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,V£ V '. McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMTCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 30, 1942 VcGORMCK MB3SENGEK | Published Every Thursday ¥ Mubllshed Jane S, IMS BDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Me- , Oermick, S. as nkail matter of ; Ms second class. f K7B8CRIPTJON RATES: IDds Tear $1.00 Ms Months .75 ' Throe Months AO A LATE SUMMER ' FARMING GUIDE f Some of the many phases of fore the war. GOODS disappearing Those gorgeous pictures of big, heavy-treaded tires, shown in the mail order catalogues, will make many a mouth water in the months to come. The washing machine pictures, the refrigerators, the bicycles, the lawnmowers, the cameras and the hundreds of farm and kitch en gadgets portrayed, will also bring many a sigh from those of us who have become accustomed to easy living. Most of us, I imagine, have lost track of the hundreds of items which industry is now prohibited from manufacturing. We learn Six Inch Sermon BT REV. ROBERT H. HARPER Abram: A Pioneer in Faith. Lesson for A gust 2: Genesis 12: 1-9; Hebrews 11:8-12. Golden Text: Genesis 15:1. While others who had preceded him had exhibited great faith, the abiding faith of Abram was such that he may be fittingly called a pioneer in his ability to see the unseen. Native of one of the oldest cities of. the world, Ur of the Chaldees, Abram had journeyed northward with his father to about them gradually by the try- Haran where he received his call to-buy method and are quickly to go into a strange country realizing that, during the past : - fM' jrt. ■ farm work important for atten- month ’ the stock of merchandise tfam in late summer are listed be- ava Hable in many types of stores low by County Agent G. W. Bon nette. Agronomy 1. Plan now for abundant win ter legumes and legume and small grain mixtures for soil improve ment. 2. Do not pull fodder; it is extremely disagreeable and ex pensive and it reduces the yield of corn. 3. Save farm seed of all kinds for 1943 plantings. 4. De termine now not to pick green or wet cotton. 5. Order lime ma terials now. 6. Plan to save every available pound of hay. Horticulture 1. Plant the fall Victory Garden for better farm living. 2. Be sure to plant large patches of turnips and other greens, enough for the entire farm. 3. Beans planted in late August often bring a good price. 4. After peach harvest cut out all broken limbs, as a pre ventive for shot-hole borers. 5. Clean up ground where vegetables have matured, to lessen insect and disease next season. Insects and Diseases * 1. Plan now to make next year’s wheat, oat, and barley crop as disease-free as possible. . 2. Plow under old crop remnants soon after harvest to destroy insects, 3. Control bean beetles with ro- tenone dust or spray. 4. Begin cleaning up the orchard and de stroy all fallen fruit. 5. Clean up ail fly-breeding places and use formaldehyde poison and traps. 6. Clean com cribs of all weevil-in fested refuse. *7. Examine wheat for “weevil” damage and fumigate If- necessary. 8. Requeen bees. Agricultural Engineering *1. Get the mower and rake in good running condition for hay harvest. -2. Check over" and repair all types of farm, machinery while parts are available. 3. Use August leisure time to construct and re pair farm buildings. 4. Make grain storage buildings rat-proof. 5. In vestigate the possibilities of in stalling running water in the house toy using a hand pump, a hydraulic ram, or other low-cost system. 6. Also investigate pos- siblities of garden irrigation from small streams. • xx jf. TODAY and TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON CATALOGUE.... museum ' If you have a 1942 mail order catalogue, it might be a good idea to hang on to it and file it with your history books. I have just finished thumbing through one of those hefty volumes and it occurred' to me that here was a veritable encyclo pedia of the things which we are going to have to do without if this war continues as long as those who hob-nob with the President predict. • A lot of the things pictured in the catalogues are already un available and the mail order houses are thus forced to return millions of dollars of good U. S. cash to people who order them. -Another group of products can only be sold to people who have priorities and another large group will be unobtainable as soon as present stocks are exhausted. ' When we will again be able 1 to purchase those things which we have taken for granted for so many years, nobody knows, so it seems a good idea to keep the 1942 ' book on hand to show Junior the pictures of the things * which made living so easy be- has become extremely limited. With practically all things made of metal or rubber having gone to war, or rapidly joining the forces, the available civilian mer chandise is dwindling like a snowball in July. GADGETS . ... Christmas Last week I received from Washington a new list of articles, made from iron and steel on which manufacturing will be entirely prohibited beginning next month. The list, which is simply an addition to many previously issued, includes hundreds of pop ular items. A few of them are: Atomizers, automobile accesso ries (except those required by law), awning frames, bag and pocketbook frames, beds, binocu lars. bird cases, blackboards, cash registers, chick feeders, Christ mas tree ornaments, cigarette cases, cigarette lighters, clock cases, compacts, corn popper, cro quet sets. Those are just a few of the items listed under A, B, and C. But they are enough to give a general idea of how rapidly all kinds of items are going to dis appear from the market. By com paring this one list with the index of a mail order catalogue I found it called for the elimination of more than 200 of the products indexed. When I first heard that pur chasing '">wer in 1942 would greatly exceed the merchandise which we would be able to buy, ,it was a difficult state to imag ine. I couldn’t picture anyone going to town .with money in his pocket and not being able to spend it. When the Christmas shopping season comes around again the great scarcity of goods will be come strikingly apparent to all of us. There is apt to be very little to put under the 1942 Christmas tree except war saving stamps. “which he should after receive for an inheritance.” The call had its promise of large blessing—he would become the father of a great nation. We may look back now, after the lapse of several thousand years, and see the record of the fulfillment of God’s prom ise