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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 19, 1943 VeCOUMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thnredmy Established Jane i, EDMOND 1. McCRACKEN, Edlter and Owner at th« robi Office at Me* * Garmick, S. C., as mall matter ef the second elass. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 Six Inch Sermon BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER God Gives Laws for His Peo ple. Lessen for August 22: Exodus 27:1-9; Galatians 3:23-28; 5:13, 14. Golden Text: Luke 10:27. According to God’s promise to Moses, the people had reached Ifount Sinai. Following a nation ca the march, we note develop ment in organization. Joshua had marshalled able men for war. Ad- vfsed by his father-in-law, Moses appointed judges over the people and formed a code of laws. On ffinai he received the Ten Com mandments. Among sundry ordinances given, we consider today those directed against slander, mob law, leniency toward an offender if he be poor, end against the slaying of an in nocent man under false accusa tion. Humane treatment to beasts of burden is commanded. The Israelites were to be kind fwward strangers — remembering tjieir own sufferings in Egypt. In Galatians Paul writes of the significance of the • law in the history of his people. It had been a schoolmaster to lead them to Christ. It had revealed a right eousness which could be gained . only through faith in Jesus, v: But liberty in Chilst isj not li cense. Though Paui did =not Re quire, as would have Jewish Christians, that Gentile Christian: keep -the ceremonial law, he did require the keeping cf the mora- law. And through Jhe^ love which comes by faith in Christ, th c moral law may be kept, for “love worketh no ill” to a neighbor, and is “the -fulfilling of the law.’ “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word,” writes the apostle, “ev en in this: Thou shalt love tir neighbor as thyself.” — X c/tlcQfvnu^Gowrik^ Farm News (By G. W. Bonnette, County Agent) The feed shortage that we are facing, and will face to a greater degree, should be a sound argu ment for increased small grains. Early planting, good seed, ferti lizer when planting, treatment for smut, and plenty of seed per acre are factors that jnust be carefully considered. Good seed oats are scarce, so get yours before the rush and rise in price. I ordered Mr. Vance Ellison 5 bushels of Fulgrain seed oats from Coker’s Farm this week. Smut is gaining ground and by all means should be fought by treating seed with any of the recommended methods. Grazing for poultry and live stock is important any year, but with the “Feed” shortage every one should put in a grazing crop. Plant in early September and put at least 4 bushels of oats per acre, or the equivalent in other grains. The corn crop is very prom ising, the hay crop is abundant, the potato crop looks favorable, and the cotton crop—well I’m a- fraid the extremely hot weather is going to cause some disap pointment in yield. Gardens have about changed their name from Victory Gardens. We must make every effort for a fall garden with plenty of green leafy vegetables therein. The Annual Extension Confer ence which your agent attended last week had as its theme— “Food and Feed to Win the War.” Some topics discussed — Increas ing of small grain acreage,, bet ter pastures, winter grazing crops farm labor, Victory gardens, and sweet potatoes. The Cannery at McCormick is running in full swing. I came by there and found about a dozen people busy putting up beans, soup mixture, and tomatoes. See Porter Dorn, Jr., for a date to can. -X Chevrolet Dealers Set New All-Time Service Record What’s Happening in the Dark? Detroit, Mich., Aug. 6.—In the first six months of 1943, Chevrolet dealers continued to set new all- time records in servicing the na tion’s cars and trucks, according \ Xi uth ear 0 *-**'* a Every hour of the day headline news of overwhelming interest to every person in South Carolina is being made all over the world. But without our modern com munication systems and particularly our newspapers it would be next to impossi ble to find out what’s going on. Getting even closer to home, we wouldn’t know what local boys are back on fur lough—what the ball scores are—who’s getting married and when—what’s hap pening in the comic-strip world—what events are taking place all over town. All of us should feel proud of the fine job newspapers are doing to keep South Carolina in touch with the times. It’s a strong and free press, serving free peo ple—one of the first things the dictators would suppress if they had the chance! And it would be hard to over-estimate the part played by South Carolina’s 