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Forty-First Year
Established June 5, 1902 VlrCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943
Number 34
This Week in
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Washington, p. C., Jan. 18.—
(NWN8) — Treasury department
estimates indicate that the na
tional income during 1843 will gb
up to 130 billion dollars although
the tot^l -value of all available
consumer goods will be 77 billion.
Thus they figure that there will
be an excess or inflationary in
come of 58 billion which must be
forced into savings or into taxes.
It is expected, however, that be
fore ,the year is out legislation will
have been put through for the
government to collect a sizeable
portion of this excess. The pres
ent tax program will probably
bring in close to 30 billion and ef
forts will be made to put through
as much as 16 million additional
in taxes during the year. New
taxes will probably* put through 1
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on a pay-as-you-go basis and it
seems lifcely that the 1842 taxes
will also be shifted to a pay-as-
you-go plan on 1943 income.
Although there is nothing def
inite yet on the 1943 tax plan, the
President’s budget requests plus
the recommendations and opinions
of members of the senate and
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house finance committees, indi
cate that the tax program for
19' , *3 will be something like this:
On March 15 we will all be re
quired to pay the first install
ment of our tax on 1942 income;
the taxes for the other three
quarters will- be dropped or post
poned until after they war and a
pay-as-you-go tax income for the
last nine months of 1943 will be
nesses of all kinds.
Although there are innumerable
tax suggestions now before the
house and senate committees, the
above are the proposals which
seem to be getting the greatest at
tention' at this time.
It is also possible that legis
lation will be passed to legalize
the sale of post-war priority pur
chase certificates which would
give purchasers first claim on the
automobiles and other products
which they will want delivered to
them after the war. This would
amount to paying installments
nbw on goods which we know we
will want as soon as the war ends.
The plan has been endorsed by
Leon Henderson and is known to
be getting a favorable reaction
from, both congressmen and man
ufacturers.
This and many other post-war
plans are now getting increased
consideration because of the
President's statement that the
War might possibly end in 1944.
In making that statement the
President said that he wasn’t
making any predictions, but it was
widely interpreted here as mean
ing that the President expects the
J war to end in 1944 and is plan
ning the war program with this
goal in view.
The Office of Price Administra
tion here is being flooded with
mail from eastern states inquiring
about just what is and isn’t legal
under the hew “no pleasure driv
ing” ruling which is now in force
in 17 eastern states. Officials of
substituted; the Victory tax will (opA/say they are receiving few
be increased to 10 per cent, also
to be paid on a pay-as-you-go
basis, but the additional 5 per
cent will count as savings and will
be returned after the war:' the
Victory tax will be expanded to
cover the gross income of busi-
complaints about the drastic curb
4n autoikt
people in the East want more in
formation on just what they can
and can’t do and want to know
how the ruling is going to be en-
forced. Serie^ of questions and
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Mrs. J. W. Wilkins
Claimed By Death
Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, widelv b' - *-
’nveri McCormick woman, died at
her home here Friday morning at
6:30 o’clock, after a month’s ill
ness.
Funeral services were conducted
from the McCormick Baptist
church, of which she was a de
voted and active member, Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with her
pastor, the Rev. L. K. Simpson, in
charge. He was assisted by Dr. S.
W. Reid of the Pressly Memorial
A. R. P. church, the Rev. J. Claude
Evans of the Methodist church,
and the Rev. R. Paul Caudill, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
of "Augusta, Ga. Interment fol
lowed at 5 o’clock in Magnolia
cemetery in Augusta in the family
mausoleum.
Active pallbearers were J. A.
Talbert. D. C. Talbert, c. H. Hu-
guley, H. Drucker, C. K. Epting and
J. F. Buzhardt. Honorary attend
ants were P. F. Alverson, Frank
P. Deason, C. C. Morgan, R. W.
Dunlap, E. F. Creighton, J. A.
Hamilton, Dan A. Bell, W. T.
