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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOOTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 22, 1945
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52KABITS • • • conversion
: Speaking of reconversion, it will
Me interesting to see, after the war,
j*arw long it will take the average
^person to “reconvert” his living
wsabits to the extravagant and per-
%aps wasteful standards of prewar
<4tays. i'
JUl of us have learned a lot about
servation during the last three
i. We have learned that an
icbile can go almost twice as
on a gallon Of gasoline if driven
30, instead of 80 miles per hour,
have been taught that tires can
Me made to last for thousands of
'sextra miles If we keep the speed
Mown, use brakes less, and shift the
around every 9,000 miles. And
have found that, with proper
s, we can increase the life span
Cthe family car by several years.
IFhose lessons about automobile
ition are just an example of
education in economy which
have been given all along the
We have been taught how to
our homes with less fuel. We
learned a lot about food
SMquirements and are now well
•ware of the fact that we can keep
haealthy on a much more restricted
»t than we used to consider essen*
h And we have learned how to
along very comfortably with
meat, less sugar, less coffee,
2kpss ice cream, less cooking uten-
-«Qs, fewer tools, less paper, less
vtiigarettes and many many less
^gadgets.
Except for the fact that prices
liave risen considerably, all this
f. lias taught os how to live com-
* Yortably on less money.
ADS
• • • • sales
At the beginning of the war it
Billed like a minor revolution in
advertising when manufacturers
^Mddenly started spending good ad>
WErtising money to tell us how to
4)Bt along with a smaller supply of
vOaeir products. To most Americans
^Ooertising has always been consid-
the heart and soul of high-
selling and it was rather
dhock to see this sales tool be-
akgS used to influence us to “please
Smyless.” '*
Although we have become used
snch advertising now, I feel that
juaraufacturers showed considerable
courage to substitute a
ration appeal for a sales ap-
For all of them know that
the war is over they will want
eell all they can and these les-
in conservation might be a
aserious barrier to maximum sales.
3R a man learns how to go twice
far on a gallon of gasoline, it is
mat he might continue
sivable
remember and apply that'-les-
when gasoline is available ir
abundance.
Ant most manufacturers
,.i' Tprobably realise that the aver
age American doesn’t like
•conservation and tjiat most of ns
wHH quickly revert to our old
■mbits as soon as supplies
■make it possible. We may have
■earned how to conserve gaso-
JUne, for example, but If we
2mve money in onr pockets
-we’d rather step on the gas
Sthan diddle along at 30 “con
servation miles” per hour.
And there is no doubt that those
manufacturers who have made an
and broad-minded effort to
i us to conserve their products
in wartime have won public good
will Which will benefit them in the
Rmstwsrr era. For a recent survey
Showed that of afl types of war-
rSmne advertising, the conserva
tion theme has met with greatest
ipablic approval.
SECURITY . . . income
Our “How to Get Along Without”
education hasn’t been nearly as ex
pensive as it has been in other
countries. But it has been exten-
enough to give us a better
iluation of what is really essen-
tSal and what isn’t.
A friend of mine who was out
work for many months during
depression, and supported his
-fiamily during that time on the
ill allotment available through
smployment insurance, says that
experience was one of the most
waluable he ever had. For it showed
faxm that he could exist, if it ever
became necessary again, on an
amount of money far smaller than
Ose had ever thought possible. That
experience, he says, gave him a
deeding of security and independ-
which he never would have
without learning how little
imoney it takes to buy the real es
sentials of life.
Today we are all learning that
KBesson to some extent. We will
(probably store it away in a remote
esorner of our minds when the post
war spending spree gets under
way, but we will find satisfac-
tSkxn in the memory of how many
tattings we can get along without if
«sircumstances force us to econo-
esuze.
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Jem*, afc« Son •/ God.
Lesion for Fekruery 35; Matthew *kn
i347 { 17*44.
Memory Vent: Matthew 10:32.
Jn Ilia north of Palestine.
the ruins of a pagan temple, e
where the sources of the Jord ■*.
unite—In a spot beautified by na
ture and once adorned by the hano
of man—the first and Great Confo-
•ion was made.
