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McCORMICh '> ■iOOTH (.AK<HJINA Thursday, June 21, 1945 ■cCORMICK MESSENGER rabllshed Every Thursday Established June 8, IMS FARMERS HARD /T V/C v TO BOOST FOOD PFX CTION ■DMONU J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ■Stored at tl»« Post Office at Mc Cormick, S* C« as mall matter of SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U*e Tear $1.00 WbL Months .75 Three Months.50 t REV. ROBERT H HARPER T The New Church in the Pagan World. Lesson for June 24: 1 Timothy 6:3S, MJ6; I Peter 4:12-16. Memory Perse: Matthew 6:33. In the lesson we learn of the frials the New Church had to en dure. One of these was the tempta tion to turn away from the received truth. Sound doctrine was needed then, as now. The man who de- * parts from the truth is “puffed up” and knows nothing — he serves enly to . stir up disputes and wrangling.. Paul warned, Timothy against any tendency toward the material to his ministry. The possession of wealth, honestly acquired, is not in itself sin. But the love of money is die root of all evil. Timothy is eharged to flee from the evils at tendant upon the love of money, and to follow after righteousness, dgftt the good fight of faith, lay Baft) upon eternal life, and “keep toe commandment” . . . until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul’s conviction in stressing the supremacy of spiritual things was strengthened by his expectation of die early, return of Jesus. Christians were called upon to do more than give up material things —persecutions destined to go on through three centuries had al ready begun when Peter wrote. He encouraged Christians in their dials by pointing them beyond the toings of this transitory world; in asmuch »as they were partakers of Christ’s sufferings they would be able to rejoice at the revelation of Bis glory. Christians should cer tainly not be found suffering as •vil-doers. but, if called upon to suf- Jer as Christians, should not bt ashamed, but rather glorify God If present-day Christians really bf» ■eve in the risen Lord, they should welcome every hard task and re joice m difficulties bravely met as steps in their uniform progress to- *vards the celestial city. MILL SUPPLIES We have in stock endless Belts 4” to 12” wide, 15 Ft. to 75 F't. long and large stock belt 1” to 14” wide for saw mills and other drives. Welding Rods and Supplies, Bab bitt Metal, Valves, Pack ing, Pipe Fittings, Emery Wheels, A. C. Welders, Acetylene Generators. Call us for machinery and mill supplies. RICHMOND SUPPLY CO. 630 Seventh Street, Phone 2-7797, Augusta, Ga. 4 mm "? ! P«D DEALER Will buy by the Pen, Unit or Boundary HARRY REAM McCormick, S. C. By L. G. ELLIOTT, President La Salle Extension University With the coming of warmer weather and better growing condi tions for the crops, the farmers drive to produce the maximum amounts of food this year is mak ing progress in the face of unusual handicaps. Unfavorable weather In many parts of the country inter fered with the spring work of plowing and planting. Below-nor- mal temperatures throughout large sections of the major agricultural regions have made the season quite a little'later than usual. Even so, farmers are forging ahead in an earnest, constructive way. Production of almost every kind of food, except livestock, is already high and is being held close to the peak leyel which prevailed last year. Output of meat is much larger than average, but somewhat below the record amount of two years ago, with the most decline in hogs. More milk is being pro duced than ever before, not only because of the larger number of milk cows, but also because the amount of milk per cow is very near to the peak. Egg production has fallen off but is still more than 25 per cent above the prewar aver age. Early truck crops are above the record set last year, and 20 per cent above average. The first crop reports of the sea son show that prospects, for thi? year’s later crops are not quite so good as they were at this time last year. They are catching up rapid ly, however, and with a few more good days will come close to mak ing up the loss caused by the wet, cold weather. The heavy rainfall may turn out to be an advantage for it will mean more rapid growth later. TTie plants will have plenty of moisture to m^ke them develop faster. The record winter wheat crop of over 800.000.000 bushels is a good indication of what may be achieved with other crops. The out put of hay will also be near to a new record. Farmers planned to plant about the same number of acres this year as they did last year when the total was very close to the highest ever planted. They will do it even though they may have to get along with fewer workers and less farm machinery, at least until much later in the season. A substantial number of farm workers may be released from the armed forces, and manufacture of farm ma chinery may be speeded up, but many obstacles still handicap farmers. Some shifts in crop plans have been made necessary by the later season and delays in planting have proved farmers to be ener getic and resourceful in carrying out their resolutions to put every acre of land to the best possible use that circumstances will permit. Farmers are also making plans for the postwar period when de mand for food and fibres may not be so large as it has been in re cent years, and will continue to be this season. They have put them selves in stronger financial position as they have evidently been using their large wartime incomes to pay off indebtedness, to invest in gov ernment bonds that will help speed victory, and to put the money into other forms of savings. The farm mortgage debt is less than half what it was at the high