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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICR, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 2, 1945 MESSENGER ftbUshe* Jmm •> IMS >MOND J. MeCRACKBN, Editor and Owner at the Peat Office at Me- (Barmlck, S. C H as a&afl matter of r Months .75 Three Ijonttia Jft \Six 1 > .. II—I ■ rn wmu^Mi 12V. ROBOT H HARPER t *» . . '.i. I < Isaac’s Heritage. Lesson for August 5: Genesis 24:10, 35-20, 34-36, 61-6? 4 Memory Verse: Psalm 16:6. The aged Abraham having ; charged his servant, probably Elie- aer, to take a wife for Isaac among • kis kinsmen in Mesopotamia, the servant began the long journey at • once. It was oriental custom for a third party to arrange a marriage; in this case Abraham did not want Isaac to visit and come under-the influence of his kinsmen who still . clung to some idolatrous practices. The faithful servant was blessed . of God even to every token for - which he had prayed. Laban was impressed by the show of wealth : by Eliezer and as the head of the Jamily readily gave his consent for : lis sister to go to Canaan. When : die decision was left to the maiden • Serself, she said simply. “I will • wrt 99 . *0. i Did ever young man have sweet- _*r things for meditation than Isaac ‘os he went into the field, as per- ' laps he had done for days? There were camels coming—their long, swinging stride was bringing his , betrothed nearer and nearer. We r mnot fathom the emotions . of the several hearts affected by Ids ancient story of love—that of r -Abraham seeing the working out of j Mr plans, of the aged Sarah not ; Sang before her death, and of the > kappy pair. Not a line indicates .ikhat they were disappointed in the choice made for them. And “all's well that ends well." We cannot approve oriental cus tom of arranging marriages, but we can approve bringing about the association of young people suited -to each other. In the case of Isaac, God provided for him in his heri tage as the successor of Abraham £)i working out the covenant of God with his people. V. By ELLIOTT PINE • Tlere's talk that Bronko Nagur-, •Ad, the mighty back of college and professional football, will attempt a comeback this season with the Chi- cnpD Bears ... he is 37 .. . friends me urging him not to try it . . .; M can't be done at his age, they; say. and it would be better for Mss to remember him in his great day*. . . . It's somewhat different in other sports, like basebalL Tony Onccinello of the White Sox is 38, kat he is now enjoying his best season ih his 19 years of playing,: Boiling above .300. Golf stars often Beep going well in their later 30s, kat not football players ... or prize- Bgbters. Ptsncisco Segura, the tennis mar- Wd from Ecuador, wanted to be a bullfighter when a youth. Steve Xoser of the Yankees has been ac cepted for the army ... he is a afghthand pitcher . . . the Yanks aaed him in only four games this aeason. Nick Buzolich of Pepperdine coDege, Los Angeles, who ranks XStb in the nation as a tennis player, is also close to the top as a basketball center ... he is t feet, 7 inches tall ... In a bas ketball game five years ago he scored 84 points. Some kind of record was hung up fertely by Wendell (“Bill’’) Davis. Milwaukee Brewer pitcher ... he won five straight games in eight days, four p.s relief man, and the either as starter. Charles Beaudry. Marquette U, won the national N.A.U. decathlon with 5,886 points Oharles Morgan of New Orleanr LJU.S.A. was second with 5,850. The decathlon demands all-round ath letic proficiency. Philadelphia po- Bee arrested 14 men on July 8 for gambling in Shibe park during the first half of the Phillies-Cub game. The men took bets on every angU «T the g£me . . . strikes, hit?, errors, as well as runs. The years 1876 to 1880 were land marks in sports ... in 1876 tho first intercollegiate track and field meets were staged . . . polo was introduced in the fall. Badminton came to the U. S. in 1878, and the first cross-country run was held thet year. The first archery tournament was run off in 1879 . . . and in 1880 ise hockey was first played. The ‘Big Three’ in Berlin Shown, left to right, are Marshal Joseph Stalin, USSR; PresJJcc! Barry S. Truman, U. S. A., and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Qr?a* Britain, pictured together for the first time Just before the opening of the Big Three conference in the Potsdam, Germany* area. Yanks Shell Japan at Will YEUCW SEA 'V -t.r v .. . m . CHINA » - EAST CHINA SEA !400 Ml. / 350 Ml W /.* OKINAWA Frmosa Ocean >>• s- The Big Three V 'Hi W/llT/MI l>If 1/a\T| p, r . •.-( t Potsdam -me csNTuRy-oto SEEDING PtACC os rXOSJ'-AN NWLlTARlSM •W- PEACE TALK BROWS AS ALLIES POUND JAPAN In the boldest naval action of the war, units of the U. S. Pacific fleet steamed into the Jap front yard and for the first time tossed tons of shells from heavy warships into a Jap city. The target was Kamai- shi strategic steel-producing center on Honshu. More than 1,008 car rier p’anes swarmed over northern Honshu and Hokkaido and, unchal lenged by Jap aircraft, blasted enemy installations. Map shows the U. S. base at Okinawa in relation to Japan. Japanese Suicide Boats Foiled .tm* 1 ■mma *■<£ ' ViV- n These two Jap suicide boats, captured by Sixth division marine caves before the Nips could get them into action, are typic?.! n? i s * found during the Okinawa campaign. On the boat in the osd is chalked the wanting “Danger, these boats are booby-trapped." The Middles By Bob i ' cy f Coo*o< fl mP'A avdO*-® u v: \ v Surrender Now or Invite Destruction, Enemy Told By AL JEDLICKA Pointed up by the Big Three discussions in Berlin, Jap anese talk continued to stir the Allied world, even as the U. S. fleet with British detachments roamed up and down the jagged coastline of the enemy homeland to join the air forces in laying down a devastating fire. Inspired shortly after Germany’s^ collapse by reports that Japanese business*interests