McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, November 12, 1942, Image 1
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TBUS to oubsslviui, oob nbighbobs. oub country and oub god.
Forty-First Year
EstabUshed June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1942
Number 24
This Week in
SHINGTON
Washington, D. C. (NWNS)—In
our nation, which h^s produced a
record-breaking supply of food this
year and which for many years
has had a problem of disposing of
all the food it produced, the pos
sibility of hunger due to scarcity
has never been considered.
Yet the authorities in this city
who are handling the nation’s food
supply say that we many face a
seridus food problem Itext year
unless drastic steps are taken now
to prevent it.
As they see it, the threat of a
food problem evolves around these
points: (1) our armed forces, who
eat much more in their present
active life than they did when
home, must continue to be sup
plied with the best of food; (2)
the low-income group in this
country is now earning more
money and is consequently buying
more food than usual; (3) we are
obligated to supply our alles with
large quantities of food; (4) farm
help is scarce due to the number
of farm men who have gone into
the armed forces and who have
been attracted to the cities by
more lucrative jobs in war indus
tries; (5) the agencies handling
the problems of food supply in the
government' are not working to
gether closely enough and even
If enuogh food is produced for all
needs there is api to be a bottle
neck in distribution.
Because of • this many-headed
problem of food supply, those
dealing with it have asked the
President to appoint a food ad-
mfll&tnttor who will have the
power to control all factors in the
food industry and take necessary
steps to keep food growing and
moving at a record rate.
Those who are demanding a
food administrator point out that
there now are entirely “too many
cooks” who have a finger in the
food problem. The department of
agriculture is charged with re
sponsibility for production, but pro
duction is partly a labor problem
which is in the hands of the War
Manpower commission; transpor
tation is the problem of the Office
of Defense Transportation, but dis
tribution, which is so closely allied
to it, is in the hands of the Office
of Price Administration; -several
groups are mixed up in the pric
ing of food, including the President
himself, and the manufacturing
and processing of food products is
in the hands of the War Produc
tion board.
It is easy to see that with so
many groups concerned with the
flow of food from the farm to
the consumer, there are bound to
be all kinds of difficulties unless
the work of each group is planned
to mesh with the plans of all other
groups. This, say food manufac
turers and farm experts, requires
the grouping of all departmental
functions under one boss—and
is expected that the President will
appoint a food czar to take
eharge.
Probably the greatest difficulty
in the whole food problem is the
expected scarcity of farm labor
next year. The War Manpower
commission is trying to cope with
this problem,- which is apt to re
sult in sending men from cities
to the farms, exempting some farm
workers from military service and
employing women and high school
boys and girls for farm work.
The President is now consider
ing a request for the registration
of the women of the country
which doesn’t necessarily mean
that women will be forced to ac
cept necessary ■ employment but
which will get them lined up “just
In case.” Undoubtedly a major
Sewell S. York
Claimed By Death
Sewell S. York, age 68, Spanish
American War Veteran, died at
his home here early yesterday
morning following a long illness.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the graveside in Troy
Cemetery this afternoon at 3:30
o’clock, with Dr. S. W. Reid in
charge.
Mr. York was first married to
Miss Roena Robinson of Buncombe
County, N. CL, who died 28 years
ago. Surviving this union are six
•'.hildren, John York, Canton. N. C.,
Paul York, Weanersville, N. C.,
Wood York, Barnsville, N. C., Mrs/
Willie Queen. Hazleville, N. C., Mrs.
Nettie Penland, Black Mt., N. C.,
and Mrs. Mrytle Smith, Gastonia,
N. C. His second marriage was to
Miss Ethel Mathis of Haywood, N.
C., who survives, along with two
children of this union, Mrs. Ray
mond B. Sanders and Willis York,
both of McCormick.
Mr. York was a native of Bun
combe County, N. <3., but had lived
in this section since 1919. He was
a member of the Baptist Church
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
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McCORMICK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
November 13th and 14th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
GENE AUTRY_SMILEY BURNETTE
in ) ~ ^
“HEART OF THE RIO GRANDE
Also
SECOND CHAPTER OF SERIAL
“PERILS OF NYOKA”
and
A CARTOON
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
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MONDAY and TUESDAY
Novemher 16th and 17th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M.
HENRY FONDA—DON AMECHE
LYNN BARI
in
6 THE MAGNIFICENT DOPE
Also
A CARTOON
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax.
3,927 Bales Of Cotton
Ginned In County
mf
To November 1st
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS,
WASHINGTON.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 3,927
bales of cotton were ginned in
McCormick County from the crop
of 1942 prior to Nov. 1st, as com
pared with 977 bales for the crop
of 1941.
Very respectfully,
J. W. Britt,
Special Agent.
Date, 11, 11, 1942.
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Keep ’em firing—with junk!
Throw your scrap into the fight.
campaign to get women to work
on farms will be carried on next
spring, but on a voluntary basis
if possible.
