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\ (■ ' ■■■■^.■- : 'H%'- ■ ' • . •■ /^ i cf-fr •3 ; fv ‘ / / Foge Eight Record Textile Output is Seen Cotton Cloth Production In 1940-41 Be Higher Than Bonner Year 1937. \V.!^hingtoI1. I). C.. Dec 8.—iVitlr an. estimated 9.G(i('.()n(i -iquare yards of cflt'n iloth la-ndueed dhis year, South Carolina textile interests may ex^■el■t idoth pnxiuetion in 1940-41 to Tae the ’argest jn history, tire Journal ol C' mmerce vexealed today. '1 he pri \ lous top was reported lor ]9JT. when 9..^G0.()0() square yards; V-, e prcHiueed. while in 1938. the' 5( . nd largest production of 8.890,000 V IS reported. The Journal exjK'Ctsi rie ;t year's producti,on to break the 194'1-41 record. Caincident with the Journal's reve lation. the agricultural marketing j service apnounced that textile man-' state were unusually active during! early December, and there are no signs that such activity will slacken ■^Vspde the stimulus of deien.se buy-' ing. Mill sales of unfinished cotton,; h wever. were onlv moderately ac-1 tire. Government orders continued} busk, and nulls .ctill Juive a great li.. rum.ber of* uhfiTled^drdeihsTlvilh ah inert ase expected alter the Christ-j nias holidays. acTording to the mar keting service. Cotton exports con-{ tim.cd at a low level, with the cur-1 rent '.veek's total slightly less than the previous week. Exporl.s of 491,-. CJO hales lor the-ijcriod of August! thr ugh December 5 eompared with nbvut J.4S,a.(i(iO bales a-year earlier, ntcording to the New '^’ork cotton, exchange.- , ^ ^ A ^h;pT^^.,lt about IG.OOf) bales u as -.’:ep>o44«4—-U*-- -iiutssai last- - , j br ng'.ng the total lor the current, stasen to almost ll.h.OOO bales. Rus-; sill .s expected to continue to buy.; Fxpcrls to 'Great Britain, however,} ha'.e fallen off greatly, with the Unit-} cd Kingdom taking 6,000 bales dur-j ing the week, bringing the total tori the season to 275,000 bales as com-; pared with 800.000 for the same pe- I r‘'d last year.. BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES NOTED The Chronicle Extends Greetings To Those Whose Birthdays and Anniversaries Oecur This Week. Dr. A. E. Spencer vill celebrate a birthday Saturday, December 14. Sara Pitts, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs! James Pitts, was two years old Decertiber 3. Vi. J. Bailey is observing a birth day today. C. W. Stone celebrated a birthday the 9th. Yesterday, December 11, was the birthday of Mrs. J. C. McMillan, Sr., and Mrs. B. S. Pinson. Mrs. W. E. Nash, Clinton's oldest resident, is 94 years old today. Kathryn, Eichelberger and Hugh Ehhelberger, Jr., had birthdays De cember 7 and 8, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pack observed a wedding anniversary yesterday. Rev. L. P. McGee had a birthday Pecember 7. Mrs. Irby Holland will celebrate a b.rthday Monday. December 16.. Dr. B. H. Henry and son. Roger, had birthdays December 10. Lourens To Pay Out 570,000 In Christmas Savings Laurens. Dec. 10.—Approximately $70,000 in Chri.stmas savings will be distributed to employees of three Laurens textile concerns on Decem ber 13. it has been announced a| the Palmetto bank, trustees of^the funds and in charge of their distribution. The savings have been made dur ing the year through cooperation of the mill managements, employees setting apart each week a share ofj their earnings. ■ Between 350 and 400 employees of} the Laurens Mills will receive ap-| proximately $20,000. Employees of j the Watts Mills, to the number ofj 636, will receive $36,360. About 170' employees of the Rodgers Hosiery corhpay will receive approximately; $13,000. SCOUT COUNCIL TO MEET MONDAY The annual meeting of the Clinton district. Blue Ridge council Boy Scouts, of which R. C. Adair is chair man, will be held at Hotel Clinton at 7:30 Monday night. The meeting will be in the form cf a dutch supper and all scouters and those interested in Scout work are invited and urged to attend. Those expecting to be present are asked t6 call Mr. Adair or H. 'L. Eid>elberger not later than noon Monday. Camp Stewart Plans Opening As Scheduled Hinesville, Ga., Dec. 9. — Camp Stewart, the big army camp near here, is one of the few in the fourth corps area which will be ready to receive troops as scheduled in Janu ary. Major M. T. Whitmore, construc tion quartermaster, said about $2,- 800,000 had been spent on nearly 600 buildings in the reservation. Tba Clinton national guard unit will go to this camp for training, it hgi bMD announced by the war de- THt CtiNTdN CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. 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