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« t TRUE TO O^MnSLYl^l, Otftt NKIGOBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Third Year EstaBliahed June 5,19(6 M^CORMCK, S. €., THURSDAY, FEftRtJARY 1, 1945 ‘Rutnbef 35 ‘■4 m a Washington, I>. C. (NWKS)De spite oppoKitlun by ihjui* union leaders, by farm £roup leaders, and by the National Association of Man- Ufacturers, it if expected that a work-or-flght biH will soon be passed by congress. For to offset this opposition is the pita of Presi dent Roosevelt for immediate en actment of such legislation along With similar urgent messages from General Marshall and Admiral King. Observers hdre, who say that public opinion polls indicate public approval of such legislation, point out the uniqueness of a situation in which spokesmen for practically all organized groups of citizens are on one side and the people themselves on the other, they point out that the power of lobbyists may be con siderably weakened in congress if the congressmen find out that their attitudes do not truly reflect the views of those they purport to rep resent. Although the National Service act will probably be changed consid erably before it becomes law, it is expected to keep the provision that the government shall be em powered to force all men under the age of 45 into the armed services or Into essential work. No figures seem to be available on just how many men in this age group would be affected, but there is no doubt that the figure would be several millions. At present there are ap proximately 4.000.000 men classified as 4-F and 15,000.000 others in this age group who have been deferred because of dependents, age, or be cause they are now doing essential work. Considerable attention has been given to spokesmen for farmers, ■who say that passage of this legis lation could create alarming man power shortages on farms. But Marvin Jones, head of the War Food administration, took just the opposite attitude. He said this bill, known as the May-Bailey bill, wodld be of aid to farmers since it would help to stop rural workers from moving from farms to indus trial areas. Mr. Jones said that more than 3,000.000 farm workers had left the farms since the begin ning of the war. Mr. Jones said that the new measure would not affect the Tid ings amendment to the Selective Service act which defers agricul tural workers if they are ehgaged in essential farming. Even if the May-Bailey bill - fa paSsed, this does not neces sarily mean that an men be- ; tween the ages of 18 and 45, - who are now deferred, will be forced into war work. It would • simply give the government the right to enlist them for war work to the extent that ft be comes necessary. • » • When the discussion over a Na tional Service act ends, congress is apt to turn to the complicated prob lem of postwar employment. Be cause the Presidenf put such great emphasis on “jobs’* during his campaign, the New Deal Democrats are expected to propose legislation by which the government would, in some way or other, try to guaran tee jobs to all. However, many con gressmen feel that such a proposal is impractical and will probably limit their approval to allocation of funds for public works programs to provide jobs for a large number of men during the immediate post war period. Summing up the views of many Republican congressmen on job guarantees. Senator Robert Taft said: “The attractive and plausible theory that the govern ment could- guarantee a full-time -job to every man and woman who wants to work is wholly inconsis tent with the very freedom which has produced the machine which provides jobs at good wages.” * * • Remember that election last No vember? Well, the final results are now in. They show: Roosevelt 25.602.505 votes and Dewey 22.006,- 278 votes. Court 1\> Convene Here Next Monday The February tet*m of General Sessions court for McCormick County will convene in the court house hete next Ifr&b'day morning February 5th, at id o'clock, with Judge G. 6, Grbehe, of Anderson, pftdldmg. The iptist Radio Hour McCormick School News Dr. Louie D. Newton will be the speaker on the Baptist Radio Hour next Sunday morning, February 4, at 8:30. He will speak on the sub ject, “Baptist World Fellowship”. The sptaker is Associate Secre tary of the Baptist World Alliance, chairman of the Centennial Pro gram Committee and the popular pastor of the great Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta, Geor gia. He is one of the leading fig ures among Southern Baptists. He was a deacon in the Druid Hills Church and editor of the Chris tian index. When the church cahie to be Without a pastor, he a token of their appreciation a One half of the school year is 'rtbbi Vow Is the thhe to check bn your accoSftplfehrftents. , Let’s begin the hew term with a de termination to do our work well. School Activity Lhst Monday, January 22, Mr. ’Btowh and his sister, Betty Brown, gave us a lecture bn electricity. He showed us some experiments with electricity. Betty could stand on a stpoi and let 400,000 volts go through her without harming her at all. It was a very interesting lecture and I’m sure every one en joyed it Leonard Dorn. ' Football Banquet The annual football banquet in honor of our football team of 1944- 45 was held Friday, January 26, at the community house and it is hoped that all members of the team and guests enjoyed this oc casion. The team and others present wish to thank our teachers