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I / 7 t 7. t / *.'T Thursdoy, November 6, 1947 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three! World Cottbn Crop Estimated At 26 Million Bales As Washington Sees It.. THE NATIONAL SCENE Mill EmpToyees Attend Safety Meet In Columbia Catohna Public Service Authority, and Edward S. Greene, supervising engineer with Aetna Casualty and Surety company. —3—r Washington, Nov. 4.—The agricul ture department reported tonight that estimates from various producing countries indicate this year’s world ... , u j j, - . cotton crop totaled 26,100,000 bales census opinion-of one hundred^ ei . ence> w hich was held in Columbia of 500 pounds gross weight. j economists poUed by th^ F. W. Dodge October 30-31. Mrs. Sible Chaney, Special to The Chronicle Washington, Nov. 4. It is the con- Carolina Industrial Safety con- s 4 ■ ( Vj —f Columbia, Nov. 4.-i-(Special to The I Assignmenf? Open At Chronicle). •— Laurens county was! well represented at the tenth annual organization that there will be a i registered purse at the Laurens Cot- This is per cent more than last, 1 n h#>c ,: nn5nir i year’s exceptionally small crop of mi1 ^ business recession beginning ton Mills presided as vice-chairman next spring. i 0 f th e industrial nursing section of The group polled includes econ Several Air Bases Sgt. Stephen J. Matthews, com manding officer of the Laurens sub-j station of the United States Army and United States Air Force recruit ing service, announced today that there are a large number of open j assignments with the Ninth Air Force at. the Qreenville Air Base,! Greenville, Shaw Field, ‘Sumter,! crop. Tire Recapping. Battery Charging. Firestone Batteries. Radiator Boiling. Car and Truck Repairing. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Phone 119 Gary St. 21,500,000 bales. Nearly all the in- crease is accounted for by larger! The, group polled includes econ- the conference. crops in the United States and the! connected with business cor-; others froih the county who attend- Soviet Union, Brazil, Argentina and|P° ra * ions > f* nan cial institutions, uni-.^ the conference were: Mrs. Vera Peru, the department said. ; versities and economic research or- c Davidson, Watts Mill; Plato Rob-'^d Langley Field, Virginia^ These The United States crop is estimat-; Ionizations. l erts, Clyde B. Simmqns, Luther Ches- j assignments call for many military ed at 11,508,000 bales, an increase of' Forty one of the economists ex-, tein, Lewis Brewington, J. W. Pulley,' occu P a ti ona l specialties, and they 33 per cent over last year’s small pecting a recession indicated they Lloyd Lynd, Albert McCall, Paul G. must be filled by former servicemen believed it would be mild, nineteen Wilson, C. B. Moore, William Wilford, with those specialties, described their expectation as “mod- James L. Flynn and O. C. Harris, o: Any air force veteran of World erately aferious,” and eleven as “seri- Laurens Mill. (War II who is interested in one of ; ous.” ' ; Attending from the Joanna Cotton these initial (assignments should con- Ih the opinion of most of the eco- Mju s company, Goldville, were: C. T. tact the local recruiting sub-station : nomists the index of wholesale com-; F ran y 0ni l. a! Crawford. J. D. But- °r an y army and air force recruiting 1 modity prices es established by the j eri g j Willingham, Rolfe Clark, sergeant to ascertain if his rp ib tary U. S. bureau of labor statistics -will \Tjss Mildred Bozard James P. Sloan, occupational specialty is among those continue to rise, but will be down by^. N< Franks, J. M. Rowland, D. J. listed as critically needed at these August of next year and down .t ur * 1 Buchanan, Mrs. Hattie White. installations. If so, and he can quali- ther by the end of 1948. The median. The conference was divided* into !y for .enlistment, he will be initially i commodity index prediction figure* different groups, such as elec- assigned to duty at one of these three in the opinion of the economi&ts was t r [ ca i and public utilities, textiles, bases. , 158 for December, 150 for next Au- j arm safety, street arid highway.. ~ ~ gust, and 140 for December, 1943. c ] 0 th finishing, steam railroad, pulp The majority believe that indus- anc j i 0 ggi n g ) and industrial nursing, trial production will remain stable F m p] 0 y ees an( j execu ^ ves f rom man . next year, 64 anticipating overall u f a cturing concerns all over the state or decline from the 1947 level during attended the conference, decline shown as ten per cent. The ^ feature of the conference was a majority forsee an upward trend in g enera i meeting of all groups, and industrial production in the first principal speakers were James H. quarter and a decline in the last three Hammond, chairman of the South quarters of next year as compared ✓ Enjoy The Drink That “Hits The Spot" t -Water Heaters -Range* ~ -Dispo sails -Refrigerators -Home Freezers -Ironers A New Dream-Line of Quality Appliances HOME SUPPLY CO. Next to Bailey’s Bank Phone 423 *- > ft j -r fad/ ! New, Fast-Heating Coleman SJo*, !*/ Jot, .ss* They’re Coleman-built! - that means features for top economy. long life, beauty. Sec them ua our display today! BENJAMIN & H SONS , Telephone 117 McIntoshs shoe SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship. with this year. Majority opinion indicates an ex- iu< pectation of approximately stable to lower employment in 1948 as com pared with this year. Of the 78 economists expressing an opinion on the ^mmployment outlook only three expect a steady uptrend while 3(1 expect a steady' downtrend, and 45 believe that employment will be ap proximately stable next year. Despite the mild business recession! Louie’s MELLOW-CREAM DO-NUTS 8 i expected, there is strong support for ! || j the view that the dollar volume of! ft construction contracts will be greater | J? hext year than this year Seventy-six economists expressed j an opinion on the construction out look. Thirtyseven anticipate a steady [uptrend, 28 believe building will be . approximately stable, and eleven ex- | pect a steady downtrend. Fifty-eight I believe there will be an overall in- Made Fresh Daily 20 Sloan St. Ask for the Big Bottle PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. ft ft l ft I ♦# Read .The Chronicle-Your Neighbor Does ; crease in construction contract vo:- •j ume, the median figure on the in crease expectation being ten per cent. Washington is not taking serious the many sub-committee hearings. When hearings are being held by a committee of one or two congress men, the public as well as official Washington iust cannot become in terested. There are a few exceptions but they are of minor characters. Most congressmen returning from Europe have expressed themselves as haying changed their opinion in 1 many regards. They do not agree, however. Returning visitors as well as congressmen did not see with the same eyes. Some report Europe starving, others report that they saw no lack of food, medical supplies or other necessities. The majority, however, believe that Europe must receive aid and receive it soon. I h UNCLE OF DEPENDABLE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALySERVICE THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE McGEE’S DRUG STORE Filling Prescriptions Is A Profession With Us * Phone No. 1 BURR1SS- HARRISON CO. Phone 435—W. Pitts St. YOUR FRIENDLY FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE STORE T. E. 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Ex cept you are touched, you pay no heed. So today I am poppin’ off with this warning: As Uncle Samuel gets to feeling his oats more and more, and is not slapped down—you are just as liable to find the old boy sittin’ on your own door-step most «ny morning. It happened in Great Britain—just like that. £o folks, get registered-^get your vacations ever—you have only one year left to ponder. Yours with the lown down, - JO SERRA YARBOROUGH OIL CO. Goodyear TIRES — BATTERIES ACCESSORIES Open All Night Phone 440 UNCIE JOSH Copyright 1947, Publisher* Feature Service. Inc. SNELGROVE’S GARAGE A. C. SPENCER, Mgr. 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