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V t , fev V TSUI TO OORSXLVttf, OUB NElGHBOBt, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Fortieth Year June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942 Number 33 WAfHMKroH Washington, D. C., Jan 12.— (NWNS) — Money — collecting it, appropriating it and controlling it under our war-time set-up—is the major job faced by the new ses sion of the Seventy-seventh Con gress. Prom all present indications, by next summer the congress will have appropriated in the neigh borhood of 50,000,000,000 addi tional dollars for war equipment, passed an additional $10,000,000,- 000 tax bill, concluded some plan Tor forced investment of wages in the government and enacted legis lation to put ceilings on prices of consumer goods. The senate is rushing debate of price control legislation, since the public has been demanding it for many months, the house has passed a price control measure, and the senate banking committee has warned that price increases, which might have been controlled, already have cost the public over $2,000,000,000. The price control measure pass ed by the house in the last session is admitted, even by those who voted for it, to be an inadequate measure for preventing inflation. The house passed the buck to the senate - to formulate legislation which would have sufficient teeth in it and the senate has accepted the responsibility of enacting a satisfactory measure. Probably the easiest job, from the viewpoint of most congress men, is the passing of appropria tion. measures, even though the appropriation demands are equal to half of the total income of all the people in the United States. But congress realizes that the public is willing to approve all ap propriations which have a war tag on them. There will be some heated de bate over the passage of appro priations which are not tied up with the war program. A joint committee on reduction, of non- essential federal expenditures is expected to recommend cuts of over a billion dollars on expendi tures not tied up with the war program, but it is believed unlike ly that congress will take very much interest in these proposed cuts which 'will seem dwarfed in importance by the huge appro priations for war. Futhermore, all government social programs, which may be attacked as unnecessary expense, will be shown to have a definite relation to the civilian end of the war program. The problem of raising the money to meet Ja u S e new appro priations in the face of our pres ent gigantic national debt will be the big headache of congress dur ing this session. It is not expec ted that tax measures will be put through before spring or sum mer, but when they are they will probably increase levies on every American to several times what we will pay in income tax next March. Ten billion is the amount men tioned most often as the goal of new taxes. The taxes passed in 1941, which tripled most indi- ! viduals income taxes and increas ed costs on most of our purchases, was aimed at raising a total of $3,500,000,000. The new goal is almost three times that amount. All sorts of plans are being sug gested for collecting additional billions from the people, but at this time the most likely tax seems to be one which would be deducted each week from all wages. In. ad dition to taxes, it is quite possible that another percentage of wages may be deducted as • part of a forced savings plan, the money to be put in defense bonds. If vol untary purchase of defense bonds becomes great enough this may be unnecessary, but at present the purchase rate is not satisfactory* Commenting on this, Secretary Law In Regard To Sale Of Explosives To Be Enforced In a letter to County Auditor C. W. Pennal, Governor J. E. Harley calls attention to the fact that the law in regard to the sale of explosives will be strictly enforced and calls upon the auditor in this letter and upon Sheriff W. L. Brown in a letter to him for their cooperation. In light of the war situation, this law will be strin gently enforced from now on as a precautionary step against possible sabotage. The statute on the sale of explosives in this State is as follows: “No person shall sell, deliver or dispose of dynamite or similar powerful explosives, except ordi nary gunpowder, unless such per son knows the purchaser or the party to receive the same, and is satisfied that the explosive is not to be used for killing fish, and then only upon a written applica tion from party desiring to pur chase, stating the purpose for which he desires to use the said explosives; and a person selling, delivering or disposing of such ex plosive shall keep a book in which shall be recorded the name of the purchaser or party to whom the explosive is delivered, the quantity sold or so delivered, and the date of such sale of delivery. That such person selling or keeping for sale the explosives mentioned in this section be required to make sworn quarterly reports of such sales, name and race of purchaser or purchasers, amount sold and date cf sale, to the county auditor of each county. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not to exceed cne hundred dollars, oi imprisonment not to exceed thirty days.” rdmmm HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY January 16th and 17th, 7 P. M. and 8:45 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. LLOYD NOLAN—MARJORIE WEAVER in ‘Michael Shayne, Private Detective’' Also A Walt Disney Cartoon “Early To Bed ’ and A Musical “U. S. C. Band & Glee Club” Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax Listen in on WGAC, Augusta, Ga., every day at 12 o’clock for program announcements. MONDAY and TUESDAY January 19th and 20th, 7 P. M. and 9 P. M. JOHN WAYNE—BETTY FIELD in SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS” (Technicolor) Also Selected Short Subjects and LATEST NEWS EVENTS n t First Quarterly Conference Here Next Sunday P. M. ADMISSION: Adults. 