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The Clinton Chronicle, Clinton
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ernment has used in' their vanou;
projects has been very helpful to the
lumber industry.
Under the N. R. we have been
forced to adopt conditions gx>verning!
the- lumber business, where the cost is
weighted down with short hours and
higher wages, that will prevent the;
Qjj mills ov.er-porduGing or producing
i large qutintities of lumber when there
I is no demand. Everything points to
a mai Kea; uusiry, \\ ages were reduced as a such recoveries as should bring us
recoveries far be-i means of trying to carry on and we baplv to normal prices 'during the
yond the expect-ations of the most op- continued to drift until the labor was' months and at the same time
timistic manufacturers and distribu-j working for nothing, the lumber was some extent restore timlvr. values,
tors. I think it is safe ,to say that being sold for nothing, and vet, but The lumber industry was never so
the credit largely is due to rhe Na-rvery few were able to buv amf take organized as at the present—
LUMBER SITUATION IMPROVED
L. .0. CROSBY, Picayune, Miss.,
President, Southerh Pine Association, In Manufacturers Record
f A careful comparison of li|mberjhas imposed haixlships not only
busine;>s conditions today with twelve the small mills, but on the entire in
months ago not only
improvement but
shows a marked! dustrv.
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tional Re'covOry Act', and the estab
lishment of a Lumber Code.
The prices of lumber have been in
creased. \\ age scales ha\*e been raised.
The weekly i>|j||j^ing limt. in which la-
boi can be wV
tribute the
stances mor<^P>(>reL«; have
ployed. \\ hile the volume t>t business the pro<lucer than some of, the crops niany of them would have
u|C U^j^jjie Ctuse of llidS ha^^^-aiown l«ut.-in-previous yeAre.-Bac-44- -in 14l2ti--wlienu.^PL.pf ^
litile increase, a much larger volume it was claime«l that cotton could not) Lets all be good soldiers and sup-
of business i> expected. Export de- bt‘ produceh for 20 cents per pound, d a fair trial
mand is good. The price in the Euro- the price dropped from planting time 1034 and then if it has not
pean market today is more than 50 to harvest near 40^pcr cent. The farm-re.sult.s hoi>ed for, 1
per cent over that oT^^yeai ago. “^n 'e. s wilt have—a greater profit^ and*^^^^——Leadc^r. _>yiij—^ try
increased volume of buying is ex-1more clear money in the. 1033 pi-op something else. It is \ery difficult
pected from the railroads and car than they had in the 1026 crop. This’^*^ people to stop to analyze under
shops, together with a rea.'^onably should increase purchasing power ma-|®^*^^ conditions as \\e have passed
increased demand from the rural dis-r terially as most of the farmers have i Evel'yone \fet*ls that he is <
tricts to develop a volume of business taken their credit on a basis of 5 cent g^^tting the worst of it, when as a mat-j
that should materially increise the coton and they have received a price 1^^** fact, we have all been getting,
quotas to be manufactured. near 10 cents. The same condition isil^*^ woist of it. When conditions are
Heretofore, there has been no way true, to -simie extent, in the grain dis,-j^’^‘^’ for all, and they can,
1 : 1 * . ■ . rnovpr hf> npminnpnHv until thnv
any advantage of the low cost of con-'*^^^ through any effort or choice of
struction.. | their own, but through the niethods
It is true that lumber is a product principles impo.sed by the N. R. .\.
that only can be sold in quantity when fact, except for the X. R. many
other commodities are being produced:"’^® operate on a
d_ has served to dis-J an<l sold at a profit. It is believed that allotment and distribute a more,
where in many in-(most of the farm products in the4^'^’^^ their employes,
been em- South have yielded a greater profit tOj"®'^^^^ have been operating at a loss,
been
out of business by this time.
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mover be permanently good until they
are fast being per-
most helpful will come through the
restoration of confidence.
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to prevent mills producing large trict.
quantities of lumber at a time that Arrangements
there was no market for it. They fectevi whereby many of the banks
manufactured, hoping that the volume are able to borrow oh their frozen se-
pf business would soon come back, but curities a liberal percentage of which,
later finding themselves unable to shortly alter the first of the year,
carry their prtMlucts, they were forced will In* distributeil to the depositors,
to dump them for whaievei' they could This, together with the, amount that
get for them. So the |KM-.tod of de- can l>e liijuidated by the farmers, wiTl
jiiession be:ng s<j long drawn tmt. this go a hmg way towards rehabilitating'
developed a condition where all mills the financial structure of the South;
found theniselve- operating at a loss to wheiv sound credit will be avail- 4^
and some of them at such lo>se> a> able something we did not have du-1 .Accoiding to government reports,
have forced them out of business. triiig lt*33. .. jtlie nation is short >ome ."»0U,d(Hl
This i.- the fii>t perifHl in the 2S It is anticipated that the railroatls homes. The Caet that communities are
years that 1 dijTvV^ been in the lumber ' wTlF repuFr and bu\K hVany'cai^“duTmg 'with ‘^or renE' and 'for
business that I have ever known Uie year lb34. It will also he neces-jsale
siumpage to decline. In some instan- sary for many railroads to re-
ces, there ha< .beeo—^ome di.■'tres^«.^l
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NEEDED;
500,000 HOMES
rent
signs i.s no indication of an over-
Upply of tlwellings; it -simply-indi-■
pair their hritlges and put in more ties cates the extent of the (loubling-up ,
timber and plants .m the market at in *34 than.they have used iiv any one process that has taken i)lace durint?'
no more than 50 per cent of the rec- of the pa>t three years. the, depression—a process that will he
ognized value in LeJs and 2\i. Thisj The amount of lumber that the (fi>y- reversed as conditions imprv»ve.
