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His state ment follows: “Since August 1 to September 6, the Government has lowered its esti mate one quarter million bales and by Sept. 15th report, it will be lower ed one-quarter million bales more for the crop is deteriorating fast every day. All the rain that can come at present will not improve the grow ing crop, but will only aid in the de terioration of the crop. * Nothing but good clear weather can add anything to the crop at present. “It has often been said that first impressions are lasting impressions. It seems very much that way with the cotton crop. From the beginning to the end of the crop, the size of the crop formed during planting time is likely to prevail with many follow ers of the cotton trade. Last April it looked like there was a possibility of the Crop ranging from 14,5004,000 ~ e still a to 15,000,000 bales. There are lot of believers in a crop ranging almost 15,000,000 bales. “However, times have changed. No doubt we had enough acreage planted to make the 15,000,ObO bales if the good Lord had smiled on us and had given us good seasons this year. The farmers of the South did everything they could to produce the 15,000,000 bales this year, and if the good Lord had permitted this to have been done, cotton would not have been selling a- bove 10 cents per pound today. Cer tainly the South would have been a bankrupt people. “Farmers, just remember that with a big acreage planted the bear specu lators will hold a big stick over you until the last bale is picked and gin ned. Don’t sell your cotton at present’ prices. Warehouse it, carry your ware house receipts to the bankers, who can place these receipts and get mon ey for you to pay your debts with. Hold this cotton in your own name and sell it when the price goes up which it is bound to do. Cotton is selling today at least 10 cents a pound below its actual value and you are bound to see higher prices for I do not believe we will make over 12, 500,000 bales thi» year,- or if .we were to reach 13,000,000 bales, this would not be enough for the world’s con sumption next year. It ought to sell for at least 35 cents, but,remember, It will not sell for that price if you wilt take less for it. Farmers, it is in your hands to make it sell for that prige provided you hold it off the market,” LEGAL I State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, Town of Clinton. r AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE LIMITS, AND THE CON- STRUCTIOW AND EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION OF BUILD INGS. Be it ordained by the Town Coun cil of the Town of Clinton as follows: SEC. 1. Fire Limits—There shall be and there is hereby established an inner fire limits and outer fire limits. The inner fir? limits shall include all the territory in the con gested value district, to wit:. Begin ning at South Broadway and Centen nial Street, running West on Centen- ial Street to Thorwel., North on Thorn well to West Main, West on West Main to Laurens, North on Lau rens to Pitts, East on Pitts to Eliza beth, North on Elizabeth to Academy, East on Academy to Broadway, South ed with incombustible roofing. SEC. 2. Permit Required—No wall, structure, building or part thereof shall hereafter be built, enlarged or altered until a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement of the materials to be used, shall have been submitted to the chief of the fire department, or other designated offi cial, who. shall, if in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a permit for the proposed construct ion. Structures hereafter erected with out permit, or not in conformity with this ordinance, shall be removed. No building shall be moved until a permit has been obtained from the chief of the fire department or other designated official, and such official shall not issue such permit if in his judgement the proposed new location of the building would seriously in crease the fire hazard of the surround ing bui|dings. No chimney, flue, furnace, boiler or other heating apparatus shall be Cothran Bridge Now Nearing Completion The Thomas Cothran Memorial bridge which spans the Saluda river near Puckett’s Ferry on the Calhoun highway, is rapidly nearing comple tion, and it is announced that the weather permitting, will be opened for traffic by the first of October. The bridge, which is 993 feet long, is said to be the best in the up country. Its completion will mark the opening of the entire Calhoun highway from here via Cross Hill and Greenwood and it is expected that the event will be observed by a jubilee celebration on the grounds which will be attended by a large gathering of good roads enthusiasts. MAYBE HE’S RIGHT Wife: “Wouldn’t you think these present day girls would show just /i little bit of modesty?” Hubby: “Give ’em time, m’dear, soon they won’t have anything else to phow.” .1 (c) Wooden fences not over 10 feet high. (d) Plft'zzas or balconies not ex ceeding 10 feet in width, nor extend ing more than 3 feet above the sec ond story floor beams. No such struc ture shall extend beyond the lot line, or be joined to any similar structure or ^nothpr building. (e) Bay windows when Covered with incombustible material. (f) Small outhouses not exceeding 150 square feet in area and 8 feet in height. Wooden sheds or outhouses shall not be located within 5 feet of any lot line, nor less than 30 feet from any other' building over one story high, nor within 10 feet of a one- story building or each other. (g) Grain elevators, coal pockets, or ice houses, as usually constructed. No frame building shall be moVed from without to within the fire limits. SEC. 5. Repairing Frame Build ings Within Fire Limits—Any exist ing frame building within the fire limits, which may hereafter be dam- or otherwise to than one-half of installed, repaired or altered without ] u*Hta, wtucft may n first obtaining a permit from thej a ^ e< ^ “Y fireM decay on Broadm&y to Ferguson, East on | ’p^nt OKlusw'r'rf‘tK F(.rpi ; .on to_ North WomIiw, South only whe ^ the p r0 p 0! , ed c |, an)re , foundation, shall not be repaired or or installation is in accordance with I but shall be