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HOARDING MONEY
The hoarding of money is the
latest problem on our home front
and one of the most difficult
problems with which to deal.
It seems that until recently the
amount of money in circulation in
this country averaged between six
and seven billion, dollars a year.
But now there is between 11 and
12 billion dollars in pockets, tin
boxes and perhaps buried in back
yards.
It is believed that considerable
•of this hoarded money has been
hidden away by foreigners in this
•country who have seen bank de
posits seized in their homelands
and fear similar action here.
There is, of course, no reason
for such fear . in the United
States and there is no reason to
think that dollar bills are any
more secure than defense bonds.
The chief difference between U.
S. currency and government bonds
is that the bonds pay interest and
the currency doesn’t.
But the hoarding of money does
create a serious problem in that
it holds a possible threat of ex
cessive spending and inflation at
any time.
If it continues, people who have
hoarded money may be forced to
report it or turn it in, in very
much the same way which they
are now being required to report
their hoards of sugar. One way
that this could be done would be
to require that old currency be
cashed in, or at least exchanged
for new currency, before a certain
date or the holder would be liable
to a heavy fine when the money
>is released.
Ordinarily, what we do with our
money is our, own business. But,
if a group of people act to take a
sizable amount of money out of
circulation, it - could disrupt our
.whole economic system. Our eco-
l nomic system is having enough
difficulties today without per
mitting this new one to gain too
much headway.
So if any of us want to bury
money away for a rainy day, let’s
bury it in the - form of defense
bonds instead of currency. Then it
' will keep growing while it is out
of circulation and when we dig it
up, in ten years or so, every $18.75
board will be worth $25.
Buy Defense Bonds
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A Daily Food Guide
(By Myra Reagan, Nutrition Con
sultant, S. C. State Board of
Health.)
The State Nutrition Committee
has adopted a list of foods which
should be eaten each day. These
foods will give an adequate diet.
Every housewife should check her
meals to see that all these foods
are included. The meals’ might be
very simple or they might be very
elaborate and still have the right
things in them.
This is the adopted list:
1 pt.—1 qt. milk,
1 egg,
1 or more servings lean meat,
poultry, fish or seafoods*,
1 serving green, leafy, or yellow
vegetables,
1 serving tomatoes, raw green
cabbage, orange or grapefruit,
1 serving sweet or Irish pota
toes,
2 other servings vegetables or
fruit,
2 servings whole grain bread,
cereal, or “enriched” breads**,
1 other serving of grain prod
ucts—bread or cereal,
Butter (or margarine with vit
amin A added),
Sweets: Moderate amounts if
desired. Include cane or sorghum
sirup or cane molasses,
6 or more glasses of water.
Ah average serving for fruits
and vegetables is about 1-2 cup.
* Dried peas, beans, soybeans, or
peanuts may be substituted for
lean meat, poultry, fish or sea
food, and eggs not more than
three times per week.
** “Enriched” flour and bread
have better food value than plain
white flour but are not as good
as whole grain flour.
Don Robinson
SET FISHNESS . . . hope
In our nation, where we boast
of complete freedom of religion, a
casual look at the way we live
clearly shows that many of us in
terpret that freedom as freedom
from religion.
A lot of us, in recent years, have
been living pretty self-centered
lives. We have watched out for
our own interests and our own
pleasures, and have concerned
ourselves as little as possible with
the problems and struggles of the
rest of the people.
I Now we realize that our selfish
interests must be made secondary
to the common good.
We are having a difficult time
to part company with those selfish
interests. Housewives are hoard
ing sugar and canned goods to get
the jump on their neighbors. La
bor unions continue to fight for
higher wages. Farm groups con-
[tinue to try to grab, out of the
war, an extra profit for our rural
population. And politicians find
it difficult to forget politics and
follow their habitual tactics of
trying to get grants for their con
stituents at the expense of the
rest of the nation.
But ki spite of many examples
of continued selfishness, there is a
bright ray of hope in the fact that
all of these actions are being
fought by the public on the
grounds that they are selfish.
