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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMRER 29, 1945 feCORMICK HfiSSENGl f rabllsbed Baerj | established June •. PDBIOND J. gBtnrrll at the rest Office at Bte- Galmfck; S. as tteD1*a«t*t if <Sitf'se4Anid'class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Vpp- ,-fl ■hi Months — .H ] Three Months jOPA Prfce And Ra*- ’ tiohing' Week ’ Of November 26,194S 1 nclt r ) imtimi I t REV. ROBERT H HARPER t The Christian anti His F.ronnmie Relations. Lesson for December 2: Deuteron omy 8:17-18: Luke 12:13-21. Memory Selection: Luke 12:15. The lesson text, clearly shows the truth set forth in the memory selec tion that “a map’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things he possesseth.” Jesus does not con demn wealth. He urges that things be given a secondary place to the spirit / The verses from Deuteronomy show that good things come from God, and later Jesus taught the doctrine of stewardship of all that the rather commits to men in sa cred trust. Answering the man who asked Jesus to intervene in a property division, the Lord warned His hear ers against covetousness, then told the story of the foolish farmer. He was one of the best of farmers but one of the worst of men. His whole life had been marred by three great mistakes that brought his earthly ruin and his eternal loss— he loved things and was self-cen tered, he thought he could feed his soul on com, and he counted on un limited time to enjoy the things he had gathered. Misanthrope, he planned to hoard the biggest crop he had ever made, for himself; Epicurean, he would eat, drink, and be merry, address ing his soul as that which might be put in a stall and fed like the dumb brutes of his farm, and Fool, as God called him, he dreamed of un- Bmited time to indulge his sordid appetites. But the nig’it following God re quired the man’s soul, and of all he had gathered he carried nothing away. So let the Christian beware of the corroding nature of riches and, regarding things as God’s gifts, so consecrate what he has and "what he is to God and his fellows that when earthly things fail he may be received “into everlasting habitations.” Auditor’s Notice . I will be at the following places on the dates given below, to take tax returns, on real and personal property. All owners, agents, guardians, administrators, attor neys, etc., please take notice and make correct returns for 1946: Office, Jan. 2nd thru the 7th and all.davs in Jan. and Feb. ex cept as follows: Bordeaux, Jan. 8th, 2:30 to 4:30 P. M. ... , J. C. Talbert’s Store, Jan. 10th, 8:30 to 10:00 A. M. Mrs. J. J. Link’s, Jan. 10th, 10:30 to 12 noon. i. Plum Branch, Jan. 15th, 8:30 to 12 noon. t D. W. Trammell’s Store, Jan. 22nd, 8:30 to 10 A. M. E. M. Morgan’s Store, Jan. 22nd, 10:30 to 12 noon. Pa ,r k 0 .ville, Jan. 29th, 8:30 to 10:30 A. M. Modoc, Jan. 29th, 10:30 to 12 noon. , Mrs. Callison’s Store, Feb. 5th, 8:30 to 10 A. M. Vernon Church, Feb. 5th, 10:30 to i? noon. • Willington, Feb. 12th, 8:33 to 10 A. M. Mt. Carmel, Feb. 12th, 10 to 12 noon. Jeff Sharpton’s, Feb. 14th, 9 to 10:30 A. M. J. O. Marshall’s, Feb. 14th, 10:30 to 12 noon. . After Feb. the 28th the* law says add 10 per cent penalty to those who failed or refused to make returns. . * All male persons between 21 and 60 years old are liable for poll tax, all between 21 £md 50 years old are liable for road or street tax, except those in the armed forces. All , discharged soldiers should make returns. C. W. PENNAL, Auditor, McCormick County. Do You Suffer From Muscular x Aches And Pains? TRY DMC Compound No. 49 . SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 38 how valid, expires December 3L The Victory Over Inflation Is Still To Be-WottW ’ Following the announcement by OPA’s National Administrator of the removal of meats, fats, and oils from rationing to become ef fective at 12:01 A. M., Saturday, November 24, 1945, E. H. Talbert, District OPA Director, emphasized the fact that even though ration ing controls have been removed from these items, price control will remain in full force and will continue indefinitely. . Mr. Talbert urges all consumers not to destroy their ration books as sugar stamps in War Ration Book IV will continue to be Used and there is a possibility that it may be necessary to use other ra tion stamps in the future. OPA, Army Aids Vets In Used Car Drive Alarmed by increasing reports that discharged servicemen are being victimized by some un scrupulous used car dealers, OPA has joined with the Army’s Ser vice Command in