and others who helped to prepare the delicious meal which was served, and who did such a wonderful job of decorating. We also want to thank Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt who supplied the turkeys, but especialy we want to thank Mr. Weldon who coached our team and with much work and patience, made a winning team out of the small squad of boys with which he had to work. A very entertaining program was given with Wilma Fleming giving a toast to the team, Joe Luke White giving toast to coach and Archie Ferqueron giving toast to the girls The menu consisted of turkey, dressing, rice, ’gravy, cranberry sauce, English peas, candied po tatoes, pear salad, hot rolls, lemon pie, and coffee. The team gave Mr. Weldon as iV IXWB A Beam in the Eye HOLLYWOOD THEATRE ‘V McCORMICK, S. C. FRIDAY and SATURDAY February 2nd and 3rd, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M. Matinee 3attirdfcy 3^30 P. M. DONALD O’CONNOR PEGGY RYAN in “CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK” » 1 * «» * V Al*o A CARTOON and TWO REEL COMEDY Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c * was ordained by the church into the gospel ministry and was called to be its pastor. On this broadcast Dr. J. H. Bushbrook, President of the Bap- tifct World Allfancte, will speak by pfefort wave from London for five Tnf&utes. These broadcasts are heard bvW: thirty-six stations and according tb the Ifepbrts the aodienee is the largest in the history of the Bap tist Hour. We sincerely hope the people of our community will hear thtar program next Sunday morning at 8:30 and then go to their respective churches for the services of wor- ship. Certainly the people of our "Band need to turn * to eptaituai things. These are days that try die souls of men and they need the church and its helpful minis try as never before. Sincerely yours, L. K. Simpson. The Church Speaks By M. E. BOOZER MONDAY hml TUESDAY February 5th and 6th, 7:00 P. M. and 9:15 P. M. RfhC C«OSeY__RISE STEVENS - • in “GOING MY WAY” (Irttfs pbAhre voted best of 1944) Also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS and LATEST NEWS EVENTS ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children up to 12, 12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax. 'TT 1%' In these times, industrialists civic organizations, and political eaders are thinking in terms of post war planning arid’ machinery to insure the greatest amount of prosperity and happiness. This is as it should be; for the welfare ot the people is the first responsi bility of industry and the govern ment. Never must they divorce their plans from the interest of the common man. Yet, may we stop for a second to realize that civic leaders, pbl- itteiahs, nor any bdfer human be ing will be able to do the thing that is most necessary to our well being. The thing that will con tribute most to our happiness is not material possessions; nor is it a future which guarantees us an absence of poverty and want. Rather, it is a state of being in which one fiftds himself living day by day in the presence of the Eternal God. And this can only come when we have earnestly re pented of our sins and heard from tafehty-five dollar war bond. This Was presented by Captain Joe Luke White. After the meal a Very interest ing movie of the football game be tween Duke University and West Point was’fehQftm. Thfen there was dancing foi* all who fished. Billy Dukes. Girl Scout Nitice , The Girl Scouts haVe decided to have a library in the Scout Hall. We elected Janet Caudle librarian. If ybd have any . good books, preraise send them to McCormick Service Station. Wte certainly will appreciate your Kelp. Citizenship 'Roll SECOND GRADE— WEary Boh knight, 'Peggy Bbwick, Mary Brown, Jaihes Goff, Lena Mae Loveless, Billy Sharpton, Thomas Young, Cornelia Whitten. i IHIRD GRADE— ' Georgia Britt,'' Sue Ellen Campbell, Grace Deason, Dorothy Dillashaw, Kathryn Lott Dorn, Bobby Faulkner, Martha Rogers, Harvey Sanders, Jr., Marie Seigler, Sara Will Talbert. FOURTH GRADE— Effie Neal Banks, Christine Dillashaw, Joan Henderson, Jan Parks, Joyce Walker, Rose Weldon. FIFTH GRADE—- Joah Bonnette, Joan Christian, Mary Ann Cosey, Billy Jaynes, Ruth Jaynes, Connie McAbee, Rae May, Charlie Sanders, David Wardlaw. SIXTH GRADE— Douglass Britt, Betty Frances Edwards, Ken Dowtin, Jr., Perry Holloway. W E SHOULD take the Tank out of our own eye bfefore we both er about toe Jeep in bur neighbor’s eye. . ' -It isn’t fashionable at the mb- ment to fuss over the mote in Rus- optic beeefcse We arfe being *o deluged with scarlet bilge by oetv tain fellow-traveling commentators, and are ahsotbing So much cab in the tinted slush from a certain few of the big town dailies, that many of us are beginning to see the world through pink tinted glasses. Incidentally, pihk eyfe is an unhealthy condition which— when trifled with too much—has often, in history, reacted on the patient about where the head Joins the body. This, however, is not a discourse on ideologies, but on dispositions. Now We Americans have “got something” over here. We’ve got the best piece of real estate in the world and we have made it rich er, happier and more' productive than any other. We don’t have to care much what any outsider thinks about us. We are important enough to be above all that petty stuff— but strangely enough we are not. Only recently a couple of short sighted British newspapers broke out against us in retaliation