Strom, J. W. Corley, J. S. Dukes,
E. N. Creswell, H. G. Sanders, G.
J. Sanders, Jr., J. M. Brown, Dr.
C. H. Workman, Dr. Garnet Tuten,
Dr. C. R. Strom and S. D. Giles.
Mrs. Wilkins was formerly Miss
Sadie Bussey, a native of Augus
ta, Ga., the daughter of the late
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Bussey. She
received her education in the
schools of Augusta and Shorter
College and had made her home
in McCormick since 1916. She
was active in the civic, social and
religious life of the community. A
lover of everything beautiful and
whole-hearted in any undertaking
she gave a great portion of her
time for the welfare and happi
ness of others. . _ i _ _
Besides her husband and one
daughter. Miss Virginia Wilkins
student nurse of Augusta, are two
sisters and two brothers, Mrs
Pearl B. Phinney, New York City
John L. Bussey, Greenville, Miss
Dolly Bussey, Augusta, and War
ren W. Bussey of Augusta.
Grand And Petit
Jurors Announced
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Red Cross Notice
McGORMlCK, S. C.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
January 22nd and 23rd, 7:15 P. M. and 9:05 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
VERONICA LAKE ROBERT PRESTON
There will be a meeting of the
Executive Board of the local Red
Cross at the court house Tuesday.
January 26th, at 3:30 o’clock p. m.
A representative from Washing
ton, D. C., will be present to out
line plans for the coming year.
Please be present.
Mrs. C. K. Epting,
Chairman.
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THIS GUN FOR HIRE
Also
CHAPTER TWELVE '
“PERILS OF NYOKA”
and
X SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
MONDAY and TUESDAY
January 25th and 26th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:10 P. M.
GEORGE MONTGOMERY ANN RUTHERFORD
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ORCHESTRA WIVES
Also
SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
and
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
answers are being released by the
OPA to clarify the situation, most
of the answers being based on the
original test rule “If it’s fun, it’s
aut.”
Because of the tremendous job
vhieh CPA ia tackling for 1943—
by far the biggest job being the
operation of the point system for
he purchase of food—it is ex
pected that congress will allow
OPA a much larger appropriation
^his year than it did in 1942. With
ts present funds it is clearly im
possible for OPA to do even a
■* a If-wav Job of enforcement of
its regulations and it is feared
hat black markets will develop on
a huge scale unless adequate
•:unds are provided.
Although it is agreed that the
new congress will put the war
program first in all of its consid
erations. there are expected to be
bitter fights on all subjects of a
domestic nature, which probably
will include the OPA appropria
tion. There is no doubt that the
strong Republican group does not
intend to let the 78th congress
be a rubber stamp for the Presi
dent. The new house of repre
sentatives gives the Democrats a
majority by only 14 members and
jp 7 1 many of those listed as Democrats
are not of the New Deal variety.
They know that they have the
Grand Jurors for McCormick
County for 1943 are:
J. W. Christian,
H. E. Freeland,
F. M. Pinson,
G. A. Robinson,
D. W. Hardy,
M. L. Link,
L. W. Bowick,
P. J. Dowtin,
E. Hanvey,
L. W. Pettigrew,
Luther Dillashaw,
E. M. Winn, *
E. C. Cheatham,
P. C. Dorn, Jr.,
G. V. Shrine,
W. McDaniel, 5
J. E. Strom,
W. W. Keown.
Petit Jurors for first week of
February term of court which be
gins on Monday, February 1st, at
10:00 o’clock a. m., are:
C. W. Robertson,
W. E. Sheppard, Jr.,
W. W. Hammond,
N. G. Rankin,
L. W. Ridlehoover,
Oscar Butler, /
Lyn Jennings,
Mike McGrath,
W. F. White,
B. R. Henderson, .
J. C. Beach,
T. M. Mason,
T. J. Franklin,
D. C. Talbert,
Ralph E. Edmunds,
J. E. Wiley,
J. B. Walker,
Paul J. Edmunds,
A. S. Cade,
David A. Young,
C. H. Fooshe,
Gary Young,
D. J. McAllister,
T. D. Howie,
CcaMord,
E. G. Jennings,
C. L. Bridges,
T. J. Sibert, Jr.,
E. F. Creighton,
Jack Gable,
G. C. White,
R. M. Pettigrew,
J. C. Butler,
R. H. Talbert,
J. J. Collier,
James W. Shannon.
