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Thursday, August 11, 1949
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Seven
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JUNE HAVER, RAY BOLGER,
GORDON McCREA
(The life of Marilyn Miller)
Saturday August 13
SPECIAL AGENT
...and...
MAGGIE AND JIGGS
' IN SOCIETY
Mon.-Tues. . Aug. 15-16
THREE
GODFATHERS
JOHN WAYNE
Wednesday August 17
UNFAITHFULLY
YOURS
T • REX HARRISON .
Abo CASH NIGHT .
BIRTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES NOTED
The Chronicle Extends Greetingf
To Those Whose Birthdays and
Anniversaries Occur This Week.
and*MM John ^B^kma^o^Tole-l ^ r * * Gra“dy lunch f >r0 * ram for use durin S ^ Fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dol- Banking Institution in the 'sum of
do Ohio Win rulehraTe hk first Adair, will also celebrate a birthday 194 *- 49 sch ° o1 F ear - as compared to ars per annum from September 1st Ten thousand ($10.000 00) dollars,
the $1,535,692 received in federal aid 1950 t0 September 1st 1960 inclu- payable to the County Treasurer of
for the 1948-49 school vear it was sive ' The interest wil1 not exceed Laurens County the proceeds of the
^ ' three per centum per annum, and deposit made by the successful oid-
announced this week by W. H. Gar- bidders are requested to bid on the der to be retained as liquidated dam-
rison, supervisor of the school lunch lowest rate of interest. No bids of a 8cs in the event of failure to com-
division of the South Carolina De- less ,than par and accumulated in- ply with the terms of the bid. other—
partment of Education. * terest will be considered. The best wise to be paid on the purchase price.
Director Garrison stated that the bid will be determined by deduoting^The deposits of all unsuccessful bid-
division expects an increase in the from the total interest to be paid uni de%; will be returned to them or their
this number of schools participating in der the bid the Amount of the prem- order. An unlimited advelorem tax
ebrate her first birthday August 17. year to 750,000 bales. ; the program during the coming ium offered. The interest will be on the taxable property in Laurens
June Carol McCarter, daughter ofj This is 17 per cent, or 146,000 bales, sch ° o1 y ear ' over 857 white and payable semi-annually on March 1st County is provided for payment o!
583 Negro schools in South Carolina and Septemmber 1st of each year to bonds. The Bonds when executed
which took part in the program dur- maturity. The bonds are offered for will be delivered to the purchaser or
ing the 1948-49 school year. There sale on the approving opinion of any his order at Laurens, S C. on re-
are a total of 3.480 schools in the reputable bond Attorney approved ceipt of the purchase price.
jCarroll L. Pitts, of Spartanburg, W ^M is Varger "than *in any "of'the "three state ’ ot which participated in by the County Board of Commission- By order of the County Boa- 1 af
-* — o.._j— a.. 3 . ^6 lunch program during the past ers, the fee of the opinion and the Commissioners of Laurens County.
: and Mrs. John W. Finney., Jr., will
l also celebrate their wedding anni-
1 versaries on the 16th.
Thomas Pitts, son of Mrs. P. M.
Pitts, has a birthday August 19.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Rawl. of Fay-
I etteville, N. C., formerly of this city,
! will observe their wedding anniver
sary August 19.
I August 18th is the birthday of
Mrs. Raymond Pitts
More Federol Aid
Provided for State
School Lunch Program
o clock Eastern Standard time in tho
afternoon of the 22nd of August,
1949. and will be opened at that time.
The bids should be addressed to
Special to The Chronicle.
Columbia, Aug. 10.—South Caro
lina will receive a-total of $1,757,206
federal aid for the state's school
lunch program for
NOTICE OF SALE OF ROAD IM-
f PROVEMENT BONDS
Laurens. S. C.
The County Board of Commission
ers of Laurens County, offers for sale Lander B Stoddard, County Super
coupon bonds of said County in the vi s° r Laurens Courrty, S C . at
sum of Three hundred thousand Laurens, S. C and marked "Bid
($300,000.00) dollars, to be dated °n Laurens County Road Improve-
September 1st, 1949, and to be pay- ment Bortd,” Bidders are required to
rble serially within twenty (20) deposit with their bid cash, or, cer-
years from (fate, and will mature tified check on some responsible
do, Ohio, will celebrate his first
birthday August 13th. Mrs. Beckman
is the former Miss Emily Ferguson
of this city.
on the 18th.
Boll Weevil Cuts
Margaret Nell Poole, daughter of Ci- a i. e Cotton PfOSDerts
r. and Mrs. John H. Poole, of Cross r FOSpeCIS
her first birth- To 750,000 Boles
NEXT—
THE GIRL FROM
JONES BEACH
Mr
1 Anchor, celebrated
| day August 9.
| Suzanne Watkins, daughter of Mr. 1 The boll weevil has cut South Car
| and Mrs. Howard Watkins, will cel-: olina’s prospective cotton crop
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCarter, of Cor-; less than 1948’s production, Frank O.|
al Gables, Fla., formerly of this city,. Black, federal-state agricultural stat-
was one year old July 26. ■ istician, reported yesterday.
