McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, July 25, 1940, Image 8
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 25, 1940
TODAY and
DANGER serious
I’ve been talking lately with a
:number of military and naval
men, two or three of whom know
enough about international rela
tions to be classed as statesmen,
rnd one who is among the most
* impetent authorities on aviation
To all I have put the same ques-
on: “How serious is the danger
to the United States if Germany
defeats the British?”
From what they said and what
I have gathered from other
sources, I have come to some
pretty clear conclusions. The first
cf them is that the Nazi-Fascist
program of world expansion will
not end with the conquest of
Britain. Hitler, Mussolini and
rtalin—all are already working in
the Western Hemisphere to pre
pare the road for the conquest,
ilrst of South America, then of the
United States.
If Hitler succeeds in defeating
Britain, our turn may come very
quickly. As I write it seems not
i-t all unlikely that the British can
be beaten. That would mean that
the British navy would fall into
German hands and Germany
'would become master of the seas.
And that would make our own
j osition pretty serious.
Nickel-A-Bale
War Chest For
Cotton On Way
Indignant Claimant
Finds He Could
Have Avoided Delay
Council President Calls For Uni
versal Service In Battle For
Increased Consumption.
EEAPOWER essential
One of my friends pointed out,
ahd the others agreed, that Brit
ain’s development into a mighty
empire in the past 200 years has
been due to her control of the
teas. With a great navy to rely
Lpon, England and the dominions
l ave not had to drain their re
sources in maintaining great
armies, as other nations have
cone. A nation which could con-
• uer England could conquer the
'..orid.
A navy man showed me some
figures. The combined fleets of
Germany, Italy and Japan, if the
British fleet and what is left of
the French navy, were added,
would be almost three times as
powerful as the American navy.
That would leave the United
States wide open to attack by sea.
it would be difficult, probably im
possible, to protect the heart of
cur entire naval strategy, which is
Panama Canal.
1 We have two great seacoasts to
defend and a navy hardly ade
quate to protect one of them. Our
foreign policy for half a century
has been based on reliance upon
the British navy to guard our At
lantic shores while we watched
the Pacific. Whether we could
build a two-ocean navy fast,
enough my naval friends doubted.
AIRPLANES crippling
The military aviation experts
with whom I talked agreed that
we haven't anything to worry a-
bout in the way of attack from
the air unless and until an enemy
obtains air bases much nearer to
our shores than any which any
potential enemy now has. The ef
fective range of fighting planes is
not more than 500 miles from the
home base, probably less.
But within 500 miles of our
coasts are outpost? like Bermuda,
;he Bahamas, Newfoundland and
islands in the Caribbean and the
Pacific which an enemy with a
strong navy might take and use
as fuel depots and airplane basks.
With planes launched from car
rier ships they could cripple most
of our coastwise and ocean mer
chant fleets.
Our answer to that sort of
threat would be in the air, the
flying men assured me and the
naval men partly agreed. It takes
a lot of time to build a navy.
Planes by the tens of thousands
can be built quickly. It takes
longer to train pilots than to build
he planes. But if worst comes
to worst, those I talked with a-
greed that we’ve got a year or
more to get ready—in case.
ARMY inadequate
Without exception, all of the
experts I have talked with agree
that there is no chance whatever
that the United States will be
called upon to send soldiers over
seas to fight on foreign soil. There
was general agreement, however,
that our present army is inade
quate in numbers and in equip-
icnt and out of date at many
points. /
The time when an army will be
needed to defend this country
will be when some enemy power
gets control of the seas and can
Cotton firms and cotton farmers
of McCormick and surrounding
area were called on today by
President Oscar Johnston of the
National Cotton Council for “100
•^er cent allegiance in cotton’s to
tal war for increased consump
tion.”
In a message addressed to local
oroducers throughout the county
"^resident Johnston declared that
the raw cotton industry is arm
ing as never before in its history
to smash down the blitzkrieg of
substitutes, surplus, and foreign
competition.”
The message came simultane
ously with the National Cotton
Council’s announcement ' of a
“universal service” plan to provide
funds with which to carry on the
fight during the coming year. The
new plan, to go into effect August
1, calls for a defense fund of five
cents on every bale of lint and
three cents on every ton of seed,
mobilized with the help of each of
the five primary raw cotton inter
ests,
Under the new plan, arrange
ments have been perfected en
abling the producer to make his
nickel-a-bale contribution at the
first point of sale, either to the
cotton merchant, large or small,
or the ginner or warehouseman
acting as merchant.» This con
tribution is carried on from mer
chant to compressor, who remits
the accumulated funds to the
Council when the bale is first
compressed, or from merchant to
textile mill which remits on un
compressed cotton.
