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Pajre Four THE CUNTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949 Notes From The County Agent's Office By <\ B. CAVNON. County .Xgent THE NATIONAL SCENE circulation 1 to 500 clients: sawmill operators who hife fewer than 12 persons. The 1 term “workday” is Gins Qualified To Take Cotton Samples Six of the .17 gins o r whatever a collective bargaining ag- Special to Thb Chronicle. Washington, D. C.—Rather than f Laurens sec farm P r °2r a qi ‘‘so hamstrung , , .... 4 , c -.u l that W01J l d noV-wbrk,” Secretary cassc j its own County have qualified to take Smith- Char i os F Rrnnrirtri iv,, passed lts ovvn ieement says it does. The house grew tired of waiting committee action on a joint house- senate lobby probe measure and bill providing for a ^ , , ,, . Brannon has asked the house committee to investigate lob- noxoy samples of cotton according senate agricultural committed to eU- bjring o( both private or g a „ iza t ions to a notice received from Ernest Ri- rmnate all reference to his controver- anc j governmental agencies. ley. Field Representative of the Co- J‘ al fa ^ P Ian front the senate F he senate finally passed the big lumbia office. Those gins qualified !^ ' ^h a e re /n U miT 1 t ofpp bl rA^mh h : foreign aid appropriations bill with came trom the committee resemb- kjt 794 nnn nr uhnnt 10 nnr npnt are: Clinton . Milling Company and les irr the main the house-passed, 1' t h an orja’inallv reouested for use C. W. S. Guano Company. Clinton: bill which also had kicked over-! { 1 n S indll > requested for use Cook Ginning Company, Gray Court: board both the Branndn proposals Moore's Ginnery. Barksdale: South-, and the Aiken farm law. ern Cotton Oil Company. Laurens; | Wasson Bros. Gin-, Hickory Tavern. Also E. J. Poole’s Gin. located at Fnoree. Spartanburg County, but gins cotton from Laurens County. in fiscal year the hoi which the~senate had set up for use of an ECA watchdog committee. rWinosT ♦r.'mpan! Hearings on the military aid pro- defined to mean gram the B _ 36 probe and the in J es . ligation of ‘‘five percenters” contin- its as presents to the little White said, "There is certainly nothing here House at Independence, Mo., one to to suggest a scandal on the propor- the White House staff here and oth- tions of Teapot Dome.” ers to various others of his friends. ! Observers here however, while ued to highlight the committee ses-, deploring the embarrassment and the sions. After the committee contin-, so-called officiousness of General ually gibed at him for about a week Vaughan in behalf of his friends, the president’s military aid, Maj. point out that there has been no in- Gen. Harry Vaughan came through ’ dication that any favors have been The senate bill picked up a few of the features now in the Aiken act, and no doubt the measure will wind up in a conference committee before _ . , final passage. As now constituted, Congress became concerned about the measure bears .mproving the growers marketing position, and in Smith-Doxey Act. The this act is to enoourage production measure bears the imprint of , . former Secretary of Agriculture ‘AJ' eriao ‘ ed :n ^ ( Clinton P. Anderson, senator from purpose of Xew Mexic0 . The senate farm version calls for support of basic crops—corn, cot ton, peanuts, rice, tobacco and wheat at 90 per cent of parity .this year and reduction to as low as 75 per cent after 1950, if supplies become surplus. Milk and butterfat would be supported at. 75 to 90 per .ent. Wool, mohair, tung nuts and Irish potatoes will be supported at 60 to 90 per cent. All other farm products could be supported up to 90 per cent, while products which , can be stored—oats, barley, rye and . .meats—would be supported at 90 to 75 per cent. In the meantime the house con tinued to move ahead somewhat fast er than the senate on the administra tion-supported measures, passed the minimum wage bill somewhat water ed down and sent it along to the bogged-down senate. Final passage was on a roll call of 361 to 35. The bill would raise the national mini mum wage from 40 to 75 cents and the extend, some other benefits to ap proximately 20 million workers. For instance some of the amend ments passed would exempt rural Good Advantage-home workers who are unsuper- - : higher quality cotton and to im- pi' Yc marketing methods and prac tices It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide free class;- ficnt.on and market news service ts rgoni/ed groups of cotton growers. A'.! -••.on ginned at the above nam- < d - ns will get free government .-.r.i : o and staple service furnished • * or Aith an unbiased classi- •: .-t. n of their cotton. Each farm- -ott.'.g his cotton so classified re-, o.\,- thr-ugh the mail from the t lass.tying office in Columbia, a . .iial ,'how.ng his grade and staple!^ i . ooarati m of his cotton. Also • -.one grading will serve in plac- tton under the government loan • .t ..:;>• further charges in so navlng cotton sampled. A o: 2 ■ ents is the usual charge 0 cotton'sampled where sam- t - ,,ro not taken under tne Smith- Dove y program. A ginr.er in Laurens County may qiui.fy to render this service to t rnv a volunteer basis. All gin ners were notified of this programs several weeks ago. Harvest Cotton To Cotton harvesting is now getting vised and make all the produce they unde: way in Laurens county There) sell; employees of newspapers with will be no doubt many farmers who pick green or wet cotton and carry to the gin and become dissatisfied with his gin cut cotton, and no one to blame in most cases except him- elf No gin is in operation that can take 'jeh cotton and make a good job in whk h : r.cr. I.P.CiA&E SOAiSMf# G£T BLUE WHBH THf/R W/V£S A COMPLETE SERVICE We offer our customers a complete 3-in-l Service — Advertising, Com mercial Printing, Office Supplies. We can supply all your needs. CHROMCLE PUBUSHING CO. So Easy To Be Thrifty Sew at Home and. SAVE V— We all j;et “hlue" when a member of the family is ailinif. Health is happiness. May we help maintain the health and happiness of your family? 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