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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 8, 1945 VcCORMICK MESSENGER r n rablished Every Tbnrsday ■■tabllshed June S, BDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ntered at the Post Office at Me Cermick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. 1 •TTBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1 oo Six Months .75 -hrep Months.50 COUNTERFEIT ... coupons The office of price administration seems considerably cheered be cause, in a two months’ check-up, •nly 3% million counterfeit gasoline ; coupons were picked up. “These Tcounterfeits,*' Administrator Bowles • proudly points out, “are a substan- ItSSl reduction from the estimated ■umber of counterfeits a year ago.** In a statement on the situation Mr. Bowles goes on to pay high j tribute to the members of the petro- ; Serum industry who have given : whole-hearted cooperation and “to : the many American people who have shown their disgust for black; : markets and those who patronize ; flfcem.” Somehow, however, I am not too ' Impressed by this record. Having been in Washington, where every body talks in terms of billions, for seme time now, Mr. Bowles may beel that a few measley millions aren't worth worrying about. But among motorists, who scrimp and 'save on gasoline in order to get along on two gallons a week, the mere mention of millions of gal lons is enough to make them start seeing mirages. I don’t blam£ Mr. Bowles or the OPA for this condition. I realize that it is practically an impossible job, without employ- : fog a 10,000.090-man police force, strictly to enforce any kind of rationing. But when we realize that there are so many men and women in this country who will deal with racketeers in order to get more than their share of essential products, it is hard to continue to feel much ; faith in the integrity of the American people. t MEAT .... control j An even more disturbing story of counterfeiting was the recent seiz ure in Chicago of counterfeit meat coupons totaling 2 billion red points. That is enough red points to buy all of the beef sold to our population ; gar a three-weeks period. \ The fact that a few criminals ; would look to the ration coupon • beld as a juicy source of dis honest revenue is to be expectea. But the revolting side of the story is that they knew there would be a market for these coupons—that they knew there were thousands «f butchers, restaurant owners and housewives who would jump at the ohanbe to buy these coupons even foough it would rob others of meat and could lead to a total break down of our rationing system. It is estimated that the meat cou pon racketeers expected to make about $2,500,000 out of the sale of foese stamps. The gasoline stamp counterfeiters did collect over a million dollars from their racket. JEither field offers excellent oppor tunities for the future for promising young crooks. And it is quite pos sible, unless some method is de vised to bring this type of counter- briting to a halt, that all rationing currency will become worthless and bie black market will become the sole source of scarce products. The OPA is taking effective steps to control the counterfeiting menace. But in the final analysis, •She only adequate control must come ftt>m a decision of the American people to refuse to contribute to the welfare of criminals. CITIES . . . • blame It is significant to note that the sale of counterfeit gasoline and food coupons is confined almost entirely to metropolitan titles. “Large rural ureas that lave practically no counterfeit- 1 fog,” says Mr. Bowles, “are off set by cities that are turning - in an appalling number.” Part of the reason for this is that there are more customers per square mile in cities than in the mmntry. But it is also undoubtedly brue that the country people wouldn’t do business with the zacketeers, and the counterfeiters know it. Racketeers know that at all times, country air is unhealthy r crooks—and in wartime they alize that farmers and small people, imbued with a high Jbrm of patriotism would feel it was about time to start shooting if they were offered the “opportunity” to i join a plot to undermine rationing. | I*. t t \HOME /?;• MA/IY £ DAGUE A S SOON as we see fresh maple syrup in the market most of us succumb to the urge to invest in a gallon of the' delicious sweet. With a good sized family to plan meals for a gallon of syrup disap pears quickly but a small family is something else again and there’s danger of wasting some of the precious maple syrup. A good way to prevent waste is to put the syrup in pint jars. As long as the syrup is left unopened it will keep almost indefinitely but once the gallon is opened the syrup must be used within a reasonable length of time. So immediately on opening a gallon of syrup reheat it to the boiling point, pour into