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McCORMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, October 8, 1942
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Ownership Statement
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By LYTLE HULL
Keep Him Smiliri;
STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC.,
REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF
CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24,
THE AIR ALARM SMART ALEC
This writer happened to be pres
ent in a small town the other day
when an air raid alarm was
sounded. Everyone knew that it
was a practice drill and that there
was no danger involved. Ninety-
nine per cent of the people be
haved like good citizens and obey-
usually die young. :.at itt us sup
pose that there really was an air
raid and that these two encum
brances were hurt by flying splin
ters; and that some worthwhile
citizens rushed out to help them
and were killed and that this
started a panic; and that in the
midst of the panic the attacking
planes machine-gunned the peo-
ed the orders of the air raid war
dens. Cars were drawn up im- 1 P^ e who had run into the street.
3 ' i 933 U mediately to the curb and the oc- I Th^ S0Tt of thing might very eas-
McCORMICK MESSENGER, cupants got out qui etly and walk- ! hy happen in a real air raid—and
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT Me- ec j th e nearby stores. Very Americans would have to die
quickly the main street was empti- because a couple of blithering
ed and not a living soul was in idiots felt that they would demean
sight. Even the air raid wardens themselves or make fools of them-
CORMICK, S. C., FOR
BER 1, 1942.
OCTO-
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of McCormick.
Before me, a Notary Public in
and for the State and County
aforesaid, personally appeared E. J.
McCracken, who having been duly
sworn according to law, s deposes
and says that he is Editor and
Owner of the McCormick Messeng
er, and that the following is, to the
best of his knowledge and belief, a
true statement of the ownership,
management, etc., of the aforesaid
publication for the date shown in
the above caption, required by the
Act of August 24, 1912, as amended
by the act of March 3, 1933, em
bodied in section 537, Postal Laws
and Regulations, printed on the
reverse of this form, to-wit:
h That the names and addresses
pf the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publisher, E. J. McCracken, Mc
Cormick, S. C.
Editor, E. J. McCracken, McCor
mick, S. C.
Managing Editor, E. J. McCrack
en, McCormick, S. C.
Business Manager, E. J. Mc
Cracken, McCormick, S. C.
2. That the owner is: (If owned
by a corporation, its name and
address must be stated and also
Immediately thereunder the names
and addresses of stockholders own
ing or holding one per cent or
more of total amount of stock. If
not owned by a corporation, the
names and addresses of the in
dividual owners must be given. If
owned 1 by a firm, company, or
other unincorporated concern, its
name and address, as well as those
of each individual member, must
be given.) E. J. McCracken, Mc
Cormick, S. C.
3. That the. known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other securi
ties are: (If. there are none, so
state.) None* •
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the
owners, stockholders, and security
holders, if any, contain not only
the list of stockholders and se
curity holders as they appear
upon the books of the company
but also, in cases where the stock
holder or security holder appears
upon the books of the company as
trustee or in any other fiduciary
relation, the name of the person
or corporation for whom such
trustee is acting, is given; also
that the said two paragraphs con
tain statements embracing affi
ant’s full knowledge and belief as
to the circumstances and condi
tions under which stockholders
and security holders who do not
appear upon the books of the
company as trustees, hold stock
and securities in a capacity other
than that of a bona fide owner:
and this affiant has no reason to
believe that any other person,
association, or corporation has any
Interest direct or indirect in the
said stock, bonds, or other securi
ties than as so stated by him.
(Signed:) E. J. McCRACKEN,
Editor-Owner McCormick Mes
senger.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 29th day of September,
1942.
P. J. ROBINSON,
> N. P., S. C.
fMy commission expires at the
pleasure of the Governor.)
Buffalo Grange
Meets October 12th
had disappeared somewhere.
This was the signal for Mr.
Smart Alec. He wanted to show
the folks that he wasn’t afraid of
bombs, or of air raid wardens eith
er for that matter. We saw a
couple of these heroes ostenta- i
tiously walk across Main Street j
selves if they observed the rules
of an air raid practice drill.
Probably our enemies have
learned by this time that bombing
of civilians brings nothing but re
prisals, and—what is even more
important—hardens the soul and
makes angry and determined
fighters out of lukev/arm ones. It
dodging imaginary bombs and be , ,, , ,, , , , , , , ,
ing frightfully witty for the edifi- POsaMy this knowledge which
cation of their fellow townfolks.
