McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 22, 1943, Image 4
McCOKMICK MKW McCOKMU K, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 22, 1943
Town And Farm
In Wartime
Meat Ceilings Postponed
Ma-rUnnm prices on beef, veal,
and mutton sold at retail
udS not become effective until
.vl&y 17. OPA suspended; ceilings
scheduled to go into effect April
15 in order to be sure that the
prices were in line with othc.
living costs.
Raise Corn Pri'es
A ceiling price of flv« cents per
bushel higher than present maxi-
mums, established April 14, will
Shop At BELK’S In Augusta
BHR, BETIB VALUES
Your shopping problem is no problem, if you visit
our store. We have a $400,000 sto^k, and you will
find exactly what you want here for yourself and
family.
DISHES AND NOVELTY POTTERY
We are always receiving new shipments of dishes
and novelty pottery. We have at all times at least
40,000 pieces for you to make selection from.
VALUES UP TO $1.50
NOW ALL OttE PRICE -
5c
Each
— With purchase of other merchandise. —
“Remember: You Always Save At Belk’s,
The fastest growing store in Augusta.
BELK WHITE
846 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Due to the continuous heavy increasing demand for BABY
CHICKS, I will definitely be unable to secure any chicks until
the first of June. If you want any chicks this SUMMER, no
matter what number, I urge you to place your order without
delay. You will have your chicks earlier if you place your or
der now. It will be many weeks before conditions again return,
normal. Always state second and third choice when ordering.
Send $2.00 per 100 to book your order, the balance to be sent
10 days before shipment.
LOOK! For shipment last half of May: Limited supply of
Barred Rocks and White Leghorns, from Contest-Winning Stock.
LIMIT: 75 to each customer. 75, $1L25. Orders for these must
be received within the next 3 or 4 days.
CHARLES H. STONE,
MODOC,iS. C.
P. C. DORN, JR.,
McCORMICK, S. C.
m GARDEN SEED
We have a large supply of Fresh Garden
Seed in stock and invite you to see us for your
needs in that line, and fine yellow seed corn;
McCall’s Printed Patterns and almost anything
else you might need.
J. A. HAMILTON
Augusta Street McCormick, S. C.
S3
FOR REAL BARGAINS IN
MEMORIAL WORK
write
ELBERTON CITY GRANITE CO.
P. O. Box 521 Elberton, Georgia
WE SPECIALIZE IN MARKERS, MONU
MENTS AND COPING
Buy Your Furniture From
J. S. STROM
Easy Payment Plan.
No Carrying Charge.
McCormick, S. C.
be effective until September 30,
1943. According to OPA, which
acted u?on instructions from
Stabilization Director Byrnes an ’
Food Administrator Davis, there
will be no further increases in
corn prices during the 1943 mar
ket season. The price raise is
designed to relieve the present
acute market shortage of corn for
livestock and industrial proces
sing.
New Rules On Selective Service
Chief effect of the recent
changes in Selective Service glas
sifications is the elimination of de
pendency deferment except for:
1. Those who maintain bona fide
homes with children,
2. Those whose induction would
cause extreme hardship to a wife,
child or parent,
3. Those with dependents who
are necessary to and regularly en
gaged in agriculture.
Men formerly classified in in-A
and m-B who had been defer/ed
because of dependents will be re
considered. Class m-B is elimi
nated entirely. A child born af
ter September 14, 1942, is not rec
ognized as a “dependent” in clas
sifying a registrant in Class m-A
The new classification, III-D, will
contain all men whose induction,
in the opinion of their local
boards, would create extreme
hardship or privation for a de
pendent wife, child, or parent.
War Costs Go Higher
A new high of more than 7 bil
lion dollars was reached in war
expenditures during March, when
the average amount spent each
day was $263,400,000. To meet
these mounting costs of war, Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau recently disclosed that the
13 billion dollar second war loan
is part of 70 billion dollars that
must be raised during 1943. “This
is a people’s war, so all the people
ought to have a part in financing
it,” said the Secretary as he warn
ed that “ten per cent is not e-
nough.”
