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r*. m McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 21, 1942 VcCORMlCK H^SENGER L Published Every Thursday r Established June 8, IMS w t EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, ^ Editer and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. CL, as mail matter of the second class. ECBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 AUTOMOBILE ‘IN TRUST’ “If I am willing to take the chance of wearing out my tires quickly or of driving my car to an tearly graveyard, isn’t that my business?” There are many people who are asking that question—at least asking it «f themselves. They realize that when their tires are gone they probably won’t get new ones and that when .their ca rs wear out they will have to get along with a bicycle or on foot. But they are willing to do their own worrying about that and can’t see why it i$ of any con cern to the government. 'That may seem to be a logical attitude to take—but actually it is dead wrong. The government wants every one of us to preserve our tires because they offer the greatest potential source of rub ber available in our country to day. The government wants us to take care of our automobiles because they are one of our greatest means of national trans portation. It may be that the government will eventually have to con fiscate our tires or our cars. That fact might tempt some thought less people to drive their cars to death, thinking that they are going to lose them anyway, but such an attitude is just as un patriotic as would be .the actions of a young man who ruined his own health in order that he would be rejected by the army. ' If we had to give up our cars it would create hardship for some of us—but that hardship wouldn’t compare with the sacrifice made by the millions of young men who are offering to give their lives, if necessary. We should think of our cars today as potential aids to the war effort which we are being permitted to hold in trust. We are being trusted to guard this motive power and this supply of rubber, which may be needed later on. But if we demonstrate that we are’ not preserving them and are wasting them, we will simply be speeding the day when we will no longer be trusted to hold them in our keeping. In the interest of our country it is essential that the 30,000,000 automobiles we people hold today are kept in condition to go to war when they are drafted. of Defense Transportation, and Leon Henderson, chairman of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply. There are many others who have been assigned difficult tasks, but I pick these three as outstand ing because they have been com manded to conduct a three-man revolution which all the king’s horses and all the king’s men wouldn’t, in ordinary times, put over in a generation. These men may do things which make us fear the future — which turn our country temporarily away from democracy into paths which have always been foreign to our way of life. But they are ignoring our fears and our caution in order to accomplish things which are necessary to save Ajnerica today— and that is all which really counts right now. Donald Nelson, most anyone in Washington or in industry will ad mit; deserves the credit for al ready having thrown, war industry into high gear. NELSON .... genius When the President asked for such fantastic increases in pro duction that the Germans laughed at them as being a madman’s dream, Donald Nelson went to work to make that dream come true. Last year the wiseacres were smirking over the billions of dol lars worth of war goods which were “on order” and the trickling amount of goods which were be ing completed. This year, under the genius of Mr. Nelson, that “on order” crack has been dropped from our language. There is still plenty of war equipment on order, but there is also a tremendous a- mount “on board”—on ships going to every corner of the world. Production figures are being kept quiet, but even the Germans admit, today, that the United States has got into stride in pro duction and is out-distancing ev ery other nation. The Germans admit we are now turning out more planes per month than they are, and we have only begun. When this war is won, there is no doubt that one of the men who will go down in history for his genius as a general will be Donald Nelson—a general w ho wears a business suit without a single brass button. Next to Mr. Nelson’s job, the most complicated and over-awing tasks in this country today are those being worked out by Mr. Henderson and Mr. Eastman. Poppy Day, Saturday, May 23 TODAY and Don Robinson CHEERING sneering I think it’s time a lot of us started cheering instead of sneer ing at the job some of those big wigs in Washington are doing a- bout winning this war. It isn’t helping much to save pur democracy when we sit around the parlor and pick apart the war program. But it might do a lot of good if, instead, we began fig uring out how we can best work witii the men who, whether we like them or not, are going to decide the outcome of this war. We can, if we like, find plenty of things to criticize in Washing ton today. There is a lot of mon ey being wasted, there is plenty of unnecessary confusion and there are many jobs which are not being handled in a way that merits our applause. But we shouldn’t let those things blind us to the miracles which are being performed by key men in our government. For there are plenty of miracles being accomplished. MIRACLES .... fear Perhaps the three men who have been ordered by the Presi dent to perform the greatest mir acles are: Donald Nelson, chief of the War Production board; Jo seph Eastman, head of the Office OPERATION .... wheels Leon Henderson has been so much in the limelight with his program to freeze prices, ration sugar and gasoline, and to keep our economy from falling to pieces, that he is now known to every schoolboy. But there are few people who can comprehend how any man can suddenly turn our whole complicated economic system upside down and still keep it running. It is perhaps too early to even guess how the Henderson anti inflation program, or the Hender son rationing programs are going to work out—but we are lucky to have a man in charge