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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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“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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.