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Washington, D. C., July 6.—
(NWNS)—The movie-like saboteur
story, of Germans, with quantities
of TNT and a list of the places
they were scheduled to blow up
from submarines on the Florida
and Long Island coasts, is con
sidered by many here to be
“cheerful’ rather than alarming
news. For it indicates, many
analysts feel, that the Germans
do not have the elaborate organi
zation for sabotage within our
country which many have sus
pected.
It seems logical to assume,
spokesmen here point out, that
the Nazis would not try to put
over such a complicated sabotage
plan if they had the men, the
equipment and the contacts
within this country to carry on
sabotage on an extensive ' scale.
Although it is alarming to have
such efforts made to spread de
struction and terror in our country,
the quick roundup of the men in
volved and the fact that the
Axis bothered to plot such a corh-
plicated plan indicates that the
FBI has done a notable job of
controlling activities of enemies
within our gates.
It is by such methods of de
duction that much of the news
has to be arrived at here these
days, since news of enemy actions
within our country, as well as
news of battles, of ship losses and
of production are released only
tohen the authorities consider the
news to be of no value to the
enemy. Under the new Depart
ment of War Information, head
ed by Elmer Davis, however, it
is believed the public will be kept
a little better informed as to
what is going on although much
news must necessarily continue
to be withheld.
Figures on our production of
war supplies—very encouraging
figures—were given to newsmen
recently, the most outstanding
one being released by the Presi
dent himself when he said that
during May the United States
produced 4,000 airplanes for war
purposes. This was followed by
a statement by Oliver Lyttleton—
the Donald Nelson of England—
who, upon his return to London
from the United States, said that
the United States is now 45 days
ahead of schedule in production
and that combined British and
United States production is now
considerably ahead of all Axis
production, including that of Ja
pan. Mr. Lyttleton also predicted
that the ships being turned out
in the United States shipyards
will soon outnumber the sinkings
by Axis submarines.
It is agreed here that the most
serious handicap to production is
scarcities of raw materials so that
official Washington is giving great
attention to the problem of col
lecting all possible scrap from
the people. A new campaign to
collect iron and steel from every
home and factory is now under
way and government officials are
making new plans for the col
lection of additional scrap rubber
The hastily conceived plan to try
to get in the nation’s supply of
scrap rubber between June 15 anc
30 was not nearly as successfu
as it had been hoped and a new
drive to collect rubber is now be
ing worked out.
“The record time, the record vote
and the record appropriation for
the army’s new appropriation bill
Indicates the willingness of con
gress to okay expenditures of any
amount of money for war pur
poses. In five hours, with a vote
of 352 to 0, the house passed a
bill to provide $42,820,003,067 for
Gas Registration Days
Are July 9, 10 And 11
Mr. Herbert N. Coleman, Chair
man of the McCormick County
Rationing Board, states that gas
oline registration dates and places
Sn this county have been set as
July 9th, 10th and 11th, at the
school houses and the hours will
be from 9 o’clock a. m. to 6 o’clock
p. m., except on the 11th, when
the hours will be from 9 a. m. to
1 p. m.
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Campaign Meeting
Here Next Wednesday
TO HAVE ONLY ONE COUNTY
CAMPAIGN MEETING
County Chairman J. Fred Buz-
hardt announces that the State
campaign meeting will be held in
the court house here next Wednes
day, July 15th, beginning at .11
o’clock a. m., at which time can
didates for State offices, U. S.
Senate and Congress in this dis
trict will address the voters.
At a meeting of the McCormick
County Democratic Executive
Committee at the court house
Monday, it was unanimously de
cided to have only one official
county campaign meeting, to be
held at McCormick on Friday, Au
gust 21st, beginning at 11 o’clock
a. m.
