McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 19, 1943, Image 1
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TBqa TO OUSSKLTia, OUB NEIGHBOM, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Second Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1943
Number 11
This Week in
SHINSTON
Washington, D. C., Aug. 16.—
(NWNS) — Tax experts here,
realizing that the people will do
a lot of protesting when they
have to begin making the series
of complicated tax reports re
quired under the new pay-as-you-
go law, are now working on sug
gestions which they can make to
congress for simplifying the pro
cedure. In addition to expecting
publip protest, it is also evident
that the treasury would have to
employ thousands of additional ac
countant^, during this period of
manpower shortage, to check
reports.
Although no new plan has yet
been agreed upon, it is believed
that a recommendation will be
made to congress to make the
present deduction of 20 per cent
an actual tax instead of being
that income is greater than the
amount which has been deducted
so far plus the amounts paid in
1942 income in March and June,
a payment of half of the differ
ence between what we owe and
what has been deducted must be
paid. The other half must be
paid in December.
There is considerable action be
ing taken to get congress to re
convene before September, but it
doesn’t seem likely that this will
happen. The tax tangle has not
been offered as a reason for get
ting congress back, the chief ac
tivity for reconvening being taken
by a congressional group headed
by Senator Wheeler, who wants
congress to pass legislation to
prohibit the drafting of fathers
into the armed services.
At present, it has been ordered
merelv a method of forced sav-' that fathers can be drafted after
ings for taxes. If this change were
made,, those who were not subject
to a surtax above the 20 per cent
would no longer be required to
make any reports at all unless
they wanted to claim deductions
not provided for under the pay-
as-you-go plan, or unless they
had an income of more than $100
from some source other than
wages or salary. Adoption of
this plan, it is estimated, would
excuse 30 million people from
making tax reports and would e-
normously reduce the work of the
internal revenue department.
However, since congress proba
bly won’t be in sesson until after
Labor day, and since the first
tax estimate must be filled in by
everyone by September 15, it is
hardly possible that' any change
can be made in the law before
that report is due. On September
15 we are all required to esti
mate what our income will be for
the entire year of 1943 and, if
October 1 provided all single men
and married men without chil
dren are taken first. Although
there is little doubt that some
fathers will be drafted before the
end of the year, it is believed
here that one of the chief reasons
for announcing this plan well in
advance is to influence fathers,
now in non-essential activities, to
get^into essential war work.
The manpower shortage and in
creased absenteeism from war
jobs are now considered the ma
jor problems of our war effort
Glood news from all fightin
fronts is believed to have result
ed in a let-dowm in war work on
the home front. Men who hav
heen in lucrative war jobs, who
now think the war won’t last
very much longer, are shifting to
jobs which have better prospects
for after the war. Women who
took war jobs are returning to
their homes. This optimism about
the war being “in the bag” has
MOOD TBHH1E
McCORMICK, S. C
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
AUGUST 20th and 21st, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
MARY MARTIN DICK POWELL
RUDY VALLEE
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HAPPY GO LUCKY”
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Malinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax
The Messenger En
lists In U. S. Victory
Pulpwood Campaign
The McCormick Messenger to
day has joined other weekly and
daily newspapers of the nation
in a campaign to aid the Govern
ment to help solve the serious
pulpwood shortage situation.
It is the second time since
Pearl Harbor that the nation’s
newspapers have been called upon
to overcome a serious war materi
al shortage.
Last Fall it was the Newspapers
United Scrap Metal Campaign. At
that time scores of steel mills
faced shutdowns for lack of vital
materials. What the newspapers
accomplished in that drive is his
tory. The situation was saved
with more than 6,000,000 tons of
precious metal collected.
Now it is the pulpwood cam
paign and it is equally serious
because hundreds of thousands
of cords of the nation’s pulpwood
are required for war purposes.
The Victory Pulpwood Campaign
was initiated by the War Produc
tion Board, with the cooperation
of other Federal Departments, war
agencies and industry. It is de
signed to relieve increasingly
serious shortages in pulpwood, the
raw material which makes smoke
less powder, rayon for parachutes,
plastics for airplane parts, shell
and bomb casings and shipping
containers for ammunition, foods,
Mt. Carmel News
The name of Miss Virginia Wat
son was unintentionally omitted
from the guest list of a recent
dinner party given by Mrs. W. B.
