Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% , McCormick messenger, McCormick, south Carolina Thursday, August 12,1943 WANT ADV. WANTED—PINE PULP WOOD— On the C. & W. C., G. & F. and Southern Railroads at top ceiling* r»rice of $8.93 loaded on cars from trucKs add if “Banked” (loaded from the ground) $1.05 additional, totalling $9.98 per unit. Will ad vance when loaded $100.00 per car of 12 or more units. R. M. Winn, Plum Branch, S. C. Big Baby life.. LOST—My “B* gasoline ration book for car tag No. C-50-531. E. T .. Hollingsworth, R. 2, McCormick^ C. 1 LOST—My “A” gasoline ration book for car* number C-68-489. Claudia Statum, R. 1, McCormick, S. C. mm. Mm mm 2 S&f Sxw -sjk' ^•x>>Xviv:v:*xi<?S The Mggest baby ever to be born at tti£ New England Sanitarium in Stoneham. Mass.; is attended by Nurse Ruth Gloor. Miss Knight, the baby, vwvgiis IS pounds. She is Mrs. 1 .cience Knight's nintt child. LOST—My “A” gasoline ration book for car license number B-41-008. Claude Douglass New, R. 3, Box 108, McCormick, S. C. FOR SALE—1 Dayton Scale, al most hew, $75.00 cash; 1 Stand ard Scale in first class condition, $65.00 cash; 1 Old model Dayton Seale In good condition, $30.00 casta; 1 Standard Sausage mill in first class condition, $125.00; 1 Cash Register, $50.00 cash; 1 Cash File, $100.00 cash; 1 Meat Cooler and Coil and Frigidaire in’ first class condition, $175.00 cash; 1 Meat Block in first class con dition, $40.00. Write P. O. Box 247, McCormick, S. C. -XT- Lullaby Bombing t WAKE UP BUSINESS / By Advertising In | / ' / This Newspaper ?uf/A/^ s’; 8T\ s'- mm z&ms&sssr- m W:- Lying qnietly In his wicker bas ket during a Japanese air raid over Chungking is four months old Cyrus Duncan Stewart. His father, James E. Stewart, is acting chief of the China division of the United States Office of War Information. imMETO THINK ABOUT SCHOOL DATS Better make selection early for every member of the fam ily, and what yon want for the home this fall and winter. BfcLK HAS ANTICIPATED YOUR EVERY WANT Belk values are going to surprise you, so is the wonder ful assortment of goods in this big $460,060 stock. Plenty Of good summer merchandise, too, if you neod any right 0 i BEAUTIFUL DISHES AND , NOVELTY POTTERY Values up to $1.50 3c and 5c With Purchase Of , Other Merchandise. 40,000 dishes and pottery to select from. Bt LK WHITE LUKE CO 845 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. FOR REAL BARGAINS IN MEMORIAL WORK write ELBERT0N CITY GRANITE CO. P. O. Box 521 Elberton, Georgia ' WE SPECIALIZE IN MARKERS, MONU MENTS AND COPING * / Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. August ushers in the big can ning drive because well be har vesting our main crops from our gardens. Canning in the home kitchen presents a few hazards for the novice that the experienc ed canner controls from force of habit over a period of years. No matter how hot the day. how hot the stove, or how hot the utensils the home canner must keep cool. She must keep a cool head and remember and practice a few very simple safety tips. Such a simple thing as a pot- holder, its size and thickness may be responsible for a burn. In canning, large potholders are a must. They must be made of finely woven non-heat-conduct ing material. They must be flexi ble enough to permit the canner to have a firm grasp and large enough for the worker to handle hot cans and other equipment without being burned. When completing the seal on jars containing hot foods and li quids the hand should be protect ed with several thicknesses of toweling. Be sure the wire baskets used in inserting and removing jars from boilers and pressure cookers are strong enough to bear their load and protect the worker. Flimsy baskets which might col lapse when weighted down with filled cans are a very definite accident risk. Covers of all canning contain ers filled with hot materials should be lifted so that the edge AWAY from the face rises first This lets the steam escape with out coming in contact with the worker. Take care not to crowd the range when canning. Kettles con taining hot foods or liquids should be kept well back from the edge of the stove. If left too near the edge they can be easily knocked or even jarred off, re sulting in waste and possibly a burn. Pressure cookers require special handling. The canner must be sure the gauge has stcod at zero a few minutes before the petcock is opened. Then the potcock always must be opened to release any live steam before the cooker lid is removed. The jars themselves must be handled to prevent misfortune. Never use jars for canning that were Intended for the packing of cold foods—the glass isn’t strong enough to withstand the neces sary high temperature. Keep jars in hot water until ready to 1 fill them. Then wrap them, bottom and sides, in cloth wrung out of water as hot as you can bear your hands in it. This hot wet cloth keeps the air from striking the jar while you are putting the hot food in it and prevents breakage. Repair Mower In Advance To Save Time And Labor -X- Make More Hay, Sunshine Or Not Clemson, Aug. 7.—More high quality legume hay than ever be fore, to meet the scarcity of pro tein for dairy feeds! This is the call issued to owners of dairy cattle by C. G. Cushman, Clem son extension dairy specialist. “The three limiting factors to good health in the producing cow. to high milk production, and tc growth in young stock are pro tein, vitamins, and minerals,” says Mr. Cushman. “These three es sentials are found in high quali ty legume hays, fast-growing ^reen grazing crops, and silage which contains a legume.” Calling attention once mo’-' to the difference between hay that is cut and cured properly and iy that is cut and cured impro ' iv, using cowpea hay as an exjr v^ie, Mr. Cushman states that— Cowpea hay cut when rip' ' as 6.9 per cent digestible protei \ Cowpea hay cut in bloom to early pod has 12.3 per cent di gestible protein. “This difference would apply to any kind of hay crop,” ays Mr. Cushman. “The differ nee, therefore, between hay cut at the proper time and hay cut at im proper time is 5.4 per cent in favor of that cut at the proper time. proper time (bloom to early pod stage) there would be 216 more pounds of digestible protein than / “Take care of your mower, and it will take care of your hay by finishing the job without a breakdown,” says County Agen‘ G. W. Bonnette. Interruptions in the midst of harvesting hay, he declares, are wasteful of time and labor. To avoid such waste, especially at this critical period for farmers, and to sidestep the chance of damage to the crop while the mower is being fixed, advance check-ups and repairs are recom mended. Here are some pointers on the care and repair of the mower from C. V. Phagan, extension ag ricultural engineer of Clemson College: 1. Check the cutter-bar assem bly thoroughly for bent or loose guards and broken or dull knife sections. 