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X / r THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Eittttnn If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 24, 1949 Number 46 WEST CLINTON SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS MBS. JOE CAMPBELL, Correspondent and Representative- As Washington Sees It.. (HE NATIONAL SCENE Mr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Patterdon and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Patterson’s mother, Mrs. John Patterson, in Fort Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Simp- J sonville, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. j Barbery Sunday. i - ■ 1 — Mr. and Mrs. Berry Lee Satterfield; and Mrs. Alice Satterfield of Gray i Special to The Chronicle. Court, were Sunday guests of Mr.' Washington, Nov. 22.—The Depart- and Mrs. C. Y. Satterfield. : ment of Agriculture and the commod- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long of Green-jity credit corporation have been giv- wood, visited Mr. and Mrs. James en authority by -which they can use Caughman Sunday. ! surplus agricultural crops for bar- I Mrs. Etta Barker of Fort Taylor,, ter of commodities which are in short Fla., spent the week-end with Mr., supply in this country. and Mrs. Henry King. Heretofore, when the department ; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ivester and; was f orced Jq over agricultural ' family recentJy visited Mr and Mrs., commodities if sale was not made at . ohn Galbnan in Rock Hill. ' c U pport price, the department was j Mrs. Charlie Garrett has returned forced t0 takc a loss ParticuJarly I home after spending several months was this true in handling pebble daughter Mrs. Ralph Prince, p roduce juch a s potatoes, and Mr. Prince in Spartanburg. ... . ^ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sanders and , Undcr the Anderson-Gore farm children were visitors in Spartanburg | aw * the 81st congress Sunday however, this provision is made: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Braswell. Mrs.' “[• order jp prevent the waste of W. H. Dover and son, visited Mr. and food c«mn<xMies acquired through Mrs. Melvin Owens in Easley Sun-!P ric « "PPOrt operaUons which are da . j found to be in danger of loss through Mr. and Mrs. Furman Moody and, dete, : ior » tion °5 spoilage before they sons of Pelaer, visited Mr. and Mrs can ““P 0864 ! of in normal domes- E. C. Moody Saturday. Uc cha nnels without impairment of Mr and Mrs. Carl McHaffney of P* 1 ' 0 * support program, the sec- Fort Mill, visited Mr. and Mrs J B retar F ° f agriculture and the com- Patterson during the week-end. imodity credit corporation are author- Mrs Violet King and Mrs Eliia- ued * upon application by the muni- beth Ginn spent Sunday with rela- tion * board or an y other federal a «’ lives in Inman enc y and on ,uch terms and under ‘ Mr and Mrs Henry King and fam- 1 regulation as may be deemed in ily visited Mr and Mrs. Kelly G off |the P ubllc »nl«rest, to make such in Newberry Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Armstrong visited Mr. Armstrongs parents in Ware Shoals the past week-end. Mr and Mrs. A. R. Ivester and chil dren spent the week-end with Mrs Beulah Ivester in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGinnis spent the week-end with relatives in Augusta, Ga. Mr and Mrs. Grange Campbell and sons were visitors in Spartanburg Sunday. Mrs. Marcell Barker and Carroll spent several days recently with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Spurlock in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jackson and children of Laurens, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wallenzine Mrs. Laura Mae Howard spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. T. B Watson in Greer and attended the Westminster choir concert. Receives Discharre James Henry Ammons, E3c, of Nor- ; folk, Va., has received an honorable discharge after five years of service. , Mr. and Mrs. Ammons are making their home with his mother, Mrs. W. I H. Ammons, for the present. Missionary Program Announced Announcement is made of the mis- ; sionary program to be held at the j Church of God on Sloan street Sun-; day night. The pastor. Rev. C. Y Satterfield, cordially invites the pub lic to attend. Birthdays and Anniversaries Mrs. Floyd Gilbert of Russell, Kansas, the former Miss Nora Can non, celebrated her birthday No vember 21. Miss Annette Satterfield had a birthday November 19. Mrs. Dock Dover celebrated a birthday November 19. Mrs.Violet King has a birthday November 30. Mrs. Robert McGinnis celebrated a birthday November 1. Louise Meadors celebrated a birth day November 17. November 16th was Mrs. D. SI. Sanders’ birthday, and Mr. Sanders celebrated his birthday Nov. 17. i W. E. Braswell’s birthday was November 16. Mrs. E. C. Moody has a birthday day November 28. ' Mrs. W. D. Middleton’s birthday is November 29. under loan purchase agreement and direct purchase operations represent an investment of $1,050,000,000. The net realized loss on the fiscal year ending June 30. 