The townfolks, however, didn’t
seem to have much sense of hu
mor. In fact a couple of them —
in \the drugstore where this wor- , A A ...
shiper of chocloate ice cream sodas ln posltlon to lnfllct terrlble
has deterred them from bombing
New York or San Francisco. If this
is the case, then we may be fairly
certain that they will only bomb
an American city if and when they
happened, unfortunately for his
digestion, to be caught—had to be
restrained almost forcibly from
running out and slaughtering the
damage.
Pending this time — which we
hope will never arrive—it is the
duty of everv citizen to take nd-
Alecs. The popular wish that just j vantage of air raid practice drills,
one weeny, weeny bomb might; With sufficient practice we will be
come down was unfulfilled. j prepared to help ourselves and
The probability is that these two others, and to avoid panic; but^if
local molecules are the same ones n ° o ne knows what to do when the
who take the girls out in the old time comes, we will almost certain-
Ford and do figure-eights along ty suffer disaster,
the public highway; or the same j So if an Air Alarm Smart Alec
two who would manage to save sticks his head out of his worm
themselves if the boat they were hole during a practice drill in your
rocking should upset. Luckily town, it might be advisable to
there are not many of these un- stroke him gently with a large
fortunate results of a mis-mated rock and throw the remains on the
pair to disturb the peace; they scrap pile.
TODAY
and
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
ASKING . , . . telling
Ever since the war started, the
government has bent over back
ward in its effort to keep the co
operation of the people on a volun
tary basis—to “ask us” instead of
“tell us.”
In the sale of war bonds, for ex
ample, in spite of the urgent need
for more funds to finance the war
program, the government contin
ues to hope it can get part of the
money it needs by voluntary meth
ods. The official attitude is to
convince us that buying bonds is
a display of patriotism and that
our patriotism isn’t quite up to par
unless we spend 10 per cent of our
income for bonds.
Another example is the problem
of collecting scrap metal. If it
wished, the government could en
act legislation to require that 50
oounds of scrap metal be turned
in by every man, woman and child
—and we’d have to do it even if
it necessitated turning in the fam
ily washing machine.
There is no question that the
voluntary methods serve to build
better morale and public interest
in the war program—but there is
a good deal of question as to the
advisability of continuing volun
tary methods in cases where it is
evident that they are not produc
ing the desired results.
GOVERNMENT caution
The government’s request for
sacrifices has been way behind
the willingness of the people to
make sacrifices.
When the selective service act
was put in operation there was no
murmur of objection by the peo
ple. When rationing began, the
people had long been ready for it
and adjusted their living accord-
The Buffalo Grange will meet ingly. When gigantic war taxes
Monday night, October 12th, at 8 were proposed, the people took for
o'clock at the school house. Please granted that they were necessary
all members note the change in , to pay part of the huge cost of war.
the hour. | And even the P lans ^ freeze wages
and farm prices have met with few
objections from those who would
be affected by them.
The attitude of the people right
along has been that they will glad
ly make sacrifices which are made
by all of the people. But in a pe
riod of such vital concern to our
nation, we don’t like to see any
one get away without doing his or
her part.
The government needn’t worry
About demanding what it needs
from the people. In fact, if the
government permits our war pro
gram be delayed (such as is now
threatened due to a shortage of
scrap iron), because it doesn’t
want to be too tough with us, it
may be necessary for the people
to demand that the government
take our scrap from us.
VOLUNTEERS .
A recent poll
. . . slackers
by Dr. Gallup
shows that the majority of people
would rather be “told” than
“asked.”
There are a lot of unsatisfactory
and unfair things about voluntary
methods. If one man spends 10
per cent of his income for bonds
and finds a friend of his spends
only 2 per cent, there is immedi
ate cause for friction. If one
family spends a week-end digging
out scrap metal and the family
next door simoly ignores the re
quest for metal, it is apt to cause
hard feeling.
In anything that is operated on
a voluntary basis, there are al
ways some who do more than
their share and there are others
who are slackers. In normal
times this is taken for granted,
and the American people have
accomplished many marvelous
things by voluntary contribution
of time and money by the more
philanthropic members of our
populace.
But our contributions and sacri
fice to help win the war have
nothing to do with philanthropy.
