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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 18, 1941 Fork Cured On Farms Need Suffer No Loss Losses of pork cured on McCor mick county farms generally re sult from the failure to get the carcasses thoroughly chilled soon after the animal is butchered and to hold the meat at & sufficiently low temperature while in cure to prevent the growth and develop ment of spoilage bacteria, says Ooonty Agent M. A. Bouknight, offering the following rules, which !f carefully followed, will prevent; losses of soon a chill the carcass i as possible after slaughter to temperature of 40 degrees or lower. Fresh meat, like fresh milk, will spoil quickly if not chilled prompt ly. A free circulation of air aids In carrying off the heat. Drop ping the head and splitting down the backbone permits opening up the chest cavity so that the heat can escape. Pulling the leaf fat helps. Second, keep meat cold while in preferably at a temperature S6 and 40 degrees. Spoil- germs grow at temperatures above 40 degrees and may cause souring before the salt has reached the center of the meat. Salt pen etrates slowly into hams and shoulders, and large heavy cuts ftioald be kept cold and in cure until danger is past. Third, limit the salt used to the amount necessary to cure the The temperature at which is held, rather than the quantity of salt used, determines whether meat will keep when cured. Too much salt used in the curing process results in an un palatable low-grade product. Light pounds of salt is sufficient tc cure 100 pounds of meat under farm conditions. Remember that meat curing is an exact science. If the carcass is chilled promptly after slaughter rnd the meat held between 36 and 40 degrees while in cure, and the quantity of salt used is limited to 8 pounds per 100 pounds of meat, and the length of time meat is kept in cure is . controlled, the quality of the resulting cured meat product can be determined before- liand with certainty. The county agent reminds that Extension Bulletin 77, Pork for Carolina Farmers, gives full details on slaughtering and curing the j.arm meat supply, and copies of this bulletin may be had from his office or from the Publications Department, Clemson. Navy Announces Modification Of Phy- sical Requirements Many Applicants Rejected in Past Because of Minor Physical De fects May Re-apply for Re-examination. A relaxation of physical stan dards for enlistments in the U. S. Navy and the Naval Reserve wAs announced last week by the Navy Department. In commenting on farm-slaughtere<£| this SLCtlon ’ the Nay y Department ^ announcement stated that nu merous men who in past months have sought to enlist and have been rejected on the basis of minor physical defects will, be cause of the modification of phy sical standards, be encouraged to re-apply for enlistment in either the regular Navy or the Naval Re serve for the duration of the emergency. The Navy Department has re quested that any person knowing of young men who had been bar red from enlistment in the Navy or the Naval Reserve because of minor physical reasons should production of 346,000 dozen in 1941. Farmers in this county are asked to farrow 240 sows next spring, which is the same as this past year. Miss Matilda Bell, county home demonstration agent, expressed the belief that McCormick county farm women will do their part in meeting requested increases. “Many farms in the county al ready produce most of the foods consumed at; home”, she said. “Next year, however, every family will be striving to be as self- sufficient as possible. This is sure to mean healthier and better-fed people on the farm, a double con tribution to national defense.” txi i Author of Sister Mary’a Kitchen CHECKS HER PAINS FROM LAZY KIDNEYS THIS EASY WAY! 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McCormick county farm women will be called upon in 1942 to make \ most important contribution oward national defense by help- ng to produce more of the foods sed in the farm home, H. M. Freeland, chairman, of the McCor- nick County USDA Defense Board, 'aid last week. Pointing out that many lines of food production are now overtaxed '■'ecause of heavier domestic de mand and the requirements of the ' end-Lease program, Mr. Free- ! and said that even a small in- Tease on an individual farm T 'ould benefit the nation and help to provide nutritious foods for the family’s use. In addition, he added, home food production is a ireat aid to the family budget. Products most needed under oroduction goals, set up in . con nection with the Farm Defense Program, are meats, poultry and dairy products, and fruits and vegetables for canning. McCormick county farm families have been asked to increase the production of milk from about 5,716,000 pounds this year to 6,- 004,000 pounds in 1942. The coun ty goal for eggs is 364,000 dozen, as compared with an estimated Even if you fall short of orig- bring this modification, in