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•»v rs . r y'S i [*:/ TBUB TO <1Tj«SSLVm& OUT VVIGHBOBS. OUS COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. T « Forty-First Year Established June 5,4902 McGORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26; 1942 Tmi Week in mmw 111! ,-t) n mm Washington, D. C. (NWNS)— During the waiting period between now and the convening of the new congress on Jauary 3, it isn’t ex pected that congress will act on any matters of great importance. The President has indicated that he probably will not ask the pres ent congress for any special legis lation, and the sessions of con gress are being poorly attended. Observers, however, were pleased to see that Senator Barkley, ma jority leader of the senate, is will ing to take drastic action to de mand attendance of members when a vote is to be taken. This came up when a quorum wasn’t present to vote on the poll tax repeal measure and Senator Bark ley finally put through an order that members of the senate known to be in Washington who were not present be arrested and brought to the session. The Democratic majority in the house, which at first was worried over the new Republican strength which will be added when the new congress meets, now seems to be taking the change philosophically and some Democratic congressmen have confided that they have dis covered a silver lining in the Re publican gains. They explain it this way: For the past two years Republicans have opposed many war measures and other legislation which they knew ahead of time would pass no matter which way they voted. They knew their protest votes would be overridden so they could take pot-shots at the Democrats’ views without danger of any seri ous repercussions. From now on, however, with the parties almost balanced, both will have to as sume an equal share of responsi bility for congressional action on Another Thing for Which We’re Fighting ^ war issues. From this viewpoint, the Demo crats also are giving favorable consideration to the Republican demands for more representatives on important committees. By so doing they see that they can shift part of the responsibility for the progress of the war to the Repub licans and they are glad to share this responsibility. On domestic matters, however, all concessions will be made grudgingly by the Democrats, who will do everything possible to pre vent the Republicans from upset ting the New Deal program. There are apt to be plenty< of violent fights when the new congress meets, but they will be largely confined to domestic Issues, such as the spending of money for non-war programs and over the government’s attitude toward la bor. The two parties are likely to work together closely on all issues directly concerned with the war. The. Republicans are expected to force an end to such waste as was brought to the attention of the public by the joint congres sional economy committee, headed by Senator Byrd, who said that the Civil Service now employs about 3,000,000 people. Senator Byrd demanded that one-third of these workers be dismissed calling it “criminal” to use so much man power in this way during war time. With the passage of the measure for drafting young men in the 18 to 19 group, and the probability that more married men will be months, acUon* to p^evenT furtto' ^ b ® Tl . lle „. wi11 P reach Buffalo voluntary enlistments became a Church next Sunday, No- greater possibility. The records Preaching At Buffalo Church Next Sunday - . # Rev. Clarence P. Chastian of Program Of Union Meeting EDGEFIELD BAPTIST ASSOCIA TION, PARKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH, NOVEMBER 29, 1942 Union Services show that young men who ex pected to be drafted have been leaving skilled jobs in war pro- vember 29th, at 3:30 o’clock. Sun day School will meet at 2:30 McGORMICK, S. C -T* FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 27th and 28th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. JUDY CANOVA ALLAN JONES ANN MILLER-JERRY COLLONA in “TRUE TO THE ARMY” Also CHAPTER FOUR “PERILS OF NYOKA” and A Cartoon “PUSS ’N’ TOOTS” • Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax MONDAY and TUESDAY Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st, 7:15 P. M. and 9:^5 P. M. GARY COOPER BARBARA STANWYCK in “BALL OF FIRE” Also A DISNEY CARTOON “ARMY MASCOT” and LATEST NEWS EVENTS duction plants and flocking to recruiting stations to be able to choose the branch of the service they want before they are called by their draft boards. The dan ger of this was brought forcibly to the attention of reporters when Donald Nelson, head of the War Production board, said: “Unless some means is found to discourage voluntary enlistments of workers doing essential jobs in war industries, the war production effort will suffer a severe setback over the coming months.” Under the present setup, where men who enlist can pick the branch of the service of their choice, while draftees have no voice in what disposition is made of them, thousands of young men are eager to get the Jump on the draft. Consequently, the senate com mittee which has been investigat- ng the manpower problem, called for a quick end to voluntary en- istment which, it said, “has seri- Dusly disrupted production.” Whether the recommendations of this committee will be acted upon is still to be determined, but f they are enlistment will be pro hibited. at least of war produc tion workers, and draft boards will ’^e ordered to ddfer needed work ers so long as they remain on a necessary job, or until replace ments become available. It is expected that labor will be controlled by moves of this kind rather than by any complicated plan for assigning all manpower to obs. On this possibility the com mittee commented: “The manpower problem is too difficult and complex to be solved by any simple solution such as creating a manpower czar or au thorizing by statute a government agency to determine by coercion where each employee shall work.” ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents: Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax. “I am satisfied that the Soil Conservation Districts of South , Carolina have found the solution of most of the problems that have plagued the farmer for more than a hundred years.”—Dr. H. H. Ben- nett, chief, Soil Cnoservation Ser ial . vice. 11:30 A. M.’—Devotional—Rev. A. D. Croft. 11:45 A. M.—Roll Call and Re ports of Churches. 12 Noon—Business—Election of Officers. 12:10 P. M.—Special Music. 12:15 P. M.—Talk: Christ And The Individual—Rev. J. M. Burris 12:25 P. M.—Talk: Christ And The Masses—Rev. Joe Dukes. 