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tv JV- •/> ■4 Page Eight Cold Decorates a Fire Engine With Ice THE CLINTON Cj/ltONICtE, CLINTON, S. C. T \ Thursdoy, Jonuory 6, 1944 1943 S. C. CROPS UP 17 PER CENT OVER 1942 GOALS Farmers of State Meet Handicaps To Produce $231,315,000 Crops. bushels for $13,397,Q00, nearly double the previous year’s crop value., A record sweet pptato crop of WO,000 bushels was produced and the, current', price of $1.80 bushel made the yield the most valuable i NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS I The regular annual -meeting of ; Stockholders of the ‘'Commercial De- . I pc/sitory of Clinton, S. C., will be held Columbia, J^n. 4.—Governor Olin Tuesday, January 11, 1944, at 4:00 Liquor and Beer,Taxes Drop Off $800,000 ever produced^ in the state, Black D - J ohr »ston said today that during 0 ’ c iock p.m., in the office of the said. i 'x | the past six months income to the 3 an j t( t 0 - elect directors for'ensuing state from beer and liquor taxes had •'dropped off nearly $800,000. Asked if' that meant new sources of income woaid have 40 be found to ig_.jp During an eight-hour battle with a fire In a five-story Chirago build ing, this engine became coated with ice because of low temperatures. Twenty workers caught on the second and third floors were rescued by firemen. Sudden drop of temperature caused outbreaks of files. WEST CLINTON SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS MRS. JOE CAMPBELL, Correspondent and Representative Although short of war need jjoals, : peanut planting was expanded to j 78,000 acres which Aproduced the I greatest crop on record—46,800,000, j pqunds valued at $3,510,000 Spring freezes reduced peach pro-1pay the cost'of the schools, which are, Columbia, Jan. 2. - Despite labor ducll0n to 392 ' 00 f °- bushels, smallest I supported largely by those taxes, | _ _ crop on record for the number of Johnson said "no. The loss in in- and equipment shortages, South Car -j trees £ ven all-time high price of come tax from that source, he said, | olina agriculture, Keeping step in $5 a bushel left the crop's value probably* would be,.equalized by an 1943. with constehtly increasing war- $3,000,000 less than "the previous* increase in income tax revenue, ami time needs,-'produced crops'valued at year’s. _ ftAat any deficiency in thej^chool $231,315,000 which was 17 per cent, The 3,450,000-pound pecan crop |fiirid could i be provided from general ( more than 1942 production and great- was valued at $934,000, greatest for, revenue fynds. ’ ’ o, '..>• ; er than any other year since 1919. South Carolina farmers, and while _ » ' ^ 1 Federal-State Agricultural Statis* the yield to the^acre,-, was less, soy- ' tician Frank’-Q: "Black said yesterday; beim" production of 104,000 bushels! 1 in a review of the -year’s farm pro-| was 8-per cent more than in 1942. j gram th;ft value of practically all; Cowpeas and.tame hay production : important crops was above that of an [declined but higher prices offset the average year. The 1942 crops were 5 loss in, the former crop. A total of valued at $197,577,000 while greatest| 1 l-.OOO tons of lespedeza hay was production on record was in 1919 produced, 11 per cent-mere th-an-the when the 34 principal crops were 1 1942 yield. 1 valued at, $360.000J)00. ' j *** : r ~ Food and feed crops, aiming" at R e< j CrOSS Room war production goals, were 20 per*^. , . . cent above the average year, 8 per vpGn ' IU-IZ INOOH ! cent above 1920 and 4 per cent above “ | 1942. Production'of meat animals and • Mrs. H. E. Spencer, chairman of •dairy apd poultry products also in- 1 the production _ committpp, has year, and to transact such business as may com* befbre the meeting. JOHN T. YOUNG, President. / F. ivi. BOLANDt Cashier. r McIntoshs _ SHOE SHOP We are doin^ business at the same old place. 