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5f^wP>! 4v - V McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOOTH CAKOLIINa Thursday, August 27, 1942 VcCOKMICK MESSENGER cerned that may the fauit rabllRhed Every Thunday Betablished June S, IMS bdmond j. McCracken, _ Editor and Owner at the Poet Office at Mc Cormick, 8. Cm as mail matter of Mo oeeond clam. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year : $1.00 Stac Months .75 Three Months JSO TODAY and TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON the leniency of local rationing boards, but nothing will stop that leniency except orders from Wash ington calling for stringent limi tations on B and C ration cards. Mt. Carmel News Mrs. J. D. Cade accompanied Drew Cade to Columbia Sunday to accompany his mother, Mrs. Ma- winter reta Cade > of Charleston, to con W ^. N, Ick G es recently quoted"from «"ue the trip to Charleston by a survey showing that less than ?>?-• Weal regret to see tom one-half of one per cent of east erners who have furnaces which leave, but wish for him the best of luck and a happy year, in could be converted to coal have sc ^° oi * w ... a 1 4. x_ Wo Misses Mary Hardaway, Bettie taken steps to convert them. He! J T also reported that only 4 per cent I Wardlaw and Mrs. LU lan Wilder had considered the possibility 0l|°* McCormrcJt ami D, to M. Da™ SU Those "figures * led him to issue °1 Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson Fri- a new warning on the subject da J even1 ! 1 ^. T T Mr . , , . j. _ ftontinn Sen. and Mrs. L. L. Hester, Mr. which was given scant attention pat ^ ^ Carolyn Hes . bv the newspapers and less atten- „ , wy aax, r ,. were dinner guests of Mrs. ^ nnlmanwho waSl't Onie Haggard Sunday evening. I talked to one ma n who w s , Mlsses Esther and Mae DuBose worrying ^ eca “ se t . ” y ° ' ‘ „ left last Saturday to return to has promised me that 111 get all Gr eenville General the oil I need.” , I talked to an oil dealer who, hospital. said: ‘‘Don’t you worry—I’ll take Miss Sdra Curtis returned to x i__ rtl , c ,f r . rr , orc »* Warm Springs Foundation Tues- care ot my regular customers^ J spending a pleasant 10 I 1 ta L ked %£ larme ll J a T- days at her home here mented. This coun ry y Miss Gladys scott of Davidson they'd never let us freeze l enjoyed a pleasant week end at FUEL . . . ‘Wolf, wolT I talked to a housewife who i » jf ere Flew people in the East are tak- said: “They’ll surely take care of ing seriously the threat of a fuel the homes where there are chil- «ul shortage this winter. dren.” And so it goes. Most everyone in the East ad- Here it is getting near the end mits reading,or hearing about that of August. In another month there threat. They realize it is a pos- may be frost. In two months the b ig spending some time at sibility. But, from what I gather thermometers will go down to hig home here Mr Sm ith will after talking to many people in stay. the East about it, they are not if there’s going to be enough oil worrying for one or all of these to go around, all right. But if three reasons: • that shortage is going to be se- 1. The scares, debates, confu- vere—as I think it is apt to be— don and uncertainty about scar- let’s hope Washington gets tough- dttes during the past year have er or shouts louder before the made them adopt a “wait and see” snow flies, attitude. When someone shouts Miss Lura Jean Watson was the attractive guest of a college room mate in Laurens the past week end. Mr. Herman Smith of Spartan- f, wolf” they no longer pay attention unless they see the wolf with their own eyes. 2. They feel sure that, if there Modoc News Well, we had plenty of rain last soon leave for camp, Miss Mary Jane Morrah of Bell- vue Spent the week end with Miss es Juanita and Sara Curtis. Miss Annie White is visiting her brother, Dr. Payson White, and Mrs. White, in Columbia. Mrs. W. B. Sharp was a visitor in Atlanta a day or N more last week. Mrs. Etta Lindley and children, Lena, Henry, Bobbie and Elnita, have returned home from a visit to Verdery and other places, also to Alabama. Football Season Opens Here going to be a major oil short: w «*- _ T** 16 » a! f‘ much ? arm the government would Issue w °rk done Most farmers have about lost their fodder. tags than It has done so far. An M '- E :I ^ U T y t P ea V he gf emergency fireside chat by the week "‘‘ h h 5 br ° ther ' Ge0 - Bus - President and big official emer- , ^ at ° oagla ^: Ga ’ ’ Bency messages in newspapers! Miss Marie Bussey spent the ivould certainly be used to spread w i f k w ‘ th A her aister ’ Mrs ' C ’ Hie alarm if the government E * skelton * of Augusta. thought this threat was really go- Mr. T. . ne ma e a a ^^ ess With the opening of schools mg to become an actuality. | r ^ r ° y ° y . p . W rd ' everywhere the nineteen forty-two 2. If ttiere was a real danger 1 Clem «id Pvt. Ward ^ get under nf homes being without fuel this n rrppnwood wa y* Some schools are discon- tfnter, the government would he | v A/r Pllc<!PV nnH rTPnrpp tinuing sports for the duration and putting in the new physical education program. McCormick High School, however, will have a football team. The physical edu cation program will be carried out here also. The team’s first game is scheduled for Sept. 18th with Washington High School in Wash ington, Ga. Practice will begin on Sept. 1st. r, wie government wuum , M s p M Busse y and George strtet to its gasohne ration- f a short visit to Au- ng. With pleasure driving con- Saturday ttmtog at the rate of millions of 8^ Hoison and daughter, petals of gasoline each week-end,!