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• s ' » ' ' . . ' V : ! r w in 1 TBTTl TO OUBSELVtfl Ot r VEIGHB OBI, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Fortieth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1942 Number 52 WAfKINCTON Washington, D. C., May 25. — fNWNS)—Major changes in the gasoline rationing plan now in force in the East are expected to be made in July due to the general dissatisfaction with the present method. Congressmen are being flooded with complaints in which these : objections are most numerous: i (1) Many people who have no right to them are getting X cards (entitling them to an unlimited supply of gasoline); (2) gas sta tion attendants are giving more gasoline than ration cards call for to their friends and are re fusing to sell to strangers; (3) many people are embarrassing honest gas station owners by try ing to persuade them to give two rations for each punch of ration card; (4) ration boards are play ing favorites; (5) congress it self set a ruinous example for the country as a whole by insisting that all of its members were en titled to a special favor. Officials here who have ana lyzed the situation feel that the many schemes used to circum vent rationing do not indicate an unwillingness on the part of the people to co-operate, but are more indicative of the public’s quickness to sense that the sys tem is impractical and cannot possibly bring about a fair dis tribution of sacrifice. They point out too that the action of congressmen, WPA workers, state and city official® and politicians in general to exempt themselves from ration ing set an example which led to the people feeling that their own influence was measured by the type of card they were able to get. Many people were made to feel that it was a mark of social inferiority—sort of like living on tho wrong side of the railroad track—to be limited to an A card entitling them to a minimum supply of gasoline. The Office of Price Admini stration is studying the flaws in the present rationing system and is expected soon to announce a revised plan which will overcome the many weaknesses in gasoline rationing. It is expected that the new plan will be niore stringent and will put less responsibility for its success on the shoulders of gas station owners. It is believed that the many abuses of gasoline rationing have brought about . a definite set back to morale in the East, the greatest damage being caused by the U. S. senate voting, with only two dissenting votes, against a resolution to ration the gasoline of congressmen themselves. The new tax program, aimed at new taxes totaling almost nine billion dollars, is beginning to take shape although it is still doubtful if congress will agree to act on it until after the Novem ber elections. Each suggested form of taxation brings protests from the groups which it would hit hardest and the committee in charge faces an extremely difficult task in determining what forms of taxation would be fairest to the majority of the people. Labor groups are protesting against decreasing exemptions on personal income tax to in clude more people of low income and the committee fears that it would cause new labor disturb ances if this was done or if a sales tax, hitting the lower in come groups, was put through. Those with higher incomes expect to pay more taxes but feel strongly that the lower income groups, which have increased their wages cnsiderably as a re sult of war work, should be sub ject to higher taxes. Furthermore, it is pointed out by those who are fighting infla tion that the greatest problem ' Memorial Day , AWm C.battik-stoewi wo K' fIJap !fe§D.& swwi!. ^ • /•* jk * •V’i? . -1 — m i //v. y \ N ill ;V • \ o v \ /.• /!, 'PI ■7%. If M 4 ft iin 1917 194! V: \1 .*< i «•> » *■* - W. V. <1 .V* Masonic Lodge Meets Tonight Mine Lodge, No. 117, A. F. M^ will have a special communication this evening at 7:00 o’clock for the purpose of conferring the F. C. Degree. All Masons are urged to attend. xx- Methodist Fifth Sun day Church Services Rev. E. F. Gettys of De la Howe will preach here at the Methodist Church next Sunday at 12 o’clock^ Rev. W. M. Owings will preach at St. Paul Methodist Church, Plum Branch, at 12 o’clock that day. Rev. Foster Speer will preach at Republican Methodist Church, that afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. xx- Legion Auxiliary Meets June 4 With Mrs. J. F. White All-Day Service At Holiness Church Here Next Sunday HOamOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. There will be an all-day service at the Pentecostal Holiness Church h«re Sunday, May 31. Rev. C. R. Spain will be the invited min ister. Everyone has cordial in vitation. Rev. J. H. Williams, Pastor. FRIDAY and SATURDAY May 29th and 30th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:10 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. CAROLE LANDIS—CEASAR ROMERO in “A GENTLEMAN AT HEART” and SELECTEfi SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax Listen in on WGAC, Augusta, Ga., every day at 12:20 o’clock for program announcements. MONDAY and TUESDAY June 1st and 2nd, 7:30 P. M. and 9:30 P. M. ROBERT TAYLOR—LANA TURNER m •*T' “JOHNNY EAGER” Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents; Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax. is the billions of extra income being paid to war workers which is far in excess of the value of goods which will be available for purchase by the consumer Therefore, they point out, this extra, unspendable income must be drained off by taxes or by en forced savings, otherwise infla tion is bound to set in in spite of price fixing. A plan to deduct 10 per cent of all wages at source for invest ment in war savings bonds seems to be in the cards, although, at the request of Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau, it