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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, APRIL 2t, 1949
The Campaign Is On!
' CLEVN UP — PAINT UP — FIX UP
SEE US FOR YOUR HARDWARE NEEDS
All Kinds
of
TOOLS
for amateur or
professional
Geo. A. Copeland & Son
Phone 61
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EVERYTHING
FOR YOUR
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GARDEN
Add a colorful note
to your home this
summer—with flow
ers and shrubs.
Irak
yum
SEEDS
Lav/n — Flower — Vegetable
BULBS, PLANTS, FERTILIZERS
GARDEN TOOLS
Blakely- Burton^
Hardware & Seeds
North Broad Street
Phone 188
Uncle J/ktche/s
There’s a real good farmer
in our section who’s al
ways preaching about
cover crops for building
up poor land. But he says
you need something more
for a good corn crop. How
come he hnd out...
^ .--W mu
He side-dress a five-acre
patch with two, three hun
dred pound of natchel soda.
The corn start quick and
keep growing good in the
dry spells. There wasn’t no
firing and the ears was heavy
and fuller filled. He say the
other minerals in soda must
help build them ears.
from Clinton, It was le »*ned yester
day at the police department.
The message from C'intpn came at
6:20 a m. and at they hailed a
car on East Main street which turned
out to be the one they were looking
for. They seized the driver, who gave
his name as Jess Laney and his home
address as Clinton, and later turned
hi mover to the Clinton police de
partment.
The Clinton officers reported that
the car^belonged to a Charlotte Ob
server circulation man who parked
it near a restaurant while he went
in for breakfast. He saw a man drive
the car off and reported it to the
police headquarters.
HISTORIC SCENE AT SIGNING OF PACT ... In ceremonies mark
ing one of the most historic events since Versailles, President Tinman
addresses visitors from 12 nations in the departmental auditorium in
Washington where the signing of the Atlantic defense pact took place.
At the left is Joseph Bech, Luxembourg’s foreign minister, and at the
right is Gustav Rasmussen, foreign minister of Denmark.
Springs Loom
Order Largest
In Textile History
i Lancaster. April 18.—The Springs
WOMEN CAN CUT
HOME FIRE TOLL
THREE FOURTHS
If women in the home would learn
the rudiments of fire safety, they
could prevent nearly three-fourths
of all building fires in the United
Cotton Mills, Lancaster, has placed States, according to figures of the
an order for 14,000 looms wdth the National Boafrd of Fire Underwrit-
Draper Corporation of Hopedale, ers.
Mass. This is the largest loom order
in the history of textile manufactur
ing, Draper officials have announced.
This order, involving over 15 miK
lion dollars at current prices, was
placed at a time when textile profits
art definitely on the down grade and
many textile plants throughout the
nation are curtailing operations.
Estimates show that cotton mill
production is off 25 per cent in the
first quarter of 1949.
Shipment of these looms is ex
pected to begin next fall at the rate
of 100 per month and will be step
ped up later to the maximum num
ber which can be installed without
disrupting the operations of the
mills. These 14,000 looms will com
pletely equip all plants of -the Springs
Cotton Mills. --—i- ;
Seasoned observers who have
watched the textile industry for
three generations point out that
when the Springs Cotton Mills starts
buying new machinery it usually
means that the end of the downward
trend in the market has been reach
ed. The Springs management always
has picked the depth of the textile
depression as a springboard for ex
pansion.
Colonel Leroy- Springs, the first
president, was very contrary and,
Quoting from a recent survey
made of urban areas, the National
Board said that 70 per cent of all
building fires during one vear
broke out in the home.
Women who spend most of their
t:me at home can prottet it against
fire with very little extra effort,
the authorities declared, and sug
gested a program for Spring Clean-
Up that would establish good house
keeping habits for year-round safe
ty. Women can also help in com
munity activities where their serv
ice will be welcomed.
Fire studies show that 90 per cent
of all fires are caused by careless-
ress.
Safety experts advise:
., Clean all old clothes, paper and
•accumulated odds and ends out ot
closets, the basement, and attic.
Have an electric light installed in
c.osets or use a flash light, but nev
er a match.
Keep stoves cleaned of all grease, 1
and store grease containers away
from the stove.
Put all oily rags and painted
clothes in closed metal containers.
Don't use gasoline for cleaning. If
cleaning fluids are used be sure they
have the label of Underwriters’ Lab-
. , { a ! ,u ’‘oratories, Inc., on the can.
whenever everyone else was tearing; Never leavc electric irons with the
their hair in despair, the colonel
would copper the market and start
a fire with
currents on.
.. .-- - | Don’t try to quicken
expanding. Likewise, when his com- j ]( erosene
See that curtains don't blow over
petitors were basking in the sunlight
of prosperity anad pricing yachts, the
colonel was squeezing every penny
until the Indian screamed and would
not spend enough money to grease
the machinery.
In 1902 when other mills were cur
tailed he borrowed enough money to
expand his small 10,000 spindle mill
: at Lancaster to 90,000 spindles. Again
in 1912. when warehouses were ful]
the stove where they might catch
fire. j
Keep pot handles from protruding
over the edge of the stove so that
ycung children can’t turn them over
and burn themselves.
