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0 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMTCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 25, 1942 IcCORMICK MESSENGER rabllshed Every Thanday Established Jaae S, 19M EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor aad Owner at the Post Office at Me- [ cermick, S. C., as mail matter of tfce second cli f EDBSCRIPTION RATES: [ (One Tear $1.00 r Eta Months .75 Three Months AO THE DOCTOR IN WARTIME A short time ago, an American Medical Association official ob served that doctor calls might have to be “rationed” for the duration. The reason behind this is the immense number of doc tors being called for service in the military forces. According to army heads, thousands more will be needed in the future. American medicine is rising to this emergency with its typical spirit. Retired doctors are com ing back into harness, and taking over the practices of younger men who have joined the Army and Navy. Other doctors are working harder, and serving an increased number of patients. And during this difficult period, the patient himself can help keep medical practices at the high standards to which we are accustomed. Don’t waste your doctor’s time. Don’t ask him to make a house call when you are perfectly capa ble of going to his office. Don’t make his visits a social occasion, and expect him to sit around and visit for an hour after he gets through treating you. If, through your thoughtlessness, the doctor is forced to dissipate time, some one who urgently needs his attention may have to go without. . American medicine can serve both the armed forces and the civilian population with effici ency if patients will cooperate. xx * * a * TODAY and TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON SLAP 1865 In a recent column I told a story about a couple of women riding in a bu§ who were over heard discussing the war. One of them said she didn’t care how long the war lasted be cause her husband was making more money than he had ever made before in his life. A man sitting behind her, according to the story, arose, went up to her and gave her a resounding slap in the face. “That for my son who was killed in Pearl Harbor,” he said. I believed it was a true story because a man I trust told it to me. He said that a close friend of his actually saw it happen. But I received a letter from a woman in Colorado who said she had first heard the story in 1917 —that at that time she heard of it happening on a street car in Memphis, Tenn., later in Seattle, Wash., and again in Denver. She admitted she hadn’t heard it be fore 1917, but said a Civil war veteran claims to have heard the same approximate story in 1865— it happened on a horse car some where in Tennessee that year. INVENTION . . . emotions chances are that my story was pure invention on somebody’s part. It is quite possible that slap ?'i the face has been “resounding” since 1865. When I checked with the man who told it to me, he finally ad mitted that maybe his friend hadn’t seen it happen; it might have been a friend of his friend who was riding on the bus when the woman got slapped. If I had wanted to make a nuisance of myself and had checked each friend and each friend’s friend, I probably would have found that the search would go on forever, and I never would have arrived at its original source. Of course, a story like that, whether true or not true, offers a dramatic way of appealing to the emotions. In this case the story was probably invented for morale- building, since anyone who heard it would immediately be incensed j against those who are profiteer ing out of the war without regard to the men who are giving their lives for their country. Such a story, whether true or not, may do more good than harm. It crystallizes a general feeling, arouses the right emotions —and spreads like wildfire from one person to another. ■ ' > * CIGARETTES . leper But we have to guard against “invented” stories, for those in vented to do harm often spread more quickly than helpful ones. I remember, about ten years ago, when someone warned me not to smoke a certain well-known brand of cigarette because it had just been discovered that a leper was working in the factory where that cigarette was made. Within the period of a month I probably heard that story from a dozen different people and after that it disappeared. But a couple of years ago I again heard the same leper story—this time another well-known cigarette fac tory being the leper’s employer. Then there have been stories about rusty nails being found in certain bottled foods, ground up glass in well-known lines of can ned goods and poison used to color certain lines of candy. None of those stories, so far as I could find out, were based on fact, but they undoubtedly were believd by a lot Of people who heard them and damaged the reputation of businesses concerned. WHISPERERS . methods Organized “whispering cam paigns” aimed at hurting busi nesses, destroying reputations and spreading propaganda have often been carriet| on. In fact, in sev eral cities there have been com panies established for the very purpose of spreading stories. It’s easy to see how such a vicious business can make head way. In a political campaign, for example, a firm which we might call “Whisperers, Inc.” is employed to ruin the character, of a certain candidate to prevent his election. Whisperers, Inc., will send, out whisperers in couples, who will head for crowded places such as subway trains, street cars, hotel lobbies, bar rooms and railroad stations. When a crowd is around, the two whisperers will appear to be in argument and when things quiet one will shout to his friend, “You won’t catch me voting for that wife-beater John Smith! Why his neighbors say they can hear that poor wom an screaming almost every night. He ought to be in jail instead of running for office!” Having said their little speech, they then go on to another crowd ed spot and repeat it—or start some new rumor to besmirch still further the character of this po litical aspirant. Such methods have been em ployed off and on for years. But today we want to be particularly careful of all whispering cam paigns we run into—for the big gest. organization in the busi ness right now is the firm of hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. Sharp, Nagging Rheumatic Pains Cheeked FAST tux RUX Compound does the work. This fine medi cine ia agreeably relieving pains from Rheumatism, Neuritis, Neuralgia, and Lumbago for thousands of people all over this country. Hundreds of neighbors right here at home vouch for its effectiveness. Nothing to mi*. Combineii proven in gredients which work from the inside (where the pains actually are). Surely it is worth your while t6 prove what RUX COMPOUND may do in your own case. Do not put off this important matter, but ask for RUX COMPOUND (liquid) today — 3 econ- PEOPLES DRUG STORE —Adv. When Arms, Legs. Back. Hands Hurt With Muscle Pains, Try This Popular Dependable Medicine. