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t McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAKOLKN^ Thursday, February jo '042 TODAY and Don Robinson VflMMINS mysteries I have always meant to look into this vitamin business. For years, in a semi-conscious sort of way, I have listened to radio announcers raving about vitamins and have seen vitamins headlined in countless advertise ments. I have been made vaguely aware of the fact that my health, «ny energy, my stamina and my freedom from disease are depend- ent upon a proper diet of these alphabetical mysteries. Bat, like so many people who let their good health depend on lock, I have gone on eating what I plea led and hoping that if vita mins are necessary my appetite be my guide in leading me to the proper sources for. them. Now, however, with the govern ment insisting that we can all help win the war by improving our health, I decided that it was more or less Of a patriotic duty to find out whether vitamins were bird, beast or fowl—and what, if anything, an occasional side-dish of vitamins might do toward mak ing me a better citizen. * USE uncertainty One of the first things I learned about vitamins was that most of my friends were almost as ignor ant about them as I am. One woman told me that she gives her daughter cod liver oil because of its vitamin /content, but she didn’t seem to know whether it contained vitamins ABC or OPM. Another went on at length about the sunshine vita min, but she wasn’t quite sure whether that was the one which prevented rickets or pyorrhea. A third was taking vitamin B cap sules to stimulate her appetite, knew that carrots were rich in something-or-other and was gen erally convinced that vitamins BELK’S SUPERIOR VALUES Appeal To All Thrifty Shoppers People come from all over the Augusta trade territory to shop and save at Belks j “THE BIG STORE WITH THE BIG BARGAINS.” You can buy everything you need for the whole family and home, right here, and have i thousands of dol lars worth of goods in each department to make satis factory selection from. BELK-WHITE-LUKE CO. 845 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. REMEMBER: “You Always Save At Belk’s.” Tailoring Display At Drucker’s Store T’uesday, February 24th j t Mr. Frank Hirschman, representative of Westgate Clothes, Baltimore, Md., will hold our Spring Tail oring opening at our store on Tuesday, February 24th. We have arranged our display early while the assortment of Woolens is complete, because, under present conditiofis, cloth will be very scarce as the season progresses. H. DRUCKER -wa Main Street McCormick, S. C. FRESH MEATS, OYSTERS AND FISH Call 6n us for Fresh Oysters-Extra » Standards and Extra Selects-Pork, Beef, Lamb, Veal and Fish of All Kinds. We grind sausage for the public at any time. We deliver. .TESTER’S CASH MARKET PHONE 25 McCORMICK, S. C. were wonderful. But among quite a group I ques tioned, no one could sit down and list the purpose of each vitamin or just how it could be inculcated into a diet. Next I looked in a dictionary and learned that the word vitamin comes from “vita” meaning life, and from amine, having some thing to do with chemistry. Vita min is defined as: “One of a class of obscure soluble substances, which are present in living tissues and foods, but the exact compo sition of which is unknown and the absence of which interferes with the normal processes of ani mal growth or may produce dis ease.” That sounded rather discourag ing. But since the government was responsible for inspiring my search for vitamin knowledge, I turned to Washington for en lightenment. DEFINITIONS sources Probably some readers of this column are vitamin experts. But for the benefit of those who rival me in their ignorance of the sub ject, here is a brief summary of what the department of agricul ture has to say about the seven vitamins which are all essential to our health. Vitamin A stimulates growth and protects the body against bacterial Infections. Absence of it is most apt to lead to infections of the eyes, nose, throat, ears or sinuses. You can get vitamin A in cod liver oil, butter, milk, cheese and green and yellow vegetables. Vitamin B preserves the appe tite. It’s available in milk, liver, eggs, kidney, oysters—and if you can name a vegetable which doesn’t contain it, I’ll eat it! Vitamin C protects the teeth, joints and energy. Best source is raw fruit and raw vegetables. Vitamin D (that’s the sunshine one) prevents rickets and stimu lates healthy growth. You can get it from cod liver oil, eggs, milk and foods enriched by irradiation with ultraviolet, light. Vitamin G seems to have a lot to do 'frith preserving youth—or at least preventing premature old age. Essential to people of all ages. Best sources are bananas, green vegetables, wheat germ and milk. MILK A, B, C, D, E There are all sorts of other an gles to this vitamin set-up—such as what ones are destroyed by cooking, how much of each is nec essary to a healthful diet and how you can tell when you have had enough. It all seems to boil down