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' i Mc^ORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOMIH CAHULIiNA Thursday, Septemher 16, 1943 fclMMICK MESSENGER m MMMied Every Thnrsdmy £ MaMMied Jnnm S, INS fi EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, • Editor and Owner NDered at the Post Office at Me* t iCennick, S. C., as mail matter of | Mm second class. I PUBSCRIPTION RATES: I (DM Year —— $1.00 f Mz Months .75 ' Three Months .50 5 ’,'r st: V • r--.. Farmers’ Calendar For September Jobs County Agent G. W. Bonnette xeminds farmers that there are many important jobs needing in tention in September. Some of Jthe most important he lists are: Agronomy 1. Use winter cover crops to grow your next year’s fertilizer. 2. Quality in ginned cotton? will pay; pick cleah, store dry, gin carefully, and top your market. 3. There are phosphorus and potash reserves left in your cotton fields; plant small grains and make use of them. 4. Now is the time to obtain limestone — under AAA grants if possible.- 5. Prepare now for a permanent pasture next year. Horticulture 1. Keep strawberry beds free of weeds and grass. Set some se lected new plants. v '2. ' Plant spinach seed in late September lor winter and spring use. 3. Sow turnips up to Sept. 20, Sho rn^ and Seventop for greens,’and nyhite Egg for roots. 4. Keepf fall garden crops well cultivated and fertilized. 6. Sow seed” late in September for ‘tftfbst-proof” cabbage plants. 7. Be sure to have your Victory garden full of various “greens” this fall and printer. ^ Agricultural Engineering 1. It is not too late to build a trench or box * silo, see your county agent for plans. 2. Clean, cfl, and store cultivating ma chinery. 3. Get mower and rake in good condition for cutting hay crops. 4. If rat-proof grain stor age buildings are needed, get plans through county agent’s of fice. 5. Pick cotton clean and dry in order to get better prices. Insects and Diseases 1. Treat all small grain for dis ease control — apparently new strains of smut even on resistant varieties make it necesary to ad vise treatment of all seed oats. 2. In the coastal section discuss with county agent early stalk destruc tion for boll weevil control. 3. Plow under tobacco stalks and other crop refuse to destroy food and immature Stages of insects. 4. Remove dead and dying or chard trees and limbs and burn them to control insects. 5. Knock off all diseased fruits after har- -vest to aid in disease control. 5. Requeen bees. 7. Repel screws worm flies with pinetar oil and loll magots with benzol. 8. Plant oats to produce feed on wire-- worm-infested land. I: m ! > jSWjfe.* mmm mmm Today—your country looks to you toiback the invasion? Treasurer’s Notice 2 mills 2 mills The ‘County Treasurer’s Office vfll be open for the purpose of re ceiving taxes from the 15th day ot September, 1943, to tpe 15th day of April, 1944. AH taxes shall be due and pay able between the 15th day of Sep tember,, 1943, and December ■ 31, 1943. • That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31, 1943, The County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1, 1944, the County Auditor will proceed to add Two Per Cent for February, and if taxes are not paid on or be fore March 1, 1944, the County Au ditor shall proceed to add 3 per cent for March, and if taxes are rot naid on or before April 1, 1944, the County Auditor shall proceed to add 4 per cent up to the 15th of April, 1944, after which time the County Treasurer shall issue executions for all unpaid taxes, plus 7 per cent penalty. The tax levies for the year 1943 * r e as follows: For County Purposes 12 mills For Bonds 16 mills Mt. Carmel School District No. 1 Willington S. D. No. 2 _ Bordeaux S. D. No. 3 4 mills McCormick S. D. No. 4 and Bonds 14 mills Buffalo S. D. No. 5 4 mills Bellvue S. D. No. 6 10 mills FTP twood S. D. No. 7 00 mills Bethia S. D. No. 8 8 mills Bold Branch S. D. No. 9 __10 mills Young’s S. D. No. 10 00 mills WMeman’s S. D. No. 11 __ 2 miUs Milway S. D. No. 13 2 mins Robinson S. D. No. 14 — 6 mills Dornville S. D. No. 15 2 mills Bethany S. D. No. 16 ___ 8 mills lyon’s S. D. No. 17 8 mills Bibler S D. No. 18 6 mills Vernon S. D. No. 19 4 mills Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 and Bonds 16 mills Consolidated S. D. No. 1, Parksville, Modoc and Clarks Hill, and Bonds. 18 mills All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to a poll tax of $1.00 each. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 50 years must pay $2.00 com mutation tax or work six days on the public roads, except those ex empt by law. Commutation tax is included in property tax receipt. RUTH P. DUNCAN, Treasurer, McCormick County. • ; \ ' w;' p m IWAR LOAN ~:t A 15 BILLIpN DOLLARS (NON-BANKING QUOTA) T he big drive is on! As the tempo of the war increases ... as oiir fight ing forces go all-out for invasion, we folks hack home must mobilize in their support. And that 9 s what the 3rd War Loan Drive is for! To reach our national quota everyone who possibly can must invest in at least one extra $100 War Bond during the drive, at least $100. More if you can. That’s in addition to your regular War Bond subscription. Invest out of your in come ... invest out of accumulated funds. Invest every dollar you can. This is total war and everyone must do his full share! You know all about War Bonds. You know that every penny comes back to you with generous interest. That War Bonds are the safest investment in the world. That they help secure your future ... hasten Victory. So now—today—hack the attack—with War Bonds. Safest Investments in the World • United States War Savings Bonds Series "E”; gives you back $4 for every $3 when the bond matures. Interest: 2.9% a year, compounded semiannually, if held to maturity. De nominations: $ 2 5, $ 50, $100, $ 5 OO, $1,000. Redemption: Any time 60 days after issup date. Price: 75% of maturity value. ' 2l/ 2 % Treasury Bonds of 1964-1969; readily marketable, acceptable as bank collateral. Redeemable at par and accrued interest for the purpose of satisfying Federal estate taxes. Dated September' 15, 1943: due December 15, 1969. De nominations: $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $100,000 and $ 1,000,000. Price: par and accrued interest. Other securities: Series "C” Savings Notes; %% Certificates . of Indebtedness; 2% Treasury Bonds of 1951-1953; United ! States Savings Bonds series “F”; United States Savings Bonds series "G”. ~ 1 i BACK THE ATTACK-WITH WAR BONDS 1 * tm HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCORMICK, S. C. M. G. & J. J. DORN, INC. McCORMICK, S. C. THE, DORN BANKING COMPANY McCORMICK, S. C. STROM’S DRUG STORE McCORMICK, S. C. J. J. COLLIER PLUM BRANCH, S. C. J. L. BRACKNELL PLUM BRANCH, S. C. GALLANT-BELK CO. GREENWOOD, S. C. J. CHARLES TALBERT (OUT AT SANDOVER) R. 1, McCORMICK, S. C. This advertisement contributed by HUGULEY’S STORE McCORMICK, S. C. BEN FRANKLIN STORES . McCORMICK, S. C. BROWN’S INC. McCORMICK, S. C. H. DRUCKER ! McCORMICK, S. C. , WHITE HARDWARE McCORMICK, S. C. M. L. GIBERT McCORMICK, S. C. PATTERSON CLO. CO. McCORMICK, S. C. PEOPLE’S DRUG STORE McCORMICK, S. C. McGRATH MOTOR CO. McCORMICK, S. C. DORN’S MARKET McCORMICK, S. C. GULF SERVICE STATION McCORMICK, S. C. McCORMICK DRY CLEANERS McCORMICK, S. C. J. L. SMITH McCORMICK, S. C. 1 ? _ McCORMICK SERVICE STATION McCORMICK, S. C. J. a! HAMILTON McCORMICK, S. C. J. S. STROM McCORMICK, S. C. Conservation News (By Benj. W. Crouch) Mr. L. C. Talbert has 5 acres of kudzu that was planted in the spring of 1942. This kudzu has made a good growth and will oroduce hay or grazing next year. Mr. Talbert intends to use it for uionlementary grazing. Mr. P. J. Dowtin has an excel lent stand of sericea lespedeza for the first year. I have in spected most of the sericea planted this year and have been pleased to find good results. These stands will make a re markable improvement next year Mr. S. O. Bouknight is subsojl- ing some of his land, the pur pose of which is to increase the water capacity of the land aha to reduce erosion. To correct the acidity of land—add lime. your CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BY J. FRANK MATTISON, PRO BATE JUDGE: WHEREAS: J. Alex Fife made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Lillie M. Miller: THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singu lar the Kindred and Creditors of the said Lillie M. Miller, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on Sept. 21, 1943, Next, after publication here of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 1 7th day of September. Anno Dom ini, 1943. J. FRANK MATTISON. L'Z .. Probate Judge. WANT ADV. \ • | f / ’ • I' LOST — Mv kerosene stomp, sugar book and ration book. Re ward for recovery. Charlie Har rison. R. 3. McCormick. S. C. LOST — Mv transport ration book. T 1-317112 C. Reward for recovery. Newt Wells, R. 1, Box 36. Plum Branch, S. C.