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\ i ■ r ——1 ■■—■I- 1 ————II TSUI TO OURSKLVNS, OU* NEIGHBORS, OUX COUNTRY AND OUR GOD, • * m Forty-First Year Established June 5* 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942 Number 2S This Week in t SHINGTON Washington, D. C. (NWNS)— Legislation to prevent further en listment in the armed forces and thus make all men from 18 to 45 subject to the selective processes of the draft, is now being consid ered as, one answer to the man power problem which the country is facing. It is probable, after the first of the year, that the Selective Service system will be concerned with se lecting men for industry as well as for the army. By giving the Se lective Service authorities control over all man power, they will be able to put each man in the posi tion where his ability can be used most efficiently. Under this system there would probably be few men who would be exempted from service of some kind, but, in general, the older men would be drafted for industry and the replaceable younger men, now exempt from military service because of being in an essential occupation, would be called for ar my service. It is estimated that by next year our program will call for 7,- 500,000 men in the armed services, 20,000,000 men in war plants and at least 10,000,000 men on farms. This will necessitate taking at lea«t 8,000,000 men from present civilian occupations and must also be supplemented by a large num ber of women workers plus the as sistance of over a million boys and girls. As a result of pressure being brought to bear by the large Re publican group which will domi nate the new congress, it is likely that the Wagner act will be re vised and the 40-hour week will bte extended to at least a 48-hour week. The President has argued more than a 48-hour week would result in inefficiency, but man power experts point out that it may be necessary to have skilled workers work more than 48 hours to keep plants operating at top speed. Closely allied with the man pow er problem, so far as maximum production is concerned, is the problem of getting vital materials to the industries in which they are most needed. It has been found that the priority system now being used has many leaks in it. Some firms are getting more materials than they need at the expense of others which have had to retard production because of shortages. To control this situation, Donald Nelson, head of the War Produc tion board, is organizing a Con- troUed Materials pUn which will operate as a sort of national bank for materials. To get materials from this bank, a company will have to have each request care fully analyzed and all materials wili.be released in accordance with Legion Sponsor Armistice Day Service The McCormick Home Guard and American Legion sponsored an Armistice Day service at the school auditorulm honoring men in the armed forces. A parade led the crowd of several hundred to the school building at 3 p. m. Dr. C. K. Epting, state officer of the Home Guard, Capt. O. L. Stur- key and Legion Commander Gary Campbell, had charge of the pro gram. Miss Eva Manning of the De la Howe school faculty sang, accompanied by Mrs. D. C. Talbert at the piano, and Miss Louise Bracknell of Plum Branch sang, accompanied by Mrs. Ed. C. Rice. Songs of World War 1 and 2 were used. Dr. S. W. Reid gave the invoca tion and the Rev. Foster Speer pronounced the benediction. The names of the 269 white men and 119 colored men from this county now serving in the armed forces were read by Captain Sturkey. Families listed as having four sons in service were the E. M. Bus- Union Thanksgiving Services seys of Modoc; Mrs. Maude Miner the comparative importance of the j of Plum Branch, and the Rev. and products for which materials are Mrs. W. M. Owings of McCormick, requested. Those having three members in Under this plan requests made service were J. J. Hester, Mr. and for materials for civilian products Mrs. F. M. Pinson, Mr. and Mrs. will be granted only when abso- J- O. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. lutely necessary. As a conse- Pettigrew, Mt. Carmel, and Mr. H. quence, there will undoubtedly be M. Self, Plum Branch, a sharp decline in the products a- Supt. E. F. Gettys of De la Howe vailable to consumers. Claims for State School, state chaplain of the products for civilians will be made home defense force, made the by the Office of Civilian Supply— principal address, but those claims will be kept to He called to mind the indescrib- the absolute mimimum. For ex- able sacrifices which our service ample:* In 1943 less than 1 per men are ‘making and said that we cent of the copper supply will be would never know anything of requested for civilian products them unless we go down in defeat, whereas, in 1940, 28 per cent of “Under God I pray we may never our copper supply was allocated to know,” he said, and “God grant civilian uses. that our men may not come home | three participating churches. The results of the election, to find whited sepulchers butf Abbeville Here To morrow Afternoon The McCormick High Panthers will meet Abbeville High School in a return game on the McCormick High gridiron here tomorrow af ternoon at 3:30 o’clock. This game will be the last of the season for the Panthers. The boys from Mc Cormick have a fine record this year. They have won five games. The home games have been es pecially good this year but have been played before exceedingly small crowds. All have been defi nite financial losses. FOr thrills and good football, this team sur passes any team McCormick has had in over a decade. If they win tomorrow they will beat last year’s record of five wins, one tie and three defeats. As you may re member last year’s team was the