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MW'OKMIGK MKSSKJNGEH, McCOKIV|lCK. SOUTH CAROUNA i Wf DO CO* *ART THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY S-v- RE-EMPLOYMENT :ampaign The President’* Ertiergency Re-employment Campaign may be described briefly us a plan to add from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 persons to the nation’s payrolls within the next six weeks or so, through agreements made with the President of the United States by some 5,000,000 concerns oT individuals, employing two or more persons each. In order that this number of jobs may be made available, it will be necessary, of course, for employers in many cases to shorten work ing hours. The plan also provides .for ceruin minimum wage scales which also in many cases will mean added labor costs for the employer. •The President’s Agreement, however, includes a pledge of coopera tion fropa the consuming public, and it is thus anticipated that the employer, while undertaking a larger expense as the direct result of his agreement with the President, will gain added patronage as the just reward of his public spirited attitude. % The fact also is to be borne in mind that where all employers act together to put people bark on their payrolls or to raise wages, no • employer, as the President himself has pointed out, “will suffer because •the relative level of competitive cost will advance by the same amount for all” • t • , it is to be understood that this plan is supplementary to the plan of code adoption by various imiustrial and trade groups which has for its purpose the elimination of unfair competition, the establishment of more' equable rewards for labor, the spread of employment and the control of production. This plan for speeding business recovery, launched under the provisions of the National Recovery Act passed l»y the last. Congress, is rapidly being made effective, and there will be no let-up on the drive to make its adoption widespread. The President’s Emergency Re-employment plan will bridge time •nd bring the nation out of the depression more rapidly than if the code adoption plan were depended upon exclusively. The President’s Agreement also covers many business groups that would not be amen able to any of the code arrangements. And what is still more imporUnt, perhaps, .the President’s Emer gency Re-employm6nt campaign carries certain psychological values •-bat are as priceless as patriotism at this juncture of our economic Vstory. The President himself made this quite clear in his recent radio nddress to the nation when he said: “On the basis of this simple prin ciple of everybody doing' things together, we are starting out on this VMtionwide attack on unemployment. It will succeed if our people understand it—in the big industries, in the little shops, in the great cities and in the small villages. There is nothing complicated about it and there is nothing particularly new in the principle. It goes back to the basic idea of society, and of the Nation itself, that people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.” Thus we have all the power and potency of mass attack directed along sound lines of organization and system. Here briefly, is an out- 1 fine of this organized attack on unemployment: In every community, organizations are formed along military lines, which is fitting enough, because the President’s Emergency Re-employment campaign is Uncle Sam’s war on unemployment and the nation is rallying to the colors just as loyally as though we were actually engaged in a war against a foreign foe. The local committee <{* made up of the active heads of the leading- business and civic organizations, and includes also the mayor. These committees in the thousands of cities and towns throughout the country were formed following telegrams and letters sent by General Johnson to the presidents of Chambers of Commerce or similar trade bodies in ' every section of the United States. These local committees elect a gen eral to have charge of the city campaign and a lieutenant general who is a woman. The general selects three colonels, each of whom is to take over a certain part of the campaign work. For example^ Colonel No. 1 has charge of the ^man-power” or organization department. Under his direction block-to-block canvasses will 'be made to check up on com pliance with -the President’s Agreement, and to make a survey of the unemployed, as to adaptability by experience as to trades and indus- vtries and thus be able more readily to help in the processes of assimila tion of labor by expanding industries. Colonel No. 2, briefly, has charge of newspaper publicity and kindred activities; and Colonel No. 3 has the training and direction of public speakers under his charge. Each of these three colonels has seven or more majors on his stsff, and each major has about the same number of captains. Each captain has seven or more field workers. All of the local organizations are, of course, constantly supplied with educational and inspirational material of all kinds from the National Recovery Administration in Washington. Literally tons and tons of printed matter has been shipped to every nook and corner of the country. The N.R.A. emblem, known popularly as the Blue Eagle, is one of the most interesting and vital features of the campaign. All employers who sign the President’s Agreement are entitled to display the Blue Eagle with the initials N.R.A. and the words “We Do Our Part.’