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McCORMICK iVlcCUnM
Rationing Guide For
South Carolinians
Coffee
Stamp No. 23 in War Ration
Book One good for one pound of
coffee.
Foods
Blue stamps in War Ration
Book Two are used to ration pro
cessed foods — commercially can
ned, bottled and frozen fruits and
vegetables, and including juices,
all soaps, dried fruits, dried beans
and lentils. Dried peas were re
moved from the list of rationed
foods and now may be bought
without surrendering poir'
stamps.
Blue stamps D, E and F expir
ed April 30 after having been
valid since March 25. The only
blue stamps now good for pro-
cesed food purchases are G, H
and J which became valid on
April 24 w^d which will expire
on May 31.
Red stamps in War Ration Book
are used to ration meat,
fats, oils, cheeses and canned
fish. Poultry, game and fresh fish
are not rationed. During May
AUGUSTA GEORGIA
IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOP AT
BELK’S BIG STORE
Giving the people what they want, at» the price they
wish to pay, has made Belk’s the fastest growing
store in Augusta.
Quick sales and small profits enable us to offer real
bargains in seasonable merchandise.
DISHES AND NOVELTY POTTERY
We are always receiving new
shipments of dishes and nov
elty pottery. We have at all
limes at least 40,000 pieces
for you to make selection
from.
Values up to
$1.50, all one price
5c
each
— With purchase of other merchandise. —.
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ITS THE
UPKEEP
THAT COUNTS MOST
THESE DAYS!
Keep YOUR farm equipment in
good repair . . . replace worn
parts , v . . repair broken im
plements . . . for maintenance
of farm machinery now is
vitally necessary:
Ask Fortson to help you! Fort-
son is the agency for, and car
ries In stock. GOODYEAR
ENDLESS BELTS. In addi
tion, look to Fortson for tools
and wrenches, for pipes, pipe
fittings, valves ... for many
other items so necessary to
Farm Welfare. Make it a habit
to
“CALL FORTSON FIRST!”
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' S,DONALD FORTSON CO.
AU G U ST A, 901 Reynolds St. GEORGIA
FOR REAL BARGAINS IN
MEMORIAL WORK
write
ELBERTON CITY GRANITE CO.
P. O. Box 521 Elberton, Georgia
WE SPECIALIZE IN MARKERS, MONU-
I MENTS AND COPING
Buy Your Furniture From
J. S. STROM
Easy Payment Plan.
No Carrying Charge.
McCormick, S. C.
White Registrants
To Go To Induction
Station In May
R. W. Dunlap, chairman of the
local Selective Service board, has
released for publication the
names of white registrants to go
to induction station from McCor
mick County in May, as follows:
Jessie Robert Jennings, Jr.,
William Raymond McDonald,
William Barmore Sharp, Jr.,
James Randel Hadsock, Jr.,
Walter Ollington Wideman,
George Edward Dukes, Jr.,
James Ellis Walker.
these stamps may be used:
Week beginning April 25, red
stamps E (16 points), expire May
31,
Week beginning May 2, red
stamps F (16 points), expire May
31,
Week beginning May 9, red
stamps G (16 points), expire May
31,
Week beginning May 16, red
stamps H (16 points), expire May
31,
Week beginning May 23, red
stamps J (16 points), expire May
31.
Gasoline
Coupon No. 5 in “A” book good
for three gallons but must last
through July 21—four months in
stead of two, as was formerly the
case.
Service To Retailers
Price panels are now in opera
tion on most local rationing
boards. Price clerks are avail
able to give retail merchants in
dividual service on ceiling price
regulations and amendments.
Shoes
Stamp No. 17 in War Ration
Book One can be used to buy a
pair of rationed shoes through
June 15. Some types of shoes are
not rationed.
Sugar
Stamp No. 12 in War Ration
Book One will be good for five
pounds through May 31.
Tires
Owners of passenger cars and
commercial vehicles using tires
smaller than 7.50 by 20 may get
their casings recapped with re
claimed rubber camel back with
out applying to their local war
price and rationing boards for
certificates. A driver with a
mileage ration of more than 240
miles monthly is entitled, begin
ning May 1, to new Grade I cas
ings when he needs replacements.
Certificates for tires and tubes
may be used at any time con
venient to the holders.
