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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1945 (PeAAcnats Mrs. Albert Sims of Leverett, Oa., was a visitor in McCormick last Thursday. M. Sgt. Harold Browne and family from Fort Moultrie are visiting here with relatives. Mrs. Furman Parton and daugh ters, Myrtle and Dean, and Mrs. Ace Burke and daughter, Mar- grete, of Lincolnton, Oa., were visitors here Friday. Miss Azalie Wofford offHender- sonville, N. C„ spent several days here last week with her brother, Mr. W. L. Wofford, and Mrs. Wof ford. -She was *en'route to Lex ington, Ky., where she is a mem ber of the faculty of the Univer sity of Ky.. Cadet Robert Hanvey, Clemson College, Clemson, spent a few days here wRh his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hanvey. ■f -fr* » Mrs. F. P. Shuler of Orangeburg is here on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Patterson. Mr. E. R. Holloway of Plum Branch was a visitor here Tues day. Out of town visitors of Mrs. G. W. Patterson last week were Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Johnson and Miss Ann Johnson #f Edgefield and Captain and Mrs. Lynnwood Johnson of Camp Croft. Mrs. Mildred Nave left last week for 'Pacific Grove, Cal., where she will spend several weeks with her sister, Mrs. George Brodie. Sgt. Brodie is stationed at Ft. Ord, California. Buy Your Furniture From S. STROM % Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. Pfc. G. Jamie Sanders, who served in Europe with the famed 30th Inf. Division, is here on fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Sanders, Jr. Mr. and itars. Zeke Widincamp and children, Betty and Mack, of Vero Beach, Fla., have moved back to McCormick. Mr. Widin camp is with Mr. Wall at the gar age. tion. Mr., and ' Mrs. G. \ W. Patterson announce' the birth of a son, George William, Jr;;.* on Septem ber 12th. Mr. J. L. Smith, spent a couple of days in Atlanta this week, buy ing mules and mares for his sale- stables here. Mrs. M. C. White returned home from the Greenwood Hospital, Greenwood, Saturday, where she underwent an operation recently, and is improving nicely. Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Bradley and daughter, Jean, are here with relatives on furlough from Camp Shelby, Miss. Dr. L. K. Simpson spoke on E- vangelism at the Ridge Associa tion which met at Salem Church near Newberry last Tuesday. Mr. J. J. Collier of Plum Branch was a visitor here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Dillashaw and Mr. George Dillashaw of St. Petersburg, Fla., are spending a couple of weeks with relatives and friends in and near town, and in Greenwood and Anderson. Dr. and Mrs. L. K. Simpson, Mrs. G. J. Sanders, Mr. J. S. Dukes and Mr. B. N. Talbert represented the McCormick Baptist Church at the Abbeville Association at Don alds last Thursday. Dr. Simpson was one of the speakers and was elected moderator of the associa- Remember — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY Thomas Lyon Post Enjoys Fish Supper The Thos. J. Lyon post of Am erican Legion enjoyed a fish stew supper, at the community house Tuesday night of last week, cooked by Frank Woodhurst of Troy. During the business session plans were discussed for a “home coming” celebration when all the beys in service get home. Officers elected for the coming year are: G. J. Sanders Commander to suc ceed C. K. Epting who was elected first vice commander and post service officer. J. Frank Mattison was elected second vice command er and Travis Dorn third vice commander. Others elected were C. H. Huguley, historian; P. W. Roper, sergeant-at-arms. G. E. Campbell was reappointed adju tant. R. L. Dendy is county,ser vice officer. Regional Meeting Municipal Association At Aiken Oct. 3rd • BOYS BOYS’ SCHOOL APPAREL COTTON PLAID SHIRTS . „ ■ V Handsome plaid cotton flan- FINGER TIP nel shirts. A favorite with REVERSIBLE COATS every boy. t This is the answer to your $1.48 boy’s coat problem for win ter. A double duty reversi ble. Tailored for service. 10.95 - 12.95 - 13.50 WOOL PLAID MACKINAWS 7.95 - 9.95 and 12.95 SCHOOL PANTS Large collection of smart pants in corduroy and part wool for school wear. All sizes and patterns. 2.98 To 4.95 BOYS’ LEATHER HELMETS 1.48 and 1.69 A Regional Meeting of the Mu nicipal Association of South Caro lina will be held at Aiken, Octo ber 3, Mayor T. J. Sibert of Mc Cormick announced. Mayor Sibert pointed out that this is one 0# a series of meetings being held to inform municipal officials of the association’s pro gram and to discuss matters per taining to the cities and towns. The Aiken meeting will be held at the City Hall beginning at 2 p. m. with Mayor Erwin Carothers of Rock Hill, president of the asso ciation, presiding. Mayor Carothers will be the first speaker. Other speakers to appear in clude Mayor E. E. Wehman, Jr., of Charleston; Mayor D. L. McLaurin of McColl; W. H. Ward, director of the extension division of the University of South Carolina; State Treasurer Jeff Bates and State Auditor J. M. Smith. Dr. E. H. Wyman, mayor of Aiken, will deliver the welcome address and Mayor F. N. Me Corkle, Camden, will