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ww m. • ^» *» •'W* ' /• -. v - I I ?. V > ..iJ .v-t ■ •' ; n * --••• ' r ■• ' •-• ■* = ' '4:'*-" ':-f' McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 18, 1943 •rr- •* ' ri • p • V * ? * i m. ^.TCATION FOR ISSUANCE OF OTVUCATE STOCK CERTIFICATE ■ ’ y STATE OF SOTTTH CAROLINA, Ctounty Of McCormick. wHJ&tEAS, the. late P. J. Robin- -son, at the time . of his death/ xiwned TEN shares of Common .Stock in the Dorn Banking Com pany of McCormick, South Caro lina, with a par value of Fifty *50.00) Dollars per share, and was the owner of Stock Certifi- x ate No. 16, issued on May 10, ''987, which said certificate cov ered TEN shares of Common Btock, and WHEREAS, said Stock Certificate No. 16 has been lost or destroyed, 4i>ow, therefore, NOTICE IS HEREBY QIVEN hat Stock Certificate No. 16, representing TEN shares of Com mon Stock in the Dorn Banking Company, McCormick, South Car olina, has been lost or destroyed, and that the undersigned will at the expiration of Thirty Days ap- J3ly to the said Bank for a dupli cate Stock Certificate. MRS. FRANCES R. PRICE, Administratrix Of The Estate Of P. J. Robinson, Deceased. February 17, 1943.—4t. Scout News WANT ADV. LOST—One gray paper bag con taining 12 linen napkins. Finder please return to me and receive reward. Mrs. Paul R. Brown, Mc- » ormick, S. C. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And A1J Other Kinds of Insurance In eluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK. S. C. READ THE AD$ Along With the News Six boys joined the scouts last week. They are Billy Creighton, Bihy BOSd&l, Thurmond Brown, Cliff Fleming, George. Bonnette and Bobby. Dukes. A new patrol was formed and named the "Pine Tree Patrol.” The two original ones are the “Wolf Patrol”' and “Bob White Patrol?’ The troop now has twenty-five scouts. The troop is studying semaphore code, a* second k class requirement. Hie entire troop will try to know the code and also the sixteeen principal points of the compass this week. Save all your old newspapers and magazines to help chase Rommel in North Africa and Hit ler in Russia. One of your old magazines may help corner the Japs in the Pacific. The scouts are collecting these papers and magazines. If they haven’t col lected yours, report them and they’ll be picked up immediately. Reporter. South Carolina has grown from a one-crop state to one in which diversified farming has made marked progress. I do not have to point out to you the value of this tranformation at this time of total war, when the threat of starvation stalks the world.”— Governor R. M. Jefferies of South ' Carolina. FOR SALE: NEW BICYCLES Bring your rationing certifi cates. Complete bike repair ( service and parts. WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE 814 Main St. - AIKEN, S. C. FOR QUICK REPLACEMENTS CALL FORTSON! h When you need repair parts— when you need bolts — nuts "and screws—call on FORTSON for quick service. If it’s belt* in? and belt dressing; steel bars; pipe; pipe fittings; valves: wrenches or miscellaneous tools—turn to FORTSON. AND REMEMBER . . . FORTSON SELLS: Rams Towers Windmills Files Tanks Hack Saws Water Systems Cross Cut Sawf Whatever Your Needs —Write or Wire! ' MAID FORTSON CO. AUGUSTA, 901 Reynolds St. GEORGIA THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF MERCHANDISE And no shortage of good old time values at Belk’s in Augusta, where there is a big $400,000 stock of goods to select from. Dishes and pottery, values to $1.50, with ocher goods. CHOICE BfcLK WHITE LUKB^CO. 845 BROAD ST. Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. < McCormick, S. C. School Holiday Is Asked For Rationing Columbia, Feb. 13.—In a joint statement addressed to South Car olina teachers, school principals, and superintendents, Governor Olin D. Johnston and State Su perintendent of Education James H. Hope requested the suspension of classes in all state schools dur ing the week beginning February 22 "for as many days as necessary k o get the new War Ration Boo 1 > into the hands of all our people.” "Your Government needs your help, and calls on you to distrib ute War Ration Book Two,” Governor Johnston and Superin tendent Hope declared. “This is a hard task, of fundamental im portance to our country at war. “With approval of the South Carolina State Board of Educa tion, we ask that you suspend classes in the week beginning February 22 for as many days as necessary to get the new War Ration Book into the hands of all our people. “Each day devoted to the issu ance of this book will be con sidered a school day. Only the schools can perform this tremen dous task. Thank you for this service over and above your nor mal duties.’