Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 8, 1943 DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Pitted •W Broad RtrfPt ... Augusts f»* BABY CHICKS S. Approved, U. S. Pulloriwi t Tested. .All chicks are shipped direct to the customer from hatcheries lo oted In Illinois, Indiana, Michi gan, Missouri, and Ohio. Chicks are scarce this year, so jr®ok your order two or three weeks In advance. jlVrite for prices. Mrs. G. W. Patterson and daugh ter, little Miss Margaret Lynn Pat terson, are visiting relatives in Edgefield this week. Judge A. B. Andrews of Willing- ton was a visitor here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. L.tynes and son, Tom, left Sunday for Char lotte, N. C. Mr. Haynes, upon completing an electrical course at the Carolina Training School, was made instructor in the school. CHARLES H. STONE, Modoc, S. C. INSURANCE I' Fire Insurance And Ai) Oilier Kinds of Insurance In eluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Mr. J. J. Collier of Plum Branch was a visitor here* Monday. Miss Hettie Dowtin of Washing ton, D. C., and Mr. Curtis Dowtin of the United States Navy spent last week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'J. C. Dowtin, of * near town. Mr. Charles H. Stone of Modoc v/as among the visitors here Mon day. Miss Mildred Creighton recently attended the annual anniversary dance in Washington, D. C., honoring Secretary Francis Perk ins, celebrating her tenth year as Secretary of Labor. Miss Creigh* ton was one of the few, who re ceived as a souvenir, a piece of the decorative birthday cake, which was cut by Miss Perkins. Pvt. and Mrs. J. F. Mattison, Jr.. of Charleston, are spending sev eral days here this week with relatives. Mr. Jack Deason of Carlisle spent Tuesday here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Deason. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Massey, Miss Hettie McGrath and Dr. Edward A. Rondeau of Greenville were week end guests of Mr. D. M. McGrath. / Mr. J. B. Holloway, Jr., of the U. S. Navy spent a few days here the past week with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Holloway. Pvt. William Hanvey of the U. S. Army Air Corps, Venice, Fla , ! spent several days here last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hanvey. Miss Anne Cashion, Miss Anne McGrath of Charlotte, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Hal Harris, Jr., of Charleston, were recent visitors in the home of Mr. D. M. McGrath. Protect Your Valuable FURS Only Certified Cold Storage Vaults For Furs In Augus ta. All furs fully protected by in surance in our vaults. If not convenient to come, ship us your furs. EXPERT REPAIR WORK Fur coats cleaned, repaired, reglazed, restyled. Augusta’s Only Exclusive Furriers. SOUTHEASTERN FUR COMPANY 911 Greene St. Augusta, Ga. ABOVE ^HULLABALOO >S>, By LYTLE HULL Inflation and Starvation Mrs. James Furqueron left last and Mr. Wiley, of Montgomery, Thursday to spend some time with Ala - her sister, Mrs. Warren R. Wiley, It ,cems almost impossible to understand why the low-income people of this nation don’t take the trouble to tell their congress men that they want this creeping inflation stopped—right in its tracks—and no fooling. Half the time one has to explain to us what inflation means. Well that’s easy: it means starvation. Star vation for the poor—not the rich. It means hard times for the rich, and so the rich fight it. And be cause the rich fight it, many of the poor believe it must be a rich man’s problem — so why bother! The New York Post, of recent date, tells the story of a wife and mother whose husband’s income is $44 per week. She has five children ranging in years from ble war upon the outcome of higher income group will begin to grow thin; and'then the high in come earners; and finally .he very rich. There is not a farmer, nor a laborer, nor a rich man, nor a merchant, nor a murderer, in this whole counrty, who would be unwilling to make big sacrifice-; to prevent this suffering on the part of his fellow-countrymen. As a matter of fact it doesn’t re quire any big sacrifices; it re quires a resolute government which is determined—at any cor . —to stop any rise in the price cf any necessity: and to try, on charge of treason, before a drum head courtmartial, every bla^ v - marketer who is caught. Th - first hanging would put a sto*3 to that ignoble practice. We are in the midst of a terr?- Remember — You Always Save At... 