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McCORMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOOTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 22, 1945 , leCORHICK MESSENGER | PaMlahe# Bvery * BstabllthHI Jon* ft. IMi f ■DMOND J. MeCKACKBN, Edlt#r Hi the Feet Office »t Mc- Oenhieft, S. C.. a* k»I1 metier ef J1.U0 ■OBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear Six Months .79 •'►>ree Months --—— -W BIGNESS « * • • progress , A small boy, when passed a plate of cakes, was asked: "Which do you prefer?" His reply, which was American to the nth degree, was, "I prefer the biggest" For, boy or man, Americans have a world-wide reputation for being attracted to the biggest of anything. Although we have an appreciation of good architecture, it is the big gest buildings which stand out in our minds. Although, with ships, we are interested in grace and com fort our curiosity is most stimu lated by viewing the largest ship afloat We have had a difficult time keeping up with the record sizes of planes and tanks, but as soon as we do learn about new and bigger mod els, they inunediately become the ones we think of as symbolic of American progress. The book, “Gone With the Wind," may owe part of its popularity to the fact it was the fattest book that had been published in a decade. Fishermen are never quite satisfied with their luck unless they catch a bigger trout or a bigger bass than has ever been caught before—and if they don’t mhke a record catch they talk about the big ones that got away. Circuses have always at tracted crowds by exhibiting the tallest man or fattest woman. And every American knows ■ how even the roadstands play on ear love of bigness when they try to attract oar patronage by ; advertising. "The World’s Big gest Milk Shake’’ or "The Big gest Hot Dog on Earth." PLANES .... clippers It wasn’t long ago that the sky scraper makers were busy trying to outdo each other in erecting the. highest building in the world. In rapid succession the honors went to the Woolworth building, then the Chrysler building, then the RCA building and then the Empire State building. At the same time we were competing with England in a race to see which nation could hold the record for "the biggest ship afloat." But during the next few years, \ ft seems likely that competition for bigness will center in the ; airplane: industry. ..When the B-29s were fir^t .completed most • any schoolboy who saw a four- \ motor Job In the skies couldn’t resist the temptation. to rash • into the house, to.announce that he had seen a B-29.' The year before he was equally excited over seeing a flying fortress, bat when something larger came out the fortress lost its glam our. And now even the B-29 has * lost some of Its thrill following the announcement of the clip- E rs which Consolidated Vultee s contracted to build for ■ American World Airways. Those clippers, which were pic tured in the newspapers a few weeks Ago, will break so many "bigness" records that they will leave us gasp- »ng. And not only will this clipper program break records for bigness, but also for quantity. There will not be just one, but probably 15 of these biggest ships of the skies. That’s something the skyscraper makers never thought up. A1 Smith, in his most ambitious dreams, probably never thought of building 15 Empire State buildings at the same time. PASSENGERS .... 204 Perhaps, before the ink on this column is dry, some other airplane manufacturer will announce plans to build a giant of the skies which will dwarf the Consolidated clipper by comparison. But while the plans for this clipper still appear to be un equalled, I hasten to give a few facts about the biggest and fastest (but still unbuilt) plane of the universe. Known as Model 37, this giant transport plane will hold 204 pas sengers. It will fly from New York to London In nine hours. It will be 182 feet long and have a wing span of 230 feet (equal in width to the height of a 21-story building). It will have power equal to that of 353 av erage automobile engines. Fifteen such planes could, with ease, carry all of the prewar passenger traffic moved on the North Atlantic by ships of all nations.* Those are only a few of the rec ords which this plane will hold when completed. But bigness in airplane manufacturing has taken such rapid strides that I may be talking about something which will be considered puny within a few years. I don’t know whether there is any limita tion on how big a plane can be, but I suspect that in airplane building, as well as in most everything else, we Americans, in the postwar era, won’t let any records stand for long. Planes will get bigger and bigger, cars will go faster'and faster, roads will be better and better—and as for the postwar hot dog, it will prob- look like a Great Dane. trmn t feEV. ROBOT HL HARPER T Th* Lott IFsaJb. Aswan frt Mmk tit Matth«» Us £-16. Memory VmtT Matthew 21:9. Though his Identity is unknown to this*'day, the owner who made no objection when be was told the Lord bad need of the colt was so worthy Ihkthis deed should be preserved in the gospel story. Do you willingly give the Lord what He needs from you? It is possible that some who hailed Jesus on Palm Sunday Joined with His accusers on Good Friday. The professed loyalty of some men will not stand the test of the evil day. All Jerusalem was moved at the coming of Jesus, saying, "Who is this?’’ But, alas! many of its peo ple a few days later clamored for His crucifixion. As King entering the city of His fathers, Jesus went into the great sanctuary, attacked the stronghold of special privilege, of graft in holy things, and swept the temple clean. And even now the temple needs cleansing. When thousands of con gregations report not a single con vert in a year’s time, not one mem ber gained, and losses in their Sun day schools, we may fear that spir itual life is running low. Only a church revived and strengthened within can meet the tremendous problems of the present and of the days when the war is done. We may well lament the losses in the Sunday schools. It was a beautiful thing that little children were heard singing in the cleansed temple, "Hosanna to the Son of Da- vidl" We need to prepare our churches, ourselves, for the full coming and abiding of our Lord, that the children committed io our care may learn to sing the songs of Jesus. CARRIES A SOLEMN OBUGATION w: ; II ■> HOME *.•. vs.**v v.*.* Sy MARY £. DAGlfE HEN YOU ASK your draft board fcr I deferment, you are asking them to send another man in your place. Some other ; man will have to endure the hardships of army life; to risk his life instead of yours; to live in a foxhole at army pay so you can continue to enjoy the comforts of home and a well-paid job. That’s a good deal to ask, isn’t it? The draft board gives you deferment only, if they think you are doing a more important job than the man they send in your place. A man who is engaged in critical work such as pulpwood production has a perfect right to ask for deferment But having been given deferment, he has no more right to go AWOL from his job than the man who is serving in his place would have to desert in the face of the enemy. His deferment carries the obligation to serve his country as faithfully at home as the other man serves it at the front. Spots and stains are always with us. We never know where or when they wiU strike and it’s an essen tial part of good housekeeping to know how to remove them and to be prepared to remove them promptly. Successful stain removal depends on determining the type of stain and the type of fabric and using the remedy that will have the least effect on the fabric involved, and treating the stain immediately. If the fabric is not affected by wa ter use the first-aid treatment. This is clear cold water, and many a stain will respond if sponged AT ONCE.. Even stains that are appar ently "set" should be sponged with cold water before using any stain removal agent. Avoid using hot water until other methods have been tried be cause it will sat many stains. Work rapidly when using chemi cals to offset damaging effects on materials and colors. Your stain removal equipment should include an absorbent, a solv ent, a bleach, household ammonia and denatured or wood alcohol and the necessary utensils. • The absorbents, 'such as french! chalk, fuller’s earth, and the like,; are most effective on fresh stains and will not harm the fibers of any materiaL They are most satisfac- ory to use on light colors but are "cry difficult to use on dark colors since it is almost impossible to brush them completely off dark col ored fabrics. Spread a layer of ab sorbent on stained article which has' been laid on a flat surface. Move absorbent lightly over stain. When gummy, shake or brush off lightly. Repeat until most of stain has dis appeared. Brush off absorbent and spread a fresh layer over stain. Leave several hours or overnight and then brush out completely. When stains are of solid fats which must be melted before ab sorption, spread absorbent on stain. Then put several thicknesses of brown paper or paper toweling over rbsorbent and press with a warm icon. Brush off absorbent and pro ceed as usual. Carbon tetrarhlori'e is a good solvent and will not harm fab rics. To use a solvent, put the stain on a thick pad of cheese cloth with the ri~ht side of the material against the pad. Sponge the stain with a cloth moistened with solvent using light brush ing motions and spreading the moisture unevenly cut from the • snot to avoid leaving a ring. i he bleaches, such as bottled . s erine, hydrogen peroxide, oxalic r cid and potassium permanganate s: 1 nave various actions on fabrici rcolors and should be used wif{ •t rnadicine dropper or a glass rod’ Tie fabric must be thorough!