steri lized pint jars, seal and store like . any other canned product. Maple syrup is a “natural” for griddle cakes, waffles, pop- overs and hot biscuits but there are other ways to use It in cook ing in order to save sugar and furnish real taste thrills. There’s-a maple sauce that’s de licious to serve on warm cup cakes, puddings and ice cream. Maple Sauce. One-half cup maple syrup, 1 egg white, few grains salt. Put maple syrup in sauce pan and heat to boiling point. Beat white of egg in a bowl with a rotary beater while syrup is heat ing. As soon as syrup boils beat about two tablespoonfuls into the beaten white. Beat while the syrup cooks half a minute longer. Then add two more tablespoons of syrup and beat while syrup cooks. Con tinue until all the syrup is beaten into the egg white. The sauce should be glossy, soft and fluffy and altogether delectable. Maple syrup can be used for a meringue, too. In this case the syrup must be cooked longer before you begin to add it to the beaten egg whites. Two or more tablespoons maple syrup can be added to hard sauce with good results. Add the syrup a little at a time as you work the sugar and margerine to a cream. Poor man’s rice pudding gains glamour if made with maple syrup. Maple Rice Pudding. Three cups milk, % cup maple syrup, % cup dry rice, V4 teaspoon salt, Va teaspoon nutmeg, 1 table spoon butter or margerine. Wash rice thoroughly. Comfctine all the ingredients and turn into a buttered baking dish. Bake uncov ered in a slow oven (325 degrees) for two and one-half to three hours. Stir several times during the first hour of baking to prevent rice from settling. Stir once or twice and then bake undisturbed until the rice is tender. Chill until slightly warm or completely cold and serve with or without cream. The pud- j ding becomes thick and creamy as |jt cools. FOR SALE By Elliott Pine. Skiing is no doubt the fastest sport in which man engages without the aid of some machine. Hans Thorner, professional skier, says that jumpers are travelling more than 60 miles per hour in the split second when thay fly off the lip ot the slide and go into space. The record was set in Switzerland some years ago under special conditions. Speeds of 70 miles per hour were reached. , Jim Jeffries, the heavyweight champion of grandpa’s day, is now 70. He picks Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Corbett as the best heavies he has ever seen. Fitzsimmons he calls the hardest puncher, and Corbett the best boxer. Pennsylvania U. and Columbia U. have met at bas ketball 84 times in 42 years . . . honors are almost even . . . Columbia has won 43 times, Pennsylvania 41. The Rochester, N. Y. Filarets. a girls’ basketball team, hasn’t lost, a game in the last two seasons . . . it is coached by Roy Van Graflan, an International league umpire. Of ficials of the Piedmont baseball league voted down a proposal to change the name to Virginia league, although all cities in the circuit are in Virginia. Henry Arm strong, the boxer, has written a book called “My Struggle to Three Crowns.” Gil Dodds ran his last race, a two-miler, in 9:58.4. He now leaves the cinder track for the sawdust trail. Willie Hoppe, the billiard cham pion, practiced long and arduously before getting into match play . . . his teacher, Charley Peterson, would mark out the shots with chalk on the cloth . . . Willie had to make each shot three times in succession. Mike Jacobs has signed a contract calling for a nationwide broadcast of a fight every night in the year . . . going to be hard to find fistic talent of sufficient quality to main tain interest, it is thought. The biggest shutout of the 1944 season was the Yankee’s 14 to 0 rampage on September 4 . . . the Athletics were on the short end. Roosevelt’s Food Call j Aid To State Program VPNS OF M CM. UPON MIN FOR HEU 1 . Clemson, Feb. 3. — President Roosevelt’s proclamation of Jan. 22, calling on all citizens to aid in every possible way in production and conservation of food is strong support to the South Carolina 10- Point Food and Feed Program, Clemson Extension Director D. W. Watkins said here today. The President’s statement emphasizing the need for food at home and a- broad, says in part: “During the past three years ev ery Americah who has played a part in the job of growing, con serving, harvesting, distributing, and processing our food has done a magnificent job. “As we enter a new year, the demands for our food at home and abroad are so great that it is es sential for every man and woman to do everything to help in the huge task of getting the food pro duced and seeing that it is con served and shared. “To this end, I ask the people in cities, towns, and villages to assist our farmers in every possible way to reach the food goals which have been set. “I call upon the millions of Vic tory gardeners who have done so much to swell the nation’s food supply in these war years to con- inue their good work. “I ask those people who can spare the time to assist the na tion’s food processors in preparing food for our armed services, our civilians, and our allies. “I ask the millions of women who have preserved food at home so that our armed services could have the fruits and vegetables they need, to carry on until the war is won. “I know I can count on the Am erican people to respond to these calls to action, so that we can all ruly continue to say that our food has played an important role in the fight for freedom.” 