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■ ■ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 5, 1943 ■cCORMICK MESSENGER Published Everj Thursday established Jana S, IMS SDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Palm i ii at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. Cm as mail matter of the second class. •OBSCKIPTION KATES: Qne Year $1.00 •lx Months .75 fMI Six Inch Sermon BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER Shows His People the Way. Lesson for August $: Excdus 13:17-22; 17-22a. Golden Text: Exodus 15:2. It was well that God showed his people the way—the direct route to Canaan would have brought them at once into a clash with the war-like Philistines and the escaping bondmen were poorly prepared in training or e- quipment for war. “God led them about” and toward the Red sea, in a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. The cloud, in the usually cloudless sky of Egypt, was a marvel in itself, and it was a shade by day and it proved a screen in time of danger. As they approached the sea, the Israelites found themselves in a trap. Pharoah and his host were behind them and the sea was before them. Escape seemed hope less. And the people reproached Moses that he had led them in to the wilderness to perish. The 15th chapter of Exodus tells of the miraculous crossing of the Red sea and of the destruction of the pursuing Egyptians in the returning waters. On the farther shore, Moses and his people sang their song of deliverance, celebrating the over throw of their enemies and ex pressing their faith in Jehovah. And Miriam, sister of Moses, and the women with timbrels and with dances, repeated the theme. Let us sometimes wait on prep aration to do the Lord’s work— though we must take more time and pursue a longer way to the goal. And let every achievement in God’s name lead us to praise him and to strengthen our faith for larger achievements in the future. SUCCESSFUL PARENTHOOD By MRS. CATHERINE C. EDWARDS AModot* Editor. Parent's Magazine HANDLING THE EXPLORA TORY STAGE TODAY &md TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON ‘IF’ solutions If each farmer in this country would spend three days between now and the end of the year harvesting a crop of timber from his woodlands, the threat of a serious pulp paper shortage would be overcome. If all the housewives of the country would turn in every tin can they are in the habit of throwing away, our tin problem would be nearly solved. If all of us would ^spend 10 per cent of bur income for war bonds and stamps, the wartime financial problems of the govern ment would be pretty well under control. If each household would con tribute a oound of fat to the fat drive each month, it would take care of our needs for munition making and soap manufacturing. If each motorist would figure out how to cut his gasoline con sumption down by as little as one gallon a week, it would do a great deal toward ending the fuel problem in the East and would also case our rubber crisis. And if each familv which has a plot of land had planted a fair-sized Victory garden last spring, the difficulties of feeding this nation would be solved. DROPS .... important All of those “ifs” are of the drop-in-the-bucket variety. They are reviewed here to re-emphasize the fact that it actually takes very little on the part of each of us to achieve some major na tional goal. During the war it has been ap parent that some of us think the little we can do is of such minor Importance that it isn’t worth the bother. If a house-wife reads of Mothers are frequently told when they ask for advice on their problems t^aat their child is just “going through a phase” and not to worry. That is O. K. so far as it goes, but parents being human, sometimes they’d like to be told how to live through a certain phase! For instance, there is the exploratory stage, as physeholo- gists call it, which begins when the child outgrows his play pen and the toys handed to him and starts investigating the house, with the very laudable purpose of ^earning his environment. ^ But how can you encourage him to get the most out of this learning experience and still live in com parative peace with a child who is into everything? There are two approaches to the problem. If you are a very busy mother you’ll probably have to take the “Safety First” ap proach, which is to put every thing breakable out of reach, as well as everything on which the child might hurt himself, such as light cords. Your house won’t look as nice as you like it to, but this stage of your child’s develop ment will be a more comfortable one for you both. And after the baby has been put to bed it doesn’t take long to dress the liv ing roortt up a bit for a sociable evening with your husband or friends. The other approach is the “guidance” one, and if you have the time to follow through on it we believe it is the better proce- i dure. First, you accept the fact j that it is necessary for a child to satisfy his curiosity about the things h^ lives with. Up to now his world has been pretty much bed, carriage, pen, high chair and his own toys. But now that he ! is interested in living room, din ing room, kitchen, he must be made to feel that he belongs there too if he is to grow up with a satisfying sense of sharing a home, not of being an intruder from whom you guard your pos sessions. This is accomplished by intro ducing the child to everything which catches his interest. When his eye lights up at the sight of books, help him take a few from the shelves, show him how to hold them, how to turn the pages “These are mother’s,” you say, “see hew carefully ws hold them.” There should be books for baby, but these, too. he is taught to handle carefully. The pots and pans from the kitchen cupboard will survive his attentions without much supervision, but always let him help put them back so that he learns things don’t belong in the middle of the floor. About light cords, fire screen, small tables, you say “No, No,” in a tone that he understands. Small, breakable objects, unless they are too precious, he should be allowed to handle under your direction. In other words, during these first weeks of exploratory activity someone should be on duty to explain and admonish, and to protect the child from his ignorance