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TW McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, October 3, 1940 V.-A' If-T- 1 ■ Wr‘. fcCORMICK ME3SENG „V * BE&St' i r Published Every Thursday established June 5» IMS \ _ , f bdmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner R Altered at the Post Office at Mc- Oonnick, S. C-, as mail matter of the second class. ( SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year r Si.00 Rtx Months .75 * Ttiree Months .50 CLEAR THINKING ON DEMOCRACY Five hundred of the world’s most able and distinguished thinkers met in New York for three days and evenings the first week in September for a purpose almost unheard of in history. They met to discuss science, philosophy and religion in their relation to the democratic way of life. Preparations for this confer ence had been under way for more than a year. More than one 'hundred and seventy-five learned societies, universities, and religious bodies were represented In what was perhaps the greatest brain trust ever assembled. There were philosophers and mathemati cians, political scientists, physi cists, technologists, teachers and clergymen of every denomination and creed, Protestants, Catholics and Jews, Probably never before has such a group been able to meet and ' discuss any subject without seri ous dissent. The amazing thing about this meeting is that there was complete agreement on the general proposition that the most dangerous weapons by which na tions conquer each other are not guns but ideas; that the war ^in Europe is an outgrowth of ideas and that the Belgiums and the French were defeated as much by thoughts as by tanks. These five hundred thinkers found themselves able to agree upon at least one fundamental principle. That is “that modern civilization can be preserved only by a recognition of the supreme worth and moral responsibility of the individual human person.” That is the supreme essence of democracy. xx TODAY FRANK PARKER STOCKBRID6E MAGIC discoveries The most important things that are happening in the world today are taking place, not in the areas af Europe and Asia where nations are engaged #n war, but in the laboratories of scientists here in America, where new discoveries that will eventually set the world free from the economic ills which lead to war are being made every few weeks. These secrets of Nature which are being uncovered so rapidly are so amazing that they seem like magic. They are, in their possibilities, as potent as any charms attributed to the sorcerers of ancient legend and fable. If only a few of the recent discover ies of science come into general application, it is easy to picture a world set free from want and the. fear of the future which has be- ! ret mankind from the beginning, of time. It all depends upon the use men make of the new magic. Unless! the liberation of their physical energies from the need of con stant toil for bare subsistence is accompanied by a liberation of the human spirit there will be nothin? gained. If the new knowledge is to be used further to enclave men’s souls, the labora tories would better be scrapped now. I POWER volume A few weeks ago I reported in this column the discovery by sci-. entists of a new source of un limited power. By means of the; cyclotron, a device that projects ! rpwhich have the power of, dividing the atoms of which all; ot 0 '' — is composed, the element: uranium, heaviest of minerals, was; *pMt. into two substances. One of these, called U-235, was found to be capable of giving off power in undreamed-of volume. One pound of U-235 can supply as much power as 5 million pounds of coal or 3 million pounds of gasoline. The problem has been to produce that quantity of U-235. Only an infinitesimal particle has so far been separated. But in the search another discovery has been made. That is an entirely new element, now called U-237. Given a cyclotron or atom-smash er powerful enough, scientists now say they can convert ordinary uranium, worth $2 a pound, into U-237, which is even more power ful than U-235. The great cyclotron now being built at the University of' Cali fornia may be able to do that. In the meantime, word has come 1 from Germany that Hitler has set all German scientists at work on the effort to produce this new power for his conquest of the world. . » FUTURE changed ) I do not expect to live to see this new source of power driving the ships and airplanes of the I world and turning all the wheels of industry. It is in the stage now that electricity was in when Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was an electric phenomenon. It was a hundred years later before Faraday made the first electric generator, an other thirty or forty years before Edison perfected the electric light. | The seed has been sown, how- ! ever, the best brains of the world of science are at work on the j problem, and much greater speed in the development of new dis coveries is possible now than it was in the old days. It may be only ten or fifteen years, possibly sooner, before