efforts to stamp out the practice, according to E. H. Talbert, OPA District Director in Columbia. The used car racket is especially prevalent near separation centers, Mr. Talbert said, explaining that some dealers are using various dodges " to collect over-ceiling prices from veterans who waht a car to drive to their homes. In some cases reported to the Army and OPA, sellers have been fla grant about violations, acting on the surmise that ' the veteran would prefer to pay the over charge rather than be delayed by a court suit to recover the over payment. Mr. Talbert quoted Major Gen eral Edward H. Brooks, command ing general of the Fourth Service Command, as saying that • the army wi"* make every effort to protect the rights of retuijning veterans. S3jiaJra?tibft ‘ centers throughout' the Southeast have al ready been notified of illegal methods employed' by used car dealers, and are “briefing” dis chargees accordingly. The OPA official emphasized that all individual cases of viola tions should be . reported to local Price Control boards, with the a- gency promising swift, effective enforcement action'in every case UtiUty Shirt Price^-Not Upped "At Retail ■ The Atlanta Reh’t Office has been giveh a weighty problem to ponder. A landlord, who has recently built a new porch on one of hio rental houses, is seeking to evict the present occupants. “The woman weighs well over 300 pouhds,” hq fold the. 1 OPA pjz fice, “and f’m afraid she'll ckve in my new pofdh.^ The rent office, being very helpful, suggested that he might offer her *a reducing course along with her next rent receipt. Watch ’ For Markers On Nylons, Says OPA’ No one seems to know just when the market will be flooded with a plentiful supply of nylon hosiery, but when the nylons arrive they will carry a : tag giving all the information the customer needs in making her purchase, accord- to OPA District Director E. H. Talbert who yesterday advised shoppers to look for these mark ers for their own protection. The official said these official tags, attached to one stocking in each pair of nylons, will give such salient data as the retail ceiling price, the gauge and denier, of the hose the name of the maker; whether or not they are irregulars, seconds, or third quality; and whether they are out-size or extra long. Mr. Talbert also reminded a ny lon-hungry public that the hose would return to the market at prices at least one-fourth below those charged in 1942, with ceil ing prices for first quality, full- fashioned nylons ranging from 95 cents to $2.05, compared to previ ous ceilings of $1.65 to $2.50. " / ~r; An amendment to the Restaur ant Price Regulation effective November 19, allows eating estab lishments to serve meals on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s at the same prices charged for comparable meals in 1942, J. B. Baker*, OPA District Food 3P2- cialist in Columbia, announced to day. Under the former regulations, eating establishments were limit ed to 15 per cent above the highest priced meals served on Sunday. The purpose of this action is to restore normal relationships be tween ordinary prices and holiday prices in OPA’s attempt to stabi lize decontrol, Mr. Baker explain ed. _-Retail merchants, in Columbia and over South Carolina were re minded today by George D. Tay lor, OPA District Price Specialist, He Would Hate To Think Of Anyone Suffering More Dis tress From Acid Indigestion, Says Mr. Johnson. Pains v And Aches In Muscles Also Promptly Relieved. “Retonga has been worth so much to me that I would not be without it,” declares Mr. D. D. Johnson, well-known resident of Blossiield Streeu, Macon, Ga., and plant carpenter at one of Macon’s big textile mills. Dis cussing Retonga he happily con tinued : “I would hate to think of any one suffering more distress from acid indigestion. Gas in my stomach bloated me up sometimes until I felt like my breath would step. For months I didn’t know what a restful night’s sleep was, I felt full of toxic poison from con stipation and at times I ached so from head to foot that I felt like every joint in my body would pop open. The pains in my legs and ankles often were so severe I could hardly stand up. “The relief Retonga gave me surpasses anything in my experi ence. I eat three good meals a day, sleep as sound as a log and I , MR. D. D. JOHNSON even feel good after a hard day’s work. The constipation and pains and aches are fully relieved and I don’t think I have fait better in ten years. Retonga is a grand medicine.” Retonga is a purely herbal stomachic medicine combined with liberal quantities of Vitamin B-l and is intended to relieve distress due to insufficient flow of gastric juices in the stomach, loss of ap petite, Vitamin B-l deficiency and constipation. Accept no substi tute. Retonga may be obtained at People’s Drug Store.