^ nla Holson of Augusta dmse in charge of the oil problem ^ of ^ week here umel, would ship less gasoline and ^ Mr and Mrs T , stone . nme oU to Uie E&st Hght now lf w g clem the past * was a choice between easteners week wlth her son . Sgt Talmage xteg to the seashore on a warm at S artanburg hmday or freezing on a cold win- Mrs Mamie McDaniel o( Augus . day. ICITON .... program Personally, I don’t agree with he people who refuse to worry. The statistics on oil needs ver- . ... us oil shipments and available, ery cars indicate that this threat ta is spending the week here in the home of Mrs. J. O. McDaniel. Mrs. Minnie Bussey is spending several days in Edgefield with her daughter, Mrs. Talton Prince, who Receive Twelve Per Cent Increase s the real McCoy. But I do agree Greyhound Employees boroughly with the logic of the — — - — easons people in the East^ are Iving for their attitude. Why doesn’t the government sally get tough about this thing ztd order everyone who has a onvertible oil burner to convert ; to a coal burning furnace right vw? Why can’t an oil rationing pro- Six Inch Sermon BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER Jacob Seeks God’s Help. Lesson for August 30: Genesis 32: 2-12, 27-29. Golden Text: Psalm 46:1. Jacob had found himself in a situation when, as one has quaint ly described it, “he couldn’t stay where he was and couldn’t go any where else.” Rid of Laban, Esau was before him. But the appear- A wage increase of 12 per cent, a nce of angels encouraged him van v -uu acmuvuuxb made retroactive to August 1. and and with confidence he sent mes- »111 be announced immediately payable in United States War sengers to awe Esau with an ae on the basis that no one can ap- j Bonds and Stamps, will be giveh count of his brother’s wealth, for oil next winter unless they to ail employees of the Atlantic , when they returned, reporting Greyhound Corporation, with the that Esau was coming with 400 exceotion of company officers men, Jacob was afraid. Payable In U. S. War Bonds And Stamps when you go in MID-WEEK or after the summer rush When you choose the un crowded times to travel two people benefit—you and the man in uniform or war worker who uses the seat you leave for him on a week end or holiday! You’ll have a more comfortable, more pleasant trip if you wait till after the summer rush period is over—if you go on Tues day, Wednesday, or Thurs day. And you’ll be saving space for those whose war time activities make it neces sary for them to travel on crowded week-ends. The Government has recog nized the need for recreation travel—but your cooperation in timing your trip well is essential. You can also aid by getting information and tickets in advance—and by traveling light, taking as lit tle baggage as possible. STROM’S CUT-RATE DRUG STOKE Phone 95 — McCormick, S. C. GREYHOUND L. M. Pinckney Is Representative For FWA In This State in prove that their furnace could □t be converted for oil-burning? Still depending upon the crafti ness he had often shown, he di vided his camp and then sent rich having system-wide jurisdiction, ”KES 4 . . . . . blame it was announced today by Arthur As petroleum co-ordinator, Har- M. Hill, president of the motor bus — d Trices is going to have most of company which has extensive ope- presents unto Esau. But he also te blame fall on his shoulders if rations in this area. Uought God s help. And again, on | people in the East don’t get j This pay increase, which will j the night before Esau’s arrival,; lei ohis winter. I bfenefit company employees resid- ^ "Jacob was left alone, and there j Mr. Ickes will be able to point, ing in ten eastern and southeast- wrestled a man with him until > numerous warings which he is- ern states and the District of Co- the breaking of day,” but no such, led—he will be able to say: “I lumbia, represents a very substan-; man as had ever wrestled with ild you* so!”