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9ft / i \ u; McCORMICK MESSENGER, McfcORMlCK, SOUtH CAROLINA Thursday, September 30, 1943 *rni . Conservation News . ■vj- • i V. (By Benj. W. Crouch) Cutting all stalks and other residue as sdon as possible after crops have been harvested is an excellent conservation practice. An average crop of cotton or corn produces around 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of dry stalks per acre. This amount of material, if spread over the ground surface as a mulch, will have considerable effect in controlling erosion. The same is true of such crops ku. crotalaria. ' One of the principal reasons for the wasteful practice 6t burn- ing stalks in the spring is' that when stalks and other crop resi due are left standing until the land is prepared for spring crc this dry material cannot readily be incorporated into the soil. Crop residue left on the ground throughout the winter will par tially decay and can easily be mixed with the soil at spring planting time. It will ^ improve the texture of the soil by adding organic matter and will replace at least a part of the plant food removed by the last year’s crop. No Need For Alarm Over News Release About Changes In Shoe Rationing Mr. E. H. Talbert, District Direc tor of the Office of Price Admin istration, stated today that con sumers of South Carolina need riot get excited over the news release about changes in shoe rationing. Stamp No. 18 will not expire Oc tober 31, but will be valid for an indefinite period. Stamp No. 1 on the “Airplane” sheet in Ration Book Three Will be good for one pair of shoes beginning November 1. Mr. Talbert urges civilians not to purchase shoes until they ac tually need them.. The rush for shoes at t^e expiration date of Stamp No. 17 was unnecessary and created a sudden buying of shoes, largely not needed for present Use. Local Boards can always give additional shbe stamps when the need for them is properly shown, provided that they have no more than two pairs of wearable or repairable shoes of a kind needed 7*> AfOXC OH SEARS £ASy PAVAtENT El Aft -ft- AUGUSTA, Georgia You Always t Save At B elk’s BELK WH! 845 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Busiest Store In Augusta The Best Values Of The Year This is the opportunity to buy tfdiat you want at a price BEAUTIFUL DISHES I and NOVELTY POTTERY Valhes up to $1.50 3c anti Sc With* other merchandise — 40,000 Dishes and Pottery To Select From. ''r a type that could be used for the %ame purpose. Consumers are urged to be con servative with their shoes so as to enable our soldier boys to be well taken care of and everyone get his fair share. X Conference Held In Atlanta By WPB Lumber Advisors How-field workers in the Tim ber Production War project can help loggers and sawmill opera tors get stumpage, equipment, re pair parts,: trucks, tires, ^gasoline and labor in order to increase lumber output was discussed at a W&i mi m Si' m WM f • < 66 3mm Cutting pulpwood is essential war work” * says Paul V. McNutt, * Chairman of the ‘ffar Manpower Commission USE OUR LAY AWAY PLAN BUY YOUR NEW FUR COAT NOW! V . * ' ‘ v You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by selecting your coat now. Stocks are. at their best, ami prices are lower than iii mid-season. You can" trade in your old fur coat, right now, at a good price. SOUTHEmit FI CO. “Augusta’s Only Exclusive Furriers.” 911 Greene Street Augusta, Ga. FURS REPAIRED, REGLAZED, CLEANED, RESTYLED Wide World Photo .ULPWOOD is an essential war material, used among other things for making rayon parachutes, ship ping containers and smokeless powder. Its many wartime uses Have created a shortage which is rapidly becoming acute. With these conditions in mind, the War Man power Commission has recently classified pulpwood cutting and production of pulp as essential war occupations. **May I urge every man engaged fa this essential work, either part or full time, to give it the best he has in him. Let him remember he is wielding his axe and saw in the same struggle and to the same end that other men are wielding bayo nets and machine guns, i *T know that the men who work in the forests and pulp mills and the farmers who cut pulpwood from their woodlots are just as patriotic and loyal as any other group of Americans. Now that they realize the importance of their part in the war, JE am sure they will respond with the extra hours, extra days and extra effort that is the only possible answer to this dangerous shortage.^ Now is the time to cut or thin your tim ber while prices are high and pulpwood badly needed. Cut wisely and the remaining trees will grow faster and big ger. Your forester or county agent v»H help you select tegwr for cutting. Approved by __ n 0 ’ War Manpower Commission SPONSORED BY WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY", CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - Estimate hew m any cords you can cut. Then get in touch with our local deaf er, or telephone, or write us for pricas and specific a lioilfs. GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR DEALERS R. M. WINN. PLUM CIL S. C conference ''held in Atlanta last week by War Production Board lumber advisors. Representatives from ODT, QPA, WMC, WLB, and the U. S. Forest Service met with the ' lumber men... Ralph Wilkins, of the regional War Manpower Commission staff, said that his organization planned a recruit ment campaign for lumber work ers in the near future, and urged employers in all the Southeastern states to make their labor needs known to their nearest USES of fice. Lumber is now critical war material. Many cases were reported where WPB assisted loggers in obtaining truck parts and suc ceeded in getting the vehicles back into operation within 36 hours. “Too many operators fail ,:o come to us for help,” the WPB lumbermen said. Extreme conservation of tires was urged, with recapping recom- nended when necessary, “as we have ’scraped the bottom of the barrel for new truck tires, and no nore new ones are in sight.” Jsed tires are still available, of ficials said. The truck situation Is getting more critical, William Addams, local allocation officer reported, predicting the end of he present supply by the end of .he year. Draft deferment of skilled lumber workers received special consideration. X Shoe Repair Trade To Benefit From WPB Order The shoe repair trade will soon benefit from a WPB order in creasing the amount of leather allocated for repair of . civilian shoes. -X- Card Of Thanks The children of the late J hn Henry Wideman, of Plum Bra cA, wish to express their keen apive- ciation for the sympathy and many acts nf kindness- shown during their recent bereavement. Yarns And Fabrics Vital To War Program / Increased production of all' yarns and fabrics is vital to the war prpkram.. World demands for textiles are increasing, and will continue long after the war, - the director of the War Production Board’s Textile Division in Wash ington stated recently. “We need all we can produce” the WPB official said, “arid we must find ways to make more. Many of the plants now have in creasing numbers of women op erators, who are doing excellent work. Textile mills have been declared essential to the war pro gram, and operators should be*, proud to work in them.” * Dry Cleaners Need Clothes Hangers Dry cleaners need every clothes hanger—metal or wooden—that can be spared by housewives, the WPB Conservation Division re ports. “Search attics and clothes closets for idle hangers, and turn them over to the cleanerss” W^B urges. The 30.000 tons of steel formerly used every year in making wire hangers now goes into ships and tanks and guns and planes, and the heavy paperboard from which many were manufactured this year is needed to make boxes and cartoons for overseas shipment of military goods. ■y 1 ..— ."ss 1 n,wiU WANT ADV. LOST — Black leather pocket- book, containing one ten-doliar and four one-dollar bills, and my “A” gasoline ration book for car license No. 111-414. Reward for recovery. Harold R. Gable, R. 2, McCormick, S. C. Lost, strayed or stolen — Onfe large Hampshire sow, one largfc black sow, six Hampshire pigs. Take up, advise me and receive & reward'. Horace D. Brown, Abbe.,- ville, S. C. 1 'wy ■■ 1 -j asx. uj ■