34 MUSGROVE ST. Beware Coqghs from common colds *' That Hang On J Creomulsipn relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the . trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like toe I way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION — For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis V Mr. and Mrs Ralph Wood and I Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fowler. Sr. . -dairy apd poultry products also in- • >•><• pronucuon . committee, nas a.n- daughtcr., Shira-y Anne, of" Green-j Jessie La nicy an# sons ‘spent Sun- creased. Black said.' nounced that the Red Cross rtftfcns t wiutd.."spent several days w ith Mrs, day with his parehtsr Mr. and Mrs. These production percentage gams) will be open only from !0 a.m. to 12 Dora Li j .,:d. C. E. Leopard of the p. S. Lanley, in,Greenwood. A. F. •'Campbell. Joe'and Grange navy, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Leopard., Mrs. Lou Denny ’of Greenwood, is spending the-weekwith her sister, Mrs.. W. C. Power's, and Mr.'Powers. were listed: Irish potatoes 3 per cent, noon, Monday through Friday of oats 5, soybeans 8, velvet beans 9. each week. This schedule jvill be pecans 11, barley 12,-corn 16, sweet i continued until further'notice. The potatoes 18 and peanuts 61. | reason for the shortened hours, Mrs. j *»uiu Production decreases includedtj Spencer stated, is that no new ship- 1 Mrs. Frank Gtatton 1 per cent, tobacco 10, wheat ment of material has been received 1 11, tame hay 13, rye and cowpeas 14,' an d there is only knitting and quilt ing to be done. * Campbell wero*visitors in Greenville Monday. ‘ Mr. and 'Mrs. J. D. Word spent Sunday ' with Mr. aqd Mrs. W. L. Evans and Mrs. J. N. j Reed in Whitmire. Kirby spenk Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shumpejtt and daugh-^ P ears 81, and peaches 89. t Mrs. Woodrow Wilson at State Park. ter. Frances, of Newberry, visited The 4,867,000 total Acres harvested ; Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Shelgrove^WFreTMriTTalmer Howard the past week: 1 ) n the state were approimately equal 1 « called* to Saluda on account of the Miss Mae Madden spent the week- the 1942 acreage, and only a little * serious illness of Mrs. Snelgrove’s end with her sister and brother- more than for an average year. j|| father. Mr Sanford. ' * j in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Bramlett, I Slightly higher cotton prices off- 1 1 Mrs. Minnie Hatton and Mrs. near Laurens. ‘ 1 se ^ the declim' in the state s biggest 1 _ Marie. West of Lyman. Miss Juanita Miss Lois Coggins of Spartanburg, money crop. The yield was -estimated, n Trammell of Greenville, Airs. Wayne was the week-end-guest of her .4s-, a t 695,000 bales with a value of $71,- |! White of Rock Hill, Mrs. Ansel Smith ter, Mrs. Edna Smith. , | 585,000, compared* with $68,904,000 ^ gj of Thornwell orphanage, were guests Mr. and'Mrs.- S. B. JSnelgrove and f° r 1942. , of Mr. and Mrs. L B. Trammell family attended the funeral of Mrs. The tobacco crop of 87,400,000 during the week-end. Snclgroses father. Mr. Sanford, iniP oun ds, while less than for the pre-'B Mr. and Mrs. H. E. ..Berry and’Saluda Tuesday. | vious year, was 3 per cent above B children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hamilton vis- i average and sold at 39 cents a pound Mrs. Robert Berry in Whitmire. , ited relatives in Greenwood recently.' or f° r a total of $33,999,000. The 1942 Mrs. Claud Grady spent , several A-S Edgar Whitsel of Jacksonville, I cro P so ld f° r 535,798,000. ■ days with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Grady Fla., 'is'visiting Mrs. Whitsel. .! .An average yield of 16 bushels to j in Union ’ 1 . Miss Jo Sullivan visited Mrs.! the acr^was the best corn record in _ Misses Vera Parkman and Cry^tle Fred-Pullen in Greenville last week, j 23 years^ \ alue of the 24,720,000;»... Madden. Mrs. J. B. Cathcart and S. R. Gregory of Glerwr Springs, bushels pimsvestimated at $38,316,000 | Dexter Madden were visitors' in is visiting his son, Rev. D. C. Greg- or 45 per cent more than the $26,- , B Spartanburg Monday. cry. and Mrs. Gregory, v .449’,000 crop of 1942. ^ Pfc. Nathan SVToud of Fort Bragg, Mrs. J. H. Crow spVnt several days] Highest prices boosted a wheat m N. C.. is spending the week with with her niece, Mrs. Thomas Gregory, crop of 3,002,000 bushels to $4,653,000 p Mrs. Stroud. Pfc*. and Mrs. Stroud in Ware Shoals recently. "" i whicb. W^s 14 per cent more than the,_ visited the former’s mother, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith of Fount- 1942 *3jield although total