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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
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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”
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Al*o
A CARTOON
and
TWO REEL COMEDY
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c
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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
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“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.
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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
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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,
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Jt»'OwFCJ rf ay f
ittaert Diilathfcw,
i Belton Harmon,
Bruce dmytiefc,
Daniel New.
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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.
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Rural improvements make it
truer than ever that “there’s a
heap o’ living” in country life.