Sharp.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Norris and
Mr. Gene Norris were visitors of
Mrs. J. W. Boyd Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Black of
Walterboro spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott.
Mr. John Black, who has been
spending the summer here, ac
companied them home.
Mrs. Roy Edmunds of Laurens,
Mrs. Alice Frazier and Mrs. Dora
Bryson were spend the day guests
of Mrs. Ida M. Black Sunday.
Miss Jeane Smith spent Friday
and night with Miss Louise
Clinkscales near Calhoun Falls.
Mrs. Lucy Branyon spent a
pleasant week end with her sis
ter, Mrs. A. B. Lyon, in Green
wood.
Mrs. W. B Sharp spent a hap
py week end at Camp McLellan
with her husband, Col. W. B.
Sharp, and son, Pvt. W. B. Sharp:
Jr. Col. Sharp has just recently
been awarded a well deserved pro
motion to Colonel and Mrs. Sharp
went over to attend the reception,
etc. Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Mar
tha Jeane McKinney and Mrs.
Cecil Gilliam accompanied her as
far as Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hayes, Mrs.
Adams and friend were visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
County Thanked
As State Makes
Fine Bond Mark
supplies, blood plasma and other,
necessities for our armed forces Hor ^ on Sunday morning en route
and our allies. to Decatur » Ala ’ to visit Mrs>
Last Fall the weekly and daily A( ^ ams husband, who is an officer
press, responding to the call of in tlle arm y
Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of Miss Glad > ,s Scott, of Davidson,
the War Production Board, or- N - c - iS ' enjoying a pleasant va-
ganized and conducted the mem- cation with her P arents here -
orable Newspaper Scrap Metal Lennie Covin spent Tues-
Drive. Mr. Nelson described this day in Ander30n with her sis
effort as one “without precedent ter ’ ^• rs - Geor & e Peel, and Mrs
in this country” and declared | c ! ara Ma j ette of Pensacola, Fla.,
surpassed my
who is visiting Dr. and Mrs.
“that the results
fondest hopes.” . ,
Of the current pulpwood cam-1 Mlss Lura Jean Watson * as re -
George Peel.
paign, Mr. Nelson said, “Once a-
turned home
The citizens of this county have
been thanked for their part in
South Carolina’s outstanding rec
ord in the purchasing of war
bonds since the inception of the
program in May, 1941.
From that time, through June
30 of this year, South Carolinians
purchased $105,412,000 in war
bonds, it is announced by W. P.
Bowers, who served during that
period as State bond administra
tor and who now has been reliev
ed of that function in order that
he may give his entire time to
his regular position as Collector
of Internal Revenue.
The text of the statement of
Mr. Bowers follows:
“At this time, when under a
change of processes the Collectors
of Internal Revenue are being re
lieved of what had been their
added duties as War Bond Ad
ministrators, I desire to pay trib
ute to the people of South Caro
lina who have made such a com
mendable record in the buying of
bonds.
“South Carolina is not one of
the richer states, but it has mads
one of the finest records of any
state in its proportionate purchas
ing of war bonds.
“In the actual work of encour
aging the purchase of bonds, the
chairmen and members of the
State, County and City War Sav
ings Committees have done a
splendid job and thus have made
a fine contribution to the financ
ing of the war effort. I extend
my sincere thanks and apprecia
tion to them, and to the members
of many, many organizations and
groups which from time to time
have given themselves to the task
of selling bonds and stamps. And
my thanks go also to thousands
of school children who have con
tributed heavily to the efforts in
this State.”
The first year of bond sales
from Bowling
gain in an emergency situation I s P rin g s * Ken., where she was without snecific oblec-
involvine nroduction for the war takin & a secretarial course there. ^ ent on without specific objec
involving production tor me war q T T W p st . r wa<; a visitor lives in the states and counties,
effort, American newspapers have 5en - L ‘' Hester was a visitor in m»v 1Q42 each
offered their assistance to the in Columbia but starting in May, 1942 each
oiierea meir assistance to me M„ n tpr MrKinnev state and county was assigned
War Production Board. This vol- Mr * and Mrs - Hunter McKmney month i v ouotas bv thp united
untary and unsolicited action spent Tuesday and night * by 4116 Unlted
renresents the highest evnressinn of Greenwood with Martha Jeane, oia “ e!> treasury.
