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■* ♦* .. ♦ •;. M >N c ' ■ & / “• , +*: ■ ' ■#, J l V T ^ , % f |l I* I 5 Li v >i TRUE Td OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHB ORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Second Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1943 Number 23 tot Washington, D. C., Nov. 8.— 000 goal asked by the administra- (NWNS) — The walkout of coal tion but will try to work out a miners on the day preceding e- j program where perhaps half of lection is generally agreed to have J that amount will be raised hurt the Democrats at the polls, through taxes and the other half, for it is felt throughout the na tion that the administration should never have permitted a second coal mine strike to be ■considered. Aware of the fact that there is a great shortage of coal, many people, including government of ficials, don’t understand why the government was so hasty about returning the mines to the opera tors without first having reached an agreement with mine leaders which would have prevented an other strike. And after returning the mines to the owners, when a strike was seen approaching, they don’t drlderstand why the govern ment stuck to the formal and la borious proceedings of having the War \ Labor board consider the matter, make an unacceptable of fer to the miners on the eve of the strike and wait until the strike was hi full swing before referring it to the President for action. ■' '‘ vi > With election now in the back- ground, some members of con fer ass will try to put through dras tic legislation to control unions, but, because the election of real importance to most congressmen comes next year, it is not expect ed that a worthwhile curb on la bor activities will be enacted. It is being made increasingly dear,* however, that higher wages paid to war workers means high- jejvtaxes must be paid by the rest le people, .and congress seems to be making a real effort to re duce rather than increase govern ment expenses. In considering a new tax bill,. congress will prob ably not agree to the $10,500,000,- will be provided by a reduction of government expenditures. Praising the efforts of ' the house ways and means committee to cut government expenses, Sen ator George, head of the senate finance committee, said that he believed government expenses could be cut by as much as 10 billion dollars. “My personal opinion is,” said Senator George, “that the finance committee will strongly support the house committee and thereby serve notice on the heads of de partments that expenditures loosely referred to as ‘indispensa ble’ must be cut down.” The house committee is con tinuing to haye difficulty on a- greeing to a tax program. A gen eral sales tax, which had been suggested by many groups of con sumers, was defeated’" the com mittee by a vote of 16 to 8. Chairman Doughton said that this ended the issue of a sales tax as far as the committee is con cerned, but it will be remembered Mrs. A. N. T. Seigler Claimed By Death Mrs. Anna Nicholson Talbert Seigler, 83, widow qf the late J. J. C. Seigler, died early Wednes day morning, November 3rd, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Logan Reynolds, in the Cle- ora section of Edgefield coun ty. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Rehoboth Baptist Church con ducted by the Rev. L. K. Simpson and the Rev. J. S. Dukes. Inter ment followed in the adjoining cemetery. She is survived by the follow ing children: J. W. Seigler, Au gusta; W. H. Seigler; Mrs. Logan Reynolds, Edgefield; Mrs. G. C. Taylor and Mrs. A. T. Moseley, sf Aiken; one brother, Ansel D. Talbert, of Washington, D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. ,W. J. Talbert of McCormick, Mrs. Mary Wash, of Edgefield; 20 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. X ' Mrs. W. L. Cloy Claimefd By Death Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at St. Luke Methodist Church, Au gusta, Ga., for Mrs. Mollie Dea- son Cloy, wife of William Lee Cloy, who died early Thursday chat he said the same thing last morning at her residence at 1834 Fenwick street. year about- pay-as-you-go which was finally revived and made law as a result of the pressure of public opinion. If the house committee fails to work out a tax plan which meets the approval of the people, which is believed likely, the new tax law will finally be written by the senate committee after the house has approved • -an inadequate measure. So, in spite of what Mr Doughton says, there are many here who believe that the final tax measure will include a sales tax on all consumer purchases HOLLfflM IHEAH I I McCORMICK, S. G FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 12th and 13th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. GEO. SANDERS_ANNA STEN m .99 ■.‘They Came To Blow Up America'’ Also CHAPTER 11 SERIAL “KING OF THE MOUNTIES” and SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 20c, Plus Tax A member of the St. Luke Methodist Church, she was a na tive of McCormick, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Wes Jey Deaspn^ but had lived in An gusta for the Ci past 25 years. Fu neral services were conducted by the Rev! John C. Patty, the Rev E. R. Fuller -assisting. Interment followed in West View. cemetery Pallbearers were W. T. Stewart Thomas Burch, Charlie Britt Charlie Dixon, Geddings Osbon Rev. T. D. Drogdon. She is survived by her husband Wiliam Lee Cloy; four sons, G. M., W. L. and L. J. Cloy, all of Au gusta and B. G. Cloy» of Millen; four daughters, Mrs. E. H.' Wblker, Mrs. L. T. Burch and Mis^ Mary Cloy, all of Augusta, and NMrs Ruby Barnes, of Jacksonville, Fla., 19 