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t I I • / • McCORMICK MESSENGER, Mc^ORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 10. 1 942 20 Farm Security ’ Families To Get Merit Award Certi ficates From F. S. A. 30 Farm Security families in McCormick County will receive -Merit Award Certificates from the jferm Security Administration for their effort in producing FOOD FOR FREEDOM, was the an nouncement made today by E. Hanvey, County FSA Supervisor, AH the families have farm se curity loans from the U. S. De partment of Agriculture to help them with their farming. They grow gardens, raise poultry and livestock, keep milk cows, and do ether things to produce their own living and to help produce for others. The FSA Merit Awards will be presented to these families Sat urday, December 19, at 10:30 A. M. at the Court House, in a program arranged for this occasion. “One of the most gratifying results of this program has been the eagerness of the farmers to raise more food for the war ef fort. It is evident that there is a growing feeling of responsibili ty to themselves and to their country—a feeling of the highest patriotism' in a live-at-home pro gram, by which they make the Nation stronger,” said Mr. Han vey. “Most families came close to the minimum goals set, and the fam ilies receiving awards equalled or surpassed goals set. All the fam ilies realize that one of the really important ways in which they can participate in the war effort is to produce food and more food.” “The plans we are making now for our next crops call for even larger goals,” said Supervisor Hanvey. “The production of the small independent farm family who has enough family labor to successfully produce for the war effort is the hope of this nation, .in our great emergency. Our fighting^ men must be fed well, our workers in the factories must have strength and energy from DON’T GUESS - BUY NATIONALLY ADVERTISED GOODS E-i- 1 "» Buy Men’s GIFTS From A Man’s Store. It Pays. Arrow Shirts $2.25 up Hickok Belts 1.00 up Pajamas 2.50 up Initial Handkerchiefs 3 in box 1.00 & 1.50 Wool Robes 12.00 up Silk Robes — 15.00 up Smoking Jackets — 9.00 Sweaters 3.50 up Leather Jackets 12.00 up Dobbs Hats 5.00 up Berg Hats 5.00 up SUITS — and — O’COATS Kuppenheimer Hickey Freeman Timely Clothes $30 up Full Line Hickok Jewelry For Men. All gifts packed in holi day GIFT BOXES F. E. FERRIS & CO. 752 Broad. Street Augusta, Ga. • Service Men Help Rescue Fire Victims * • . ‘ v * i* Soldiers and sailors aid firemen remove victims of the disastrous Are at Cocoanut Grove night club, in Boston—the nation’s worst fire sine* the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago, in 1903. The fire was caused by a 16-year-old bus boy who lit a match so he could see to replace a ceiling light bnlb. The match started an artificial palm tree burning, and the flames spread rapidly. About 500 people lost their lives in the blaze, and scores were seriously burned. Nazis Always Being Bossed by Corporals Members of the German armistice commission in French Morocco, captured by American forces who landed there during the North African operations, are shown being marched off for internment by an American corporal. Taking orders from a corporal is nothing new for them. That was Der Fuehrer’s rank in the German army. good food. Our allies, whose lands are torn by shells and bombs, must be fed so that they can keep on fighting and we must have plenty at home.” X Job Insurance Payments Decline A decrease of 62.2 per cent in the number of Job insurance checks issued last month, com pared with the number mailed in November, 1941, was announced today by the South Carolina Un employment Compensation Com mission. Only 7,350 separate checks, totaling $65,869, were mailed in ^November, 1942, while In the corresponding period of last year, 19,450 checks totaling $145,- 150 were issued. The amount of the average check rose from $7.46 to $8.96. The total amount paid out to the eligible unemployed in November repesented a decline of 54.6 per cent from payments in the same month of last year, and 14.7 per cent from the amount disbursed in October, 1942. Most unemployment is now for a very short period, the Commis sion said, and by far the greater proportion of job insurance claimants do not exhaust their benefit rights by drawing unem ployment compensation checks for the full 16 weeks allowed under the law. Shortages of necessary materials, changes from civilian to war production, and priorities were responsible for most of pres- 3nt day unemployment, it pointed Dut, declaring that even in pros perous times there are always ome jobless workers. First Prize Lleui. Col. Harold Bauer wins a contest staged for the U. S. ma rines at Henderson field, Guadal canal. The captured flag was pre sented by Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, left, commanding general of the marine air forces in the Solomons. The prize was for the first flier to- • three enemy planes. Card Of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many friends and neighbors for their acts of kind ness shown us during the death of our beloved husband and father. May God bless each and everyone. Mrs. S. S. York, v ' And Family. X Chemical Fighter Looking like a man from Mars, this sailor is fully prepared to com bat poisonous gas and remove it from any object it may have come in contact with—without harmin'* himself. xx U. S. Fliers Hit Buna The Japs tried to sneak thro Th some reinforcements to their hr d- pressed countrymen at Buna, on New Guinea. The convoy was net by American bombing planes, who blasted them right out of the scene of action. Back from that success ful bombing raid, Capt. F. T. Green of San Antonio, pilot, (left) and Lieut. R .