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MeCOHMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 27, 1944 IkCORIHCK ft WmWBht* Eretj | Bitabllshed Jobs C, ¥ KDMOND I. MeCRACKEN, r Editor fund Owner at the net Office at Me- Oermlck, 8. C., as mall matter el ’ Me second class. ) BOBSCRIFTION RATES t Year $1.00 Months .75 Three Months j$ ligious ideals, and bolster up'civilian life, with emphasis no their morale. Take the case of Chaplain Lloyd E. Mottley who is assigned to an engineer aviation battalion somewhere in the Brit ish Isles. To reach the men of this semi-mobile group the chap lain is obliged to travel over a thousand miles each month. And to keep up with this battal ion that builds, maintains and longer on consumers’ goods but rather on war production. With the nation’s industry working fe verishly on turning out the wea pons of war and employment and wages at an all time high, people were left with a pocketful of money to spend on a decreased amount of civilian merchandise. With business booming, labor tlticlt iSmtiffi! } t REV. ROBERT H. HARPER T Ry JACOB SIMPSON PAYTON fTfiis is a guest column appear- in the space regularly devoted to Dr arper’s “Six-Inch Ser- ■nm.”) The war department has re cently announced that Gen. Mark WL Clark has authorized an award f» certain units of the Fifth for “outstanding devotion to under most difficult condi- protects airfield the movement of i claimed an increasing share of Chaplain Mottley is as shifting as j the income to rectify alleged dis- that of a. band of gypsies. Always j cepancies in rates, with the pos- and everywhere the battalion has sibility of higher production been quick to supply facilities for | costs to offet the raises. And fi- worship, and men have foregone nally, the need for fairly distrib- their passes to help with the uting the diminished supply of work. The chaplain has described goods arose. to the General Commission on; To harness the nation to the ! Army and Navy Chaplains how a changing pattern of the civilian | lad from Asheville, N. C., “has economy, congress passed the built, rebuilt, painted and re- price control act of 1942, bringing painted the same altar rail five | the much lambasted and much VICTORY GARDEN TIME prices have risen 47 per cent in World War II. 4. Prices of home furnishings have risen 27 per cent during World War II, whereas they went up 95 per cent during World War I. 5. From August, 1939, to July, 1942, rents rose 3.6 per cent, but since then there has been no in- _ crease *' * Th® surveys of the Department As the question of continuing of Agriculture show that over 40 OPA came before congress, Presi- cf nt 01 tae fresh '.etables dent Roosevelt released a report ! which the American people con of Stabilization Director Fred sumed in 1943 wa3 raj f d m . Vl0 .: Vinson, OPA Administrator Chest- ‘° r >’ gardens. Nearly half er Bowles, War Food Administer- the health-giving fresh vegetables tor Marvin Jones, and War Labor wa ate! astounding' Board Chairman WilUam H.l “Averagely” speaking, Davis. ^ LYTLE HULL tory garden will mean indirectly to those old friends of ours who fought by our side in 1778 and in 1918. It is impossible, of course, f^r millions of families to have a fra**- den. Even in small towns it is often out of the question. Prac tically everyone is working all day and is pretty tired by late after- we lived noon. To spade up the back yard pretty well last year. Probably a | and do all the other required Indirectly endorsing this group's I, lot ! ,et , ter than we would have things Is too much for many assertion that wage and price ‘ ved ‘ f son ’ e smart person hadn. families even it they knew what controls ' had succeeded In sta-1 flgured out the Vlctory garden ' to d0 aft6r the 8™“ d was pre- bilizing the nation’s economy to idea, and if the government times in two months to fit differ- praised OPA into existence to de- everybody’s benefit, the President hadn t P ushed ent chapels.” termine prices and rationing. Un- personally read off the report to . isn’t much difference be lt is all part of the vast pro- der emergency powers, the Presi • attendant newspaper men. tween Scarcity and Plenty. y gram by which, through the dent created the National War La- Equipped with the stronger con- about 20 per cent. Americans eat Chaplains are also- called upon to deliver the goods, which with consists of furnishing cer- aids to men facing enemies of body and soul. For such Meritorious service scores of army navy chaplains have received chaplains. Uncle Sam endeavors