Selfishness, in the eyes of most of
us, is becoming an unpardonable
trait. It is rapidly reaching the
“last ditch” stage in this country.
SERVICE thrills
Although the war has not yet
been felt here to any great ex
tent, millions of people already
have begun to realize that there
is something bigger and more im
portant to work for than them
selves.
Even those who have volun
teered to aid in local defense
work—altl'.ough they may not yet
have been called upon to sacrifice
much time or to do a great deal
jf work—have been led by an un
selfish urge to give up certain
comforts and pleasures in order to
do something for their commu
nity.
'Women who may have spent
most of their working hours pur
suing little social pleasures are
finding a new satisfaction in
spending more time doing things
for others.
Boys who had become accus
tomed to spending their spare
time in selfish pastime are sud
denly finding the biggest thrill of
their lives, in donning a uniform
and going into the service of their
country.
Men in factories, who have
never before taken an interest in
any activities outside of those of
direct concern to themselves or
their families, are feeling a surge
of satisfaction as they realize the
vital part they are playing in the
service of mankind.
RELIGION .... struggle
As the war progresses, it is apt
to appear more and more as a
predominantly religious war ... as
a struggle between spiritual val
ues and barbarism.
In addition to the Axis nations
personifying barbarism and the
United Nations representing the
more spiritual goals, it will in
clude many struggles within na
tions and within individuals in
each nation. The “Mr. Hyde” in
many of us will be subordinated
to the “Dr. Jekyll.”
Out of it all will undoubtedly
come a reawakening of spiritual
values among the people on both
sides of the struggle and we can
anticipate a higher form of civili
zation wherein greed and brutality
and selfishness will be more hate
ful than ever before to all the
peoples of the world.
Religions of all kinds have al
ways been strengthened by strug
gle. It seems to follow then that
the greatest struggle in which
man has ever engaged will pro
duce a more vital religion than we
have ever known. The only other
choice would be total destruction
of all spiritual force—and it is
doubtful if man is capable of de
stroying that no matter how much
he might try.
RUSSIA surge
In Germany and Italy, where
religion has until recently been an
important part of the life of the
people, the attempts to smother it
will eventually lead to rebellion.
History shows many efforts
which have been made to kill re
ligious beliefs and substitute the
worship of a state or a man, but
it has never worked for long.
There is an indefinable element
in the human make-up which is
quickly starved without religion—
and man has always overcome
anything which interferes with
satiating this hunger of the soul.
In Russia, where an effort ♦ has
been made in recent years to sti
fle the religious beliefs of the peo
ple, it is expected that all opposi
tion to religion will be swept away
by the glorious struggle the peo
ple of that nation are carrying on
in the service of mankind.
The basis of all religion is un
selfishness and it is impossible
that milions of Russians can per
form the heoric, unselfish acts
which they are performing today
without having a vital religion
surging through their souls.
In spite of the efforts of Com
munist leaders to push religion in
to the background, it seems quite
probable that a victory for the
Russians will be an even greater
I victory for God—and that the
' new Russia, after the war, will be
a highly religious nation.
CANS food
In a few months you may be
able to measure the healthful-
• ness of canned foods by their
availability on the market.
Some favorite canned goods will
be taken off the grocer’s shelves
altogether, some will blossom out
in new clothes and some will be
available in limited quantities.
One of the favorite canned sup
pers—canned pork and beans—is
scheduled to be eliminated en
tirely, "for in the plan to conserve
tin it has been decreed that beans
can be cooked at home as they
were by grandma.
Even Fido will be affected.
Canned dog food, which uses 820
tons of tin each year, will no
longer be sold in cans. It has
been found that de-hydrated dog
food can keep a dog just as
healthy as canned food.
Baking powder, cereals, flour,
and spices are among the other
products which will be cut off en
tirely from their tin can supply.
SALVAGE . . . collections
There will probably soon be ma
jor additions to the list of foods
which can no longer be supplied
in tin cans. But this can be post
poned if we all save tin cans and
turn them in when there is a
local tin can collection.
The government estimates that
it can salvage 120,000 tons of tin
and scrap steel in a year if we
will all see to it that tin cans go
to war instead of to the garbage
heap.