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Loveless, and Mrs. Loveless, of the Buffalo community. Pvt. W. M. Strom, Jr., of Camp Atterbury, Ind., is spending a few days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Strom. ! Tech. Sgt. James Arrington of the U. S. Army stationed at Key West, Fla., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Arrington. Mrs. Wesssie Hitt spent the week end with her daughter, Miss Carolyn Hitt,’ student at the University of South Carolina, Co lumbia. Mrs. A. L. Morgagne and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Brown of Augus ta, Ga., visited relatives in and near town Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Freeland of Plum Branch announce the birth of a daughter, Lula Au gustas, on April 4, 1943. X , Six Inch Sermon 1 1-2 to 7. They live in a “cold- water five-room railroad flat” for which they pay $22 per week. This leaves them approximately $3 per week per person for food, clothing, doctor’s bills and all the other necessities of life. This mother used to pay 25 cents for a couple of pounds of lamb. She now pays 35 cents She says that trimmed porter house steak was formerly 55 cents per pound. It is now 69 cents. Round steak has gone up from 45 cents to . 55 cents; chuck beef from 40 to 55 cents; string beans from 10 to 27 cents, and the prices of other green vegetables and potatoes have risen even more sharply. This fellow-citizen is now studying how to feed her family without fresh vegetables, meat or butter. These price advances repre sent the beginning of inflation. If they rise any higher the mother we have been talking a- bout will probably starve herself when the children begin to whim per from hunger. If inflation is not stopped now, the next which rests the fate of the whcl' world for a long time to coras. We are beginning to realize gravity of the situation. We ar? beginning to realize that we ar? going to have to make sacrifices of which we little dreamed whery the “honorable” Japs started “dirty ball’ at Pearl Harbor. EV - eryone is ready to do his shar'' now. The soft coal miners cf Pennsylvania will do theirs if they are allowed to. They prob ably deserve a $2 raise—mining coal is a dirty and dangerous oc cupation—but if their leader; force this demand now, there ir grave danger that they wi 1 break the dam which is holding back the black waters of inflation and hunger from millions of QU' fellow-countrymen. For 4f this starts a general rise in labor wages—then farm prices must c > up; and if farm prices gp up, ev erything else must go up. We are teetering on the bri~k of catastrophe. Our government can stop it—and will—if it knew; that we too realize the danger and are behind it to a man. _*>—a—r>- MAINTAIN FARM EQUIPMENT... Let Fortson Help You! BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER Peter and John Witness Christ’s Glory. Lesson for April 11: Mark 9:2- 8; II Peter 1:16-18. Golden Text: Mark 9:7. Unlike “hermit souls,” Jesus loved the companionship of his disciples; three of them he often chose to be with him in the greatest hours of his ministry— Peter, James, and John. Soon i after the Great Confession was ' made, Jesus and these three climbed a mountain, probably Her- mon. And he was there clothed with celestial glory; Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him about his death on Calvary. How did the disciples know they were Moses and Elijah? Did they hear the conversation and learn from that? Or did Jesus after ward tell them? After Peter proposed the build ing of three tabernacles, a bright cloud overshadowed them, a Voice w r as heard, saying, t “This is my beloved Son: hear ye him,” and then the disciples saw only Jesus. What is the significance of the transfiguration? It encouraged Je sus to go on to the appointed end, in their touch with the un seen world it strengthened the faith of the disciples, and had a tremendous effect upon the fur ther ministry of the Lord and his disciples. It teaches us that the unseen world is near and leads us to believe that we may realize its glory as we reach • Now, as never before, you must take care of all' of your farm equipment—repair it, replace worn parts . . . keep it in first class condition. Fortson can help you . . . everything from belting and belt-lacing ... to wrenches, tools, pipe . . . pipe fittings . . . valves . . . many other items. Fort son is the agency for, and carries in stock, GOOD- YEAR ENDLESS BELTS for farm trac tors . . . Make it a standing rule “Call Fortson First!” WRITE OR WIRE YOUR ORDERS 9th AT REYNOLDS ST. 1/P fun AUGUSTA-GEORGIA Buy'Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. t No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. heaven in prayer. Years afterward, in his old age, an eyewitness of the majesty and glory of the Lord, Peter recalled the transfiguration of Jesus and the testimony of high heaven to toward]the Son. And as Peter looked back upon it, so may you and I, and find it a great aid to our faith in Him who brought heaven down to men. X You can tell a 4-H clubster; in fact, you can tell him a lot, for he is always ready to learn.