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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable . v- 0hp \ i , ; Si.. fflhrnntrlp * THE CHRONICLE If You Don't Read You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C v Thursday, March 17, 1949 Number 11 t 4 *% JOANNA ENTERS NEW 'KING COTTON' TEXTILE LEAGUE New Post Office Service For Clinton To Begin Monday NEW ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT JOANNA TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY Wit’hHrawc from Control A hi « hwa y P° stal service bus will wirnorows rrom ^enrrai be put int0 operation next Mondayt i the 28th, between Greenville and j Columbia, the post office department ' has announcd. A similar route will be put into operation from Green ville to Anderson to Augusta. . , , . , , , The line will be known as the It was announced during the week Greenv i lle , Clinton and Columbia that Ninety Six, Greenwood, Ma- Highway Post office. On the inaugu- Corolino and Joins Ma thews, Ninety Six and Greenwood In Loop. > mm. if-fT-"- - ■ . V ' ’ " thews and Joanna had combined to form a new baseball loop, titled the ‘•King Cotton League.” Representatives of the four teams ration day it will leave Greenville at 6 a.m. and arrive here at 9:39, and icturn from Columbia at 5:30 p.m. After the opening run the scjj^dule met in Greenwood a few nights ago bere w jjj be going down, and and announced they worked out a p.m. on the return trip from ‘‘gentleman’s agreement, details ^Columbia, arriving in Greenville at be taken up at a meeting expected 7;30 p jy, Mail for the first runi on to be held this week. The group is- w hi c h special cachets in observance sued the following statement: i 0 f the inauguration will be carried, “Representatives from Greenwood, now b e i n g accepted and at each Mathews, Ninety Six and Joa, ™ a ; stop there will be a brief celebration,, mills met last night and formed the accord j n g t 0 Postmaster W. D. Adair. [ King Cotton league. The group was Most beneflt will 5e derived from unanimous in its decision to use only 1 the special service by small towns bona-fid6 employees of the mills as [ without adequate rail service. It will players. This group feels that the; g rea tiy improve local service cover- league should represent textile base- ( j n g the Columbia-Clinton-Laurens- ball as simon-pure as it can be had. | Greenville area. The four teams involved in the, The rolling posT ofTlce i$ 35 feet new league all resigned from the longi 10 feet high) 8 feet wide> has ; Central Carolina last week. The jg r0W s of boxes 10 boxes high, five breaking-away from the old. C. C. L. three-foot sack racks and storage and the formation of a new league space for 150 sacks of mail The bus _ ( is believed to have been caused by les are p a j n ted blue and gray with gold lettering and red trimming. the acute case of “professionalism that has affected the Central Caro lina recently. Sponsors of the new I orinil o Wifk league are intent on promoting semi- 1 Leuguc, Wlm pro baseball in its purest sense and Four Boll Clubs, are designing every move to retain — ^ . •lift the best qualities of the old C. C. L. I 0 UpCfl April I 7 and to forward the best interests of! -——• textile baseball. Attempts are ex- The Central Carolina league ap-| pected to be made to interest addi- j parently got back into harness at a tional teams in the new league. Joanna Leaves Carolina Joanna Mills was the fourth team to withdraw from the Central Car olina league, notification being given to the president of the league, Dr. R. H. Park, of Greenwood, by Manager Rolfe Clark. meeting held at Wattsviile Tuesday night, according to an announcement yesterday by Hugh Benson, assistant secretary. The league will have four clubs, Clinton Mills, Ware Shoals, Watts Mills and Riverdale. Officials are ne gotiating with two other possible President Walter Regnery, of Jo-1 league members and said the loop anna, announced that his mill was would be held open until March 25. withdrawing from the C. C. L. He Plans are for the season to open said Joanna will participate in an April 19 and run through August 20. amateur league which limits the Three games will be played each range of its players to employees of | week on Tuesday, Friday and Satur- the plant they represent. He said he day nights. felt such a set-up would allow morei If the league operates with four young players to participate and pro-' clubs, officials state, a split season vide a means of keeping basebalL will be used, the two winners meet- alive among the younger prospects.! ing in a play-off. If six clubs do come The faster semi-pro ball tends to de-! into the league, the Shaughnessy prive the younger players of par-, play-offs will be used at the close ticipation because a larger number' of the season. Each club will be al- of them are not developed enough to lowed two outside players, who doj compete with long experienced play-j not work in the plant they represent, ers. Other officials of the league are Johnny Moore, former Presbyte- Dr. R. H. Park, Greenwood, presi- rian college star, is athletic director 1 dent; Clyde Crocker, Riverdale, vice- at Joanna. Rolfe Clark will handle president; and W. T. Bishop, Ware the managerial reins for the team. Shoals, secretary-treasurer. Whit Bowie Named New Manager For Clinton Mills Team ■Whit Bowie, of Greenville, a vet eran umpire and familiar figure in textile baseball for years, has been named as manager of the Clinton Mills team in the, Central Carolina league for the coming season. The announcement was made during the week by P. S. Bailey, president of the mills. The new manager has al ready reported, with practice getting under way. Bowie umpired in the Western Carolina league the past three sea sons and also officiated in American i r RIGHMO-WORK LAW STATE NEED', CONTRACTOR SAYS Only Slave Labor Are Those Forced To Pay Big Fees To Join Unions and Dues To Hold Jobs. (Bv Charles Daniel, of Daniel Con struction Company, of Greenville and Birmingham. Ala., in Anderson, S. C. Independent). To protect South Carolina’s stake in the South industrial prog:ess "we T , , . . , ,, should aggressively fight