1949 was $234,000,- 000, according to the report. Bulk of the price support opera tions are accounted for in four commodities—cotton: 3,818,657 bales, $600,369,077; corn: 345.315,168 bush els, $447,425,214; tobacco: 343,908,- 248 pounds, $132,869,322; wheat: 78,- 380,254 bushels, $151,624,091; other crops: $37,734,922. . Several measures important to ag riculture, but less dramatic than the master farm program, included pas sage of the rural telephone bill which permits 2 per cent government loans for expansion and improve ment of rural telephone service; fi - ty per cent increa e in the numbc.* of counties in which federal crop* insurance is authorized; appropria tion direct from the treasury of $33.- 500.000 to finance sohool lunch pro grams; a new measure applying ’ o cotton acreage and marketing* quota*, setting the quota referendum at not later than December 15, the nation al marketing quota at not less than the smaller of 10 million bales, or on» million bales less than the domesti: consumption and export of cotton in the preceding marketing year, ani fixing the national acreage allotment for 1950 at not less than 21 million (Continued on back page) commodities available to any such; agency for use in making payment for the commodities not produced in the United States . . .’* And the extension of the charter of the CCC, giving it more authority to provide storage space also gives it authority to acquire strategic and critical materials in exchange for ag- j ricultural commodities to be ’ trans ferred to the stockpile provided by the strategic and critical materials stockpiling act.” Already there is action underway to exchange a million tons of U. S. surplus wheat for $80 million dol lars worth of manganese from India. A committee representing the muni tions board, the OOC. and the fed eral bureau of supply is investigating such a swap at the insistence of the Indian government. In the meantime, Ralph Trigg, president of OCC, issued a report on CCC investments as of July 31, 1949. indicating that as of that date the CCC. has $2,450,000 invested in the price support program. Of this to tal. loans outstanding total $1,400.-, 000.000, while inventories acquired NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF 1949 CITY TAXES Notice is hereby Riven that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinton are due and collectable up to December 31st for the year 1949. The Tax Rooks opened for the collec tion of taxes at the office <h the Town Clerk on October 15th, and will remain open up to and through December 31st. A penalty of ten (10'. ) shall he added if said taxes are not paid on or before the 31st day of December. 1919. The levy for current fiscal year is 55 mills; 15 mills for current operating expenses, and 40 mills for interest and sinking fund on various Bond Issues outstanding. WM. B. OWENS. City Clerk. THIS YEAR we have so much to thank you for. t: Among The Sick Friends of Ovell Woody are sorry to learn he has been ill. Carl Heaton, Sr., is able to return to work after a week’s illness. Roger Dunaway is recuperating after a tonsilectomy Saturday at Hays hospital. ' Freddie Whitman has been ill sev eral days. Lewis Wallenzine has been ill sev eral days. Mrs. Coley Campbell is improving after several days’ illness. TROUGUOUT this great country, people taking time out from their labors to aKprrse thanks through prayer and thanksgiving. And along with these personal expressions of gratitwde, we would like to add a special message of thanks to all our friends, both old and new. i THANKS to all of you who have bought new Chevrolet cars and trucks from us. We appreciate your choice, and know you w ill find true driv ing enjoyment in the extra-value Chevrolet offers. THANKS to those of you who have placed orders and are waiting delivery. Your patience and your loyalty to the Chevrolet standard will find a sure lard in the complete satisfaction vour new Chevrolet will bring you. THANKS to our many service customers, for the confidence vou hav* f&own in our service methods, ^e are proud ot the fact you like the way we take care of vour c are happy that you keep coming hark to when it needs attention, because we want \our car to give you perfect satisfaction. 1 HANKS to everyone who has made this one «f the greatest years in Chevrolet history ... in new ear sales, in new truck sales, in service. Your preference has proved again that Chevrolet is the car America likes best,*and we thank vou for it. GULF PRODUCTS Tires, Tabes, Batteries and Accessaries r AUTO HEATERS INSTALLED Clinton Service Are. * .« -a i GILES CHEVROLET COMPANY, Inc. 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