of that tre mendous job who has the courage to act quickly and to take a firm grip on the reins when emergency action can’t be delayed. There is little doubt that uncertainty and postponements would have oeen fatal. But Mr. Henderson’s emer gency operation may pull the pa tient through. The newest task, demanding the genius of an Einstein, is that put in the hands of Mr. Eastman—the job of controlling everything on wheels and making every wheel .evolve toward victory. Mr. Eastman has already accel erated rail transportation to an amazing degree, he has destroyed barriers which interfere with maximum use of trucks and he is rapidly getting our whole trans portation equipment streamlined for war. It looks as though the team of Nelson, Henderson and Eastman has become just as strong a triple threat to our enemies as that un- defeatable combination of the army, the navy and the marines. —Buy War Savings Bonds— “Wearing a poppy is a pledge that we will not break faith with those who have died defending America.” “The poppy comes to us from the fields of France where Ameri cans first gave their lives in bat tle against the dictator powers. We wear this little red flower in honor of the men who fell at Belleau Woods, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, the Meuse-Argonne and other battles of the first World War. We wear it also in honor of the brave boys of Pearl Harbor, Wake, the Philippines, the East Indies and all those who have sacrificed life elsewhere in this renewal of the conflict. “The poppy, as you know, was inspired by the poem, Tn Flan ders’ Fields’ with its immortal lines: Tn Flanders’ fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row.’ The poppies were the only touch of beauty that survived amid the desolation of the battle front in France. They formed the only floral tribute on the graves of the dead and became for the men fighting there a symbol of heroic sacri fice. “This they remain today. The poem ends with the words: Tf ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though pop pies grow in ‘Flanders’ Fields.’ That is their message for us to day. We will wear poppies Sat urday to show that we are keep ing faith.” Paper poppies, made by disabled veterans of the first World War, will be distributed throughout the city on Saturday by the wom en of the Auxiliary. In exchange for them the Auxiliary will re ceive contributions for its welfare work among the disabled, their families of the dead of both wars. Dimes, quarters and dollars dropped into the coin boxes of the “Poppy Girls” this year will aid the victims of the present war, as well as those of the first World War, according to Miss Willie Young and Mrs. Mildred Nave, Poppy Day Chairmen of the T. J. Lyon, Jr., Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. i Author of Sister Mary’s Kitchen m ■ ' — It’s several generations since tiny children were exploited as chimney-sweeps but soot is as inflammable today as 'of yore and all wise house-holders see to its removal. Clean flues from fur nace reduce the hazard of chim ney blazes to a minimum and with fires out for the season there’s no time like the present for clean ing pipes as well as chimneys. * * * It’s a good idea to plan to have a continuous supply of quick ma turing crops such as peas and green beans and spinach and the like. The rule is to sow each successive batch of seed as soon as the last comes through the ground. This arrangement pre vents a lack of fresh vegetables throughout the season and pre cludes an oversupply at any one time. As soon as the early peas finish bearing pull up the vines and plant sweet corn in the rows. Remember that the thinning out of crops is one of the most important duties of the successful gardener. Plants allowed to crowd become soft and spindly and never reach perfection. 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The Spirit of 1942 :z - ‘ Tv.-- L > Come To Your CHEVROLET L m I for “ServkeThat Satisfies- Servke That Saves” ’ O' TRAINED QUALITY LOW MECHANICS MATERIALS COSTS It pays to see your Chevrolet dealer for serv ice on any car or truck. • . • Because he is a service specialist who offers you the advan tages of trained mechanics, quality materials, low costs. • • • And because, for years, Chev rolet dealers have had the largest number of trade-ins and, therefore, the widest expe rience in servicing all makes and models. • • • Better see your Chevrolet dealer—today/ i&i FOR “SERVICE THAT SATIS- FIES-SERVICE THAT SAVES” t 2 Check and Rotate Tires Get Regular Lu brication 3 4 5 6 7 8 Service Engine — Carburetor — Bat tery Test Brakes Check Steering and Wheel Alignment Check Clutch, Transmission, Rear Axle Check Cooling Sys tem Protect and Pre serve Finish McGrath motor INC. McCORMICK, S. C. quently more than one thinning is necessary because the first one should be done when the plants are very small. It seldom pays to try to transplant the seedlings of vegetables removed by the pro cess of thinning although if you have vacant spaces in the rows it’s a good idea to fill them up with the thinnings. The second thinning of beets usually provides greens for the table and baby carrots need never go to waste. ally, hedges of all kinds should be given the first shearing of the season now. To go back to the early flower ing shrubs and trees. Lilacs, as a rule, should have only the flower heads removed without much actual pruning of the wood. The cherries, dogwoods, almonds and magnolias are better left un pruned at all times. The shrubs and trees need plenty of water at this time, too, to invigorate them after their blooming period. Turn the hose Just as soon as the early flower- ' on the evergreens, too. Junipers ing shrubs have finished bloom- and spruces especially that look ing they should be pruned. This dull may be afflicted with “ret is especially true when they are spader.” A mild case of these growing in hedge form. Incident- mites can be washed off with a * * * strong stream from the hose. A more effective treatment is to spray the trees occasionally with lime-sulphur or oil sprays at mild strength. —Buy War Savings Stamps—: our/ WHAT? NO letterheads 9 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and We*il Print Some For \ou In A Hurrv!!