—Adv. 15£J 3E i Such pains can be most severe. However, many people have experienced amazingly prompt relief by taking D. M. C. COM POUND No. 49. Try it t o d a y ; get a package. CAUTION: Use only as directed. Price $3.00. Sold on a money back guar antee if not satisfied with results. FOR SALE BY PEOPLES DRUG STORE —Adv. MILL SUPPLIES PROMPT SERVICE S. DONALD FORTSON CO. 901 Reynolds St. Augusjp, Ga. .. — Uit *-*«' d. SERVICES IN CLASH OVER UNIFIED COMMAND Navy Fights Army Stand For Single Defense Force By AL JEDLICKA Having teamed closely to win the war, the army and navy find themselves widely split on the question of a uni fied postwar command, with the army strongly for a merger and the navy just as strongly against one. Evidence of the services’ differ-^" ences over the future makeup of the nation’s defensive organization was forcibly brought out in hear ings before a senate military af fairs subcommittee considering the unification proposal. Starting off with a bang with Lt. Gen. James Doolittle ! s blistering attack against moss-backed resistance to change, contradictory testimony by top army and navy chieftains left open the question of how much more progress, teamwork, preparation and economy could be made by tie- ing up the services. ... . v Doolittle stressed these points in his pepperish appearance before the solons. Long an aviation fig ure, leader of the first carrier at tack on Tokyo, and one of the top men in the aerial campaign against Germany. ; Doolittle called for a complete overhauling of the na tion’s concept of dc-fense. . In strerrir.g th: need for a pro-1 j'Uildmg up their gressive defense, Dooliitle cited his tlor ^ own futile struggle for a separate air force and unified command in 1934, and then rocked the navy with the statement that modern aerodynamics were outmoding sur face vessels. Declaring that 96 per cent of the damage done to Japan was done by land-based B-29s, and such bom bardment made invasion unneces sary, Doolittle said the aircraft carrier has reached its highest degree of efficiency and will go down while the battleship has been obsolete for 10 years. Only by combining the sea, ground and air services into a sin gle command, he argued, will a true over-all estimate be made of the comparative advantages of each branch, and money appropri ated to do the most good. Referring to the advantage of co ordination in a unified command, Doolittle stated that such close teammork in peace would prevent early blundering in war and also teach service personnel to work side by side more smoothly. As star witness No. 2, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower shared Doo little's strong convictions for a uni fied command, declaring that with the air force now grown to the sta tus of an independent arm serious confusion would reign if three dif- *'rent doiiiponents" of national de- i tense vied with each other in own organiza- “Without a merger, we run the danger of a situation where each of the three branches considers itself solely responsible for the defense of the United States,” Eisenhower asserted. “The result is a three- way scramble. The three pieces, acting separately, can no more fit together than a tom cat and bull dog pulling on the same team.” Only by working togethr/r, Eisen hower continued, can a safe bal ance be preserved between the three important defensive branches, thus assuring a strong striking arm capable of keeping the peace so dearly bought. 7 In considering the economic.^as- pects of a merger, Eisenhower averred that a unified command would result in a powerful military force with 25 per cent less men i than would be needed if all three . services maintained their individ ual identity. At the same time, ‘ administrative costs would be cor*' • respondingly lower. \ As for eliminating wasteful du- ; plication through co-ordination, ; Eisenhower cited tht wartime in- I 1 stance where the army and navy ’ researchists working separately > had developed almost similar rock-, . ets, with only .05 inch difference- J between the two missiles. In representing the navy’s oppo sition to a merger, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, leader of the Allied sea i campaign against the Japs, re- : versed a previous stand by declar- i ing that the continued development ; ’ of the services could be expected V. under the present setup of separate , war and navy departments. In the same breath, he bucked the pro- "' posal for making the air force an j independent component of defense, ' stating that its progress was as-^' sured as part of the army. 