point sev eral years ago, and is now close to the lowest in 28 years. It was re duced by many millions last year. Parenthood BY MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS Associate Editor, Parents’ Magazine CHILD’S APTITUDE TESTS P ARENTS who themselves may have known the frustrations of being square pegs in round holes are particularly anxious to have their children achieve their rightful place in life. But their very zeal sometimes results in another misfit, for the position the parents have always longed for may not suit their child at all. Here is where the new science of aptitude testing can be in valuable. This science is not so infallible that it will deter mine exactly what career your child should aim for, but the tests should be able to discover a child’s special talents, and certainly they should indicate types of work for which he isn’t naturally endowed. This alone should save a great deal of heartache and wasted effort. An aptitude is a potential ability or skill (a talent we used to say) as distinguished from an acquired ability. Whether or not we are actually bom with our special apti tude hasn’t been proved but they are usually discernible by the age of nine. We may never make maximum use of them from la^k of opportunity, because of ill health, because of pressure of oth er work into which we may drift, or for a number of other reasons. But even if neglected they seem to mature as we do; so that an unused talent is a greater source of dis content as we grow older than it was when we were children. This may be partly because children have greater freedom to use their undeveloped gifts in their play than later on when they may be working at a job which doesn’t employ all their talents. Some of the aptitudes for which tests have been developed are: en gineering, mechanical, clerical, judging spatial relations (an ability needed by architects, dressmakers. layout men. sculptors and the like), use of words, finger dexterity, as well as talents for music, acung and so forth. Of what value is it to know the special aptitudes of a school child who is still years away from a ca reer? Well, for one thing, deter mining the trend of his abilities may save him from being consid ered stupid or uncooperative. Sun- pose he tests high in dealing with three-dimensional problems — an ability shared by engineers, archi tects, surgeons—and poor in cleri cal ability. Since the early school years stress written work, which he does laboriously and messily, such a child won’t be giving a true picture of his mental capacities. He may even be poor in arithmetic be cause of the rows of figures he must write out, yet later on when he reaches geometry and the sci ences he could be a star pupil pro vided he has not been discouraged from going that far by poor grades in elementary mathematics. Once he unde/stands why his present school work is hard for him, and has a goal of later achievement to work toward, he will give in less to discouragement. Also, his teachers will judge him more fairly and this, too, will add to his self-esteem. And as a prac tical help, he can be given more chances to recite orally and if pos sible start shop work, manual train ing and mechanical drawing ear lier than is usual. But it is the long range value of aptitude testing that makes it promise better adjusted human beings. For the happy, successful person is the one who is using all his abilities, with no great, unused talent gnawing at his mind. Like wise most failures are due to at tempting careers, often chosen for us by others, for which we lack the baak aptitudes. T £ L £ £ A C T ■r—i MOST OF OUR PRESIDENTS HAVE HAD FROM: FEDERAL OFFICE MILITARY CABINET GOVERNSHIP CONGRESS CONGRESSIONAL EXPERIENCE i it it iiittitimmimiiit Each »ron repfientt one Prendenl Candidate for the ‘Distinguished Service Medal’ 1 I \ 1 * | I 5 1 t > \ ( i ‘REDEPLOYMENT’ LATEST U. S. WAR PROBLEM TROOP SHIFT TO PACIFIC TO FAX TRANSPORT LINES By A1 Jedlicka Literally rolling up their sleeves and hitching up their belts, both* the army and transportation companies of the U. S. have undertaken the huge task of shifting men and material from Europe to the Pacific through this country in the least time possible for bringing the full weight of American arms to bear against the Japs. Known as “redeployment,” the program calls for the return of some 3,100,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of tons of material within nine<$> —— months of V-U Day, with 845,000 men being transferred during the first three months; 1,185.000 during the next three, and 807,000 during the last three. Because of the tremendous na ture of the project, and the need for maintaining ordinary shipments for occupation forces in Europe and advancing armies in the Pacific, the railroads of the country will find themselves confronted with one of the most complex traffic situations in their long history. Already they have put out a call for thousands of additional employees such as clerks, stenographers, brakemen, conductors, engineers, firemen, switchmen, blacksmiths, carpen ters, machinists, freight handlers, crossing watchmen and regular track gangmen. During the peak of withdrawal from Europe, approximately 500,- 000 men will be shifted to the U. S., it is estimated, with about 50,000 carried by air and the rest by wa ter. American troopships not re quired in the Pacific along with British transports and more than 400 reconverted cargo vessels thus will move the brunt of the men. The capture of usable enemy shipping will help to speed up the withdrawal by as much as 60,000 during the second three month pe riod and 117,000 during the last quarter, 'it is estimated, with time needed to reconvert the vessels