^it Schlch, of Omaha, co pilot, light up and relax. BELK’S . 'f Now Goinji On. Finishing the year ♦uth a mikion dollar volume Continues right up to Christmas Day h :IJ * BELK’S • IN AUGUSTA The fullest store of merchandis'e and customers in the South. IN BELK’S LARGE STOCK You will be certain to find what you want. Every item is on sale at a saving. In many instances you will ’ve as much as 50% Belk’s big $400,003 stock has been priced to move the goods and reduce to normal December inventory. ALL NOVELTY DISHES AND _ POTTERY This Sale . . . Values to $1.50 CHOICE, EACH 5c with purchase of other merchandise. SHOP ALL OVER BELK’S BIG STORE FOR ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS NEEDS 845 BROAD > STREET BELK WHIT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Share-The-Meat Plan Discussed By Watkins Clemson, Dec. 5.—The reasons for the voluntary share-the-meat program urged by the Government are easy to find, Extension Direc tor D. W. Watkins said here to day, urging all South Carolinians to join in the program for econo my, health, and patriotism. “Our total supply of meat for civilian, military, and lend-lease uses amounts to 24 billion pounds.” Mr. Watkins explained. “The army: navy, and lend-lease requirements call for 6 1-2 billion pounds, leav ing a total of 17 1-2 billion pounds for civilian use. The de mand, however, on the part of civilians is for 21 billion pounds. This leaves us 3 1-2 billion pounds short of the amount civilians would use if it were available. “Of course we want to have a share-the-meat program fully ef fective and agreed to by every body because our knowledge of nutrition makes us realize how important it is that every person get a reasonable amount of meat regularly. “No hardship will follow the ap plication of this 2 1-2-pound limit because it includes only what is ordinarily spoken of as carcass meats and does not include speci al meats such as liver, kidney, heart, head, feet; nor does it in clude any poultry, fish, rabbit, or other game. Nutrition specialists also point out that other sources of protein that may supplement meats in the diet include milk, cheese, eggs, peanuts and beans. “This program dos not restrict farm people in carrying out sound farm and home plans. Each farm family of five should grow and slaughter three hogs averag ing 225 pounds live weight, and should grow one yearling beef for home slaughter and keep 25 hens and hatch out 100 baby chicks each year. This is to supply home needs, and any additional amount produced for market fits right into the wartime farm pro gram. “Farm people have asked whether they will be limited in l he amount of meat that they can laughter and cure or can for home use. The answer is that no ANTIFREEZE WE HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY OF GENERAL MOTORS ANTI FREEZE. McGrath motor go. McCormick, S. C. CHOICE FRESH NEATS In our market we have at all times a good supply of Choice White Face Baby Beef, Pork, Pork Sausage, Mixed Sausage, Grown Beef, Fish and Oysters. Call in and make your selection, or phone us your order. Prompt delivery. ! I § a D. C. TALBERT Phone 26J McCormick EE. i.,.a t—; 1 r • ick, S. C. I , i. i Itf Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. • No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. mitations whatever have been placed on farm families producing heir own meat supply, but they ire asked to abide by the 2 1-2- pound per week average consump- ion of carcass meats. “Up to the present time,” Mr. Watkins concludes, “the cash in- omes of Carolina farmers are too low to expect that they will ever )uy much meat from the butcher shops. It takes two hogs on the hoof to buy back the pork from one hog. Consequently farmers will surely be limited tc the use of what they grow them selves.” X “What is rationing? It is a community plan for dividing fair- y the supplies we have among all who need them. It is not un-Am erican’. The earliest settlers of this country, facing scarcities of food and clothing, pooled their I precious supplies and apportioned them out to everyone on an equal THINK yOU'Rt SMART? Take vour pencil in hand a^i try your skill at either or both of the simple tasks outlined above. For the Thin Man, just draw him doing anything you please—running. • atking, working, playing, etc. For Figure Folk, take a number fr. i.t 1 to 9 and draw anything around it iis . It was an American idea together, when Cie »n and it is an American idea to share when supplies are country’s welfare demands it. - -to sacrifice, if necessary, I Office of Price Administration. Whoever seeks progress in farm ing must first seek progressive idea 1 , on farming.