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/' * • ) \ \ 9 V \ . ) THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April I, 1948 Number 14 EARL PITTS HIGH WINNER IN STOCK SHOWS AAA Soil Program Explained By Ropp For County Farms BOYD TO SPEAK HERE Pictured above is Earl Pitts of this city, winner of the David Dow trophy at the fourth annual fat stock show at the state fair grounds in Columbia last week. His Hereford was named reserve champion by the judges. The second winner, 14 months old and weighing 1010 pounds, brought 50e a pound. At a showing in Florence last week a Hereford calf owiied by Earl was awarded the grand championship. The winner came from the S. G. Dillard herd, weighed 1230 pounds and sold for 71c a pound. This was the third year that Earl’s entry in cattle shows has wen a championship. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Roy Pitts. Under the 1947 AAA program, farmers of Laurens county -Ijeeded 18,1#9 acres of new lespedeza to be j left on the land or plowed under for- fenriching the soil for hetter crops to j follow, according to H. A. Ropp, AAA I administrative officer for the county. | Other practices and their extent of | participation in the 1947 program are I as follows, accofding to Mr. Ropp: | 1,954,466 pounds of- superphos- - phate, 5,700 pounds of basic slag, and : 9,209 pounds of available potash "hp- plied to legumes and pastures; 6,721 '‘tons lime applied to cropland and 1 pastures; 51,639 pounds of winter le- j gume seed and 58,638 pounds of sum- ; . ' mer legume seed planted on cropland | for turning as green manure crops; 262,086 pounds of small grams seeded for green manure crops; 492,324 lin ear feet of standard terraces con structed according to government School Election On $250,000 Bond Issue Next Tuesday Qualified voters bf Hunter school, district No. 5 iwill vote on Tuesday, April 6, on the question of issuing a'l $250,000 bond issue to finance a i school improvement and expan*,<>«- LIONS CARNIVAL TO OPEN TONIGHT FOR THREE-DAY RUN Gala Event Expected To Attract Big Crowds. Armory Is Scene of Sec ond Affair by Local Club. The second annual Lions club DR BOYD 'program as outlined some time ago ' by the trustees. j * The polling places for said election -will be (1) for Clinton precinct, at ' the city hall, (2) Clinton Cotton Mills at R. T Trammell’s ,lunch stand, and *(3) Lydia Mills precinctl at Lydia-thauI open.-, tonight at 8 00 o'rl: n Mills store. * . i .it e iffffi f> f a Ih'rei- lay ro 1 j. The polls will open-at 8 a.m. and ! close aL_4 p.m. Qualifications for vot- i ing are: Only those- persons who are ca ‘ k‘ ons c.ab lost year tor the t.i m properly registered and who present*tmie, s staged to pr vjde funds for {proof of payment* thirty (30) days the harita )le erjte prise ' before said election of'■■any poll tax Last year's affair was pair mized by (if liable therefor) then due and great numbers of people who enjoyed payable shall be entitled to vote. The three n.ghts of fun and entertam- production of a certificate or of theiment. and was pronounced a decided The carnival, sponsored by the lo- Opening Western Auto Store To Open Saturday In Former A. Cr P. Location Piedmont Press To Hold Meet Here Today the spring series of ves- receipt of the officer authorized to* success, with $2,360 being donated . ^ collect such taxes shall be conclu- a by the club to the city reoreatK^v per programs on the Presbyterian, p roof the - payment thereof.'projects. It is'anticipated that simi- specifications; 30,452 pounds of se- 1 college campus will be a message by The notice of the special election ap-, lar crowds will patronize the event ricea seed plants; 60,996 pounds of | Dr. Bernard H. Boyd, of Davidson j pears j n today's paper ! this year. grass and legume seed sown in per- college, on next Sunday evening at Trustees of the district are: R. L. A great array of booths has been manent pastures; cleared 76 acres of! 6:45 in the college chapel. Dr. Boyd pi ax i COf chairman, Roy Casque, G. set up in' the armory and 'will be land for the establishment of per-j is a former member of the P. C. fac- A B ur t on , C. E. Galloway and J B. | operated by members of the eluo. manent pastures; 467 acres of perma-, ulty. —— ■—-r 1 } Arnold. nent pastures mowed two or morel The series will consist of seven ser- times to remove weeds and shrubs 1 so that grasses and legumes in pas ture woqld get better growth for vices in April and May Some of tbe,^ oun |.y p u f ure Farmer leading ministers in this section * r* the country have been secured as LJUDS Moy tflter grazing cattle; harvested 1,044 acres The public is cordially in- Hnmp Fnrpcfrv (A legume-seed for storage and sale, t 0 attend ’ nUmc rurcSTiy V»on(C9l planted 113,634 kudzu crowns