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r McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 23, 1942 IcCORMICK MESSENGER L. ^ Published Every Thursday m BsUblished June S, fct EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner utered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: i One Year $1.00 81a Months .75 Three Months .50 >e 1 ■■ '■ ———.. The Soil Conservation Service For AH' J > * Farmers TODAY and Don Robinson CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROCLAIMS EMPLOYMENT WEEK SLAP . . , resounding Two well dressed young women were riding in a bus. A middle- aged man sat behind them and overheard snatches of their con versation each time the bus stop ped. “I get so sick of all this war talk,” one of them said, “Why does everybody worry about it when it’s thousands of miles a- ; way. There’s no more chance of i ft getting to this country than ■ there was in the last war.” | “Yes and it’s such a nuisance— ' poses of Soil Conservation Ser- a11 these P rlorlties an<1 shortages vice is to assist farmers in build- a " d ‘ hing5 ” sa ! d ‘ he other - '' wh y , tag up the soils on their farms a ' ready so, " e of 4116 dresses the and then prevent the topsoil sto 5! s ara ‘^hig to sell are a from eroding, says Mr E L Me- Slght • and 1 wouldn t be surprised ; Kesson, Junior Soil Conservation- 11 ‘hey/top selling us sUk stock ist. It takes an average of one lngs altogether P retty soon " One of the fundamental pur- Report of Condition of THE DORN BANKING COMPANY of McCormick, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business on April 4, 1942. wmsmM ise. it takes an average of one “ *: “ ' ' The period May 3-9 has been gram of production, and thousand years to build one inch 'rf aaid ^ st proclaimed by Governor R. M. WHEREAS, there ere of topsoil, and when fields are un- woman > whan the bus stopped Jefferles HEREAS, there are training ASSETS 1. Loans and discounts (including $ None overdrafts) $ 26,966.88 2. United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed 17,000.00 3. Obligations of States and political subdivisions 37,000.00 6. Cash, balances with other oanks, including reserve bal ances, and cash items in process of collectior 245,600.66 11. Other assets 145.36 12. TOTAL ASSETS $329,712.90 LIABILITIES 13. Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and cor porations $226,579.51 14. Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and cor porations 3,242.98 15. Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) 233.58 16. Deposits of States and political subdivisions 46,809.15 18. Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.) 5,222.31 19. TOTAL DEPOSITS r $282,087.53 24. TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obli gations shown below) $282,087.53 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 25. Capital * $ 25,000.00 28. Surplus 10,000.00 27. Undivided profits 12.625.37 29. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 47,625.37 again, “as far as I’m concerned , Employri H nt Wee - C in facilities available through the protected one or two heavy rains "T"”*,’, . .TT South can be very destructive to this lts a11 nght Wlth me lf the war land. The reason streams and rivers are muddy after a heavy, ... ,. .. rain Is because there is nothing 1 confldentlally Carolina. The state s State and Federal government to goes on indefinitely. I’d rather Chief executive is seen above properly prepare, through re- you wouldn’t talk about it, but ^ lgniI J? Proclamation while fresher courses and primary my husband is C ? r A H - Hart of York ’ chairman training, this overage group, and to protect the land from washing makin 6 threa times much ment Committee in" South Caro- 1 o ' m f” ye 5 a 01 tne down the hillside* t.n th. money from the war as he ever T r ° State would find n highly advant- of the American Legion’s Employ- WHEREAS, employers of the down the hillsides to the streams. Thus, a lot of fertilizer and pro ductive land are gone and l;his is commonly called “wash away”. Sooner or later small gullies will occur in a Afield. Later this field will be left out of cultivation' due to its unproductive power, and gullies will appear which make it hard to work. The remainder of tne farm will have to produce enough to take care of this idle field both in supporting the family and taxes. The Soil Conservation Service offers through the Soil Conserva tion District several methods of re ducing this great erosion problem. First, terrace line running, second, information in crop ro tations and treatment of forest areas. They have several suggestions to oiAer for badly eroded areas. Terraces are run when the farm ers ask for them. The district is allowed to furnish some kudzu and pine trees to help heal up dreas which are barren. Any farmer can obtain, witnout cost. Soil Conservation. Service work. He can receive this help by filling out an application in the Soil Conservation Office here in Mc Cormick or by sending a card saving he is interested in what the Service has to offer. There is nothing compulsory about this application and at this time the program can be discussed. they need workers, and WHEREAS, the younger work- made in his life. I’m beginning Legion is j ageous to use the facilities of the to like this war!” a P°™>™ g ^ observance in United states Employment Ser- The man sitting behind rose. ina ' ‘ vice and are urged to call their fr^m his seat very deliberately. | In k* 8 proclamation the gover- local office of this Service when He stepped along side of the young nor em Phasizes the employment woman, looked her straight in “Worker Over Forty”, in- the eye, raised his hand slowly eluding War veterans, so that ers who are now employed in in- and gave her a resounding slap in ma ny of the younger men may be d Us t r y W ill be required for the ihe face. “That's for my son who j relieved from their jobs to enter was killed in Pearl Harbor,” hel acfcive dut y in the armed forces, said. “And that,” as