Evangelistic Services
At Methodist Church
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THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
July 10th and 11th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:15 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
JOHN GARFIELD RAYMOND MASSEY
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“DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE”
Also
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OUR GANG COMEDY
“WEDDING WORRIES”
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
A series of evangelistic services
will begin at the Methodist Church
in McCormick on next Monday ev
ening, July 13th. Rev. F. C. Ow
ens, an honored member of the
Upner South Carolina Conference,
is to assist the pastor. Rev. W. M.
Owings, in these revival services.
Preaching each day throughout
the following Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 8:45 p. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend each
and all of these services.
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Buffalo Grange
Meeting Postponed
Due to the meeting at the Mc
Cormick Methodist Church next
week, the regular meeting of the
Buffalo Grange has been post
poned from July 13th to July 20th.
Frank W. Corley
In The Armv
Mr. Frank W. Corley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Corley, was
inducted in the army June 27th
and is now stationed at Camp
Croft.
Since his graduation at McCor
mick High School and Clemson
College, he has taught Vocational
Agriculture at Washington High
School and Johnston High School,
and has served with the Exten
sion Service and Agriculture Ad
justment Administration at Aiken
several years.
Mr. Corley is highly re
garded by all his fellow workers
because of his untiring efforts and
gentle manner. He is 1st Lieu
tenant in the Infantry as a result
of the O. R. C. work that he has
done since graduating from
Clemson.
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Modoc News
Listen in on WGAC, Augusta, Ga., every clay at
12:20 o’clock for program announcements.
MONDAY and TUESDAY
July 13th and 14th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:15 P. M.
BETTY GRABLE VICTOR MATURE
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SONG OF THE ISLANDS
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A WALT DISNEY CARTOON
“PLUTO JR.”
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LATEST NEWS EVENTS
ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents;
Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax.
the war department’s need during
the coming fiscal year. This one
bill is more than our entire cost
of World War 1 and brings the
total appropriations for this war
to over 200 billion dollars.
The problem of paying for this
gigantic expenditure remains un
answered and, although the new
*axes will be very high, they will
only make a slight dent in our
fast mounting debt. The ways
and means committee of the
’"iouse after months of delibera
tion, has finally written its pro
posed new tax bill, which al
though it calls for taxes much
higher than have ever been paid
?n this country before, is over
2 1-2 billion short of Secretary
Morgenthau’s request.
The new bill would increase
present taxes by enough to bring
in about 6 billion dollars in addi
tional revenue. It is probable
that income taxes next year will
be collected in part by payroll
deductions, but this subject still
is being debated. There will
probably be many changes made
in the measure before it goes
through the house and senate,
but it is not expected that the
amount will be increased to the
figure requested by the secretary
of treasury.
Meanwhile, efforts to stop ex
cessive profits from being made
out of war production are getting
results and are reducing produc
tion costs considerably. Donald
Nelson reported that 750 million
dollars of excessive profits had
been returned to the government
by renegotiating contracts and
successful efforts to limit profits
on new contracts have been
carried out.
Well, we-had plenty of rain last
week—too much—you can hear
the farmers now talking about
having plenty of boll weevils in
their cotton already.
Sgt. Talmage Clem and Mrs.
Clem of Spartanburg were week
end visitors to the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clem.
Pvt. William E. Bussey from Co
lumbia spent Sunday here with
his father, Mr. E. F. Bussey.
Mr. Chas. Stone spent a few
days in Augusta last week visit
ing relatives.
Messrs. G. E. Canteleau and E.
D. Dukes, who are working in
Durham, N. C., were week end
visitors here to homefolks.
Mr. W. S. Clem visited his broth
er, Mr. Jim Clem, Monday night in
Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bussey from
Columbia were week end visitors
here to their mothers, Mrs. Rose-
lind Reese and Mrs. Minnie Bus
sey.
Sgt. Austin Clem and Pvt. Bur
ton Ward from Camp Gordon were
dinner guests here Sunday to the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Clem.
Mr. F. M. Bussey was a business
visitor to Augusta on Wednesday
of this week.
