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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 27, 1944 Mt. Carmel News Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Campbell rnd handsome little sons, Tommie and Bradley, spent Sunday night with Mrs. J. W. Boyd. Mr. Camp bell left Monday afternoon on a business trip, but Mrs. Campbell nnd children will remain until later before returning to Char lotte, N. C. Mrs. D. J. McAllister and Mr. John McAllister spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. Sam Plyler, near Cross Hill. They attended the memorial service in honor of Mr. Sam Plyler, who was recently killed in action in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith and children of Georgia and other friends visited Mrs. Corine Jones, Cpl. Barnard Smith, Mrs. A. B. Lyon, and others, Monday after noon. CoL W. B. Sharp left Mt. Car mel last week to return to duty. Dr. Lawrence Hester, Jr., of Charleston spent a few hours in Mt. Carmel Sunday. Many friends of Mrs. J. B. Cur tis will regret to hear she fell Sunday morning and injured her knee, but after a trip to the doc tor, she is much better. Mrs. Anna Davis of Columbia was called to Mt. Carmel Sunday night by the death of her sister, Mrs. Mary G. Smith. X Plum Branch News ton .visited friends and relatives here several days last week. Lt. J. R. Wilkie, who is station ed at Camp Shelby, Miss., visited Mrs. Wilkie here several days the day for an extended visit. Mr. Coy, Wall of Vidalia, Ga., visited his family here the past week end. Misses Carolyn and Louise Rice are visiting relatives in Kingsport, I past week Tenn. Mrs. James L. King of Char- Rev. and Mrs. LeRoy Brown and lotte, N. C., visited in the home of young son, LeRoy^ Jr., of Abbe- Mr. and Mrs. S. J. King the past ville, Ga., are visiting in the home week of Mrs. Brown’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bracknell and chil- Mrs. J. L. Wells. - V dren, John Luther and Judy, visit- Miss Gladys Winn has returned ed relatives in Williston, and from a week at Pawley’s Island, McCormick last week where she was the guest of her Mrs. Homer Connell and little sister, Mrs. W. C. Bochman, and daughter, Nina, have returned Mr. Bochman. home after a visit in Lincolnton, Little Miss Gwendolyn Gaylor Ga of Woodruff is visiting in the Friends of Miss Maggie Wells home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. are glad to know she is improving Freeland. nicely, following surgical treat- Mrs. S. E. Murdock and chil- ment at the University Hospital, dren S. ' E., Jr., and Ann of Guests of Rev. and Mrs. Foster Greenville visited the past week Speer on last Friday were Mrs. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. S. E. Murdock and children of Sturkey. Greenville, Mrs. O. L. Sturkey and IT'S ENRICHED! ClauSSenS Bread vitamins; ALWAYS FRESH AT YOUR GROCER'S making the survey of 1943 war production by FSA families in the state no account was therefore taken of what per cent of various commodities was used at home or sold. Logically much the larger amount fell in the latter category. In keeping with generally accept ed needs as well as land and cli- Mrs. J. A. Chandler and little son, Julian, are spending some ime with relatives in Cades. Since being away they have visit ed Pvt. Chandler at Camp Stew art* Friends are glad to know he is improving, after breaking his ankle several weeks ago. Mrs. P. D. Altman of Galivants Ferry and Mrs. Chas. .Paige of Aynor were guests last Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Wide- man. Mr. and Mrs. Wideman ac companied them, home on Thurs- Miss Willie Mae Humphrey of children and Mrs. Murdock’s par- Greenwood is enjoying a vacation ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Whii- at the home of her parents, Mr. J der, of Piedmont, and Mrs. W. L. Humphrey. Lt. Azilee Self, U. S. Army Edwin Rice and Tommie For- Nurses Corps, is enjoying a fur- rester were guests last week in lough to her father, Mr. H. M. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Self, and other relatives. Lt. Self' &te adaptability the chief prod- Rice in Columbia. has t>een serving for some time (uc t s stressed for increase have Misses Kate and Marjorie Willis Australia and her many friends peen m iik, eggs, various meats, and Mary Robertson are visiting are glad to welcome her home a- relatives in Chareston. gain. Mrs. Millard Crawford and little Mrs. E. M. Winn and, little son, daughter, Ann, have returned td Mac, are .visiting her mother, Clinton, Tenn., after a two weeks’ Mrs. Simmons, in. Charlotte, who ^ summary of production by visit to relatives here. J i s Quite ill a,t this time. Mrs. John R. Moore is spending Cpl. Gary Self of Fort Bragg is some time in Atlantic City, N. J., visiting his family here at Parks- with her husband, Lt. John R. ville. Moore, who is stationed there at Rev. and Mrs. Lewis M. Kirk- this time. land and son ’ Donnie, are Miss Rachel Collier of Darling-1 spending this week in Perr y’'944^634 broilers produced a where Rev. Mr. Kirkland is