'rtjii Challenging Eisenhower’s asser- v tion that there is no such thing as a separate land, sea or air war, ’ :! Nimitz said: ;r “Who can predict whether or not," the national economy and strength of a future enemy is one which can : :• best be attacked by sea p^wer, . power or land power, p.; a team, , composed of all three? ■ . ‘ “Our country is dependent upon \ sea power for its external influ- - ence. If we control the sea-lapes. . , we have influence. ! If not, "we are limited to the boundaries of our country.” • J Instead of unifying the services, Nimitz asked for adoption of Sec retary of the Navy Forrestal’s pro* , posal for creating a national secu- \ rity council to be composed of the . heads of the state, navy and war departments. In his opinion, such a move would assure a more prac tical method of cohesing the sep arate services than a largely ex perimental merger. •i . C' r,. v i - i:' ..T A I f J that all sales of pecans both in- shel and shelled have a definite ceiling price. The maximum price for pecans varies according to grade and size, ranging from a ceiling of 22 1-2 cents per pound for orchard-run seedlings to 37 1-2 cents per pound for U. S. No. 1 oversize, that being the maximum price that any seller (including farmers) can legally obtain for the best grade of pecans in shells. Retail prices for pecans in Co lumbia and over South Carolina range from 29 cents per lb. for orchard-run seedlings to 50.6 cents per pound for U. S. No. 1 oversize, that being - the maximum price that any retailer can legally ob tain for the best grade of pecans. Both buyers and sellers are urged to observe maximum ceiling prices for the protection of everyone, Mr. Taylor added. TOWN TAX NOTICE USE 666 COLD PREPARATIONS LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS Caution, use only as directed. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF McCORMICK, SOUTH CARO LINA, IN COUNCIL ASSEM BLED, AND BY AUTHORITY OF THE SAME. * SECTION 1. That a tax of four mills of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property ly ing within the corporate limits of the Town of McCormick, S. C. as assessed for State and County purposes is hereby levied and as sessed to meet and defray the current expenses of the Town of McCormick, S. C. for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 1945. The said taxes shall be due and payable at the office of the Town Clerk on the first day of October, 1945. SECTION 2. That in addition to the above levy of 4 mills, for cur rent expenses as provided in sec tion one of this Ordinance, a levy of thirty eight mills (38) is here by made upon the real and per sonal property lying within the corporate limits of the Town of McCormick. The same is hereby levied for the purpose of paying interest on bonds and to retire bonds of the Town of McCormick, S C SECTION 3. That the Clerk and Treasurer shall enter said levies and assessments upon the books of the said Town of McCormick and receive said taxes, that the said taxes shall oe paid to the Clerk and Treasurer in lawful money of the United States on or before the first day of January, 1946. SECTION 4. That on all taxes and assessments, or any portion , thereof, charged 'against any nropp' ty nr party on the duplicate for the fiscal current year and due the Town of McCormick, S. C. that shall not be paid on or be fore the first day of January, 1946, the Town Clerk shall add a penal ty of 1 per cent on the Town dup licate and shall proceed to collect the same. And if the said taxes and penalties are not paid on or before the 1st day of February, 1946, an additional penalty of 2 per cent shall be added and if the. said taxes and penalties are not ^ paid on or before the 15th day of March, 1946, 5 per cent shall be added. The Clerk shall issue his execution against the property of the defaulting taxpayer accord ing to law. Done and ratified by the Towtv, Council of the Town of McCor mick, S. C. in council assembled and the seal of the Town affixed this 3rd day of September, 1945. T. J. SIBERT, > -.—. Mayor. * * C. R. STROM, • > • - "v , jno. t. McGrath, W. P. PARKS, ' C. H. HUGULEY, P. R. BROWN, M. L. GlfiERT, Town Council, Town of McCor mick, S. C. Attest: J. O. PATTERSON, Clerk and Treasurer. (Seal) Sept* 3, 1945. * _ ;