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Forty-First Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942
Number 13
Thu Week in
WASMNGION
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Washington, D. ic., Sept. 28.—
(NWNS)—Congress had its busiest
week in many months when it
rushed through debate on the bill
to stabilize wages and farm prices
and when the senate tackled the
problem of putting through the
biggest tax bill in history.
Although there was considerable
disagreement on the anti-inflation
measure, the farm groups and
the labor groups fighting to
guard the interests of their mem
bers, the measure met less opposi
tion than was expected—largely,
it is believed, because of the
President’s threat that . if con
gress didn’t act before October
1 he would use his powers to dic
tate a policy on wages and farm
pHce control. * •.
is not expected that food
prices to the consumer will be re
duced because A the measure,
but there probably will be no
increase permitted on foods ex
cepting those few which have
been selling at an unusually low
price. The measure is expected to
put an end to strikes and pre
vent demands for wage increases,
although there are loopholes
which would lead to demands for
higher pay if the cost of living
Increases appreciably.
Whether the measure will freeze
prices and wages completely de
pends entirely on the Presi
dent, since “adjustments” can be
made by him if he considers them
necessary. . t •>
In addition to wage and price
stabilization, job stabilization is
Expected to be insisted upon in
the next few months. One of the
biggest recent problems in war
production is that of men shifting
from one plant to another in or
der to get better wages. There
have been instances, for example,
where an airplane factory which
is short of men will raid another
airplane factory to take away men
by offering higher pay. In addi
tion to thtp type ' of piracy, it
is natural that workers themselves
are on the lookout for better
jobs and make changes whenever
they see prospects of a fatter
pay envelope. This trend has
caused inefficiency and delays in
many factories.
Td cope with this situation, two
steps already have been taken by
the government: (1) the War
Manpower commission, headed by
Paul McNutt, has rendered workers
in the non-ferrous metals and
lumber industries to obtain a
“certificate of separation” from
the United States Employment ser
vice before leaving their jobs to
take new jobs; (2) President
Roosevelt gave the War Manpower
commission complete control over
2,300,000 federal employees so that
the commission can transfer any
of them to other duties, either
with the government or in pri
vate industry.
These are the first two steps of
many which will probably be taken
in the next few months to see to
it that every man is doing the
job which makes him most usefu
to his country. As a result of the
occupational questionnaires fillet
in by all men up to the age c'
65, the government now has
complete record of the abilities of
each maa and will, when neces
sary, assign men to jobs. With
such a large number of young
men now in the armed forces, and
with more jobs to fill in factories
than we have ever had before, the
manpower problem is becoming
’increasingly alarming. Because- of
this, the right to take a job or
leave it, which has been such a
cherished right in this country
may soon be denied to all of us
HOLLfflOOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
October 2nd and 3rd, 7:30 P. M. and 9:15 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
GENE AUTRY SMILEY BURNETTE
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‘DOWN MEXICO WAY
Also .
A CARTOON
“LITTLE GRAVEL VOICE”
and
TWO REEL SUBJECT
“FOR COMMON DEFENSE”
’^lalinee Saturday 3:30 P.^M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
Listen in on WGAC, Augusta, Ga., every day at
,12:20 VdockT for program announcements.
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MONDAY and TUESDAY
October 5th and 6th, 7:30 P.' M. and 9:20 P. M.
CLAUDETTE COLBERT RAY M1LLAND
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“SKYLARK”
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# • A PETE SMITH SPECIALTY
“ACRO-BATTY”
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
Mrs. E. L. Langley
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Eugene L. Langley, 62, of
Plum Branch died suddenly about
noon last Thursday while en route
to her home after a trip to Mc
Cormick with her husband.
Funeral services were conducted
at St. Paul's Methodist church
Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The
Rev. W. M. Owings, the pastor,
and the Rev. G. P. Lanier, offici
ated, and interment followed in
Robertson cemetery.
Mrs. Langley was the daugh
ter of Kattie Fannie Willis Robert
son and Ezra Robertson, pioneer
citizens of this county. She was
a loyal member of St. Paul’s
Methodist Church at Plum Branch
and active in all its departments.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by four sons, Ezra O.
Langley, Charleston; Lieut. Archie
A. Langley, A. E. F., Ireland; Lynn
E. Langley, Maxie L. Langley,
Plum Branch; five daughters,
Mrs. J. Lee Freeland, Mrs. W.
Yates Webb, McCormick, Mrs.
James L. Gibert, Mrs. Walter
Hayes Gaylor, Woodruff, Mrs
Dave Dover, Spartanburg, and 12
grandchildren, one brother, Ben
nie N. Robertson, Plum Branch.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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HONOR ROLL
FOR DEFENSE
Court Convenes
Here Next Monday
The October term of General
Sessions court for McCormick
County will convene in the court
house here next Monday morning,
October 5th, at 10 o’clock, with
Judge E. C. Dennis of Darlington
presiding.
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World-Wide Com
munion On Oct. 4th
If you have read the daily pa
pers you know that scrap-iron is
very essential to the winning of
this war—your war and my* war
Every time you see a piece of old
iron, pick it up and carry it to the
house, then later when you have
a hundred pounds or “so”—bring
it to your nearest dealer and let
your county agent know about it
so you may be included in the
honor roll list.