—but that isn’t go- tial increase in the bus company’s mortal man before. Completely i ig to save him from blame. j annual payroll, and the proposed su bdued by the hand of God upon j In* a country where people won’t plan for the automatic investment his thigh, the crippled man still en pay any attention to a “Keep of the entire amount in War | clung to God and cried, “I will not f the grass” sign unless it reads, Bonds and Stamps was enthusi- let thee go, except thou bless me.”, - - • -*-" *' 1 At the end of all human effort | and schemes, Jacob realized his osk'tively,” Mr. Ickes ought to astically approved by all em- kjw that a few publicity releases, mded to newspapers, aren’t go- g to convince an audience which is learned to look with suspicion ployees. „„„ „„— — Although many employees are utter dependence upon God, and a already purchasing War Bonds changed man limped across the through a payroll deduction plan brook Jabbok that morning, with i learned to iook. witn uiuwr. uuuwn. oractically all news stories with I inaugurated several months ago, a changed name. For God had ** J 14. i XT ill fl'kO • J - _1 1J V. _ it was indicated by Hill that the sa id he should no more be called investment of the entire amount j a cob but Israel. And if, as some noay on to visit une ui of this additional wartime com- j think, Jacob was lame through iches in the East, or one of the pensation in War Bonds would ufe, his lameness was ever a re- s? tracks, or one of the out-of- I achieve the desired 100 per cent minder unto him that in the hour ashington datelines. And if Mr. Ickes would take a inday off to visit one of the m roadhouses, he would quickly participation of Atlantic Grey- iTiyja that the people can’t get hound employees in the govern- i excited about this oil trans- j ment’s voluntary war-financing rtation problem when they see program. iw much gasoline is being ship- d East to be burned up on non- sntial driving. Keep ’em firing—with junk! X far as that gasoline is con- Get in the scrap! when he ceased to be Supplanter his new faith had lifted him to the dignity of Prince of God. And may each one of us in our own Peniel learn the truth of the Gol den Text. xx Throw your scrap into the fight. Columbia, August 11.—Lawrence M. Pinckney, State WPA Admini strator, has been designated as Federal Works Agency representa tive for South Carolina in, addi tion to his dtities with the WPA. Hereafter all applications for FWA projects in South Carolina will be Reared through Mr. Pinck ney’s office in Columbia. Under his direction applications will be processed and forwarded with recommendations to the regional FWA office in Atlanta and from there to the Washington central office of FWA for final action. Announcement of Mr. Pinckey’s appointment came from R. L. MacDougall, regional FWA director, in Atlanta. Heretofore South Carolina applications for FWA projects were handled by the At lanta office of the agency. Mr. MacDougall likewise an nounced that F. A. Buck, FWA engineer, had been assigned to South Carolina State office of WPA, 1400 Pendleton Street, Co lumbia, S. C., for the purpose of establishing and assisting in the organization of FWA procedures in this State. Mr. Buck will re main here to thoroughly train the staff of the WPA in the practice of preparing FWA project appli cations under FWA procedures. The FWA is the parent agency of WPA, the Bureau of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public % Buildings. Brigadier General Philip B. Fleming is national head of the FWA and is also acting commissioner of the WPA. Therefore there will be no over lapping of functions, the an- nouncemet of the new arrange ment sets out, nor will there be any change in the functions and operations of the WPA in this State. Mr. Pinckney said that the WPA operations in South Caroli na are continuing precisely as they have been heretofore. FWA projects to be initiated within this State will come under the provisions of what is known as the Lanham Act. This Act sets up funds for use in constructing and developing pressing public works projects necessary to the war effort of the United States. Once the need is established the FWA may move under the Lan ham Act to construct facilities es sential to the war effort in com munities where that need exists. If a community seeking facili ties as provided by the Lanham Act can sponsor projects with financial aid it will be expect ed to do so. If such communities cannot provide fi nancial assistance the FWA is empowered under the Act to pro ceed with construction, with Fed eral funds, based upon existing need under war conditions. Roads, schools, hospitals, water systems and the like, may properly come within the category of the Lan ham Act, according to officials, but their need in the prosecu tion of the war must be establish ed. For example, if a small com- munity finds its facilities inade quate to meet an expanded popu lation due to an influx of workers for the construction of a military post, army air field or the like, that community would be able to establish its need for construction of adequate facilities under the Lanham Act. Mr. MacDougall, in announcing the new set-up in his region, em phasized that the placing of receiv ing and processing FWA applica tions in the hands of State WPA Administrators “takes the spear head of negotiations right to the front door of prospective appli cants.” i “There will be no need for ap plicants to come to Atlanta,” he said. “These WPA Administra tors and their staffs are well a- ware of practically