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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 5, 1941 Partial Beftefits Only 11 Per Cent Of Total Columbia, June 2.—During 1940 Ihe South Carolina Unemployment '"'♦moensation Commission paid benefits totaling $2,479,775, and of this amount only $270,625.22 or -nly about 11 per cent was for ; "vrtial (and part-total) unem ployment, the Agency’s annual re port which recently came off the nress reveals.- TOterefore, to be exact, the com- mission paid $2,208,008.80 in total "nemployment benefits to indi- iduals who were earning no wages rod performing no services; $143,- f’27^5 in partial benefits to per- r^ns who were on short-time work with regular employing units; and ♦127,097.97 to “part-total” benefit claimants who were working only part-time at odd jobs. The agency Tax Notice Street Tax was due May 1st; last day for payment without penalty will be May 31st. A pen- *Jty of fifty cents will be added June 1st, or six days work on the streets. J. O. Patterson, Clerk. McCormick, S. C., May 16, 1941.—3t. also made supplemental payments totaling $1,141.34 which were not classified as to type of employ ment. Partial (and part-total) benefits declined considerably from Jan uary (1940), when $27,372.02 were paid, to December, when only $11,- 776.78 were paid. Early experience in the adminis tration of the partial unemploy ment benefit phases of the pro gram indicated that workers would sometimes have difficulty in getting away from their jobs long enough to report weekly at employment offices to file claims —^particularly if the offices were a considerable distance from the place of work. Therefore, a sys tem was worked out whereby em ployers could file the claims for the workers and in this way pre vent a disruption of employment. Under this plan the employers ob tain the signatures of workers on weekly “low earnings reports” which they submit the local em ployment offices. When these re ports are signed, they become the workers’ claims for partial unem ployment benefits and applications for full-time employment. As soon as the Commission re ceives a claim from the worker, whether submitted through the employer or by the worker person ally, it informs the employer of the claimant’s “Weekly benefit a- mount.” In turn the employer notifies the worker. This proce dure all boils down to one point— the worker in order to receive benefits for partial unemployment must either file his claim person ally at an employment office or through, his employer by signing a “low earnings report.” The weekly partial unemploy ment benefit amount received by the worker depends on the a- mount he Would receive if totally unemployed 'and eligible, and the earnings he makes while on short time. Therefore the partial bene fit varies from week to week if the wages vary- When 25 or more workers are laid off at the same place at about the same time, the Employment Office sends a representative to the plant to assist in receiving the applications for full-time work and claims for benefits. The Annual Report was pre sented to the Governor and the Legislature by Commissioners Sam B. Pratt, Jr., A. J. Hatfield, and Cole L. Blease. KELVINATOR New and used electric refrigerators. • See our line of 1941 Kelvinators. Ask us about the easy payment plan before you buy. For modem refrig eration buy Kelvinator. McCORMICK SERVICE STATION J. L. CAUDLE, (Owner) Phone 64 McCORMICK, S. C. “I WANT MY FRIENDS WHO SUFFER TO KNOW HOW I GOT SPLENDID REUEFT Gassy Stomach Pains, Constipation Relieved With Small Doses Of WILLIAMS FORMULA, Says North Carolina Minister. Others Find Headaches, Bad Breath, Back Pains, Broken Sleep From Lazy Bowels—Are Quickly Relieved By Taking This Fine Medicine. TO those who suffer as Rev. R. H. Harrill, Mt. View St., Gastonia, N. C., did, his experience may prove of great value—because the t drice he gives to sufferers of constipation, so often responsible for distress as he describes, if I ceded, may help you far beyond your present expectations. He iays: “It is indeed a pleasure to be t.ble to pass along a few good ' ords about Williams Formula, Y7hich is giving me so much relief j jrom sluggish intestinal elimina- \ion. “I have tried various means of relief; none brought me the fine relief Williams Formula is bring ing me. Gassy stomach pains have been a source of discomfort plso, but since taking Williams Formula, I eat many more foods irithout being distressed with sour acid gassy pains. I even seem to 'eep better at night. I shall con tinue to tell my friends about Williams Formula.” WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU! * f ' .