12:35 P. M.—^Principal Address —Dr. G. E. Gettis. . Announcements. Dinner. Afternoon—Training Union Pro gram, conducted by Miss Louise Bracknell, Training Union Direc tor of the Edgefield Association. x Women Of County To Sell War Bonds The women of this county, and of all others in South Carolina, are preparing to conduct what may be one of the biggest war bond campaigns yet held in South Carolina. “Women at War” will be the theme of the drive, and it wilJ begin in the county immediately. It will be a period, it is announc ed, not only to enlist the energief of the women of the county in the selling of war bonds, but for em phasizing the vital part women are playing in this country’s tre mendous war effort. Actually, members of the county war savings committee point out millions of women are contribut ing to this nation’s war effort Obvious are the facts that three and a half million women are working in industry, and that thousands are enlisted in the WAACS and -WAVES, or working with the Red Cross. But, as W. P. Bowers, state war bond administrator, said in Co lumbia this week, millions of housewives are participating in the war effort. He noted that of them are expertly handling the family budget so that some ol the income can go into war bond regularly under the payroll sav ings plan, and he also mentione the great part women have playec in helping collect scrap. “Thousands of them are w r orkin and sacrificing,” he said, “and know that South Caio.^.a, in The Quarterly Union Services of the McCormick Churches will be held next Sabbath evening at 8 o’clock in the Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church. Extending a welcome to Rev. J. Claude Evans, the new minister just coming to the Meth odist Church, will be a feature o interest in this service. Rev. Mr. Evans will be the preacher for the evening, and the community will be glad to have this opportunity of hearing him. These union services, we feel have been a means of developing a fraternal spirit between the churches of our community and of unifying our efforts and mak ing them more effective in advanc ing the cause of Christ. It is a pleasure to us to have the privilege of being the host church for this meeting and we extend a most cordial invitation to all to join us in the service. S. W. Reid, Pastor. Edgefield Associa- tional Training Union Rally To Meet With Parksville Baptist Church Sunday Afternoon, November 29. PROGRAM Theme—Growing in Apprecia tion of God’s Blessings. 2:30—Song Service. 2:40 — Devotional — Mr. Hugh Kolb. 2:55—Special Song—Eunice and Evelyn Wall. 3:00—Roll Call of Churches, Business, Announcements. 3:15 — Discussion — The C’s of Success—Mrs. Horace Sawyer. 3:30—Special Music—Mrs. Joe Dukes. 3:35—Message—Freely Ye i Have Received Freely Give—Rev. L. K. Simpson. 4:00—Song and Benediction. Louise Bracknell, Associational T. U. Director. serving this period entilted ‘Worn- many en at War’, will appropriately pay honor to them, and will co operate with the women in ali the communities who are going to work in this campaign to in crease the purchase of bonds.” The programs for the drive \vi 1 vary in the counties, but in r.l of them there will be special r vents designed increase tlr i Number J6 ON THE NEWS FRONT { U. S.-Jap War i Year Nears End With Enemy’s Optimism Waning Just how do the Japanese feel about all this war business they started? At the beginning of the war they capitalized on treachery, years of preparation, and “hopes" of having at least one seemingly invincible ally: The Nazis. But now do they see the hand writing on the wall? Or has the Rising Sun war clique been afflict ed with myopia to the extent that they can't see a thing until it hits them, as has been the case so of ten during the past few , weeks when Uncle Sam’s land, air ;and sea power has been giving them a thorough going over. On Gualalcanal they took a con tinued drubbing. It was the licking they were taking there that caused them to try to rein force that gairison, only to lose 23 ships in a running battle with the U. S. navy off the coast of Guadalcanal. In New Guinea they have been slowly pushed .back by the com bined forces of Americans and Australians. For a while it seemed as though India was going to be overrun. Today, instead, American bombers are playing havoc with Jap forces, installations, and equipment wherever they might be in that nation. In India, the Japs are on the alert. They continually ex pect an Allied attack to be launch ed from that district to recover Burma from them. China, too, is a thorn in the side that hurts more and more after five years. Japanese prog ress there just isn’t. Allied bomb ers from Chinese bases are steadily stepping up their attacks on Jap military positions. Instead of weakening, China \today is strong er than ever. In Alaska the situation is not one that would make the Japanese military any too happy. Within a month they lost two-thirds of what they-had. occupied. It isn’t a pleasant sea voyage back home to Tokyo from .the Aleutians. Besides their losses on all fight ing fronts, besides the .rising re sistance'of their enemies wherever they meet them, the Japs, are also seeing, daily, that their Axis al lies are not the invincible war riors they had told the world they were. The Nazis promised (the world, of course) that .Russia would soon be polished off—according to schedule. The Red army is still •here giving in equal amounts for all that it “gets.” Hitler’s puppet, Mussolini, is having a hard time of it. His em pire is dally disintegrating. His soldiers are having the time of their lives—as prisoners of war. The Jap never imagined that North Africa would be used as a race track, with Rommel leading the race back home. The invasion of Africa by U. S. Expeditionary Forces put more water on the Japanese war fire. After the invasion the Tokyo radio shouted that the U. S. couldn’t do that—it wasn’t legal. But while they shouted they also watched and were amazed at the speed and efficiency of Uncle Sam’s army and navy as it forked according to plan. Here was some thing better than the vaunted best of Hitler. What could be some of the ex cuses Hirohito is getting from his army and navy officers? x “There is but one person whose welfare is as vital to the welfare of the whole country as that of the wage worker who does manual labor, and that is the tiller of the soil—the farmer. If there is one lesson taught by history it is that the permanent greatness of any state must ultimately depend more upon the character of its country population than upon anything else.”—-Theodore Roosevelt.