con- welght of 2,283,904 pounds, ducting a series of meetings. NURSE TELLS OF OWN vegetables, sweet potatoes, crops, and livestock feed of klpdp. , Total Production Large A summary of production RELIEF BY RETONGA tc I feel better than in ten 79 years, ' declares Mrs. Hart. Thinks others should know about Retonga. Prominent among the hundreds of grateful men and women who ly in excess MRS. VESTA HART IO CHECK k IN 7DAYS vKrx 666 JT Liquid for Malarial Symptoma. Miss Louise Bracknell left lasfc other poultry, hogs and beef cat- Tuesday for a three weexs stay tle staled approximately •12,000- at Ridge Crest, N. C., where she is 000 pounds an instructor in the B. T. U. De partment at the Baptist Summer 60,000 NEW PIECES AND NOVELTY POTTERY JUST RECEIVED ■i \ , * ■ V * ■ * . r ‘ *v \ f.'-^ . Make your selection from pieces worth up to $1.50 ny* \ AND A DIME With The Puurehase Of Other Merchandise BELK-LUKE CO Assembly. Messrs. J. A. Self, Raymond Mc Donald, O. L. Sturkey and J. W. Bracknell attended home guard encampment at Myrtle Beach last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. FAce had as their guests last week, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Rice of Florence. Friends are glad to know that T. W. Humphrey, Marvin and Billy Gene Seigler are improving nicely after recent tonsilectomies. Misses Johnel and Janet Caudle of McCormick are guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bracknell. Mrs. Mamie Self visited the past week with her daughter, Mrs. H. M. Freeland, and Mr. Freeland. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kilpatrick of Charlotte, N. C., visited last week in the home of her mother, Mrs. J. A. Self.; Dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Self on Tues day evening were Mrs. Evan Morgan and little son, Bill, and Mr., and Mrs. Raymond Morgan of Schenectady, N. Y. X Farm Security Ad ministration In War the nine thousand odd small farm- have endorsed Retonga are many professional nurses. For mstance ers revealed the following. 14,216 ^.g vesta Hart, well known cows produced more than 5,1)00,- graduate nurse residing at 1784 000 gallons of milk. Egg produc-; Delaware Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga., tion from 400,000 layers was slight-, happily states; , o nnn , Jl ! “In fifteen years of nursing I 01 3,000,000 dozen, have never used a medicine which live-. brought me such prompt and __ , r The splendid relief as Retonga. For a- appetite, everything I eat seems production of meat from turkeys. agree ™ lth me - \ *L tter 14 , j , , ly from poor digestion, gas pains than m ten years. I think others in my stomach, nervousness and should know about such a merl- sluggish elimination. My nerves torious preparation, and* I cat* were very easily upset, my sleep hardly praise Retonga enough." did not seem to refresh me, and I Such sincere praise speaks for hall to rely very much on laxa-' itself. Retonga is intended to re- tives for poor elimination. j lieve distress due to Vitamin B-l “Retonga is the first medicine deficiency, constipation, insuffici- I found to give me satisfactory ent flow of digestive juices in the relief. The sluggish elimination stomach, and loss of appetite. is reliveed and my nerves ara noc j Retonga may be obtained at Peo- easily upset. I have a splendid! pies Drug Store.—Adv. 845 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, GA. 1 f T|; MODERN GLASSES ON CREDIT Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Registered Optometrist in Charge I SOUTHS CREDIT JEUJELERS! JEWELER S . 'vouii rmo’rr nr fr ie om n ns j 826 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Your Furniture From . STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. It is proper that all farmers — large and small — should receive recognition for the great contribu tion being made to the war effort. Since the Farm Security Adminis tration as an agency deals only with small farmers, this statement will be made from that point of view. Small Farms Numerous Because small farmers through out the State and Nation are so numerous their combined produc tion is significantly large. During the past winter a careful farm by farm study was made of the total war production of the 9,652 South Carolina farm families who in 1913 received financial and supervisory assistance from FSA. About half of these families were white rnd half colored. They represent Ji!,- 524 people. The farms aver '?d about 40 acres of cultivated ‘ ± The Farm Security AdminisU" ' n organization in Soutp, Carol in \s felt that the real test during Families averaged better than one acre in vegetable gardens from which fresh food was obtained in large quantities. 2.600,301 quarts of food were conserved, being chiefly fruits, vegetables and meats. This represents an aver age of 269 quarts per family. Also ? nearly 20,000 bushels of fruits and vegetables were preserved by dry ing. ' From 74,000 acres of wheat and other small grains the harvest was just above 1,000,000 bushels. 