-v If you are distressed with head aches, nervousness, gassy stomach and bloating then by all means try the fine stomachics, and mild laxatives present in WILLIAMS FORMULA. Besides you receive mild dieuretics helping to relieve —, 1H ; acid urinary pains in bladder and passages/ Appetizers are also sup plied irr the: splendid WILLIAMS FORMULA. A TRIAL —SO EASY Come into the Peoples Drug Store today and just say, “I Want Some WILLIAMS FORMULA.” Others are getting such fine re lief already, right here in this city, that we urge you to come in today. 3 economical sizes, so don’t put it off. Come in to the Peoples Drug Store so you can get started taking Williams Formula, today! Sold by reliable druggists. —Adv. Refrigerators Buy a Weslinghouse Refrigerator from us for f§5.00 down and balance on small monthly payments. j. s. i • • , » • PHONE NO. 76 McCORMICK, S. C. In The World Of Women By HOPE CHAMBERLIN HOUS E cvnd- Better Farm Living Aided By Conference i Author of .Sitter .ilary/a .mtc'h^p WINNER AT 81 MRS. ANNA MARY ROBERT SON MOSES, 81, of Syracuse, N. Y., recently won a $250 prize for a painting she submitted to the State Art Show in New York . . . Besides being an artist, she’s a great-grandmother too! * * * WEAVER EXTRAORDINARY LEAH KLEIN of New York, who was born blind and now, in her thirties, is a virtuoso of the weav ing loom, makes table runners as her specialty. She tells colors by knotting the end of the thread once on the green shuttle, twice on the blue, etc. Using that sys tem she works out such intricate patterns as a shaded brown and green pine tree. * * * FAST MAIL UNCLE SAM’S POSTAL SERV ICE was just too speedy for a Roanoke, Va., housewife. Down town, she put a special delivery stamp on a greeting, addressed it to her husband at their home, and at 3 p. m. dropped it in a mailbox where she thought it would be collected that night. When she got home at 4 p. m., she found the greeting had got there ahead of her. * * * ONE WOMAN’S OPINION IT IS NOT ENOUGH THAT WOMEN BE ABLE TO FLY AIR PLANES, they should be able to service them—ever, design them— believes Katharine Stinson, senior in aeronautical engineering at North Carolina State college in Raleigh, N. C. Miss Stinson, 23, who is to receive ’her degree in aeronautical ergineering in June will be the first woman to grad uate in this department at the state college. * * * DISCOVERY THE CENSUS PEOPLE come up with a findirg that there are 101 men for every 100 women in the country, which works out approx imately to a stag line of 650,000! * * * SOLDIER-COOK PRIVATE ROBERT CRABTREE stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., relies on the mails to do his cook ing for the headquarters company of the 147th infantry in training at this camp. His wife sends him the recipes he uses! * * * FROM NEAR AND FAR LUCY MONROE, NEW YORK SONGSTER, has been dubbed “The Star Spangled Soprano” bee' :se she has sung the national an’ more than 500 times . . . '. re are 742,366 other ways of sc: ing eggs if you don’t like them s' ~:n- bled, says Christine Carlson, h :ne ec specialist at Ohio State U. : t- sity . . . Mrs. Patience Brown ' nd Collett Sitler were together Sat urday just as they have beer. ch May 24 for the last 86 year- :he twins have never missed cele rat ing their birthday together in Wellman, Iowa. If you live in a red brick house, ; perhaps . you’re wondering what type of flowers to put in your window boxes. White flowers are lovely. Marguerites, trailing white petunias, white geraniums, white Sweet Alyssum all grow well in a window box. For a bit of con trast, to make the white look whiter, you might include pure blue cornflowers, which are a new low-growing variety of old-fash ioned bachelor’s buttons. Windowboxes in shady places are best planted with fewer flowering plants and more foliage Ferns, wandering-jew, English Ivy, coleus, vinca, variegated plants in lilies, trailing eUonymus, tuberous rooted begonias, fuchsia—all these do well even in almost full shade It’s a mistake to set too many plants in the box early in the season. You should calculate on at least five square inches of soil for each plant in order to avoid over-crowding. Before setting out the plants, prepare your soil, add ing a complete plant food as the manufacturer directs. ♦ * * Potato chips are in demand for picnics and class breakfasts and if you make them at home here are a few suggestions. First slice them as thin as possible, being sure they are of uniform thickness. Slice