10,000 More Nurses Needed To Care for Stricken Veterans By Maj. North Callahan - When men are in pain, they call upon women to help. It has been this way since the beginning of time. Today the world is in pain and, as always, women are being called upon to care for the men who are hurt in body and spirit. The nurse is especially being ap-^ > l My m'ire stock of Groceries and x r r w pair cf Dayton Computing S ales on upper Main Street. W:,I. T. \VALKER, McCormick, S. C. Jan. 23, 1913. YOU KlDff/M/ BE HEE»8K%// Good Crops Guide For February Use That a good start is important is stressed by County Agent G .W. Bonnette in his February farm calendar of suggestions for Mc Cormick County farmers. Agronomy 1. Manure is one of the best fer tilizers, its nitrogen being now es pecially valuable. Make, save, and use more of it. 2. Study your soil and past fertilizer treatment and save money by adjusting this year’s fertilizer to plant needs. 3. Turn under all cover crops in plenty of time to allow complete decomposi tion before seeding (two weeks or more dependir~ "" ''■'ver ?rop ai l local conditiGi-j.) 4. Plant lespede- za. Lespedeza is “Southern alfal fa”. 5. Be sure to seed enough for age crops to supply feed for live stock. Horticulture 1. Plant strawberries, dewberries, blackberries. 2. Set out grape vines, fruit trees. 3. Plant aspar agus and Irish potatoes in coastal counties; transplant cabbage plants in central and upper coun ties. 4. Plant turnips, mustard, spinach, lettuce, kale, peas, rad ishes, onions, parsley. 5. Plant in hotbeds: Pepper tomato, and egg plant. 6. Remember that Victory gardens are more important this year than ever. Insects and Diseases 1. Place order for necessary in secticides, fungicides, and equip- J ment. 2. Treat cotton seed with ! mercury dust to control soreshin. 3. Spray peach trees with lime- 1 sulfur or oil emulsion and Bor deaux to control scale insects and diseases before the buds begin to .‘well. 4. Spray apple trees with lime-sulfur or oil to control scale. Some growers find di-nitro com- 1 pounds also kill aphid eggs. 5. Disinfect sweet potato seed. See county agent for instructions. 6. Treat melon seed to obtain better stands. 7. Feed bees if stores are short. i Agricultruing Engineering 1. Check over farm machinery and order needed repairs now. Re pair parts may be scarce later in , year. 2. Plan terraces to make them wider to facilitate operation of machinery. 3. Grade yards or lots to provide better drainage a- way from buildings. 4. Mr.ke need ed repairs to farm buildin s, such! as leaky roofs and pcor uunda- ions. pealed to, because zhe combines knowledge and skill with devotion and tenderness. Hers is a method ical mission of mercy. Never be fore has she been needed so badly as she is today by the U. S. army. It is true that our army is giving the best care. Out of every 100 men treated in our military hospitals, 97 recover. This is a remarkable rec ord. No other war has ever experi enced such results as this miracle of modem medicine. But every day in your newspaper you see the long lines of increasing battle casualties. Over 32,000 last month. Does any intelligent person think for one min ute that as many as two divisions of men can be casually added to the working load of our doctors and nurses every four weeks, and not evince a call for help? Although registered nurses are the most urgently needed women for our army, other women can help. Not every nurse is eligible for military service. Some are past the age limit, and while they may conscientiously feel that they can do as much as young women, ex perience has shown the heads of the medical department that it re quires women below the age of 45 to withstand the rigors of combat conditions. This is not strange when it is considered that the men par ticularly desired by the army for combat duty are those under 30 years of age. However, these older women can be of great help. They can work in army hospitals in this country until such time as the army nurse corps quota of 10,000 additional nurses is met. Cadet nurses may spend their last six n^onths of training in an army hospital and thus release registered nurses for duty else where. Many of these young women are doing this now, and more are urged to do so. Red Cross nurses’ aides