represents me nig nest expression or hnsnital for a tonsil From May, 1942, through June,
practical patriotism-the kind oi hospital loi a to s 1 ^ or ^ & period o( 13 months
patriotism which, if emulated by °P«-aiion. South Carolina failed to meet its
farmers and woodsmen in, pulp- Dr. and Mrs- Joe Reeves and L uota In only one month , and n0
wood producing areas of the u- children Clifford and Susan, other state ln the Union equaled
nited States, will solve the prob- BishopvUle, spent a pleasant an<1 1 lhat mark The State as a whole
lem of current and threatening happy week with Misses Florence exceeded lts aggregate quota for
pulpwood shortages and, by Its and Susie Patterson, last week. that 13-month period by approxi-
broader example, help to hasten Mrs. T. H. Seabrook entertained matp]v tin non non nurchases for
the winning of the war. Person- with an informal get together ^rf^’^^tlng to ^,52”
ally, and as Chairman of the War I party at the home of Mr. and I qqq against an aggregate quota of
Production Board, I am happy tc Mrs. W. H. Horton on Thursday $59,574,200.
welcome tha assistance of the evening, Aug. 12th. The time wa? McCormick County’s combined
newspapers in this important pro- spent very pleasantly in conversa- q UO t a for the thirteen-month
auction campaign.” tion and playing games. Mary period was $124,079.00, and total
The campaign to increase the Paschal and Dorothy Seabrook sales in this CO unty for that peri
production of pulpwood for the entertained the crowd a while by ori rparhpd 4208 767 on The chair
manufacture of products vitally inging several selections. Punch, | man of the committee in thi.‘
necessary for military needs over- sandwiches, and cookies were coun ty was Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt
seas and for home front wai jerved by the hostess and daugh
uses, is addressed to farmers, wood- ter, Miss Harriet Seabrook. Those
John R. Crawford
Claimed By Death
John R. Crawford, 60, died at
the Veterans Hospital in Colum
bia last night at 10:30 o’clock,
after a prolonged illness.
He was the son of the late
Robt. Wesley and Elizabeth Winn
Crawford of Abbeville. Mr. Craw
ford was a loyal member of the
Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church,
and had been a resident of Mc
Cormick since 1908. Prior to com
ing to McCormick he served in the
U. S. Army and was stationed in
the Philippine Islands for some
time. He had been rural mail
carrier here since July, 1919.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Christian Crawford, one
son, Robt. Wesley Crawford, of
Loris, two daughters, Mrs. War
ren R. Wyley, of Montgomery,
Ala., and Mrs. Effie Lee Per-
queron, of McCormick, two grand
daughters, Mary Lee Ferqueron,
and Patricia Elaine Wyley; four
brothers and four sisters, Deputy
Sheriff C. H. Crawford, McCor
mick, C. W. Crawford, Abbeville,
W. T. Crawford, Abbeville, W. M.
Crawford, Due West; Mrs. W. D.
Ferguson, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs.
Robert Mcllwaine, Due West, Mrs.
L. E. Nickles, Due West* and Miss
Rebecca Crawford, Washington,
D. C.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Pressly Memorial
A. R. P. Church tomorrov/ after
noon at 4 o'clock by his pastor.
Dr. S. W. Reid, assisted by Rev.
L. K. Simpson of the McCor
mick Baptist Church, and Rev. J.
Claude Evans of the McCormick
Methodist Church. Interment will
be in McCormick City Cemetery.
J. S. Strom, funeral director, in
charge.
X
Plum Branch News
The war department has noti
fied Mrs. ■ Sallie Gilchrist that
Pvt. Robert Gilchrist, her son, is
missing in action. - Mr. Gilchrist,
about 30 years of age, was a
young man of many sterling
qualities. This is the first casual
ty to be reported from this sec
tion.
Lieutenant Archie Langley is
at a Charlotte hospital, recuperat
ing from an illness contracted in
the Tunisian campaign.
Mrs. Evelyn Bachman of Colum
bia is a visitor in the home of
her mother, Mrs. Ralph Winn.
Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Collier and
their three children, and Mrs. G.
W. Collier and her daughter have
been visiting Mrs. Hattie Collier
this week.
Lieutenant Lawrence Sturkey,
with his bride, visited relatives
here last week end.