Similarly, contributions on seed,
which are made by the ginner and
crusher, are assembled and re
mitted to the war chest by the oil
mills.
“For fifty years we cotton
farmers have been talking about
an organization like the National
Cotton Council to defend our
markets and find new ones
through judicious advertising, in
telligent research, and organized
opposition to restrictive legislation.
At last we have it, and in two
years, equipped with modem
weapons, it has accomplished more
than any of us thought was possi
ble in so short a period.
“Domestic consumption has been
brought back virtually to the all-
time high, with every indication
that a new record can be set in
1941. Plans are ready for a vigor
ous attack on the acute problem
of foreign trade. Council scien
tists are on the trail of new uses.
A united cotton industry has gone
to war.”
force its way past our navy and
aircraft to land fighting men by
the millions from convoyed mer
chant ships. That attack might
come from Canada or from Mex
ico. We have no defenses along
those borders.
It takes a long time to train and
equip a modem army, longer to
build effective border fortifica
tions, still longer to build battle
ships. I found my friends agree
ing that the quickest and surest
defense we can set up against in
vasion is airplanes first, then
submarines and destroyers. In the
meantime we ought to build
cruisers and battleships to match
any possible combination of naval
forces which could be sent against
us.
ENGLAND periled
I have been setting down some
serious and gloomy possibilities,
mostly conclusions of men who
know more about the whole mat
ter than I do. But let me point
out here again the “if” behind it
all. The danger to the United
States is imminent only if Hitler
defeats England.
Even then, there is a possible
out. That is, if Britain succeeds
in keeping its navy, removing it
to bases on this side of the ocean,
out of reach of German planes.
Britain’s peril is from the air. Her
naval bases are within air range
of the enemy.
The only place this side of the
Atlantic where adequate naval
bases are available is the United
States. If the British Isles are
lost, I would be in favor, for our
own safety, of giving England the
Delay in receiving his old-age
and survivors insurance benefits
recently prompted a claimant to
write an indignant letter to the
Social Security Board in Washing
ton. He learned from the reply
he received that the delay could
have been avoided if he had been
able to furnish proof of his age
when he filed his claim.
Miss Martha Pressly, manager
of the Social Security Board field
office at Greenwood, S. C., who
reported this, said that the claim
ant complained because he had
applied for benefits at the local
field office of the Board in De
cember and did not receive a de
cision until April. Officials of the
Board looked into the case, Miss
Pressly said, and found from the
records that when the claimant
filed in December he had no birth
certificate, family Bible entry, or
other record which would satis
factorily prove him to be 65 years
of age. The claimant said he be-
ieved the church where he was
baptized, in a distant city, would
have a record.
According to Miss Pressly, a let
ter was written to the church on
the dav the applicant visited the
field office. Despite two follow
up letters, no reply was received
to these inquiries until early in
April. Diligent search was un
doubtedly necessary in the church
records gbing back nearly two-
thirds of a century.
On the day the reply was re
ceived from the church, the com
pleted .claim was forwarded to
Washington for adjudication.
Within 10 days after the proof of
age was received the applicant got
a letter stating that he had been
awarded regular monthly benefits.
Social Security Board officials
recommend that those who expect
to be eligible for benefits in the
future, even though they do not
expect to retire for several years,
may well check up on available
proofs as to their date of birth.
They state that the gathering of
such proof of age has been the
single factor occasioning the
greatest delay in paying benefits.
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beauty. With its variegated color
scheme painted on the sky in
semi-circular form it is fascinating
indeed. And young and old find
in it, not only beauty and fascina
tion, but a token or sign from
God. Since the time of Noah and
the flood it has painted a message
across the sky. God promises
never to destroy the world again
with a flood.
Someone has said, “The rainbow
is the chosen symbol of grace re
turning after God’s wrath.” God
must punish, but God loves us and
that grace constantly returns. It
pictures the cross where judgment
is never to be repeated on the
believer’s sins.
The rainbow means nothing to
the physically blind, nor does the
rainbow of God’s promises to the
spiritually blind. It is for the in
dividual to accept the Christ, be
come spiritually awake, and then
follow the Christ. This should not
be a negative but a positive fol
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negatively is never beautiful. It
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gold. Not the mythical pot of
gold of which we heard so rn’ ch
during childhood, but a real '-ot
of gold for the spiritual life, “ he
Christian will receive a reward
both in this life and in the fu 4 ire
life. The person who dedicates
himself completely to God will
through the years develop into a
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happiness increases. It means,
too, an ever increasing influence.