to see that no man in uniform is deprived of a place of worship. X . Congress Studies 4 Price Control Renewal HELD NECESSARY AS BAR A- GAINST INFLATION TREND pared. The community garden is the answer to many of these cases. The “community” can hire someone to plow and harrow a piece of land and the balance of bor board to regulate wages, and, trols contained in the Stabiliza- x amount of fresh vegetables. If the work they can do themselves near the end of 1942, congress tion act of 1942, the report said. the country raises X plus 10 per' by hand. There is fertUizer to passed the Stabilization act, the various agencies have sue- cent - we wil1 have plenty here which sought to harmonize the ceedefl in holding the line against and P len ty to ship overseas. If it whole anti-inflation program. j mounting - pressure from various raises X minus 10 per cent the re- Now, after two years of opera- sources to readjust wage and sult wiU be ver y serious - A hank, tion, congress is studying the pr i ce regulations, in accordance or a business of any kind, is pros- question extending the price con- w ith the President’s order of last[P erous or goes broke over that • - ----- * 'same 20 per cent. Claim Living Cost Down During Last Year By AL JEDLICKA When the United States went itions, citations and individ- to war against two* of the greatest letters of commendation. I military powers in the world in a majority of chaplains, how- fight to the dfeath, it became ap- perform their duties under parent that it would be necessary —mfif.fons from which opportuni- to mobilize our total resources of for the spectacular are far re- men and material for the strug- They consist of faithful gle. by day spiritual ministra- Such mobilization, of course, which hold men to their re- meant a drastic change in our »-■ trol act to continue the wartime regulation of prices and rationing, and out of the welter of discus sion this agency has presented these facts in arguing for its con tinuance : 1. Since the institution of OPA, living costs have risen 12.3 per cent, although the actual rise since September, 1939, has been 25.9 per cent. 2. During World War II, cloth ing prices have risen 34 per cent, compared with a 107 per cent rise in World War I, but present ma terial has been inferior in quality, OPA admitted. 3. In comparison with a rise of 80 per cent in World War I, food spread, planting, cultivating, etc. In a community garden of say 10 people,, there should be one or more who know how to raise veg etables and who will always be willing to help, with advice tvi-se who don’t. The plot should be April. Although some prices, like We are going to need more food divided equally between the r>er- clothing, have risen within the in 1944 than in 1943. We will ticipants. As every old gardener past year, others, like foods, have have more of our men to feed a- j knows—it is best to plant not too decreased, with the result that broad and have more Europeans, much at a time and keep the the cost of living as a whole who must either be fed or grow garden always producing some- slightly declined during the past up as weaklings—injured for life thing—especially toward the close year, the report continued. —an easy prey for some future of the season Because of War Labor board Hitler with a world-conquering: The world is suffering unduly— direction, wage rates have been complex. Every square mile of famine would just about break the held in line also, the report said, land which the Allied armies take camel s back. The American Vic- declaring that raises have been a way from Germany will be un- tory garden might very easily be granted only to correct glaring Productive for a year at least. If the factor which-if a world-wide inequalities, eliminate substand- we liberate only halt 0 France bad crop year occurred-cou d (J, ,- ards of living, and allow for a 15 this year will obviously create vent a catastrophe the like of per cent increase over January . U new food problem whtoh must which the world has not known 1 be met—and principally by us. It ’ smee the Black Plague wiped out is not difficult to imagine what a large portion of its population the results of the American Vic- ] in the 14th century. 