? Superintendent Hope cited nu merous Instances in which many South Carolina schools have al ready begun teaching the tech nique of point rationing in the classroom. He said that this would be recognized as a valuable contribution to the success of the new rationing plan. X 17,348 Miles Of Rural Electric Lines In State WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TAXES ARE TO BE PAID Clemson, January 29th. — “The extension of rural electrification in South Carolina has perhaps been more rapid than in any other state in recent years”, says Director D. W. Watkins of the Clemson Extension Service. “That was possible partly because we had so far to go, but more par ticularly because legislation and local leadership showed the way. “From practically no mileage in 1935, the state now has 17,348 miles of rural electric lines serv ing 76,848 customers. At this time 39.9 per cent of our farms have electricity as compared with a national average of 31.3 per cent," accordnig to Director Watkins. South Carolina took the lead in trying to extend electricity to its farms by an act of the legisla ture in 1935 creating the State Rural Electrification Authority. Later the Federal act was passed forming the R. E. A., from which our State Authority borrowed money and built about 2,500 miles of lines. These were later turned over to the farmer-owned cooper atives that were organized largely by G. H. Stewart of the Clemson Extension Service in conformity with a new State Act passed in 1940, which more nearly fit in with the plan as contemplated in the national set-up. Mr. Monson Morris of the Aiken Electricc Co operative, Senator Lyles of Fair- field and his committee, and Gov ernor Maybank all played leading parts in this transition. There are now 23 of these elec tric cooperatives serving every :ection of the state. Their mis- ion, as shown by the fact that n their 9,692 miles of rural lines hey average 2.76 customeres to :he mile, while all other lines in he state average 6.51 customers o the mile, according to records d the State Public Service Com mission. . Thus we see the cooperatives taking this great boon to farm life to the remote places otherwise unable to get electricity. “When materials again become available, ve will see electricity carried to other thousands of farm hornet by these cooperatives along route r 1- ready fully surveyed”, concl dcs Director Watkins. McCormick County has r >.6 miles of rural electric lines t.tat serve 190 customers. Out of / bis the Aiken county Cooperative has 21 miles with 46 customers ...id the Little River Organization of Abbeville has 2 miles servL.^; 4 customers in this county. X There will be' a tremer ous demand for garden seeds and .up- plies this year. We cannot af ford to waste seed, fertilizer, in secticides, time, and labor on poor ground or by neglectful garden ing.”—H. W. Hochbaum, chair man, Victory Garden committee, USD A. Taxes due on a return filed for the. calendar year 1942 may bf paid in full at the time for the filing of the return on or before March 15, 1943. The tax may, o* the option of the taxpayer, be paid in four equal installmentr instead of in a single payment, in which case the first install- ment is to be paid on or before March 15, the second on or be fore September 15, and the fourth on or before December 15, 1943. If the taxpayer elects to pay his tax in four installments, each of the’ four installments must be e- qual in amount, but any install ment may be paid, at the elec tion of the taxpayer, prior to the time prescribed for its payment. If an installment is not' paid in full on or before the date fixed for its payment, the whole a- mount of the tax remaining un paid is required to be paid upon notice and demand from the col lector. The tax must be paid to the collector of internal revenue for the district in which the taxpay er’s return is required to be filed' —that is, to the collector for the district in which is located the taxpayer’s legal residence or prin cipal place of business, or if he has no legal residence or princi pal place of business in the United States, then to the collector of in ternal revenue 3 at Baltimore, Maryland. In the payment of taxes a frac tional part of a cent is to be dis regarded unless it amounts to one- half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent. The tax due, if any, should be paid in cash at the collector’s of fice, or by check or money order payable to “Collector of Internal Revenue.” In the case of payment in cash, the taxpayer should in every instance require and the collector should furnish a receipt. In the case of payments made by check or money order, however, the canceled check or the money order receipt is usually a suffi cient receipt. Cotton Ginnings Giveji By South Carolina Counties COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO JANUARY 16 IN SOUTH CAR OLINA: CROPS OF 1942 AND 1941 The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Cen sus, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned prior to January 16, by counties, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1942 and 1941. The total for the State was made public on Saturday, January 23. (Quantities are in running bales. Linters are not included.) County 1942 1941 The State 691,192 405,999 Abbeville — 13,010 4,040 Aiken „ 17,250 10,205 Allendale __ 4,826 4.974 Anderson 53,661 29,244 Bamberg __ 6,498 6,077 Barnwell 