first successful team McCormick High h{ts produced in many a year. The boys are winning now. They are making McCormick known in the sports world. They would like your support. If you come out tomorrow the team personally guarantees, win or lose, one of the best high school football games you have ever had the pleasure of watching. The kick-off is at 3:30 and the admis sions: 28c, 17c, and 11c. X Thanksgiving Service At Mt. Carmel Thanksgiving services will be held in the A. R. P. Church at Mt. Carmel Thursday morning, 26th instant, at 11 o’clock. Rev. A. F. Doty will bring the Thanksgiving message. The Thanksgiving offering will go to the Clinton and Dunlap Or phanages unless otherwise desig nated. “Be,thankful unto Him and bless His name.” S. W. Reid, Pastor. All Christmas Mail Must Be . In Post Offices By December 1st The bulk of Christmas mail must be in the post offices by De cember 1 this year if deliveries on time are to be assured, according to Smith W. Purdum, Second As sistant Postmaster General. Mr. Purdum is responsible to Post master General Frank C. Walker for smooth and efficient air and railway mail service. Unprecedented wartime de mands on the postal and trans portation systems, plus a pros pective record volume of Christ mas mailings, were cited by Mr. Purdum as necessitating earlier The Union Thanksgiving Ser-1 mailings than ever before. “It vices of the McCormick Churches is physically impossible for the will be held in the Methodist railroads and air lines, burdened Church Thursday morning, 26th with vitally important war ma- instant, at 8:30 o’clock. The Rev. terials, to handle Christmas mail- L. K. Simpson of the Baptist ings as rapidly as in normal Church will be the preacher for times”, Mr. Purdum said. “If the this service. An offering will be bulk of parcels and greeting cards taken for the orphanages of the | are held back until the usual time—the period of about Decem- ON THE NEWS FRONT- Women From Towns Helping Rural Americans Fight ‘Battle For Food* “Send us reinforcements!” That’s the call 1943 will bring to urban housewives from farm 'wom en who are holding the line ost the food production front. During the hard year ahead, of every four homemakers mnrit find her station on the farm, in the factory or office, according tn the testimony of man power ex perts. And already in thousands of the nation’s villages and citiex. farm women are quietly at recruiting town women to help fight the Battle for Food. For instance, Hastings, Mlmv^ housewives who answered an ap peal from a farm woman lor apple pickers, not' only helped to save a good crop, but are organis ing a reserve labor corps this win ter to meet next year’s inevitable farm labor shortage. Some of them are taking voca tional agriculture classes. Others are being taught how to operate farm equipment by local machinery dealers. Still others are preparing to work in farm homes to release farm women for outdoor chores. Many farmers have been skepti cal about the value of “city wom en” on farm jobs. Some are st2L But the ice is cracking. Take the case of Fred W. Pear- lee of Guidhall, Vt., the largest potato grower in his state. More than half his pickers this year were local housewives. They worked in his fields day after day to save Peaslee’s 31,000-bushel crop. One woman picked up It* bushels of spuds in a single day,, 1,700 in three weeks. You try 44* These services have been well I ber 15 to 23—they simply cannot 1 mis< ' er * which will give almost an even the way of life which they have attended in past years and have be distributed in time, and thou- Kokomo > Ind., tomatoes balance of Republican and Demo- offered themselves up for, pre- p roven quite helpful crats in next year’s house of J served and cherished. -X 1 —— sands of gifts will reach their des- r *P en i n g faster than cannerie* tinations after Christmas.” could handle them. Housewives HOLMOD lEATRE McCORMICK, S. G Deadline For Regis tration For War Ration Book One * For Sugar I This County Among 28 To Exceed The October Bond Quota FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 20th and 21st, 7:15 P. M. and 9:05 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P, M. GEORGE MURPHY ANNE SHIRLEY FREDDY MARTIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA in 66 99 MAYOR OF 44TH STREET Also THIRD CHAPTER OF SERIAL “PERILS OF NYOKA” Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax MONDAY and TUESDAY November 23rd and 24th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. ELLEN DkEW_KAY KYSER AND ORCHESTRA In 1941, about 21,950 mail cars| joined with men and children to were required between December sor ^> peel and can tomatoes. 12 and 24 to deliver Christmas I And an important war crop mails—enough cars to make a | saved * train 270 miles long. This year, Down South, it’s the same story. the extra cars needed to move J ^ es ^» ditto. Throughout toe- holiday mails are. largely being count ' ry housewives have laid McCormick County was among I used by the armed services, and P attern for doing a job that witt the 28 in South Carolina which ex- a severe shortage is in prospect. be much bigger in 1943 than it ceeded their quotas for the pur- Th® postal service usually bor- was this y ear - Every consumer who . has not I chase of war bonds in October, it rows about 2,500 trucks from the From community to community registered for War Ration Book is announced by the county war Army and other Government a- the P attern varies. And in One must register by December savings committee. gencies, and rents about 10,000 P laces muc * 1 organization work re— 1 5. 