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fm ' McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 9, 1940 / UcCORMICK MESSENGER Pablished Every Thursday " Established June 5, IMS i bdmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Me* Cormick, s. C., as mail matter of : the second class. I SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > One Year $1.00 Mx Months .75 Three Months .50 THE QUAKERS POINT THE WAY A»nong all religious sects the Society of Friends, commonly knovm as Quakers, has the widest reputation for living in confbrmity to the fundamental Christian be- . tfef in the Brotherhood of Man. Ite membership, although small by comparison with other sects, has been foremost in every effort to relieve human suffering, re gardless of the race, creed or nationality of the sufferers. Forbidden by their religion to take part in war, the Quakers have been quick to render every possible service to the victims or war. I Under the leadership of the most distinguished living Quaker, Her bert Hoover, the American work of relief for the civilian population of Belgium during the first World War and of the peoples of all the rest of Europe after the war, stands out as one of the greatest humanitarian achievements of all! time. j It is not surprising that a sect so famed for humanitarian efforts should lately have gone on record hi its Yearly Meeting in favor of eombating racial hatred and re ligious intolerance in America. The written creed of the Society of Friends is very brief. Plans are under way to add a section speci fically urging all Quakers to avoid political and religious discrimi nation against any class or sect, and to use their influence to pre vent such discrimination by others. The Influence of the Quakers is extremely great in proportion to their numbers. -It may prove to be the most potent force yet enlisted in the battle against prejudices based upon religious or racial grounds. There has not been a time in years when the gospel of the Brotherhood of Man needed the support of good citizens so much as it does now. Considering how effective the work of the Quakers has been in the past, their reaf firmation of that doctrine at this time is most encouraging to every one who sincerely believes in tol erance. -ixt- GARDEN WORK The most important result of producing vegetables on the farm is the improvement which may be expected in the health and food habits of the family—not the sav ing of money spent for those sup plies. Medical authorities and food specialists say that to be healthy and strong and active one should eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. Hints Bo not allow tomato plants to grow long-legged. Transplan; them to other boxes or frames and give each plant room to become stout-stemmed and stocky. I:' well hardened they may be set in the open 10 days earlier. In setting tomato plants do not follow the old rule of setting only as deep as they stood in the seed bed. This is not deep enough. A good tomato plant is about eight Afetr/ Different! Delicious! s«rv*» portioaa ICE CREAM CAKE All Ice Cream—a brand new treat you won’* want tdl miss. Rich in tempting fruits., with the luscious, mellow, fruity flavor of fine fruit calc:. Vopped with delicious toasted macaroon "icing". Enjoy this grand new taste thrill at dinners, parties, bridges. Order one todayli TRY OUR DELICIOUS BANANA SPLIT, 4 A- REDUCED TO I UC DORN’S CASH STORE UPPER MAIN STREET McCORMICK, S. C. inches from the root to the top, and about as large as a lead pen cil. Set the plants so that half the stem is below the serface of the ground. Plants set in this manner will have roots enough to resist drouth, besides roots will come along the part of the stem that is under the ground. Early kinds of vegetables that were planted in February and March, such as beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, kale, lettuce, mustard, peas, spinach, etc., need to be cultivated frequently and thoroughly and should be given a side dressing of nitrate of soda. Scatter this between the rows without getting it on the plants. Cultivate the ground with a wheel hoe. You can kill as many weeds and nulverize as much crust in an hour with a wheel hoe as you can in at least three hours with an old-fashioned weeding hoe. In order that an unbroken sup ply may be had, make another planting of the vegetables planted during March. Beets and onions from seed may be transplanted when they are too thick and miss ing places filled or new rows set. Make Plantings Nbw of the Fol lowing Vegetables: Beans—Giant Stringless Green Pod and Bountiful. Sow in open 11-2 inches deen, one quart to 100 feet. Rows 2 1-2 feet apart. Three to four beans to every eight to 10 inches. Pole Beans—Kentucky Wonder, McCaslan. Sow in hills three by three. Lima Beans—Henderson Bush Lima or Wood’s Prolific, (pole) Carolina Pole or Seiva Bean. One pint to 100 feet. Rows 2 1-2 feet. Seed sown thinly in drill. Pole Lima, one-half pint to 100 feet. Seed sown 1 1-2 inches deep in hills two feet by three feet. Squash—Early White Bush, Giant Summer Crook Neck. Hills four feet by four feet. Cucumber — Improved White Spine, Green Prolific Pickling. Hills five feet by five feet. Okra—Perkins, White Velvet Sow seed one inch deep, two ounces to 100 feet. Rows 2 1-2 feet apart. PJants six inches to 10 inches apart in drill. Corn—Stowell’s Evergreen, Coun try Gentlemen, Golden Bantom. Sow seed one inch deep. Rows 2 1-2 feet apart. Seed sown in either hills or thinly in drill. Transplant tomato, sweet pota to, eggplant, pepper to open field. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. 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DIAL 2 7761 AUGUSTA, GA. Please, Mrs. Murray, help me out! I’m having the Kelleys for dinner on Friday. Both are ‘fish- eaters’ and all us loathe fish.” 