Farmers Who Sell To Retailers
A farmer who sells butter, lard,
or any other rationed food to a
retailer must collect ration points
[ for the sale, just as he has done
in selling to consumers since
March 29, according to OPA. All
farm sales must be made at cur
rent point values and stamps col
lected must be turned in to local
ration boards with a report made
on OPA Form R-1608. This form
will be available to all local boards
during the last week in April. The
first report is due during the first
fifteen days of May and will cover
sales made between March 29 and
the end of April.
Women’s Land Army
A women’s land army of about
60,000 city and town women will
be recruited, as a part of the U.
S. Crop Corps, to help meet the
farm labor shortage. Ten thou
sand of these women are expect
ed to enroll for year-round farm
work and about 50,000 for season
al work for one month or more.
Three hundred thousand women
will be placed by country agricul
tural agents for short-time emer
gency jobs on farms—women who
can spare week ends, a few days,
or a few weeks, women who wish
to' contribute their services should
await the local call.
Sugar For Canning
Sugar for home-canning of
1943 fruit crops will be available
40 housewives on approximately
the same basis as last season. No
deduction of blue point stamps
will be made from War Ration
Book Two for canning sugar. De
tails of the program will be issued
within the next few days.
Farm Values Up
Farm real estate values on
March 1, 1943, showed an increase
of nine per cent over last year,
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has announced. This is the
most substantial gain that has
occurred since 1920. Land value
increases during the past y ar
were widespread, with some r d-
vance reported for each of
48 states.
Safe Canning Methods
The steam pressure cannr •
the only method recomm
by the U. S. Department of
riculture for preserving c< ’ in
types of vegetables. Such vege
tables as beans, peas, 1 u-n,
spinach, and asparagus, as /ell
as meats, should be cooked i 1 a
steam pressure canner to kill or
ganisms which cause food to 1 >oil.
Fruits and tomatoes, rhubarb, and
pickled beets may be safely can
ned by the boiling water-bath
method. To be safe, these prod
ucts should', be boiled for at least
ten minutes before they are eaten
or tasted, even though there is
no sign of spoilage when the jar
V..KV>:
v.
iLs's how cf
7 BUS IN
La WlfJ a
3 r *
a ai4 ^
l " * *1
•U 4 v 4i *4
Tlfifff*!!
'T-inxur.
mmm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
/
• It looks just like it always did—that Grey
hound you see loading up at the terminal in
your town—but it’s bound on a “military
mission”, just as surely as if it were rolling in
a convoy down a mountain road in Tunisia.
Tools of war have to be built before battles
are won—and workers have to be transported
to the war plants that are supplying our
growing armies. That’s a big part of Grey
hound’s wartime duties — getting workers to
work, often many miles from their homes.
Then, there are soldiers to carry to and from
training camps or other military centers—on
duty and on leave. And there are many others
whose travel is essential to full war effort.
If oil some occasion Greyhound service isn’t
quite as convenient or comfortable as in the
past, please remember that the war effort
comes first—that the job of whipping the Axis
has to be done at home as well as abroad. With
Victory will come finer service than ever,
STROM'S CUT-RATE DRUG STORE
Phone 95 McCormick, S. C.
REYHOUND
ihe
is
id
is opened.
Shoe Leather Released
Certain types of leather, which
had been frozen, have been re
leased by WPB for the manufac
ture of shoes. As a result of the
action, more than one million
pairs of women’s and girls’ shoes
are expected to be made from
genuine and imitation reptile
leather. Natural colored retan
leather was also released and
manufacture of leather bows for
shoes prohibited.
Ceilings On Fresh Vegetables
Retail ceilings for cabbage, car
rots, lettuce, peas, snap beans,
spinach and tomatoes will be es
tablished beginning April 22
through the use of uniform mark
ups over the retailer’s net cost,
according to OPA. For each vege
table except cabbage, the retailer
will determine his ceilings by
multiplying his net cost by 1.39.
