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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CMnton, 8. G.
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