His name having became known
everywhere, Jesus asked the disci-
e es the opinions of men concern-
g Him. The answers indicate^
that all thought Him some grew!
Person. He was all the answe**
implied, but infinitely more. “Bab
who say ye that I am?” The tirr-a
comes when all men must answ*e
that question for themselves.
Hebrew kings had been anointea
when called to rule their peopl*.
Christ means Anointed. Jesus
(Saviour) is the itame of the Son of
God, the Christ (the Anointed of
God) is His title. What a blessed
combination!
The declaration Peter made was
noon confirmed from heaven. Six
days afterwafd, probably on Mourt
Hermon,/Jesus was transfigured i -
the presence of Peter, James an !
John. Heaven touched the earth t.«
glorify the Son of God. The Law
and the Prophets, which Jesus ful
filled, stood with Him in the per
sons of Moses and Elijah. No won
der Peter wanted to build three
tabernacles for the great Persons
and dwell there in that rapt place
and state.
But they were called to serve and
they could not remain on the moun
tain top. The glory of the trans
figuration departed, Jesus re
mained. But may the heavenly
scene strengthen us to make our
own confession in the Son of God
and, like the disciples, go into the
busy scenes of life to serve men—
through Jesus the Christ.
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M ANY housewives are pondeTf
ing over the relative food val
ues of fish. eggs, cheese, mtik,
legumes and meat. While (he
total contribution of each food has
many variants. It’s the protein con
tent that concerns us most just
now. On this score comparisons can
be made with considerable equity,
although they must necessarily be
general.
Weight for weight, fish and meat
contribute about the same amount
of protein so that a serving of fish
is just about equal to a serving of
meat. Cheese, being a concentrated
food, supplies more protein per
pound than either meat or fish. But,
since a “serving” of cheese is
smaller than a serving of the other
foods, when we consider serving
for serving, cheese compares fa
vorably with meat.
One cup of whole milk fur
nishes approximately 33 calo
ries of protein, 2 eggs 51, while
a piece of lean round steak
broiled, about 2 ounces or 4
inches by 3 inches cut 114
inches thick, gives 39 calo
ries of protein.
Dried beans, peas and lentils
must be served in generous por
tions if they are to equal the pro
tein content of the other foods.
For practical purposes, we need
not worry about substituting eggs,
cheese, beans and fish for meat a
few times during the week provid
ing we make good use of milk and
eggs in cookery and use milk as a
beverage. Furthermore we can take
advantage of the breads and
cereals which contribute protein
from the grains themsleves as well
as from the milk used in the manu
facture of bread and that which
we naturally use with breakfast
cereals. Three to five slices of
bread, depending on its thickness,
supply about one-third as much pro
tein as does one serving of meat
or fish.
Baked Potatoes en Surprise.
Four good-sized potatoes, four
eggs, four tablespoons cream, two
tablespoons margarine, salt and
pepper, four tablespoons grated
cheese.
Bake potatoes. Cut a slice from
one side of each potato. Scoop out
and mash. Season with cream, (
margarine, salt, pepper, cheese, •;
and beat until smooth and light, j
Line potato shells with mixture, ’
slide a poached egg in each potato i
and cover with potato mixture. |
Bake in a hot oven until potato is
delicately browned. Serve at once.}
Another good main dish is to
serve welsh rarebit ove£ deviled
eggs on toast. >
Cheese souffle uses both eggs and ;
cheese to make a nourishing main
dish. i
Baked macaroni with peanut but^
ter may appeal when potatoes are
scarce. . _
Patricia Dow Patterns
1150 Sixth Ave., New York 19. N. Y.
By ELLIOTT PINE
An Important official of the Office
of Defense Transportation told a
delegation c? baseball owners.
“Heck, we v d-'* to see you con
tinue playing bull. We hope ail
leagues have good seasons. It’ll
keep the fans home on week-ends
to see ball games.” Ford Frick
headed the big league boys who
were in Washington to see what
they could do about keeping going.
General Hershey’ of Selective Serv
ice seemed to be sympathetic, but
made no promises. The first maj.Br
league star to be inducted after the
order to reexamine 4-F athletes
went into effect was Hon Northey,
25, outfielder for the Phillies.