Misses Eunice and Cehoy Mc
Daniel were the spend the night
guests of Miss Lucy Bussey Sat
urday night.
Messrs. E. F. Bussey and W. S.
Clem were the guests Sunday ev
ening to Mr. T. J. Stone.
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Mt. Carmel News
Share Your Car”
Clubs Are To
Be Organized
Mrs. A. B. Lyon visited friends
and relatives in Greenville and
Columbia last week.
Mrs. Etta Lindley and children,
Lena, Henry, Bobbie and Elnita,
spent last week in Columbia and
Anderson visiting relatives.
Mr. Neil Merritt of Washington,
Ga., was a business visitor here
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black of An
derson and Mrs. D. L. Bryson were
guests of Mrs. Ida Black Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Peeler and sister
of Greenwood were visitors here
Monday.
Mr. Horace McAllister and others
were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
McAllister Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Black and
sons, Floyd, Jr., and Jeff, of
Charleston spent Friday night.
Saturday and night with Mrs. Ida
Black.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Curtis will regret to hear
of the illness of Mr. Curtis. We
hope for him a speedy recovery.
Rev. Chisholm Halliday was a
visitor here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Inman Griffin
and daughter, Louise, spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Huntei
McKinney.
Misses Lennie and Eliza Covin
spent last Friday in Anderson
with their sister, Mrs. George Peel
and Miss Virginia Majette. Mrs
Majette was very ill Thursday
night and had to be carried t
the hospital, but was nuch bettc
Friday, we are glad to say.
Miss Lillie Miller of De la How
is spending her vacation at he
Motorists of McCormick County
were advised today by Mr. J. F.
Buzhardt, Chairman of McCor
mick County Civilian Defense
Council, to confer with their
neighbors with a view to partici
pation in the “Share-Your-Car”
clubs being organized in the At
lantic Seaboard States in con
nection with the inauguration of
the permanent gasoline rationing
plan, July 22, 1942.
Mr. Buzhardt, in calling upon
the residents of this county tc
make plans to conserve their
tires and automobiles, said that
it was essential to the nation’s
war effort that these “Share-
Your-Car” clubs be formed.
“There is a critical shortage of
gasoline in the East, due to lack
of transportation facilities, peces-
sitating strictest rationing of gas
oline in this area,” Mr. Buzhardt
said, adding “While rationing of
gasoline has not become nation
wide, I am sure that the residents
of McCormick County will be
proud of the fact that they are
taking the lead in a gasoline and
tire conservation movement that
will soon spread over the nation.”
Mr. Buzhardt said that indus
trial plants and other places en
gaged in defense and other es
sential war work would handle
the formation of “Share-Your-
Car” clubs within their own
plants. He said, however, that
the farmers in the rural areas and
the folks in the small towns
would have to get-together and
form their own clubs. The
county OCD chairman said that
the local OCD office was prepared
to help the residents of this
county in getting together and
forming their cl^is. He advised
persons interestecnln the formation
of such clubs, who have not al
ready made their plans in their
own neighborhood, to contact the
local OCD office and leave the
information that would enable
OCD officials to place them in a
“Share-Your-Car” plan.
Mr. Buzhardt pointed out that
while participation in “Share-
Your-Car” clubs was the patriotic
thing to do, it was also essential
under the permanent plan for all
persons, who wish more than ap
proximately 3.8 gallons of gasoline
a week, to be a member of a
“Share-Your-Car” club. If a
motorist finds that 3.8 gallons of
g&s a week is all that is necessary
for all of his driving, then he
will have no need for larger
than “A” card rations. However,
if this amount of gasoline will
not take him to work and back
and take care of his other essen
tial driving, it is imperative that
he participate in the “Share-
Your-Car” plan.