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents: Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax. The First Quarterly Conference of the McCormick Methodist Church Charge will be held Sun day, Jan. 18th, at 7 o’clock p. m. at the McCormick Methodist Church. Rev. E. R. Mason, District Su perintendent of the Greenwood District, will preach at that time, and immediately thereafter the business session of the conference will be held. All officials of this charge are expected to be present of Treasury Morgenthau stressed the necessity of regular invest ment in defense bonds every pay day. “I am in dead earnest,” said thf» secretary, "when I say that millions more must take part in these pavroll savings nlans. and must invest hundreds of millions of dollars mere, If we are to do our job. Our plans at the treasury ’’or financing the war are based :.n a belief that the American peo ple will want to assume a big share of the cost of the war, of their own free will. “The treasury’s goal,” he added “is to make every pay day Bone lay.” He said that every wage earner should put aside a part of every pay check for bonds and it must be a sizeable amount—not lust a “token contribution.” “War is never cheap,” said Mr. Morgenthau, “but let me remind vou that it is a million times cheaper to win than to lose. The "ost of our war effort should frighten no one but our enemies.” While congress’ chief legislative job during this session will be in regard to money, the major inter est of every congressman will be in our military successes and the efficiency of our production. Some of the reports on unnecessary de lays in production in 1941 have stirred congressmen to the boiling point, but all are making an effort to give criticism of our 1941 job second place to the problems of how we are going to perform a miracle of production in 1942. -—Buy Defense Bonds— Committee For Sale Of Victory Bonds And Stamps Meets The McCormick County Com** mittee for the sale of Victory Bonds and Stamps met at the court house here Monday morning to map out plans for an intensive drive. Chairman J. Fred Buzhardt said that last year bonds bought by the American people ran into millions, but now they must run into billions. The plan now is for every per son in McCormick County to put from 10 to 15 per cent of their in come into stamps and bonds. They are asked to agree not to cash these until after the war. Three reasons were given for this plan: 1. The government needs and must have this money. 2. This will siphon the buying power and keeps down rationing. 3. Will provide a cushion for the depression which will inevitably follow the war. Committees, as follows, were appointed to get the plan across to every person in the county as soon as possible: Mt. Carmel—D. J. McAllister. Willington—J. M. Hemminger. De la Howe—E. F. Gettys. Plum Branch—W. M. Freeland and J. L. Bracknell. Parksville—W. T. Belf. Clarks Hill—Jeff Sharpton. Meriwether—W. J. Hines. Modoc—Carrol Bussey. Bordeaux—Albert Cade. House to house in McCormick— Rev. L. K. Simpson, Dr. S. W. Reid and Mrs. A. J. Hendrix. Teachers—Thos. Talbert with local trustees. To contact all industries and ask employees to sign card au thorizing percent of weekly income be taken out by employer: James M. Dorn, G. J. Sanders, Jr., W. J. Hines, H. Drucker and Harry Ream. Plans for all farmers with no other income will be made through the A. A. A. These committees will work the county immediately * and it is vitally necessary that every one respond. It was stated that the govern ment has inaugurated this plan and if individuals do not respond, a tax will be levied to take this amount out of each person’s earnings. One readily sees how much better it would be to make the government a loan which will be paid back, than to force the levying of a tax which of course will never be refunded. Someone has said that our fore fathers gave us our freedom, but that is not so. Our freedom was bought and each succeeding gen eration has paid its installment and ours is now due. For complete victory every per son is being called to duty. So far the only ones who really have Arrangements Com plete For Stock holders Meeting Of Greenwood P. C. A. Arrangements are complete for the annual, stockholders meeting of the Greenwood Production Credit Association, which will be held in the Court House at Green wood on. Tuesday morning, Jan uary 20th, at 10 o’clock, according to T. J. 'Sibert, Director of the association, who says a very large attendance is expected. This will be the 8th annual meeting of this farmers’ coopera tive short-term organization, which makes loans for agricultural and livestock purposes to farmers in Saluda, McCormick, Greenwood, and Abbeville Counties. The asso ciation has 953 members now Mr. Sibert said and it was hoped every member would be present. Complete reports on the opera tions of the association will be made to the stockholders at the meeting but they will be submit ted in as concise form as possible. “This is a cooperative organiza tion,” Mr. Sibert said, and “we feel the members are entitled to know everything about its opera tions and we hope every member will feel it a duty to be present for the meeting.” “Every farmer is vitally inter ested in the problems and chang ing conditions affecting agricul ture today and we hope this will be the largest meeting in history” said Mr. Sibert. War Relief Drive Starts Monday our -XX- State Temperance Rally Jan. 20th In Columbia Hon. Clinton N. Howard of