* Merchants, manufacturers and all others who have the right to display the insignia by reason of their having complied with the President’s Agreement, are permitted to hang it on their walls, or in their windows, or on trucks and cars, and, if they so desire, to stamp it on their prod ucts or merchandise. It is, in fact, the desire of the Recovery Admin istration that all make liberal use of this badge of patriotism. Any person in the United States who wishes to cooperate in the President’s Emergency Re-employment Campaign and be considered as a member of the N.R.A. may go to the authorized establishment in his locality and sign a statement of cooperation as follows: “I will cooperate in re-employment by supporting and patron izing employers and workers who are members of N.R.A.” ’ Any such signer will then be given end may thereafter use the insi-nia of consumer membership in N.R.A. Every phase of the progress of this mighty campaign will be flashed in the newspapers of the country and announced constantly over the radio. In this way everyone will be in a position to know just what the campaign is doing from day to day in actually putting people back on the payrolls and adding to the mass purchasing power of the country. While, as has been stated, it is desired that liberal use of the insignia be made by employer and consumers, it is to be remembered that the official N.R.A. emblem is the property of the United States Government and may not be used or reproduced without authority of the National Recovery Administration. The lists of all employers who sign the President’s Agreement are displayed in local post-offices and it is urged that all employers who Igave not yet signed the agreement do so immediately and deliver them to theif local post-master. ' With somt ihinor exceptions, the terms of the President’s Agree ment with eniplbyers is, briefly, as follows: Any employer of a factory or mechanical worker or artisan must not pay him less than 40 cents an hour or work him more than 35 hours a week, except that if the employer were paying less than 40 cents for that kind of work on July 15 the employer can pay that rate now, but not less than 30 cents an hour. As to all other employes—those on a weekly rate—the employer will pay not less than $15 a week in a city of over 500,000 population; or $14.50 a week in cities of between 250,000 and 500.000; or $14 a week in cities between 2,500 and 250,000 population; or $12.00 a week in cities of less than 2.500 population, and the employer agrees not to work this class of workers cut** then 40 hours a week. As to employes w-ho were gettlrg a higher wc"e, the employer must not reduce their wages because of a reduclion in their hours and he should generally keep the usual pay differences as h'■tween the lower and the higher paid employes. .Anri after August 31. he must not work children under 16 years of age. There, are, r>l re lir *e, some other rules which apply to special cases, but the terms «u the agreement as here outlined cover the large bulk of cases. Secretary Of State Gives Requirements For Voting The rlate. Sept. 9. ' * Requirements for voting In the ’tnte repeal referendum November 7 were outlined yesterday by W. P. -lackwell, secretary of state, who la? charge of election arrange- nents. Hnlrfors - n f registration certifi cates for the presidential election last November need orfTy "produce i pc’l tax receipt for’ l933 to vote, under the regulations as an- lounced. All voters, whether registered "ince or prior to the previous gen eral election, must show poll tax receipts if required to pay poll tax dated at least 30 days before the prohibition referendum. Persons not* registered for the 1932 election must obtain certifU cates from their county boards of registration. To qualify for certifi cates, Blackwell said, they • must have lived in the state two years, in the county one year, and in <!he voting precinct four months. Exceptions to the residence pro visions are made in the cases of ministers of organized ..churches and school teachers, for whom six months’ residence in the state is sufficient. Under a ruling by Attorney Gen eral John M. Daniels, the consti tutional requirements that a receipt for poll taxes satisfies the tax pay ment question will govern the election. The code of 1932 required “proof of the payment of all taxes, includ- ng poll tax,” but the attorney gen eral held this provision was in con flict with the constitution of 1895 and therefore not binding. All persons above 21 years of age who meet residence requirements are eligible to register unless they are idiots, insane persorfs, persons supported at the public expense, convicts in jail, or were convicted of any one of a score of crimes ex cepting murder and manslaughter. LETTERS WANTED Letters of Nettie Fowler McCormick, wife of Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, are desired by her children. For this purpose the Nettie Fowler McCormick Biographical Association requests that persons laving any of her writings kindly send them to the address below, the family of . Nettie Fowler McCormick will be grateful for, co-operation and glad to make appropiate payment for such pa pers. Address Nettie Fowler McCormick Biographical Associa tion, 664 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. . Husband Pleased After Wife Lost BULKY FAT Reduced 21 Pounds—Skin • - Clearer and Feels Much Better “I’ve lost exactly 21 lbs. with 3 jars of Kruschen and am so happy to get rid of that bulky fat. My husband is very pleased with me. My skin is clearer and I feel so much better since I’m not so heavy on my^eet. Friends say I look much better.” Mrs. Norma Spickler, Mau- gansville, Md. To get rid of double chins, bulg ing hips, ugly rolls of fat on waist and upper arms SAFELY and with out discomfort—at the same time build up glorious health and ac quire a clear skin, bright eyes, energy and viyaciousness—to look younger and feel iV-take a half teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water every morning before breakfast. One jar