“The public has not fully real
ized, as yet, the serious transpor
tation problem that now faces the
workers, while private cars han-
other common carriers transport
ed only 18 per cent of the nation’^
workers, while private cars han
dled the other 82 per cent. With
the public transportation system;
now overloaded and gasoline anc
rubber becoming more and more
difficult to obtain, it is essential
that every resident of this county
travel with at least four personf
in his car as often as possible.
Share-Your-Car” and help
keep “America on wheels” Mr.
Buzhardt concluded, adding “Save
Gasoline, Save Tires, Save Amer-
ON THE NEWS FRONT
Stiffer And More
Inclusive Tax Bill
Up Before Congress
ca/
“From our farms and gardens
as well as from our mines anc
'actories come the munitions of
victory.”—Paul V. McNutt, Direc
tor of Defense Health and Wel
fare Services.
For every three dollars collected
in taxes this year, a pending tqjr
bill will increase that amount ta
four dollars.
The nation’s income of 10 bil
lion dollars is going to be taxed
almost 23 billion dollars.
Tax exemptions have been low
ered: Single persons will start
paying taxes at $500, instead of
at $750. Formerly, married per
sons began paying taxes at $1,500.
This has been dropped to $1,200.
Allowances of $400 for each de
pendent would remain the same.
One of the many outstanding
features of the tax bill is that the
present normal tax rate which
you now pay, 4 per cent, is to be
raised to 6 per cent—a 50 per
cent increase.
Such are just a few, a very few,
of the many changes in the tax
bill facing both houses of con
gress.
The treasury department re
quested eight billion dollars to
^arry on the business of the na
tion—the wartime business.
The new tax bill has fallen
short of this request by close to
three billions of dollars.
The ways and means com-
mittemen who are responsible for
the present tax-bill have been
under fire from all groups as a
result of either taxing certain,
groups too much, or not taxing;
those groups enough.
Many have said that a general
jales tax would have taken care
of much of the present tax-bill’s
deficit. Fighting against this
general sales tax, though, was the
treasury department, which did
not want it, fought it bitterly, and
won.
Another upset in the tax-bill
was that the mandatory joint re
turns of husband and wife was
defeated at- the last minute. It
was this same joint return con
troversy that popped up in the
last tax bill hearing.
Such joint returns this year, if
placed in the bill, would swell the
nation’s revenue by 400 million,
dollars.
In the tax-bill, new excise taxes
—another name for sales tax—will
add 800 milllion dollars to the
treasury’s coffer.
Some of the new excise taxes
are placed on cigarettes which will
increase in cost one-half cent a.
pack. Taxes on telephone bills,
now 6 per cent, will be raised to
12 per cent. Tax on liquor will go
qp 50 cents on the quart. Travel
tax (on bus, plane, and rail fares)
will be increased to 15 per cent
rom present 10 per cent.
Even parcel post rates, and
postage rates on newspapers,
magazines, and periodicals will
be increased. The nation’s juke
boxes are going to be taxed. Race
tracking pari-mutuel betting is
also going to feel the touch of
the treasury department.
The war is expensive now. But
Mr. and Mrs. America know that
what they pay now to achieve
necessary victory is much ?s
than that which would b? ti «
from them in case the war sh dd
be lost by Uncle Sam and his Al
lies.
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Boll Weevil Checks
From actual count in fields
here and there over McCormick:
County, I find that the per cent
of infestation is relatively small
right now but we have weevils and
we are going to have more
weevils. I have never seen cotton
that was better fruited for the.
time of year; or, as one farmer
said, “I have never seen cotton
‘trying to make’ as fast as this
borne here. year.”
Sen. L. L. Hester was a visitor A few farmers, where the
5n Columbia one day last week. cotton is large and heavily fruit-
Mr. Pat Hester of Columbia ed, are going to dust if the weevil
came home Friday afternoon for increases at all. Some are doing;
the week end. a little dusting already.
Mr. Edwin Covin of Lyman spent j G. W. Bonnette,
the week end here. [ County Agents