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Page Two THE CUNTON CHRONICLE Thurmond Textile Resolution To Head Off Tariff Reductions Passed By Senate Clinton Wins Safety Award l Washington, July 18 — The Senate today passed the resolu tion introduced by Sen. Strom Thurmond (D-SC) to head off tariff reductions which might threaten the American textile industry-. Action came on a voice vote, without debate. Afterward Thur mond expressed his “sincere ap preciation” to all the 48 senators who joined him in sponsoring the George B. Nutt Heads Extension « Clemson. July 18—George B. Nutt, head of the agricultural engineering department at Clem son College, was named director of the Clemson Extension Ser vice by the board of trustees to day. Nutt, a 47-year-old native of Enterprise. Miss., succeeds D W. Watkins who retired at his own request on July 1 after 21 years in the position. A 1930 graduate of Mississippi State College. Nutt came to Clemson in 1932 as an associate professor of agriculture engin eering. He received his M.S. de gree from Iowa State College in 1940 and was made a full pro fessor and head of the Agricul- utral Engineering Department the next year. He has been very active in pro fessional circles on regional, state and national levels and has made several trips abroad in connec tion with foreign aid programs of the U. S Department of Agricul ture His wife is the former Miss Donna Mae Hancock of Chicago, 111. They have four sons. measure, and to the Senate Fi nance committee and its chair man, Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) “for prompt action.” In return, Sen. Byrd said: “I think the textile resolution as passed by the Senate today re questing the Tariff Commission to keep closely in touch with the textile import situation will be tremendously helpful in avoiding hardships.” “’I think Sen. Thurmond and those other 48 senators who sponsored the resolution were performing a valuable service for the textile industry.” Thurmond said the resolution is of "great importance to the textile industry of' the United Slates." Sen. Norris Cotton (R-NH) also placed in the record a statement favoring the measure. Thurmond's resolution, as amended by the committe, di rects the tariff commission to “keep currently informed re garding the impact of imports” of foreign textiles and “be pre pared to act promtuly on such investigations as may be re quested.” The investigations may be re quested by the President, by Congress, by the Senate Finance Committee, by the House Ways and Means Committee, or “any interested party”—that is, the textile industry - itself. If the investigation shows - a potential damage to the domestic textile industry. President Eis enhower may increase the tariffs or impose import quotas. Re ductions accepted at Geneva will go into effect Sept. 10. The stud ies of these cuts will be made some time later, when the effect of actual imports can be deter mined fTht BANKER’S STORY fcaaswIV' ^Lorenzo the munificent 1 (|449-I4$2),GREAT PATRON OF. THE ARTS,WAS ALSO THE LEADj ING BANKER OF FLORENCE.’ The Medici Bank engaged IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE- FOSTERING THE GROWTH OF ' THE BANK OF THE MEDICI The growth of trade has always been related to the development of banking. We offer you safety and a “return” for your thrift. In turn, we Chan nel funds into constructive loans. 2 C ' C INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEMI-ANNUALLY S. B1ILEV 4 m.rjeu* 19 Robert T. Ellett. Jr. (left) presents a citation to Mayor Hugh Eichelberger (center) and Chief of Police B. B. Ballard last week on behalf of the American Automobile Association for no pedestrian fatalities during the past year. The citation reads: “National Pedes trian Protection Council Contest Cooperation for Pedestrian and Convenience awarded to Clinton, S. C. for no pedestrian deaths or injuries among cities under 10,000 population 1954, awarded by .American Automobile Association.” Chief Ballard also received last week from the National Safety Council for no fatal motor vehicle accidents last year in the city. CONSERVATION NOTES By J. B. O'DELL Conservationist Tl { S T A B L I 5 H E 0 TUI \jUmd ffarntm* CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S6O0 000 00 MIMIIR - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION John Simmons of Mountville, has a good stand of Bahia grass and sericea combined. These two plants were seeded in a one- acre meadow outlet in prepara tion for terracing the field this fall. Sericea is no newcomer to this county but Bahia grass, al though relatively old, is some what new for the Laurens Soil Conservation District. Bahia is not only a good soil conserving grass but is well adapted for per manent summer pasture. Trial plantings of Bahia grass were made the past spring by the following district coopera tors. Thomason Bros., Rt. 3. Lau rens; Bill Gray and John Sim mons of Mountville; Mrs. Sara F. Ervin. Rt. 1. Ware Shoals; W. H. Fleming. Lanford: and Dr. M. B. Nickles. Laurens. * * m Ed B Copeland, dairy farmer of Clinton, completed the con struction of a six acre farm pond this week Mr. Copeland secur ed the services of a private con tractor for the building of the dam which is 17 feet high. 544 ft. long, and contains over 7.000 cu bic yards of earth. The Soil Conservation Service technicians, through the local district, assisted Mr. Copeland with the engineering survey and layout of the pond. The district will also assist in getting bream-and bass from the Fish and Wildlife Service for stocking the pond. * • * Thomason Brothers of the Trinity Ridge community, ap plied nitrogen fertilizer to coast al bermuda grass at the rate of 200 pounds per acre. This was applied on June 6. They now report that the grass has a rich green color, is growing vigor ously, and the cows keep it graz ed down much more than the grass adjoining, which received about one-eighth the amount of nitrogen. Dr. Glenn W. Burten, with the Georgia Coastal Plain Experi ment Station at Tifton, Ga., who bred and popularized coastal ber muda grass, said, “without fer tilization bermuda (coastal is no exception) yields on most soils seen decline until the production hardly pays the cost of harvest ing. To those who ask, ‘can I af ford to fertilize?’, the obvious answer would seem to be, ‘you can‘t afford not to.” A better question for most of them to ask would be, “How much of what kind of fertilizer will pay?” Dr. Burten further says, “at present prices of nitrogen and beef, farmers with coastal ber muda needing extra grazing can supply it at a profit by heavy fer tilization with nitrogen, up to 200 pounds of Nitrogen per acre.” • • • J. T. Hollingsworth of Cross Hill was assisted this week in surveying of terrace lines on ap proximately thirty acres of crop land. Mr. Hollingsworth is us ing the District’s motor grader in building the terraces. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 9th day of August, 1955, I will ren der a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of Thomas Chappell Banks in the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis- ! charge from my trust as Execu trix. Any person indebted to said ! estate is notified and required to ; make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. SUSIE BANKS, Executrix. July 7, 1955. 4t-Aug. 4 OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. PHONE 74 1955 Traffic Ton Now 32 Above 1954 South Carolina’s traffic death toll surged upward last week, reaching 316 for the year, 32 S. C. Employment Service Finds Jobs For 7329 The South Carolina State Em ployment Service supplied work ers to fill 7,329 non-farm jobs during the month of June, it was announced today by the South Carolina Employment • Security Commission. This was an increase of 7 per cent over placements in non-ag- ricultural work made last month, with construction, manufacturing and public utilities being the ma jor groups showing substantial increases. Veterans accounted for 1,221 of these placements and the phy- scially handicaped workers ac counted for 284. IF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DOlfT GET THE NEWS more than the 1954 toll for the same period as 13 persons were killed and 149 injured in 526 ac cidents, July 3 through July 9, according to the State Highway Department’s weekly accident report. Thus the 1955 toll reached its highest total over last year’s fig ure. , Chief Highway Commissioner Claude R. 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