the great social and industrial revolution, which is sure to come with the practical use of the new power, has got under way. The one certain thing is that out of this and other discoveries of science the world as we know it today will be so changed that the grandchildren of the young men who are now being selected for military training will live in a totally different universe. FUEL exhaustible One of ^he things which has been worrying people who are concerned about the future of the world, is the fuel supply. If arid when we have atomic power a- vailable everywhere, for practical ly nothing, that will be nothing to worry about. But in the mean time, suppose the world’s supplies of oil and coal run out? There is general agreement that they are not inexhaustible. But now comes Professor Ernst Bearl of the Carnegie Institution of Technology in Pittsburgh and tells the world to stop worrying about such things. He went to a meeting of the American Chemi cal Society in Detroit a couple of weeks ago and showed the mem bers some samples of bituminous coal and of crude petroleum which he had made in his own laboratory, out of such things as seaweed, molasses, corn-stalks and many other vegetable products. Nature took millions of years to manufacture the hidden deposits of oil ^nd coal; Prof. Berl makes his samples in an hour. It is still cheaper to get oil and coal out of the ground, but when the supply begins to run short, men know how to make the identical prod ucts. WEALTH created Such things as I’ve just been writing about, and other new sci entific triumphs such as making rubber out of petroleum, extract ing magnesium from seawater, and the like, are illustrations of the eternal truth that wealth is the product of human thought and labor applied to the raw materials with which Nature sup plies us in abundance. There is no limit to the possi ble wealth which men can create. Therefore, it is no wild dream to imagine a time when there will be no poverty, when everyone can have all he needs without depriv ing anyone else of any necessities. Sooner or later the idea that there is only so much wealth in the world and that the only way to get it is to take it away from somebody else will have been for gotten as a crazy dream. State Fair 4-H Rally Wednesday, Oct. 23 Clemson, Sept. 30.—Extension Director D. W. Watkins announces that the fourth annual State Fair 4-H Rally will be held at the Fair Grounds Wednesday, October 23. As heretofore, thousands of 4-H boys and girls, 4-H club leaders, parents, and friends will take part in or witness the rally, which begins at 11 a. m. Better farm living will be the central theme of this year’s pro gram, features of which will be: “Better farm living under the 4-H flag”; “Citizenship”, including a review of 4-H achievements and blue ribbon State Fair exhibits; “Health”, including the crowning of the state 4-H health king and queen; and “Recreation”. Governor Burnet R. Maybank will inaugurate the better farm living feature and Dr. D. W. Daniel, retired dean of the School of General Science at Clemson, will make the principal address. A. H. Ward, district extension agent, Aiken, is general chairman of the rally; Leon Clayton, assis tant state boys’ club agent, is chairman of the better farm liv- j ing feature of the program; a.nd ; Mrs. T. D. Plow T den, district home agent, Sumter, will have charge of the singing. “The program being planned is educational, entertaining, and colorful”, says Mr. Clayton, “and should be of great interest and real value to all rural South Car olina.” txr Cotton Marketing Quota For 1941 Pro claimed: Growers To Vote December 7th Beauty Reaches All-Time High in New 9 41 Chevrolet Completely new styling joins with numerous mechanical ' improvements to make the new 1941 Chevrolet, now on ’ display at all dealers’, a worthy successor to the cars which have earned first place in public favor year after < year. The greater size and roominess of the new models, j as well as their sleek new beauty, are apparent in the imperial De Luxe Sport Sedan, shown above. 1 At (2) is shown the spacious interior of the same model’s |#sear compartment, and at (3) is its front compartment, Afcowing two-spok* steering wheel with horn-blowing ring, slid ing-type sun visors, and smartly re-styled dash. TWO GOVERNORS TO DEDICATE LOUIE MORRIS BRIDGE OCT. 11 Jo Relieve Misery Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard today announced a national cotton marketing quota for the marketing year beginning August 1. 