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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMlCK, SOOTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 15, 1945 feCORMICK 4 f PuMtehed Every Thursday ■MabUshed Jane f, IMS f EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Me- Cbmlek, S. as a&all matter ef ( i ' DimGBirnoN rates: One Tear $1.00 MR Months ——■ .78! Three Months jo K you are concerned for others, 'heboid the multitude in need today. If yon would serve, do not ever say, us call it a day,” even as the dtoeiples said. ‘The time is now L” Offer no excuse, pleading little you have, when Jesus you serve. If you do offer ex- you will disclose that the is in you. And do not refuse ‘to bring what you have to Jesus '•hen you hear the voice that stilled j the waves of Galilee and called the r^eud to life. And remember the untold possi* “toes in what you may. bring tc Lord. See how He fed a multi- with five loaves and two i! The value of a thing de- upon what is done with it. is a vast difference between firings consecrated to the Master's «e and other things. Do, give, and toe what you can; God will give Cte Increase—blessing others above ml you can imagine, and return- fog a thousand-fold upon your own jf* " By Elliott Pine A comer in boxing who has just begun to attract attention is Costner, 21, of Cincinnati, He scored his 23rd straight in Chicago on January 19, he dropped Richard (Sheik) twice in the first round. The id time Rangel went down he artayed there. Costner is a welter- -weight, a somewhat neglected division in public interest. Lee Oma, a heavyweight, is now lead- fog contender among the big boys . . weighing only 188, he beat out decision over Joe Baksi, rugged fol pound ex-miner. When Joe Lou- to and Billy Conn get out of serv ice, one of them will probably be itched -with Oma unless some- better comes along in the mtime. Pericles, the big race horse that William Helas $66,000 as an wntried yearling, hasn’t run a single -nee yet. A bad foot interfered with his training . . . now the ban racing has come along ... he going to be the sensation of year’s Kentucky Derby, but it like that is out. Bobby Jones, foe grand old master of golf, may vetum to tournament play in April _ . . the war bond competition at Atlanta is the attraction. Riot Officer Phil Marchildon, a pitcher with the Philadelphia Ath letics before he joined the Canadian air force, had to swim for three lunxrs before he was picked up when lus plane was shot down off the Danish coast. Larry Wicklund, Waukegan football official, suggests a rule change; instead of eliminat ing the try for the point after touchdown, let the player who made the touchdown try to kick the point. Aurturo Godoy, Chilean heavy weight and South American cham- -pkm, has arrived in the United '.States by air. He hopes to do some ■successful fighting while here. His other two attempts met with de feat . . . Joe Louis slapped him down twice in 1940. Keil Sheridan, formerly a star •on the San Francisco Seals ball- team, has been traded to the New ‘York Giants for seven players, it is reported ... he was a whiz at football when at San Francisco U. Right now he is loading meat in a Frisco packing plant- Iticlt t REV. ROBE^KuJwbPJ* Treomres of the Kingdom. Lesson for February 18: Matthew *3:44-461 14:13-21. Memory Verse: James 1:27. The parables tell of treasures got toy two men—men unlike in one respect and similar in others. The foat found a hidden treasure, the second was seeking the goodly pe*rl—each recognized the treas- value and possessed it. Some converted by gracious chance, when a page of the New Testa- t fluttering from a train win- awakened a Mexican. Some long and earnest seekers. But ■wakened men recognize the it value of the treasure and set above all other values. lesson’s second part shows meeting needs of the multi seeking Him for treasures of and souL The occasion ! give wholesome hints to those ere concerned in helping their FARMERS FICE PROIBCTIOI MATERIAL PINCH ’ , By L. G. ELLIOTT, President La Salle Extension University, 1 The United States and the whole world have awakened to the essen tial part that agriculture plays in the life of civilization, and they are appreciative, too, of the way the American farmer has fulfilled his obligation. High courage, firm determination and good management have en abled the farmer to increase food production for eight consecutive years. His proven temper and capacities will not desert him during this coming year when a still further increase in production is being called for. The goal of this year calls for the planting of more acres and the production of 3 per cent more food than even last year’s high record. That peak output was eighth con secutive increase over the year be fore. Farmers have been successful in carrying out their intentions of producing more food as it is needed. Iliey are confident that they can do it again. The achievement this year will not be easy; in many ways it will be much more difficult. Farmers will face even greater handicaps and obstacles than those which they have so successfully overcome dur ing the last three or four years. Good farm labor is scarce and as more young men are taken from the farms for the armed forces the shortage will become even more critical. Some additional farm ma chinery and equipment is being made, but much of it will not be available until late in the season. Even then it may be hard to get in large enough quantities. Most farm