physical inality in arranging this year’s requirements to the attention of Christmas decorations, don t de- jspair but relax and content your- self with the assurance if tradi tion and the fact that the custom of decking the house with Christ mas greens goes farther back than our nineteen hundred and more years of celebrating the birthday of the Christ child. Legends and superstitions a- bound concerning the various greens used as decorations in the house as well as about many of the/ Christmas foods. We owe some of our customs to the early Romans, some to the Druids in England and others have come down through the ages from every nation in Christendom. | There is a growing urge for the observance of the Yuletide in the old fashioned way. While we can’t go to the woods for, our greens, we can take cuttings from our own gardens or we can get our mistletoe and green boughs from the florist. All the “ever greens”—hemlock, pines, firs, junipers, spruces and yew can be used to make wreaths and fes toons. Let the children decorate a Christmas tree for the birds. Use any evergreen tree that grows close to the house and hangs pieces of suet, strings of raisins, cranberries, peanuts and sun flower seeds from the branches. For safety’s sake let the Christ mas candle in the window be elec tric. An electric candle won’t drip wax nor burn the draperies but the effect is quite as lovely as that of the real candle. Our own forefathers began their Christmas preparations long be fore Thanksgiving. Ferns were gathered and pressed in the family Bible since it was the largest and heaviest book in the house. Pine cones and acorns were carefully stored and every bit of bright paper, silk or ribbon was hoarded. The Christmas tree was brought home from the woods on the bob sled. So was the yule log which had been cut months before to be well seasoned for bright burning. For days before Christmas corn was popped and long strings of it made to festoon round and round the tree. Cranberries, too, were threaded on long cords used to decorate the tree. One of the loveliest trees I ever saw was dec orated with festoon after festoon if popcorn and nothing else ex cept a silver star at the tip-top. Don’t forget to provide water for birds. Sometimes they need water even more than they do food when all the ponds and brooks are frozen. Choose a shel tered, cat-proof place for your water fountain. Garden Work For December Of these young men Applicants with varicose veins will be accepted under the chang ed standards, this varicocele con dition to be corrected, if the con dition is painful; at the Naval Training Stations to which the new recruits are sent. Hydrocele, another defect that formerly ruled out numerous applicants, will be corrected, if necessary, after en listees arrive at Training Stations. Applicants suffering from hernia will be accepted provided their I. Q.’s are 75 or better. Recruits suf fering from hernia will be treated at the Training Stations and will je enrolled for schooling during their periods of convalescence. Other physical defects which formerly prevented men from being accepted as recruits, but which now are waived, are season al hay fever; correctfble nasal de- ;;ormities or nasal deformities of such a degree as not to interfere with duty; undernourished and underdeveloped applicants, pro viding the condition is not due to organic disease; and minor surgi cal defects which can be corrected within a month. Applicants who possess 18 natural serviceable ;eeth, with at least two molars in unctional occlusion and not more than four incisors missing, will be acceptable. Dental treatment will be given at the Training Stations. Any applicant who has been re jected because of any of the de fects noted above is urged to re apply for enlistment in the Navy or Naval Reserve immediately. All applicants accepted with de tects requiring correction will be hospitalized. After correction of these defects recruits will be re turned to their Training Stations at the earliest practicable time. These modified physical stan dards will apply for all applicants for enlistment in either the regu lar Navy or the Naval Reserve with the exception of applicants for en listment in classes for prospective commissioning. x % Women Called Upon To Help Produce More Food Big Turnips Wilson Wall, colored, of' J' vi- wether sent to this office onr ay the past week a seven-) id purple top turnip with long. i- der, green top. The turnip as perfectly sound all the xy through and the greens L ? ir, both having an excellent f ■ or. While not all of his turnip ire that big, he has more abou' hat size, and plenty of smaller nes from his first planting last /, ;ust and others since. TO SELL ’EM, TELL ’EM- Wifli An A'l Real reasons for growing a gar den and eating fresh vegetables lie in their mineral and vitamin val ues. We must have calcium and phosphorus to build good bones and teeth. Iron is on the required list for the sake of good red blood. 