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y. I / Page Two - WX ■ -J- 7' \ r | J THE CLINTON CH&ONICLE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1919 77,000 Phones Announcements placed in s. c. Since the War LYNN Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lynn of ^ Memphis. Tenn., announce the birth Columbia, Sept. 24.—The Southern of a daughter. Elizabeth Jane, on 1 B ell Telephone company reported to- Seotcmber 24. da >’ that B has ad ded 77,000 tele phones in South Carolina since the SOUTH'S BUSINESS LEADERS OPTIMISTIC FOR THE FUTURE Cotton Growers Offered Advice To Destroy Stalks Mr and Mrs. Lynn are former residents of this city. end of World War II. There were 172,000 Bell’company Bl'RLEY phones operating in the state Sept. 1 a Mr. and Mrs. William D. Burley of compared with only 95,100 Sept. 1, Crreensbofo. N. C., announce the birth 1945. ( ( of a son. William David Burley. Jr., The increase in the number of in Greensboro, on Thursday. Sep- phones since the war, the company lember 22. Mrs. Burley is the former said, was at a rate five times greater Miss Elizabeth Hatton, daughter of than the pre-war rate of develop- Mrs. J K. Hatton of this city. _ment. ♦ The number of telephones in Co- Interesting Speaker h ?i r . e f sed _ j 3 /'i i "from 20,710 V-J day to 34,000 today. For Garden Club the company said. Atlanta, Sept. 24. — The South's economic picture today is a portrait of prosperity, highlighted in autum nal golden color. Business leaders predict a fall boom. Retail trade in several areas already has picked up beyond fond est expectations. t . Summer sales doldrum's and reces sion talk apparently have disappear ed. although some tycoons still have words of warning. It’s not the South's weevil-infested cotton crop nor labor disputes that mainly worry the top financiers. It's what Uncle Sam will do. On Friday, Sept. 30 at three o'clock a treat will be offered to ail garden , lub members, their friends and rela tives (gentlemen included) by the Green Thumb Garden Club o.f Lau rens. Mrs. Fred Ware of Augusta, Ga . president of the Hill Top Garden C jo of Augusta, former staff mem- er : the Atlanta Constitution and : -mer Literary Edit -r of the Au- _U'ta Chronicle, will speak that af- Vehicle Licenses In County $51,740 A survey by International News Service indicates that employment is increasing with the outset'of fall. Buying is strong. Aggressive sales ap- ,ern< hall at the Laurens community ••'Ft wer Arrangement in the Burlesque planner.’’ A imi'.'.oft charged by the club 25 cenjs A .-orial hour will a the address. Students To Direct Sunday Vesper Services Special to The Chronicle'. Columbia. Sept. 23. — During the past year a total of S61.740 has been spent by Laurens county citizens for motor vehicle licenses, according to r. report issued by the South Carolina highway department, covering li cense feels collected during the pe riod from September 13, 1948, to August 31. 1949. Of the amount collected for fees in Laurens county, S60.790 was collected ri . to last mmth. and the remain ing S950 was collected during the month of August. proach can make it stronger. Men who should" know how the dollars bow generally are confident. B. M. Edwards, for example, presi dent of the South Carolina National bank. Edwards declared: "The business outlook in South Carolina is definitely good for the next three months, barring any radi cal legislation.” Richards Courts, the Atlanta stock broker, also warned that the govern ment can play the key role in the Washington; bept. io.—Farmers of the Carolines and other cotton states should destroy their cotton stalks as soon as possible after picking time to wipe out the breeding ground of the boll weevils which have caused severe losses this year. This advice was given today by R. W. Harned. leader of the Agriculture Department's division of cotton in sect investigators, who has just re turned here from an inspection of the damage done by the weevils in 11 Southern states. Harned said: * “The year 1949 will be long re membered as a boll weevil year. Thousands of cotton growers were forced either to use large quantities of insecticides to control weevils or they took great losses. Many plant ers said weevils were more numer ous during the first week in Septem ber than in any year Since 1927 or 1923. "x ‘•If a high percentage of the wee vils that go into winter quarters this fall live through .the winter, the cot ton farmers will' have a hard fight on their hands next summer,” he said. , Although no estimates on cotton losses caused by weevils in 19’9 a.e available so far, the pests cost cot ton farmers more than 3400,000.000 in 1927. Leighton Is New Tennis Coach at College Harned, an official of