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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICE, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 20, 1943
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Six Inch Sermon
BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
De-
Bible Teaching on Wine’s
cietfulness.
Lesson for May 23: Proverbs
20:1; 23-35; Matthew 24:45-51.
Golden Text: Proverbs 23:32.
It has been terribly unfair, to
say the least, that, while needful
/ things have been rationed, n<5
limitation has been set upon the
sale of wine and other intoxi
cants. The turning of plants to
making alcohol for industrial and
war purposes doubtless did not
alarm sellers and drinkers of
beverage alcohol because billions
of gallons, enough for four or
five years, were on hand. The
wide use of intoxicants may re
mind us of the statement in
Proverbs that “Wine is a mocker.
It would be tragedy indeed if it
should finally mock the American
nation.
All the evils of drink are de
scribed in Proverbs, not the least
being the depraved appetite de
veloped. And “at the last it biteth
like a serpent.” If such evils
came from drinking the wines of
/ antiquity, what should we expect
from the distilled liquors of much
higher alcoholic content today?
The lesson closes with a passage
from Matthew concerning wise
and foolish servants. In a large
city a woman has brought suit
against an undertaker because
tbfe' driver of the hearse, upon
approaching the cemetery, sud
denly put on a burst of speed,
and left the procession waiting
45 minutes while he took a wild
ride through city streets, stopped
in a ''barroom for liquor, and
finally returned with the deceas
ed to the place of interment.
What can be expected when a
man in a position of responsibili
ty sets appetite above duty? Not
eternity, but the near future may
bring the awful reckoning of
drinking and drunkenness in this
country.
Move On Broad
Front To ‘Roll
Back’ Prices
OPA SEEKING TO REDUCE RE
CENT RISE IN COSTS
Order for 10% Subsidy
Meets Criticism
OPA policy committee said.
“Labor will do all in Its power
through its local, state and na
tional organizations, to help ef
fect the new OPA program,” the
AFL delegation said. “Labor was
ready to share in the enforce
ment of effective cost-of-living
stabilization a year ago; it is
ready to join any bona fide ef
fort to achieve such stabilization
now.” v
Goss Assails Program ...
Long opposed to payments to
producers for financing price
control, Goss assailed the OPA
subsidy program as being basical
ly unreal.
“I know it doesn’t help the man
who hasn’t had a salary raise to
know that we are spending the
The Road MUST Be Kept Open
E; r< as rep . - *atr es of la
bor, agriculture and the retailer
sharply criticized the terms of
the OPA’s order cutting meat,
coffee and butter prices 10 per
cent starting June 1, the price
administration agency moved on
a broad front to roll back the
cost of living. ^ r .
As broadsides were delivered a- lo wes t per cent of our income for
gainst the order which would food i 11 history,’ Goss said,
subsidize either producers or pro- “ but y ou can t ignore production
cessors to the limit of 10 per costs and prices to fit that man s
cent by which retail food prices income . . .’
would be slashed, " the OPA! Curtailment of production and
launched its program of listing expansion of the black market
definite cents-per-item ceilings on can wel1 be expected* from the
100 foods in 150 large metropoli-. new OPA program, Goss said,
tan centers. At the same time, I Craig echoed Goss’ warning of
it moved to cut prices of other i ncreasec * black market op?ia-
vegetables, poultry and fish. j tions. He said the retailer can-
To prevent overcharges, the not support any rollback in
OPA has established specific Prices on inventories purchased
prices for various commodities. | at higher leveis without facing
Prominently displayed in the rum.
stores, these prices will be a guide
To Meet Shortage
Protein For Hogs
Florence, May 15.—Wring the
present period of protein feed
shortage, green forage will enable
hog producers to get along with
about half the usual quantity of
protein and still keep the pigs
doing well, says A. L. DuRant,
livestock specialist of the Clemson
Extension Service.
Mr. DuRant’s suggestions, made
for the recent conference of the
State Feed Conservation Commit
tee, include these further points
on increasing the feed supply and
following other practices in swine
management:
Keep all hogs on a green for
age crop. If you do not have
fence for your hogs and they are
being kept in dry lots or pens,
plant some soybeans nearby so
they can be cut and fed to the
hogs even while in pens or dry
lots.
Increase the yield of corn and
other
grains
in
every
possible
way.
Grain
sorghums
such
as
hegari
make
good
hog
feed,
do
not need to
be
threshed
or
ground, and can be planted after
oats.
Plant soybeans for green graz
ing. You cannot have too many.
If they mature seed after being
grazed all summer, so much the
better.