1941, levels. True, total earnings have increased, the report admit ted, but this has been due to The Nation SOUTH for MfWOW CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION to longer hours, higher paying way jobs and incentive payments. Commenting on larger corpora- tion profits, bigger farm income j STATE^SOirra^^LINA, and workers’ higher earnings, the By j frank MATTISON, PRO report asserted that the value of BATE JUDGE: money has been further increased WHERAS, Mrs. Florence B. by the stabilization of other prices. The administration’s stabiliza tion program has not been with out its critics, however. Or ganized labor, for instance, has nsisted on a revision of the for- aula under which wage increases Wardlaw made suit to me to grant her. Letters of Administration of the* Estate and effects of D. M. Wardlaw; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said D. M. Wardlaw, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on April 28tn, 1944. 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 14th day of April, Anno Domini, 1944. J. FRANK MAT1TSON, Probate Judge. 2t. FINAL SETTLEMENT From the South comes most of the pulpwood for making the *ough, strong paper and paperboard used in ship ments to our armed forces overseas. Supplies for Invasion With millions of men fighting all over the world, need for these southern packing ma terials grows ever more urgent. Our south ern men everywhere are living up to their fighting traditions. The supplies they need must be transported to them over long and difficult supply lines—often landed in pounding surf or dropped from planes. Our job, here in the South, is to see that those materials are properly packaged. are limited to 15 per cent above Next, after publication hereof, at January, 1941, levels, on the basis of its claims that living costs ac tually have risen 43 per cent since the war began instead of about 25 per cent, as the govern ment contends. Labor argues that the government statisticians fail to consider the inferior quality of some goods, restrict their figures to certain basic commodities, and take no note of varying prices throughout the country. According to Senator Taft (Ohio), the report’s review of wage stabilization ignored the raises in railroad and, possibly, coal rates, while also failing to take note of generally higher earnings resulting from longer hours, etc. Thus, said Taft, “the really in flationary factors are ignored.” X Preserving; Eggs We Need Pulpwood This mill is making every effort to do its part; but we are handicapped by the shortage of pulpwood. We need every cord we can get and we need it now. Only be sure it is sound wood. Pulpwood production is our number one war job here in the South. Let it never be said that the South failed in its duty to back up our boys on the fighting fronts. WEST VIRGINIA PULP & PAPER CO. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA* Get in touch with the dealer in your territory from whom we buy wood: ^ R. M. WINN, plum branch, s. c. VICTORY PULPWOOD CAMPAIGN A very common household method of preserving eggs is to put them down in a solution of waterglass or sodium silicate, a clear liquid sold at drug adores. One qubrt of waterglass is e- nough to preserve 14 or 15 dozen eggs. Into a 5-gallon crock or galvanized can, thoroughly clean ed and scalded, pour 9 quarts of water which has been boiled and then cooled. Stir in the quart of waterglass. Place the eggs in this solution carefully so as not to crack shells. Keep the eggs in waterglass in a cool place, and make sure the liquid covers the eggs at least an inch at all times. More eggs may be added from time to time, or more of the solu tion added as it evaporates. A cover over the top helps pre vent evaporation. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. Notice is hereby given that • Marie Heath, Administratrix, of the estate of Samuel Mims, de ceased, has this day made appli cation unto me for a final ac counting and discharge as such Administratrix, and the 2nd day of May, 1944, 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. April 1st, 1944.—4t. AT FIRST SION OF A C ®666 666 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS WANT ADV. ‘ Nature has a great urge to grow trees. New seedlings spring up as mature timber is harvested. Tliey should be encouraged and protected. In this, Nature need’s ; man’s help.” — American Forest Products Industries, Incorporated. LOST—My No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 ra tion books. Robert Pullins, R. 1, Bradley, S. C. LOST—My kerosene ration book. Arthur Adams, R. 1, Parksville, S. C. LOST—My No. 4 ration book. Charles Freeman, Route 1, Box 58, McCormick, S. C. Sweet Potato Plants for sale. Strain 24, Louisiana Improved, at $3.50 per 1,000 at my home. Am now taking orders and have seme plants ready. C. E. Wilkie, Plum Branch, S. C.