of the hundred and one new things he is curious about. Your reward for this pa tient effort will be a child well adjusted to living with things not all of which he can touch at will. And he will have escaped a constant chorus of “No, Nos,” which soon cease to have mean ing for him. It is when “No” is used sparingly that it is most ef fective. But with either method of han dling this phase of development, a child should have some space of his very own. • . " / the enormous need for tin cans, she is apt to think of the four or five cans she might contribute each week as being such an in finitesimal part of the demand that it isn’t worth bothering with. But actually, the only reason we can still get food in cans, and the only reason the army can be supplied with its needs for cans, is that millions of housewives are bothering to make this infinitesi mal contribution each week. Each contribution is just a drop in the bucket—but enough drops will fill any bucket, no matter now large. We need to keep, that in mind constantly, as we are asked for little sacrifices to help win the war. They really will help. Our war program depends on the co operation of all of us—and the little things become very big things when multiplied by ou: 1 whole population. VOLUNTEERS . . . whips So far, our government has managed to keep its request for cooperation on a voluntary basis. In Germany, if more pulpwood was needed as it is here today, Hitler would probably issue an or der that every farmer spend three days cutting wopd and would pro vide a severe punishment for those who didn’t obey. But in this country we don’t believe in getting co-operation by threats. So instead of ordering farmers to cut pulpwood, a big advertising and promotion cam paign will be carried on to ap peal to the patriotism of farmers and to explain to them how it will heln win the war if each‘of them will harvest a crop of wood. This method may be slower and less productive, at first, than the Hitler method. But in the long run, as the importance of this contribution spreads, our farmers will undoubtedly show Hitler, once again, that a lot move can be accomplished by voluntary meth- cds in a free country than by using a whip. Try Direct Seeding Of Cabbage, Collards Clemson, July 31.—For the fall Victory garden let us consider some of the cool season crops which are raised for their sterns •and leaves. Dr. J. B. Edmond, a South Carolina Experiment Sta tion horticulturist, advises. “First on the list are cabbage and collards,” says Dr. Edmond. “For the fall crop of these two old reliables, plants may be trans planted or the seed may be sown directly in the garden. The direct seeding method, tests show, is very satisfactory. Because of hot weather at this time of year, re covery from transplanting is very slow; consequently plants seeded directly in the garden usually ma ture two to three weeks before transplanted plants of the same age. “When the directly seeded plants are up, they may be block ed out just as is done for cotton, leaving three or four plants to the hill until well established. Then the hill is thinned to one most vigorous plant.” For these fall plantings. Charleston Wakefield and Savoy variety are suggested because they can withstand considerable cold weather. Georgia Southern and Louisiana Sweet are recommended for collards. “Then, too, every fall and win ter garden should have its full supply of greens,” Dr. Edmond continues. “Fortunately a num ber of relatively hardy crops are available for greens in our mild Southern winters. These include, of course, turnips, mustard, spin ach. kale. “Fcr turnip greens plant Seven Top and Shogoin, the latter re sistant to lice; for mustard, Giant Southern Curled; for spinach. Virginia Savoy; for kale, Siberian Curled.” X Trainees In V-12 Naval Unit At Newberry College From 25 States Newberry, July 31.—The trainees in the V-12 naval unit at Newber ry College come from 25 states. The largest group are from Illi nois. The majority of the stu dents are from the mid-western Saturday Shopping at ‘The Corners JiSTy./OH DEAR \\ 'j+*/ 1 DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT S»PE$ • DEAN LOST ONE OF HiS^ JAPE'S CANT be RESOLED Again, Bibs has out- ©ROWW HERS, Dice, SOT ip RAint on his And I' , - have only two # f.’UMBER. 18 COUPONS C OH PEAR. / ISNT tSSle? nearly ervo/ TRYING to keep TRACK of nw RATION STAMPS I NSV/ea. CAN N\AK£.‘ . *EM COME OUT EVEM l, /bm’trr, Tfeu\ f M I LOST NINETEEN BSD P,Q,B,S,an'T '"•u ••Nw, <0^ 9 IS '5ac told me That VoUTDi-Oji HSR — .guzt- \BUZ7 W tim. rrr< >\y 9 Aw — J STOP YOUft BELLY ACUIL WS'ftE »N A V/A.’i-, 74e C cr HAZA fti.: Aim::® s MR UAZAPD, HR... W FARMER^ OF THIS COUNTY HAVE ELECTED ME, T COMB HERE AND ASK YOU AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, SIR- V U/ILL YOU LECTURE AT WE FARMER 4 ? CONVENTION ANO REVEAL YOUR IN6ENIUS SECRETS FOR RAISING THE FAMOUS HA2ARD PRI2E VEGETABLES?, >AN-- THEN HU? CAN COUNTON YOU—YOU COME? MTU ? HELP WE'LL DOUBLE NATIONS r / MU TRY TO APPEAR— t FEEL m MY DUTY AT A TIME foREAMfN$ J AGAIN' Checking Aluminum “Blades of War” Careful inspection guarantees the quality of Chevrolet- produced war goods. Here a skilled metal worker makes the final inspection of aluminum propeller blade forgings, produced in a Michigan forge plant whose output, added to that of othe» Chevrolet aluminum forge units, makes this General Motors division one of the nation’s major suppliers of aluminum aircraft forgings. This workman determines dead center in each blade, and measures to be certain that sufficient stock is included to allow for all machining operations. states. There are 31 South Caro linians. 35 of the navy trainees are Seniors, 30 Juniors, 61 Sopho mores and 199 Freshmen. 128 civilian students are enroll ed for the regular liberal arts courses, 37 men and 91 women. They come from South Carolina, it* i I 'tmlina, Florida Mississippi and Virginia. 199 are from South Carolina. Newberry is now operating on a full twelve-months’ schedule. The current term began July 7. The next will begin November 1 and the third on March l. The accel erated program enables a student to advance very much more rap idly than under the normal schedule of peace time. On the farm, “saving up for • rainy day” should include count less lobs for young and old.