probably will not be considered until July The treasury department still hopes that voluntary purchase of bonds can be built up to the point where mandatory saving will not be necessary, but most authori ties familiar with the figures on bond sales are not very hopeful that this will work out. The price-fixing program, now in dree throughout the nation, seems to be working out fairly satisfac torily, although it is taken for granted that many (Adjustments vill have to be made where it has resulted in unreasonable \ 'ardship for certain types of businesses. From the customer’s standpoint it has brought about a slight reduction in the cost of living and has resulted in a stabilization of prices ^hich is welcomed by millions of low-in- come families which operate on a strict budget. It is also^ expected that the stabilization of the cost of living will stop labor from making new demands for wage increases, al though this result is still by no means certain. The day before price fixing began - operating, an increase in wages was approved igfi. for the whole ship building in- dustry. Other labor groups, which , feel they are not as well paid, may continue to demand adjust- ments. Commencement Ex ercises At Washington High School Commencement' exercises be gan at Washington Consolidated High School, mid-way Parksville and Modoc, with the sermon, Sunday morning, May 24, at eleven-thirty. Rev. L. K. Simpson of McCormick delivered the ser mon. The graded school exercises will be held Thursday night. May 28, at nine o’clock. The seventh grade will receive certificates that night after presentation of their play. The graduation exercises will be held Friday night, May 29. The Salutatory will be given by Charles Stone and the Valedictory by Gene Williams. The mem bers of the class are: Lester Doolittle, George Dukes, Murry Prince, G. C. Sanders, Amy Seigler, Myrle Seigler, Myrtle Seigler, Charles Stone, Ray Wall, Virgil Wall, Robert Wilkie, Gene Williams, Bill Winn. Petit Jurors Drawn For June Term Of Court Union Meeting And . B. T. U. Rally At Little Stevens Creek Church Sunday Petit Jurors drawn for the June term of court for McCor mick County, beginning Monday, June 8th, ^re as follows: P. B. Dansby, Julian Stone, W. W. Brock, J. W. Jennings, G. C. Sanders, E. M. Winn, Robert McNeil, C. F. Brown, J. W. Faulkner, W. E. Chamberlain, R. H. Quarles, Jr., J. P. Deason, James M. Dorn, H. M. Freeland, Ralph Wideman, T. A. Robinson, S. G. Link, W. E. Robinson, John Roberts, E. R. White, Carl Willis, L. W. Bowick, F. A. Cosey, John G. McKie, W. N. Smith, Charles Jennings, W. A. Scott, C. W. Robertson, C. L. Bridges, Ralph E. Edmunds, Mike McGrath, H. R. Miner, B. F. Parks, Fred White, G. C. White, Horace D. Brown. The American Legion Auxiliary meeting will be held with Mrs. J. Frank White of Troy on Thurs day, June 4th, at 4:15 p. m. x Rev. E. S. Jones To Preach At Asbury Methodist Church Rev. E. S. Jones of North Augus ta will preach at Asbury Metho dist Church, Meriwether, each ev ening during the week following the first Sunday in June at 9:00 o’clock. -XXI- Mt. Carmel News Union meeting and Baptist Training Union Rally of Edge- field Association to meet with Little Stevens Creek Church Sun day, May 31. The program for the afternoon Training Union Rally is as follows: Theme—Growing in Reverence. 2:30—Song Service. 2:45—Scripture Reading—Little Stevens Creek Union. 2:50—Roll call of churches, bus iness, announcements. 3:05—Growing in Revernece in God’s House—Edgefield Union. 3:15—Growing in Reverence During Prayer—Gilgal Union. 3:30—Growing in Reverence for Example’s Sake—Rev. G. P. La nier. 4:00—Song and Benediction. Louise Bracknell, Associational T. U. Director. PROGRAM UNION MEETING, EDGEFIELD ASSOCIATION TO MEET WITH THE LITTLE STEVENS CREEK CHURCH, MAY 31, 1942. Eastern War Time will be ob served. 11:00 O’clock—Sunday school. 12:00—Song service. 12:05—The effect of gas ration ing upon church attendance—J. H Courtney and S. T. Strom. 12:25—The Christian attitude toward war—Rev. J. F. Burris. 12:45—Address by Rev. A. Croft. 1:15—Dinner. 2:15—Song service. 2:25—Baptist Training Union Miss Louise Bracknell. D. Miss Lillie Miller of De la Howe spent last Thursday at her home here. Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Misses Susie Patterson and Monnie Harling and Mrs. W. H. Horton were Abbeville visitors Friday afternoon. Mr. Billy Gilliam left Tuesday for Greenwood, where he has ac cepted work. Mrs. Eula Edwards of Abbeville was a visitor here Monday morn ing. Mr. Boyce Wideman of Columbia was seeing friends here one after noon recently. Mr. Harold Gilliam of Green wood spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lawton and two daughters were guests of Mrs. J Myrtle Mauldin Sunday. We are glad to say that Mrs, Mauldin seems to be getting on nicely. Quite a number of people here ittended the commencement at Calhoun Falls High. Messrs. Sam Todd and Billy Gilliam were mem bers of the graduating class. Mr. Todd won second honors and was. ^alutatorian Monday evening. Mrs. Roy Edmunds of Laurens was a guest of her mother, Mrs. Ida Black. Mrs. Bryson and Mrs. Frazier of Calhoun Falls were also snend the day guests of Mrs. Black. Mr. Jack Hester of De la Howe was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr. Willie Hester and Miss Bef- fie Hester were visitors in Mt. Pleasant for the week end and at tended the commencement of Mt. Pleasant High School. Mr. Alex Mitchell was a member of the graduating class. Mrs. Alma Todd and son and daughter, Mr. Sam Todd and Miss Margaret Ann Todd left Tuesday morning for Columbia and Flor ence, where they expect to stay some time. We hope for them a happy and pleasant vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Feaster Mauldin of McCormick spent the week end with Mrs. Myrtle Mauldin.