} WEST VIRGINIA PULP & PAPER CO.) CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA G0t in touch with the dealer in your territory from whom we buy woodl) CAMPAIGN R. M. WINN. PLU ¥ s. c. Kx **+'*** Garden Work For March crop." Crop insurance offers protection against the unavoidable losses that CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION destroy many crops each year. It ST ^^ t ^ F n ^Y™ r Sf^: OLINA ’ The need of ° ~^ ! medicines in the spring cf the year, j nc j ies apart. is due largely to the lack of veg etables in the winter diet. If more greens and leafy foods were eaten daily throughout the year less money would be spent for medi cines and doctors’ bills and there would be less suffering from many of the ills that are constantly with us. Green vegetables are valuable in the diet because they supply mineral substance and vitamins. Hints The wide-awake gardener has planted Irish potatoes, radishes, onion sets and plants and has his English peas and spinach up and grov/ing. Make Plantings Now If Ground Will Do To W >rk Potatoes — Irish Cobblei, Bliss apart. . Mustard—Giant Southern Curl ed; sow seed one-half inch deep in open; one-half ounce to 100 feet; rows 2 1-2 feet apart; thin is offered in 1915 only on cotton. by .t7W. CORLEY, Probate Judge, ee. lings three inches to four j Experimental programs are under- WHEREAS, EdwL Parker made way in a few counties on corn and to me to grarr Y m Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Bessie Kennedy Make Plantings In Hotbed Tomatoes — Wilt resistant — Rutgers and Marglobe. Pepper — (sweet) Calif onia, Wonder, Ruby King, Perfection Pimento, (hot) Long Red Cay enne. Eggplant — Black Beauty. Make Plantings of the following vegetables as soon as soil will do: Mustard, Spinach. Lettuce, Rad ish, Parsnips, Parsley, Carrots, Turnips, Onions, Cabbage, Cauli flower. Transplant to the Open Field Cabbage, Cauliflower, j Brussels Sprouts, Lettuce, Onions, (seed ling.) Such plants as tomatoes, egg plants, bsans, squash, sweet po Triumph; tubers 4 inches to « tatoes, etc., should not be planted inches deep in rows 2 1-2 feet a- ur tii the ground is warm and all part; hills 10 inches; 12 to 15 danger of frost is over, bushels per acre. Matilda Bell, Spinach — Long Standing co. Blocmsdale; sow seed one-half inch deep in open, 1 ounce to 100 : feet; rows 2 1-2 feet apart; thin 4 inches to 6 inches apart. Beets — Early Wonder, Detroit Dark Red; sow seed one-half inch to 1 inch deep; thin and trans tobacco. "Crop insurance eliminates fail- Parker;" ures and near failures from the THESE ARE THEREFORE, to farmer’s budget’’ H. M. Freeland j auid admonish all and singular Kindred and Creditors of the points out. Naturally, any farmer B ess j e Kennedy Parker, de will be better off if he never col lects a cent on his FICI contracts because that means he has ob tained at Isast fair yields. It’s an ceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate. to be held at McCormick on April 2nd, Next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore opportunity to plan and plant with noon, to show cause, if any they Home Dem. Agent. X Federal Crop Insurance INSURANCE Fire Insurance . And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Every farmer in McCormick plant to rows 2 1-2 feet; seedlings county ought to be interested in 3 inches to 4 inches apart. Federal Crop Insurance because it the hope cf a bumper crop, and with the comforting knowledge that, from a standpoint of re turns, you can’t have a real fail ure.” April 10, 1945, is the closing date for taking out insurance in Mc Cormick County. WANT ADV. HAULING — When you have any local hauling, contact us. Mrs. Lizzie C. Horne, Motor Express. Troy, S. C. have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 19th day of March, Anno Domini, 1945. J. W. CORLEY, Probate Judge. 2t. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. Notice is hereby given that Ervin F. Gettys, Guardian, of the estate of Ellen Iris Williams, minor, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and dis charge as such Guardian, and the 1 12th day of April, 1945, at 10 o’- Charleston Wakefield Cabbage ^d S p b eUtion Xed '° r the plants from reliable seed, $2.00 per M or 25 cents per hundred at my farm. C. E. Wilkie, R. 1, Plum Branch, S. C. FOR SALE — One plug mule and one good, young mule. Jim Fur- Peas — Laxton’s Superb, Lax- i s the only operating cost that will qU eron, R. 1, McCormick, S. C. ton’s Progress; sow seed 2 inches giiarantee returns on investment, deep in open, 1 quart to 100 feet: in. M. Freeland, Chairman of the rows 2 1-2 feet; sow thinly in county AAA Committee, believes, drill. Parsley Moss Curled; sow I will thrash cane seed at my home Saturday, March 24th, "This doesn’t mean that every W eather permitting; if not, will farmer in the county will take out]thrash on March 31st. S. O. seed one-fourth inch deep in the icr0 p insurance” he added, “any | Bouknight, R. 1, McCormick, S. C. open, 1-2 ounce to 100 feet; trans plant seedlings 10 inches apart each way. Kale — Curled; sew .‘•"ed one- fourth inch deep in the jpen, 1-2 ounce to 50 feet; rows 2 1-2 feet apart; thin 4 inches to 6 inches more than every farmer buys a! higher-yielding seed the first year it is offered. It may take a few years before most of us see that crop insurance is actually an op erating cost that insures the other costs and efforts that go into a All persons holding claims a- gainst said estate are hereby no tified to present same on or by a- bove date. J. V/. CORLEY, Judge of Probate, McCormick p n o r* March 12th’, 1945.—4t.