to the fact that if you are feeling below par you should check with your doctor and the chances are he will tell you to eat more greens, drink a quart of milk a day or take some concentrated form of drug store vitamins. But the thing that impressed me most during my quick exposure to the world of vitamins was the im portance of milk. It contains five of the important vitamins—A, B, C, D, and E. Milk is particularly strong in vitamins A and B and has plenty of C too if it is un pasteurized. In addition, milk con tains a lot of minerals important for strengthening the bones— particularly calcium and phos phorus. About the only important things milk doesn’t contain are copper and iron—which is just as well these days or it might be subject to priorities. —Buy Defense Bonds— Want Long Staple Lint; Good Pre miums Offered To relieve COLDS Misery of Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS Try “Rub-My-Tism” - a Wonderful Liniment 666 1 m v /x •for — v The Poor Cave Man Had No Newspaper To Advertise In. But You Have !! cr Money talks! United States De fense Savings Bonds and Stamps (shout “Victory!” —FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS— H J r Clemson, Feb. 14.—The nation needs long staple cotton of the highest quality, and producers have a chance to take advantage 'f the special premium prices of fered, Ernest-Riley, assistant agri- ::Rural econov. u> t>e ‘South Carolina Experiment Station, said ere today. The U. S. Departnn; '‘ f Agri culture has announced ’hat thr United Nations need 400.000 bales more than we produced loht year of long staple Upland and .Ameri can Egyptian cotton. This is pri marily for military uniforms, shirts, underwear, parachute har ness, and a long list of things for the armed forces. And the government proposes to make it worth while for farm ers who can produce it to grow some long staple cotton. The premiums that the govern ment is offering take into account both quality and staple length, Mr. Riley explains. Suppose, for instance, we compare the value of two bales of cotton, 1 l-16th and 1 3-16th inches. Well, the bale of the 1 3-16th inches Strict Middling will be worth on loan about $41 more than the other bale of Strict Middling cotton— showing the importance the new loan premiums place upon staple length. At the same time, if we com pare two bales of long staple cot ton of 1 3-16th inches, one grade Strict Middling and the other Strict Low Middling, the Strict Middling bale will be worth about $23 more than the Strict Low Middling bale. And that shows the big importance of quality to the cotton growers’ pocketbooks. So, to get the extra money which the premiums provide, the growers should produce as long cotton as they possibly can and, at the same time, do all they can to produce good quality cottoh. That includes picking clean, pro tecting the lint from the weather and checking on the ginning, too, for a poor job of ginning can ab solutely ruin a year’s effort of producing good quality cotton. ..TXT One Week’s Menu Of “Victory” Meals ABOVE ^HULLABALOO By LYTLE HULL Here is a list of menus planned to meet the requirements for ^he main meal each day for a week, as suggested by Inez S. Willson, home economist. These menus are all planned from the stand point of economy to aid the thrifty home-maker. Sunday Broiled Shoulder Lamb Chops Browned Potato Slices Green String Beans Bread Butter Lettuce Salad Fruit Gelatin Coffee Milk Monday - Stuffed Veal Breast Baked Potatoes Buttered Onions Apple-Date-Nut Salad Bread Butter Lemon Pie Coffee Milk Tuesday Braised Beef Heart Mashpd Potatoes Buttered Carrots Grapefruit Salad B r ead Butter Chocolate Blanc Mange Coffee Milk Wedne^dav Braised Pork Shoulder Steaks Sweet Potatoes Orange and Rasin Salad Seven-Minute Cabbage Bread Butter Cookies Coffee Milk Thursday Iamb Patties with Pineaonle Rings Creamed Potatoes Buttered Peas Cold Slaw Bread Butter Cottage Pudding Coffee Milk Friday Flank Steak with Stuffing Acorn Squash Cranberry Relish Bread Butter Cherry Pie Coffee Milk Saturday Swiss Steak Baked Stuffed Potatoes Swiss Chard Bread Butter Prune Whip Coffee Milk THE AMERICAN FIGHTING-MAN We often hear and read of the “suicide squads” of the Russian, German and Japanese fighting forces. We gasp in. justified a- mazement—and a bit of unjusti fied fear—at the spirit which makes men capable of facing cer tain death with complete non chalance. The human race can afford to be proud of this sort of bravery, even when the actors are soldiers of the enemy. In many conversations on this general subject, the waiter has gathered the impression that a great many of our people do not believe ( the American fighting- man has the capacity for this sort of supreme heroism. In fact, the majority of those with whom he has discussed the topic have sel dom heard of instances which would lead them to believe other wise. In every such case the writer has asked the rather irri tating question—“How much do you know of United States his tory?” The answer is nearly al ways the same—“I know French and English