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ti- •. ry l L X ■) McCormick messenger, McCormick, south Carolina Thursday, March 29,194s Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn spent Saturday in Bamberg attending the Junior Competition Music Fes tival, their daughter, Miss Hazel Wimi, taking part on the pro gram.. Master Sgt. and Mrs. Harold Browne and daughter, Bettye Sue, of Fort Moultrie, spent a couple of weeks with relatives here and at Troy. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Faulkner last week end were Mr. and Mrs. James T. Faulkner and children, Jimmie and Jerry, of Abbeville, Mr. and Mrs. a. D. McDonald and son, Donnie, of Augusta, Oa. Mr. Carl Henry Strom, student at the University of Georgia, Ath ens, spent the past week end here with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Strom. Miss Mattie B. Bussey of Green ville spent Sunday here with Mrs. J. J. Dorn. Mrs. Walter Stilwell, who is making her home here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Dea- son, while her husband is overseas, received treatment at the Univer sity Hospital in Augusta. She re DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometrist Specialist in correcting Errors of Sight, Eye Headaches, and Crossed Eyes.' Eyes Thoroughly Examined the Modern Way with out dangerous—Pupil Dialating Drops. Reference, ask your friends about my Reputation. Offices, 956-956 1-2 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. turned Sunday and is reported as Improving. Mrs. J. Fred Buzhardt has re turned from an Augusta hospital where she underwent an operation on Saturday. Mrs. Mary W. Creswell spent the past week with Master Sgt. and Mrs. Harold Browne of Fort Moul trie. 1 FARMERS RAISE SIGHTS FOR 1945 t .3b. 5K): Mrs. D. W. Sharpton of Clarks Hill has received word of the mar riage of her son. Dr. B. T. Sharp- ton, of San Francisco, Calif., to Miss Minerva Schmidt of that city The marriage took place Jan. 20 1945. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. C. Curdts of Greenville, Mr. arid Mrs. F. R. Lowe and son, Larry, of Warrenton, Ga. spent Sunday here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Huguley. Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. . McCormick, S. C. Final reports made on the T. B. Seal Sale for McCormick County show a total of $758.53. This is the largest amount ever subscribed by this county and Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt, who has served as coun ty chairman for the past 14 years, and his co-workers deserve hearty congratulations. Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt, who served as county chairman for the Infantile Paralysis drive this year, reports a total of $584.96 for Mc Cormick County, including $91.67 raised at the picture show. Over $300 of this Ynoney will remain with the McCormick County Asso ciation for emergency use here. Mr. Buzhardt wishes to thank all those who worked so diligently, as well as those who contributed. X Modoc News Mr. C. E. Holson spent a couple of days with relatives in Augusta this week. Miss Rosalie Bussey and broth er, Pfq. W. E. Bussey, from Myrtle ¥ f T Boost Goals . \For Cattle, k v Crop Output U. S. Programs Assure ••L Near Parity Prices. j!? With army and civilian (food needs expected to re main at high level, and with stocks required for European relief, American farmers again are being called upon for all-out production in the face of a continued machin- ! ery and manpower shortage, j Nine million acres T more than .-were planted last year are sought ; in 1945, for a total of 363,635,000. ; Some crops are * already in the ground, in the areas where winter doesn’t interfere with a continuous growing cycle. And before long farmers everywhere will have rounded “first base” and be head ed toward “second”—cultivating. Use of conservation practices, new insect controls, and other aids to reaping bigger harvests of higher quality again are being encouraged on this land by the Agricultural Adjustment agency and similar government services. Many Increases Set. Biggest acreage increase over 1944 is for flaxseed, up 64 per cent. So vital is the need for linseed oil processed from flaxseed—minimum requirements for 1945 total about 775 million pounds—that congress authorized the expenditure of $30,- 000.000 to help assure the planting of 5,000,000 acres through payments of $5 an acre to growers. This is in addition to the regular price support program on the flaxseed crop. Sugar beets, another top-rank war crop, will mark up an acreage increase of 49 per cent if the plant ing goal is met.