130,- : 000 acres of corn yielded two mil- j lion bushels. Practically all small j grain acreage was followed with a summer legume hay crop which produced 48,400 tons. Approxi mately 3,000 tons of peanuts were harvested from 9,279 acres. Chief, among,, miscellaneous crops that families used effective ly in feeding themselves and pro ducing a surplus for market were sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, rice, and syrup crops. With an aver age of slightly less than one acre per family of sweet potatoes, the harvest amounted to 609,000 bush els. Some 3,000 families harvested 12,000 bushels of rice from 1,100 acres. Sugar rationing has stim ulated syrup production, a total of 286,455 gallons being produced from 3,392 acres. irhe chief cash war crops pro duced by FSA families were nat urally cotton and tobacco. 44,600 bales of lint and 20,000 tons of seed were harvested from approx imately 93.000 acres of cotton. 6,- 698 acres of tobacco yielded in round numbers 5,000,000 pounds. Scrap Drive and Soldiers FSA borrowers participated wholeheartedly in national drives for scrap metal and scrap rubber. In these drives borrowers and their families in 1943 sold or do nated a little more than one mil lion pounds of scrap metal and a quarter million pounds of rubber WE HAVE GRADE ! ‘ Kelly Springfield Tires IN ALL POPULAR SIZES Bring us your Certificates RECAPPING COMPANY 509-11 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. many small farmers are taking advantage of is that of getting Into sounder financial condition. Better prices and all out partici pation in the farm phase of the war effort have made it possible for many borrowers to pay their loans in full and to operate in 1944 without loans from any Tn spite of relatively low income? I source. Whether or not agricul- FSA families purchased last yea-| ture is receiving its equitable share $107,784 of war stamps and bonds and in addition contributed to the Red Cross and War Relief. In addition like all farm families furnishing many husbands, sons and daughters to the armed ser vices, borrowers and their families of the national income is a sub ject that has been debated at length. At any rate, FSA fami lies are being urged while prices of farm products are somewhat higher than they have been for many years to make repayments as rapidly as possible. Not only have relieved the farm labor shortage problem to some extent production loans referred to above by working by the day in spare are being repaid at a creditable Utim* of an agricultural ag^ury’s time for neighbor farmers or | speed but also those fanners with usefulness is its contributio' to swapping time. Group use of e-;real estate loans are reducing the war effort. A farm is pr 1 nuipment has promoted neighbor- them significantly, with less than ly subjected to the same test, that liness and efficiency. Members of one per cent of all real estate bor- of producing the maximum ir-jmany families are at work in war rowers delinquent. The majority vital products within the lir of | and other plants earning money are ahead of schedule and quite a its land, labor and equipment re- from this source to help their fam- few have completely liquidated sources. Food The Big Need So far as food ’ productio - . '/ T ilies get on a pay-as-you-go basis, their 40 year loans in from th:: e Many borrowers work in such to six years, is plants during slack periods on the FSA Employees Serve concerned the first obligation of a farm earning money to help re- USA employees in South Car - farm family on limited acreage is pay their loans and to enable lina have attempted to salute i he to feed itself. Then as much ad- them to carry on current farm good work of farm people ani. at ditional production as possible operations without a further loan. | the same time serve the war should be realized to find its way Repaying Loans | cause through both their per^on- irito commercial pfiSnnels. In A Wfir time opportunity that al and official efforts. During j the V * . • • \£j emergency 95 FSA employees froi the State have entered the armq services, this representing 43 pE cent of all personnel. Hiose wli have remained in the orgs tion at home have among oth^ things achieved an excellent rj ord in the buying of war bone In April, 100 per cent of the 2| employees in the State parti pated in the payroll allotmeij plan and invested above 10 cent of their gross salaries. Future Production Plans The production in 1943 of esse^ tial war products by FSA fami was highly creditable and repi sented a good increase over II During 1944, although exc< rain has temporarily delayed pi ress, it is planned and expect for production both on a per ily and per acre basis to exc all former records. A look toi the post-war period suggests need for continued heavy agrii tural production indefinitely the family type farm can counted on to do its full part.! Above statement prepared bj F. Kolb, State Director, Farm curity Administration, Coll South Carolina, in connection 1 Farming for Victory celebral held at Orangeburg, South lina, on May 16, 1944.