ers will have to get along as best they can with what they have, even though it has been wearing out morfe rapidly by the heavy use of recent years. They are spending all their available time this winter in overhauling and repairing their machinery and tools in order to be ready for the spring and summer work. When looking ahead and mapping out their year’s program, they are making their decisions according to three standards. First, they want to produce the crops and foods that are most urgently needed. Sec ond, they will turn out products that sell at satisfactory prices. Third, they will concentrate on crops and livestock that can be handled best with the limited sup ply of labor, machinery, and equip ment that is available. In some cases these considerations will re quire quite a little shifting from what they have‘been doing in the past. The early prospects for continued heavy production on farms are quite favorable, although conditions vary widely in different parts of the country. For the most part, the amount of rainfall during the fall and winter has been adequate, especially in the major agricultural regions. The winter wheat crop, for example, has done well and ipois- \ ture in the soil is ample. With fa- ; vorable weather, we may have an other billion-bushel wheat crop this year. i Many other conditions are favor- ? able for large farm output this year • and will do much to offset the ad- r verse factors which so often get; into the headlines. The supplies of I improved seeds are adequate. New | and better varieties produce more. , Supplies of fertilizers will be a little i short but they are still quite large. and will be enough to help maintain ! soil fertility even though the drain on the land has been heavy in re-, cent years. In addition, farmers have proved that better methods of ! farming will go far in making up ! for many difficulties. During the: last few years average yields per : acre have increased more than 20 per cent and many farmers be lieve they can increase these yields even more. Prospects for livestock and live stock products are quite promising, although some reductions may be made from the high levels of re cent years. The number of livestock on farms is somewhat below the peak but the declines have not been great. One exception is poultry and eggs, which are likely to be con siderably lower. The production of milk has been maintained at very close to the peak, with more milk cows giving above-average amounts of milk. Even if the reductions are as much as expected, the output of livestock and livestock products will probably be considerably above normal. Small town merchants continue to prosper in spite of shortages in some consumer linet. Gas rationing is still largely responsible for this increase in volume. People no long er go to the larger cities to shop —and the small town merchant has a golden opportunity to hold this business. It can be done—but it will take good management and aggressive merchandising. In the cities, industry is also plan ning to keep up a high level of production. Factories are now turn ing out about the same amounts of war materials and essential civ ilian goods as they have been for over two years. The large pay rolls provide consumer purchasing power for agricultural products and farm prosperity is closely con nected with high industrial employ ment. Careful planning, wise mamge- ment and hard work by farmers as well as by city workers will enable the nation to reach the goals which have been set for this year of great accomplishment. The results al ready achieved show what can be done. They point toward high out put, prosperous conditions and the production of materials needed to achieve victory. Local Draft Board Seeks Location Of Colored Registrant Mr. R. W. Dunlap, Chairman, Lo cal Board No. 57, McCormick, S. C., would like to know where to find Registrant Joe Arthur Price, (Colored) 18 years of age. The last known address is 304 Spring Street, Rockwood, Tenn. Auditor’s Notice ADS For SALE IN . OUR NEXT ISSUE B i I will be at the following places, on the dates given below, to take tax returns, on all 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 3rd. Plum Branch, Jan. 4th, 2 to 5 p. m. Office, Jan. 5th thru the 10th. Parksville, Jan. 11th, 2 to 5 n. m. Office, Jan. 12th thru the 17th. E. M. Morgan’s Store, Jan. 18th, 2 to 4 p. m. Office, Jan. 19th thru the 24th. Bordeaux, Jan. 25th, 2 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 n. m. J. O. Marshall’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 v/ho failed or refused to make re turns. All male persons between 21 and 60 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. C. W. PENNAL, Auditor, McCormick County. Consumers Quality ^ Baby Chicks Barred and White Rocks, Rhode Island and New Hampshire Reds. Hatches off each Tuesday and Friday. 