'Vitamins are the mysterious ele ments that stimulate the body to use its building materials. Vegeta bles. can help to supply the most essential minerals and all but one of the six known vitamins nec essary for health and growth. Vitamin A helps to keep us in good general condition at all ages. If we don’t get a regular supply we’re wide-open to certain infec tions. Excellent vegetable sources of Vitamin A are parsley, kale, spinach, chard, turnip greens, green, lettuce, collards, broccoli, mustard and beet greens, carrots, sweet potatoes, yellow squash, peppers, tomatoes, peas, and green string beans. Good sources are asparagus, okra, and Brussels sprouts. Vitamin B, sometimes called the “appetite vitamin”, keeps up your i interest in food and keeps the i ability of your muscles to handle , it. Without enough Vitamin B, in the diet, we’re likely to lose inter est in life, become generally slug gish and irritable. No vegetable ranks as an excellent source, but the good vegetable sources are collards, turnip greens, carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, parsnips, cabbage, asparagus, peas, mustard greens, kale, beet greens, and okra. Vitamin C aids in the fight a- gainst scurvy. Not many people in this country are likely to have such an acute form of deficiency in Vitamin C, but many people do lose appetite and weight and feel , fatigued, think they have rheu- ! matism, and visit the dentist of- tener than they think they should have to. All these signs point to lack of Vitmain C, which is an element that must be supplied new every day, as it cannot be stored in the body. Most people think of orange juice as the one provider of Vitamin C, but a double order of tomato juice will do the same trick. Other excel lent sources are parsley, collards, turnip greens, cabbage, turnips, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, spinach; asparagus, peas, and radishes. Vitamin E, the “anti-sterility” vitamin, comes iri sufficient a- mounts along with any diet which is, otherwise adequate in green vegetables and whole grains. Vitamin G, famous in the study of pellagra, helps to keep us well at all ages, prevents the slowing- up of growth, loss of weight, and too-early signs of old age. Excel lent sources among vegetables are turnip tops and beet, tops and kale. Good sources are spinach, collards, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauli flower, beets, and green lettuce. The color sign applies to Vitamin G, as well as Vitamin A. The nu- tritiori experts in the Bureau of Home Economics say that a rich green colored vegetable is likely to be just about twice as rich in Vitamin G as the same vegetable bleached. Iron is essential for health in the development and maintenance of good red blood, and the follow ing vegetables are rated as ex cellent sources of iron: Beans— green lima, beet greens, chard, collards, kale, mustard greens, parsley, parsnip, peas, spinach, lurrip tops or greens. Calcium is essential to build ^•ood bones and teeth, and the following vegetables are excellent sources of this element: Beet greens, broccoli, cauliflower, col lards, kale, mustard tops or greens. Suggestions Prepare hotbeds for sowing seed in January. Make garden plans for the coming year; order seed cata logues. Garden crops, such as beets, carrots, parsnips, and salsify can be left where grown and dug as wanted. Fall beets and carrots later in the season should have a light furrow thrown over the beds, since these crops are some what tender. Make plantings of the following: Plant English peas of smooth, round type for early spring crop. If not enough cabbage plants have been set to supoly the early spring needs, set them now. Be sure to set them deep enough to cover the entire stem. Plant for succession: Cabbage, kale, lettuce, onion, and spinach. Strawberry, dewberry, raspberry, and blackberry plants may be.set] Cotton Ginnings Given By South Carolina Counties COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1 IN SOUTH CAR OLINA: CROPS OF 1941 AND 1946. The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census, announces the preliminary report on cotton, ginned prior to Decem ber 1, by counties, in South Caro lina, for the crops of 1941 and 1940. The total for the State was made public on Monday, Decem ber 8. (Quantities are in running bales. Linters are not included.) Gin Notice The State ___ Abbeville Aiken __ Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Berkeley Calhoun Cherokee Chester Chesterfield _ _ Clarendon __ Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield __ ___ Fairfield Florence ___ Greenville __ __ Greenwood __ __ Hampton __ __ Kershaw Lancaster __ __ Laurens __ 398,296 3,865 10,024 4,910 28,901 6,040 10,315 1,031 5,136 10,582 6,554 18,385 7,366 2,948 7,477 12,869 3,049 4,913 1,894 8,217 25,730 3,024 4.920 3.921 5,786 11,064 912,487 18,109 25,253 9,038 64,770 14,151 20,585 3,390 18,001 15,689 15,361 Friday and Saturday, December 19th and 20th, will be our last gin days for this season. M. G. & J. J. DORN, INC. McCormick, S. C., Dec. 16, 1941. Trespass Notice Hunting, fishing or otherwise trespassing in any form is hereby strictly forbidden on my lands: and guilty parties will be punish ed to the extent of the law. MRS. ONIE K. HAGGARD. McCormick, S. C., Dec. 3, 1941. WANT ADV. Rooms for rent. Apply to Mrs. J. L. Leslie, McCormick, S. C. NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Common Pleas. 