removed the provisions of this ordinance. ' Buildings Having 1 on North Woodrow and South Wood row to East Centennial, West on East Centennial to South Broadway, to the point of beginning. SEC. 3.. Incombustible Walls, Cor .... u it • i j •> niceis and Roof* Required Within Fire The outer fire limits shall include i Limits-Every building hereafter all that territory immediately . sur-j erected or enlarged within the fire rounding or bordering on the inner limits shal , be enclosed on all sides fire limits, to wit: Beginning at Cal houn Street and South Broadway run ning West on West Calhoun Street to west side Thomwell Orphanage cam pus, thence North to intersection Wesfc Centennial Street and South Slqan Street, %ar fU —" South Sloan and North Sloan to Oakland Street, East on Oakland to Broadway, North North Broadway to Davidson on Street, East on Davidson Street to North Adair,, South on North Adair and South Adair to Calhoun Street, West on Calhoun Street to South. Broadway, to the point of beginning. Whenever the term “fire limits” is used in this ordinance it shall be un derstood to refer to all territory in either inner or outer fire limits, pro vided that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the erection or repairs of frame buildings outside of inner but within outer fire limits, when such building is used exclusive ly and continuously for dwelling pur poses; all such dwellings to be cover- with Walls constructed wholly of stone, well burned brick, terra cotta, concrete or other equivalent incom bustible materials, and shall have the roof, top and sides of all roof struat- ures, including dormer windows, cov ered with incombustible material. All cornices shall be of incombustible material. SEC. 4. Permissible Wooden Struc tures Within Fire Limits—No frame or wooden structur#shall hereafter be Prohibit ed Occnpancies Within Fire Limits— No building shall be used for a plan ing mill, dry cleaning and for dry dyeing establishment within the fire limits, unless it be of fire-proof con struction. SEC. 7. Limits of Height and Area—Except as specified in Section 21, no building hereafter erected with in the oorpoVate limits, having walls of hollow terra cotta or concrete blocks, shall exceed three stories, or 40 feet in height; and no building hereafter erected or altered shall ex ceed four stories or 55 feet in height, unless it be of fire-proof construction. The floor area between fire-walls of .!• approved automatic sprinklers, 10056* or dK SEC. 8, Wa)l»-rAll,exterior or _ vision walls of baildlitgs hereafter erected shall be of. suffi* eat thick* ness to support the load to be carried; but in no case shall « brick, ston% concrete,*or\ hollow block, wall be leah than 12 inches thick., . ; _ Bearing wallfe, excepting party anl fire-walls, for all buikjings of other than the dwelling house class, net ex* ceeding ten stories or 125 feet it height, shall have the upper two stories not less than 12 inches thick* increasing 4 inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below. For such, buildings in excess of five stories, but not exceeding ten stories or 125 .feet jn. height, the top story shall be not lev than .12 inchei thick, increasing 4 inches in thickness for each two stories, or fraction there* of below. No’two stO»y Wfrictnewt shall exceed 80 feet in height. For all walls of buildings of the dwelling house class, the upper three stories shall be not less than 12 inchei thick, increasing 4 inches in thickness for each three stories or fraction thereof below. No three-story incre* ment shall exceed 45 feet in height. Enclosure walls in. skeleton con* struction shaH be of. brick, brick-tile> stone or stone concrete. They shall be supported by girders at each story* shall be laid in Portland cement mor* tar, and shall be pot less than 12 inches thick.' Except for fire-wnUs, reinforced stone or gravel concrete walls, with the steel reinforcement running both horizontally and vertically and weigh* ing not less than one-half pound pet square foot of wall, may have a thick* ness 4 inches less than that preecrib* ed for brick walls. Stone or cement block walls shall bi 4 inches thicker than required fot brick walls. vz built within the fire limits as given i non-fire proof buildings shall not ex- herein, or within the fire limits hereafter established, except the fol lowing; and all roofs placed upon such buildings or structures shall have an incombustible covering. (a) Temporary one-story frame buildings for use of builders. (b) One-story sheds not over 15 feet high, open on the long side with sides covered with incombustible ma aterial, and with an area not exceed- ing^C 00 Square feet. A wooden fence shall not be used to form the back or side of such sheds. ceed the following: When fronting on one street, 5,000 square feet ^ 'when fronting on two streets, 6,000 square feet, and when fronting on three streets, 7,500 square feet. These area limits may be increased under the fol lowing conditions as indicated: For non-fire-proof buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, 66 2-3%. For fire-proof buildings, not ex ceeding 125 feet in height, 50%. Fire-proof buildings not exceeding 125 feet in height, fully equipped with The foundation walls of all build* ings over two stories in height shall be 4 inches thicker from footing to grade than required for the remainder of the wall. * Hollow blocks of terra cotta or con crete when used for bearing walli shall have not more than 50% of cel* lular space. Portland cement only shall be used in the manufacture of concrete blocks and the coarse aggre* gate shall be of suitable material graded in size. Concrete flocks shaA not be used in coristrurtton until they have attained the age of 28 days, of (Continued on Following Page) I l 1W It A a ;;<► j STARTS / # • * * * * * . _ • # Our Stock of Dresses, Coats and Fall Hats Will be sold at cost and less than cost during this sale. c ^ l, —-<• . . • e • Everything must be sold. So don’t miss this sale. i t LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR Next Door To Commercial Bank Clinton, South Carolina V ■■r.r.r.v.r.uu V \ i. ■t \ tu ; / / V • 7 : V . -t V*' r