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Established Ju^e 5, 15102 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942
Number 36
Washington, D. C ? Feb. 2.—
(N WN8) —Ration carcis, which
have been so much in use in
European countries for the past ^ ... ....
two^ars. probably wffl make:'* 11 co-operate by livkig w thm
their first appearance' to thu! the restrictions Imposed by his or
country shortly. They will be
. set up to cope with any false re
ports.
Asking for an and of sugar
hoarding. Mr. Henderson said:
“Until the fonnal rationing
system is instituted, every user of
sugar can help the government
by restricting his purchase of
sugar to minimum current re
quirements. Retailers during this
period, in many cases, may be ex
pected to restrict the amount of
sugar which can be purchased by
any one consumer. Consumers
used to carry out the govern
ment’s plan to limit our purchases
of sugar to 50 pounds per person,
per year.
Leon Henderson, head of the
Office of Price Administration,
estimates that our total supply of
sugar during 1942 will be about
one-third less than It was last
year. Last year we used an av
erage of 74 pounds of sugar per
person, so a 50-pound limit should
make the reduced supply go
around. Manufacturers using
sugar will also be limited In the J
amount of sugar which they will
be able to purchase.
Although the present shortage
of sugar in the 'country is due
largely to hoarding by a small
percentage of our populace, there
will be a decreased supply this
year because of the difficulties of
getting sugar from the Philippines
and from Hav/aii and because we
must supply sugar to many of
our allies.
When rationing begins it is
probable that something will be
done to force those who already
have hoarded sugar to use up
their supply before they can make
further purchases. Although this
may be difficult to carry out,
there are many here who con
sider it important to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to
make it clear that hoarding
doesn’t pay. One suggestion is
that all housewives be required to
register the amount of sugar they
have on hand with legal penalties
her customary source of supply.
No patriotic citizen will shop a-
round for sugar in order to build
up a hoard. Those who have
stocks on hand are advised to
start using them now.”
Although sugar control will be
our first experience with ration
cards, it is expected that a similar
form of rationing will follow on
many products and that maxi
mum price schedules on various
consumer goods also will be put
in force. Mr. Henderson’s office
has been awaiting the final action
on the price control measure be
fore setting up general price con
trol, but because of the weakness
An that measure this branch of
the government is gearing itself
to use all of the powers it has to
put ceilings on prices.
There is much speculation here
on the amount of temporary un
employment which will be caused
by the shifting of practically all
Important Meeting Of
Farmers In McCor
mick County Satur
day, February 7th
It is extremely important that
every McCormick County farmer
be present at a county-wide farm
ers’ meeting in the McCormick
County Courthouse at 9:30 A. M.
Saturday, February 7th. Agricul
tural Specialists from Clemson
College Extension Service will
discuss:
1. Agricultural Outlook,
2. Fertilizer Problems,
3. Farm Machinery Repair Pro
gram.
We will also deliver the Better-
Farm-Living 75% Certificates at
10:30 A. M.
M. A. Bouknight,
County Agent.
Court Convened
Here Monday
The February term of General
Sessions court for McCormick
County convened in the court
house here Monday morning, at
10 o’clock, with Judge G. Duncan
Bellinger of Columbia presiding,
adjourning sine die about 5:30
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, with
cases disposed of during the term
as follows:
The State vs. Willie Brooks,
Report Of Grand
Jury At February
Term Of Court
automobile production facilities to ^Tegro man, indictment, murder
producing materials of war. It is
expected that the number out of
work for a month or two may be
considerable and plans are being
made to take care of them with
out causing suffering among their
families. The President has ask
ed for an unemployment appro
priation of $300,000,000 to make it
possible to pay these people $24
per week during a period of tem
porary unemployment.
It is not expected that labor
unions will cause any trouble
while this shifting of workers to
defense is taking place, since both
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McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
February 6th and 7th, 7 P. M. and 8:50 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
/ SONJA HENIE—JOHN PAYNE
in
SUN VALLEY SERENADE'
(In Technicolor)
Al«o
A Cartoon
“The Frozen North *
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and
“Sagebrush & Silver”
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.