Washington, D. C.. will be the guest speaker at the'' 10th annual Statewide Temperance Conference next Tuesday, the 20th instant. This rally will be held in the Washington Street Methodist Church in Columbia. At 10:30 a. m. the Rev. R. C. Campbell, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will conduct the opening worship service. This will be followed by the President’s message given by the Rev. Walter R. Alexander, D. D., of Florence. As the head of the South Carolina Federated Forces for Temperance and Law Enforcement he will pre side over this rally., Mrs. J. L. Mims, Edgefield, is State President of the W. C. T. U. and she will have a place on the program. Rev. J. A. Barry, Jr., of Fountain Inn, president of the South Carolina Youth’s Temper ance Council, will speak as “The Voice of Youth” on this occasion far the only ones who really have ^t 2 p. m. the 200 delegates who made a sacrifice are the ones who j have been elected f rom the various have given sons. Certainly no counties of the state will meet as acrifice is too great to make for our freedom, for without it we would have nothing. May God Jve us wisdom! -X Fishing Licenses Dis tributed In County County Game Warden D. M. McGrath announces that he has distributed fishing licenses to the' usual places over the county, and advises those who use reel and rod to get their license at their near est place. ix* — Red Cross Roll Call Report Below is a list of new members of the Red Cross Roll Call in Mc Cormick County for the past week: Wallace White, E. B. Smith, Paul Edmunds, Mrs. Paul Edmunds, Mrs. Leon Traylor, R. H. Talbert, Mrs. R. H. Talbert. Mrs. Essie B. Seigler. the Governing Council of tlm Federated Forces, and will elect the officers for the ensuing year and shape the plans and policies of the organization. This session will be open to the public also. The afternoon session will be brought to a close by a message from Bishop William T. Watkins, D. D., head of the Methodist de nomination in this State. Others participating in the activities of the day will include the vice presidents: Dr. John M. Wells of Sumter, and Dr. John C. Roper of Gaffney; the Treasurer, Rev. F. C. Helms of Columbia, the executive secretary, Rev. Albert D. Betts of Orangeburg. Chairmen of committees who will report are: Dr. Charles A. Jones and Dr. Paul Wheeler of Columbia, Rev. D. M. Rivers of Lancaster, and the Hon. W. W. Smoak of Waltcrboro. While everybody is invited tc attend this great rally, the follow ing have been chosen from thir county as delegates to the Gov erning Council: T. J. Sibert. Re/ S W. Reid, D. D., of McCormick. Alternates: Rev. L. K. Simpson Rev. W. M. Owings, Mrs. C. H Huguley of McCormick; Miss Louise Bracknell of Plum Branch. Several people have been seea. lately with a button that has the Red Cross ensignia and under neath these words, “I gave”. The drive in McCormick calls for on^ thousand dollars, this includes the entire county. In the next few weeks you will be asked to buy one of these buttons, and even if you have only a dime to give, ft will be greatly appreciated. If every person in. McCormick county would give a dime apiece we could raise the thousand dollars today. However, we know that we cannot count on each person to do that, for there are many in our county that do not have the dime to give So instead of dimes there will be many who will have to give quar ters, halves, dollars, and r* ie wb* give fives, tens, and fif ai then when each person gives what they can give we will have just about a thousand dollars which is our part in the WAR RELIEF FUND. The entire nation is ask ed to give $50,000,000.00. Please determine for yourself just what is your share to give, then give it At this time when war is spread over all the world, the need for services of all kinds is necessary. The money that will be given foer the WAR RELIEF FUND will be spent on the front lines of actual battle for our boys who are there today, for those who were there yesterday and for the ones wh® will be there tomorrow. We as citizens of McCormick County can. not afford to “let these boys down.” The Lions Club of McCormick is sponsoring this drive for Mc Cormick County and the chair man of the drive is Paul R. Brown. If you are not asked by some member of this committee and wish to do your part in making a: contribution just mail it to Paul. R. Brown, Chrm. War Relief Fund* McCormick, S. C. Fifteen per cent of the money collected will remain in McCormick County for local Red Cross work. Let’s make an “All Out” drive for this money and raise it now. W. H. Ferguson, Chrm., McCormick County Red Cross. x Postal Receipts At The Local Post Office Show Gain According to Postmaster J. 15- Bell, the postal receipts for the quarter from Oct. 1, 1941, to Dec. 31, 1941, were $2,017.73 as com pared with $1,793.55 for the same period the previous year, which is a gain of $224.18. Now Ready To Take Applications For Payment The County Agent’s Office is now ready to take applications for 1941 Agricultural Conservation Payment for the McCormick County farmers. They may sign at any of the following places at the time stated: McCormick—Fri. and Sat., Jam 16th and 17th, or any time after Wednesday, Jan. 21st, 1942. Mt. Carmel, Mon,., Jan. 19th. 9:00-12:00. Willington, Mon., Jan. 19th, 1:00- 4:00. Plum Branch, Tues., Jan. 20th. 9:00-12:00. Clarks Hill, Tues., Jan. 20th. 1:00-4:00. Hollingsworth’s Store, Wed., Jan. 21st, 1:00-4:00. Card Of Thanks We wish to thank our friends and relatives for every act oJ kindness and sympathy shown us during our recent bereavement; also want to thank D r . Work mast for his faithful service. May God bless each and everj one of you. I Mrs. Fannie Spence; And Children.