for| The Western Auto Associate Store, with Jones F. Burgess ak owner, will open here Saturday morning in the bulding on Musgrove street oc-., copied several years by the Great i host ' A ' bout 65 guests are ex P ected Atlantic & Paci,fic Tea company, and to attend, including delegates from The Piedmont Press will hold a meeting here today with The Senti nel, Clinton high school paper, as vacant for the past several months. The announcement of their opening appears in The Chronicle today to which we direct-our readers atten- Greer, Gaffney,. Spartanburg, and members of the local staff paper. After each service a religious film controlling soil erosion and grazing: '.IT T" “CC" “ ■-'»■■'“' ■■■•■; Columbia, April 1—(Special to tilt 124,000 seedlings planted tor ne f, ■ wi 11 ^ Novell. The pielnre tor Apnllchromdel.-All members of Future forest, and constructed 2,330 rods of 4 is a full-length sopnd film titled,' Fanners Of America clubs in Lauren^ new pasture fences I ‘ Coura S eous :vir - Penn." It is a his- county are eligible to compete in the The total value of all soil building: , , orica !. drama J how ‘Pfd'’ <! >tru “ le home ' ,ores,r >' f"' 0 '® 01 contest b '‘ n '< practices carried out under the 1947; f” tiwl m to*-; toy the S. C. State For- program by 1,420 cooperating including increases for small *.<*».-1 . ments, was J114.025.05, Mr. ^P^^lvania^ The mam actors in assistant state forester. The winner, I__ ;J .1 . . K the film are Clifford Evans and Deb YThey offer a wide range of "thingi ' to do” and entertainment, with pnz- 1 es of every description going to pat- 1 rofls who succeed ;n showing thesf 1 skill and enjoying a certain amount of- luck in the many games and ^ events offered. Bingo lovers can play to • their heart's content. ,you can shoot a rifle, pitch pennies for cig arettes, win a horse race, eat hot- dogs, enjoy cold drinks, buy at a grocery store, throw baseballs at milk bottles, shoot pop-guns for *«■ haye • i land under Charles n ' and the laund ' estry Commission, it was announced' P r:/es any ‘ lul ” l ' 0er o! events . hay ® s ’ ing of a free, peaceful commonwealth! this week by John C. Witherspoon, been set up for ’ urn tor everybody P ^ • irr i o 'T Vn o m o i r\ !r» ^ Oil TniirS^iciy tinH F Iticiy nighu?! •uiay nights The meeting will open at the high This made 1947 the best y ear • ora h Kerr. ttoh. Mr. Burgess states that their stocks have been selected with an eye to the heeds of the city and adjacent rural tr a d e territory, including household hardware, radios, painft, oil; electrical supplies and appli- | school alTour o'cTbck' wiTh the presf- 1 dent, Jane Frieze, presiding. Wel come addresses will be made by W. R. Anderson and R. P- Wilder, repre senting the high school, and Reid H. Montgomery, director of journalism at Winthrop college. The assembly will then divide unto three groups mK*,. sorting Food, tuy,. Hc. Tht for diseugiM , ^ ^ merehandlse featuredTs oTThe Tam- f ous Western Auto quality brands ment will be under the direction of . . , ^ “Scoop Latimer,” sports editor of purchased from Western Auto Sup-j The Gr eenville J*ews. Mrs. Michael ply company, a nationally known iTurner of ^ dtyi wiU lead a dis _ merchandising organization. “We cussion in th€ "litQrM department, offer only merchandise of high while the n e WS _ fe ature discussion quality and durability, Mr. Bur- in ^ led by Mr Montgomery , £css atotcs. - ' \ ~ j** Dinner will be served at 6:30 ~at Mr. Burgess for the past five years the pj rs t Baptist church, with offi- since.the beginning of the AAA pro grams, and the only year that all of! the original allocatidn of money was i CrOSS DflVG actually earned by county farmers 100 per cent. In 1948 funds are approximately 40 per cent less with which to pay farm ers for carrying out -approved soil building practices than for 1947. ^ Therefore,'about four farmers out of t of the contest in Laurens county will! thre ^ ‘ bl « P" zes , Wlh b * away a week’s stay at the! at >ntervals absolutely free. forestry-summer' camp which - ' admi^ion. tickets lor. the draw-. ! i ings. On Saturday night at 9:00 be awarded every 10 who cooperated in last year’s program will not be able to cooperate in the 1948 program due to t]?e reduction of funds available for this purpose, Mr. Ropp said. The In Clinton Area Nearing Goal a brand new 1948 Dodge be held at Burnt Gin Group Camp , in Poinsett State Forest from August * J v 0t . , . 