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; five brothers, J. E and G. P. ‘Deason, of Lincolnton, Ga.; H. R., J. P. and F. P. Dea- son, all of McCormick, S. C. k , three sisters, Mrs. W. B.. Parks, McCormick; Mrs. W. T. Moss, Lincolnton, Ga., and Mrs. S. D. Giles, McCormick, S. C. and sev eral nieces and nephews. McCormick To Play Ware Shoals Here Tomorrow Afternoon Ware Shoals will meet McCor mick in a return game here to morrow afternoon at the local field. McCormick defeated Ware Shoals in the first game by the close margin of 13-12 and this game promises to be one of the best of the season. The kick-off is set for 3:30 o’ clock. X Christmas Greeting Cards For Soldiers Overseas Must Be Sent F$rst-Class Mail Price Facts MONDAY ami TUESDAY November 15th and 16th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. TYRONE POWER ANNE BAXTER " , in “CRASH DIVE” (Technicolor) rm j Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and . i* ; a -V LATEST NEWS EVENTS ■ —— APMTSSTON: Adults. 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents: ' Children 12 to 15. 17 cents. ipchijM^K 4^ehs0 * ’ ’ V 4 *. • ^ .... Apples should f: not retail for more than 10 cents per pound The wholesale - delivered pricf should not be over 7 1-2 cent' oer pound. / Grapes should not retail fcv more than 17 cents per pound. Cabbage should not retail for mere than 10 cents for 2 pounds. The wholesale price of cabbage hculd not be more than 3 1-2 cents per pound. Sugar in 5 pound cotton bag" should not be more than 36 cents. In 5 pound paper bags 35 cents. Bulk sugar, 7 cents per oound. The new. c^mmunitv ceilinp price lists recently mailed to re tailers, became effective Novem ber 10. Most items and brands >ot on this list, are covered by 'ther maximum price regulations. with the possible exception of food. • • Meenwhile, the President has approved the one tax measure which has come out of the com mittee. This provides that tax payers should deduct their full credit on the Victory tax from the tax payment they make in March. The credit for single per- Postmaster J. E. Bell states that the War Department advises that Chritmas greeting cards for sol diers overseas must be sent in sealed envelopes and prepaid at the first-class rate. The War Department further urges that such cards be mailed at once stating that cards, mailed now will, according to the Army Post al Service, reach even the most remote A. P. O.’s by December 25. X County’s Bond Quota Announced For This Month County-Wide Meeting To Honor Our Boys And Girls In Service The November War Bond quota fer McCormick County is $14,000, and G. J. Sanders, Jr., County War Finance Chairman, has call ed upon the citizens of the county to invest liberally in bonds during the remainder of the month. In Columbia, Christie Benet, State Chairman, referred to “the splendid record” this and the other 45 counties in South Caro lina/made in the recent Third War Loan campaign, and ex pressed confidence that in the regular, month-by-month buying of bonds the county would sus tain that good record. “A great contribution to the fi nancing of the war was made by the purchases of bonds in the Third War Loan drive”, Mr. Benet said. “The government, as we all know, needs at this .time a con tinuing flow of money, and our purchases of bonds must go on, regularly and as liberally as pos sible.” Mr. Benet said the November quota for the state is the largest yet assigned South Carolina- -far a single month by the Treasury, .c is $7,000,000 for- the state. , The chairman disclosed that the Treasury, beginning this month, is returning to a pireviou: policy under which purchases oi T and G bonds, as well as E’s. xrill be credited to county and tate quotas. Since last Decem- 3er 1st only E bond purchases had been credited to these quotas. The crediting of F and G bonds, it was explained, will provide more sales to apply against the the monthly quotas, but ^Mr Benet emphasized that this is at least partially offset by the fact that quotas are larger than ever before. X——:—‘ This Christian-Patriotic Service to be held in the McCormick High School Auditorium on Sunday af ternoon, November 21st. at 3:30 o’clock, is to pay tribute to the boys and girls of our county who are in service. The McCormick High School Glee Club will lead the Song Ser vice. All ministers of the county will be present to lend their as sistance in making this a mem orable occasion. The McCormick Home Guard will attend in a body. To complete the plans the com mittee needs the names of all mothers in the county who have four or more sons, or sons and daughters, in the service. Will these names please be sent to Superintendent W. H. Weldon. McCormick, at once. As the sole purpose of this meeting is to honor our boys and girls serving our country, let us show our appreciation by attend ing. Watch the Messenger, for a complete program next week. . X ' Have You Given To The War Fund? November Is “Christ mas Mailing Month This Year 9* Card Of Thanks We wish to express our thank? to our many friends, also to Dr. Tuten and the pastors for their many acts of kindness and sym pathy shown us during the illness and death of our grandmother Mrs. Ann Prince. We also wish to extend our thanks for the beautiful floral offerings. May God bless each one. and Mrs. Charlie White, ' And Family. ; —X—^— There are no ration books for refugees from the axis invasion. Thousands of refugees scattered all over the globe are under nourished and their lives imper iled. Food packages cgn help save their lives and these can go if worthy contributions are made to the National War Fund. Many children in' the con quered countries haven’t