them into very cold water. Drain and drop into rapidly boiling water for just one minute. Drain and plunge at once into ice water and let stand two or three hours. Drain and dry between towels and drop into deep hot fat, 395 degrees Fahrenheit, until they are a nice brown". Drain on crumpled paper and sprinkle lightly with salt. These can be made several days before wanted for using and re crisped in the oven, if so desired. * * * To remove chewing gum from fabrics, rub with ice. The gum will roll off and leave no marks. Ice is effective in removing ex cess fat from the top of soups and gravies. Run a pfece of ice over the top of the soup and see the fat coat it at once. Slip the hard fat off the ice and repeat the pro cess. MfGOVERN How to Reduce From the hundreds of letters 1 receive every week, it is quite evi dent that more women are ; con cerned about reducing large hips than about any other single figure fault. Even those who are other wise quite thin may show a ten dency to spread below the waist line. It is a common complaint and one that has many causes. Incorrect posture, a complete sedentary existence with little oi no exercise, general fat accumu lation, an habitual mincing walk with no action in hips or thighs; any or all of these will account for badly proportioned hips. The cure lies always in special exercises that bring movement to these inactive muscles. The ones given below do just that and have been most successful in many cases under jny personal care. Facing the wall at arm’s length away, place both hands on the wall for support and squat down, trying to sit on your heels. Re turn to starting position. Repeat ]ten times. Stand with your right side to ward the wall, at arm’s length, and place your right hand on the wall for support. Now describe a circle with your left leg, swinging it forward, outward, back, and a- round, ten times. Then reverse the movement, placing your left hand on the wall and circling your right leg ten times. Stand erect and clasp 'your hands around your- right knee, pulling the knee up as far as pos sible. Repeat ten tixnes *£f)!<f \n<in cs e*:r-rcis3 ^v : ttiic left Clemson, May 31.—Better farm living in South Carolina will re ceive greater impetus as a result of the three-day conference of Extension Service workers held at Clemson, May 26-28, when various phases and angles of the better farm living program now under way in the state received atten tion. Director D. W. Watkins presided over and guided the joint sessions of the workers. Miss Lonny I. Landrum, state home demonstration agent, was in charge of special sessions of the home demonstration agents. Farm agents, home demonstra tion agents, extension specialists, and visiting speakers discussed food and feed production, the place of livestock and poultry in such a program, agricultural plan ning, conservation of food prod ucts, rural electrification, cold storage of food, nutrition and health, and other pertinent mat ters. The service to farm people pro moted by the Rural Electrification Authority received special atten tion in a discussion led by U. Rail, assistant to Oscar Meier, head of the cooperative section REA, Washington. Mr. Rail is liaison between the REA and the Exten sion Service. | Another special discussion was that on cold storage locker plants and their value in better farm liv- j ing led by L. N. Baker of the • Tennessee Valley Authority. The general feeling among the nearly 200 extension workers at tending the conference was that while some real progress has been made in the 75 per cent food and feed production program and in the food and feed deficiency pro gram, there is still much to be done in promoting better farm living. It is felt also that farm people and to some extent the general public are more awake than heretofore to the value of and need for a type of farming hat takes account of home and national defense, production of living needs, improved nutrition standards and better health for rural people, as well as better cash income. x — Defense, Good Farm ing And Better Health Clemson, May 31, — “Defense, Good Farming, and Better Health” axe effectively tied up for South Carolina farm families in a brief publication under this title, pre pared by the Extension Service and issued this week as Circular 193. Copies of this four-page circu lar may be had from county farm and home agents or from the Pub lications Department at Clemson. Circular 193 is inspirational in pointing out the importance for the general welfare of the state and the nation of an adequate supply of a variety of home-grown foods, what can be done in this connection by almost every family, and what is being done this year by thousands of South Carolina armers who have volunteered to grow definite additional acreages of food and feed crops. The circular is also practical in making these suggestions of things that should be done for this year’s better farm living: 1. More sweet potatoes and sor ghum for syrup. Select best seed and soil available. 