production Ira Stroud, in Spartanburg during ain Inn, recently visited Mrs. E. S.i was ™ P er cent less. Highest prices B The week .Wright. since 1920 also enabled producers to ^ Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Rushton and Corp. F. H. McCelion has returned sel1 a record oat crop of 14,102,000,^ children and Frances Glenn visited to Fort Eustis, Va., after spending! friends in Greenwood Tuesday. ten days with Mrs. McCelion. Uary December 28th. Mr. and Mr's. Frank Jacks and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fuller and December 17 was Ed Young’s B sons, attended the funeral of Mrs. son. Gene, of Greenville, Mrs. Ostell birthday. l m Jacks’aunt Miss Sallie B^e Brownlee, Balkham a6d daughter, Jo'Ann, of Rubbie Young was five years old at Gray Court Friday. " Laurens, Corp. and Mrs. Horace' December l9th. Mrs. Ora Wood spent last week in Guest of Cherry Point, N. C., visited December 24 was Mr. and Mrs. Hu- B Miami, Fla. Mr., and Mrs. Frank Sumerel re- bert Leopard’s 11th wedding anni- _ Mrs. Victor Mattox and Mrs.’cently. i versary. Leila Smith visited Mr. and Mrs.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spoon and son, H. A. Adams was 64 years old B Job .Smith in Newberry several days Billy, spent the week-*end with Mr. .December 20. Mr. and Mrs. Adams B recently. * ‘and Mrs. Harley Moore at Fork were married 3.9 years December 25. _ Pvt. William E. Ammons, of Camp Shoals. Billy remained for thevweek. -♦—-—* Bradford. Va., spent the week with William Darrell Bigbee, W. T., Sunbeams Meet B his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Am- 3-c. of the navy, is spending a leave! The Sunbeams of Calvary Baptist B mons. with his parents.’Mr. and Mrs. Clyde church met with their leader, Mrs. - mil: |!;;:BU!!BI!!lk..B£.BLi:B!:m > Bll!iBll!!! V/ i.,bi::b '■ I We Have a Complete Line! LEDGERS, S. E. and D. E., ORDER BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, DAY BOOKS, SALES BOOKS, Plain or Imprinted A well-equipped office is essential in the conduct of every business—it saves time and worry and makes for efficiency. Here you will find many items you need in Office Supplies for * “ the New Year. Because of conditions it is impossible to secure a number of items. v - | ■ B i Pvt. Clyde M. Fowler. Jr., of Fort Bigbee. He has recently returnexi Jack-son, recently visited his parents, to the states from North Africa and Italy. 1 . INSURANCE Fire -* Tornado - Automo bile - Surety Bonds - All Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton. S. C. axnvtw:::::::::::::::::*" Among The Sick .< •Mrs. Buford Gregory has been ill several weeks with flu. Merrill Jean McGee* is Improving after being ill. Magdalqne and Elizabeth Adams have flu. Misses Elise and Loree Tucker have been ill with flu. Mrs. Mollie Painter, Mrs. Tom Brown, and Mi;s. Trby Lovin have been ill with flu. Mrs. Claud Malpass has been illl two weeks. ’ Mrs. E. S.‘Wright is ill with flu. $ | Dr. Felder Smith I Dr. Duncan S. Felder H* OPTOMETRISTS ♦V '...tv*** Specialists In Eye Examinations jU Office Hours: :: Dr. Smith. Dally, 4:15 to 6 {•j < Dr. Felder, Daily; 9 to 6 1? Phone 29 for Appointment jj 8 CLINTON, S. C. S J. Qllin Watson, Monday afternoon. " -■ After a business session the young B folk enjoyed a secial hour. jg The hostess served refreshments. ^ Missionary Society Meets || The Woman’s missionary society of ^ Bailey Memopqd M. E. Church, _ South, held their first meeting of the year at the parsonage with Mrs. D. G- Gregory as hostess. . Officers were elected as follows: Mrs. D. C. Gregory, President. Mrs. Joe Terry, Vice-President. Mrs. Marcelle Barker, Treasurer. Mrs. David Word, Secretary. Mrs/ Charles Dunaway, . Corres- ! ponding Secretary. " Plans were made for refurnishing Miss Lucille Braswell ( has been ill the parsonage, and the ntw year’s :■ with. flu. '■ > | work. The February meeting will |j , . be held at the home of Mrs. Marcelle , Birthdays and Wedding Barker. Anniversaries ' The hostess served refreshments. s « . ■* Campbcll-Thebodeare Engagement ^ Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell an- * nounce the engagement of their B Joan Burges's will be three years- old January 8. Mrs.' William Cannon celebrated •j her 54th birthday December 28. :•! Miss Vera Parkman will have a daughter, Eva, to Pvt. Morris Thebo- j £ birthday January 8. . . deare of Newfoundland, and West _ !