The tin cans turned in will be
reprocessed with chemicals. To
make this as simple as possible
it has been requested that house
wives give tin cans the following
treatment before bundling them
up for collection:
1. Remove both ends of the can
and wash it.
2. Step on the can lightly so
that there is still about a quarter
mch of air room between the
walls of the can for chemicals to
f low through when it is being re
processed.
3. Put both ends of the can in
side the can itself.
That’s all there is to it.
PRICES .... protected
Although the quantity of foods
available in tin cans will be con
siderably reduced, this will not
mean a scarcity of all the food we
need. Neither will it mean in
creased prices for canned goods.
Tn our new national policy of
substituting government control
for the old competitive system
of selling on which America has
thrived, both prices and proper
distribution of food wall be un
der the close scrutiny of Wash
ington.
Already Mr. Henderson, who is
in charge of the gigantic problem
of handling supplies and gover
ning prices, has fixed prices on
many of the most popular lines
of canned goods. He has issued
a regulation fixing the manufac
turer’s and jobber’s price on 11
canned fruits and 15 canned vege
tables—and severe penalties have
been set up for any violations of
his price edicts. Although he has
not yet fixed retail prices, this
will be done quickly if it is found
that retailers attempt to raise
prices on these canned goods.
The 11 canned fruits which
should stay at the same price
level from now on are: apples,
apple sauce, apricots, cherries
i (red, sour pitted), cherries
(sweet), fruit cocktail, fruit salad,
peaches, pears, pineapples, and
plums.
The 15 vegetables on which
Mr. Henderson has fixed prices
are: asparagus, beans (all dry
varieties), beans (lima), snap
beans (green and wax), beets,
carrots, corn, peas, pumpkins,
sauerkraut, spinach, sweet pota
toes, tomatoes, tomato catsup,
and tomato juice.
HEALTH .... capsules
It is expected that other pack
aging materials, in addition to
tin, will soon be rationed by Mr.
Henderson. The cardboard used
in many packaged cereals and
other, grocery products is becom
ing scarce due to huge require
ments for cardboard in packaging
shells and other munitions. Glass,
although plentiful, will probablv
become harder to get as more and
more manufacturers turn to
glass containers for their prod
ucts. Only about 1 per cent of
packaged foods are now packed
in glass, so it is easy to picture
how impossible it would be for the
glass industry to expand enough
to supply containers for the food
products which will be cut off
from tin.
Packaging is a problem of mi
nor importance among the great
problems we face today, but it
serves as an excellent example of
the changes in every little thing
which will result from our war
program.
If we have to go back to the
cracker-barrel era of retailing,
we can do it without any parti
cular hardship. The main thing
is to keep sufficient fc*>d avail
able to protect our health—and
there is no question that this will
be done.
In fact, the government is
taking more interest in our health
today than it ever did before, and
even though our food may not
be delivered in fancy packages,
we are apt to come out of this
war a much better and more in
telligently fed people than we are
today.
And that’s all that really mat
ters—even if we eventually sit
down to a dinner of health
blooming capsules.
—Buy Defense Bonds—
Coker’s Pedigreed Cotton
Seed For Sale
I have a few Lag ea;ii of folic ving varieties
of Coker’s Pedigreed Cotton Seed:
200 Strain 2, 100 Strain 4, 4-In-l Strain 4, price
.50 per 100 pound bag. Can deliver at county
agent’s office.
J. L. BRACKNELL
PLUM BRANCH, S. C.
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Chevrolet -
First 1942 Dealer Committees
Detroit, Mich., March 5, — A
comprehensive picture of the re
tail automotive business in its
“duration dress,” presenting a
cross-section of Chevrolet dealers’
thinking on problems common, to
all auto dealers will result from
a series of 94 zone, regional and
national committee meetings be
ginning Feb. 24 and concluding
with a two-day final session in
Detroit, Mar. 16-17 William E.
Holler, Chevrolet general sales
manager, announced today.
