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/ / McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 6, 1943 McCORMICK MESSENGER . Published. Every Thursday g Brtablished June *, IMS < bdmond j. McCracken, *" Editor and Owner i Mitered at the Pest Offlee at Me* Germick, S. C„ as mail matter el the second class. ABOVE ^HULLABALOO By LYTLE HULL / BUBSCK11A KATES: One Year fi.uo Six Months .75 Months .50 FOR TODAY Infla .'it—The Snake in the Grass BY PATRICIA DOW * > s M M 055 \ Hint of Spring Pattern No. 8355 — For spring and some months to come, this lovely slenderizing frock will do its wearer proud. It is beautifully designed, with distinction in every line. Note how cleverly the front panel is conceived and how smart is the use of white trim ming for neck bow. Pattern No. 8355 is in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38, takes, with short sleeves, 4 1-4 yards 39-inch material. One yard of bias fold to trim neck and t>ow. Name Address I Name of paper Pattern No. — Size Send 15 cents in coin, (for each pattern desired) to— Patricia Dow Patterns 206 W. 17th St., New York, N. Y. And now the President is being accused—by some deep thinkers— of risking damage to the war production by his “obstinate” battle against Inflation. Do these Einsteinian analysts believe in flation will help the war produc tion? Don’t they realize that in flation—if it gets out of hand— can not only put a dead stop to war production but can lose the war for <us—and the peace also? Do the intellectual giants who criticize the President for this ^ de termined and courageous struggle to save us from ourselves, believe that inflation is some sort of eco nomic indigestion which finally “peters out” by itself? Probably! But if they would read up on a few past performances of runaway inflation they would discover it usually starts out like the present movement — slowly, subtly; gain ing momentum through the same processes which are taking place j today, and finally—breaking down j every control—bankrupts nations and empires before it runs • out its mad course. We have already felt the first stirrings of inflation. We find our dollars won’t buy as much as before. We don’t know whether to blame it on rising prices or falling” dollars. We can blame it on both, and on ourselves: be- cause every time we allow our representatives—in government or elsewhere—to “jack up” the price of one commodity, we cause ris ing prices all along the line; and every time labor allows its leaders to force up wages, they create more and ever cheaper dollars. How does it benefit the farmer to get higher prices for his prod- ' ucts in April if labor is going to “jack up” their wages in May and the manufacturers “jack” theirs in ' r ’ine? How does it bene fit the wage-earner to double or treble his wages if he is going to have to pay twice and three times as much for his food and other purchases? If a laborer was getting a dollar per day, and food, clothing and the other ne cessities were selling on an equiv alent basis, he would be just as well oft as he will be if he, and the rest of us, force his wages up to $100.00 per day and commodity prices rise in equal ratio? No one would benefit one penny’s worth and the day of punishment would come when the war is over and the factories closed down and dollars, instead of being a “drug on the market,” became scarcer. In a radio speech this past February, Hon. James F. Byrnes, Director of Economic Stabilization, said: “The American industrial worker and his family today en joy the highest purchasing power that has ever existed in this or any other country. If we pre serve and protect this'purchasing power, it will constitute the basis Df an unparalleled post-war pros perity. “Rising prices Will, on the other hand, destroy this purchasing power. A frantic race between rising wages and rising prices, far from helping labor, will only ruin and degrade the worker and his family, depriving them of all the gains so painfully built up over the years. “The position of the farmers' is equally favorable. The relation of farm costs to farm income is the most favorable ever attained in our history. “The stabilization act . . pro vides a guarantee to the farmer of 85 to 90 per cent of parity prices on basic crops during the war and for at least two crop years after the first day of Jan uary following the formal declar ation of the termination of the war. That is a real effort to protect the farmer against post war deflation. But the effort will fail if we cannot prevent run away inflation.” A Mother’s Message on Mother’s Day Sow, I IT TAKES F0& To SERVE ■VOUia. COUNTRY ON THE FH0HTHN©- FKOMT. < IT TAKES COURAOE FOR ME TO DO MV &I1T /ON THE NOME FRONT} EVER WE ARE, WHAT EWE YOU ABE FMM4T1M0 PM ME AND t AM Fl&HTINO FOR YOU j ■gUR COURAOE MUST NOT FALTER 1 % MAY 3>E mWfc-M 4, r . , i Mia 11 in nfr« A S-.5 !