had sounded out the U. S. on possible terms, and quickened by President Harry S. Truman’s definition of unconditional surrender as an opportunity for the common people to throw off the militaristic yoke and return to nor mal pursuits, the peace talk gained further momentum by speculation that Premier Stalin had brought en emy proposals to Berlin. In the welter of peace talk, the Sydney Sun of Australia declared that “the end of the war may come with dramatic suddenness," and Capt. E. M. Zacharias of the U. S. navy speaking for the government called upon the Japanese leaders to give up now or risk total destruc tion of their country. With Japan’s great industrial centers in blackened ruins, her principal sea ports bombed out, her internal communications ruptured threatening food as well as military transport, and the Allied fleets tightening a blockade of the isolat ed homeland, Nipponese leaders have publicly proclaimed that the country faces the greatest crisis of its history. Despite the dominance of con servatives in the Japanese govern ment headed by General Suzuki, however, the enemy has intensified its efforts to carry on the war through the complete mobilization of the population and its resources, undoubtedly with the intention of obtaining the best terms possible. Having fought hard through the Pacific, and especially so on Iwo Jima and Okinawa where an elab orate new defensive system of cave warfare was tried out at heavy cost to the attackers, the Japs now pro pose to carry the same kind of bat tle to the homeland itself, with a civilian home guard of 35,000,000 backing up the regular army of 4,000,000. With Japanese plans of a purely defensive nature despite familiar talk of brand new secret weapons designed to wipe out the invaders at a single stroke, etc., and with the U. S. possessing a tremendous su periority in armament and materi al, American spokesmen have sought to impress upon the enemy that they certainly could expect no easier terms after infliction of heavy losses on the U. S. than if they gave up now. Still on friendly terms with the Japs despite the recent abrogation of their non-aggression pact, Rus sia assumed a key position in the reported peace talk with the specu lation that Stalin bore Nip terms to Berlin. Even as the Big Three sat down for their historic discus sions embracing the remaking of Europe as well as the Pacific war, a high Soviet spokesman in London averred that the Reds would be will ing to transmit any genuine Japa nese offer to the U. S., and that Russian participation in the far eastern conflict would have to be carefully weighed in the light of heavy losses suffered against Ger many. At the same time. President Tru man was reported to have borne American peace terms for the con sideration of the Big Three. Drawn up by the U. S. war. navy and state departments, the terms supposedly included; 1. Surrender of all enemy ground, air and sea equipment and the disbandment of person nel. 2. Evacuation of conquered territory, including Korea, Manchuria and Formosa. 3. Destruction of war indus try, and supervision over all enemy ports, shipbuilding and manufacturing facilities in the postwar period. 4. Surrender of all war crim inals. Anent popular discussion over the status of the Mikado, the Syd ney Sun, commenting on peace pos sibilities, editorialized; “Hirohito still is the god-emperor. By one stroke of a pen he could relieve Japan’s terror and make peace. There is every reason to believe that U. S. policy is preparing him for that part in the drama.” In appealing to Japanese leaders to surrender now. Captain Zachari as carefuDy summarized the dis astrous course of the war for Nip pon, pointed out the overwhelming potential of the U. S. war machine, reviewed President Truman’s lib eral interpretation of unconditional surrender, and sought to assure the squeamish enemy military hierar chy that surrender has had histori cal precedent as an honorable means of admitting a lost cause. “The leaders of Japan have been entrusted with the salvation and not the destruction of Japan." Cap tain Zacharias said. “The Japa nese leaders face two alfprnatives. One is the virtual de'-truetion of Japan followed by a dictated peace. The other is unconditional surren der with its attendant benefits as laid down by the Atlantic Charter. “At present there are still some influential people in the United States who would not like to see the destruction of Japan. But our patience, too, has its limits, and it is rapidly running out. Your con tinued refusal to heed the sound and sober advice of counselors will convince even the greatest humani tarian among us that the destruc tion of everything which supports the Japanese war potential is the only way to terminate the war." Meanwhile, the American mili tary and naval chieftains main tained their pressure against the enemy, giving him no breathing spell despite the peace talk. \ Cattle Herds Should Be Culled When Prices Are Good NUMBER OF CATTLE ON FARMS AND AVERAGE VALUE PER HEAD, U.S., —Jan. I, 1900-1945 Number of cattle (millions 85 \ Value per head - (dollars) - 80 Number of cattle on farms Value per head i.l-i-i- \ * '■*v 1M i 1900 *05 *10 *15 •20 *25 *50 9 55 *40 *45 Year ' „ ( The next few months may be one of the most favorable periods cattlemen will experience for some time to cull out and market old cows and other undesirable cattle. The supply of meats will become scarcer during the summer months as the marketings of fed cattle and hogs decline. On the other hand, the de mand for meats will continue to be great. The end of the war in Europe will not likely lessen the military needs for meats, and civilians are getting only a small part of what they would like to buy. Prices of the lower grades will likely weaken from their present strong position as marketings increase in the late sum mer and fall but should continue to be more favorable than can be expected a year hence.