All Farmers Asked I ON THE NEWS front
To Complete Farm
Plan Work Sheets
High Schools Are
Being Urged To
Help Train Youth
For War
Employers Can Save
On Tax By Paying
Before January 31
Employers subject to the South
Carolina job insurance law were
advised today by the state unem-
oloyment compensation commis
sion that all contributions for the
year 1942 must be paid and al 1
•eports filed on or before mid
night, January 31, in order to
"eceive full 90 per cent credit
against their Federal unemploy
ment taxes.
In making plans for producing
record crops to meet war needs
in 1943 all McCormick County
farmers will be asked to fill out
a farm plan work sheet giving.
full information about the farm, p atlc ^ Iy favoring pre-in-
according to H. M. Freeland, dUC iL° n j2 8 f ° r able boal '*
Chairman of the County USDA K? 1 '?!? bef ” e reaehln K their IStH
War Board birthday, the policies commission
There will be a designated place I °J th f National Education associa-
in your community where there has also gone on record
wiU be an appointed person t o I a statement tha t Wgb sehoois must
help you fiU out a farm plan Primarily schools for war,
work sheet. with elementary schools remaln-
Entitled “1943 Farm Plan Work in ^ lar sely schools for peace.
Sheet for Maximum War Produc- , These Pronouncements are part
tion”, the work sheet, when com- of a series being prepared by the
pleted, will contain information association for the guid^ce of
that will serve as an inventory | publl f 1 scho01 officials In their
war-time planning for the naHoirtr
the farm in 1942 and 1948. It will I sc ^ ools *
also serve as a guide to local Se- Recommendations go s° far a*
lective Service Boards in the de- approve the issuing of certlfV-
ferment of farm labor. cates of competence »v high
The second section seeks to ob- schools to boys who
tain information on the farmer’s ^ om P ete one °r more pre-mduc-
needs in 1943. Here, he will list F 011 courses and further submit
additional needs * for machinery that these certificates pre-
and other materials, and also will : ented at the army recep*'™ <*»-,
state whether he needs financial ters upon induction,
assistance and how much. This Tw® Large Divisions
will serve as a guide by which the School children are c^sMered
various agencies of the Depart- in two larga groups: m older
ment of Agriculture can render students who will almost certain-
assistance throughout the year. ^ fight in the war or fult-
Section three of the work sheet time in essential industr’e*? and
seeks information which will serve serv i ces ; and (2) younger students
as a farm manpower inventory who will not be so dircc+ly or
for 1943. It will list the regular completely involved unless th«
labor force on the farm, including war is greatly prolonged. Differ-
sharecroppers and hired hands, educational treatment is rec—
the additional labor employed in ommended for each group.
1942, and the additional labor The younger group . should be
needed in 1943 for the three most Prepared for service as adult citi-
important crops or enterprises on zens in a world which this war
the farm. There is also a space J should make essentially peaceful
for entering the housing facilities and democratic, the commission
for the farm. states. For the older boys and
“The over-all purpose of the Uhls, however, “the tyranny of
farm plan work sheet,” Mr. Free- time squeezes out everything that
land said this week, “is to provide is less than essential. Long-range
information that will enable the values, for them, must be sob-
government to offer the farmer ordinated to the life-and-dsath
assistance in producing for the needs of today and tomorrow^
war. Only by using the full facil- On the basis of this differentla-
ities of every farm can we hope Won of educational treatment, the
to meet our 1943 war goals for nationally known eductional poli-
agricultufe.” Uies body recommends that ele-
X mentary schools continue to lay
~ sound foundations in reading.