give the re sponse. Counties from which cities and towns will be represented at this regional meeting are Aiken, Lex ington, Saluda, McCormick, Edge- field, Allendale, Barnwell, Green wood. J. N. Caldwell is executive sec retary of the municipal associa tion. ‘ X—; : * ’ / Meat Freezing Demonstration Oct. 12, 3:30 GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. C. A Meat Freezing demonstration will be given to the Plum Branch Home Demonstration Club on Fri day, Oct. 12, 3:30 o’clock, at the Plum Branch School. Miss Sallie Pearce, Foods Specialist, Winthrop College, will give the demonstra tion. All Club Members and in terested people are invited to at tend this meeting. Matilda Bell, Co. Home Dem. Agent. MULES, MARES Just arrived, a car- load of good, young Tennessee mules and mares. Come to mv j stables in McCormick and look them over. Terms to suit you. J. L. SMITH McCormick, S. C. »T ELLIOTT PIN* —' Strength and weight are what count In football, not fancy plays, believes Bernie Bierxnan, coach at Minnesota U. You can have the razzle-dnzzle tactics, he says . . • he’ll stick to power. This doesn't mean he wants a lot of bone-headed gorillas, but, other things being fairly equal, he has come to the conclusion that the huskier, tough er team has the edge. Minnesota produces its champion- ’ ship squads in the old-fashioned ' way. Winter practice begins in early January and continues to mid-March. Then in April spring practice starts, lasting until early June. Bierman has the team work on blocking, tackling and charging, both in scrimmage and against dummies. “Throughout these two periods my boys are slowly digest ing the 40 or more fundamental plays around which their offense will be built the following fall,” Bierman explains. Pvt. Budge Patty of Los An geles, junior tennis champion of the U. S. in 1941 and ’42, has won the singles championship of the European, African and Mediterranean theaters, in a tournament at Nice, France. Joe Sheeketski. former head coach at Holy Cross, has re turned to Notre Dame, his alma mater, as field coach. Hnnters are finding that shotgun shells are still scarce, peace or no. Farmers and ranchers are like ly to get the first chance at this year’s production of ammuni tion. Bill Jurges, veteran Giant fielder, surprised everyone by smacking out three home runs, and many hits during the sum mer ... he never used to be rated more than seventh or eighth in the batting order. Fifty years ago, on September 1, 1895, the American Bowling Con gress was organized in New Yort City . . . today the congress ha;, more than a million members. In that long ago year too, the firn National Golf tournament for wom en was played. Mrs. C. S. Brown won with a score of 132 ... for ** holes! Professional football alre originated 50 years ago. Chick Genovese, center - fieloVt for the Louisville Colonels, has ished his second consecutive ?«•«. son without an error. Ben Moroz. W* Philadelphia, is the biggest Xitvr'f- weight fighter in a long time ... be weighs 280 pounds ringside. lt4K Karl Mundt of S. Dakota wo».ts iu establish an annual internatiorjd world series with Russia, to t-.-> mote friendly relations. Lew 7'tdk. of the Milwaukee Brewers ball rtv-L. has garnered two pretty crfswta. this season: the American associ ation batting championship With .374; he also was tops in knocking out 215, In 575 tUnt* £* bat, to sqom « smia, X PAY • . . • justification The question, “How much is a man worth?" from the job stand point is one about which debate can be endless. Suppose, for instance, that the manager of a coal mine makes five times as much money for working eight hours a day as does the man who puts in a hard day mining coal. Is that a fair distribution of the income of the coal mine? Suppose the head of a large in dustry gets a salary of $200,000 a year and the average wage of his employees is $2,000 a year. Can any justification be found for pay ing the top man 100 times as much as the average employee? And what about movie actresses and radio stars? Is there any sane reason why a pretty girl with a slight amount of dramatic ability should get paid 10 times as much as the President of the United States, or why the police com missioner of New York City should be able to quadruple his earnings by joining the Gang Busters radio program? On the surface it doesiv’t seem to make sense. There are cer tainly many examples of peo ple who are getting much more money than they appear to be worth and there are other examples of people who seem to be grossly underpaid. But personally I am all for the system which permits these cases to exist when I realize that the only other choice is government control over wages. VALUE .... demand In the United States, personal in come, the same as the price of goods, is controlled by the law of supply and demand. If a man proves to be a sales genius, his services are in de mand by all companies which have t oods to sell — and his income may icrease by leaps and bounds as liusinesses outbid one another for {.is services. •tiler men doing the same sort of work. EKher he will get raises from his employer, who wants to hold him, or he will