Influence is power, and power for
spiritual good is the desire of
lower the temperature. two inches deeper than they were
♦ * * growing in the seed bed and if
Carefully planned menus do the y aren,t 10 ^ staked, put out
their share, too, toward keeping us * our a P ar t each way. Staking
every conscientious believer. And cool ^ sv l mm ^ r Use vegetables > usuall y a morc satisfactory way
and more vegetables! ; for handling the crop inasmuch as
New cabbage is a splendid vege- i the Plants take up less room and
table to include in summer meals.! therp is lem danger of the fruit
You know that “new” in the case as It begins to ripeix. Fob
of cabbage doesn’t mean immature staking set out three feet between
like new potatoes. The heads are roW8 with the plants eighteen,
full grown but green almost all Inches apart,
the way through. It’s this green- # *
ness that is so desirable since it Vaccinate PtllletS
bespeaks extra nutrition in vita
mins. All cabbage contains vita
mins B and C, too, but it’s new
cabbage that’s richest in the i
elusive C vitamin. Since it’s low
in calories it’s ideal for hot days
because it won’t increase the
body-temperature.
Against Pox, Roup
Since chicken pox and roupe are
likely to occur in any poultry
flock, it is advisable to vaccinate
, the flock, says County Agent D-
in the end it means a better re
ward. To realize that you have
made the world a little better is
sufficient reward.
Then there is the reward of the
other world. Heaven is the gift
of God to the believer. Beyond
that comes a joy f<>r those who are
prepared to receive it. Jesus says;
that the one who gives a cup of
cold water in my name shall not
lose his reward. We know that
good works do not save; therefore,
this must be some additional re
ward. •
To the faithful Christian comes
the supreme moment of life. When oouy-LcmperaLurc. ; Aus tin Shelley. The most desira-
he shall see Jesus face to face, and There are innumerable ways to We time to vaccinat e pullets is
hear from Jesus those precious serve this zestful new cabbage. w j ien t ^ey are two to three
words, “Well done thou good and Shred it very fine and serve it raw, mon ths old he adds
faithful servant; enter thou into | dressed with lemon juice and a Four precautions in vaccinating
the joy of thy Lord.” Yes, there’s dash of salt. Combine it with are named by the county agent:
a pot of gold for those who will chopped mint and you have some- j Use fresh scab material in
follow through to the end of the thing else again. Grapefruit sec- making virus. Scabs that have
spiritual rainbow. tions, orange sections and pine- b e removed from heads of
apple wedges-one or all-added chicke ns over 10 days and not
to finely shredded cabbage, make ke p t ^ a refrigerator may not give
a delicious stuffing for tomatoes. | goo< j : - esu it s .
All mixed vegetable salads gain j 2. Thoroughly mix powdered
interest when cabbage is included scab mat erial with water about
in their make-up, whether they be one bour before using and! do not
“tossed” or molded. • keep mor e than 10 hours.
If you cook it, use as little water 3 no f. confine pullets after
as possible and cook it covered for vaC cinating. Give them a range
not more than fifteen minutes. Of witb lots of ghade.
course it must be very finely 4 dq n ot vaccinate birds suffer-
shredded for this quick cooking. ing from diseases or parasitic in-
* * * festation, or heavy losses may oc-
Guard against using too hot an cur. Delay vaccination until the
iron when you do up summer silks birds have completely recovered
If you follow the sun around the ant l synthetic fabrics. It’s advis- j from the disease or are free from
house you can keep the rooms a ^ e to ironing on the the paiasitic infestation,
quite comfortably cool although wrong 'side; but if you must iron
you haven’t installed a modern on right side, use a press cloth,
air-conditioning system. Close A * ron yellows and stiffens
windows and pull down shades on silks and actually melts certain
the sunny side to keep the sun out synthetic materials. The new
and open windows on the shady irons equipped with temperatu c
side of the house to allow circula- controls take away all the guess
tion of fresh air. • work and preclude any danger
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most beautiful life. It will bring steps, walks and house foundation IaD lc you ma J ® ^
use of our own naval bases in ex-1 about unlimited happiness. In after the sun goes down. This
change for our use of hers in the the last analysis that is what the puts into effect that old law of Tomato plants six to ten incncs
Far East. Together the, two navies human race is seeking—happiness, nature involving the principle of in height are the best size to set
could still control the seas. As the Christian life develops evaporation and will do much to out in the garden. Plant them
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