he slapped t and calls on a11 people of the state her a second time, “for my son to make the fullest possible use who is fighting for you in the °t the local offices of the United Philippines.” BOIL attitude There are millions of us in this country who need to feel that States Employment Service. The governor’s proclamation on the subject follows: WHEREAS, complete mobiliza tion of labor is considered essen- slap in the face to make us real- tlal ^ su the duction of ize what it means to be at war. the enemy, and WHEREAS, there is a vast source of labor available among I don’t think there are many who are quite so cold-blooded as to admit wanting the war to go , on becau,- -c is raising tbeir liv- th f older w ° rker t' mcludme war mg standards-but I do know vcterans ; ™ ho bave heretofore plenty of business people wh0 re i f usett emPtoyment by don’t hide their satisfaction with us ry because 04 age ’ and the way the war has happened WHEREAS, many of these old- to bolster up their incomes. er workers possess skills which are But the reason I think a lot of essential in the expanding pro- us need to feel that slap in the — - - armed forces, and WHEREAS, President Franklin D. Roosevelt has previously pro claimed the oberservance of Na tional Employment week, NOW, THEREFORE, I R. M. Jefferies, Governor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby pro claim the week beginning May 3 as NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT WEEK, and Sunday, May 3, as NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SUN DAY, and urge all employers, citizens, civic, religious and other organizations to make a special effort to have everyone register with the United states Employ ment Service who is possessed of skilled qualifications or who de sires training for skilled or semi- .killed jobs in war industries. iace (or a resonable facsimile), enough. Words roll off our minds from eight to eighty. The stories The Standard if , • Nutrition Course What Does The Course Offer? 1. Information: On new discoveries about food needs and food values. On improvement of diets at all income levels. On foods important for normal growth, development, and health from normal living and give our- is not for any unpatriotic atti tude we are taking but to make our bipod boil with the realization of what this war means—to make us think how the families of soldiers who have been killed must feel when they see us act ing as if everything were normal to make us realize what this country would be like if, through our pleasure-as-usual attitude, the Germans or Japs might find us unable to resist invasion. HOPE . . reality So far, the spirit of a large por tion of the American people is not keyed up to a victory pace. Even some of us who are eager to do all we can toward winning the war can’t seem to break away without cutting below the sur- ; contained in those records are food habits and of children. On proper practices. On ways of applying knowledge selves over to that blood-sweat- and-tears way of life so necessary to our war effort. We can’t get the war in our face. There is no question but that the Americans would rise up in a body to drive out any enemy which tried to invade us and de stroy our homes—if we saw ene my destruction with our own eyes. But the difficult thing, those who are trying to build morale in this country agree, is to arouse us before we see war in order to force the war into enemy lands before it comes to us. All fascinating but they do not inter est me nearly so deeply as an other list—a list containing the names of those who came to the gymnasium for consultation but never returned. Hardly a day passes without a visit from some man who tells me that he wants to get a little exercise. He will say that he isn’t quite fit, that he’s a bit sluggish, or has lost his pep. He felt great 31 30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $329,712.90 *This bank’s capital consists of $ None of capital notes and debentures; first preferred stock with total par value of $ None, total retirable value $ None; second prefrered stock with total par value of $ None, total re tirable value $ None; and common stock with total par value of $25,000.00. / memoranda Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): (a) U. S. Government obligations direct and guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities None (b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold under repurchase agreement) $ 37,000.00 (c) Assets pledged to qualify for exercise of fiduciary or corporate powers, and for purposes other than to secure liabilities None (d) Securities loaned ' None None our lives we’ve had it,during his college days when he preached to us that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but we’ve never taken pre vention very seriously. We have excellent facilities for putting out was getting lots of exercise and he knows that a “course of sprouts” will put him back on his feet again. When I question him I discover that he hasn’t seen fires but we don’t do nearly! a doctor for years. Such a man may be sure that (e) TOTAL ‘- $ 37,000.00 32. Secured and preferred liabilities: (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to re quirements of law 59,918.79 (b) i*oirowings secured by pieuged assets (mUuding re discounts and repurchase agreements) None (c) Other liabilities secured by pledged assets None (d) Deposits preferred unaer provisions of law but not secured by pledge of assets 233.58 (e) TOTAL $ 33,152.37 33. Subordinated obligations: (a) Unpaid dividends on preferred sto k and unpaid interest on capital notes and debentures, accrued to end of last dividend or interest period, not included in lia bilities or reserves above (b) Other obligations not included in 1 ab li f ies which are subordinated to claims of depositors and other cred itors — 34. (a) On date of report the required legai leserve against deposits ox this Dank was (b) Assets reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to $248,6(L.