may also help in these hos pitals, and untrained women can help by working part or all of their time in a civilian hospital, thereby filling in the gaps left by regis tered nurses who have gone into military duty. The women's army corps is also accepting enlistments now for hospital companies of 1. k WAQs, the personnel of which will be especially trained for duty in army hospitals. According to Maj. Gen. Nor man T. Kirk, surgeon general of the army, “The army nurse is living five years ahead of the nursing profession. She is learning new facts about pro fessional adjustments, new angles on the importance of nursing. She is handling new drugs, applying new treatments and working with the surgeons who are making history in this war. She is gaining experience years ahead of her civilian op portunities.” It may not be generally realized, that in addition to the unselfish work she does for our fighting men, the army nurse receives higher pay than the average civilian nurse. Her pay starts at $150 a month, plus allowances for maintenance which brings this up to $216 a month. In addition, she has the ad vantages of government insurance, opportunityv for study ahd observa tion, retirement privileges for dis ability, recreational advantages in cluding principal sports, and she receives all the rewards of the G.I. Bill of Rights, which includes re fresher courses and reemployment rights. When an army nurse is commissioned, she receives a $250 initial allowance for uniforms and if given an overseas assignment is issued necessary field equipment There are now 260,000 registered graduate nurses in this country, in cluding active, inactive but avail able nurses, and students newly graduated. In addition to these, there are 42,000 registered graduate nurses serving in the army nurse corps and approximately 9,000 in the navy nurse corps. Recently I had the opportunity of going aboard an army hospital ship outside the port of Charleston, S. C., and seeing and talking to wounded men who were just re turning from the battlefronts over seas. At dawn of a cold Sunday morning, the hospital ship lying in the harbor looked like some huge, benevolent motherly figure shel tering and warming hundreds of her sons who had fallen in the coun-J try’s service. On board, courteous j but tired medical officers showed; us around. The nurses were all} very busy helping the men to get; ready to go ashore. The ambu-; latory patients sat nervously onj their bunks waiting for the welcome! sight of the gangplank which would- mean to them setting foot on our homeland again. Some hobbled on: crutches, some had arms swathed, in huge bandages and others car-. ried empty sleeves. But their faces* all had one thing in common. That; was a smile. On numerous beds and • stretchers, other soldiers who had’ been struck down, who were not so fortunate as their buddies who- could still walk, wore & les that, were just as full of hearilelt antici-' pation. How, we wondered, could! men who had so recently come so! close to deatu and plainly showed k it with the loss of eyes, legs, arms I or a combination of all, be so cheerful, so happy and gay? In the eyes of the attending army; nurses, we found the answer. Not only had these angels of > mercy cared for their boys ex- * pertly and unceasingly through •! long hours of the day and night; j not only had they gone right up ' to the battlefront to give these | soldiers a touch of a feminine 1 hand; they had also done t something to the hearts of [ these men which made them sing with joy, hold their chins high in the air and make those of ns inclined to be sad about their wounds, ashamed of our selves. ) We asked Pvt. Thomas Cook of; Arab, Ala., whose body was half: encased in a cast, what he thought ! of army nurses. Although his beam- J ing face spoke worlds of meaning,! his words were simply, “They’re, wonderful!” ; Sgt. Joseph Weeks of New Jer- ; sey, hit in 13 places by shell frag-! ments on the European front,! stated, “I’m all for these army| nurses. It does a world of good to! have a woman around.” And so on and on. Many more: such quotes could be given, but j they all convey the same grateful; spirit. It’s not hard to get a soldier} to talk about a nurse, we found.) Just start him off and then listen to the praise. It is interesting too, that the army nurses feel the same way about their patients. Nurses don’t brag about their work. But they do tell with pleasure of the appreciation shown them by offi cers and enlisted men who have known their tender care. The army, nurse obviously loves her work—' and in a broad maternal way, she loves her hundreds of soldiers who! long for the affectionate care they once knew from their mothers, wives or sweethearts. For nursing is a work of enduring love. f Important Points In Food, Feed Program Wins His Last Race Clemson, Feb. 3. — Of primary importance