Supplement the grain ration
with a protein feed. It saves
feed and gives faster gains. Feed
the young pigs while suckling and
full-feed the brood sows while
they are nursing the litters.
Rapid gains are cheap gains.
Surplus milk will take the
place of animal protein when fed
to pigs. Keep up the milk sup
ply of the family cow so that
there will be some surplus for
the pigs as well as all the milk
the family needs.
Take no chances with hog
cholera which may wipe out a
whole season’s effort. Vaccinate I fer the program its full
the pigs at 6 to 8 weeks of age. | the AFL representative on the
to choppers.
The OPA’s new price list applies
only to stores with sales under
$50,000 annually. Since stores
with sales above $50,000 ordinarily
charge less for merchandise, they
have been ordered to maintain
their lowe^ prices.
Cut Other Food Prices.
Meanwhile, the OPA slashed re
tailers’ margins on cabbage,
onions and some poultry, and re
duced prices of salt codfish.
The action chopped retailers’
margins—the amount the retail
er adds to the price of a com
modity over the wholesaler’s
charge—by 65 to 40 per cent for
small stores and 54 to 40 per
cent for chains and other large
stores.
Through the order, the house-
w’ife should save from 7 to 15
per cent on cabbage; 7 per c£tit
on onions, and 3 to 4 per cent
on frozen poultry. Salt fodfish
were red’—d 7 cents per pound
at the processor level.
The OPA’s action grew out of
John L. Lewis’ contention that
the cost of living had skyrocketed
so high in the mining communi
ties that a $2 a day pay in
crease was necessary to keep up
with it. President Roosevelt then
promised that action would be
taken against unjustifiable in
creases, and OPA Administrator
Brown followed with the declara
tion that prices would be “rolled
back."
■But the government’s action ap
parently failed to quiet all of
organized labor’s clamor against
the cost of living. No sooner had
Brown’s announcenlent of the 10
per cent subsidy plan for meat,
coffee and butter been made than
George Meany, secretary-treasur
er of the American Federation of
Labor, delivered a blistering at
tack against the government’s
whole anti-inflation program. The
AFL’s membership on the labor
policy committee of the OPA,
however, supported Brown’s
measure.
Joining Meany in his attack
were A. S. Goss, master of the
National Grange and D. R. Craig,
president of the American Retail
federation.
Wants May, 1942, Level
In asserting that food prices
have gone up on an average of
60 1-2 per cent in Milwaukee to
108 per cent in Cumberland, Md.,
Meany demanded that these
prices be rolled back to levels
existing in May, 1942. He said:
“When basic foods have gone
up 20, 25 and 30 cents per pound,
it is not enough to snip off a
penny here and there. A reduc
tion of 10 per cent in seven
items, when an increase of 100
per cent and more has taken
place on dozens of items, is not
enough.”
If restoring the May, 1912, price
level necessitates a reduction of
25 per cent in the cost of some
items, for instance, then that re
duction should be made, Meany
said. With the government
spending 96 billion dollars a year
on armaments, an appropriation
of 300 million dollars to finance
cuts in retail food prices was
“peanuts,” he maintained.
Insofar as the new price pro
gram represents a genuine roll
back in the cost of living, or
ganized labor stands ready to of-
support,
After investigating
charges of excessive food
Lewis’
prices
within the mining communities,
the CPA declared that miners
generally are not paying more
for commcdities than others.
However, OPA said there were
some violations of ceilings.
OPA ceilings on pork generally
were being followed, the investi
gators said, but there were nu
merous infractions against regu
lations covering canned goods,
potatoes, onions, beans, dried
fruits, butter and eggs. Most of
the violations were reported in
West Virginia and Pennsylvania,
where the miners have their
largest membership.
In order to effect compliance
with price ceilings, OPA recom
mended a three-point program,
including: issuance of dollars
and cents ceilings, which already
has been done; increase in the
enforcement staff, and enlistment
of the support of the consumers.
X
Town And Farm
In Wartime
What Is “Home-Canned”?
Foods are “home-canned”, says
the South Carolina OPA, if:
1. They have been canned in
a kitchen primarily used for the
preparation of meals, or to dem
onstrate the preparation of meals.
2. They have been canned in
a separate building or shed,
which a farm home has equipped
for canning purposes, provided
that the owner has first obtained
permission from his local ration
board to use such facilities.
Farm Meat Regulations
New meat-rationing regulations
provide that a farmer and his
family may consume meat raised
on any farm he owns or operates,
and may transfer meat from one
of his farms to another to pro
vide food lor members of the
household, without giving up ra
tion points, even if the meat is
not slaughtered on his farm.