in the history of the Hebrews; Abram’s faith was great indeed because he could see through his faith what now we read. In Caanan God appeared again unto Abram and gave him as surance of the fulfillment of the promise made to him in Haran And when we act upon our faith, renewed assurances come to us of fulfillment in God’s own time. In the 11th chapter of Hebrews, which has been called the pic ture gallery of the saints, the whole of Abram’s career is as cribed to his faith, and it is said that through it all he looked be yond the things of time to eter nal things—“for the city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Let us follow the leadings of faith in our own time and-place, knowing that we can safely trust God’s promises of wellbeing and happiness. Hail The Hen FUTURE . . promising We are going to learn to get along without a lot of things, but that isn’t going to stop us from wanting them back at the first possible opportunity. When the war ends there is going to be the greatest demand for goods that there ever has been in the history of this coun try. With our pockets loaded with war bond money, there will be millions of us who will want to make the down payment on a new automobile the day the peace is signed. We’ll be mobbing the stores trying to replace practically every gadget we have with some thing new, shiny and up-to-date. How long the period will be in which industry can shift from making tanks to cars, guns to refrigerators and planes to wash ing machines is uncertain. . But the blueprints for that shift are now being made and the chances are that it will be put over in a miraculously short time—a much shorter time than it took for in dustry to shift to making war e- quipment with which it wasn t familiar. Furthermore, every industry which hopes to re-gain public. That the American hen is sure ly working on the Food for Vic- I tory Program is shown in reports on egg buying activities of the A. M. A., acording to Miss Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. This timely tribute to the Hen ap peared in the “Washcoegg”, April, 1942. “Times of national stress often bring forth feminine leaders to whom the rank and file look for guidance and inspiration. France had her Joan of Arc, England her Florence Nightingale * and China has her Madame Chinng Kai Shek. As an exemplary figure after which to pattern our views and actions during these war times, w T e could go a long way be fore finding a better citizen than Henrietta, the hen:— She’s up with the sup every morning and early to bed every night. She puts forth her best effort every day without any promise of bonus, extra reward, or pension. She doesn’t demand a 40 hour week and double time for over time. She doesn’t go on sitdown strikes—when she sits down, it means business. N She’s perfectly willing to share what she has with her neighbor without feeling either superior or martyred. She doesn’t spend half her time squawking about the fellow who gets more than she does. She makes no attempt to hoard but is content with her daily share. She isn’t a self-appointed au thority on everything from ra tioning to aerial combat, but just tends to.her job. She isn’t always looking for a soft spot where the work is easy and the pay is good. She’s too busy to worry about keeping up with the Joneses. She produces a vital and es sential war material (eggs) and The Snail •it* WAR THE HOUSE OF HAZAR DS —by Mac Arthur / APPRECIATE YOUR RE-DECORAONC, EFFORTf, PUT YOUR HABIT OF U/ALL- fA RERIH 6 OYER EVERYTHING IS GETTING ME POUIN.... ..WITH DIFFICULTY IFOUNP THE WALUPLUGE-- ' y. —JUST BY LUCK 1 FINALLY LOCATED THE LU/NDOLU • « " • ci • • • ^ JE*. ■ *.*. • ^‘ 'i I .... It WASN'T UNTIL THE MILKMAN KNOCKED THAT I WAS ABLE T(X TRACK DOWN THE DOOR PT... B-B-BUT NOW I CANT • FIND *.S • ■<’/<«,IM I 4'/IMI It I «•« I, j.t. * * ,,•*«. • N-N-NO IT COULDN'T HAVE DOW THAI!- OR DID I ? FIN TO EAT WITH STOMACH GAS PAINS CHECKED favor is now planning big im- is publicly proud of her work- provements in the products they manship. will deliver after the war. V/c i Although her very life depends may have to go without a lot of upon continued high production, things today, but these sacrifices she sings at her work, will be more than compensated ! Her’s is the real spirit of Vic- for by the marvelous products tory.’’ which are promised to us for to morrow. TO CHECK INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In* eluding Life Insurance. Nobody knows better than you what pain and distress an upset stomach can bring about. Foods seem to lay on the stomach like a hard rock. Gas presses the heart. Sour acid pains set up a nervous, tired feeling. And what is more, digestion lags, energy drops, and it is hard to be your usual good- natured self. So it is good to know that by following the simple plan of tak ing Williams Formula most peo ple can enjoy blessed relief from these distresses almost over night! In Williams Formula, Her bal Extracts and Minerals supply gastric tonics to increase desire for foods, stimulate the flow of stomach digestive juices; mild laxatives to ease out delayed bow el wastes which may be setting up sourness and over-acidity; and Stomachics to ease out gas and bloat. Realize the happy difference the relief from Sour Acid Gas Pains, Bitter Stomach Risings, and Belching can make in your en joyment of Foods, Work, and Play. Just make up your mind today to get after stomach upset — to seek relief from these pains caus ing you misery. Telephone or come in for one of the 3 econom ical sizes of WILLIAMS FOR MULA at the Peoples Drug Store. —Adv. TRUCK TIRES REMPPED We have all sizes rubber. Send us your tires and rationing certificates, or see John Warren. HOLLOWAY-DOUGHTY 811 Ellis Street. Augusta, Ga. Tractor Tires Repaired. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Can a farmer visit his agricul tural college without benefit? If so, why not? Buy Your Furniture From S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. XX- We have found that malnutri tion is as common on the farm as in cities.”—Secretary of Agricul- j ture Wickard. “Food is fundamental. On a foundation of food we can build anything. Without it we can build nothing.”—Vice-President Henry A. Wallace. xx An empty stall may be better than a poor milk cow, but there are good milk cows. Ever so many horseshoes over the barn door will not prevent bad luck to the farmer who neg lects his livestock. Shakespeare applied to forest fires: “A little fire is quickly trodden out which, if suffered, rivers cannot quench.”