28 through September 3. j four-door sedan *w> 11 be given away The boys entering the contest may ; ^olutely free using only the Sat- ; select any home project connected urday " lgM adm ' ss ' 0 " ^ket. with forestry. Forester Witherspoon of the club have been Funds for the local Red Cross iiUle<lsueil _^ s _p lowing flre breaks, wo ^ king a11 week t0 • everyth ing hapnovetnent-cutting timber, thin ning young trees, or salvage cutting rive, raised and . reported througlr ^^uvement cuttmg of timber,-4hm—^ eadin£SS ?or JonighJ^__open:ng. Tuesday, March 30. amount to $3,013,! ni ^ vnnn „ nr Bob Wysor, chairman, and Duo according to Mrs. Irby S. Hipjx home| 0 f diseased or dying trees. I, Walker^ assistant, have been direct- service worker for the Clinton brancn | The projects will be judged by ing the v ' ar '°us committees in their of the couaty chapter. This amount falls short 1 District Forester Fred N. Mack, who|* wrk and coordinating plans to put of thesis forester for Newberry district,! on a successful show. quota for the Clinton area, which is which includes Laurens county., Merchants and other business men total amount of money allocated to ^ ^ Ht)wever> several committees There are four” chapters 'of KJtu're| and indlvlduals in the Clty have been b ^ s n < as social®d with Montgom- j cials 0 { sc h 00 j t members of the cry-Crawford company in Spartan- staff and others as special guests burg. He expects to move his family ^ii s& R osa Mahaffey heads the jour- here as soon as living quarters can be secured Dr. Sullivan Moves Here From Greenville nahsm department at- the local high school. of that allowed for increases for small payments, is $61,000 compared with the original allocation of $100,- 270 allowed for 1947. The individual farm allowances will remain the lave hal completed'lheir reports an J'Ta rmers'dT'Arfief ica'in Tia QTeW'cOTTr-1rn~suppiymg prizes - iiu;r-- it is expected that the final figure Cr. according to the division of vo _ L ' ban dise, service and cash — to be may yet exceed the quota. cational education of the State De-| Used for tbe even ^ * Tench P. Owens, chairman of thtf"P arlme nt ’ of Education. F.-.F, A.j Kv ' er > nb,) dy —grown-ups and chii- loca! drive, expressed, on behalf of!<-' ba P t ® rs in Laurens county havei dr * n ~^ s ‘^‘^d to be at the armory Cancer Drive Begns In Counfy Todaay Dr. E. N. Sullivan and family have arrived in the city from Greenville and Dr. Sullivan will begin practice here today, being affiliated with Dr. D. O. Rhame, owner of Hays hos pital. His offices will be at the hos pital. The Laurens county chapter of the South Carolina division of the Amer- same this year as ' last, which wasI th * *** Cross ’ appreaation for the'.* b ®>r headquarters in the .foUowing|' he b ‘ g 1948 Llons c!ub $1,00 for each acre of cropland o* j contributions in time and money ©[{Laurens county schooLs: Gray Court-p opens, the farm,‘he continued. * ■ i aJ1 who tt)ok P art ;n B»e drive. “The Swings, Clinton, Laurens, and Hick-' Among othar practices of the 1948,f attern of future events,” he stated, 0 ^ Ta%,prn - program, lime, superphosphate, and ^nay call for an expansion uf Red, * terracing are offered again under the Cr0 “ services, parUcularly those to 1 Alderman JOC Terry conservation materials and services lthe aBTned forces. Let’s keep our Red Laurens Radio Station, WLBG, With Studios Here, Dedicated Sunday phases of the program by which thej Cross rea dy. All workers who have AnnOUnCCS for Mayor „ . , u .farmer obtains these materials and not a^cady done so should complete. In June Primary * Laurens radio station WLBG with lean Cancer society will begin anj services an ^proved vendor!^ 11 * fe P° rts nght away Contribu-' — ^ 7 - studios m Laurens and heiTat Pres- i active campaign April 1 to raise w jth ^e AAA paying part of the cost tlonf may stl11 '*** 10 w - Joe P. Terry, member,of city coun-1bytenan college went on the i r die ’ Iunds - | from the soil building allowance for ,Walker at Bishop-Walker Pharmacy'cil for the past lour years* Mrs. Sarah Dixon DeLoach, of j Dr. Sullivan is a native of Sum-j f-* a u r ® ns > commander for the county,. small cash payment for the particu- ter county and graduate of the State! s f a f® s fh® Quota this year is $2600. | lar material-or service desired. Any-, . . . . . rom I first time Sunday morning when the the farm, and the farmer making a , * or to Mrs - "W at 306 Walnut j-ward-• five, announces his candidacy' sunrise Easter service was bmidi t Medical college at Charleston. He served in the army four years and for hte past two years has been con nected with the General hospital in Greenville. L. W. Marks, of Laurens, has ac-|one interested in earning payments cepted the chairmanship for the by carrying out any of the approved campaign, and Mrs. Lucy Dial Habe- nicht will serve as treasurer. Chair men and workers will be announced next week, it is stated. Lucy Thomas Named soil building practices on his farm Class Officer for mayor of Clinton irt today's pa-1 from Calvary B.ipt:st church of this per. Mr. Terry is the