the depart ment’s bureau of pntomology and plant quarantine, said destruction of the stalks removes fall feed for the weevils and prevents them from in creasing in numbers. The pests then go into hibernation hungry and part ly starved, and winter weathers kills them. “Insecticides”, he said, “can’t be used eeonmically to reduce the numbers of weevils present in the fields late in the fall.” A new tennis coach joined the ath letic department of Presbyterian col- .ege the past week. He is Jim Leighton, professional with a wide range of experience along the circuit from Massachusetts to Florida. “The conrtol of the boll weevil by early stalk destruction is not new,” Harned said. The method is the old est and most successful boll weevil control measure known. Specialists on the growing and culture of cottdn all agree that if every farmer who can get his cotton harvested in time will cut and plow under his cotton stalks before frost, boll weevil con trol next year will be less expensive, end less difficult. Leighton said his objective is to put P. C. on top in the collegiate ten nis world. He chose the Blue Stocking institution because he feels the ad ministration ‘‘has been sound in de veloping the sport, thus gaining for the college considerable recognition in that field.” He rates the college tennis plant as one of the best in the South, The young tennis pro attended Dartmouth college and has instructed at the Essex County club, Manches- ‘.er, Mass.; Wee Burn Beach club, Rowayton, Conn.; Gasparilla Inn, Boca Grande, Fla.; and the St. Pe tersburg, Fla., tennis club. not be surprising if fall activity es tablished an all-time ^record.” CALL 74 FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES The new Blue Stocking coach said he has his winter activities planned with an eye toward developing and scouting players to strengthen P. C.’s tennis team. The college already boasts a record of winning ten straight tennis championships. LAURENS COUNTY GIRLS ARE WINTHROP GRANDDAUGHTERS >•••; .on: :ea; ; Will t fc.-.ture pr >gram o ilore’s ri Vesper service of the ’ .'Or es Sunday nijjht. Their '.erne h A Case for Cnrisl anity.” Jim H h.ngswjrth of Norfolk, Va.. .’ .! -ervo as moderator, and Cy Mal- 1„: J f Thomasville, Ga.. will oroide . cr the worship program. Parti, ipating in the discussion ..r ...> a:e Neely McCarter of Gas- • n.a, N. C.. Ed Kenney of Aiken, B.li Holcombe of Westminster ana Winsor Wilder of Atlanta. 1 WOADVIKi cjhedbie Box Office Opens 2:15 — Saturday 12:15 Shows Run Continuously Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29-30 Saturday, Oct. 1 - One Day Only WHITE SAVAGE rising tide of regional prosperity. He explained: “A reversal .Of trade balances will prove a boon to all the nation, and definitely to the South. But unless there is a reversal, unless creditors act like creditors and debtors like debtors. 1 can be no optimimst. Courts charged that “no matter how it may look," devaluation is in- process now. Edwards, meanwhile, told a group of industrialists that "the way we’re- going now, we’re definitely headed* t • . : - cialism.” Except for these apparent worries, the South Carolina banker and others oucstioned expressed abounding faith that business has begun to boom, i John M. McGregor, of Memphis, declared there is no reason why bus iness should be anything less than excellent "for all who make it good by aggressiveness, intelligence and use of good common sense.” McGregor operates T5ne of the South's largest appliance and auto- mative concerns. He recently met with 400 top retail dealers engaged; in many types of business. He ex plained: “From their conversation, I feel justied in predicting good business Conditions this fall and winter.” A study of August trends in New! Orleans shows a business snap-back that equals the high tides of imme diate post-war years. The research secretary of New Or leans’ association of commerce, said that a normal rise from here out to Christmas may be expected- ^Arthurj S! Graham said, in fact, that "it will Winthrop college students who are daughters of alu nnae welcomed 45 freshmen into their Granddaughters’ club this year. Attending the annual party for new members were Winthrop's president. Dr. Henry R. Sims, and Mrs. Sims, both standing at the fireplace. Miss Ruth Williams, executive secretary of the alumnae associ ation, is in the doorway at left. Laurens county is represented in the Granddaughters’ club by two students: Mary Jane Howard of Gray Court, and Nancy Royster of Laurens.— (Winthrop News Service Photo). * j (In Technicolor) TAHIA, TEMPTRESS OF THE TROPICS With MARIA MONTEZ, JON HALL and SABU Also Cartoon KIDDIE SHOW — SATURDAY, 9:30 A. M. 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