1942. with the local board. I The state of South Carolina,] from private owners, to handle mail J s to be done ^ meet for the sixth consecutive month,] the Christmas mails. This year, y ea r’ s greater crisis. But local representatives and which con- exceeded its quota, figures receiv- it will be extremely difficult to offlces of Civilian Deferu*. '.iderably increased the Republi- ed here from W. P. Bowers, of Co- obtain enough of these vehicles to I coun ^ ”f part ^ n , of a g ncul « lIir san strength in the senate, has iumbia, state bond administrator, meet even a substantial part of war YWCA S; u - s - led to much speculation as to the show. the need. The Army needs its own ™ ent service offices Pcmmt- ■ flanges which congress will seek This state, in fact, has more trucks and private owners are reach er associations, chambers of in the operation of the war pro- than made its quota in every reluctant to let someone else use commerce -and other civic orgam- Tram. But since candidates from month since the quota system was their tires. nations are acing up to t e ]o Vth parties were pledged to give established, beginning with the Railroads are cooperating by It s a big job. To meet all crar full support to the administration month of May. converting some hundreds ol farm man P° w er needs in 194L ? n the prosecution of the war, any And in this period, or from May steel box cars and similar equip- we would have to recruit about, opposition to the administration l through October 31, South Car- ment for mail transportation, and 1 1-2 million more full-time farm will probably, be confined to do- olinians purchased 27 million dol- Joseph B. Eastman, Director of workers than there are in sight. j|r I mestic issues, such as labor legis- ars worth of war bonds. It is one Defense Transporation, has order- I according to the department of lation. The probable attitude of of the few states which has ex- | ?d that unnecessary travel be cur- I agriculture, the strong minority party was in- needed its quota in every month. *'i i 6* • •#" in “MY FAVORITE SPY” Also A CARTOON “ DONALD DUCK GETS DRAFTED” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents; Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax. dicated by Joseph W. Martin, Jr., j McCormick County, in this six- minority leader of the house, who months period of striving to meet resigned as chairman of the Re- definite quotas, has made an ex publican National committee to cellent record. The citizens of the give his full time to the job of cunty have purchased, in this pe- the “revitalized” Republican party iod $42,600 worth of bonds, in the house, and said: “I congratulate the county,” Mr. “We all have been 100 per cent lowers said in a statement at Co- back of the winning of the war, umbia. “Our citizens have re but the American people want it sponded splendidly and with that conducted efficiently, with less patriotism we all know to reside politics, less fumbling and less in South Carolina. I have confi- bungling. * dence that they will continue to T am very sure that the new respond. I am proud, and I know alignments in congress will con- the United States treasury depart- tribute greatly to the winning of ment is proud of the record we the war, and we are serving no- are making in this state. I must tice on those in power that they say that we must not let up and have got to get down to business I am sure we will not.” and win the war.” South Carolina’s quota for the Mr. Martin said that the Repub- month of November is an even five licans would insist on having more million dollars, the largest so far, say—on being called in on more | but the state has in two of the important conferences and on last six months purchased more serving on more important com- ; than five million dollars worth of tailed to the limit during the holi- I American housewives’ efforts lay season. But these measure? help fill the gaps are blows at cannot assure deliveries of gifts on j Hhler s heart. ^ time unless the public cooperates # x I by mailing early and thus spread Begill CoilTSCS ing the transportation load ovei 0 T T7* A * J \ longer period than usual. | AH X* IXSt Aid Mr. Purdum called attention tr the task of the Post Office De- I A large group gathered at the partment in moving millions ol court house Monday night to begte pieces of mail every day to and courses in First Aid. from soldiers, sailors and marines This 20 hour course is requlrol throughout the world. This extra- of all who will do home defense ordinary job must be kept current, work and is preliminary to si even while the holiday rush of ic training for each committee mailings is handled. Also, he which will follow immediately, pointed out, the postal establish- Dr. C. H. Workman will ment is operating with many Tuesday and Friday nights, thousands of inexperienced per- Dr. G. Tuten will teach Montay- sonnel, employed take the place I and Thursday nights. Classes of men called to the armed ser vices. The new employees natur ally cannot handle the holiday mail jam with the smoothness and speed of the postal veterans whom they replace. In view of all these handicaps gin at 8 o’clock. Keep ’em firing—with junk! Coffee Rationing Only institutional users will reft- ber-stamp for the President. mittees. Because of the new set- bonds, showing that such a goal up, it is expected that the new is not out of reach. Even so, with to the service, Mr. Purdum added, congress • will insist on having the quota larger than ever, county ' postal patrons should mail their ister for coffee on Nov. 23, 24 more to say about the tvar pro- and city war savings committees! gifts by December 1 if they wish 25. gram and will refuse to be a rub- have been asked to bend every ef- ; to insure that their friends will j X fort for the balance of this month., not be disappointed at Christmas. > Get in the scrap! ^ I