Notice
In the future I will handle the
coal business formerly conducted
by my father.
Your patronage will be appreci
ated.
H. G. SANDERS.
WANT ADV.
WANTED — Good used sewing
machine. Write “A-Z ” Cf. Mes
senger, McCormick, S. C.
LOST—One small light red
cow. Reward of $10.00 for recov
ery. R. L. Quarles, R. 1, Box 34.
Callison. S. C.
FOR SALE—Used Osborne Bind
er, cheap; little repair needed.
L. C. Talbert, R. 1, Troy, S. C.
FOR SALE — Good yellow seed
corn at $3.00 per bushel. H. T.
Christian. R. 2, McCormick, S. C.
WANTED—Pulp wood, loaded on
C. & W. C. and Southern 1 ail
reads. Pine $8.93, Slabs C >6.
Hardwood $12.60, per unit o r '68
?u. feet. R. M. Winn, Plum
'^anch. S. C.
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The Poor Cave Man
Had No Newspaper
To Advertise In.
But You Have!! <$
Johnny’s Iron Horse
By ALICE V. LINDLEY
© McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
'T'KINGS in Rawlins were pro-
gressing smoothly. That little
cow town was the fortunate posses
sor of an exceptionally strong limb
of the law. A fat, kind-eyed man
was its sheriff, and while a student
in physiognomy would not have been
fooled by the fat one’s apparent
clumsiness, many a bad hombre
had stopped a bullet before realiz
ing his mistake. Then, too, right
now the sheriff had a new deputy,
who, due to the fact that he had
tracked and captured a gang of
marauders on foot far up in the
hills, had come to be known as the
Walkin’ Deputy. Stories of his clev
erness and nerve had been broad
cast up and down the country, and
just at present people with question
able characters seemed to have an
almost superstitious fear of Raw
lins.
For this respite the sheriff would
have been duly thankful if it had
not been for the peculiar actions
of his new deputy. On the average
of twice a week the Walkin’ Deputy
slicked down his hair, adjusted his
tie and polished his boots, while the
sheriff looked on with a mixture of
curiosity and disgust.
“I bet you’re sparkin’ a gal, John
ny,” he accused one night, after
watching this procedure in silence
several times in the vain hope of
an explanation from his deputy.
“Yes, sir, I bet you’re sparkin’
a gal. Never did have any luck with
deputies, nohow. Take Ed Starks,
fer instance. He went an’ died with
the measles. Forty-two years old he
was, too. Then there was Tom Hob
son—he went to New York and got
jailed. It was all in the papers, and
he ain’t been back home since. You
can see fer yerself how it is with
Fred Dawson. Married to that
tongue-lashin’ female Matilda. Nope,
I ain’t never had no luck with depu
ties. I thought you was goin’ to be
different, son”—the sheriff’s voice
was pathetic, though his eyes twin
kled—“but here you arc, kcepm’
me all riled up stoppin’ fights over
that Iron Horse of yourn, while you
go sparkin’.”
Old Mark Adams rode into town,
leaving a trail of dust and profanity
behind him, loudly demanding the
sheriff. It was Johnny, however, who
heard the details of the rustling
going on up in Adams’ section of the
country.
That night, at the appointed hour,
the Walkin’ Deputy departed in
state, leaving behind a disappointed
sheriff.
“Thought sure he’d stay in town
tonight, 'count of that rustlin’ busi
ness. Wonder who that gal is, any
ways. He heads in Mark Adams’
direction, but I can’t recollect no
young gal out thataway.”
About 10 o’clock the Walkin’
Deputy emerged from a little white
cottage far up in the hills and
walked confidently over to his fliv
ver. It was two miles farther down
the trail that he felt something
pressed against his back.
“You just stop that flivver, young
feller,” came a voice out of the
darkness. “They’s two of us joy
ridin’ in the back seat if you don’t
obey orders careful like. We ain’t
used to this buggy ridin’ and we
don’t want no monkeyshines. We
knew why you been bangin’ ’round
that place up near old man Adams’.
You sure are a pretty smart Alec,
like we been bearin’, but you can’t
fool two old duffers like us. So we
just decided to let you take a per
manent vacation from this land of
sorrows and worries, and, whew!!”
