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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMlCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, September 30, 1943 MESSENGER a£- rbbiiauea Every Thursday Established June 5, IfM EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, 'Editor and Owner mtered at the Post Office at Mc- rermlck. S. C-. mail matter of the second class. T^mSCKIPTlON KATE^: One Year $1.U0 0tx Months —*— .75 Three Months .50 | they find eternal life, for those Scriptures testify of him. And find in^hevVord of odd the slfere revelation ' of his Soit, who comes to enable men to be what they ought to be, for then they will do whatsoever he com mands them. X Fall Seedings In 1943 For Which Practice Payment Will Be Made In 1944 Six Inch Sermon BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER v Jesus and the Ten Command ments. / Les^n for October 3: Matthew 5:17-20; 19:16-22; John 5:39, 40. r Golden Text: Matthew 5:17. During the last quarter we have as our study the Ten Command- merits and the Teaching of Jesus —today we consider the attitude of Jesus toward the Command ments. They are the expression of God’s will for mari’s conduct and the basis of all morality. And Jesus said he came to establish them, anfl warned men against - breaking the least of them. But we also learn of the failure of men when they try to keep the Commandments in their own strength. The scribes and Pharisees failed while they waxed great in their pride as supposing they were keeping the Command ments. The young ruler failed to keep them, though ne claimed he had. Lacking one thing, he went away sorrowful, > for he had great ‘possessions, and there is no evi dence that he ever returned, in quiring the.way of life. He re fused to keep the command to love in which Jesus summed all 'law. ■' i - We find, then, that Jesus ful fills the Commandments as he gives men, who trust in him, the power to attain unto righteous ness. As believers enter through their faith into a religion as close as that between the vine and the branches, they are'able with their Lord to do the Father’s will. Arid Jesus bids men search the Scriptures, in which they think Listed below are four produc tion practices approved for use in South Carolina under the 1944 Agricultural Conservation Pro gram. Additional practices for 1944 will be announced at a later date. These particular practices i are being announced at this time for the reason that all crops in volved must be seeded in the fall of 1943. Your special attention is called to practices numbers 1 and 4. Un der practice number 1 the dispo sition made of the winter legumes after a satisfactory cover has been established is not limited. Therefore, producers desiring to do so may harvest the winter legumes for hay or seed and qualify for payment under the practice. Under practice pumber 4 you will note no payment will be made when the crop is har vested for grain by mechanical means. However* the crop may be cut for hay or grazed. ’ Practice No. 1—Establishing a satisfactory cover of winter leg umes seeded in the fall of 1943— $4.00 per acre. Specifications: A satisfactory cover will, be deemed to have been established when the land is uni formly covered with a growth from which a reasonable tonnage (ft forage could be expected if harvested. Unless a successful crop of the particular winter leg ume has been grown on the land the previous year, the seed must be innoculated. The following rates of seeding are recommended: Vetch—20 pounds in rows or 25 pounds broadcast. Austrian Winter Peas—25 pounds in rows cr 35 pounds broadcast. Clean Crimson Clover — 15 ■r ■‘ v ■ X Smack in v . I » .V > • •‘•Wife. v • * rv.'TV -'•r- < * •* v : v! V V 1 T • ■ By LYTLE HULL OVERCONFIDENCE Overconfidence has probably lost as many battles and wars as any other contributing factor. Hitler was so sure he could in vade England at any time after Dunkerque which was convenient to him, that he put off the at tempt until it was too late and thereby probably lost the war. He was so sure he could put Russia out of business'that—according to hearsay—he over-rode the advice of his general staff and com mitted practically the same er ror which defeated Napoleon. Ov erconfidence was probably a con tributing cause in the loss of Singapore; and there is reason to believe that the lack of caution it engenders made possible the suc cess of the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor. Military history abounds in ’tragedies, collapses and defeats caused by that fatal disease call'd OVERCONFIDENCE. President Roosevelt in a recent message to congress on the prog ress of the war, warns continually of the danger of thinking the war is won—or nearly won. The Presi dent has as profound a knowledge of history as almost anyone who is not a professional historian, and when he warns us that we could lose all the advangtages 'which we have so far 0 won in this struggle—he knows what he is talking about. His knowledge of the past proves to him that wars have been frequently lengthened or lost by the feeling of assurance of one side or the other that “the battle was won.” He knows that hundreds of thousands of added lives have been claimed by the military holocausts of the past because of the relaxation created) by the feeling that “we can’t lose. now.” We have never heard the President crow about how we are driving the Germans and Japs off the face of the earth, because he knows hsw fata! to cv.r cause this attitude can be. It is almost frightening by contrast to listen to some few of the* radio commen tators who declaim about Allied “blastings.” > , Judging by the com putations of some of the most op timistic of our “blasters,” there cannot possibly be a German or a Jap still alive—and certainly they have no airplanes left. ■ As we read and listen to this wishful thinking, it becomes