Rev. J. C. Evans is conducting
the meeting in St. Paul Methodist
Church this week.
Mr. Richard Collier, now in
| Hawaii, has recently sent some
1 necklaces to friends here. They
MONDAY and TUESDAY
AUGUST 23rd and 24th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
LUM ’N’ ABNER
and owners, forest laborers anr present were Mrs. J. L. Jones, Mrs. r vest their pulpwood ‘right now |weie made by himself of beautiful
other available workers in the Joe Reeves, Mrs. Otis Black, Mrs I w * ien country needs it most, j seashelis gathered from the beach
hree major pulpwood producing Hunter McKinney, Mrs. Cecii ' I * ie _ War Manpower Commissior
areas of the South, Northeast anc J Gilliam, Miss Juanita Curtis. J clas ^ ified Pulpwood production
Lake States, where manpowei Miss Julia Cade, Miss Monnie cutting and transporting to the
shortages have developed because Harling, Mrs. W. B. Sharp and th e manufacture of pulp
of the withdrawal of woodsmen others ' ' paper and paperboard products
for service in the armed forces 01
other war work.
The growing seriousness ci
for packing vital supplies as es
sential activities. Notice of this
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ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents;
Children 12 to 15, 17 cents, including defense tax.
tative to find out whether he car ruling was sent to Selective Ser-
1 *jT»i' 3eof service in the production of vice Boards and U. S. Employment
rJ, P r° d ^ | pulwood. I. of course realize ttu Service Offices, to establish the
increased war load which our eligibility of these essential work-
farmers are bearing today, but e rs for draft deferment.
If every one of the more than pulpwood situation is serious The critical nature of pulpwood
2,800,000 farmers in the 27 pulp- en0 ugh to justify this call for an shortages was indicated during
wood producing states were to de- extra effort.” May in War Production Board re-
vote th.ee extra days in 1943 to j n anticipation of the present ports which showed receipts at all
cutting pulpwood we could over- I critical shortage in pulpwood sup- mills for the first five months of
come the threatened 2,500,000- piles, the War Production Board
cord shortage with wood to called upon the U. S. Department
spare, Mr. Nelson declared. “11 0 f Agriculture for assistance. The
urge every American farmer to Forest Service, Regional Extension
get in touch with his nearest De-1 Directors, Extension Foresters and
partment of Agriculture represen- j county Agents were requested to
assist in stimulating pulpwood
definitely interefered with war pro- cutting by advising farmers on
duction. The government will un- sound cutting practices, mill
doubtedly start a campaign short- prices and specifications.
ly to arouse renewed interest in
war work and explain
the necessity of working
harder than ever at home if we
want to be assured of a quick
victory abroad.
This effort was supplemented by
the publication of posters and
pamphlets emphasizing the im-
the year were 22 per cent below
receipts for the corresponding
period in 1942. This report was
followed by a statement that Gov
ernment requirements for military
and civilian uses in 1943 would be
13,000,000 cords. Less than 5,000,-
while he was stationed on an un
inhabited island in the Southwest
Pacific last winter.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice re
cently spent several days with
relatives in Spartanburg.
Miss Emma Bell King will teach
: .n the Baron de Kalb High School,,
near Camden next year.
Mrs. Martha Marjenhoff recent
ly visited her aunt, Mrs. Moore, at,
Ridgeway.
As a result of the recent meet
ing in the Baptist Church here,
there were twenty-one additions
to the membership. Also the meet
ing at Parksville added about a
dozen there.
The Plum Branch School this
year will be taught by Mrs.
Louise Banks, principal, assisted
by Mrs. W. M. Freeland and Miss
Lucy Brown.
Miss Carolyn Rice recently visit
ed Miss Rebecca Morrah of Mc-
000 cords had been produced at
the end of May. Therefore, more Cormick.
than 8,000,000 cords must be pro- Mr. Wm. Thomas Wells, son of
duced in the remaining seven Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wells, has been
months of 1943. recently promoted. He is now a
The Government-Industry-Press first lieutenant in the aviation
mediate need of pulpwood for' campaign to increase pulpwood branch of the army,
war purposes. They urged farm- production in this locality offici- Mrs. G. E. Langley is visiting;
ers and woodland owners to har- ally opens today. her husband in Atlanta.
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