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^CHEVROIFT
CONGRATULATIONS
FROM
GILES CHEVROLET CO.
TO THE
D. E. Tribble Co.
It is a genuine plea.sure t(» number you among our
friends and customers, .\ccept our heartfelt congratula-
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tions up<»n the completion of 10 \ears of ser\ice in this
communit\.
MAY THE H IT RE BRING VOl EVEN GREATER
SriGESS THaS the PAST IS 01 R SINCERE
WISH FOR YOr.
Giles Cherolet Co.
C HEVROLET DISTRIBUTORS .
C LINTON, S. C.
nionvTrates that there is atvsiimnst tti-
cajc-ulaltle amount of reconditioning
and modernizing of existing resiT ^
dence.s that needs to beilone. .An in
teresting phase of the survey is that
the small, one-faniily home, costing
! $.5(100 or less, \vill'-l>e pi ineipalty in.
demand, when the new-huilding wave-
starLs. j
The thrifty homeowner and pros-'
pective builder, reading this, will not ^
miss its message. It means just one
thing; Higher juices for both new con
struction and alterations ami improve-1
ments. The first signs of that juice
n-ie are ajqieai iiig, witli a grathial and ,
stead.v strengthening of the ciunniod-"
ity juice level. Prices are still ex-j
tremtiy low construction and ma
terial firms aie offering hareams that
wtiiild have seemed fantastic not
h ng ago—there is a jdentiful >uj»jily
<tf skilled and common labor. That con-
tlition won’t last Uutg.
If you are (uu* of the fi\i* humired
ithousaml who need a home, i)Uild now
if you jiossihly can. If you are one of
’the several million who ha\e ju-rmit-
ted needed rej)airs to go undone, liave
Tthem done now. That leaky ro(»f—that,
inefficient furnace—tiose riekel.v
, stejis—that amuent w iring that neg-
’ lecled jdainliing - imw 1- the tinie to
fix them. You’ll he doing more than
11 buying y()urself somei hing yn i nee I
I at a low’ ju ice. You'll he heljiing juo-
,'vide emjihiyment and a market for
’Uujiplies. Vou’ll he an influeriee for re-
ciivery. Emiiloyment and investment
are cheajter and better than charity.
D. ITR BBLE
We sure glad oLan opportunity to pay tribute
to this Clinton concern -r^ one of our highly es
teemed and valued customers.
We extend Birthday Greetings on the occas
ion of your Fortieth Anniversary and want yoU
to know that your good will is highly prized
by us.
We send our sincere congratulations. We
know you have merited the confidence of your
ma!ny patrons in the past, and we wish for you
every possible future success.
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OUR BEST WISHES
TO YOU
D. E. TRIBBLE CO.
Forty years TrTnBusiness is“ cause" for
congratulations, ivyhich we are happy ,to
extend tliis i)rogressive Clinton copcern on
its birthday. .
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MAY EVERY POSSIBLE SUCCESS BE
YOURS IN THE FUTURE IS OUR .
SINCERE WISH.
PRAtHER-SIMPSON
Furniture Company
Home Furnishers
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. Clinton, S. C. ^
( ITATION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
!The .State of South Carolina,
1 I>aurens County,
i Ry Ros.s I). Young, Frohate .lu-lge:
^ Whereas, .Mrs. L'lllian .Abrams mail*
suit to me to grant her Tetter.s oT^A'iT-
ministration of the estate and effects
of Hallie A'oung Ahram.s.
^ There are, therefore, to cite and ad-
nioni.sh all and singular the Kindred
and .Creditors of the .said Hallie A’oung
' .Ahvarfls, deoea.sed, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at I..aurens Cmrt
House, Laurens, S. C., on May IHth,
1934, next, after publication hereof,
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to shm^
cause, if any they have why the said
administration should not Ijc granted.
Given under my hand this 30th day
of .April, A. I>., 19\34.
! ROSS I). YOUX’G.
J. P. L. C.
NOTH E OF MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS
Notice' i.s hereby given that a n»eet-
ing of the Stockholder.s of the Masonic
’Temple, Incorporate!!, of Clinton, S;
C., w’ill be held at the Masonic Tein-
'ple building on South Hroad .street,’
Clinton, S. C., at 8 o’clock, P. M., on
Monday, May 14th, 1934.
Th^,^purpo.se of the meeting is to
consider sale of Masonic Temple build
ing and to tran.-^act any other arid fur-
theT'bu.<iness of the Corporation that
may he^brought up at the. meeting. .All
stockholders are urged to be present
or to be represented by proxies.
'B. H. Boyd, President.
5-10-5tc. C. F. Winn, Secretary.
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It is a genuine pleasure today to extend 0
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cpngratulations to the D. E. Tribble Company ^
on their 40th anniversary.
We are indeed proud of our business relation
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institution — one that has been both pleasant
and profitable for a . number of years.
May we wish for you many more years of
progress and business success!
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