be persuaded to join a com petitive concern which recog nizes his ability. As long as business is operating at full capacity, under the Ameri can system any man with above average ability can expect to get above average wages. And any man who has the slight est degree of self-confidence shoul! prefer a system whereby his wages are limited only by hir ability to compete successfully with his fellowmen. The only individual! who might profit by government wage control are those who canT manage to climb above the bot tom rung of the ladder of success without being given a helping hand. CONTROLS . . . handicap In our highly industrialized soci ety it is perhaps advisable that tht government put a floor on wages— a floor which guarantees any man who works a subsistence wage. That would give protectior to those in the lowest strata of out economic system. But aside frorr, that, any other form of wage con trol is apt to be a rope around th# neck of the man who has ambi tion and ability. The best examples of the way wage control handicaps the mar of ability are to be found in labot unions. Any factory foreman in 2 urtion shop can cite countless ex amples jike this: two men work ing at the same type of job, one accomplishing twice as much at the other, but both receiving th« same pay because of the unior scale. Or, worse yet, the man wh< is slow and careless at his job, re ceiving higher pay than the man ct ability merely because he hai worked at the job longer. The unior is of real help to the man who can' 1 help himself, but operates, in many cases, to the disadvantage oi the man df ability. Ip the long run, most of us wil get the best break if as little ai possible is done to interfere with the free operation of the law o! supply and demand. This law may make millionaires out of a few un worthy individuals, and may makt paupers out of a few men who can * get recognition of their true ability but for the great majority of us t will continue to prove more advar • tageous than any “control” sy?i tern which has ever been though up. TXI L '.HOME Most housewives are definitely ingenious and effect countless economies in every part of the home. It takes more than a little “doing,” but intelligent care and immediate repair will make equip ment and furnishings last longer and prevent the necessity of re placements that run into money. Actually cleaning is saving. Walls, woodwork, furniture, car pets and draperies that are kept clean last longer and require less frequent refurbishing. The care of walls, whether they are papered or painted, ; • can do much to put off the day of painting or papering. Both painted and papered ' / walls should be dusted regi»* ’ ) larly. Use a long-handled soft brush vacuum cleaner attach- ! ment or a broom covered with ! i a soft cloth. Care mast be : taken when dusting not to smudge the wall — hence the e duster must be soft. ’4 Painted walls should be washed only when absolutely necessary. When it’s evident that walls must be washed, dust them first thor oughly in order to avoid streaks. Then beginning at the bottom of the wall and working up, use a mild warm cleaning solution, applying it with a soft cloth or cellulose sponge in a circular motion. There are innumerable paint cleaners on the market from crys tals and powders to pastes and jellies. But whatever type you choose follow the manufacturer’s directions implicitly. If you use a crystal or powder to be dissolved in water, measure both the water and the cleaning agent. Too strong a solution will hurt the paint and too weak a solution won’t do the work. Papered walls can be kept at tractive if spots are removed as soon as they appear. Wall paper cleaner will take off most spots so it’s a good idea to keep a box in the house with other cleaning equipment. However, a fresh grease spot can be removed by cov ering the spot with a piece of clean white blotting paper and ironing with a moderately warm iron. Other spots can frequently be re moved by rubbing them with a piece of soft crustless bread. Washable papers should be cleaned with the preparation espe cially recommended by the manu facturer. While certain makies can be washed as you would paint, ' others will not stand this treat ment. Make sure by testing the washability on a small inconspicu ous place. If you find you can wash the paper with water and cleaning agent use as little water as possi ble to avoid soaking the paper off the wall. Wring the cleaning cloth as dry as you can and avoid hard rubbing. Rinse with clear water if necessary. If a movie actress has box office appeal, all movie producers realize •'iat she would be a vaulable as- <.et to them, and her high salary r suits when they start bidding against one another. On a lesser scale, an office worker, the man who operates a machine in a factory, or a clerk in a store is able to im prove his income by proving •hat his ability is greater than ' ■ J' ■ ■ j "'TIT' *• “You can’t depend for long on legislation to increase your per capita income. So develop local industries, for no area ever pros pered at length on agriculture a- lone.”—H. M. Pace, S. C. Research. Planning, and Development Boards