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Fourd guilty. Sentenced to life
imprisonment.
The state vs. Clarence Dorn
Negro man, indictment, violation
of liquor lav/. Pleads guilty. Sen
fenced to 30 days. Placed on pro
bation for one year.
The State vs. Amos Harrison.
Ne«*ro man, ‘indictment, assault
with intent to ravish. Found
guilty, with recommendation to
mercy. Sentenced to 40 years
imprisonment.
The State vs. Ralph Tompson,
Negro man, indictment, larceny.
Pleads guilty. Sentenced to one
year.
The State vs. Bradley Gray,
Negro man, indictment, larceny.
Pleads guilty. Sentenced to 18
months. •
The State vs. Duck Barton,
’Vhifce man. indictment, murder.
Pleads guilty to manslaughter.
Sentenced to 3 years.
The State vs. J. H. Wood, White
man, indictment, violation of
iifii-^r law. Found not guilty.
All other matters continued.
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MONDAY and TUESDAY
February 9th and 10th, T P. M. and 8i45 P. jVI.
DOROTHY LAMOUR JOHN HALL
in
“AI.OMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
(In Technicolor)
Also
A Cartoon
“Funny Bunny Business
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents:
Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax.
the C.I.O. and the A. F. of L. have
accepted the President’s peace
plan, for settling all problems
peacefully during the war period.
Under the union agreement, the
TI.O. and A. F. of L. each has
iesignated a three-man commit-
ee to consult with the President
an all defense labor problems.
John L. Lewis is believed to have
ost considerable power on the
labor front by his effort to join
arces v/ith the A. F. of L. with-
jut consulting Phillip Murray,
.1.0. president, about the plan.
Mr. Murray and President Roose-
/elt spiked the Lev/is plan and
now Mr. Lewis is even excluded
‘rom being one of the C.I.O. com
mittee to consult with the Presi
dent. He still has control over
his powerful miners group, but
his position in labor circles in
general has been considerably
dimmed.
With the new war board, headed
by Donald Nelson, now in full
operation and making rapid
strides in cutting away all barriers
to maximum production of war
equipment, most government of
ficials are becoming increasingly
optimistic over the chances of in
dustry reaching the President’s
huge production goals for 1942
and 1943. The rapid passage of
the biggest appropriation bill in
history—an appropriation of $12,-
( 525,872,474 to cover the cost of
! 33,000 planes—shows that con-
^ gress is now doing all it can to
§£ i boost the program. The unani-
mous house vote of 399-0 on this
measure indicates the determina-
||r tion of all factions to achieve
these goals.
V.i ; —Buy Defense Bonds—
State Of South Carolina,
County Of McCormick,
To His Honor, Judge Duncan
Bellinger, Presiding February
Term of court for McCormick
County, 1942.
We, the Grand Jury for said
County, beg to make the follow
ing presentments. We have pass
ed on all bills and matters hand
ed to us by the court.
We have appointed the follow-
iing Committees for the year 1942:
COMMITTEE ON ROADS,
BRIDGES AND COUNTY CHAIN
GANG—
L. F. Rankin,
F. L. Penson,
John W. Robinson,
R. A. Buchanan.
COMMITTEE ON COUNTY OFFI
CERS AND PUBLIC BUILD
INGS—
George N. Dorn,
S. W. Arrington,
H. Drucker,
D. W. Dowtin.
COMMITTEE ON MAGISTRATES—
M. L. Link,
J. W. Christian,
J. C. Young,
D. W. Hardy.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS—
W. M. Creswell,
G. A. Robinson,
C. R. Edmunds,
Monroe Simpson.
We, the Grand Jury, recom
mend that the Delegation make
available sufficient funds for
necessary equipment to build and
maintain reads of McCormick
County.