16 dally newspapers and 69 weekly news*- papers in furthering the war effort. Nearly 400,000 people buy these papers —far greater numbers read them—the j whole State relies upon them for infor- < mation and inspiration. For this reason Greyhound depends upon such newspapers as this one to carry its information on bus service to those South Carolinians who travel. Greyhound, in turn, carries many news papers to rural areas not served by any other transportation system. ‘ v As fellow citizens of this State, the Grey hound Lines take much pleasure in help-* ing to make near neighbors and goocf neighbors of all the communities we serve in South Carolina—linking them to each other and to the rest of the coun try, as newspapers do. STROM’S CUT-RATE DRUG STORE • Phone 95 McCormick, S. C. GREYHOUND f M MkM ME? £2 ■ -:m Lii* MZ 5 ; WILU there emerge A MODERN garibaldi -Another, RUTHLESS DICTATOR?' K* . i' * l 0* ~ HOUSS ¥ HAZAI * * * ^ to William E. Holler, general sales manager, Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors. Customer la bor volume in the first half of this year, he said, showed an 11 per cent increase over the first six months of 1942. Customer labor volume in June, 1943, he reported, was the largest in Chevrolet dealers’ history. “The sustained record-breaking volume of service being done by Chervolet dealers is clearly indi cative of two significant facts,” said Mr. Holler. “First, the own ers and operators of all motor ve hicles in this country are becom ing increasingly conscious of the necessity for keeping their trans portation equipment in condition to last for the • duration and to operate with maximum efficiency. “Also, since more than one- fourth of all cars and one-third of all trucks in the nation are Chevrolets, the continuing in crease in service volume repre sents an admirable contribution by Chevrolet dealers to the main tenance of essential civilian transportation. With this country and our Allies taking the offen sive and vastly expanding mili tary effort on all fighting fronts, a greater and greater burden is being put on transportation facil ities of the home front. More workers must get to and from their jobs. More raw materials must be brought to the mills and factories to be processed into weapons and supplies needed by our fighting men. More finished products must get to the rail heads and loading docks for ship ment overseas. More food and produce of the farms must be transported. Motorized transpor tation is indispensable to this whole process. The nation’s au half of t Chevro- ig to ser- of cars. that the tomotive transportation facilities must be conserved and maintained with ever increasing efficiency. It is the duty of every car or truck user to “Save the Wheels that Serve America.” “Records for the fi the year show also t let dealers are contin vice more varied mak than ever before. “When you consider that the dealers’ service record was made despite severe driving restrictions and gasoline rationing, particu larly in the East, an increasingly acute manpower shortage and other war-born handicaps, the growing tendency toward effec tive motor vehicle conservation in this country becomes more evident. “Checking back on our figures to the entrance of the United States into the war discloses that dealers’ customer labor volume at | the end of June this year was | actually running about 25 per cent above what it was in No- , vember, 1941, since the increase, for 1942 over 1941 was 14.1 per cent.” X Town Tax Levy Reduced WAJNT ADV. f ■ L WANTED—PINE PULP WOOD— On the C. & W. C., G. & F. and Southern Railroads at top ceiling price* of $8.93 loaded on cars from trucks and if “Banked” (loaded from the ground) $1.05 additional, totalling $9.98 per unit. Will ad*- of 12 or more units. Plum Branch, S. C. R. M. Winn, We are glad to report that we have reduced the tax levy two mills, making the 1943 levy 42 mills. All bonds and interest paid to date, we are operating on a cash basis and have no outstand ing accounts. We have one public building note for $500.00 which we expect to pay this fall. T. J. Sibert. Mayor. 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 new. $75.00 cash: 1 Stand ard Scale in first class condition, $65.00 cash; 1 Old model Dayton Scale in good condition, $30.00 cash; 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. $175.09 cash;; 1 Meat Block in first class con^ dition, $40.00. Write P. O. Box 247, McCormick, S. C. v" LOST—My “T” gasoline ration book for truck license J-8-401. John McCain. Meriwether. S. C. FOR SALE—Large two-story house, good heart pine lumber, can be easily torn down. Price, $200.00. See J. C. Winn, Plum Branch, S. C. > “Read ’Em and Reap” our 4ps