2. Grow pearl millet and other forage crops for livestock to have plenty of feed for late summer, fall, and winter. 3. Improve pastures by liming, fertilization, mowing, etc. 4. Grow soybeans for hog graz ing and grow out hogs to heavier weights. 5. Have good summer and fall gardens, including string beans, tomatoes, okra, coUards, and greens of all kinds. Utilize irriga tion where possible. 6. Secure as early as possible sufficient livestock and poultry to meet family needs. Chevrolet- Model Preferences w/-'z7/r VJHAT? I JO o£f WHEN Tins HAPPENS, PHONE Vb ) ami We"ll Print Sonic For You In A Hurry!.’ The increasing demand on the oart of Chevrolet buyers has prompted the five-passenger coupe into second position among all body styles, usurping the place held by the four-door sedan throughout most of the past de cade, figures recently released by the division’s Market Analysis de partment reveal. Traditionally the leader, twp- door sedans are still the No. I choice of the Chevrolet buying public, the figures show, with the always-popular four-door sedans now in third place. Fourth and fifth, respectively, are the business coupe and the cabriolet. During the first quarter of 1941, two-door sedans accounted for 44.8 per cent of all passenger car sales, the Chevrolet business picture shows. Five-passenger coupes were 24 per cent of all sales; four- ,door sedans 22.9 per cent; busi ness coupes 6.5 per cent, and cabriolets 1.6 per cent. In the same period last year, two-door sedan sales amounted to 54.4 per cent of the total; four- doors, 24.3 per cent; business coupes, 11.2; five-passenger coupes 8.3, and Cabriolets 1.5. A decade ago, in 1930, the fig ures ran like this: two-doors, 46.3 per cent; four-doors, 24.6; four- passenger coupes, 17; business coupes 7; phaetons, .3, and sport roadsters, 4.8 per cent. xx Diet, Health, Income Related To Food Crops Clemson, June 2.—D. W. Wat kins, director of the Extension Service and chairman of the state nutrition committee, called atten tion today to the significant state ment of Congressman Clyde T. Ellis of Arkansas regarding diet and health. The statement has importance not only regarding diet and health but also regard ing the possibilities of increased income from production of food crops. “It is estimated that 50 per cent of the American boys now being rejected in the draft have nothing wrong with them but the effects of poor diet”,, says Congressman Ellis. “Great Britain has just completed a most interesting ex periment. She took at random 1,- 000 rejected boys and placed them under proper diet for 60 days and sent them back for re-examina tion. Eighty-five per cent passed. “In the United States today an army meal costs 21 cents. The av erage American meal costs 10 cents. To bring the average American meal up to a minimum of the fcpi standard in. fruits, eggs, dair|r products, and meats would ad* * net $2,000,000,000 an nually to* oUr farm income. Add two billions to the farmers’ total cash sales income for last year, for these particular commodities, apd the South will show new life. “Herein lies hope if you and I are equal to the occasion.” Hens Lay Good Money When Fed Good Mash Clemson, June 2.—Keep laying mash before the hens during the summer and they will put mpney in your pocket. A hen cannot produce eggs unless she has a well balanced ration. • This suggestion is given poultry owners by P. H. Gooding, poultry specialist of the Clemson Exten sion Service, who states that many ooultrymen make the mistake of discontinuing the feeding mash during the spring and summer. Eggs contain a high percentage of protein, Mr. Gooding explains, and the hen must make the egg from the food given her. Hence, if the hen is given only com, which contains very little protein, she cannot be expected to lay a great many eggs. The way to cut the cost of feed is by disposing of hens that stop laying early in the spring and summer and feeding the ones that continue to lay. A hen will make money for her owner during the summer if she continues to lay. - - — ■ -n* SMART MONEY KNOWS WHERE TO , GO AFTER l READING THE ADS , IN THIS K ' newspaper.