history but I find United States history too boring to wade through.” Very often they have gleaned what little (mis) information they possess, from the works of those icon oclasts (tearer downers to us) who hypnotize a portion of the reading public with cynical and impudent misinterpretations. The actual fact is—and as our present danger draws nearer, we can thank God for it—that our entire war history reeks with just that sort of heroism, both indi vidual and collective. In battle after battle, all through our civil war, whole regiments of men have marched in clqse formation right up to the muzzles of every kind of explosive weapon in existence. The first two or three lines were “suicide battalions”—not squads. Their bodies absorbed the grape and cannister so that those be hind could close with the bayonet. There never lived greater fighters than those men; and the suicide maneuvers which occasionally oc cur today, were common practice in that terrible struggle of 80 years ago. Some pessimists rebut with the thoughtless argument that “Amer icans have softened since that time.” Well—so had the Russians and the Germans and the Japa nese: but people of fundamental stamina don’t take » long to “harden.” They said we had softened before the first World war. Maybe so! But often when our soldiers were advancing and the fire was becoming so terrific that they knew they would get the signal to “flop” within the next few seconds—those men wouldn’t even edge toward the right or the left, where a tempting shell-hole invited safety — because they thought the men behind them would consider them Sissies. Hundreds of them had their brains drilled by machine-gun bullets while they lay on the flat ground with those lifesaving shell-holes but a few inches away. Maybe they were “softies”—but. they sound pretty tough to this, writer. Maybe MacArthur’s men, and the men at Pearl Harbor, and the men on Wake Island, and the Colin Kellys, were, “soft.” The Japs don’t think so. And yet—a hundred years from now—self- styled historians will be “debunk ing” these very men for the edi fication of the same type of jackass which swallows the bunk they write today about our sol diers and sailors of the past. America may not breed good poets to immortalize the exploits of her fighting-men—but hard boiled history tells the tale; and if you want to feql reassured when you hear people remark that “money alone can’t win this war”: read the factual history of our country—not the rubbish which so many silly readers “soak up” and from which subversive writers make huge royalties. —Buy Defense Bonds— Large Kudzu Planting In SCS War Program Clemson, Feb. 14.—Looking a- head to the need for a continued increase in milk and other dairy products during the war, farmers in 12 soil conservation districts in South Carolina this winter will set out more than 1,380,000 kudzu seedlings to provide a future source of livestock feed, says E. C. Turner, conservation specialist of the Clemson Extension Service. These plants will be made avail able by the Soil Conservation Service as a part of its assistance to soil conservation districts, which are stressing increased pro duction of food and feed crops in the Food-for-Freedom program, Ernest Carnes, SCS state coor dinator has announced. In addi- ; on, large quantities of kudzu crowns will be dug from establish ed stands in the districts for new dan tings. At the recommended rate of 500 slants per acre, the 1,380,000 kud- m seedlings will plant 2,760 acres. Much of the kudzu will be planted on eroding land where it will check soil washing as well as pro vide hay and temporary grazing. Conservationists are suggesting that part of the kudzu on each farm be planted on good land for the production of crowns, since the supply of kudzu seed from the Orient has been cut off by the war. In addition to the kudzu, 3,660,- 400 trees, shrubs, and other woody plants have been allotted to the districts, Carnes states. The trees will be set out largely on unpro ductive, eroding areas, not fur nishing any income to the far’i. Farmers can obtain $5 an acre as a soil-building payment through the AAA for planting forest tr and $4.50 an acre for establis’ ; "T kudzu as a perennial vegetativo cover. Of trees being distributed, I ’ v lolly pine leads with 2,34C.GjQ, slash pine second with 872.000. Black locust leads the hardwoods in popularity with 35,500 seed lings. In addition to the trees and kudzu to be planted on farms in the districts, 650,000 trees and shrubs hyre been allotted to the Army for planting on military posts in the state for improve ment of grounds and erosion con trol _ txt Billions for Allied victory ... or for tribute to dictators? There is only one answer: Buy U. S. De fense Bonds and Stamps. —FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS— WJE'RB QUT.f WHAT? NO letterheads WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and We’ll Print Some For You In A Hurry!! Remember Pearl Harbor! Re member it every day! Buy U. S. 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