•: Yesterday- was Ben Campbell’s' Warwick, R t . I. The marriage will ■ f: 51st birthday.; ' take place at a later date. B Bj Miss- Marjorie Medlin celebrated! , ’ B i her 14th birthday January 2nd. McClain-Sullivan Rites Announced :•] Jessie Sanlples, Jr., was sixteen Mr. and Mrs. S. M. McClain an- B years old JanCiary'4. ! nounce the marriage of their .daugh- B Miss Geroldine Trammell ceiebrat* ter, Doris E., to Rufus M. Sullivan, — Kidneys Must Work Well- For You To Feel Well ‘24 hour* ev«ry day, 7 daya every Week, never atopping, the kidneys filter waste matter from the blood. ' * If more people were aware of bow the kidneys must constantly remove sur plus fluid, excess acids and other waste matter that cannot stay in the blood without injury to health, there would be better understanding of irky the whole system is upset when kidneys fail to function properly. Burning, scanty or too frequent urina tion sometimes warns that something g is wrong. You may suffer nagging back ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic pains, getting up at nights, swelling. Why jnot try Doan’t Pillsl You will he using a medicine recomm<«ded the country over. Posn’s stimulate the func tion of the kidneys and help them to flush out poisonous waste from the 'blood. They contain nothing harmful. Get Doan’i today. Use with confidence^ At all drug stores. ' Doans Pills ed her 12th birthday January 4. |Jr., S. l.-q, .of the city and New Jer- ^ Miss Polly Davenport is twelve sey. * ' jP - years bid today. | The marriage took place Saturday, jg Mrs. Grady Smith will have a January 1, 1944. Th£ ceremony-was jg birthday Saturday. performed- by the Rev. J. Ollin P , Mrs. G. Gr.” Hooper celebrated her , Watson. , - ' !* birthday January 4th. For her marriage the bride wore January 3rd was Mrs. M. C. Stew- a *teal blue jersey dress. Her ac- art’s birthday. ^ I cessories were of navy. For traveling Grange Campbell will have a she wore a blue topcoat, birthday Saturday. . Mrs. Sullivan is the^"youngest Mrs. Marie Whitlock was 65 years daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McClain of ^ 1>old December 2L Abbeville, and received her education j| Mrs. Mary Mc€foy will have a in the Calhoun Falls schools. She p birthday January 18. has been making her home in Cal- || Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sumerel ob-jhoun Falls where she was employed, a ( served their 45th wedding anniver- Mr. Sullivan is the only son of Mrs. P ! sary January 1. -»—^ -• R. M. Sullivan and the late Mr. Sul- B , Guynell Montjoywas twelve’years | livan. He is a graduate , of Clinton ^ 'qld January 1. . . 'high school and the A. T. S'. Business - G. E * Leopard S. 1-c, of the navy, j school. For the ..past fifteen months P I had a birthday January 2nd. He, has been stationed in New Jersey || I^iss Madeline Beckham !)as a I where he is a member of the United —Letter Boxes —Alphabets —Ink, pints, quarts —Typewriter Ribbons —Carbon Paper —Paste, jars —Show Card Ink M —Index File Outfits —Ink Wells —Pencils, all kinds —Pay Envelopes —Memorandums —Rubber Stamps -j-Letter folders —Receipt Books —Collection Wallets —Second Sheets —Adding Machine Ribbons —Statements and Bill Heads —Paper Fasteners —Adding Machine Paper * * —Blotters —Arch Boards — .r'V —Order Books —Mechanical Pencils —Thumb Tacks * —Stenographers' Note Books .... * v —Typewriter Paper, / boxed —Stamp Pads * —Pen Points i 1 ■ ■ . ^ § I v L ■ r i STATIONERY *» f If There's Something You Need We Can't Supply From Stock, We Will Make A Special Effort To Get It For Our Customers. birthday tomorrow. • Mrs. Victor Mattox celebrated her birthday December 18. Spates Goast Guard unit. For the present the bride and groom are making their home with groom’s PUBLISHERS — PRINTERS — STATIONERS M. A. Milam, Sr., will have a birth- mother. day January 8th. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams ob served their 11th wedding anniver- They have many friends here who will J?e interested in the announce ment of, their marriage. Telephone No. 74 CHnton, S. C.