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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 6, 1943
McCORMICK MESSENGER
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By LYTLE HULL
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Infla .'it—The Snake in the Grass
BY
PATRICIA DOW
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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.
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Send 15 cents in coin, (for
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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