On cabbage, where spoilage is
greater, the mark-up is 1.65 for
independent retailers having an
annual volume of $250,000 or less, J
1.54 for chain retailers with an i
)
annual volume under $250,000 and
1.50 for any retailer with an an
nual volume over $250,000. Retail
ers will determine their ceilings
each Thursday by applying given
mark-ups to the net cost of the
vegetable based on the largest
single purchase of the preceding
week. ,
Exempt Small Sales By Farmers
A farmer who sells not more
than $75 worth of foods per
month to country shipoers or to
consumers is exempt from price
control recently established for
seven fresh vegetables. If Hie
farmer is a country shipper, he
is subject to the price regulations.
Higher Support Prices
Support prices for dry beans,
dry peas, peanuts, soybeans and
ilaxseed have been raised, ac
cording .to the War Food Ad
ministration. Payments have also
seen announced for Irish potatoes
arid truck crops for production
t *Qtween 90 per cent and 110 per
ceint of farm goals.
Revised Tire Regulations *
Tire rationing regulations have
been tightened to prevent boot
legging and violations of tire in
spection requirements. Changes
ordered by OPA are:
1. Tire inspection record must
be kept in the vehicle while it is
in operation.
2. Tire inspectors will • report
serial irregularities to the local
rationing board.
3. If an applicant does not have
a tire inspection record showing
all inspection requirements com
pleted, the local board may grant
his application if an inspection
was made 60 days before the ap
plication was filed.
4. Dealers need not hold tires
turned in for 30 days as now re
quired if, before that time e-
lapses, the tires are examined by
an OPA representative and their
disposal authorized.
Fuel Oil For Canning
rfousewifes are assured of c-1
nough range oil or kerosene for
their home canning. OPA has au
thorized the granting of fuel oil
rations for operation of oil-burn
ing cook stoves used for home
canning purposes. Local rationing
boards have been instructed to,
issue necessary ration coupons if!
the consumer asks for ten gal- j
Ions or less. If more than ten |
gallons is needed the ration will j
be determined according to the
number of hours the stove will!
be used.
“On The Farm” Wiring
Farmers can now install farm
stead wiring for operation of e-
quipment at the same time utility
service connections are being
made.
A farmer eligible for electric
service under order U-l-C, and
who has been certified by his U.
S. Department of Agriculture
county war board, can purchase
up to 75 oounds of wire, i r
necessary accessories, from r:y
supplier, and is granted a pn
once ra'ina- of AA-3 to obtain
Foiut Values Lowered
Because seme perishable . • 1
products were moving very si l
OPA reduced by •-'ne or two vy
the ration valuer of sausage (in-
pludinff weinprs hnlnernn nork
sausage), scrapple, chitterlings,
and pork neck and backbones.
Dry and semi-dry sausages—such
as hard salami, hard cervelat,
pepperoni, soft salami, thuringer,
and mortadella—were not affect
ed by the action.
Woolen Fabric Production
Production of woolen and*
worsted woven fabrics in 1942.
reached a new all-time high o|
525,000,006 linear yards. This i$'
almost fifty per cent greater than
in 1939. WPB has doubled
quotas for essential civilian
rics which is expected to make aty
additional 75,000,000 pounds of!
wool available for civilian needs.
This is further assurance that
there will be adequate supplies
of ^clothing for civilians during
the fall and winter of this year.
Onion, Potato Maximums Raised
Maximum prices on dry cnions
and white potatoes of the l^t6
1942 crop for sale during Maty
and June, 1943, will be ten cente
higher than in April, the OPA
has announced. The change in
price is designed to spread avail-,
able supplies evenly over the next
three months. k
Tires For Veterinarians
Farm veterinarians can now get
new tires as replacements even
when the casings on their cars
are recappable, according to OPA.
They are also eligible for two mud
and snow tires, in addition to
their ordinary tires, to make
travel easier and safer in bad
weather.
AT FIRST ^
666 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS “
WIN YOUR RACE
For Business Supremacy
By Advertising
nsJLX.