>6 I, P. J. Robinson, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do sol2mnly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly represents the true state of tne several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. P. J. ROBINSON, Cashier. Correct.—Attest: M. G. Dorn, Hanora C. Dorn, O. J. Sanders, Jr., Directors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. , sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of April, 1942, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. Robt. L. Dendy, Notary Public. My commission expires at the will of the Governor. 19.6 Six Inch Sermon enough to keep them from start- ng. We have excellent facilities exercise will be beneficial, but I’m for patching up people hurt in | no t j am we n aware that in most automobile accidents but we are cas es exercise is desirable but I lax about preventing accidents. se 0 no reason for working in the Now, with the most horrible dark. I can understand how any wave of destruction ever known man who has been active for to man approaching our shores, years loathes a suggestion that he f _ ovri .. the future of our nation depends is no i on g er capable of doing 35. from any ucal sacrifice. We live o nnipk’ of fViat afcti— . . . . , , .,, ™ i-v. ~ i i on a Q U1CK reversal oi mai, atu w hat he could do with ease 20 i on hopes that the German people | tu( j e We mu3 t give every ounce y p ars a g 0 He thinks the “slow . . . . j wil1 that our forces may be of our energy to the cause of and easy” slogan is sissy stuff ' Much qf great interest is re- 3. Training tor participation in a lot more powerful than the 1)reventlng a disaster for which H e doesn’t need a doctor to tell corded under the caption of the community activities in nutrition, newspapers tell, us, that the , herc wiU be no cure aoccor to ten of wise selection and preparation bones. We have too much of a to every-day foods. feeling that, although some are 2. Interesting class activities: suffering a lot of us may escape Food demonstrations. Exhibits. Field trips. BY REV. ROBERT II. IL4RPER Wayside Conversation. Lesson for April 26: Luke 13:22- Golden Text: Luke 14:27. Who May Take the Nutrition Russians will destroy the German Course? army, that our weapons will wipe Prospective Nutrition Aides for out. enemy 3hips and submarines, the local nutrition piogram for that some unexpected miracle defense. j will take place which will sud- Picspeetive Canteen workers denly bring the war to a glorious for the Red Cross Chapter. | close. Members of the Food Commit- It’s all right to hope those tee of the Red Cross Chapter. things—but it’s all wrong to de- Other community groups of pend on any such vague possibil- men and women. ities. We need to expect a long Why Is Adequate Nutrion Im portant in National Defense? v/ar, plan for real hardships and, instead of hoping for personal It reduces accidents among in- ! escape from participation in the dustrial and defense workers. ! war, go out looking for every door It increases physical and mental we can open to get into it. efficiency. It builds morale. Those who would like to take —Buy Defense Bonds— him what to do. What happens present lesson. ;n these cases will always remain There is first the question. “Are a mystery. Many of them, I sup- they few that are saved?” In pose, decide to get their exercise another gospel we find that ( in some other way since I insist Jesus said that few shall enter upon a physical check-up. But upon the narrow way. In the I do insist upon it, nob only for ^resent lesson he certainly shows ijf e those who come to the gymna- j *hat many will not be saved, that slum but for those who do their in the day of final accounting where they would be rid of him and his influence. But Jesus bade them tell Herod that he was going on with his work, undeterred by threats or else, and that he would complete his mission in Jerusa lem. In another gospel we read that Jesus wept when he lament ed over Jerusalem. Then he pro nounced doom upon that proud -ity of a chosen race that was des tined to reject him. From the lesson we learn that ro fortunate accident of race or place will save men. Only they who bear their crosses with Jesus can be his disciples. The all-im portant thing is to enter by the narrow door, through faith, into —Buy Defense Bonds— work at home. Don’t take a chance. Consult your doctor and all opportunity wall be withdrawn, tbo door will be shut, and chose be sure that the exercise you are without will not be able to talk doing to improve your health themselves into being admitted. ARTIE MSOOVERN will in no way endanger it. PREVENTION Maybe we need cure My office files contain the rec- more bands ords of more than 10,000 men, this standard Nutrition Course playing. women and children who have of 20 hours as offered by the Am- Maybe we need to see thou- subscribed during the past 25 erican Red Cross, please advise sands of soldiers marching years to the McGovern method of « W. H. Ferguson, Co. Chairman of through the streets with their exercise. They come from all »d Cross, or Miss Matilda Bell, mothers and sweethearts tear- walks of life; rich, poor and in- Home Dem. Agent, so that fully running along beside them, between. They represent every text books might be ordered and I don’t know just what it is we type of physical form; fat, thin schedule arranged. need, but words don’t seem to bo and normal. They vary in ages Primitive Methods Need Not ADVERTISE HERE!! And, while many of the chosen race will be cast out, men of other races will come from all points of the compass and will be given a place in the kingdom of God. The last, in the estimation of men, will be first among the re deemed. Then came certain of the Phari sees to advise him to flee—that Herod desired to kill him. Per haps they thought they * could frighten Jesus and that he would make his escap? to some place ^9 J' The Poor Cave Man Had No Newspaper To Advertise in. But You Have !! <s>