As soon as a sizeable number of
the new 18-19 draftees have been
taken into the army, the Presi
dent and army officials have inti
mated that older men now in ser
vice will be released for farm and
industrial employment. It has
been found that many of the men
over 35 are not physically capa
ble of coping with the vigorous
army life and could be of more
service to their country in war
work at home.
Although the American public
s kept closely informed on these
domestic issues, criticism continues
~ver the “rationing” of news from
our war fronts. This became r
major issue when the sinking of
the aircraft carrier Wasp was an
nounced many weeks after this
tragedy took place. The people
realize that no news will be re
leased which would be of value tc
the enemy, but there have been
several instances, such as thir
one, where it was hard for the
public to see why the news was
withheld so long. There has beer
feeling that news was being doled
out to us with too much consider
ation for our morale—a dish of
good news when our morale seem
ed to be getting low and an or
der of bad news when our spirits
were getting too high.
During the last ten days, how
ever, there has been a noticeable
improvement in the handling of
news. The facts about the battle
of the Solomons, which were at
first shrouded in mystery, are now
ccming to us with more speed and
in more detail. It is of course
very difficult for those in charge
of news distribution to determine
just what news should be with
held and what released, but it
seems now as though the “value
to the enemy” formula is gradual
ly becoming the so'ie concern and
the “effect on the public morale”
formula is being discarded.
Early Christmas
Mailing Urged
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The Post Office Department now
is starting the most gigantic task
in its history—the movement of a
deluge of Christmas parcels, cards
and letters while maintaining the
regular flow of millions of pieces
of mail daily to and from our
armed forces all over the world.
Indications are that the volume
of Christmas mail will be the larg
est on record. Already in Septem
ber, latest month for which
figures are available, retail sales
had reached a level second only
to the record month of December,
1941, according to the Department
of Commerce. And sales are ris
ing. Such heavy purchases al
ways presage heavy mailings.
If thousands of our soldiers,
sailors, marines and civilian
friends are not to be disappointed
at Christmas time, the public must
cooperate by mailing earlier than
ever before and by addressing let
ters and parcels properly. The
best efforts of the Post Office
Department alone cannot be
enough, in view of wartime diffi
culties faced by the postal system.
The public must assist.
About 25,000 experienced postal
workers already have been taken
by the war services. Arrange
ments are under way to add
thousands of temporary personnel
to postal staffs, but this man pow
er is hard to find and is inexperi
enced. Facilities of railroads and
air lines are heavily taxed by
movements of huge quantities of
war materials and personnel. Ex
tra trucks are almost impossible
to obtain. Winter weather, ham
pering transportation, is begin
ning.
The free-mailing privilege
granted to members of the armed
forces has raised their mailings
some 30 per cent, it is estimated.
Expansion of those forces also is
adding rapidly to the postal bur
den.
The deadline already is past for
mailing gifts to Army and Navy
personnel overseas with assurance
that the parcels will arrive by
Christmas. The New York post of
fice reports that in late Ocober,
350,000 such parcels were handled
daily in that office alone.
The Post Office Department is
making strenuous efforts to avoid
such a terrific jam as it faced in
1918 under similar conditions,
during the First World War. It
can succeed in those efforts—and
avoid many heartaches for its
patrons—if the public will coop
erate by maling early.
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Panthers Meet
North Augusta
Here Friday
McCormick County
Farm Women Hold
Annual Meeting
McCormick High’s Panthers will
meet the Yellow Jackets from
North Augusta High on the local
field tomorrow afternoon at 3:30
The game previously scheduled
with Catholic High has been can
celled.
Admissions for the game will b?
28 cents for adults, 17 cents for
high school students and 11 cents
for children.
Kerosene Users
Must Register
Nov. 23, 24, 25
Thomas % R. Talbert, Superin
tendent of Education, McCormick
County, has received the follow
ing message from Jake D. Hull,
State Organization Officer:
“Once more your Government
asks the schools to go beyond
their normal duty and assist in a
war time registration. Many
thousands of kerosene users must
register near their home, therefore
we ask you to make white and
colored high schools of your city
and county available November
23, 24, and 25, during the after
noon hours. Your local board will j
furnish necessary forms, instruc- j
tions and suggest number of |
teachers and other volunteers •
The annual fall meeting of the
McCormick County Council of
Farm Women, with its president,
Mrs. C. A. Gilbert, presiding, con
vened VSatu^ day, October'21st, in the
auditorium of the Plum Branch
School. There were about 90
members and visitors present.
The guest speaker was Mr. J. Fred
Buzhardt, Chairman of McCor
mick County Civilian Defense,
In his address he spoke of the
conditions under which our boys
are fighting and made the follow
ing seven suggestions for the peo
ple at home to do:
1. Keep a smile,
2. Write cheerful letters to the
boys,
3. Buy war stamps and bonds,
4. Do defense work,
5. Work at home,
6. Buy T. B. seals,
7. Keep in touch with God.
Mrs. C. K. Epting expressed
thanks for the work that has been
done, and read a list of garments
and sweaters to be made soon.
She urged more women to knit.
Mr. G. W. Bonnette, County
Farm Agent, spoke of the work
done this year by the Extension
workers and local leaders.
