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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McfcORMlCK, SOUtH CAROLINA Thursday, September 30, 1943
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. Conservation News .
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(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
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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.
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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
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Cutting
pulpwood
is essential
war work”
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says Paul V. McNutt,
* Chairman of the
‘ffar Manpower Commission
USE OUR LAY AWAY PLAN
BUY
YOUR NEW FUR COAT
NOW!
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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
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.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
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’ War Manpower Commission
SPONSORED BY WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY",
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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
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