Gabby Hartnett, big league
catcher and former manager
of the Chicago Cubs, rolled 297
in a match game. Th ?n his op
ponent howled a perfect 300 a
few weeks later, when Gabby
was absent on a hunting trip.
. . . Gabby wants a return
match. Frank Gotch. the wres
tler, won 154 of his 16) contests
. . . his six defeats were dealt
by Dan McLeod, Farmer
Burns, Tom Jenkins (three
times), and Frank Beall. This
was between 1902 and *06. One
night Gotch, who weighed 215
pounds, took on five Jap jujitsu
experts at once. ... at the fin
ish three Nips were unconscious
and the other two had broken
legs.
The Detroit Red Wings have been
beaten only twice on their home ice
since 1942, a record for other pro
hockey clubs to shoot at. Hariy
Stuhldreher, the Wisconsin U. foot
ball coach, thinks that hockey and
lacrosse should be included in col
lege sports programs whenever pos
sible. Bobby Bragan of the Dodg
ers was the National league’s most
versatile player last season ... he
caught 35 games, played shortstop
in 51, third base in six, and sec
ond base in one.
Sammy Byrd, who recently took
the Texas open golf tournament, de
feating Byron Nelson by one stroke,
is a former Yankee outfielder. Only
girls’ and women’s events will be
scheduled for the Pacific coast ice
skating championship contests in
Berkeley, Calif. ... all eligible men
have gone to war.
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MOTORISTS FACE HARDEST WARTIME PERIOD
PINCH IN TIRES,
PARTS AND FUEL
WILL CONTINUE
Farmers to Get Quarter
Of Truck Needs.
With 1,500,000 passenger
cars breaking down with lit
tle or no chance for replace
ment and the spare parts sit
uation tight; with gasoline
and tire supplies remaining
critically short, and with the
serious shortage of lead ne
cessitating the greater con
servation of batteries, vehicle
operators will face the hard
est period of the war in 1945,
the Office of War Information
reported.
As a result of the cloudy prospects
for the year, car owners will be
wise to make tha most judicious use
of their vehicles, be quick to attend
the smallest trouble, and, where
possible, share in driving, it was
said.
With no new cars to be manu
factured through 1945, and the pool
of second-hand cars drying, scrap
ping of private passenger automo
biles continues at a high rate and
the total number of such cars in
the hands of essential drivers is
getting dangerously low. ODT,
making its study from sources oth
er than registrations, estimates
that the national total of passenger
cars as of January 1, 1944, was
25,900,000. This figure dwindled to
24,400,000 as of January 1, 1945. It
is estimated that of these 24,400,-
000, approximately 23,750,000 are
actually in use and that 650,000 are
Immobilized. ODT warns that if
shortages of replacement and re
pair parts become severe, this
number may increase. Further
more, automobiles would h***? for
the scrap heaps more quick? r than
now if gasoline were to be rationed
liberally.
Less than one-fourth of the mo
tor trucks estimated as needed to
vineet essential civilian transporta
tion requirements during 1945 will
be produced and distributed to
commercial operators*. Authcrized
civilian program amounts to 186,-
792 light, medium, light heavy and
heavy trucks or 21.4 per cent of
ODT’s stated requirement of 773,-
935 vehicles.
ODT, as claimant agency for
commercial vehicles, estimates that
farm trucks and off-the-highway
farm vehicles totaled 1,550,000 in*
1944 and will total 1,630,000 in 1945.
The average age of farm trucks is
between 7 and 8 years. The na
tion’s farmers, WFA estimated,
could use 200,000 new trucks this
year, but probably will get about
60,000.
Even though the certified produc
tion of all petroleum liquids for
February, 1945, is at an all-time
peak and the current production of
ail grades of gasoline is also at a
record-breaking total, the problem
of gasoline supplies for civilians re
mains acute. Reason for lack of
improvement: Military demands ✓
have expanded along with in
creased production.
Military requirements are cur
rently on the increase. This always
causes greater demands on trans
portation facilities. At the present
moment, transportation is tighter
than supply. Every car, barge,
tanker and pipeline is being used
to capacity—the greater require
ments for military supplies during
the last six months making the
movement of civilian supplies more
difficult.