for a wave of criticism leveled at Britain by shortsighted American public men and writers—some of whom had but a hhzy idea of their sub ject. People who had barely heard of Signor Sforza were leaping all over the whole British Em- ^ ptre because Mr. Churchill et al were opposed to that unsavory gentleman’s occupancy of a very important post in the pres ent Italian government. Added > to tote w»s the "crime” of op- 1 posing toe GrCek Communists who were attempting to usurp < control of that nation. So, Ignoring our own private col lections of Beams and Tanks, we jump bn the librfli tail with both feet—congressmen, public speak ers, newspaper and radio commen tators, and the public in general; and Leo—whtx. usually considers himself superior 'to criticism—sud denly acquires an inferiority com plex arid snaps bask. SO, while the young men > Whom we had both asked to go out aaid fight for us were giving their lives, American and -British “nt-homes,” were dis rupting the Allied Solidarity with out which the war Will be lost and those precious lives will have been given in vain. U there was some way to meas ure the amount of abuse and criti cism leveled at each other by America and Britain—^recently and for the past 150 years—ours would outweigh theirs many times. We have some public men who make it their regular business to stick pins in Johnnie Bull at every op portunity; and there are certain ed itors who are miserable unless they can slap down the British ears with great frequency. It is only fair to let the poor British catch up a little. So if they make a swing at us once in a while, let’s be on the ignoring end of the line. And if Senator Bananas or one of the “voices” try to make something out of it, we should ad monish the Senator and write the radio station to the effect that we are, at the moment, more in terested in Unity between the Al lies than in the weighty conclusions of the “voice.” Frances Ann Dansby, Ann Sanders, Grover Davis, Leonard Dorn, Billy Dukes, Bob Sanders. EIGHTH GRADE— None. NINTH GRADE— Virginia Smith, Betty Edmonds. TENTH GRADE— Lbis Edwards, Cfetaete Hnevfey, ’ George Bbnttette. ELEVENTH GRADfe— Marian Campbell, ^ JAttette Cheatham, Billie Freeland, Pauline Hetitortfebn, »■ i» ail i — Jt»'OwFCJ rf ay f ittaert Diilathfcw, i Belton Harmon, Bruce dmytiefc, Daniel New. • « Willington H. D. Club Meets The Willington H. D. Club held its regular meeting iat the commu nity house January 4, 1945. After the business, Miss Bell gave a demonstration on buying cloth tfisfefy during Wat time, and the care of shoes, as we will not be aRowed as many pan* in the future. Atar : the business, the hofetess served efcfefeeh HfeCad, aafedwithes, pfcfcle aftd ffcf&hfe. Reporter. rn Conservation News (By Behj. W. Crouch) on high the voice of God granting our absolution, “Son, thy sins be SEVENTH GRADE— forgiven thee”. j iram Joan Connor, The farm machinery people have recognized the variation in the productive powers of different kinds of land and are making ef forts to assist farmers in methods of proper land use, as brought out in their adv. in this paper. Even the farm animals are classified in to groups for which they are best suited. If we want milk we select the dairy cow, but if we want meat we choose the beef type. If we want speed we select the trot ting horse, but if we are looking for a hard working animal we choose the old mule; and soon our land should be classified the same as the farm animals and planted to the crops for which it is best suited. Some, land is suited for errowth of cotton and corn, some for grain and lespedeza, some to pasture, some to truck crops and orchards, and still other land to permanent hay by using such crops as kudzu and sericea. Kudzu was called the wonder plant in an article in “Readers Digest” last month. Mr. W. C. Strom is sold on kudzu hay and he knows because he is feeding kudzu hay this winter. Place your order for kudzu crowns now before it is too late. U. S. Income Tax Returns DCftaty CAttecto* to Re In JVfeUbr- nrick Stornary 24 You put good seed only in ground where ft will grow! Put good dollars in war bonds and watch them grow! Fedreal income tax returns *or the calendar year . 1944 are Re quired to be filed by every cit&en or resident of the United Stakes (including a minor) who had $500.00 or more gross income in 1944. The period for filing Income Tax returns for the calendar year 1944 began January 1 and ends at midnight March 15, 1945. All income tax returns must be in ths office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, Columbia, S. C., or in the hands of a deputy collector be fore midnight March 15, 1945, in. order to avoid liability for penal ties. Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue will visit the towns listed below on the dates shown, and at the places indicated, for the pur pose of assisting taxpayers with the preparation of their returns. Should any information or as- ristance be needed, taxpayers are requested to get in touch with Deputy Collectors on the dates the deputies visit their nearest towns. Abbeville, coUhty court house, February 15 to 17, Anderson, post office building, March 1 to 15, Edgefield, county court house, February 23, Greenwood, post office bldg., March 7 to 15, McCormick, county court house, February 24, Saluda, county court house, February 19. X Rural improvements make it truer than ever that “there’s a heap o’ living” in country life.