34,029 RUFUS PRICE, ET AL, Plaintiffs,. Lee __ 8,301 Lexington __ __ 3,810 McCormick 1,301 Marion __ 4,191 Marlboro 24,565 Newberry 5,017 Oconee 12,402 Orangeburg _ _ 23,131 Pickens 19,146 Richland __ ___ 1,487 Saluda 2,605 Spartanburg _ _ 43,314 Sumter __ 8,660 Union 5,932 Williamsburg _ _ 7,367 York 16,947 All other 1,199 X 20,313 9.487 24,511 28,023 8,314 17,072 9,376 27,590 35,703 14,178 8,465 14,500 15,125 31,467 28,206 15,628 5,876 10,109 40,379 20,559 18,986 64,795 23,408 7.487 12,238 62,732 33,251 11,715 20,181 30,850 3,587 ARTIE MISGOVERN Rest Restores Lost Energy There are times when every one of us needs to be alone. The petty annoyances of the day's work 4jring on a nervous and mental fatigue for which the only anti dote is complete rest and quiet. When one is tense and working ander a strain, the mere presence of others may increase irritability and give rise to outbursts of tem per. Such explosions may momentarily relieve the tension but they are a drain on physical energy. When the going gets rough, there is nothing in the world -Ufitc so helpful as getting off by one’s self —even if only for a few minutes. Close the door and, if necessary, lock yourself into your loom or office. Sit quietly in /our chair and relax. Look over the newspaper headlines. Play a game of solitaire—anything to take your mind off the problem at hand. Even in the midst of a busy day, it is quite possible to escape for a short time to recover one’s mental equilibrium. You will find that these periods of re laxation serve as safety valves to prevent nervous exhaustion in times of stress. Vs* GRADY PRICE, ET AL, Defend ants. PURSUANT TO ORDER OF THE COURT in the above entitled mat ter, I will sell before the Court House door in. the Town of Mc Cormick, County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, on Sales Day in January, the same being the 5th day of January, 1942, in the usual hours of sale, the fol lowing described property: “All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred sixty-five (165) Acres, more or less, and bounded by the- property of the U. S. Government, N. G. Brown Estate, lands of G. P. McCain, Mrs. Bert Deason and B. W. Weeks.” TERMS OF SALE CASH, pur chaser to pay extra for deed and stamps. If the purchaser’s bid is not complied with immediately", the land will be sold on. the same or some subseauent Sales Day at the bidder’s risk. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master For McCormick County, s c Dec." 16, 1941.—3t. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Countv Of McCormick. By J. Frank Mattison, Probate Judge: WHEREAS, E. L. Fox made suit to me to grant W. J. Hines Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of W. G. Fox; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said W. G. Fox, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on December 26th, 1941, Next, after publication here of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this llth day of December, Anno Domini, 1941. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. Auditor’s Notice FOR THE YEAR 1942. A GOOD SALESAt WHO WORKS CHEAP »■ nntypAPER now, for home use. Matilda Bell. Co. Home Dem. Agent. I will be at the different places on dates given below for the pur- oose of taking tax returns on Real Estate and Personal Property, ex cept the kind that is returned to the tax commission. All owners, agents, guardians, administrators, attorneys, etc., please take notice and make all returns: Office, Jan. 1st through the 5th; E. M. Morgan’s Store, Jan. 6th, morning; Plum Branch, Jan. 6th, after noon; Modoc, Jan. 7th, morning; Parksville, Jan. 7th. afternoon: Jeff Sharpton’s Store, Jan. 8th, morning; J. O. Marshall’s Store, Jan. 8th, afternoon; Young’s School House, Jan. 9th, morning; W. H. & R. C. Link’s Store, Jan 9th, afternoon; Office, 10th through the 19th; Mt. Carmel, Jan. 20th, morning; Willington, Jan. 20th, afternoon; Bordeaux. Jan. 21st, morning; J. C. Talbert’s Store, Jan. 21st, afternoon; Vernon & Bailey Bethel Church, Jan. 22nd, morning; Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth’s Store, Jan. 23rd, morning; Office, Jan. 24th through Feb, 28th. Alter Feb. the 28th 10% penalty on all who failed or refused to make returns; all male person ^ between 21 and 60 years are liable for poll tax; 21 to 50 years are liable for road tax or street tax. C. W. PENNAL, Auditor. Jo Relieve Misery of 1666 LIQUID.TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS