McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 06, 1942, Image 1
TBU1 TO OUBSELVKS, OUB NEIGHB OBB, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD*
Forty-First Year
Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942
Number 10
This Week in
Washington, D. C., August 3. —
(NWNS)—Under a new pro
gram announced by Leon Hender
son, head of the Office of Price
Administration, a purchaser can
sue a retailer for at least $50 if
the retailer charges a price higher
than that established by retail
price ceilings. Under Mr. Hender
son’^ order, which is expected to
aid greatly in the enforcemnt of
maximum prices, a civilian can sue
for treble the overcharge by a re
tailer, or for $50, which ever is
greater, and the retailer will also
be required to pay court costs,
lawyer’s fees, etc.
On many lines of goods, the reg-
cost of living.
Although thousands of types of
products are under strict price
control, the cost of living, in the
eyes of most people, is measured
primarily by the cost of food. With
food prices rising there is an in
creasing demand that all food
prices be put under control of the
OPA. But it is not likely that' an ~^"usic]
congress will agree to this — at | ^
least until after the election — be- -j^ q , rp
cause of the strong farm bloc in JjOy oCOUX 1 TOOp
congress which insists on watch
ing out for the interests of the
farmers no matter how contrary
that procedure may be to the in-
Civilian Defense Day
In McCormick
Friday, August 7
The program begins at 11:00 o’
clock a. m.
Everybody in the county is
urged to hear the speakers on air
raid protection.
Speakers on program:
Jacobs, and others.
Bring own picnic lunch.
Barbecue will be sold.
Home Guard parades.
Amplifying system for speakers
Dr.
Organized Here
Tonight, August 6th, at the Ma
sonic Lodge, some of McCormick’s
terests of the nation as a whole.
v«x UI XCB- attitude of congress was boys will join the Boy Scouts of
ulation is expected automatically clearly demonstrated when both America by passing their Tender-
to take care of ^ a °y CC “ e f ! houses, despite presidential oppo- foot requirements. Others who
there are still
which stand in the way of perma
nent price stabilization.
Tne demand for freezing of
farm prices and for the freezing
of wages has increased greatly
during the last month. The rap
idly increasing costs of certain
meats, plus the shortage of meats
in some cities, is blamed on the
lack of control over farm prices.
Figures indicate that the cost of
jiving continues to rise because of
the food products which are not
under price control. According to
figures releasd by Mr. Henderson,
the price of uncontrolled lamb
rose 10 per cent between May 15
and June 15, the greatest increase
there ever has been in such a
short period, the price of uncon
trolled roasting chickens rose 9
per cent.
On the controlled foods, such as
beef, bananas and canned fruits
and vegetables, the price has de
clined in most k cases, but the in
crease in prices on uncontrolled
items has offset all reductions‘‘and
caused an increase in the
Mrs. P. L. Reagan
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Parrie Leard Reagan, 73,
djed at her home at Troy early
Friday morning after an extend
ed illness.
Funeral services were conducted
at Troy Associate Reformed Pres
byterian Church, of which she was
a life-long member, Saturday af
ternoon at 5 o’clock. The Rev. W.
P. GriW, the pastor, officiated,
assisted by Rev. Wade Kay, and
interment was in the Troy ceme
tery.
Officials of the church com
posed an honorary escort, and ac
tive pallbearers were C. N. Ed
wards, J. F. Rush, W. P. Long, An
sel Talbert, Sydney Russell and
Charlie Brown.
Mrs. Reagan was the daughter
of the late Samuel P. and Loraine
Creswell Leard, pioneer citizens of
that section. Her husband, Young
P. Reagan, died in 1915. The de
ceased taught school in Lincoln
County, Ga., in her early woman
hood, and later did practical nurs
ing throughout this section.
Mrs. Reagan is survived by one
sister, Miss Belle Leard, of Troy,
with whom she made her home;
sition, passed a measure to estab- were scouts before the organiza-
lish a separate government agency tion of this troop will be reinstat-
to encourage the manufacture of ed at the rank they last held. The
synthetic rubber from farm prod- new troop is being sponsored by
ucts. Because of the controversy the Masons.
over whether synthetic rubber) Scoutmaster is Mr. W. N. Smith.
should be made from farm prod- The Assistant Scoutmasters are ^ ^ T ^ _
ucts, from oil, or from both, con- Mr. C. R. Sanders and Mr. J. M. tw ° brothers, Ed Leard, of Tioy,
gress decided to take this matter Dorn. The troop will meet every an ^ B - Leard, of Atlanta,
into its own hands and see that Thursday at 8:00 at the Masonic J * s - Strom, funeral director, m
the group with the largest number, Lodge until a Boy Scout hall is chrage.
of votes got the break no matter secured.
which method was adjudged best Any boys twelve years of age or Revival Meeting At
by experts on the War Production over wishing to join please meet I c?
j ;)oard | with the Scout leaders and the
The insistence of Congress on boys at the Masonic Lodge over
doing favors for the farmers, no the City Hall tonight. The boys
matter what the consequences to f re reall y wor |“ n e * P u ^‘ s ne »
the nation may be. is considered troop over and they *ant the pub-
here to be the chief dangerpoint | »c’s interest and support.
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Parksville Baptist
Church Starts Aug. 9
Hospital Named For
The Late Brig. Gen.
James M. Kennedy
in our efforts to stem inflation;
and may also interfere with our
war production, as threatened by
the synthetic rubber move.
The next most important threat
to our emergency program is the
unwillingness of the government
to take a firm nand with labor.
The decision of the War Labor
total board to increase wages in the
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Throw your scrap into the fight.
Bomb the Japs with junk!
MimOD THEATRE
McCORMICK, S. C.
In the book of successful farm
ing there are many legume leaves.
“Little Steel” industries by an
amount equal to the increased
costs of living— a decision which
has set a formula tor the de
mands of all industry—is believed
by experts here to be a
Protracted revival meeting is to
begin Sunday, August 9th, at 8:45,
at the Parksville Baptist Churcn.
Rev. L. K. Simpson is to assist the
pastor, beginning on Monday at
8:45 p. m. The public is invited.
G. P. Lanier,
Pastor.
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Republican Evangelis
tic Services Start
August 10th
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Aug. 7th and 8th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:30 P. M.
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
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12:20 o’clock for program announcements.
MONDAY and TUESDAY
Aug. 10th and 11th, 7:30 P. M. and 9:30 P. M.
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A series of evangelistic services
move I will begin at Republican Metho-
which practically forces inflation, dist Church next Monday evening,
Under that formula, each time August 10th, and continue through
there was an increase in living the following Sunday
costs there would be more de- Rev. D. R. Dickerson, an honor-
mands for pay rises, manufac- ed member of the Upper South
turers would have to increase Carolina Conference, is to assist
their prices to meet the increase* the pastor. Rev. W. M. Owings, in
labor costs and a vicious circle these services,
would be put into operation in Preaching daily at 11 a. m. and
which wages and prices would 9 p. m. throughout the week,
race upward together. The public is cordially invited
All of the “Little Steel” com- to attend each service.
panics have accepted the War X
Labor board’s ruling because they r> i?i* l
have been forced to under the 0111 ldlu VxIdllgC
° f ’“ lng th , eir T busln ff s Meets Aug. 10th
if they didn t comply. In a state- I “
ment made following acceptance,
the Inland Steel company said: I 11116 Buffalo Grange will meet
“In the name of patriotism, In-Pt the Buffalo school house Mon
tand is compelled to do a thing j da y ni g h t, August 10th, at 3:45 o’-
which it believes to be wrong, be- 'to 015 - members are urged to
cause the alternative would in- ’ 3e Present, as this is the last
terfere with war production. * meeting before the State meeting
“The steel workers threatened | a t Clemson
to strike if the company did not
comply. The War Labor board
threatened to invoke the full
power of the President to compel
the company to comply, meaning
that the company’s plants would
be taken from it. The company
had no alternative. It had to
comply.”
Hoping to let these
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Bethany H. D. Club
Sponsors Commu
nity Canning
The Bethany H. D. Club spon-
I sored a community canning at the
Bethany school house on Wednes
day, July 29th. The canning was
under the supervision of Miss
Bell. During the day 96 quarts
were canned, which will be used
for hot lunches for Bethany school.
Each one present brought a picnic
lunch which was very much en
joyed.
In the afternoon Mr. G. W. Bon-
nette, our county agent, came out
and visited us and gave us a talk
on liming land, which was very
well discussed, showing the good
it does.
News has come here to Mrs.
Onie Kennedy Haggard that the
new general hospital in Memphis,
Tenn., has been named the “Ken
nedy General Hospital,” in honor
of her brother, the late Brig. Gen.
James Madison Kennedy, one of
McCormick County’s most re
nowned sons.
His father was Archibald Boggs
Kennedy, prominent planter of
the old Long Cane Settlement of
Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who
settled that section at an early
date. His mother was Mary Mc-
Caslan Kennedy. A graduate of
the University of South Carolina
and the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Baltimore, he entered
the medical corps of the U. S.
Army in 1893. Until his death in
1930, his experiences were many
and varied in many parts of the
world for the duration of three
wars.
During the World War I he
was in command of the medical
department of the port of em
barkation at Hoboken, N. J., one
of the most important and diffi
cult pieces of work accomplished
by the medical corps. He was in
command port and a large num
ber of concentration camps and
hospitals situated in and around
New York. It was at this time
that he was awarded the most
coveted medal of the eight which
he was given, six of which Mrs.
Haggard has in her possession.
It was the Distinguished Service
Medal “awarded for services of
great responsibility, not in com
bat.” He also had the unusual
and distinctive honor of having
the Distinguished Service Cross
conferred upon him by the Navy
“in recognition of the meritorious
services rendered during the time
the n^vy was responsible for the
transportation of troops.” He was
cited for “gallantry in action
against Spanish forces at Santiago,
Cuba, in 1898 in attending wound
ed under fire,” and again in 1923
received the “Oak Leaf Cluster Ci
tation” for “exceptionally meritor
ious and distinguished service in
the Philippine Islands.”