lasts 4 weeks and costs but a trifle at any drugstore the world over. Make sure you get Kruschen because it’s SAFE. Money back if not satisfied. —Adv. Druckers Store To Close For Holiday H. Drucker’s store here will- be closed on the 21st and 22nd of Sep tember in observance of the Jewish holiday. The store will be • open again on September 23rd. y Mr. Charlie W. Willis First To Pay Taxes Sunflower Has 417 Blooms Mr. H. A. Woodhurst of the Clafcwerthy’& Cross Roads section was in town Saturday afternoon on business, and visited The Messenger office to tell about a big sunflower that is growing in his yard. He said-}* the sunflower stalk is 11 feet and 2 inches tall and has 417 blooms which give promise of making that many good sized (heads. X Card Of Thanks We wish to extend our thanks to the good people of Parksville and to the ladies of the W. M. Society for their many deeds of kindness shown us during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Also to Dr. Workman for his faithful service, and for the beautiful floral offerings. May God bless you. T. C. McDonald, and Children. X Hoosiers Show How Road Work Cuts Jobless Indianopolis, September 2.—Om thousand men, taken from loca’ unemployment relief lists, have iobs in Indiana—this on only three of several concrete paving projects under way in the state. The thousand men employed on the three concrete projects work in two six-hour shifts, five days a week. In this way most of the un employed men in the three com munities have become self support ing. Construction superintendents report that the workers are above the average in ability and willing ness. These Indiana projects are being built with state money and old Fed eral Aid funds, but they indicate that unemployment relief lists will be greatly reduced when the states get into full swing with the $400,^ 000,000 provided by the NIRA for roads and streets. To Mr. Charlie W. Willis, pros perous farmer of near town, goes the distinction of being the first one to pay 1933 taxes, which he paid on September 12th, three days be fore the books opened. County Treasurer T. J. Price said Mr. Willis was glad to know that taxes had been considerably redu ced and to find that his taxes this year were only a little more than thirty-five dollars, where they were around fifty dollars last year. Mr. Willis was the first one to pay taxes last year, paying then several days before the books opened. » X \ Beautification Letter • > - September 1933 Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth, Home Demonstration Agent, has received the following letter for publica tion: September is here—the harvest month. There is much to be done this month. We begin to save our matured seed, clean them nicely, place them in little sacks so they may be sun ned occasionally. Let us save a plenty for our own use and for our friends. Let us save seed from zin nias, marigolds, cosmos, sunflow ers, larkspur, etc., for roadside planting next spring, and make jur highways beautiful. Autumn is the time to protect jur ornamental plants from injury ly disease the following year. Prune cut and burn all diseased shoots of woody perennials and re move and burn all varieties of per ennials having diseased crowns. Spray with a dormant spray. Re move and burn all diseased an nuals. Remember to care for our roses. • Inch has been written on roses in ur monthly letters, but for spe- iiic reference secure Farmers ulletin 750 entitled, “Roses for tht ome”. Seeds of hardy annuals such as lap dragons, cornflowers, calli- psis, California poppies, dianthus r pinks, sweet Williams, and many e thers may be planted this month Gladiolas if dug just as the tops 1 egin to brown will retain the bub- lets attached to the mother bulbs. Set out your wild flowers this fall so that they will bloom next spring. Why not natufallzS tril- liums, hepaticus, blue bells, part ridge peas, and multitudes of other wild flowers, thus making an at tractive place in some corner of the grounds, on rockeries or in the rock garden? Hardy perennials may be divided any time in September bat can must be exercised in replanting them as soon as possible to prevent their drying out. Most perennials will respond to division every two years. Make cuttings of camellia ja- ponica, sweet olive, and other win ter blooming shrubs, using the growing wood from the tip of the branches. These rjiay Jae rooted in sand or porous clay. Plant iris bulbs this month. Con tinue planting bulbp of narcissus, crocus,' freezias, madonna lily, joh- nuil and oxalis. Have soil well fer tilized and made very porous. Let your motto for September and all fall months be: Do every thing possible this fall rather than put it off until spring. There are few flowers that may be as easily planted in fall as in spring; there fore. let us make use of the settled weather and available time. Garden Work For September Keep all the garden crops grow ing. Don’t let them become stunted for lack of, sufficient food. Nitro gen is the most needed food for garden crops, and an abundant and readily available supply should be on hand at all times. Nearly always the garden crops can be much benefited by an application of sul phate of ammonia or nitrate of so da. Scatter some three or five inches from the base of the plant, and cover with a shallow eufttvat- tion. Suggestions Gather mature Lima beans ev ery week and store for winter use. Vegetable seed left from spring planting may be used in the fall. Are you growing your own cab bage plants for early spring set ting? Seed should be sown the last of September or early October. Keep the strawberry bed free of weeds and grass, and select your best plants at this time. Trans plant a few rows during September, but do not risk the bulk of your planting