in the 10-Point Food and Feed Program of the Exten sion Service now being launched are the first four points, cays Ex tension Director D. W. Watkins. Thesl are use of laber and equip ment, quality planting seed, heav ier fertilization, and attention to farm and home equipment. A well planned pro^vam of farm production should be based upon labor-saving methods. Full use of all power equipment reduces hand labor. Swapping labor and equip ment with the neighbors helps get over the difficult planting, culti vating, harvesting, and storage pe riods. Custom use of equipment saves labor and increases volume of food and feed production. Do ing every job well increases pro duction. • Getting plenty of planting seed for all farm needs well ahead of planting date is good insurance. The seed needed most badly may be gone when planting time comes. Early plans may permit substitut ing one crop for another if neces sary. Early ordering insures a better quality seed, better stands, and higher yields. Place your orders for your 'fer- j tilizer today. Tomorrow there will | be hundreds of orders ahead of, >ours. Labor and transportation! are critically short. Fertilizer dealers have only limited storage space and without early and or- ; derly delivery, they cannot meet j the farmers’ needs. Farmers} should make heavier applications | of fertilizer to increase yields and. thereby make the best use of a- vailable labor. The supply of new farm ma chinery will very likely be smaller than in 1944. This means that more old machinery will be used, and, consequently, the demand for repair parts will be considerably greater. Farmers must get their needed repair parts for farm and home equipment now, to avoid costly delays. Many dealers are now waiting two or three months for delivery of regular stock or ders. Fullest possible use should be made also of labor-saving e- cv-ipmcnt in the home. Auditor’s Notice Gil Dodrts ran his last race, two miles in 9:58.4, 13 seconds slower than his record-breaking effort of two years ago. He is deserting the cinder path for the sawdust trail. He goes west to take up his life’s work—the teaching of the gospel. WANT ADV. FOR SALE — Two mule colts, 3 years old, one smooth-mouthed mule, cheap. See or write L. C. Talbert, R. 1, Troy, S. C. FOR SALE — One good milch cow, and week old calf. J. W. Loveless, R. 3, McCormick, S. C. FOR SALE — About 8,000 feet of good used framing, with nails all out, and some boards. J. W. Love less, R. 3, McCormick, S. C. MAN OR WOMAN WANTED for Rawleigh Route. Real opportuni ty. We help you get started. Write Rawleigh’s, Dept. SCB-211-O, Richmond, Va. FOR SALE — 300 bushels of pink skin Louisiana yam sweet potatoes at $3.00 per bushel. W. A. Winn, Plum Branch, S. C. I will be at the follow’ng places, on the dates given below, to take tax returns, on a’l personal property, except the kind that is returned to the tax commission. All owners, agents, guardians, ad ministrators, attorneys, etc., please take notice and make correct re turns for 1945: Office. Jan. 1st thru the ^rd. Plum Branch, Jan. 4th, 2 to 5 p. in. Office, Jan. 5th thru the 10th. Parksville, Jan. 11th, 2 to 5 p. m. Office, Jan. 12th thru the 17th. K. M. Morgan’s Storr, Jan. 18th, 2 to 4 p. m. Office, Jan. I9ta th-a the 24th. Bordeaux, Jan. 25th. 0 to 4 p. m. Office, Jan. 26th thru the 31st. J. C. Talbert’s Store, Feb. 1st, 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mrs. M. M. Link’s, Feb. 1st, 3:30 to 5 p. m. Office, Feb. 2nd thru the 7th. Vernon, Feb. 8th, 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mrs. Callison’s Store, Feb. 8th, 3:30 to 5 p. m. Office, Feb. 9th thru the 14th. Willington, Feb. 15th, 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mt. Carmel, Feb. 15th, 3:30 to 5 p. m. Office, Feb. 16th thru 21st. Modoc, Feb. 22nd, 1 to 2:30 p. m. Clarks Hill Jeff Sharpton’s, Feb. 22nd, 3 to 4 p. m. J. O. MarshaU’s, Feb. 22nd, 4 to 5:30 p. m. Office, Feb. 23rd thru the 28th. After Feb. the 28th, the law says add 10% penalty to those who-failed or refused to make re turns. All male persons between 21 and 69 years old are liable for poll tax, all between 21 and 50 years old are liable for road or street tax. except those in the armed forces. G. W. PENNAL, Auditor, McCormick County. FINAL SETTLEMENT L* ADS For SALE IN pU&NEXT ISSUE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. Notice is hereby given that Bes sie M. White, Administrate x of the estate of William V/. Mcdlock, deceased, has this day made ap plication unto me for a final ac counting and discharge as such Administratrix, and the 20th day of February, 1945, at 10 o’clock, A. M., has been fixed for the hear ing of said petition. All persons holding claims a- gainst said estate are hereby no tified to present same on or by above date. J. W. CORLEY, Judge of Probate, McCormick Co., S. C. January 20, 1945.—4t.