“65 names have appeared so far.
Honor Roll
Manly B. Timmons,
D. C. Talbert,
C. AJ. Lee,
Bobbie Faulkner,
William Wright,
Herman New,
Jim Hill,
J. C. Talbert,
“Pat” Parks,
Jan Parks,
Henry Deason,
“Kitty” Belcher,
Mrs. Barbara Martin,
L. L. Hester.
G. W. Bonnette,
County Agent.
ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax.
for the duration.
Another form of conscription,
which is being talked about here
more and more, is the conscription
of goods owned by the people. The
whole policy of the administration
so far has been against such meth
ods, but the increasing need for
such things as scrap metal, rub
ber, textiles and automobiles may
bring about a rapid change in this
attitude.
One congresseman already has
written a bill which would give
the President power to order the
confiscation of our automobiles
whenever he considers it necessary
-and the bill provides for a fund
of $5,000,000,000 to pay us for the
automobiles taken. It is not ex
pected that this bill, or any order
calling for the confiscation of au
tomobiles will be put through at
present, but it is a possibility. And
the continued use of millions of
pounds of rubber tires for unnec
essary driving is apt to hasten ac
tion.
What will happen about automo
biles, tires, gasoline rationing,
speed limits, etc., from now on will
be in the hands of William M. Jef
fers, president of the Union Pacif
ic railroad, who has been given
full authority to direct our na
tion’s rubber program.
The failure of many towns and
cities to do a successful job in the
collection of scrap metal is also
apt to lead to some sort of confis- j
cation. It is vital that the steel mills i
be kept going at full speed—and if
this scrap can’t be obtained by vol
untary means other methods will
have to be adopted.
World-wide Communion Sunday
will be observed next Sunday
.morning at McCormick Methodist
Church at 12 o’clock and at Re
publican Church at 4 o’clock.- -
We loin in symbolic fellowship
with the boys of our homes and
churches who have gone into the
armed forces and with homeless
and hungry sufferers in war-torn
lands.
To make possible a ministry to
both of these through the Metho
dist Commission on Camp Activi
ties and Chaplains and the Meth
odist Committee for Overseas Re
lief, the sacrificial communion of
fering will be taken in all our
churches.
W. M. Owings,
Pastor.
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Renewal Of
Gasoline Rations
Service Flag
Presented At
Rehoboth Church
At the regular church services
Sunday afternoon a service flag
bearing a star for every member
in the country’s service was pre
sented to Rehoboth Baptist Church
by members of the W. M. U.
The flag was donated by Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Winn, whose son,
Staff Sgt. Harold A. Winn, was
the first man from this church to
enter service.
The prayer of dedication was of
fered by the pastor. Rev. A. D.
Croft, and a program of appro
priate music was given with Mrs.
E. M. Morgan, pianist.
Following is the service roll;
Staff Sgt. Harold A. Winn,
Pfc. G. P. Winn,
Pfc. T. B. Gilchrist,
Pvt. George Calvin Winn,
Pvt. Edgar Winn,
Robert McCord Gilchrist, A. M.
M. 3|c,
James Bernard Gilchrist, A. A.
2|c,
Pvt. Elmer B. Talbert,
Pvt. John P. Talbert,
Pvt. Walter P. Culbreath,
Pvt. Carl Randolph Winn.
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Ninety Six Plays
McCormick Here
Tomorrow At 4 P. M.
Holders of ‘B\ ‘C’, and ‘D\ sup
plementary gasoline ration books
today were urged by H. N. Cole
man, chairman of the McCormick
War Price and Ration Board, to
apply promptly for their renewals.
“Execution of the renewal cer
tificates is a simple operation,”
Mr. Coleman said, “In most in
stances only the signature of ra
tion book holder is necessary.
Only when there has been some
change in the occupational status
of the applicant, or some other
change altering his gasoline re
quirements, will it be necessary
for him to fill out an entirely new
application form.
“However, it should be empha
sized that same requirements ap
ply to a renewal application as to
an original application. This
means that the owner or principal
user of the vehicle—not an agent
—must execute the renewal appli
cation.
“The rationing board chair
man pointed out that ‘C’ gasoline
books expire after three months
and that expiration of ‘B’ and ‘D’
books depend upon the gasoline
requirements of the user.
“The rationing regulations re
quire that all books must be
turned in to the local board with
in five days after expiration, he
added. The books, and the cou
pons in them are the property of
the U. S. Government.
“The Local board is now ready
to handle supplemental applica
tions,” Mr. Coleman said, “and it
will effect a saving of time for
both the board and the applicants
if prompt applications are made.”
The Ninety-Six High School
football team will battle McCor
mick’s Panthers on the M. H. S.
gridiron tomorrow at 4:00 P. M.
The admissions will be 11, 17,
and 28 cents. This is the first
home game and the third game
of the season for McCormick.
This game should be one of Mc
Cormick’s best of the season.
