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‘ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOOTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 1, 1943 ['•/ X * McCORMICK MESSENGER rvblisbed Every Thursday \ Established June f, 1M> —* f EDMOND J. McCRAGKEN, r ‘. Editor and Owner Wtered at the Post Offiee at Mc Cormick, s. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear $l.tfO Six Months .75 Three Months .50 Six Inch Sermon BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER A People in Distress. Lesson for July 4: Exodus 1:6- 14; 2:23-25. Golden Text: Exodus 2:23. We begin the third quarter’s study, “God in the Making of a Nation: Era of Moses,” with a picture of the Israelites in dis tress—one similar to that of Jew ish people in Germany and Nazi- controlled countries. Some think the Shepherd Kings ruled in Lower Egypt when Jacob came into Egypt. They were for eigners whose people were origi nally nomads and shepherds, and their origin and the ascendancy of Joseph led those kings to deal kindly with shepherds from Pal estine. But in time a king arose “who knew not Joseph.” And the natives who restored the throne to an Egyptian were not kindly disposed toward the Israelites. Further, in nearly 400 years, the Israelites had so increased in number that Pharaoh claimed to regard them as a menace to the safety of Egypt in time of war. And he began an oppression of the Israelites with > the design of reducing their number and of breaking their spirit. We see the opportunity of God’s providence in this oppression. The Israelites, growing in number and prospering in Egypt, had forgot ten God. But they turned unto Him in their distress “and their cry came up unto God;” he re membered his covenant. How God worked for his people’s good win be seen in our later study. God will always remember his covenant with a nation or an in dividual But for every covenant of blessing, conditions must be met. Do we remember our part of the covenant? X ■ Colored Registrants To Be Inducted Into Armed Forces In Near Future ABOVE ^HULLABALOO By LYTLE HULL FOR POST BELLUM APPETITES / R. W. Dunlap, chairman of the local selective service board, has submitted for publication the names of colored registrants to be inducted into the armed forces in the near future, as follows: Jessie Holloway, Ulysses Letman, John Henry Hill, Bosie Percy Smalley, John Henry Scott, James Albert Harris, James Thompkins, Manley Gowdy, Herman New, James B. Atkins, Henry Gary Yeldell, Levi Tutt, Jesse Sexton, Johnnie Calhoun Crawford, Tony Johnson, Joe Wells, > Green New, James Arthur Gary, ft Albert Collier, ^ Ronnie Hogan, $ Charlie Gilchrist, Alfred Collier, Smanuel Wright, Jesse Anderson, Calvin Vernon, Walter Cowan, Robert 'Willie Middleton, Robert Jackson. Jr., Cleve Peter Williams, Cliff <Dime> Cowan, William Hardy, Joseph Wideman, Aaron Talbert. T. G. Wiggerton, Bobbie Taylor, Robert Scott, Herbert Letman, Jr., Clarence Williams, Noble Robinson, Joseph Pullin, Robert Lester Moragne, James Tucker, “I James Oliver, Alexander Edwards, Reuben Broadwater, ^ James (Swift) Tucker. After this war there will prob ably be even more changes in our way of living than there were af ter the last war, for with each succeeding decade 'we seem to progress more rapidly in the sciences and in mechanics. Maybe in a few million years we will grow smart enough to devise some method of preventing the whole sale murder called war. War is a devastating destroyer, not only of material things, but— far more important—of that most vital element in our social set-up —youth. But even war has some compensations—in that it hastens scientific and mechanical re search and evolution. It has been' said, for instance, that the tre mendous advances made in the prevention of social diseases dur ing our First World war have al most balanced the destructive ef fect upon humanity occasioned by the terrible loss of life during that war. Spectacular steps were taken in surgery, aviation, radio, manufacturing methods and un numbered other lines. This war will create like ad vances and, if anything, even more sensational. As an instance —the tin can which has “suckled” our new generation since infancy, will in many cases be replaced by paper containers of frozen foods. Fresh frozen delicacies from far off lands and unfamiliar climates will be purchased at the corner grocery shop just as we now buy a can .of tomatoes from New York state or of pineapple from Cali fornia. And these delicious foods will be just as fresh in the stew pot in Podunk as they were on the day they were picked in Siam or Palestine. Ships Will be fitted with enor