Brig. Gen. Kennedy left a wife,
the former Miss Mary Edith Bald
win, of San Francisco, two sons,
Laurence Baldwin Kennedy and
Archibald Boggs Kennedy, both of
San Francisco, and one daughter,
Catherine K. Keane, wife of Lt.
Col. W. B. Keane, of Birmingham,
Ala.
In all his brilliant career he
never wavered in his devotion for
his native State and loved and
kept in close touch with the folk
back home. It is matter of deep
pride to the people of McCor
mick County upon which he re
flected so much credit, that now
this fitting tribute is being paid
to the memory of a medical of
ficer who contributed so much
and whose service is so repre
sentative of the fine traditions
of the Medical Dept. Df the Army.
When he retired, shortly be
fore his death, he was the com
manding officer at Letterman Hos
pital in San Francisco and had
also been commanding officer at
the Walter Reed Hospital in
Washington.
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ADMISSION: Adults, 28 cents; Children up to 12, 11 cents;
‘ Children 12 to 15. 17 cents, including defense tax.
want to get on the home grounds
and learn what the people really
» think, but some of them also fear
they may irritate voters by being
M at home when so many important
questions are now being decided. WO uld be well attended.
Crops In County
The crops of McCormick Coun
ty are very good this year. The
farmers are of the opinion that
the cotton crop is above average.
The weather condition could ma
terially affect our yields, even in
the older cotton. The boll weevil
is making a headway in a few
spots. The County Agent is list
ening to a lot of arguments about
who has the best cotton in the
County.
An open boll of cotton was first
handed the County Agent by J.
^ L. Bracknell, and Jack Morrah
cussed the Defense Rally Day that brought; in two open bolls Wed-
•is to be in McCormick August 7th, ne sday morning.^
telling us how important the; *
meeting would be and hoping it Keep ’em firing—with junk!
Mr. Bonnette and Miss Bell dis-
in Washington.
Reporter.
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Bomb the Japs with junk!
ON THE NEWS FRONT
Dehydrated Food
Industry Taking
-Major Role In Al
lied War Program
The necessity of supplying food*
for both the U. S. and Allied
fighting forces throughout the
world, plus the sending of food
contracted for Allied nations has
brought to the news front the
ever-growing importance of dehy
drated food.
Then, too the growing shortage
of tin (cans and containers for
non-dehydrated foods) plus the
increasing need for more cargo
space, has added to the increasing
use of the product.
Dried, sun-dried, evaporated
and dehydrated are the terms
most frequently used to describe
dried products. These dehydrated
foods occupy an average of only
one-fourth the space occupied by \
non-dehydrated products.
During the last war over 8,905,-
158 pounds of dehydrated food
were shipped to the United States
army overseas. Potatoes ac
counted for over six million
pounds, while soup shipments
were close / on to two million
pounds.
At that time food dehydration
did not prove very successful be- .
cause of the commercial concerns
having very little understanding
of the problems involved—one of
the most important being that
only the best grade of the prod
uct must be used.
The reason the United
States had such a head start
in food dehydration at the
outset of the war is that the
department of agriculture has
been carrying on experiments
in that field since 1921.
Up to the present time, slightly
more than two million pounds of
.dehydrated vegetables have been
purchased this year for Lend-Lease
shipments. Additional large quan
tities are to be purchased since
increased production has taken
place. Most .of the Lend-Lease
purchases for shipment across the
ocean have been largely repre
sented in dehydrated dairy and
poultry products.
Food products of all kinds,
such as eggs, skimmed and
whole milk, soups, apples, cit
rus fruit concentrates, butter
(pure butter oil), cheese and
meats are being shipped in
ever-increasing amounts.
In general, it takes about 10
pounds of fresh vegetables to
make one pound of dehydrated;
about three dozen eggs to make
One pound of dried; four pounds
of lean meat to make one pound
of the dehydrated product. *
Of all the products being de
hydrated today, the processing
Df meat in such a manner has
not—as yet—been fully perfected,
although an excellent product
has already been turned out. De
hydrated steaks and chops are
in the not too far future, officials
say.
For those canners, and oth
er organizations affected by the
shortage of tin and other sup
plies, the department of agri
culture has assembled all the
latest data and aid enabling
those concerns that wish to
enter the dehydration busi
ness to do so with a mini
mum loss of time and money.
Officials have warned that such
i business can not be started on
a shoestring. At least an output
of a half million pounds of dehy
drated product yearly is neces
sary for a successful operation of
a plant.
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Picnic Is Enjoyed
By McCormick BTU
Members of the Baptist Training
Union enjoyed a most delightful
picnic and barbecue in the park
on Thursday evening of last week.
Director J. F. Buzhardt was
assisted in this by Misses Vivian
Jaynes and Mary Fuller, Mrs: R.
L. Faulkner, Mr. F. A. Cosey and
Mr. G. A. Simpson and the affair .
proved a very happy occasion.