We also recommend that the
Supervisor replace small bridges
with concrete pipe and also to
improve the living conditions at
the county chain gang as far as
it is possible for him to do so.
We also recommend that the
county books be audited every
twelve months.
H. E. Freeland,
Foreman of Grand Jury. .
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More Stenographers
Will Be Appointed To
Defense Positions
In Washington, D. C.
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Civil Service Officials revealed
e oday that thousands of addition
al stenographers will be appointed
to defense positions in Washing
ton, D. C. Local Stenographers
ire urged to contact the Civil
Service Secretary at any first or
'econd class Dost office. The of-
icials stated that in view of the
arnre number of stenographers
ceded, dictation, tests will be
educed from 96 words a minut"
-» so words a minute. Salaries for
Teachers To Have
* r ■ •' P' • -f 4 .
Charge Of Registra
tion February 16th
Governor J. E. Harley, Chair
man, and Hon. James H. Hope,
Secretary, of the State Board of
Education, have declared February
16 a holiday for school children in
order that the teachers may reg
ister all male persons of McCor
mick County between the ages of
20 and 44 inclusive.
Every white school building in
the county will be open, from
seven in the morning until nine
in the evening. All persons who
are to register may go to the
nearest school building to register.
If a person has already registered,
he will not have to register again.
Places and registrars for the
registration on February 16:
Mr. E. A. Williams, Supt., Regis
trar, Washington Consolidated
School, Parksville, S. C.
Mr. W. Boyd Carmichael, Supt.,
Registrar, Plum Branch School,
Plum Branch, S. C.
Mr. W. Y. Webb, Supt., Registrar,
McCormick Schools, McCormick,
S. C.
Mrs. Essie B. Seigler, teacher,
Registrar, Bethany School, Mc
Cormick, S. C., Helpers: Miss Tom
mie Parks and Miss Kathleen
McKinney.
Mr. E. A. McCormac, De' la Howe
School, McCormick, S. C.
Post Office To
Go On Daylight
Saving Time
Postmaster J. E. Bell states that
the post office clock will be ad
vanced one hour on Monday
morning, February 9th. Congress
passed the Daylight Saving Act
and same was signed by the Pres
ident, which makes it a law,
therefore, all government agencies-
will go on daylight saving time
on the above mentioned date.
X
Cotton Ginnings
Given By South
Carolina Counties
Cotton Ginned Prior To Januaxy
16 In South Carolina: Crops
Of 1941 And 1940.
xx
$11,100.00 Defense
Bonds Issued Here
During January
Postmaster J. E. Bell announces
that during the month pf January
there were 77 Defense Bonds
issued at the McCormick post of
fice with maturity value of $11,-
100.00.
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census;
announces the preliminary report
on cotton ginned prior to January
16, by counties, in South Carolina,
for the crops of 1941 and 1940.
The total for the State was made
public on Friday. January 23.
(Quantities are in running bales.
Linters are not included.)
Itinerary Of Federal
Income Tax Agents
AGENT WILL BE IN McCORMICK
ON FEBRUARY 20TH.
Federal Income Tax returns for
the calendar year 1941 are ' re
quired to be filed by single persons
who had a gross income of $750
or more and married couples who
had a combined gross income of
$1,500 or more.
The period for filing Income
Tax returns for the calendar year
1941 began January 1 and ends at
midnight March 16, 1942, since
March 15th falls on Sunday. All
Income Tax returns must be ir
the office of the Collector of In
ternal Revenue, Columbia, S. C..
or in the hands of a deputy col
lector, before midnight of Marc*
16, 1942, in order to avoid liability
for penalties.
Deputy Collectors of Internal
position of stenographers start I ’^enue will visit the towns listed
t *120 a mon + h. ' ' elow on the dates shown ’ and a
Stenographers selected for ap-1 he P lace3 indicated, for the pur-
ointment may obtain living ac- ><>* ot
ie preparation of their Incom°
ax returns. Should any infor-
nation or assistance be needed,
axpayers are requested to get in
ouch with Deputy Collectors or
he dates the deputies visit their
aearest towns.