It is the most important thing in
the lives of every one of us—and
the sacrifices should be spared by
all. Many of us aren’t sure just
what sacrifices are necessary and
what ones aren’t—so we’d rather
be “told.”
DICTATORSHIP . . . danger
It is perhaps a dangerous sign
however, so far as the future of
our democracy is concerned, that
a lot of us do seem to prefer tak
ing orders as against voluntary
THE HOUSE OF HAZARDS
—by Mac Arthur
methods. It actually boils down
to the fact that we are sanction
ing dictatorship here in order to
lick dictatorship abroad.
Most everyone who favors more
dictatorial methods here is quick
to point out that it should merely
be a war emergency and we
should pick up democracy where
we left off as soon as the war
ends. But unless we are careful,
a lot of us are apt to become
enamored by having our lives
directed from Washington.
We’re apt to learn to like the
stabilized economic life which
can result temporarily, from wage
and price freezing. We’re apt to
think orf it as an easier and more
secure way of life than the com
petition for jobs and wealth.
chosen twelve, “Will ye also go
away?” The answer was a ques
tion, “Lord, to whom shall we go?”
If men forsake Christ, there is
none to whom they may go for
the “words of eternal life.”
Paul showed he had gained a
true perspective of life’s values. He
counted all things loss for the
knowledge of Christ and had
found in him “the righteousness
which is from God by faith,” with
assurance that he would attain
unto the “power of his resurrec
tion,” and the “fellowship of his
sufferings,” and become “conform
ed unto his death.” Here are great
thoughts that can best be worked
out by the individual through his
own faith.
The transmission of power in
made public on Wednesday, Sep
tember 23.
(Quantities are in running bales.
Linters are not included.)
But if we get to the point where the material world is a
we think of our family
as the problem of the
welfare | thing. Think, then, of the gift
govern- ’ of life from the risen Lord. Have
lem of ours, there is no doubt that you will attain unto the “i
self-reliant and weaker people.
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Six Inch Sermon
BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
Loyalty to Christ.
Lesson for October 11: Mark 2:-
14-17; John 6:66-69; Philippians
3:7-11.
Golden Text: Philippians 3:7:
The gospel’s universality is
shown in the calling of Levi — also
known as Matthew. The publicans
were despised as renegades. An
swering the criticism of scribes and
Pharisees, Jesus said he had come
to heal the sick of soul.
In the time of testing (verse 66),
Jesus asked the inner circle, the
and blessed life hereafter and al
ways.
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Cotton Ginnings
Given By South
Carolina Counties
COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO
SEPTEMBER 16 IN SOUTH
CAROLINA: CROPS OF
1942 AND 1941
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Cen
sus, announces the preliminary re
port on cotton ginned prior to Sep
tember 16, by counties, in South
Carolina, for the crops of 1942 and
1941. The total for the State was
County
1942
1941
The State _ _ _
149,076
87,938
Abbeville
1,602
241
Aiken _ _ _
5,629
3,350
Allendale __
3,061
3,046
Anderson __
6,940
3,647
Bamberg
3,798
3,368
Barnwell __
6,324
6,081
Berkeley _ _ _ __
725
292
Calhoun __
6,119
2,292 :
Chester _______
1,366
932
Chesterfield
6,572
4,949
Clarendon
7,585
3,230
Colleton __ _ _ _
2.439
936
Darlington __ ____
3,846
1,540
Dillon
3,994
2,340
j Dorchester
2.960
1,339
i Edgefield __
2,370
1,141
Fairfield
312
97
Florence
o r*r*<\
%J 9 i t \J
1,062
Greenville
1,081
1.648
! Greenwood __
1,073
140
Hampton
3,568
2,993
! Kershaw
1,410
896
Lancaster
1,233
499
Laurens
2,945
1,171
Lee
5,794
3,164
Lexington
2,290
1,056
McCormick
832
137
Marion __
737
364
Marlboro
11,616
8,725
Newberry __
2,288
540
Oconee __
752
1,453
Orangeburg
22,386
11,029
Pickens _
482
1,792
Richland __
855
171
Saluda
1,465
281
Spartanburg
1,832
2,714
Sumter _
8,924
3,738
Union _
’ 969
544
Williamsburg __ __
5,114
2,615
York _
1,460
1,993
All other
505
392