Don't throw dust from a vacuum
cleaner into a fire or burning in
cinerator where it might explode.
Choose electrical appliances which
of unsalable goods he built the larg-| bear the label of Underwriter’s Lab-
,est weave shed in the world in Lan- oratories Inc Call in an t
caster and installed 3.000 new auto- eIectrician wh en planning to add new.
high-power consuming devices. He
matic Draper looms supplied by 129,-'
. 000 spindles.
| By the time the new plant was in
operation, the European situation
had run the textile business into a
great boom and bailed the colonel
out of the banks.
The depression of 1929 put the
! textile industry again on the ropes.
By 1931. a total of 12 million, of the
; country’s 35 million spindles were
| headed for the scrap pile. Colonel
j Leroy Springs died that year with
I the belief that his mills were doom-
j ed. The new management felt the
j same way and the only thing they
had inherited from Colonel Springs
was his contrary streak, so they de
cided to capitalize on it and began
buying new machinery.
By the time business began to
1 boom again in 1938 the Springs Cot-
j ton Mills had increased from 270,p00
‘ to 530,000 spindles, and from 6,000
I to 14,000 looms. Now, after six
place burned out fuses with 15 am
pere ones for the ordinary house
hold.
Keep a metal screen in front of
a fireplace.
See that matches are kept out of
reach of young children.
Don’t dress children in flimsy,
flammable clothes or party costumes,
i Make it a household rule that no
one is ever to smoke in bed.
SWAT THAT FLY
CLEAN-UP WEEK
Swat that fly! We have been wag-:
ing war on the house-fly for years.
It still is 'a formidable enemy. Dur
ing her life span of from two to,
twelve weeks a single fly may lay
as many as 2,730 eggs which mature,
in about two weeks. Thus, a phen
omenal number of successive gener-
months lof constantly dwindling pric- ations appear in a single season. And
es and' profits, the textile industry each fly is a carrier of the germs of
: looks far from attractive to its cus- typhoid and—some say—polio. Swat i
j tomers and bankers. But the an- that fly! Yes, but we can’t hope to!
nouncement of the purchase of these swat the n all.
looms by the Springs company is the Preventing Hies is more effective
first break in the cloudy situation. than swatting them. Clean up the
• filth they thrive on. They don’t
VTART ri FAN IIP I thrive in a clean city So CLEAN
U UP-PAINT UP-FIX UP. Elimi-
DRIVE IN ATTIC na ^ e trash piles and filth.
- — • Keep garbage cans covered. Re-
Are you dreading the job of clean- place worn fly screens. Now during
ing out that attic? Don't put it off. the CLEAN UP—PAINT UP—FIX
Accumulated trash in your home is t-P program rededicate your^lf to
definitely a fire hazard. Start your the battle against the disease-darry-
CLEAN UP—PAINT UP—FIX UP, in g house-fly.
in the attic. Then work down through # ^ i
your rooms. Don’t overlook useless PoliC6ni6n Nob
articles in closets. A clean basement £. • ^ . .
is a safer basement. This CLEAN JiOlen COT In LQUrenS
UP—PAINT UP—FIX UP Week is (From The Laurens Advertiser)
a time to plan for better living, tool Lt. Dave Powers and Patrolmen L.
Sit down right now and list system- ,H. Corbett and W. E. Roberts recov-
atically the improvements needed at ered an automobile alleged to have
your house—for instance, walls to been stolen in Clinton early yester-
be painted, roof repaired, floors var- day morning 20 minutes after a re-
nished, screens replaced, new fur- port of the theft had been received
niture and furnishings . . . and so ■ -— —
on. Then plan to make these im- ATHLETES FOOT GERM
Read The Chronicle-Your Neighbor Does
provements in the order of their pri
ority. Yes, CLEAN UP—PAINT UP-
HOW TO KILL IT.
IN ONE HOUR,
FIX UP now. Make your home more IF NOT PLEASED, your 35c back,
comfortable and beautifuly for more , an y druggist for this STRONG
gYacious living.
CALL 74
FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES
j fungicide, TE-OL. Made with 90 per
cent alcohol, it PENETRATES.
Reaches and kills MORE germs fast
er. Today at McGee’s Drug Store.
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We have all sorts of
gadgets, tools, appliances
and equipment that make
every-day work easier.
You will also find many
other requisites for repair
ing and brightening up
your home in our big stock.
COX HOME &
AUTO SUPPLY
N. Broad St.
Phone 12
Beat ‘old sol’ to the Punch!
Keep the porch in the shade—keep the house cooler
ATTRACTIVE
PAINTED STRIPE
WINDOW AWNINGS
Colorful, matched awnings,
with complete frames, hard
ware.
PORCH
FURNITURE
STEEL GLIDERS
...and...
CHAIRS
Prather-Simpson
Furniture Go.
‘Your Rexall Drug Store'
Phone 101
ACCESSORIES and FURNISHINGS
play an important part in roOm beauty pnd happy
living.
Our store is full of new articles and ideas for furnish
ing the home, decorating the home, maintaining the
home, equipping the home for maximum comfort, con
venience and beauty.
May we serve you soon?
Maxwell Bros. & Wilkes
FURNITURE