However, if the farm ownCr does
not live on a farm, he must give
up ratiop points for any meat he
consumes elsewhere. Under the
original regulations, a farmer who
brought his own cattle to a cus
tom slaughtering plant had to
surrender red point stamps for
the meat, while if he killed and
dressed the animal himself the
meat was “ration-free^” A farm
or ranch employer who feeds his
employees in a bunkhouse or
dining hall may now use meat
and other rationed food* raised on
his farm on the same basis as
if the employees were fed in the
household.
Sugar Allowed For Canning
Sugar for home canning will
be limited to one pound for each
four quarts (or eight pounds) cf
the finished product and may b3
secured on written application to
the housewife’s local board. Each
person is allowed not more than
25 pounds. Any family can
apply for sugar to put up jams,
jellies, and preserves at the rate
of five pounds per person. Last
year, sugar for preserves was
limited to one ponud per person.
Ceilings Set On Market Basket
Foods
Maximum prices now being es
tablished by OPA for the Colum
bia, S. C., area as well as for a-
bout 130 other American cities
are expected to cover 80 per cent
of the foods in the family market
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THAT, BUT I DID GET THE PATTERN FOP^
THAT HftPUNG GAPPEN OUTFIT
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basket by June 1. These maxi-
mums will be top prices in each
principal city and its “market
area,” which the district offices
of the OPA have defined. By
June, the OPA ekpects to com
plete prices for Columbia and
then undertake the same job for
other South Carolina localities.
Community-wide top prices are
intended to simplify regulations
for the store-keeper and the
housewife and to make the con
sumer a partner in the enforce
ment of wartime price ceilings.
Less Points For Butter
Some grades of South Caroline
“farm butter” may be reduced in
point value to prevent waste or
spoilage, as a result of an amend
ment to the meats-fats rationing
regulations cf OPA. “Farm but
ter” or “country butter” usually
is produced in small quantities by
farmers and sold locally. Since
it is not of uniform quality, it is
considerably more perishable than
commercially produced butter. The
amendment empowers OPA re
gional directors, when authorized
by the Washington office, to deal
with local emergency cases.
Overseas Parcel Post
Packages may now be mailed to
a soldier overseas if a request is
received from the soldier and the
envelope bearing the APO can
cellation mark is presented at
the time of mailing. Formerly,
the approval of the commandin:
officer was required. Current re
strictions as to weight and size
of packages remain in effect.
Farm Machinery Rationing
At their discretion, state war
boards can now cancel county
quotas on any or all types of
farm machinery according to u
revised farm machinery rationing
order issued by the War Food Ad
ministration. If a state board ex
ercises this authority, farmers will
be required to locate the machin
ery they want to buy before they
are given a purchase certificate.
Furthermore, county farm ration-
ng committees may set the ex
piration date of purchase certifi
cates any time between 10 and
60 days after issuance, or may
cancel the certificate after the
holder has had a reasonable time
to buy the specified machinery.
Twine And Rope For 43 Harvest
South Carolina farmers can ex
pect reasonable supplies cf hay
rope, binder twine, and other
cordage for harvesting their 1943
crops, the War Food Administra
tion has announced. However,
farmers are warned to buy only
what t.hev actually need and to
conserve supplies now on hand,
j Many substitute materials are
j being used and supplies will re-
i quire more careful handling than
in the past. /
Gas For Furloughs
Members of the armed forces
on leave or furlough for three
days or more may get a special
gasoline ration (up to five gal
lons) for personal errands when
other means of transportation are
not available. The ration is ob
tained by presenting pass, leave
or furlough papers to a rationing
board.
INSURANCE
Fire Insurance And All
Other Kinds of Insurance In
cluding Life Insurance.
HUGH C. BROWN,
McCORMICK. S. C.
Notice
TO SELL
’EM, TELL
’EM-
With An Ad
In the future I will handle th
coal business formerly conducte
by my father.
Your patronage will be appreci
ated.
H. G. SANDERS.
WANT ADV.
FOR SALE—Used Osborne Bind
er, cheap; little repair needet
L. C. Talbert, R. 1, Trey. S. C
FOR SALE — Good yellow see
corn at $3.00 per bushel. H. I
Christian, R. 2, McCormick, S. C,
■" 1 — ^ ■
FOR SALE—Ten weeks old Pc
land China Pigs at reasonabl
price. W. C. Strom, McCormicl
S. C.
WANTED — Pine Pulp W
$8.93 per unit loaded on C,
C., Georgia and Fla., and
ern Rail Roads. Extra p£
wood loaded from the f
Liberal advance when load'
M. Winn, Plum Branch, S.