mous sub-zero space and will car ry the freshly frozen meats, fruits and vegetables of one part of the earth to another. Every grocer will have glass covered, low tem perature cases from which the marketer will select her groceries just as she now does from bins and shelves and counters. Every mechanical refregerator will be equipped with a large com partment which maintains a tem perature of around zero, and when the frozen groceries or meats are delivered they will be placed therein until used. Sep arate low-temperature containers —which before the war were so expensive—will be manufactured .at prices which the majority of families can afford to pay. They will be made in much smaller sizes also because every grocer will have “frozen storage” and it will not be necessary for the nearby family to carry more than a small supply. There are today about 65 varie ties of frozen foods. After the war there will probably be several hundred and many of these will be cooked before they are frozen. Let us hope they are not also pre-masticated and pre-digested: there is still a certain amount of pleasure in those occupations. Great processing plants will doubtless spring up in rich or chard country and in districts a- dapted to the growing of fine vegetables; and perhaps near the great stockyards of Chicago and Fort Worth. Thu& fresh picked fruits and vegetables and properly killed and hung meats will be processed on the spot and shipped in “sub-zero” trucks, airplanes, railroad cars and ships to the far corners of the earth. And there won’t be any ration books: we can gorge ourselves to death. Declaration of Independence, Up to Date I WWSM IN TME COVJ&SE OP WUMAKI EVENTS IT BECOMES NECESSARY PO& A PEOPLE TO CUBTAlLTWEia PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR. FIGHTING MEN AND THEIR GOVERNMENT AT WAR, . V/E THEREFORE RENOUNCE OUR ALLEGIANCE TO GASOLINE AND FIRE WORKS FOR PLEASURE AND SOLEMNLY DECLARE THAT WE INTEND TO STAY AT HOME ON THE V FOURTH* AND HAVE A GOOD TIME RIGHT MERE IN OUR OWN HOME TOWN « 3 MT«'- ^^r• TODAY and TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON BUTTQNS ~ , miracle Too many of us think that, when the war ends, somebody in Washington is going to push a button which will immediately convert our country from a war time prosperity to a peacetime prosperity. We like to imagine that, when the button is pushed, tank assembly lines will suddenly start turning out shiny new auto mobiles, roast beef will appear in > all the butcher shops of the land, our ration books can be tossed in the trash barrel, the 10,000,000 men in the army and navy will appear on their home doorsteps in civvies and we can gorge our selves with luxuries of all kinds. We hear about the problems of post-war planning, but in general itiey bore us, for we have an in finite faith in that Washington button. We have seen our country converted, almost over night from making civilian prod ucts to turning out the greatest supply of war equipment evdr produced by any nation. Why can’t Washington, with equal fpcility, shift us back again into a prosperous peacetime nation? The answer is that Washington would like to try—but if we let Washington do it, instead of do ing it ourselves, we will end up with a peacetime dictatorship very similar to the ones we are now fighting to destroy. We must decide quickly whether we are go ing to have our lives run, after the war, by the government or by the people. PLANS . . . Washington There are some members of our Washington bureaucracy who would jump at the chance to make us all subservient to gov ernment. They would like to have the government tell us what we can own, how much money we can make, what business we should go in, and how much we should pay for everything we buy. They are the men who think our type of democracy is old- fashioned and want to substitute regimentation for independence. There are other members of our government who want to preserve democracy and free enterprise— who think our constitutional form of government is just as superior as it ever was—but even they realize that the government will have to draw the blue prints for our lives after the v/ar unless we do it ourselves. To do it ourselves, we must first get rid of the idea that there is going to be an over-all, national plan which will prevent a depression, guard against unem ployment and bring our economy back to normal. Any such over all plan would have to be one controlled by the government. Instead of waiting for some magic formula to evolve in Wash ington, we must, instead—each one of us—figure out v/hat we can do to bring our own business and our own lives back to