cutter & Burner — 1.04 Instrument Maker — — 1.24 Loftsman 1.24 Machinist (Inside) __ __ 1.19 Machinist (Outside) 1.19 Heloer, Sheetmetal Worker .74 Moldef 1.30 1 Ordnance man, Mechanic 1.05 Pipecdverer and Insulator 1.18 Pipefitter J 1.28 Rigger- 1.20 Sheetmetal Worker 1.28 Shinfitter _ — 1.18 Welder, Electric 1.19 Helper, Blacksmith .74 Helper, Boilermaker .74 Helper, Electrician __ __ .76 Helper, Machinist __ — .74 Helper, Molder — .74 Helper, Pipefitter .76 Helper, Rigger .74 Helper, Shinfitter .74 Helper, General .74 Complete details may be had at the Civil Service window in your nearest first- or second-class post office, or from the Manager, Fifth U. S. Civil Service District, At lanta, Georgia. X 1.343 Bales Of Cotton / Ginned In McCormick Conntv To Dec. 13th Mrs. C. B. Maddox Dies Sunday Mrs. Sara Walker Maddox, 28, of Corn. Clinton B. Maddox, of the U. S. Navy, died Sunday morning with her infant at 8 o’clock in a Greenwood Hospital following a few days illness. Funeral services were conducted from the McCormick Methodist Church with her pastor, the Rev. W. M. Owings, officiating, at 3:00 o’clock Monday afternoon. Inter ment followed in McCormick city cemetery. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bruce Walker of McCormick, her mother being the former Miss Annie Mae Ed munds. She was a graduate of McCormick High School and a member of Republican Methodist Church. She was married July 4, 1940. Besides her husband, who is a native of Lincolnton, Ga., she is survived by three sisters and three brothers, Misses Ellen Beatrice, Mamie Louise, Joyce Claire, Neal, James Ellis and Gene Walker. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. txi Funeral Wednesday * For J. A. CresweH DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, WASHINGTON. COTTON GINNING REPORT Census report shows that 1,343 bales of cotton were ginned in McCormick County from the crop of 1941 prior to December 13 as compared with 5,904 bales for the crop of 1940. Very respectfully, J. W. Britt, Special Agent. Date 12-22-41. John A. Creswell, 55, prominent employee of the county, died Mon day night at his residence here following an illness of one day. Mr. Creswell was an elder in the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church. He was a devout member .of the church. ‘ He had resided in and near McCormick all his life. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Creswell of near McCor mick. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary Walker Creswell; daughter, Miss Margaret Creswell pf Lander Col lege;. son* Ralph . Creswell of Charleston, S. C.; three sisters, Mrs. W. lidf. Crawford of Due West, S. C.; Mrs. C. E. Burnette of Sait Antonio, Tex., and Mrs. Rex Ed wards of McCormick; brother, J. T. Creswell of McCormick. Funeral services will be con ducted at the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock by his pastor. Dr. S. W. Reid. Interment will follow in McCormick city cemetery. G. P. McCain, funeral director, in charge. McCormick Public Schools Close For The Holidays The McCormick Public Schools closed Friday afternoon, for the Christmas holidays, to open again on Monday, January 5th. for the remainder of the 1941-42 session. Out-cf-town, members of the fac ulty going to spend the holidays it their homes are: Miss Pauline Hughes, Fountain Inn, Miss Mary Frances Slade, Edge- field, M'ss Helen Bradley, Ninety Six, Miss Margaret Ratchford, Sha- on. Miss Helen V/offord, Pauline, Miss Elaine Woodleaf, KittrelL N. C., M^s Mary Miller Moss, Trenton. Local members spending the holidays at their homes are: Miss Mary Fuller, Mrs. Mary Harmon., Mrs. Bertha S. Harris, Miss Vivian Jaynes, Mr. E. B. McDowell. Mr. J. E. Dri.skell, Mr. J. E. Young. Greetings From i Mayor Sibert T wich to express mv sincere ap preciation for the fine cooperation given me as Mayor of McCormick. Wishing each and everyone of you a joyous holiday season, and may you find comfort in the message of Christmas, and may the new year bring you happiness. ( T. J. Sibert, Mayor.