first candidate city. 1 to publicly announce in the ap- j,, afternoon at 3 o'clock a should immediately contact the AAA office, or a county or. community committeeman for further details re- National Advisor Meets With Club Director Paul W. Conant, - National Affairs Advisor 'for the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, met with the board oa directors, and national affairs com mittee, of the local Chamber of Com- . merce on Friday afternoon. Mr. Conant discussed various matters concerning national affairs and out lined procedure devised to make The public is asked to be liberal inlg ard i n 8 tb ® program, Mr. Ropp said, their contributions during the cam- j paign for this worthy cause. proaching municipal primary to be'n,imh®r i . . i • _ . ^ numoer of Laurens held in June to elect a mayor *and .„ ntino i. , ,, K / P „,,i „ . i renting clubs and organizations brought ocngratulations to WLBG ; six aldermen for two-year terms. Mr. Terry has been Miss Lucy Ann Thomas, A[ this] Mr. Terry has been a resident of a nri r- ... V... tv c ,n,. 0 iw>7 u. . and lts P*omoters. Greetings were Rhames To Attend Surgical Meeting Seaman Boyd In Mediterranean Area Boyd Cecil Boyd, of this city, is ,t b,,ard J hc a ' rcraft „ carn ® r Rnct To Address city, has been elected secretary of the'the city since 1927 and holds a pofci-' a i so px ta n o- ( i L rising junior class'at Limestone col-, tion with the Clinton Cotton Mills. ! se , )h R R ^ . . gres$ J njr ) lege. Miss Thomas, who has been He stated yesterday that he will is- Sl .. ljt( ’,,. h r '\l ' u dl;,tnct and spending the spring holidays here'sue- a statement later outlining his ‘ ayDanK - with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. , platform. . Following the program from the Thomas, will’resume her studies to- — Laurens studios dedication ceremo- dav • : LOSES FATHER ' , ni ® s fur the station were held at the — j Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Travis J T . Studi ° S ’ w,tb C ° v «rnor J. McCarty will sympathize with them f w the dedu,< " ■ in the death of the .former's father 7 address - He s P° kt? ^ tb ® ‘mpor- Conrunittee more effective. Dr. and Mrs. D. O. Rhame win ! USS Philippine Sea, operating in the . _ leave Saturday for a week’s stay at Mediterranean area. J KlWOVliS Club Hollywood, Fla., attending a meet-1 The present cruise marks the ini-| ing of the Southeastern Surgical con- tial venture of the Philippine Sea Dr. J. Marvin Rast, president of m Newberry. Funeral services were gress. Dr. Rhame will be installed! into European waters. Other voyages Lander college. Greenwood, will be b ®^ Tuesday afternoon at Epting ,, j 1 ? carn P us to contribute - - -- to educational progress’in the state W. G. Coker sang a solo w'uh Mrs. B. F. McCarty, which occurred sud- tanCC Uf radl °’ ItS growth a,ld Wblx denly Sunday morning at h,s home ^ t c u ongratalated tbtf Pro moters and the college on having' the work of the National Affairs during the meeting as a Senior Fel- have- carried her to the Antarctic 1 the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Memorial Methodist church. low. with Admiral Byrd and three times club meeting to be held on Thursday to the Caribbean. night, April 8. CAMERA AND BIRDIE AWAIT KIDDIES TODAY -1 TO 8 P. M. - FOR FREE PICTURES Today (Thursday) is the big day for the picture-taking of your youngster! The'Chronicle is having pictures tak en of all children who are brought by their parents w other guardian to the Clinton Hotel today between 1 p. m. and 8 p. m., absolutely free of charge. The Woltz Studios, of Des Moines, Iowa, nationally known chil dren’s photographers, will be in charge. The 'Chronicle wants a a child’s growing stage pass. Here is a splendid opportunity to catch i a likeness of your child or children at this present stage for the pleasure, you will get out of it in future years and for the thrill of seeing it in print. You will want to clip and preserve it for the youngster when he or she grows up. There is no charge or obligation j for taking the pictures. Parenti doj picture of your ^hild to print in its Forthcoming leature “Citizens of Tomorrow,” a series of photographic studies of we get the better the feature will l?e so the cooperation of mothers and fathers is ui'ged. It oftens seems to parents that children are little one minute and grown up the next, so fajt does not have to be a subscriber or even a reader of The Chronicle. You do: not have to purchase pictures eithei - , j though you may obtain additional prints by arranging direct with the 1 studio if you want them. Jhat is en tirely up to you! All youngsters, accompanied by a parent or other guardian, are welcome. There is no age limit. 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