nor mal. • ■ ' / INGENUITY . spirit The strength of our democracy lies in individual ingenuity. When our forefathers built this great country they didn’t do it by forming a government and waiting around to have that gov ernment tell them what to do next. Instead, each man worked out his own individual problem. Some decided to operate stores, others decided to be miners, others built roads and others took up farming. The pioneering spirit which led these men to strike out for themselves and v/ork out their problems in their own individua 1 ways is the type of spirit which we must depend upon after the war for putting our world togeth er again. Instead of trying to figure out what the government can do for us after the war, we should sii down and plan how we can worl things out without asking th' government for anything. I things look tough and the gov ernment offers to help us cu with loans or regulations v/e mus‘ refuse that assistance, pull in oir belts and call on our own- intelli gence and ability to solve our cwr problems. Just as a child who gets every thing he wants from his parent : KC’JSE^ 1 ^ HAZA M. ~ Mac ARTHUR U-M-M-m th 1 WIFE'S BIRTH DA Y AN", WTH THE WAR ON,ALL SHE HINTED F0. K A PRESENT, mS A SCRUB SPUEfj-BUT Ik'NOW SHE'D BE 1 DISAPPOINTED IF I Jj) DtSAP! BROUGHT THATHOHE-, • i s 'SO-O-O-1 HAVE TO MARE HER FEEL I'D LIKE T'BUY SOMETHING MORE EKPENSIVE, YET WIND UP/ WITH WHAT SHE WANT$. you DID REMEMBEK- 'AND YOU BOUGHT A CHFT ' V •vV frTTFi V THE PERFUME IS A LOVELY THOUGHT DEAR \ AND I DON'T WISH TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS, BUT) WOULD YOUR PLEASE EXCHANGE IT FORA J .. MORE PRACTICAL GIFT- fTtt HURT OF COURSE, SUCH AS A &K08 BKUSU?) BUT IP YOU INSIST PEA**. ?)* usually doesn’t amount to much in the world, so will business de cay if it goes to Uncle Sam for money, advice or protection. The post-war conferences which will really count will not be the ones held in Washington but the ones held in the patlors of homes, in the back rooms of stores and in the Board of Directors’ offices of our big industries. WANT ADV. Cut flowers, funeral sprays, de signs and corsages, at reasonable prices. Phone 113R. Mrs. Frank Deason, Florist, McCormick, S. C. WANTED—PINE PULP WOOD— On the C. & W. C., G. & F. and Southern Railroads at top ceiling price of $3.93 loaded on cars from trucks and if “Banked” (loaded from the ground) $1.05 additional, totalling $9.98 per unit. Will ad vance w;hen loaded $100.00 per car of 12 or mdre units. R. M. Winn. Plum Branch, S. C. DR. HKNRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Speciacles And Eye Glassei Professionally Fitted. 856 Broad Rtr^Pt Aueuata O* INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Id eluding Life Insurance. r HUGH (.. HROWIN’. MpCORMICK * C' NOTICE OF TAX SALE FOR SALE—Flat top, five burn er, Kerosene Cooking Stove. Noah Price, McCormick, S. C. A Good SALESM WHO WORKS CHEAP t1EW£PAPER ADVERTISING <£> Under and by virtue of a war rant issued to me by the County Treasurer of McCormick Count7, I have seized the following de scribed property to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Car olina and the County of McCor mick, for the years 1938,1939,1940. 1941 and 1942, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in July, 1943, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the nroceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of J. L. Wells, and is described as follows: All that lot or parcel of land situated in the Town of Plum Branch. County of McCormick. State of South Carolina, contain ing 4 1-4 acres, more or less, known as Dr. J. B. Adams’ house and lot. Bounded by Cottage and Jefferson Streets: lands of Mrs. Sallie A. White, Peoples Bank and J. L. Bracknell, and probably others. MRS. RUTH O. FOOSHE, Tax Collector for McCormick County. -- - if.’- c* c* June 15, 1943.—3t. 1 When you need roofing, sid- • ing. Rock Wool Insulation or k home modernization, call us for the best in materials, workmanship and terms. PALMETTO ROOFING & SUPPLY CO. J. W. CORLEY . Representative McCormick, S. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Clementina Barden, Administra trix of the estate of Mrs. Maggie McDonald, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a i final accounting ajid discharge as such Administratrix, and the 10th. day of July, 1943, at 10 o’clock,' A. M., has been fixed for thfc hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims sp- gainst said estate are hereby nq* tified to present same on or hfe above date;* - 3ii J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick ';:., Co., S. C. x June 10th, 1943.—4t. * Li- •-J-V