all community needs within their states and ap plicants will find they can talk the local language, whereas all we know in Atlanta about local prob lems is what is contained in the application.” Mr. MacDougall declared that $26,000,000 worth of additional war public works projects within the next 60 days is the aim of the Re gional FWA office. -x- Fur sales are in full swing so if you are buying a new fur coat keep in mind certain fundamen tals. First be sure that your coat is the correct size. One that is too small causes unnecessary strain on the skins and makes them wear poorly. Second, be very careful about style. Choose a conservative classic cut, one that will be wear able for several seasons without “restyling.” A fur coat is an in vestment that the average woman doesn’t make every year. * * * If you had corn-on-the-cob last night for dinner and some one’s appetite failed so that an ear or two were left over make this corn souffle tomorrow for luncheon. Serve it with long rolls split and toasted, tomato salad and deep dish peach pie. Corn Souffle One and one-half cups corn cut from cob, 2 tablespoons but ter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 cup Treasurer’s Notice The County Treasurer’s Office will be open for the purpose of re ceiving taxes from the 15th day of September, 1942, to the 15th day of April, 1943. All taxes shall be due and pay able between the 15th day of Sep tember, 1942, and December 31, 1942. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31, 1942, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1, 1943, the County Auditor, will proceed to add Two Per Cent for .February, and if taxes are not paid on or be fore March 1, 1943, the County Au ditor shall proceed to add 3 per cent for March, and if taxes are not paid on or before April 1, 1943, the County Auditor shall proceed to add 4 per cent up to the 15th of April, 1943, after which time the County Treasurer shall issue exe cutions for all unpaid taxes, plus 7 per cent penalty. The tax levies for the year 1942 are as follows: State — 1 mill For County Purposes 13 mills Past Indebtedness 3 mills For Bonds 16 mills Constitutional School Tax 3 mills Mt. Carmel School District No. 1 2 mills Willington D. No. 2 2 mills Bordeaux S. D. No. 3 4 mills McCormick S. D. No. 4 and Bonds 16 mills Buffalo S. D. No. 5 4 mills Bellvue S. D. No. 6 10 mills Flatwood S. D. No. 7 00 mills Bethia S. D. No. 8 8 mills Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 —10 mills Young’s S. D. No. 10 00 mills Wideman’s S, D. No. 11 2 mills Milway S. D. No. 13 2 mills Robinson S. D. No. 14 6 mills Dornville S. D. No. 15 — 2 mills Bethany S. D. No. 16 — 8 mills Lyon’s S. D. No. 17 — 8 mills Hibler S. D. No. 18 6 mills Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 mills Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 and Bonds 20 mills Consolidated S. D. No. 1, Parksville, Modoc and Clarks Hill, and Bonds. 18 mills All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years ar« liable to a poll tax of $1.00 each. The law prescribes tha* el male citizens between the e • : *21 and 50 years must pay ’ >m- mutation tax or work si ’ on the public roads, except * ex empt by law. Commutation tax is uded in property tax receipt. RUTH P. DU? Treasurer, McCormick ty. WANT A Wanted—Pulp Wood. /• ited quantities Peeled Gum, Cotton wood, Poplar, Willow ar Maple at $10.00 loaded on cars C. & W. C. or Southern Railroads. Season for peeling is short, better peel it now. R. M. Winn, Plum i oh, S. C. INSURANCE Fire Insurai. -c. Other Kinds oi’ eluding Life Irip < UI In- HUGH C. . McCORMlC*. milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-8 tea spoon pepper, few drops tabasco sauce, 3 eggs. Melt butter, stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly until bubbly. Add milk slowly, stirring vigor ously. Cook and stir until boiling. Add corn, seasonings and yolks of eggs beaten until thick and lemon colored. Remove at once from heat and let cool slightly while beating whites of eggs until stiff. Fold beaten egg whites in to cooked mixture and turn into an UNbuttered baking dish. Bake 50 minutes in a moderately slow oven (325 degrees F.). Serve at once from baking dish. ♦ * ♦ Choose perfectly ripe peaches for the peach pie. Pare, cut in halves and remove pits. Put in a deep pie dish or a shallow bak ing dish, cut side up. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons quick cooking tapioca and 3 tablespoons strain ed honey. Put a dot of butter in each peach half and cover with rich pastry. Put in a hot oven for 10 minutes to bake the ' crust. Then reduce heat to 350 degrees F. and bake 30 minutes longer. Serve warm or cold. * * * Speaking of honey, here’s a recipe for a honey cake frosting that's really delicious. Boil 1 cup of strained honey un til it spins a thread. Beat whites of 2 eggs with 1-4 teaspoon salt until stiff. Beat in the boiling honey slowly, and continue to beat until cool and stiff. Flavor with vanilla and spread on cool cake.