In the face of stringent restric
tions applying to the auto man
ufacturing business as the first
war-time commercial “casualty,”
these ftie^tings are expected to
develop a compilation of imme
diate needs foreseen by the re
tailers so that they may remain
the servant of the motorist.
In 37 zones throughout the
country, 76 dealer meetings will
be held. Two groups—the Dealer
Service Committee and the Dealer
Business Management Committee
—will discuss the two current
prime phases of the retail auto
mobile business. Selected dele
gates from these groups then con
vened in Chevrolet’s eight region
al headquarter points March 3 to
prepare a more inclusive report
for their representatives to bring
to Detroit for the final sessions
with Mr. Holler, his staff, and de
partment heads.
“Since early in 1937, regular
dealer committee sessions have
served an important liason role
linking Central Office with the
more than 8,000 Chevrolet deal
ers,” Mr. Holler said. “The con
tinuity of this program has af
forded us the most complete cu
mulative picture of retail prob
lems and procedures in the indus
try. At no time in the history of
the program have dealers faced
such rigourous conditions as con
front them today, and thus it
follows that never before has
Chevrolet had a chance to serve
dealers at a time when its sup
port and counsel are more neces
sary.
“Formerly, these groups were
designated the National Dealer
Planning and National Dealer
Used Car Committees, but as we
have broadened our program of
‘specialization for efficiency
throughout the wholesale organi
zation, we have likewise encour
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OYSTERS AND FISH
Call on 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.
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aged the retailers to adhere to the
same principles.
“The new committees will be
termed Dealer Service and Dealer
Business . Management Commit-*
tees, indicative of the specialized
functions they will hold in the
over-all program of girding the
organization for the severe tests
ahead.
“We have always felt that this
democratic procedure is in line
with the great American tradi
tions. Over the years the commit
tee system has proved itself time
and again, for the suggestions
and recommendations from the
field, as conveyed by chosen dele
gates, have been of material as
sistance in formulating policies of
maximum benefit to the entire or
ganization.
“Because there are more Chev-
rolets on the American highways
today than any other single make
of car; because Chevrolet dealers
have led the industry in sales con
sistently through the past decade,
and because Chevrolet dealers
have established themselves in
their respective communities as
reliable, progressive business men,
we feel that from these commit
tee sessions will come sound, prac
tical programs. Service to a na
tion that is so highly dependent
upon the motor car for transpor
tation at a period when such
transportation is of strategic
military importance is a direct
contribution to the victory we all
are pledged to win.”
Specific program recommenda
tions have been prepared by Mr.
Holler for the various committee
meetings, in order to afford
“starting points” for discussion
by the dealers. The nation-wide
scope of the committee member
ship, plus the fact that both large
and small dealerships will be rep
resented. assures complete cover
age of all aspects of any given
question, Mr. Holler pointed out.
In the five years of the Dealer
Committee system, Mr. Holler said,
nearly 2,000 separate meetings
have been held, attended by more
than 8,000 dealers. This broad-
gauge representation' of • the re
tailer in national planning has
played an invaluable role in the
creation of policies and program
improving Chevrolet service to
owner and dealer alike.
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Veterinary Clinics
TO BE HELD AT HOLLINGS
WORTH’S STORE, WILLING-
TON AND McCORMICK
The County Agent’s Office is
cooperating with the F S. A. Of
fice in holding mule clinics in
different parts of the county.
Three of these clinics have al
ready been held with 106 mules
treated. Dr. W. A. Barnette of
Greenwood is holding these clin
ics and is charging a nominal cost
of $1.00 per head for these treat
ments.
The purpose of these clinics is
to float teeth and give dny other
treatment that is necessary to
improve the condition of the
workstock so that they will be
more efficient during the 1942
crop year. . .v
Following is a list of the three
other clinics that are to be held
in the county:
Hollingsworth’s Store, Friday,
March 20th, at 2:00 p. m.
Willington,, Tuesday, March
24th, at 2:00 p. m.
McCormick, Friday, March 27th,
at 11:00 a. m.
County Agent’s Office.
McCormick, S. C.
We’ve got Axis to grind. Buy
Defense Bonds and Stamps.
—ON PAY DAY, BUY BONDS—