100 __ $14.75 50 __ 7.50 25 __ ♦ 3.95 Add 50c for postage on 100, 40c on 50, and 30c on 25. All flock blood tested. Con sumers chicks are U. S. Pul- lorum controlled. Place orders in advance. CONSUMERS HATCHERY Augusta, Ga. Owned and operated by Con sumers Seed Co., Augusta’s Leading Seed Store. MACHINE, SUPPLY OUTPUT TO DROP BELOW DEMANDS - 1 f Manufacturers Experience Difficulty Meeting 1945 Quotas. Asserting that “As long as the war continues, farmers will not be able to buy as much new farm machinery as they will need in order to maintain their facilities at greatest efficiency . . the Office of War Information de clared that output of imple ments and parts for 1945 will fall short of demands. At the same time, the War Food administration re vealed that little improve ment in general farm sup plies could be expected over last year, with some items in abundance and others rela tively scarce. Although approximating the pre- var peak, scheduled production of implements and parts will hardly meet requirements even if quotas are fully met. it was said, what with the government calling for continued record output and the la bor situation growing graver with the possible induction of substantial numbers of 18 to 25-year-old work ers into the services. Because of manpower problems of their own, and difficulties in ob taining such important parts as castings and lumber, farm ma chinery manufacturers will be hard pressed to turn out their full quotas. When production fell be hind in certain items last year, manufacturers were permitted ro make up the deficits in succeeding months. To illustrate how bottlenecks can develop in production, some manu facturers have had trouble ob taining castings because greatly expanded military demands have taxed the existing capacities of foundries, which have had diffi- . culty in hiring workers for the bur densome work. In some instances, shortages of lumber have affected the output of implements containing the materiaL The industry’s difficulty in meet ing its 1945 schedule exists even without any increase in its quotas for the year. OWI said, as original ly contemplated by the War Food administration to facilitate farm production goals. WFA’s supple mentary program has been held back because of the urgent expan sion in war production. In declaring that essential de mands will not be met even if pro duction meets schedules, OWI de clared that ”... no more new tractors, side delivery rakes, com bines or other haying or harvest ing machinery will be available during the 1945 crop year than were available during the 1944 crop year.” In a review of 1944 farm pro duction achievements that sounded like a formula for continued good work tn 1945. the OWI said that more intensive use of existing ma chinery largely contributed to the banner output of last year, which was one-third higher than the 1935- *39 average. Along with the maximum use of older machinery, the hard work of the American farmer played a notable part in the bumper output, what with production per person 28 per cent greater last year than in 1940. Other factors included favor able weather, greater crop acre age and better conservation prac tices. In revealing that general farm Lumber—Critically short, but not causing too much difficulty, be cause farmers have little time for construction and maintenance work. Farmers can get from AAA committeemen certificates for lum ber urgently needed for repairs of farm dwellings and for other build ings. Metal roofing and siding—About aa much as laxt year. Copper wire — Supply getting tighter, but shortage of transform ers may continue to limit demand for wire. Electric motors of fractional' horsepower—About the same as in 1944. Hand tools—About same as last; year. Tools and other miscellaneous i supplies will continue to move to farms from stocks of surplus war! property, but in uncertain quanti-l ties. Fence wire and netting — Manu facturers authorized to produce at! greater rate than before the war. 1 Nails, staples, bale ties, and pipe —No shortage expected. Farm chain—Supply of most' types expected to be adequate for- essential needs. 1 Ammunition — Supplies tighter, 1 but needs of farmers for control of 1 predatory birds and animals will! receive special consideration. Binder twine — Quality will lm-1 prove, supplies will be adequate. Rope— Supplies probably equal* to demand; quality probably still, not as in prewar years. , Milk cans — Probably ade-, quate supply. Wooden containers — Supplies will cbntinue short. Only hope is to' re-use every second-hand contain-1 er fit for re-use. t Bags and agricultural fabrics * Fabric bags not equal to demand.) Same true of tobacco cloth and I similar items. Everything possibl*| must be done to conserve aiyf re- 1 use bags now available. Insecticides and fungicides — i Supply of rotenone short, as last* year. Very little pyrethrumJ Severe infestations at bugs con»( ,, - — trolled with nicotine would causa- ?o?«P he w remain tight during shortage of this materiaL Prompei 1945. the WFA drew this picture: use of controls when serious in-' Gasoline — Probably enough for festations threaten may help pro..' farm work as in the past year. vent loss of crops. Pedestrian Safety Program Announced “The alarming pedestrian death- toll in South Carolina traffic dur ing 1944 demands that particular effort be directed to project the walking person,” said Chief High way Commissioner J. S. William son today in announcing a state wide program to be conducted bj the highway patrol. 