1941. The national quota is the same as the one in effect this year. With normal yields, it will make possible the marketing of approximately 12 million bales of cotton, produced on an acreage near that of the 1940 season. In 1940 cotton acre age allotments totaled 27,900,000 acres, while farmers planted a- bout 25,100,000 acres. The 1941 marketing quota will not become effective unless ap proved bv two-thirds of the eli gible cotton growers who vote in a referendum to be held Saturday, December 7. The . cotton marketing quota program for 1941 will be the same as that in effect for the 1938, 1939 and 1940 cotton crops. The 1940 quota was approved by 91.2 per cent of the producers who voted in the referendum held December 9, 193§. Similarly, the quota pro grams for the 1938 and 1939 crops were approved by a large majority of the producers voting in the two referendums. Regardless of the outcome of the December 7 referendum, the conservation phases of the AAA Farm Program will be in effect in 1941. Marketing quotas are designed to supplement the con- rervation part of the program by assuring farmers who plant with in their acreage allotments that their efforts to adjust supplies will not be nullified by non-co- eperators. Farmers who plant v/ithin their acreage allotments under the conservation program will be able to market all of the cotton grown on their alloted acreage without penalty. If marketing quotas are in effect, producers who market in excess of their quotas will be required to pay a penalty of * three cents a pound on all cotton sold in excess of marketing quotas set up for , ■ ' ■■■■ ■ .wini^Min ■ ■ — their farms. With quotas in ef- , * , , , . feet, cotton loans may be made as rat ^ r ‘ han mefeased our foreign place a floor under prices, and authorized by the Agricultural out f* 3 f ” cotton - Although the marketing quotas to place their Adiustment Act of 1938 position of cotton in world trade commodity on the market m an Under that act, proclamation of j? dl “ lc . u ' t : T tind satlsfaction ln order| y fashion. At present our a marketing quota is mandatory fact ‘ hat * e are ‘"creasing domestic cotton price is far above when total cotton supplies for the “ se c0 “° n our own ! the w ° rld P rlce - Principally due to the marketing year reached 107 country through such programs these factors per cent of ‘■normal,” which, as as mattress-making and other provided in the Act, consists of a new uses ; Domestic use of cotton normal year’s domestic consump- J 3 now at a H hlgl ? leve1 ’ due la f ^,. „ , , f . , rfof _ tion and exports, plus 40 per cent , ‘"creased business activity is essential to national defense, it to allow for a normal carry-over. * h,ch . can be partially ascribed to The 1941 marketing quota was: the natl0 " al defen3e Program, announced following official de-! “With marketing quotas in ef- termination that on August 1 the ^ ec ^» cotton farmers will have all total supply of cotton was 24,900,- | Phases of the AAA Farm Program 000 bales or 137 per cent of the help hold their income nearer “normal” supply of 18,200,000 a fair level while working toward bales. I adjustment necessary as a result “Cotton farmers have need of developments in the cotton marketing quotas for the 1941 situation in recent years. In the marketing year more than ever program they have acreage allot- before,” Secretary Wickard said, ments to help adjust supplies to “War conditions have decreased, 1 demand, cotton loans that will j One of the major changes is substitution of 1 safety-steps (4) for the running boards of other y*a.*K. improvement adding to the car’s beauty without siw-riS-:.* of the safety and convenience which ftmning boards ►»»- vide. At (5) is the six-cylinder Chevrolet valve-tn-t^ . • i engine for 1941, in which many refinements — made. Horsepower is increased from &5 u>90 wjiW*»aw»<. ing economy; and cooling, iubricalioa :umJ t> ru 10mm arc all improved. In circle is the new swfw* wKcli -.n the ignition current polarity each tim« cX»' Matter to op** ated, indefinitely prolonging tho life of dtoutbutor pnfo?** Governors of two states and many highway officials and other • dignitaries from Washing ton, Atlanta, Columbia and elsewhere will join in the formal dedication of the Louie Morris Bridge across Savannah River on U. S. Highway 29, Friday morning, October 11, at 11 o’clock. Governor Burnet R. Maybank, of South Carolina, and Governor E. D. Rivers, of Georgia, and other prominent leaders, are on the pro- gram. Commercial and civic organizations of Anderson, S. C, and Hartwell. Ga., are united la arransrine for the celebration that is ex- —Aerial Photo by Beasley ’ pected to draw thousands of visitors. Mayor ‘ R. C. Linder, of Hartwell, is general chairman, | and a two-ton granite marker with bronze plate erected in honor of Louie L. Morris, editor of the Hartwell Sun, in whose honor the bridge | is named, will be unveiled. The Seminole High way motorcade will stop at the bridge for ttar- ceremony. The new structure and easy approach- ; es replace a dangerous death curve on ttv? Georgia side of the state line, where numerom persons have been killed and injured in tfcv past. “The cotton problem is one which affects the entire nation, and at a time when national unity is important that cotton farmers have this means of strengthening their position. Consequently the safeguards in the AAA Farm Pro gram are not only to the farmer’s interest, but to the public’s inter est as well.” “Re^d ’Em and Reap” our ads DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, ”! i McCORMICK, S. C.