Johnny’s active brain had taken
in the situation quickly. These fel
lows thought he knew something
and had already decided to dispose
of him. Well, he had one chance—
Sliding far down in the seat, with
a quick movement he stepped hard
on the gas, sending the Iron Horse
forward with a mighty jerk, straight
toward the roughest section of coun
try in that section.
Threats, curses, prayers, moans
came from the back seat, while
Johnny hung on to the wheel praying
all the while that the car would hold
together.
“When you got enough just throw
them guns out,” he ordered over his
shoulder, “and sit up straight and
pretty, or I’ll make this thing do
tricks Henry Ford never taught it.”
“Them guns is gone,” came a
shaky voice from the rear seat.
Then the voice rose to a wail. “For
the love of Mike, stop this crazy
rattletrap.”
“All right, you joy riders,” called
Johnny. “Just remember there’s
more gas in this thing and, anyways,
I got you covered now.”
A few nights later the Walkin’
Deputy and the Iron Horse, the lat
ter not looking any the worse for
its encounter with the rustlers, took
their usual trail out of town.
“Tain’t right to follow a gent when
he goes to see his gal,” remarked
the sheriff to a couple of cow punch
ers who had been watching the Iron
Horse out of sight. They looked at
each other a moment, then with one
accord each man went for his horse.
Later three men came in sight
of a flivver outlined in the moon
light against a white cottage. They
dismounted and peaked through a j
window. What they saw was the !
Walkin’ Deputy deeply interested in j
a game of checkers. Opposite him ;
sat a little old lady, her gray hair
shining in the lamplight.
“Gosh!” breathed the sheriff.
Three men mounted and silently
rode away.
"Meet the People.. if§;
(Each week in this space will be presented a picture
and word portrait of someone whose name is news.)
• With much public attention centered on nu
merous plans for a postwar world, from the
United States senate comes word that the for
eign relations subcommittee, headed by Tom
Connally of Texas, is working hard at trying
to formulate such a policy. To draft an inter
national plan that would be strong enough
to be of value and be acceptable not only to
the senate and the citizens of the United States
but to the peoples of the other United Na
tions is—putting it mildly—a plenty tough as-
signment:
•Tough? Yes, but Tom Connally’s record as
district prosecutor, state legislator, congress
man and senator is strewn with “tough" jobs
he has tackled with a stolid spirit
• In congress for over a quarter of a century,
he is 66 years old. His commanding figure
adds color to the senate membership for his
dress of frockish coats, white stiff shirts and
a wide black ribbon for his glasses, sets him
apart.
•If his committee can do only a reasonable
job in helping reach an agreement on a post
war world that would insure peace, Tom Con
nally’s international reputation will one day
Tom Connally overshadow his record of service.
‘Flying Tiger’ Boss Honored
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Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, famed throughout the world as the*
leader of the erstwhile “Flying Tigers,” is shown (left) at a banquet
given in his honor at Chungking, China, when he was appointed com
mander of the new 14th U. S. air force. Seated with General Chennault
are Dr. H. H. Kung, Chinese minister of finance (center), and Gen. Pa!
Chung-Hsi. Recently, in Washington, General Chennault was presented
with the Billy Mitchell trophy for being the outstanding airman of the
year.
U. S. Flag Flies Over Coal Mines
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With coal miners back in their pits on a six-day-week work basis,
the Stars and Stripes has been hoisted over coal mines throughout (he*
country, signifying government supervision. The six-day week was or^'
dered by Fuel Administrator Ickes throughout the coal mining industry
as work generally was resumed, after a nationwide walkout Picture-
shows the flag flying over the mine buildings of the Pittsburgh Coal com
pany, Pncedale, Pa.
Who’s Deferred?
Reports to Chief
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Tired of hearing angry protests of
wives and mothers whose homes
have been broken up by the draft
while young unmarried men have
won deferment after deferment.
New Jersey’s largest draft hoard
published a list of names and re- -
sons for deferment. Here Jo* ?
Mury of Union, N. J., reads t! i
list of deferments.
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With An Ad
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwcll,
eommander of the U. S. forces in
the India, China and Burma thea
ters of war. Is shown as he left
the White House after a confer
ence with President Roosevelt. Gen
eral Stilwell also had several eon-
fciences at the war department.
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