133 pedestrians were killed and 123 others struck down and se riously injured by motor vehicles in the State last year, pointed out the chief highway commissioner. Under the educational program to start immediatelly at least 15,- 000 pedestrians will be directly •or 1 acted and told the right and wrong ways of walking to mee modern traffic needs. Pedestrians traveling the open highways in South Carolina will be courteous ly halted and warned of dangerous walking practices that have con tributed to our tragic accident toll. At the time of this personal in terview between officer and pe destrian the walker will be asked to cooperate in the safety effort, and will be presented with a card designating membership in the “Safe Walkers Legion” of South Carolina. The individual card will bear pedestrian’s name and safe walk ing rules, to be followed with a signed pledge to observe these practices. To Make Special Study Of Veteran^ Of World War II In Country’s Civil : ian Labor Force A special study of veterans of World War II in the country’s civilian labor force will be made in connection with its February mrvey of the Nation’s labor force, the Bureau of the Census, Depart ment of Commerce, announced to day. that inquiries concerning World War II veterans will be in cluded in the monthly labor force survey has just been received by Walter F Buhl, Heal supervism' for the Census Bureau’*? Snee’al Surveys Division in McCormick and Greenwood Counties. The Census Bureau conducts its regular monthly survey in 68 areas of the country for the purpose of determining the size of the Na tion’s labor force and to measure the monthly and seasonal changes in employment and unemployment. Approximately 30,000 families are interviewed each month in con nection with this survey. The special inquiries concerning World War II veterans will include their age, race, whether employed or unemployed, and occupation and industry if employed. Infor mation collected on veterans for the 68 areas forrrts the basis of na tional estimates which are made Large figures showing fcensus Bureau. AT FIRST SIGN OF A H* Cr ov D s*666 Cold Preparations as directed the total number of pedestrians killed to date will serve as a re minder of the serious traffic ac cident toll. In each instance of interview on the open highway the pedestrian, after being.fully informed and in structed by the patrol officer, is urged to pass this protective in formation to members of his fam- ; ily and to acquaintances. Accident records show that many pedestrians suffer from physical or mental shortcomings, some of which may be temporary, said the chief highway commis sioner. In many instances the pe destrian is ignorant of safe walk ing habits. Also, many walkers are uninformed of the operation of motor vehicles and do not real ize the problems faced by drivers. The pedestrian’s attitude, in manv cases, involves him in accidents. The educational pedestrian pro gram will continue for several months to remind and fully in form thousands of rural walkers in South Carolina. commercial growers of sweet po tato plants to cut down their op erations this year, Mr. Bowers ex plains. He continues: “If each sweet potato grower will produce his plants, he will have th? security and content ment of mind to know that he will have a sufficient supply of plants this year. It is a fine feel ing to, be able to go to your bed and pull plants when it rains. The time spent in trying to Hnd plants can be saved and used tj good ad vantage in setting y^ur own. Even if you can buy plants, they may arrive during dry weather. This means additional labor watering them when set.” It is necessary to have early plants for successful production of sweet potatoes, Mr. Bov/ers points its it will bj necessary lo uoO ^ —.icial heat. The tile-type flue-n^u-wd hotbed can be built at a small cost. E- quipment for an electric hotbed can be obtained. Beds should be constructed immediately, because it won’t be many weeks before sweet potato bedding time will be here. Plans for the construction of hotbeds can be obtained from county agents or from the Exten sion Service at Clemson. j Those who have already Operat ed a bed for a year should be sure to do bed renewal; that is, re move the upper layer of soil, re place it, and treat the walls for the control of disease. A leaflet on sweet potato hotbed manage ment which can be obtained from county agents gives information on bed renewal. NOTICE OF TAX SALE According to latest published Census estimates the Nation’s civilian labor force totalled 51,- 250,000 of whom 50,570,000 were employed (43,480,000 in business, * . , l Under and by virtue of a war- manufactuies and other non-ag- ran ^ i ssuec j me jjy county ricultural industries and 7,090,000 Treasurer of McCormick County, I in agriculture) and 680,000 were have seized the following described unemployed. In addition, 41,710,-j PJ^P^ky ^. xes ^ ue nnn .. , , „ , the State of South Carolina and 000 persons, 14 years old and over, county of McCormick, ard the such as housewives, students, etc., same will be sold to the highest were reported as “non-workers” ( bidder for cash on salesday, Mon- since they were not employed nor ; day. March 5, 1945, during ihe le- J gal hours of sale in front ot the Court House Door at McCr nnick, [South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied t > the payment of the said taxes p id the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Jacob Lomax land is described as follows: One lot of land, in School Dis- Clemson, Feb. 10. — A warning trict No. 2. McCormick County, S. to farmers not to depend on others j , ^ , 4. 'of p - B - Morrah; East, by lands ot for sweet potato plants was sound- D j McAllister; South, by Church ed today by Hugh Bowers, assis- and School, and West, by Church tant extension horticulturist, and School. F. L. BASS, Tax Collector, McCormick seeking work. Sweet Potato Plants Are Scarce; Grow ’Em whose advice is, “If you want, ’em,! grow ’em.” Shortage of labor and other con ditions are causing a good many County. McCormick, S. C., February 12, 1945.—3t.