2. Remove knife from cutter- bar and straigthen or remove twists if needed to prevent bind ing and excessive wear, 3. Obtain close shearing action of knife by replacing worn wear ing plates and bending knife clips or holders down to prevent up and down play of knife. 4. Replace guard plates, if worn, instead of replacing entire new guard. This saves both money and metal. 5. Make sure the knife sec tions center in the guards at sach end of the pitman stroke. If not, you will‘have heavy draft, poor cutting, and broken knives. 6. Check cutter-bar alignment if excessive draft or side draft is indicated. A properly adjusted cutter-bar will have its outer end set in advance of the’ inner end by about one-fourth inch for each foot of length. This “lead” is necessary to have pitman and knife in a straight line when op erating. The lead and adjust ment vary with mowers and should be determined from the manufacturer’s manual. . 7. For further information on mower repairs, see South Caro lina Extension Circular 173, “Mower Repairs and Adjust ments”. Yes, Liming Pays In Bigger Yields Laurens, Aug. 7.—To the ques tion now being asked by thou sands of South Carolina farmers. Does liming pay? C. B. Cannon, Laurens county farm agent, has an answer. * “I’ll say it does,” says Cannon, and he has proof to support his answer. In fact, liming results on Laurens farms have been so striking that he finds it easier now to get farmers to use their AAA allowances to obtain agricul tural lime, a practice which most South Carolina farmers might a- dopt as one sure means of help ing to get the needed wartime increases in production. Here are some of County Agent Cannon’s proofs: Last year the limed area on the farm of J. W. Tinsley made 13,069 pounds of green lespedeza while an equal unlinied area made only 5,227 pounds. Cotton on the limed area on the farm of T. J. Copeland pro duced 1,908 pounds of seed cotton per acre, while the unlimed area right by it made 1,205 pounds. J. B. Owens of Gray Court har vested 30 1-2 bushels of wheat per acre from his limed area a- gainst only 17 bushels from the unlimed. Cattle grazed the limed part of J. R. Coker’s pasture a lot more than they did the unlimed part- showing that lime improves the palatibility as well as the quan tity of grazing. On the basis of results of thi? sort, is it any wonder that thf use of lime is spreading? Anc since lime is needed on so much of the state’s cultivated land, i is well that the practice of lim ing is spreading among farmers. in 2 tons of hay cut too late That difference is equal to 74C pounds of cottonseed meal in di gestible protein value. “The difference in actual feed ing value of a ton of properly cured hay and a ton of improper ly cured hay seems clear, but there is another factor that you should remember—the cow will consume all of the ton of prop erly cured hay, but she will re fuse up to 60 per cent of the im properly cured hay.” "Meet the People . •(Each week In this space will be presented a picture and word portrait of someone whose name is news.) • For four years Leo T. Crowley has been working for the United States government without pay as chairman of the Federal De- posit Insurance corporation, and as Alien Property Custodian. So the financial sacri* fice attending his appointment as director of the new Office of Economic Warfare is nothing foreign to him. His new salary has been esti mated at approximately $35,000 a year less than he has been receiving as chairman of the Standard Gas and Electric company. • Tall, white haired and ruddy faced, Crowley is a bachelor in his middle fifties who is deeply rooted in the business field with interests in chain stores, banks, service station chains, utilities, insurance companies, and paper factories. • In typical Horatio Alger style, Crqwley worked as a delivery"boy while in high school at Madison, Wis. He attended ftiat state’s uni versity and at the age of 21 was president of the General Paper and Supply company of Madison. • The new OEW will take over the supervision of purchasing and stock piling abroad formerly administered by the now abolished Bureau of Economic Warfare. The financing of these operations, formerly a function of the Recon struction Finance Corporation, was also transferred to Crowley’s office. • Crowley has made a practice of keeping clear of Washington squabbles. Although he is reported to have a quick Irish sense of humor, he is not known as a social lion. Leo T. Crowley m Aviation Machinist’s Mates working on aircraft engine in AAR Shop, Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. ,—" ■fff'S mmm mm m Hi Just Another Axis Prisoner m With his face screwed into a scowl and his boots covered with dost, this Italian officer sits on a truck in Sicily while awaiting transportation to a war prison camp. Busy Allied soldiers nonchalantly ignore him. Allied frfrccs ripped into the last few remaining Axis beachheads which totaled about 1,600 of the island’s 10,000 square miles. As Russians Inched Toward Orel .. ... wte mm ■ Regimental guns of a Russia i infantry battalion are made ready to support an advance in the sector south of Orel in this soundphoto from that area. The Germans put w.i a savage resistance as the Russians inched toward that city- “Land must be used so as to develop to the highest degree its capacity for producing direjily and indirectly nourishment for all living things.”—M. W. Barry, Texas Extension Service. “It is not simply beets and po tatoes and string beans that one raises in his well-hoed garden, but the average of human life.”— Charles W. Warner,