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. Cfifi Broad Street Augusta. On INSURANCE •Fire Insurance And Al) Other Kinds of Insurance In eluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Slattery Commends Record Of Little River Electric Coop. The Little River Electric Coop erative, Abbeville, has receiv ed a letter from REA Adminstra- tor Harry Slattery, commending it on its record of repaying its REA loan in advance of the date due, Supt. F. Willard Brown announc ed. The Little River Cooperative was one of 35 systems that made advance payments of $135,112 dur ing the month of April alone. The cooperative had made ad vance payments amounting to $1,000 as ot May 1. This money was repaid before any -principal or interest became due the REA under the cooperative’s loan. REA has loaned the Little River Coop erative $153,061 which has enabled it to develop 227 miles of distribu tion lines now furnishing electric ity to 591 rural consumers in the area. Mr. Slattery’s letter to the coop erative follows: St. Louis, Mo., June 11, 1942. Little River Electric Cooperative, Abbeville, South Carolina, Attention: Mr. F. Willard Brown, Superintendent. Gentlemen: Subject: SC 35 Abbeville. You are to be commended on the contribution you have made to the war effort by making pay ments on your REA loan in ad vance of the due date. Your co operative was one of the 35 REA financed rural electric systems in 14 states that made advance pay ments totalling $135,112 during the month of April alone. The way farmer-owners of REA lines are using their increased in come to reduce their indebtedness ahead of schedule is giving me great pleasure. Besides providing additional evidence of the finan cial soundness of the REA pro gram and laying up a cushion of credit agaist less favorable times, REA cooperatives are carrying out he Treasury’s request that money be taken out of circulation for the retirement of debts in order to forestall the dangers of inflation. An advanced payment on your REA loan helps the government’s war- inancing program more than would the same amount invested n War Savings Bonds. Every advance payment you make is also a guarantee that "hen victory has been won, your system will be in an excellent fi nancial position to continue its urogram of bringing power to the farms in your area which are still without electricity. I am highly pleased with the re ports coming to me from all over the country which tell how indi vidual members of the REA coop eratives are investing large parts of their personal income in War Bonds. This also is in line with the national drive to keep down the cost of living. Sincerely, Harry Slattery, Administrator. x A total of 1,549^267 persons wit nessed the 77 night baseball games played in the major leagues 'ast season . . . Ty Cobb’s life time batting average was .367; Babe Ruth’s .342 . . Larry Mac- Phail has had only two mana gers since he went to Brooklyn— Burleigh Grimes and Leo Duro- cher. But he has hired 11 coaches . . Eddie Joost, Cincinnati in- fielder. is only 25, but has had nine years of pro baseball experi ence. Vic Niethammer, flashy fresh man right halfback at Notre Dame last fall, won't attend that school next year. He’s re ported headed for either Colorado U. or the University of Wyoming. He hails from Casper, Wyo. . . Fourteen former pupils of Larry Gilbert, manager of the Nash ville club in the Southern asso ciation, are playing regularly with major league teams. Umpire Art Passarela made the jump to the major leagues after only four years of training. An American l”"" ^ he is 33 years old. His f^her wanted him to be a musio ? '' . Fred Dan- nenfelser, capta ,M of Michigan’s 1941 golf ' ensign at the Mare I 01 ' nrd .... Doc ProU’'- nphis wore a how S. O. S. » »• * # • ^ * HELP- farm s HANDS QWANTED jjpyflpMHiUu. ’“///. V I / V V *""*“** i/’CmJ 1 ;/™X •*“' V /' J it/t, ([ i. (v/,, ^ ^ ' ,f; ' : \iiiir ,ir% ./ // y / II ¥ d £REVRol| m mi For “Service That Satisfies-Service That Saves 99 Your Own Judgment Will Tefl You: o 3 More people go to CHEVROLET DEMERS FOR SERVICE than to any other dealer organization . because for years more people have purchdled Chevrolets than any other make of car. . because for years more people have purchased used cars from Chevrolet dealers than from any other dealer organization. . because Chevrolet dealers specialize in giving skilled, de pendable service on all makes of cars and trucks. Check and Rotate Tires ^ Get Regular Lubri- “ cation Service Engine Car buretor Battery 4 T<est Brakes Cheek Steering and W heel Alignment Check Clutch. Trans mission. Rear Axle Check Cooling System Protect and Preserve Finish ; ' i McGRATH MOTOR CO., McCORMICK, S. C. the coaching lines during a game. His total was 2.3 miles. Mickey Owens didn’t catch a losing game for the Dodgers from May 3 to May 20 . . .First pitch er to beat the Yankees twice this season was Elden Auker of the Browns . . Andy Farkos. Wash ington Redskin halfback, is work ing in an airplane factory at Dearborn. Store Vegetable Seed Properly To Protect Future Food Supply Clemson, June 20.—With the ne cessity for maintaining food pro duction at a record level to meet wartime requirements and insure victory, it is more important than ever before for South Carolina farmers to conserve vegetable seed supplies through proper storage, says A. E. Schilletter, Clemson ex tension horticulturist. Proper care in the transporta tion and storage of vegetable seeds will prevent deterioration and re duce the chance that seeds saved for the next crop or for larger plantings to meet production goals will not come up, Schilletter ex plains. The combination of high tem perature and high humidity, of ten found in our summer climate spells death to many vegetable seeds. The remedy is to dry the seed and store in airtight contain ers in a dry place. He cites ex periments by the Federal Bureau of Plant Industry which show that many vegetable seed were worthless for planting after nine weeks sto rage at 80 degrees F. and 30 per cent humidity, and others showed loss of germination under similar storage conditions. SMART MONEY KNOWS WHERE TO r GO AFTER \i READING THE ADS , /V THIS //,VVv NEWSPAPER, r m i ’///////A*****