Lard L)l IxiailKS (writing and. arithmetic and to.
teach basic habits, appreciations
I wish to take this opportunity I and democratic ideals. Secondary
to thank each and everyone for schools are the ones to convert to
the many kindnesses shown me an all-round war basis,
in the recent death of my father, J Specialized Training
According to the commanding
general of the army services of
supply, 630 out of every 1,000 men
inducted are assigned to duties
requiring specialized training. Out
of this group of 630 trained men.
Paul J. Robinson.
Frances Robinson Price.
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Rationing Guide For
Larolmians J Mie army needs roughly 16 radio
operators, 15 medical technicians,
15 telephone and telegraph line-
Coffee men, five master mechanics, and
Stamp No. 28 in War Ration , ver 35 automotlve me chimics. So
Book One good for one pound un-
Officials said failure to comply j til midnight February 7.
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will result in loss of full credit
against the Federal unemploympn*
ax. an arrangement provided by
‘’’•‘derol law. and over which the
^tate has no control. The state
memployment compensation com-
nission is required to file proof
with the Federal government that
'•he employer has paid requirec
eontributions within the time per
mitted by law before credit will br
allowed.
Reporting forms for the quart
er ending December 31, 1942, have
been mailed to employers and
should be returned with contribu
tions as soon as possible so that
the agency may not be flooded
with returns on the last day of
the month, officials declared.
The Federal unemployment tax
is three per cent, but employers
are given credit against that tax
for contributions paid, within the
required time, into the State un
employment compensation fund
plus additional credit for such re-
Fucl OH
Coupons, marked “Period 3” good
for nine gallons. Coupons mark
ed “Period 2” good for 10 gallons
until January 23.
Gasoline
Gasoline coupon No. 3 in “A”
books good for three gallons
through January 21. Value of “B’
and “C” coupons still three gal
lons. “T-l” and “T-2” coupons
good for five gallons. License
number of automobile at time of
gasoline purchase must be written
in ink, along with name of state
nr the army has had to train
l .hese men. for they have not been
arena red when they have entered
service. The commission; urges
';hat secondary schools assume the
responsibility of providing some
if this specialized training before
nduction. To this end the U. S.
army and the U. S. office of edu-
ation have prepared a series of
are-induction, courses based on the
technical manuals used in the
army. Material is also available
or special aviation, training in the
high schools.
Action by local and state school
systems in rapidly converting
in which automobile is registered thelr
programs to the task of
on back of each A , B and train i n g i ar g e numbers of men in
“C” coupon. Name and address <>m the s kin s required by the military
owner must be written in mk on services is not enough, however,,
back of each “T” coupon. the policies body goes on to say.
Meat _______ r
War Ration Book Two, to be
distributed soon, will be used to “C” gasoline cards must have
ration meat and other commod- | their automobile tires inspected by
ities. No restrictions have been February 28; holders of “A” cards
placed on the sale of live meat, must have their tires inspected by
Tires
Final date for initial inspection
March 31. Thereafter “A” card
holders must have a tire inspse-
“B’
ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax.
ductions as are accomplished
„ _ through experience rating. Ir-! of tires on trucks, taxicabs, and; tion every six months; “B” card
power to defeat administration respective of whether an employ- j other commercial motor vehicle? holders, every four months; 4i CT*
sponsored measures and will use er’s state contribution rate is .9 has been extended to February 23. | card holders, every three months,
that power on all legislation which per cent or 3.6 per cent he mus’ Thereafter, tires on these vehicles
they disapprove and which does always pay a federal unemploy- must be inspected every 60 day
Sugar
Stamp No. 10 in War Ratioii
_ not directly affect the war pro- ment tax of at least three-tenths or every 5,000 miles, whichever Book One good • for three pounds
gram. of one per cent. /comes first. Holders of “B” and until January 31.