11,868 10,41^ Berkeley __ 1,950 1,045 Calhoun 12,228 5,177 Cherokee — 12,870 10,788 Chester 11,831 6,647 Chesterfield __ __ 26,250 18,81f Clarendon 16,517 7.42C Colleton 6,005 2,948 Darlington 1 19,004 7,529 Dillon __ 25,254 12,888 Dorchester 5,718 3,056 Edgefield __ 12,309 5,05c Fairfield — 5,180 2.077 Florence __ 24,492 8,292 Greenville __ 33,263 26,26 Greenwood __ 8,878 3,206 Hampton __ 6,406 4,934 Kershaw __ 7,867 4,169 Lancaster 11,205 6,126 Laurens __ 22,083 11,286 Lee — — - 16,762 8,381 Lexington 9,602 3,988 McCormick __ — 4,125 1,362 Marion __ — 8,134 4,235 Marlboro __ 36,788 24,623 Newberry __ 16,024 5,497 Oconee __ - 17,815 12,508 Orangeburg __ — 42,267 23,446 Pickens 22,136 19,569 Richland __ 4,129 1,553 Saluda __ 8,438 2,797 Spartanburg __ __ 56,277 44,328 Sumter 22,443 8,904 Union 8.527 6,040 Williamsburg 16,219 7,367 York __ 21,750 17,360 All other 3,333 1,363 X In various vegetable viands are very valuable vitamins for vigor. "Meet (Each week in this space will be presented a picture and word portrait ox someone whose name ia news.)*' •A baldish, 50-year-old gentleman farmer with a broad view of his responsibilities serves capably as treasurer not only to his own. but to many other nations. As secretary of the treasury of the United States, and thus financial executor of lease-lend, Henry Mor- genthau Jr. is. in fact, “treasurer to the de mocracies.” •Secretary Morgeothau, in spite of the gi gantic task of raising enough money to finance our part in the war. regards as equally im portant the task of preserving our essential]^ capitalistic democratic system. By way of do* ing so. he has stabilized our dollar until it is now the strongest currency in the world. And he continues to advocate government economy and to work toward what is probably his chief goal—a balanced budget. •He rises early (usually at 6:30), frequently walks the two miles to work, lunches in the Treasury building, and often takes work home with him at night. He has been quoted as saying that the treasury is his wbola life. And he gives his whole life to it. — , i m i, ^ Ik Henry Morgenthsn Jr. Opposing Sluggers in African Warfare «Gx.A. a At left, above, is the German 88-mm. gun that played such havoc with tanks of the British imperial army when it was first taken from under its wraps as a surprise weapon. At right Is the Yankee trick tha» took its measure, the American M-7 tank destroyer, mounting a 105-ifim gun howitzer. The M-7 is a favorite with the British forces of General Montgomery. Maybe They See What’s Coming to Them 4 Herman Goerlng, Adolf Hitler, Count Ciano and Jacob von Blbben- > ( trop, left to right, presented this sad-looking picture at one of a series* of important war meetings held at the German Imperial headquarters. The meetings were probably caused by the liquidation of the Italian envi pire in North Africa. In background, right, is Dino Alfieri, Italian am bassador to Germany, now said to be in disrepute with the Nazi party. Delivery Being Made Of Tree Seedlings Columbia, February 12.—Nearly one and one half million tree seedlings are in the process cf be ing delivered to 437 farmers scat tered throughout 32 counties of ihe State. These seedlings were ourchased from the Horace L. Tilghman State Forest Nursery at Sumter by the Southern Kraft division of the International Pa per Company at Georgetown, and ;re being distributed without cost to those farmers who made appli cation for therp. . The trees are being delivered to the various county agricultural a- gents, who in turn will distribute the seedlings to^ individuals. The trees will be unloaded at central points and landowenrs will be ex pected to call for them. At each point of delivery foresters of the State Forest Service and of the Clemson College Extension Service will be on hand to show and ex plain the proper methods of . andling and planting the trees. Six hundred and thirty tlv sand have been distributed t is .\;eek to farmers in Union, J r u- t.ens, Orangeburg, Bamberg, E.’. n- .vell, Allendale, Hampton, Ja .^oiieton, Lee, Darlington, ! ence, Dillon, Marlboro. Me i, md Horry Counties. The bal : :e of the seedlings w : T be given cat between now and February 24th. 'ihose who are expecting seedlings , - • _ *-• : i; 'i-jv Legion Auxiliary i ' Holds Meeting The American Legion Auxiliary met February 4th at tht home of Mrs. M. C. White, with. Mrs. J. K. White and Mrs. Mildred L. Nave as assistant hostesses. Following the preamble, Mrs. L. K. Simpson led the devotional using the subject, “More Than Conquerors.” An Americanism program was given with Mrs. C. H. Huguley in charge and Mrs. J. Frank Matti- son, Mrs. C. R. Strom and Mrs. El mer Creighton taking part. During the business session, conducted by Mrs. P. w. Roper, ; president, plans were discussed ^ for buying unit song books. A social hour followed, with the hostesses serving a salad course with hot punch. Primitive Methods Need Not Be Followed in If Advertising w *4'^v*=» Be Modem advertise here:; J should contact their county a- gent on dates that each agent has announced. EL