even cut teeth even though they are two and three years old. Their bodies haven’t had the substance neces sary to form teeth. These are the citizens of tomorrow and we must do our part to help them have strong bodies and good minds, for theirs will be the task of rebuilding this war-torn world. Helpless, homeless, and parent less these children are looking to us in all our abundance. Let us share with them “According as God has prospered us.” The reports from some of' 4 the solicitors in McCormick County have been discouraging. People with such an abundance, in com parison with the world’s destitute millions, giving such a little. Mc Cormick County’s quota is $2,400. Settle it for yourself. Have you given your share? “He that sow- eth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, but he that soweth bountifully shall reap also boun tifully.” 2 Cor. 9:6. X No More Books Delivery of the annual flood of Christmas gifts and cards on time, always a serious problem, “will be more than a proble ’ this year—it will be an impossibil ity—unless Christmas mailings are made largely in November,” Post master General Frank C. Walk r warned today. “Transportation facilities arc burdened to the limit with war materials and personnel, and the Postal Service has sent more than thirty-one thousand ex perienced employees into the Army and Navy,” Mr. Walker said. “The only solution to the Christmas problem is: MAIL HI NOVEMBER. Mark your pared*, ‘DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRIST MAS.’ That is the only way to avoid disappointment on Christ mas Day not only for many ci vilians but also for millions off members of the armed forces who are still in this country. “It is also the only way to *r- void the possibility of a Christ mas ^emergency in the transpor tation and postal services. If the public will cooperate by mailing their Christmas parcels DURING NOVEMBER, we can handle a. small volume of light, last-min ute mailings, such as cards, up to December 10—but we can do that and avoid an emerger.qy only if November is really ‘Christ mas Mailing Month.’ ” Postal officials pointed cut that the volume of mail now is far above any previous records, that railway cars by the hundreds have been diverted to war ser vice and that the air lines have only about half as many plane* as they once operated. More than two hundred thou sand extra temporary employee* normally are employed to help with the holiday postal rusli. This year, the extra employee* will be largely women and high school boys and girls who are un able to work the long hours usu ally required and whose work wBI be relatively slow. To deliver the Christmas maB* on time, therefore, it is necessary that mailings be spread out over a longer period so that available transportation ■ equipment anti postal personnel can be used dur ing more weeks. It will be utter ly, impossible to make deliveries by Christmas if mailers wait Tin- til the last three weeks before the holiday, as in normal years. There- is another reason for shopping and mailing earlier than ever before. Retail stores are short-handed. Purchasers can avoid shopping in crowded ^ores, long waits for service, and other inconveniences of late shopping if they buy now. They will also ^ . .. r _ doubtless have a better choice of OllC And 1 WO j merchandise than will be avail able later. Postmaster General Walker ob-, served that his warning is not an attempt to tell the publfe what to do; it is only an ad vance notification of what will happen if they mail late. He ”eels that the public is entitled o the facts, and that when they ’T’-icw them, th^v will decide to .MAIL IN NOVEMBER. X Card Of Thanks All Local War Price and Ra tioning Boards have been noti fied by the Office of Price Ad ministration that no more copier of War Ration Books One or Tw are to be issued by the Boards for any purpose whatsoever. • Bu*. that doesn’t mean that the: should be thrown away. Book One still contains the No 18 shoe stamp, good indefinitey In Book 2, blue stamps X, Y anr’ Z will be valid until Nov. 2C for canned foods. Local Board? are no longer authorized to re place either of these books if lost, stolen or destroyed. Meanwhile, Books 3 and 4 are now in full-sail use. Brown G, H, and J are now valitf for meats and fats arid additional stamps will be validated from week to week. Green stamps A, B and C in Book 4 are valid un til Dec. 20 for canned goocls, ^ I Holders heed not continue to ‘•No hatioh ' dri' earth produced ^ep War Books One and Two in “After putting in long hours bringing in the beans. tcmatre\ sons? amounts to 25 per cent ’of I syffSent "food lie'fSe^the war to their possession. These covers “’.ill potatoes, wheat;, or apples tho u the ahiount they 'haVe paid in'provide an adequate diet for aiT n °t be' used again for rationing sands of city pedible ha.c «. Victory tax and for maf-ried-ped- i ^. peppte. 'feetter world nutrition purposes a'fijd,; Wheh^the';' ’.stamps .respect for the food they eat nml pie is 40 per cent 1 of the amount increased food profttSfon -oohtaiped in theto'V"expire;''’'' ^hey j'.tfte ' farmer.- who produces it."-*. W' paid. ■ An additional 2 per cent is <711 «^mtttes.”^-From : 'wiU. ocaafe t-o.-have ,any rationing Extension Service Review, Oci4»- provided for dependents. f bet. 2,* 1943, 4 ’ J value ior the-owner; t ber 1943. We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness shown us during the sickpess and death of our aunt. Miss SalUe Widem*" especially for the beautiful floral offering, also Dr. Workman for his faithful service, also Lizzie Perrin for her faithfulness. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Spencr. X