before cooler weather. Parsnips, salsify, carrots and fall beets can be wintered where grown and dug as needed. Later in the season, when it is cooler, a light furrow will be necessary, especially for the beets and carrots. Try the new Japanese Foliage turnip for salad greens and turnips. It is offered to the trade under a number of different variety names. Hasting’s Seed Company, Atlanta, Ga., offers it under the name Sho- goin. Van Antwerp’s Seed Store, Mobile, Ala., calls it Vadco Jappo. Watch For Insects! ! ! Turnip Lice: Spray with nicotine sulfate, three-fourths pint and five pounds of soap to 100 gallons of water or two teaspoonfuls and one ounce o£ soap to one gallon of water. Cultivate and clean up ground where vegetables have matured. PAGE NUMBER FOUR Quick Relief for Chills and Fever and Other Effects of Malaria! Don’t put up with the suffering of Malaria—the teeth-chattering chills an<i the burning fever. Get aid of Malaria by getting the infeokiom out of your system. That’s what Grovers Tasteless Chill Tonic does—destroys xml drives out the infec tion. At the same tune,, it builds up your system against further attack. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic contains tasteless quiriihe which kills the infections in the blood. It afea contains iron which builds up the blood* and helps it overcome the effects of Malaria as well as fortify against re-ihfectiom. These Are the effects you want for COMPLETE relief. Grove's Tasteless ChSI Tonic is pleasant to take and absolutely safe, even for children. No bitter taste eft quinine. Get a bottle today and be forearmed against Malarife For sale at all stares- , * Notice By Report Of Registration The Board of Registration for McCormick County opened' the books of registration Monday, Sep tember 4, 1933, and they will re main open thrpUEft Wedhosdky, September 20,'1933, for every per son who is qualified to vote to se cure a registration certificate. Persons who have registration certifi9ates issued since January I, 1928, are not required to get new certificates tm vote iif the election of delegates to the Repeal and Anv ti- Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which election is to be held on the first Tuesday in No*- vember, 1933. Voters that will become twenty- one years of age before November 7, 1933, are entitled to a registra*- tion certificate. The books will be open on the first Monday in October, but will be closed from: then until after the election on- November 7; 1933. Registration Board fbr McCor mick County; '' * By X. A. Christian, Chaitmam Decaying vegetables and vegetable plants are likely to increase di sease and insect damage next sea son. Make Plantings Of:, Onions (seed) — Yellow Globe Danvers, Prizetaker, White Pearl, Australian Brown — Sow Septem ber 20th to October 20th. \ Onion (sets) — Yellow Globe Danvers, Prizetaker, White Pearl, Australian Brown. Cabbage (seed) — for frost-proo^ plants — Early Jersey Wekefield, Succession and Late Flat Dutch. Cabbage (plants) — Early Jersey Wakefield — Try a few for winter use. Kale — Siberian Curled. Parsley — Moss Curled. Radishes — Scarlet Globe or Rapid Forcing — for winter use China Rose and Long Black Span ish. Mustard — Giant Southern Curl ed. Turnips — Japanese Foliage and Seven Top for salad only. Turnips — Purple TOp and White Egg for turnips. Spinach — Aragon and Virginia Savoy. Lettuce — Big Boston, New York, Mignonette. Yours very truly, A. E. Schilletter, Extension Horticulturist. • Dora Dee Walker, Production and Conservation Specialist. 666 LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS 1 Checks Malaria in 3 days';. Colds first day. Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC Most Speedy ReBwdkffi Known BASIS' BEEF' AUCTIONS Buyers ton the great meat pack ing plants of. Chicageu amt other- large cities o£ the middlewest who buy beefi animate; itr Itrfcfc of! one tp> several aarloads in. little more time than it takes* to taU: it. as theyxfcife around the atacdlKaatls am their horses yvfyk leave their saddles once every weok thifr fall, to hid on. 4-BL baby beeves, , one or two at a time* to give club members, a. lesson, in marketing and valuing their ani mals. .Commission men ak these same yards who act as agents for pro ducers and sell, these same packer {buyers their strings of. cattle: will also tie up their horses to put con signments of. 4-H. baby beeves through an auction for the packer buyers to complete for therm Many other persons engaged in carrying on the business of the major stock- iyards which handle 10,000 or more beef cattle a day will lend a hand in these auctions, all to help 4-H club members, and not infrequent ly their parents indirectly^ in un derstanding the marketing at meat animals.. This is the 10th year for these auctions to be conducted at the Chicago stockyards where they are sponsored, by the International Live- Stock Exposition as an educational feature.. In. the ID years 14,777 baby oceves have been put through the weekly auction for approximately .hat number of club, boys and. girls. Gross proceeds total. $1,705,0QQ.(XL Other markets fell in line in con ducting auctions after Chicago de monstrated their usefulness. Colonel Carey M. Jones, nation ally’ known- auctioneer of purebred livestock, is again doing the selling at Chicago, as he has in- all of the years since the plan started. JL ifc his contribution to the 4-H move ment, which he declares is one o£ his most agreeable pastimes. Club calves are commonly sent to* n ..\rket, in truckloads or with ship- i ^nts ofocommercial animate. They ,.;n consigned to• commission firms* the same as other animals, and ^ oceeds are. remitted the same. There is not charge for the auction. It is a free school teaching price less lessons..