for troop service impeding their imme diate utilization. Once the hundreds of thousands of G.I.s start pouring into Amer ican ports, and substantial quanti ties of material ar'a received, the railroads will be pressed to handle the load. Under the army’s program, troops landing in this country will be sent to disposition cen ters close to the embarkation ports. There, they will be bro ken up into units hailing from the same regions and then dis patched to personnel reception stations, where they ivill be fur loughed after be»mr paid and issued required clothing. After completing their furlough, they will then return to the recep tion station for reassignment. In detailing the movement of these troops, the military-civilian railroad urgency committee figured that each soldier would make an average of four train trips during redeployment, with the total adding up to 10,000,000 for all men. In view of this huge movement and the or dinary military traffic, the public again has been cautioned to travel sparingly to relieve the passenger congestion felt for the last fow years. Simultaneous with the transfer of troops from Europe to this coun try during the redeployment period, huge stores of material also are scheduled to be shipped to the Pa cific through the U. S. At V-E Day, American armies had more than 5,500,000 tons of supplies on the continent, including 700,000 tons of ammunition and more than 1,000,000 separate items, ranging from loco motives to watch repair tools. Germany’s surrender saw U. S. forces with 3,000.000 small arms. 11,000 njedium and light artillery pieces, 350.000 automatic weapons , and mortars, 62.000 combat ve- ; hides and 371,000 other motorized units. In line with the policy of making : the fullest use of available materi al, the quartermaster corps will re- : pair 94.000,000 pieces of clothing for j reshipment to this country, while the ordnance department will re- [ habilitate 160.000 motor vehicles; ' the signal corps. 255.000 radios; the » engineer corps, 21,000 pieces of con- ■ struction -equipment; the chemical warfare division. 2.000.000 gas * masks, and the medical corps, 23,- 000 pieces of electro-medical equip ment. .' ' Despite all of the careful prepa ration for redeployment, the move- . ment will tax the facilities of the American railroad industry. For one thing, fewer rail lines service th •* Wesi coast than the heavily industrialized East, and it is estimated that monthly traffic to the area will rise from the present 148,000 cars to 173,- 000. Further, when war ship ping will reach its peak in late summer and early fall, the car- , riers will have to divert thou sands of freight cars to move the wheat harvest. And. final ly, substantial supplies s* -11 will have to be hauled to East coast ports for delivery to occupa tion forces in Europe. Though army officials declared • that every effort would be made to clear most Pacific-bound shipments • through West coast ports. East and Gulf coast ports are expected to accommodate any overflows and also load vessels being transferred { from the Atlantic to the Orient through the Panama canal. Cognizant of the magnitude of the : task before it, the army was well . prepared for redeployment, having drawn up plans as early as last Oc- i tober to avoid the cluttering of East . coast ports with freight cars and supplies after V-E Day. Under the army’s plan, European commanders were asked to desig nate whether supplies they r equest- , ed would be needed after V-E Day or not. If not, they could quickly be shifted to other points after V-E , Day, thus releasing many freight cars and at the same time prevent ing the accumulation of large stacks of idle materials. South Carolina Leads In Food Enrichment Clemson, June 16. — Following the lead of South Carolina, which was a pioneer in food enrichment for health, one out of every three states in the union now has a feed enrichment law similar to the South Carolina law. Dr. E. J. Lease, head of the Nutrition De partment of the South Carolina Experiment Station, said here to day, discussing the progress of food enrichment in this and other states. To date. 18 states have enacted enrichment laws patterned after ours, Dr. Leo.se said. These states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Hamp shire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. In 1942 South Carolina’s Legisla ture enacted the first state law to require the enrichment of flour, bread, and margarine with the vitamins and minerals that are lacking in the average diet. In 1913 the Legislature, upon recom mendation* from the State Nutri tion Committee, enacted a law requiring the enrichment of de- germinated corn meal and pearl Five states now have enact ed a similar law. They are Ala bama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The North Carolina corn enrichment law becomes effective July 1, 1945. The General Assembly postponed enforcement of the South Carolina law until November 15. The Miss issippi law becomes effective Sep tember 1, and the Alabama law, December 31. Pointing out that corn is in ferior to wheat as a food, Dr, Lease explained that corn meal, whether degerminated or the en tire ground corn, is especially de ficient in niacin, the anti-pellagra vitamin. Recent studies have shown that corn requires unusual ly large amounts of niacin for its digestion or pellagra results. In order to counteract this undesira ble property of corn, a program is underway to get voluntary en richment of the corn meal ground in the rock mills of South Caro lina. An appreciable amount of vitamins and minerals must be added to whole-corn meal to make it equal in food value to whole wheat flour or- enriched white flour. X —Buy War Savings Stamps—.