/ •.SvUFiKi:'-) Wounded at Front 1 _ Shown above is Lieut. Gen. Le»- ley J. McNair, commander of the •• ground forces of the United States i army, who was wounded by shell ' fragments while at a forward ob- 1 ciervation post in Tunisia. Lieut, Gen. Ben Lear, commander of the S*»rnfid army, has taker* temporarj r rf ground forces. Farm Guide For May i To remind farmers of essential farm activities in May, County A- gent G. W. Bonnette makes these suggestions: Agronomy 1. Do not ruin a good stand of cotton by chopping it all out. Leave two or three stalks every 3 to 12 inches. 2. For a profit able investment make a side ap plication of nitrogen to cotton soon after chopping. 3. Plan to put all grain stubble land into soybeans, cowpeas, or velvet beans for soil-conserving and soil building crops. 4. Plant soybeans for seed early on fertile soils. 5. For best results plant shelled and treated peanut seed. Horticulture 1. Sow tomatoes for July trans planting, collard and cabbage for Augusta transplanting. 2. Mulch tomatoes heavily with straw or saves to hold moisture and pro long fruiting. 3. Do not culti vate beans while the foliage is wet. 4. Apply nitrate of soda to garden crops if not growing well. 5. Do nbt cut young as paragus too closely; fertilize and manure the bed after cutting season. Insects and Diseases 1. Arrange to poison the boll weevil early. 2. Spray fruit trees for curculio, codling moth, and disease. 3. Spray'* pecans with Bordeaux to control scab. 4. Band apple trees for codling moth by May 15. 5. Control potato bugs with arsenical poison. 6. See the county agent for latest informa tion on tomato fruit worm. 7. Get ready to fight the screw worm. Agricultural Engineering 1. Keep working parts of farm machinery greased and oiled, as this is cheaper than repairs. 2. Check harvesting machinery for needed repairs, and buy or order such repair parts now. 3. Be sure that grain is dead ripe be fore harvesting with a combine, which usually is 10 days to two weeks after it is customary to be gin harvesting with the binder. Soil Conservation 1. Watch the terrace channels during the planting and cultivat ing period. A big rain may silt them up in places and cause breaks later. 2. Sow some close growing crop on newly construct ed terraces. Sorghum or sudan is fine for this. 3. Visit one of your neighbors who has a soil conservation plan on his farm and study the conditions and re sults. X Chevrolet- Farm Truck Conser vation Urged A. HAZm r-rt*— *{hulc, /s this mp. hector 1 ;azapd? TUIS 56T. UOOUHAN OF TUB 4THDISTRICT.... ¥...yer CAR HAS hit BOY A TRUCK AN" YOUU HAFTA &BT IT &FF TK' street/ A: L7 U/-B-U ITZ VERY ODVIOUS THAT THIS !$ SOME PRACTICAL JOKER TRYING TO FRIGHTEN ME..**" heU BECAUSE / PARKED MY CAR IN THE 3*P DISTRICT/ HBH w J 1 Detroit, Mich., April 19.—An other year older in wartime ser vice, motor trucks engaged in off- the-farm movement of important food and other farm products need special service attention to assure their ability to shoulder the burden of hauling the tre mendously increased tonnage of this year’s war production goals, it was pointed out today by Ed Hedner, Chevrolet national direc tor of service. Recognizing that the movement of these products is as important in the war effort, relatively, as the production of guns, planes and tanks, Chevrolet dealers, he said, are giving priority in their service departments to the main tenance of vehicles in essential highway transportation. Cited as evidence of the urgent necessity of keeping fr.rm trucks in good operating condition is the fact that an estimated total of 63,636.338 tons of basic farm prod ucts. an increase of 19.216,198 tons over the 1936-to-1910 aver age, will have to be hauled by trucks from farm to market, rai! or processing plant .in 1913. In addition, recently published re ports, it is said, shov; that :r 1942, 62.8 per cent of all livestock delivered to the 68 leading mar kets of the country was haule by trucks, again breaking . all previous records. Livestock dr liveries by truck in 1943 are ex pected to show a considerable in crease. These added burdens mu:;t t taken on, it is pointed out, despi the fact that motor vehicle ma: ufacure is at a standstill, and tl need for conserving parts a.. rubber is urgent. Owners of trucks engaged in the movement of supplies to the farm or in delivering the millions of tons of farm products to the armed forces and consuming pub lic in this country, or to shipside for transport to our fighting men and allies overseas are urged to adopt preventive rather than cur ative methods of servicing their vehicles. Frequent check ups of such vital units as the engine, starter, generator, clutch, transmission, universal joints, rear axle, brakes, steering gear and tires are recommended. X May Livestock Notes For busy farmers County Agent G. W. Bonnette gives these timely reminders on the proper care ci livestock for May. Dairying 1. Plan for three tons of silage per cow. Plant Biloxi soybeans in row with corn. Where cane is used, plant alternate rows of cane and Biloxi soybeans. 2. Plan for one-half to one ton of good le gume hay per cow with silage. If silage will not be available, plan for two to three tons of bright, green-cured, leafy legume hay. 3. Plant enough extra corn to supply eight/ bushels of corn per cow this winter. 4. Sow' one- half acre of pearl millet for each cow for soiling or grazing pur poses in July and August. 5. Do \ot graze permanent pastures too elosely. 6. Clean out the barn and premises to save manure and destroy breeding places for flies. Animal Husbandly 1. Bred sows for fall litters. 2. ! Have all weanling pigs double- : treated for hog cholera. 3. See j that the spring pigs are on terri- tory not infested with the internal parasites. 4. Feed lambs in a creep. 5. Use oats rather than | corn for the work-stock. 6. Treat navels of newborn animals with pine tar to prevent screw worm infestation. Poultry 1. Clean and disinfect the brooder house each week. 2. Cull weak, slow-growing pullets and sell as broilers. 3. Cull the non laying hens and sell. Do not keep ! boarding hens. 4. Remove males from laying flock when incuba tion season is over. Produce in fertile eggs. 5. Provide shade for growing pullets. AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF CHICKENS WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF McCORMICK: Be It ordained by the Town ■ Council of the Town of McCor- ; mickj in regular session assembled. SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person or per sons having control of, or the owner or owners, of any chickens, to permit said chickens to run at large within the Town Limits of the Town of McCormick. SECTION 2. That every person owning or having charge of chickens within the Town Limits j of the Town of McCormick shall l keep said chickens on his, her or their own property, and if the chickens of any person within the Town Limits of the Town of Mc Cormick go upon the property ot another, it shall constitute a vio lation of this ordinance. SECTION 3. Any person or per sons failing to keep their chick ens confined to their own proper ty and ! or allov/ing his, her or their chicken or chickens to go • icn the property of others shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten ($10.00) Dollars, or imprisoned or sentenced to work on the streets of the Town of McCormick, or the County Chainjgang, for a period of not more than ten (10) days; pro vided, however, that any com plaint made againt any person or persons for the violation of this ordinance must be made within the same day on which the vio lation is charged and the service of the warrant charging the vio lation shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours after said warrant is issued. DONE AND RATIFIED by the Town Council of the Town of Mc Cormick this the 19th day of April, 1943. T. J. SIBERT, Mayor, JNO. T. McGRATH, C. R. STROM, M. L. GIBERT, PAUL R. BROWN, C. H. HUGULEY, Town Council. ATTEST: J. O. PATTERSON, Town Clerk. Stone’s Superior Plants Home-Grown, Treated Porto Rico Potato Plants, $2.25 per IVL, not delivered. Certified, Treated, Inspected Po tato Plants, South Georgia grown.: Nancy Hall, $2.25 M. Early Tri umph, $2.25 M. Red Velvet, $2.75 M. Nigger Killers, $2.75 M. YeUow Yams, $3.00 M. Yellow Jersey (Supply limited), $3.50 M. CHARLES H. STONE Modoc, S. C. r ADS For SALE IN iOURlNEXTofSSUE