* Seven cover crop seeds essential to conservation farming in the South need a 42 per cent total increase over last year, if supplies are to be sufficient. These include hairy vetch, common and Willamette vetch, Austrian win- ter peas, crimson clover and com mon ryegrass. With the exception of a 12 per eent increase in rye acreage, 8 per cent for sweet potatoes, 5 per cent for vegetables for processing, 5 per . cent for tobacco, 4 per cent for white potatoes, 2 per cent for soy beans and 1 per cent for peanuts, the 1945 crop goals are at about the same level as last year. Em phasis is on not letting the acreage drop, and at the same time doing everything possible to increase the yield. This is particularly true of peanuts. Livestock goals would increase milk production about a billion and a half pounds over last year, raise cattle and calf slaughter to 35 mil lion head or 3 per cent more than in 1944, and up the number of spring pigs saved by some 4 per cent. Feeding hogs to heavier weights is also being urged, with feed supplies relatively more abun dant than last year. No increase is sought in the number of chickens to be raised on farms in 1945, and the egg goal is about 9 per cent less than last year’s production. Livestock numbers on farms as of January 1 showed decreases over the previous year’s beginning. Hogs were estimated to be 28 per cent fewer from January 1, 1944. cattle about 1 per cent fewer, sheep down 7 per cent and chicken-; on farms down 11 per cent. The feed situation this spring ap pears much more favorable than it did a year ago. Two factors are involved: the general decrease in livestock numbers and a record production of feed grains in 1944. The supply per animal unit is about 27 per cent better than it was at this time last year. This spring many farmers are taking advantage of federal crop insurance. Available on cotton, flax and spring-planted wheat, it offers coverage up to 75 per cent of a farm’s average yield for major risks such as drouth, flood, wind, hail, frost, lightning, hurricane, tor nado, plant disease and insects. Farmers should go ahead with their 1945 plantings, confident of fair returns for the products of their land and livestock, says WFA. Prices of specified farm commodi ties, which include more than two- thirds of the total farm production. by authority at congress wfll to maintained at 90 per cent of pnrUy or better.during the war and Jto two years afterward. Methods ed supporting prices at announced lev els, with the cooperation of farmers, *■ include commodity loans, purchase { programs and direct payments. Conservation Emphasised. Conservation practices are re-; eeiving renewed emphasis. An aid i to continued record farm produe- ’ tion for war, they are a vital part i of the 1945 agricultural picture. As • a protection to the country’s soil in years to come their influence is t equally important Greater at-: tention is being paid this year to ! long-range conservation programs ; than has been the case since the ; beginning of the war, when prac tices tending toward immediate ‘ production increases took first! place. Assistance in carrying out: various conservation practices is. available through the Agricultural' Adjustment agency. I Probably the most serious farm; labor shortage of the war will be felt in 1945, according to WFA, due to increased demands of the armed services and to further absorption of workers by industry. Little re lief i? expected from returning war veterans or industrial workers go ing back to farms. As a result, an estimated emergency farm la bor force of about four million may be required, including a million and a half youth-workers and three- “ quarters of a million women. Most! of these will be called for during * the peak harvest season, although ; in some areas help is needed to get the crops planted. Government surveys show that • total farm production per person employed in agriculture has dou bled since 1910. Acres of cropland | harvested per worker have in-. creased almost 35 per cent, and; livestock raised about 50 per cent > above the 1910-14 period. Farm la bor last year produced one-third ■ more with 10 per cent less man- ’ power than before the war, despite . shortages of machinery which ? might have taken the place of some } of the missing workers. Little , prospect is seen for getting addi- I tional machinery to replace lost J manpower this year, and a continu- ! ation of the lag in manufacture, re- j ported earlier, could result in a ; serious problem for many growers, it is said. Beach, spent the week end with Remember — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY EASTER DRESS PREVIEW Shop here for your Easter dress. Make your selection from the large collection of lovelies in our big second floor la dies’ ready-to-wear department. Many racks of beautiful new Spring dresses in an assortment you would expect to find only in the metropolitan centers. Jun iors and half-sizes. Take the elevator. JUNIOR SIZES CAROLE KING and MARY MUFFETT Adorable one- and two-piece styles in tropical spun . . . butcher linen . * . floral crepe . . . spun gahardine . . . and other beautiful materials.' Sizes 9-17. CAROLE KING 8.95 to 12.95 MARY MUFFETT 12.95 to 19.95 Other Junior Dresses 3.95 to 8.95 LADIES’ DRESSES FOR SPRING and EASTER Dresses to highlight every woman’s nat ural charms. A medly of color and style in one- and two-piece styles including spuns . . . jerseys . . . crepes . . . solids . . . gabardines . . . seersuckers . . . trop ical spuns and all this season’s wanted materials. Sizes 12-20, 36-44, 44-52 and half-sizes. MARTHA MANNING 8.95 - 12.95 L’AIGLON 8.95 - 12.95 McKETTRICK 8.95 - 12.95 SACSON 7.95 - 8.95 GEORGE HESS 16.95 Other Dresses 5.95 to 10.95 relatives at Avondale, N. C. Sgt. T. J. Stone of Camp Gor don was a week end visitor here to Mr. T. J. Stone, Sr. Mrs. B. F. Bussey from Louis ville, Ky., is spending several weeks here with Misses Lucy and Rosa lie Bussey. Mrs. Savanna Stone has return ed home, after spending several months with relatives in Augusta. Pfc. William E. Bussey of Myr tle Beach spent fifteen days here with his father, Mr. E. F. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. White, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bussey and Mr. and Mrs. K. E. White were dinner guests to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur White. -X- Mt. Carmel News Assure Yourself Of A Correct Fit In Your New Dress For Easter. No Charge For Necessary Alterations At Gallant-Belk Co. Shoes, Too, Are A “Must” For The Easter Parade. X-Ray Fitting In Our First Floor Department. Large Selec tion; Lovely Styles. GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. C. Mrs. W. B. Sharp was a recent Visitor in Atlanta. . *«i.> > Capt. and Mrs. T.. A.- Able were recent visitors of Mrs. Abie’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Watson. Sen. L. L. Hester spent the week end at his home her/e. Mrs. Daisy Hemminger of Wil- lington was a business visitor in ' Mt. Carmel one afternoon recent- ly - | Mrs. J. J. White, Miss Juanita I Curtis, Mr. John McAllister and 1 Mrs. Eula Scott attended ohe funeral of Mr. Frank Stewart at Anderson Sunday morning. Mrs. Eula Edwards, Mr. Ralph Knight and Miss Dollie Knight H pleasant gu ofe Mts sr.andset were pleasant guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McAllister Sunday. J Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant of Columbia were welcome visitors in Mt. Carmel last Saturday. Mrs. Bill "Edwards is visiting in the home of Mrs. J. B. Curtis. Dr. and Mrs. Tuten of McCor mick were visitors in Mt. Carmel Sunday. Dr. Tuetn was called pro fessionally to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott to see Mrs. Scott. We are glad to say our last news from Mrs. Scott said she was much better. Mr. D. J. McAllister was a recent business visitor in Columbia and Leesville. Dr. and Mi’s. Payson White of Columbia spent a very pleasant week end with their sister. Miss Annie White, in Mt. Carmel. RETONGA ASTONISHED HIM SAYS TOBACCO MA!^ I He Felt So Tired, Out He Could Hardly Drag Through The Day, Says Mr. Bass. Eats Anything Now; Re gained 7 Lbs. Feels Fine Again. “My friends are astonished ai the relief Retonga gave me and it would be hard for me to praise it enough,” gratefully declares Mr. Guy - Bass, well-known tobacco farmer of Route 3, Wilson, N. C. Mr. Bass stated that he also has regained seven pounds of heeded welvnc. For about a year I felt so tired out I could hardly drag\ through T , the day,” he stated, “and it seem-! 1 slce -P like a l °8> as they say. Th mm MR. GUY BASS ed to me that everything I ate gave me indigestion. I had no ap petite at all, and I felt so nervous I never seemed to get a restful nights sleep. Mornings I dragged myself out of bed feeling com- coQstipation is relieved, too, 1 have regained seven pounds and I feel strong and full of pep a- gain. Retonga beats any medi cine I ever saw.” Retonga is intended to relieve pletely worn out, and I had to distress due to Vitamin B-l deii- take harsh salts practically every ciency, constipation, insufficient day. I tried one treatment after flow of digestive juices in th? another, but I felt no better. stomach, and loss of appetite. Ac- Retonga gave me prompt and cept no substitute. Retonga may wonderful relief. I now enjoy be obtained at Peoples Drug Store, three hearty meals every day, and —Adv. Local Girl Presented Over Radio Gainesville Ga., March 22.—Miss Anne Bussey Seigler, senior at Brenau College and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Seigler of Mc Cormick, S. C., was presented in a musical broadcast over station WGGA under the. direction of Mme. Marguerite Ringo, instructor in voice. She sang the Aria from “Carmen.” AT FIRST SION OF A 666 Cold, Preparations as_directed USE CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. Miss Seigler is an outstanding J? Y -’ Pl £ ba j :s WHEREAS, Edwin Parker mad ‘ student on Brenau campus and a member of Phi Mu, national so cial sorority. apmmrm, BUY MORE WAR BONDS County Ranger Holds Quiz Contests G. L. Sharpton, county ranger, has completed quiz contests in all white and colored schools in the county. suit to me to grant him Lettf"'^ of Administration of the Estate and effects of Bessie Kenned/ Parker; THESE ARE THEREFORE, cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Bessie Kennedy Parker, de ceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at McCormick on April 2nd, Next, after publicatio 1 hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. A county-wide contest was then GIVEN under my hand, this 19tii held for the white and colored | day of March, Anno DominL 1945. winners. Prizes were awarded j J ’ ^obatf Judge frist, second and third places. I 2t.