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Thursday, September 21, 1944 THE CLINTON CHRONtCtErCtlNTON S. C. . Page Five T- CROP PROSPECTS FOR S. C. HIGHER Columbia, Sept. 13. — Frank O. Black, federal-state agricultural stat istician, said today that crop pros pects for* South Carolina were four per cent more than last year and — per cent higher than the 1933.. av erage. 000 bushels, about nine per cent less | - - Sr'the aTe r rage d thrCT ' ^ WEEK-END TRIPS . ■ VISITORS ■ ■ ILLNESS Cotton production was estimated at 775,000 bales, an 11 per cent in crease corppared with last year and eight per cent more than the five year average of 1939-42.” Tobacco prospects vere improved with production expected to rea :h BRIEFS... ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW Items of Interest Concerning Clinton Residents CONTRACTING GOODYEAR TIRES Black said the volume of food and 121,500.000 pounds, which would be . San ]: of K issi ™ mee U F lt' 1 Mr ? K Thornwell Dunlap of Laurens feed crops as of September it "is now the state’s second largest crop. rhe i visited his mother, Mrs. Mary Prath- was the week-end guest of Mr. and expected to about equal production largest crop was in 1939. On the er ’ and brother - J- p - Prather, this Mrs. W. W. Hams, in 1943 and be 14 per cent above basis of the average ceiling price of wee ' c • I .Mrs. W. H. Brehmer of Kinards, the all-time average.” 43 cents a-_pound, the crop would Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sowers spent visited her daughter and son-in-law, Barring unusual weather damage, ; bring farmers $52,1)00,000 compared the week-end at their cottage in Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Todd, recently, good fall harvest's seemed assured, w *th the previous high sates-price of Mcmtreat, n. C. | Friends of Mrs. Kenneth N. Bick- he said, and added that “in view of t $36,000,000 in 1942. j Pfc. Walter G. Coker, Jr., of Win- ers will regret tq know she is ill and the wet spring, labor shortage andi Peanut production was estimated ston-Salem, N. C., spent the week- a patient at the General hospital in war-time restrictions, South Caro-; at 31,050,000 pounds, 17 percent less *“ n d with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. i Greenville, lina farmers have done an excellent than the 1943 record crop but nearly W. G. Coker. job of producing crops this year.” ■ three times average production. Pvt. and Mrs. Horace Horton and Tobacco, he said, was the only crop| Sweet potato prospects declined little daughter are visiting their fam- likely to establish a new high yield somewhat during August, but the ilies here for several days before go to the acre, but that cotton and all i current forecast of 6,708,000 bushelsling to Camp Chaffee, Ark. Pvt. Hor- grain yields were expected to be at I was only four per cent less than last ton recently completed his basic near-record levels. The indicated 1 year. ( I training at Camp Wolters, Texas, yield for each acre of peanuts was i Production of tame hay was esti-1 Mrs. W. V. Lanier and Mr. and somewhat better than during the past mated at 444,000 tons, while peach ^rs. J. S. Lanier of Millen, Ga., spent two years and prospects were about production was forecast at 2,460,000 Monday with the former’s brother average for sweet potatoes and hay. i bushels, far above the short crop of'and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. Corn, which did well despite mod- 1943. O’Daniel. lier and has been visitine her Da - erate summer rainfall, was expected Black said production of 28,000,000 Mrs. Marion Nabors spent the ents Mr d t v ri P th > , to produce 15.5 bushels to the acio. eggs during August brought the week-end in Greenwood with Mrs. | p as t’ t wo weeks ' • '’ second only to the high yield of 16 year’s total to September 1 to 276,- Dotte Henry. i p,* r ' r. , r r. -.ft bushels to the acre in 1943. Total| 000,000, seven per cent more than in Miss Jane McMaster of Greenville, ! ^ u ld Camp D^vi 8 ’ j-j J. R. CRAWFORD BUILDING MATERIAL PAG — PITTSBURGH PAINTS JOHN DEERE TRACTORS AND IMPLEMENTS THAT WORR ■ / , ■ . • — -: PHONE 10 CLINTON, S. C. Mrs. W. L. Marshall, Jr., of