'Fish-eaters’? Yes. Mrs. Hart man, we Catholic’s call ourselves that too—just in fun. But we don’t have to eat fish on Fridays. It’s just meat that we musn’t eat. But whv don’t you serve your \uest lobster, crab, oysters, clams or any other sea food? Snapper ind tprrapin are also within the .aw. But don’t give them poultry r»r meat soups. No Kelly would eat those.” “Thanks, Mrs. Murray; but— would meat really hurt you on a Friday? Would it be a sin? And suppose you forgot the day of the week ” “If’ I forgot it was Friday, Mrs. Hartman, meat at all three meals would not be a sin, for no one can sin without intending to do it. And meat that is wholesome on a Thursday or a Friday is just as wholesome on a Saturday. “You see, Mrs. Hartman, Christ once said to His Opostles, ‘Who hearth you, hearth Me’, and thus gave to His Church authority to make laws for the spiritual wel fare of the faithful. Therefore, in deliberately disobeying a Church law. we are deliberately disobeying God. Just there is where the sin comes in. “On the first Good Friday, Mrs. Hartman, Christ hung for three long agonizing hours on the cross and sacrificed His whole human life for us. Isn’t it then the least we can do, to sacrifice just meat each Friday for Him and thus be reminded of the redemntion of mankind? The Church thinks so. That’s why we have our law of Fridav abstinance—a law almost as old as Christianity-itself. “Ah, Mrs. Hartman, if the good old days would only come again, so that we all would worship—the same God in the same wav! Then you wouldn’t be worrying over ”'hat to feed the Kellys on a Fri day, for you and your whole house hold would be ‘fish-eaters’ too.” If you would like fuller explana tions on anything Catholic, write ^Catholic Club. Father Spiesman, Director, P. O. Box 407, Anderson, McGRATH MOTOR CO., INC McCORMICK, S. C. s. c. -X- SAMTARY OFFICER SAYS FIGHT FLIES AI\D MOSQUITOES mW During the summer months one often hears it stated that there are more flies, or mosquitoes than usual, and the fact attributed to some phenomenal condition, said Mr. J. P. King. Sanitary Officer, of Abbeville and McCormick Counties. He also added that it is very true that one year the increase in flies and mosouitoes is very marked over another but that there is a direct cause for it. The time to fight these insects, he says, is in the month of May, and that if a large number of people will do so a decided decrease will be noted during the summer months. He effers the following suggestions in the effort: 1. Begin to use insecticides now against flies, mosquitoes, roaches, ants, etc., i. e., powders, sprays, fly paper, swatters. One insect eliminated now accounts for hun dreds in August. 2. Repair all screening in house and protect all foods, as insects, like humans, congregate where there is the most food. 3. Clean up the areas about the home and other property. Cut the grass, drain marshy and wet areas, spread oil on apparent mosquito breeding places. Clean barnyards and stalls frequently. Erect sanitary toilets. 4. Dispose of garbage in cover container. Erect small platform j to keep container off ground and fasten so that dogs, cats, and other prowlers cannot overturn. If there is no garbage collection, dig a hole and bury it. It is indisputable that, if a vicious campaign is carried out by each individual in May against insects a very noted decrease will be noted in the summer months. UNCLE NATCHEL says: FARM GUIDE FOR MAY To remind farmers of essential farm activities in May, County Agent D. Austin Shelley makes these suggestions: Agronomy 1. Do not ruin a good stand of cotton by chopping it all out. Leave two or three stalks every 8 to 12 inches. 2. For a profitable investment make a side applica tion of nitrogen to cotton soon after chopning. 3. Plan to put all grain stubble land into soybeans, cowpeas, or velvet beans for soil- conserving and soil-building crops. Horticulture 1. Sow tomatoes for July trans planting, collard and cabbage for August transplanting. 2. Mulch to matoes heavily with straw or leaves to hold moisture and pro long fruiting. 3. Do not cultivate beans while the foliage is wet. 4. Apply nitrate of soda to garden crops if net growing well. 5. Do not cut voung asparagus too close ly: fertilize and manure the bed after cutting season. Insects and Diseases 1. Arrange to poison the boll weevil early. 2. Spray fruit trees for curculio, codling moth, and diseases. 3. Spray pecans with Bordeaux to control scab. 4. Band apple trees for codling moth by May 15. 5. Control Irish potato and tomato diseases and insects with Bordeaux-lead arsenate spray. 6. Get ready to fight the screw worm. Agricultural Engineering 1. Keep working parts of farm machinery greased or oiled, as this is cheaper than repairs. 2. Check the mower, binder, or other har vesting machinery for needed re pairs. 3. Be sure that grain is dead ripe before harvesting wit*i, a combine, which usually is 101 QURE, roastin’ ears are natu- ^ ral food for hungry folks... and mighty good food, too. And Chilean Nitrate of Soda is natural food — and mighty good food—for hungry crops. For side-dressing this spring, use plenty of Natural Chilean Soda. Its quick-acting nitrate and its natural balance of other plant food elements, give healthy natural nourish- NATURAL CHILEAN WRATe OF SOM ment, just when your crops are hungriest. Side-dress liber ally with Natural Chilean Ni trate of Soda. That is the way to ijiake sure of good yields, gottd quality and early ma turity. Chilean Nitrate is the world’s only natural nitrate. Costs no more. Sold every where. PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS Boron Iodine Manganese Potash Magnesium Calcium and many more days to two weeks after it is cus tomary to begin harvesting' with the binder. Soil Conservation 1. Watch the terrace channels during the planting and culti vating period. A big rain may silt | them up in places and cause breaks later. 2. Sow some close growing crop on newly constructed terraces. Sorghum or sudan is fine for this. 3. Visit your nearest Soil Conservation Service demon stration area and study the con- ditiens and results. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, | McCORMICK. S. C