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832 Bales Of Cotton
Ginned In McCormick
Comity To Sept. 16
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,
WASHINGTON.
ON THE NEWS FRONT.
Recent Federal Orders
Effect Living Condi
tions in Rural U. S.
COTTON GINNING REPORT.
Rubber Boots And
Shoes To Be Rationed
The Office of Price Administra
tion today ordered the rationing
•>? rubber boots and rubber work
shoes effective October 5.
Effective at midnight of the
29th all such stocks on the shelves
were ordered frozen until ration
ing begins. Then the goods will
be sold on cfertificate only to men
working on jobs essential to the
war or to public health and safe
ty. Applications for certificates
may be obtained from local ra
tioning boards.
Under the order all manufac-
urers, wholesalers and retailers of
the Rationed boots and work shoes
are required to obtain from local
ration boards official inventory
forms on Thursday, Friday or Sat
urday of this week. Inventory re
ports must be filed with the local
board by the following Satu day
Ft.
Census report shows that 832
bales of cotton were ginned in
McCormick County from the
crop of 1942 prior to Sept. 16 as
compared with 137 bales for the
crop of 1941.
Very respectfully,
J. W. Britt,
Special Agent.
Date, 9, 26, 1942.
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Registrants To Go
Before Army
Examining Board
R. W. Dunlap. Chairman of Lo
cal Board No. 57, announces that
these registrants will be called in
the near future to go before the
Army Examining Board, at
Jackson:
Sampson Young,
Robert Claud Link,
Walter Clyde Robertson,
Ansel Hill Hamlin,
Rallie Fuller Garnett,
James Miller Rosenswike,
Jennings Gary Dorn,
Thomas Garland Robertson,
Paul Timothy Ludwick,
Wilber Milton Strom, Jr.,
James Melvin Strom,
Ralph Talmadge Smalley,
Charles Herman Bussey,
Willie Bryant Roberts,
James Ellison White,
Clyde Redmond Holloway,
Pal West Roper, Jr.,
Raymond Albert Dunlap,
Creight Lagette Brown.
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Card Of Thanks
Of the many recently revised
government orders affecting farm
ers and farm owners of the
United States, the one with the
greatest Impact is the WPB con
servation order which has reclassi
fied various types of farm construc
tion activity, besides reducing the
amount of building for which no
authorization has been required
until now.
For instance: The exemption
of $500 on rural (farm) con
struction has been reduced to
$200. But, according to the latest
notice, agricultural construction
damaged by fire, flood, tornado,
or earthquake may be restored
promptly in cases where it has
been decided by authorities that
immediate reconstruction is es
sential to the agricultural pro
gram.
Farm owners contemplating the
construction of a building have
been cautioned against starting
construction until permission to
build actually has been granted.
The fact that builder has all nec
essary materials on hand and
needs no priorities assistance will
not govern whether he should
be permitted to use the material
in the construction job.
Another point to ! remember
concerning the new rules and
regulations on rural building is
this: The completion of the pro
ject must not require the use of
any material, on the site or off
the site, to supply electricity, gas.
water, steam, telephone or sewage
disposal.
Other federal regulations which
have a definite effect on rural liv
ing rule that a certificate of
war necessity is required for the
operation of virtually all farm,
trucks, along with all other
trucks, busses, taxi cabs and simi
lar commercial vehicles. On Nov
ember 15 this ODT order goes
into effect. The purpose is to
conserve equipment for war needs.
Still another pending regula
tion which will have a definite ef
fect on the farmers of the na
tion if put through is that of a.
hog price ceiling which was dis
cussed in a two-day OPA confer
ence in Washington with produc
ers, livestock commission men anil
packer buyers.
So far no definite decision has
been reached as yet regarding the
nature of the proposal which OPA
may submit to the secretary of
agriculture for his consideration.
It has been emphasized, though,
that the new pork ceiling in gen
eral will approximate the actual
sales level prevailing during early
March, with any live hog ceilings
likely to be in line with this
level of pork prices. The top
price for hogs in Chicago during
the March 3 to 7 period, which
was used by OPA as its base
oeriod for pork products, was $13.-
50 per hundredweight. <
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Red Cross Notice
The family of the late Mrs. Daisy
Robertson Langley wish to express
The Red Cross is asking that
we speed up the production of our
knitting. Anyone knitting olive
drab wool, please send the gar
ments in as quickly as you can
get them finished.
We want to make this shipment
as early as possible. If you are
having any trouble with your knit
ting directions, you can secure
help from Mrs. R. L. Faulkner.
Mrs. H. N. Coleman, Mrs. Jack I*.
Bradley and Mrs. Daisy Hemmin-
ger.
The Armed Forces must have
these garments, and we will surely
appreciate your cooperation.
Mrs. C. K. Epting,
Chairman of Production.
Card Of Thanks
We take this means to thank all
at which time each producer and J their heartfelt appreciation for the who helped us in figthing fire last
dealer will be registered and given kind words and deeds of sympa Friday night. We deeply appre-
a serial number. | thy rendered us during our sad ciate it. ...
hours of bereavement. . M. G. & J. J. DORN, INC.
Local Rationing Board 33.
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