The District Home Agent, Miss
Bessie Harper, congratulated the
council on having the best pro
gram of any council that she has
attended this fall, and on the
large attendance. She awarded
a gavel to the Mt. Carmel Club
for having done the best work in
the county. Chesnut-Ridge and
Sandy Branch clubs received hon
orable mention.
A play, “Whose Job Is This” was
presented by council members
and 4-H club girls and boys.
Miss Anne Bussey Seigler fa
vored the council with special
music.
Mrs. B. C. Owings, of Sandy
Branch Club, was elected to be
one of the directors of the coun
cil.
The plant exchange was held
under the supervision of the Ex
tension Beautification Chairman,
Mrs. A. J. Hendrix.
After lunch the council ad
journed to meet next spring with
the Sandy Branch and Chesnut-
Ridge Clubs.
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Operators Of Trucks,
Buses And Taxis Must
Have Certificates
Of War Necessity
Operators of trucks, buses and
taxis must have their Certificates
of War Necessity before applying
to the local War Price and Ra
tioning Board for their mileage
rations, H. N. Coleman, chairman
of the board, declared today.
“The Certificates of War Ne
cessity, issued by the Office of De
fense Transportation, form the
basis for our issuance of trans
port rations to these commercial
vehicles,” said Mr. Coleman
“When applicants come to the
board they must bring with them
these certificates, together withf
nrop^rly executed application for
a mileage ration.”
Each war necessity certificate
states the number of miles the
vehicle for which the certificate is
issued will be allowed to travel
during a three-month period. The
certificate also states the number
cf gallons of gasoline needed to
cover this mileage.
The OPA rationing board will
determine the amount of trans
port rations to be issued for the j
Training Course For
Defense Workers
Nov. 16.-Dec. 18.
Under tNe direction of the Mc
Cormick County Defense Council,
a training course for all defense
workers will be held here Nov: 16
through December 18. Every mem
ber of every committee will be ex-;
pected to attend these classes.
Included in these committees are
air raid wardens, messenger boys,
road repair workers, ambulance
drivers, firemen, auxiliary police
men, fire watchers, those in charge
of communications, electricity,
emergency medicine, emergenty
food and housing.
These classes begin on Monday
night, November 16, at the court
house. Cards will be sent each
person as a last minute reminder
and it is hoped that everyone will
cooperate in this effort for the
common good of all the people.
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary
met at the home of Mrs. J. Bl
Harmon on last Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Wistar Harman
and Mrs. C. H. Huguley as joint
hostesses.
The devotional message brought
by the Chaplain, Mrs. C. H. Hugu
ley, was taken from First Samuel
and the subject was “The Reward
of Faithfulness.” Mrs. W. J. Tal
bert was an honored guest and
she played several selections on
the harp. Little Miss Sara Win
Talbert gave a vocal selection.
During the business session, con
ducted by Mrs. P. W. Roper, the
president, plans were made for
a joint meeting of the Legion and
Auxiliary at the community l^ouse
on Monday evening.
The hostesses served a salad
course with coffee.
Lt. J. W. Bradley
Is Made Captain
Lieut. John William Bradley of
Camp Stewart, spent the past
week end here with his family and
when he returned Sunday evening
he found that he had been made
captain. This is an honor of
which his many friends and rela
tives here are very proud. He is
only 23 years old, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Bradley of McCor
mick, a graduate of the local
high school and The Citadel,
Charleston. His wife is the for
mer Miss Frances Strom of Mc
Cormick and they have one child,
Jean Strom , Bradley.
Feeder Calf Sale
In Augusta Nov. 23
Augusta. Ga., Nov. 10.—Augus
ta’s first Feeder Calf Sale will be
held on Monday afternoon, Nov
ember 23, beginning at 12:30 o’
clock, at the East ( Boundary Stock
Yard, it is announced by officials
of the Twin States Livestock As
sociation.
This sale is sponsored by the
Columbia County Livestock Com
mittee with the wholehearted in
dorsement and support of the
Twin States Livestock Association.
The sale will be for feeder
calves, both steers and heifers,
and all growers and feeders of
the Association are cordially in
vited to participate as sellers and
buyers.
W. Hill Hosch, Agricultural A-
gent of the Tennessee, Coal, Iron
-d.”
and Railroad Company, who is so
vheicle on the basis of the mile- i well known throughout the As-
age allowed on the certificate. In J sociation, has been asked to serve
no case is the board permitted as auctioneer,
to allow more gasoline than is [ Since this Feeder Sale is plan-
stipulated on the certificate. ned primarily to make show calves
In the Eastern gasoline rationed available for the farm boys and
area the transport (T> rations girls of the Association, a number
take the place of the service (S> of the best calves required to meet
rations. All outstanding S cou- this need will be placed on sale
pons will become invalid at 12-01 first and sold individually. The
A. M. November 21. The T boo v remaining calves, both steers and
will be tailored to the allowabl: heifers, will then be sold in
mileage by tearing out coupons. groups.