Gasoline allocations for passen
ger cars are based upon an ODT
estimate that the essential trans
portation work of each automobile
can be performed with an average
mileage for the nation of between
5,000 and 5,500 miles a year. The
average annual mileage before the
war was 9,000 miles, about 4,000 of
which was for social and recre
ational driving.
With tires carrying more freight
and passenger traffic today than
ever before in history, and with
military mechanization requir
ing more and more tires, the prob
lem of producing enough tires for
essential civilian and military
transportation is acute, ODT offi
cials emphasize.
The armed forces now need about
30 per cent more tires than they,
are getting. Officials point .out that 1
military tires undergo rough use in|
all war theaters. These tires do i
not roll over smooth concrete, but *
bounce over ruts, sand, rock and!
the debris of war. Tin cans, shell!
fragments, broken glass, shattered;
parts, rubble and bullets are nor- j
mal hazards of the tire on war'
duty. Roughly, three out of every!
five tires replaced in France suf- ‘
fered from carcass damage rather:
than from wear to the treads.
In the face of multiplied mili-!
tary tire requirements, the nation’s j
civilian owners of passenger auto- j
mobiles will have to endure another ;
year of stringent rationing. WPB |
has reduced the quota for civilian >
passenger car tires in the first ’
quarter of 1945 frort! an anticipated i
8,000,000 tires to 5,000,000 tires, be- <
cause heavier emphasis is being {
placed on the output of tires for |
light trucks and jeeps.
Currently the greatest threat to j
U. S. transportation — military and j
civilian—comes from the shortage t
of lead, material used in the manu- |
facture of batteries. A decreased •
lead supply will require a 40 per i
cent cut in meial a.for civ-i
ilian batteries. Lead assigned for |
civilian battery conptru n may
be cut from about 224,000 tons in
1944, to 143,000 tons in 1945.
Because of the shortage of lead,
ODT urges all motorists to con- J
serve their batteries. Maintenance
suggestions include the following: |
Replenish water as soon as liquid i
falls to the top of separators; ad- ]
just “hold-downs” or battery sup- 1
ports to prevent battery from
bouncing in its cradle; avoid over
charging or undercharging; avoid
“battery dopes,” since no satisfac
tory substitute electrolyte has been
found for the simple mixture of sul
phuric acid in water.
Production of permitted spare
parts for civilian needs was ac-!
celerated in 1944 to reach an all-
time record value of $750,000,000, i%
was revealed by the WPB. Thu
high rate production is expected
continue through 1945. ^ J
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Auditor’s Notice
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 p. 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 o. m.
Office, Feb. 16th thru 21st.
Modoc, Feb. 22nd, 1 to 2:30 p. m.
Clarks Hill
Jeff Sharpton’s, Feb. 22nd, 3 40
4 p. 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
who 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.
WANT ADV.
FOR SALE — 300 bushels of pink
skin Louisiana yam sweet potatoes
at $3.00 per bushel. W. A. Winn,
Plum Branch, S. C.
FOR SALE—Premium Egg Coal,
Pine Slab Blocks and Good Pine
Stove Wood. L. M. Horne, Troy,
S. C.
FOR SALE: Pure Yellow Buff
and Parmenter Red setting eggs
at 75 cents per setting. Mrs. Jphn
T. Faulkner, McCormick, S. C.
FOR SALE — 82 acres of land,
three miles east of McCormick on
public road and mail route, two-
horse farm open land, pasture,
five-room house, barn, and out
buildings. Improvements on this
place worth price asked for the
place. R. L. Faulkner, McCormick,
S. C.
WANTED — 25 women, 18 to 45,
regular work, pleasant v. irking
conditions. Apicly, McCormi k Un
derwear Co., McCormick, S. C.
WANTED — I would like to get
in touch with any one having a
small house for rent in town of
McCormick. W. T. Mullinax, Mc
Cormick, S. C.
LOST — Between Plum Branch
McCormick or nine miles east or
highway 43, one tarpolin for picl
up truck. Reward for recovery. W
A. Winn, R. 1, Plum Branch, S. C