The name of towns, places and
dates for this section are as fol
lows:
Abbeville, P. O. Building, Feb.
18 to 21.
Edgefield, County Court House,
March 5.
Greenwood, Federal Court House,
March 6 to 16.
McCormick, County Court House,
Feb. 20.
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Defense Savings
Bonds To Retain
That Name
■'mmodations upon arrival in
Washington by applying to the
''efense Housing Registry, 458
'■'diana Avenue, N. W., Washing-
-*n, D. C. It is understood tha*
'r.gle rooms are available at a
"ice of *20 to *30 a month and
’ouble rooms at a price of $30 to
10 a month. Room and board
nay be obtained at a price of $40
o *50 a month.
4-H Boys Elect
Officers For 1942
The 4-H Club boys of McCor
mick elected officers last Friday
to serve for 1942.
The election took place at a
meeting held at the High School
The officers are:
President—Robert LeRoy,
Vice President—Manning Free
land,
Secretary—John Wise,
Reporter—Johnny McCracken.
The members of the Program
Committee are:
Graydon Dukes,
James LeRoy,
Jamie Sanders.
County
1941
1940
The State
406.009
ono&i
Abbeville
4,040
18 556
Aiken
10.205
25,444
Allendale
4.974
9 086
Anderson
29,244
63,516
Bamberg
6,077
7 4,233
Barnwell
10.414
20.773
Berkeley
1,015
3,418
Calhoun
5,177
18.249
Cherokee
10,788
16.571
Chester __
6 647
15767
Chesterfield _ _
18 815
35,109
Clarendon
7,420
20,443
Colleton
2,948
'',487
Darlington
7,529
25.045
Dillon __
12,883
28,579
Dorchester __ __
3,058
8,331
Edgefield
5,055
17,190
Fairfield
2,077
9,932
Florence
8,300
28,045
Greenville __ __
26,261
38,148
Greenwood — _
3,206
14,506
Hampton __ *
4,934
8,532
Kershaw
4,169
14,874
Lancaster
6,126
15,656
Laurens
11,286
32,746
Lee __
8,381
28,934 -
Lexingtorj
3,988
16,187
McCormick __ _
1,362
5,912
Marion __
4,235
10,207
Marlboro
24,623
41,141
Newberry __ __
5,497
21,262
Oconee
12,508
19,787
Orangeburg _ _
23,446
65,408
Pickens __
19,569
24,834
Richland __ —
1,553
7,761
Saluda __
2,797
12,635
Spartanburg _ _
44,328
67,198
Sumter __
8,904
34,385
Union —
6,040
12,072
Williamsburg _ _
7,367
20,325
York _ _ _
17,360
33,193
All other __ __
1,368
3,612
Luncheon At Teach
ers’ Meet For Furman
Alumnae And Alumni
Washington, D. C.—The United
States Government securities
being purchased by the American
people to help defray the expenses
of war will continue for the pres
ent to be called Defense Savings
Bonds, the Treasury Department
has announced.
Greenville, Feb. 2.—A luncheon
or Furman university alumnae
alumni attending the South
Carolina Teachers’ meeting in
olumbia March 18, 19 and 20 has
been arranged for March 19 in'the
Crystal room of the Hotel Colum-
at t p. m., the Furman .Alumni
office has announced.
Officials have estimated that
approximately 100 graduates will'
attend the luncheon, which is an
annual affair in conjunction with
the State Teachers’ meeting.
Details of the program have not
been completed, although it is
known that Dr. John L. Plyler,
Furman president, will be one of
the guest speakers. Other Uni
versity officials planning to at
tend the luncheon include Miss
Barton, corresponding sec
retary of the Alumnae association,
an"’ Dr. C. L. Pittman, alumni
secretary.
All teachers attending the meet
ing who are graduates of Furman
a „n ii>-ged to be present at tbe>
luncheon.
'he complete program will be
announced later.