Silver Springs, Md., visited her , mother, Mrs. C. M. Bailey, on Friday. T. E. Woodruff, aviation machin ists mate second class, of the naval air corps, stationed in Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Woodruff. Lt. Alec Crawford arrived Monday from Austin, Texas, for a visit with relatives. Mrs. Crawford arrived ear- MONEY TO LOAN! Refinancing - Auto Loans - Insurance Monthly Installments — Easy Payments See Us Before You Finance TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Carolina Service Station Phone 27 •• Clinton, S. C. • ♦♦ ♦♦** c ♦ ♦ » » > il» EM production was estimated at 22.506,-* 1943. IMPROVED! 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BOLAND I Mrs. McMaster, .who is visiting her Lee Pitts visited the former’s broth —; er and sister-in-law, Mr. and ft Mrs. 8 cadet Rowland Russell, in Columbia during g , parents. . i Miss JLaurice • Harrelson, nurse, has gone to New Orleans, La., the week-end. where she will receive nine months Sgt. John Pitts Ri^nph of Rapid § training. • City, S. Dakota, is visiting his par- H Mrs. Ralph Holcombe of Green- ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sidney Rumph. ville, spent Sunday with her mother, Mr. Rumph, who is employed in Sa- Mrs. Irene Pitts. vannah, Ga., spent the week-end at ft Friends of L. L. Copeland, Sr., will liome. § H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Federal Loans Negotiated On Real Estate Telephone 121 /- be sorry to know he is ill and a pa tient at the county hospital in Lau rens. 1 , Miss Florence Ella Blakely visited Cpl. Lawrence Ferguson of Camp Lee, Va., is visiting his parents-, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ferguson. James Browning Dicus, seaman . w , .second class, of the Naval Air station, wood, on Monday. Lake City, Fla., is visiting his par- Mr. and Mrs. Harris Covington and ents Mr and Mrs w A Dlcus . | daughter, J ea n. have returned to Mildred Dunlap of Laurens, was their home in Hamlet, N. C., after a wee k- end guest of Patsy Mac- ; several days visit with Mrs Coving- donald last week . e nd. tons father, John J. Blakely. I Mrs c , de s Lankford was the Misses Anne Blakely, Marion Pitts week . end guest of Mrs . j ame s Tur- and Ruth Rumph, students at Lan- ner in c omer Qa. der college. Greenwood, spent the Mrs. R. G. Murphy, Mrs. J. B. Ja-i ♦♦♦4 ♦ friends at Lander college, Green-1 weekend at home. cobs and little son, Johnnie, and Mrs. <> Thornwell Dunlap. Jr., of Laurens B c ‘ Preslar spent last Wednesday spent the week-end with Carroll in Rock Hill with friends and re ia- I , 1 ?/ A ,,.- „ , r • lives. They were accompanied bjr " Miss Alhene Cope and ,of Knox- c aro iy n Murphy, who returned ' ville, Tenn., was called home this, to winthrop college to resume her ' week on account of the illness of her, s j ud i es | father, L. L. Copeland. Miss g ara stone spent the past 1 Mrs. Russell Cooper has returned week _ end i n Columbia with rela- ! from a two weeks stay in Hot tj ves j, Springs, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dominick of ! ^.Mrs. Francis Blalock and Uttle son Newbe Mr and Mrs Fl . ed Domi _ are visiting her sister and brother- ^ of Pro enty , M r. and Mrs. J. in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Eugene John- w Mllls and chlldren of Whitmire, son, in Columbia. • visited Mr. and Mrs. .W. T. Kanning Mr and Mrs. D. B. Bobo spent a # duri the week . end . few days last week in Whitmire with, Mr and Mrs Sam wilson and chil .; their daughters Mrs. Hassell Miller dren of Washington, D. C.. spent ^ Sim P son -^bere severa i days i ast week w jth the for- Mr. Bobo was entertained by his mer - s mother Mrs Dora wilson | family in honor of his 81st birthday. and his sist Mrs . j c . McCarley.l Mrs. H E. Sturgeon and Miss Jane Mr and Mrs . E ; E W ells had as Sturgeon have returned from a three their ts Saturday Mrs . G s .' weeks visit with relatives in Newton, Wells and children of Greenwood. | Kansas. The latter will return this, Mrs. Fred Whitlock spent Sunday j week to her duties as librarian at the i University of Georgia, in Athens. Mrs. T. J. Blalock spent the week- J end in York with her daughter, Mrs. James Moore and Mr. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Payne, Jennie and Horace, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. in Laurens with Mrs. Earl Payne and family. Miss Frances O’Daniel has returned to Gastonia, N. C... to resume her teaching position after spending the summer at home. T _ T , . , i Friends of Mrs. Zanie Campbell **: Ej J ac °b- s ate spending this week wd j b e interested to know she is im-' at Daytona Beach, Fla. proving in a Houston, Texas, hospital Mrs. Gary Holcombe has returned where she underwent an operation, from a few days visit with her par- Mr s. Campbell has been spending ents m Campobello some time in Houston with her Miss Jean Copeland left last week daughter< Mrs. E. F: Leiand. to resume her studies at Winthrop Mr and Mrs j c . McCarl college, Rock Hill, alter spending the summer at home. WAR BONDS t • AND VALUABLES ARE THEY SAFE FROM FIRE, THEFT, AND STORM? Our safety deposit boxes and storage vaults will give you that absolute protection. A Few Boxes Available—Rental Costs Are Low &S011 / BANKERS Estoblished 1886 Mr. and Mrs. Mac Adair and son, Hub, have returned from a trip to Highlands, N. C., and Atlanta. Ga. Mrs. Julian Coleman and Mrs. James M. Barbour visited the latter’s McCarley, Mrs. E. E. Wells and Mrs. Marvin De Young were visitors in Greenville Wednesday. Friends of Virgil Abrams of Bal timore. Md., will be interested to know he is improving at Hays hos- .. ., _ T , | . pital where he underwent a ton- Mstei, Mrs. Kenneth N. Bickers, who s iiectomy on Monday. 15 a P a * ien * at the General hospital Miss Betty Tribble has returned in Greenville, on Saturday Mrs. Bob Black spent the week-end in York with Lt. Black's parents. Sgt. Herbert A. Goff, who has re cently returhed to the States from France, 'where he was seriously wounded, visited his brother and sis- from Vergennes, Vt., where she spent the summer at the Basin Harbor ho tel as a student worker. Miss Jane Nicholson js visiting friends in Columbia and Hartsville this week. ... ,, , _ _ _ „ . Ensign Harold Johnson has return- tenn-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Goff. ^ ed to bl -5 Nation at 'Charleston after a few day ‘ s as ^ wee ^ enroute to S p en ding several days'with his par- Moore General hospital m Swanna-j ents>> Mr . and Mrs. Clark Johnson, noa N. C„ where he will receive M rs. W. D. Copeland was in Co- tieatment. lumbus, Ga.. last week to see- her Re\. and Mis S. P. Bovvles and ne phew. Claude J. Hipp, Jr., receive ami of n Fprt . ’ a | lcl ^ r - and his commission as a second lieutenant , ‘ ls ** £ er l ei ^ ^ ’ ^ a TT WeFe ! m the infantry at Fort Bemiing. Mrs. guests of . Ir. and Mrs. W. W. Harris Copeland also visited friends in At- i M °? day - »- , lanta on the return, trip. Mr and Mrs. Bonner Harvley and Friends of Mrs. W. T. Kanning will daughter, Martha ® yrd ’ °! Green- be interested to know she is conva- a°n*’ MrS e Harvleys fat b er > lescing at her home on North Broad B4ak ^ ly ’ Sunday - o street from a recent illness. Mrs. J. B. W ilder spent Sunday in Mrs. John W. Forsyth of Colum- . pa it an burg with Mrs. Jack Dillard b i a j s visiting her parents, Mr. and and family. ' Mrs. L. B. Dillard. Mrs Rosa Hart accompanied by Mr _ and Mrs . Roy Yount of Cross her sister, Mrs. Bob Duncan of Greer, HiH, were recent guests of Mr. and spent the week-end in Augusta with Mrs l E Heeder Mr. and Mi^s. Burt Hart. Mrs. Hart ‘ Mj. s ’ j ohn is spending a few days in Greer with Mrs. Duncan. Mrs. L. S. Reddeck returned Tues- Ferguson spent the week-end in Summerville "with her sister. \ Misses Evelyn Stone and Carolyn day to Rome Ga., after spending sev- Harmon spept the week-end eraMays with her mother, Mrs. Irene the i r families in Newberry. Mrs. Denny Pitts of Greenville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Nannie A. Pitts and family. ^ Mrs. Eugene Prau and grandson] Jackie^Orr, returned to their home j in Columbia Tuesday after spending several days with her mother, Mrs. Mary Prather. Mrs. B. F. VVingard, Barrie Jean Wingard, Mr. and Mrs. K. 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