difficult to forego the pleasant feeling that it is safe for us to relax a bit, on the home front, because “it won’t be long now.” Well, that is just exactly how the Nazis felt after Dunkerque, when France had been knocked out, and Britain had her back to the wall. That feeling—and their little conceit that they could ov errun Russia and later swallow the Bristish Isles—may have lost the war for them—provided—we profit by their lesson, and the other one thousand lessons of military history. , Secretary of the Treasury Mor- genthau doesn’t mince words a- bout overconfidence and the re sultant relaxation—he calls it “this foolish, childish over-opti mism.” He warns that the attack on Italy is only the “beginning of the war” as far as the United States is concerned and states that if and when we conquer Italy we will still be nowhere near Germany. He lists the Allied ma terial losses in Sicily as high—in some cases—as 54 per cent. If we are to make certain of winning this war within a reason able length of time we have got to keep punching our hardest right now while we have the ini tiative in our hands. If we let the enemy catch his breath for one little moment the struggle can drag along ' interminably. Our soldiers will do the punching if we will provide the money to buy the weapons with which to punch. ' 0 If you want to take a good healthy cut at Hen- Hitler there’s no better way to do it than with your own axe. Probably nothing you person- > ally could do right now would cause Hitler I more pain than your cutting a lot of pulpwood. j Your pulpwood can hit Hitler in a lot of * places. As smokeless powder, it can toss big shells at him. As parachutes, it can drop com-) mando raiders a^xnit his ears. As paperboard containers, it can carry precious supplies to our armed forces and our allies. t This mill is cooperating in the drive to meet •the present acute pulpwood shortage. It needs We Buy Pulpwood From J. Dewey Williams, P. O. Box 895, Au- : ; V-' • • f * > ^ .4 - f ‘ ; j- gusta, Ga., and Canal Wood. Corpor ation, Chester, S. C. your help to keep operating. f\Ja ■. i.'ir Write or phono for prices, or get In touch with your county agent, forester or this newspaper PULPWOOD CAMPAIGN \m Jf ****** “International Paper Company Southern Kraft Division, mills at Springhill, Louisiana, Bastrop, Louisiana, Camden, Arkansas, Moss Point, Mississippi, Mo- % . bile, Alabama, Panama City, Florida, and Georgetown, South Carolina.” ! :.yp pounds (or- the equivalent iri chaffy seed). Bur Clover—50 pounds in the bur. The recommended date of seed ing is not later than November 30, 1943. The application of Phosphate or ,ime is recommended where there is a deficiency of these materials. If applied in accordance with specifications, payment will be made for the materials under practices for applicatioh of ma- :erials. Invoices or other * supporting evidence of the amount of seed planted rpay be required. Practice No. 2.—Establishing a partial cover of winter legumes seeded in the fall of 1943—$2.00 per acre. Specifications: The winter leg umes to qualify under this prac tice must have been seeded at a rate not less than 75 per cent of that recommended for the partic ular legume under practice num ber 1. Unless a successful crop of the particular winter legume was 1 grown on the land the previous 'year, the seed must bo inoculated. November 30, 1943, is the final date recommended for seeding winter legumes. Invoices or other supporting evi dence of the amount of seed planted must be filed in the county office. Practice No. 3—Obtaining a satisfactory cover of winter leg umes and small grain mixtures— $3.00 per acre. Specifications: A satisfactory cover will be deemed to have been established when the land is uni formly covered with a growth from which a reasonable tonnage of forage could be expected if harvested. At least 25 per cent by weight of the seed mixture sown must be winter legume seed. Practice No. 4—Establishing a satisfactory cover of small grains seeded in the fall of 1943—SI.50 pea acre. . ? Specifications! A satisfactory cover must be obtained. A satis factory cover will be deemed to have been established when the land is uniformly covered with a •growth from which a reasonable tonnage of forage could be ex pected if harvested. No payment will be made when harvested for grain by mechanical means. In case of all legumes seeds pro duced and harvested there is a payment pf 1c per lb. for cow- peas, crimson clover and vetch and 1 l-2c per lb. for lespedeza and crotalaria. Notice: 20 per cent of your soil building allow ance may be earned from this practice. . Myrtle Ruth Deason, County Administrative Officer. FALL SEED NOW READY Crimson Clover, Austrian Winter Peas, Hairy Vetch, Seed Oats, Abruzzi Rye, Beardless Barley, Seed Wheat, Winter Rye Grass, Blue Lupine, Cattail Millett. Also all varieties of Garden Seed. WALTON SEED CO. Wholesale & Retail Augusta, Ga. PREWAR Truck Tires apd Tubes Passenger Tires 450 x 20 WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE Phone 127 Aiken, S. C. II FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate Notice is hereby given that Jo seph Luke Adams, Executor of the estate of Mrs. Kate Middleton Adams, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and discharge as such Executor, and the 23rd day of October, 1943, at 10 o’clock. A. ‘ M., has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims a- gainst said estate are hereby noti fied to present same on or by a- bove date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick ; Co., S. C. September 23, 1943.—4t. <^£2 When you need roofing, sid- • ing, Rock Wool Insulation or ' home modernization, call us • for the best in materials. workmanship and terms. V TO OfcCK KQIA PALMETTO ROOFING j & SUPPLY CO. ^ J. W. CORLEY . [ \hrUe OOO Representative \ ^ Liquid for Malarial Symptoma. McCormick, S. C.