Davis V. Pitts, of Laurens, and| The prospective outturni hoW ever,
: observe their birthdays Sunday, Au- prev j ous years, 1945-46-47, and beats c i-
gust 14. Both are formerly of this average of 716 000 bales year ‘ The South Carolina school bond blanks to be furnished by the
city. j a season ’ , lunch program served 41 per cent of purchaser, the right is reserved to
and Mrs. LeRoy Sanders, was
years old August 2.
The following will observe their
birthdays tomorrow: Dr. F. F. Hicks,
Dr ft. O. Whitten, and Miss Frances
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ALL COTTON DRESSES
$3.95 — $5.95 - $7.95
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Richard Mack Sanders, son of Mr.. ...
tvVo! Final reports show the weevil dam
aged 25 per cent of the crop, com
pared with last year’s 8 per cent.
The record high of weevil damage
was 27 per cent in 1927 and 1941.
McKee. Cotton acreage is about 8 per cent
Mrs. E. T. Woodruff observed her greater this year than last,
birthday August 6th and Mr. Wood-, “Ordinarily,” Black commented,
ruff will observe his birthday to- “this year’s production would have
morrow, August 12. ! compared favorably with the largest!
Dr. D. J. Woods observed a birth- crops of recent years, but a mild
day August 9. ; winter permitted heavy survival of
August 14th birthdays wdll include weevils and much showery weather
Mrs. George Watts Copeland. ’ during the past six weeks was fa-
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Simmons cel-(Ivorable to weevil activity, resulting
ebrated their wedding anniversary in severe damage to the crop.
August 9tn. xhe indicated yield of 289 pounds
Pfc Frank H. Loftis, of Shaw Field, Q f jj n ^ an acre compares with 372
celebrated his 21st birthday July i asl year a rec0 rd of 391 in 1944. and
27th. a go# average for the 1936-47 period.,
Charles Robert Ray, son of Mr. i Cottonseed production of 296.000
and Mrs. Dudley Ray, will have *;tons is indicated for 1949. based on
birthday Saturday. i the ratio of lint to seed during the
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert J. Pitts will pa jt five years
observe their w^ddlng anniversary j CrT)p corre#pondenU repcrt a re cJ
Tuesday Mr. a " d D ' , ord high of 575 pounds of commer-
Mr. and Mrs Earl Horton, and M . ci# j f^ft^xier an acre used on cotton
this year, compared with 555 pounds
last year and 240 pounds in 1932
The cost was 942 15 an acre this year,
911.15 in 1948. and 92 50 in 1912.
Greenville Torque
Club Entertains
Big Crowd Here
The Clinton Music Supply Co.'
Yarborough Oil Co. and the Clinton
Fly.ng club were hosts to the Green,
vide Torque club Sunday, furnitn-
ing free entertainment to a crowd of
approximately 800 people during thfe
afternoon. A complete demonstration
of model airplane flying skill and
workmanship was of interest to alP
who attended Many different types
of planes were shown including a
small speed plane that attained 119
miles per hour. Various other planes
were to have been flown but due to
rain it was impossible to fly as the
control wires attracted electricity
from the low moving clouds
Many of the Greenville flyers are
contest winners and have spent con-
'siderable time and money designing
j and learning to fly their planes. Ed-
J ward B Tysl. president of their club,,
| said they would be glad to return fori
another demonstration if requested. 1
1 Soft drinks and glider planes were
| furnished free to the Greenville and
Clinton club members.
the school children of the state dur- reject any or all bids. Sealed bids
ing 1948-49, as compared to the 22 for the purchase of said bonds will
per cent of the nation’s school chil- be received at the office of the Coun-
dren who participated in the pro-, ty Supervisor of Laurens County, at
gram during the year. , Laurens Court House, S. C. to three
Lander B. Stoddard,
County Supervisor,
Laurens, S. C.
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Laurens, S. C.
Chevrolet, Ford,
Plymouth, Buick
Lead In Car Sales
Detroit, Aug. 9.—The General Mo
tors Corporation made a bid for su
premacy in the buyers’ market today
| by announcing a new special series
in Buicks which will be priced only
'slightly higher than the lower-priced
leaders.
i The Buirk division in Flint. Filch.,
described the newcomer to the auto
■ field as incorporating “completely
| new styling and many engineering
| innovations.” Prices will be an-
I nounced later.
t ' .
Chevrolet now leads the sales field
with Ford in second place, Plymouth
in third and Buick in fourth. A Gen
eral Motors spokesman said the spe
cial series is designed to boost Buick
into third place.
The new Buick is t"hree inches
shorter in over-all length “on a
wheelbase virtually the same as its
predecessor’” which went out of pro
duction last December.
| However, the formal announce-
J ment of its appearance on the market
I said “entrance room and leg room
( remain the same.” Twelve inches
1 have been added to the’’rear"seat at
i hip level.
The engine of the conventional
; model is a . valve-in-head straight
height developing 110 horsepower. The
Dynaflow, which is optional, delivers
120 horsepower.
Revival at Leesville
Methodist Church
A revival meeting is being held this
week, through August 14, at the
Leesville Southern Methodist church,
located near Clinton. The evangelist
is the Rev. Charlie D. Huggins, ofj
Mullins. The supply pastor, Pmiipj
McDaniel, is leading the song ser-
vices, f ,
The meetings will be climaxed j
Sunday by a homecoming day with a [
morning and atfernoon service. TheL-
public is cordially invited and wel-[
come to attend a!l se-vi'es.
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