for the Legion high senool and college. mniT , Tenan:o of the Taft . Ha rtIey games. He played with and managed semi-pro and professional teams in his younger days ahd gained a wide spread reputation as a smart base- bali man. Mr. Bailey in announj;ng the new manager said that Clinton Mills will sponsor an efficient baseball pro- Law on the Federal statutes and an anti-closed shop or the right-to- work for South Carolina,” Charles Daniel, one the nations’ foremost Guilders said yesterday. “It is a fact that the only slave labor in the United States are the millions who are fo ced to pay ex- to join unions and dues t > maintain their jobs. This should not be required of Ame-ican citizens.” As head of one of the leading heavy cor istrueticn companies of the nation and a man alw ays keenly interested ir. South Caroli na induetr ial expan- sio n, Daniel als o chaiged a ‘'v.icious air -conditioning bill” oe;or e the state Le g.slafure has roul'id .n ••w.di ad- ve: rse publicity” for tne sta !e. T do not kn ow the St, ate Repre- ser Uahves re?p< ansibfe for the Air C i nditioning o ill r.nyv before tne. Le gislature of South Caro! ma,” Dan- let said, “but if they bad had a mii- lio n dollars t£ spend to c lestrny the gOl ad Will that h is been i b..:!t up in this state f owa -d ind lustry rind tc: ir down ali o • f the fa vo : able pub- l:c :ty that has been -’reat ed m the interest of new industry’. they could no t have done a mere ef fective job Red Cross Drive Makes Good Start, Chairman Reports B. C. Preslar, general chairman of the Red Cross drive in the Clinton area, reported contributions of $1,- 413.26 up to yesterday. This figure, he stated, does not include reports from the Clinton and Lydia Mills, and Joanna Mills, which will an nounce their results later. The Clinton area has a quota of $2,500 of the $6,535 goal set for the county. An appeal for the local drive ap pears in the advertising columns of today’s paper sponsored by twelve well known local firms. The atten tion of the paper’s large family of readers is directed to thi^ message bearing the caption, “Send the Red Cross!” Bryson Named As County Engineer The Laurens county board of com missioners announced yesterday that Marion Bryson, of Owings, has been secured as engineer for the county ■ to carr? on the road work program now under way. Mr. Bryson is a col lege graduate and served in the arm ed forces overseas for two years do ing engineering work. He has been employed for the past two years by Dickson company, contractors. Chamber Commerce To Change Method Electing Officers President R. P. Hamer of the Chamber of Commerce said yesterday that the next quarterly dinner-meet ing of the organization will be held at the college on the second Tuesday in April at 7:30 o’clock. President Hamer also stated that at a meeting of the board of direc tors on March 6 he recommended a change in the method of electing of ficers and directors. Following a gen eral discussion, his recommendation was approved and tnfi’ following mo tion adopted: “That the president appoint a nominating committee to suggest a group of names, double the number of directors to be elected, to be mailed to the membership of the organization with each member re quested to vote for one-half of the ; names suggested for directors. Those | receiving the highest number of votes will be declared elected. The elected board will then meet and elect offi cers. normally, but not necessarily, from their members. Under the new election system ballots will be mailed all members with the request that, they vote their choice and return 1 same promptly. i Several other matters were also | considered at the board meeting. To Receive Hotel Bids Here Tuesday gram. Their park, with floodlights horbitant fee and all modern conveniences, is one ot the best for its size to be found in any class of baseball, with a seat ing capacity of approximately 2.000. Mr Bailey said every opportunity will be offered their employees to develop as ball players and at the same time give the young players the advantage of playing along side of two or three experienced key men.” '49 Community Concert To Be Presented In Laurens and Clinton The officers and directors of the Laurens County Community Concert Association met recently to complete plans for the 1949-50 campaign, and at that time Melvin G. Feins, presi- Dedication exercises will be held Emmett Walsh, Bishop of Charles- dent ot he Laurens Hosiery mi.', Sunday. March 20. at St. Bonifac«,.-t°n. ■»« «•»»«< «» I*"* ,he “W"'- <••»" •>« &*«> -<>»« , 41 , a ^ ^ aUV 9 00 A M.—Mass and First Com- zation. by th introduction ot this vicious Joanna s recently completed Catholic munion Mary Beth and Eugcme , Mrs w H Harley, of Laurens, air conditioning bill with the result- church, the services to be presided Regnery, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. was elected secretary and Mrs. D. O. an - adverse publicity tnat haa over by the Rt. Rev. Emmett Walsh, Walter Regnery, Sammy F. Winsper, Rhame, of this city, was named as- Jeen given to South Carolina Bishop of Charleston. The public is son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wins- sistant secretary. Other officers are throughout tne country, cordially invited* to attend all ser- P* 1 ’* Phyllis Diane Roddy, daughter John K. Taylor, first vice-president; ^ thoa * us have :mer- „• ^ ith a ... of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Roddy, and Pam Mrs. Lee S. McMillan, second vice- tsted ourselves and worked persis- vices with a special invitation to be McA u ister> wb ose family lives in president; Mrs. Ferdinand Jacobs. ten t ! y in an effort to attract new present at the 11.00 o clock service. Whitmire. Mass celebrated by his third vice-president; and Murray in du.stry to the State, its most dis- The new church, a handsome Eminence, Bishop Walsh. I Garber treasurer ‘ couraging. The efteetive job the $40,000 building constructed from El«yi i 0 :00 A. M —Parish breakfast at' All directors were reelected. They State Research, Planning and Devel- berton granite and capable of seating 1 Joanna clubhouse, about 150 people are Hugh Benson. N. G. Hardi.e, Cecil, °P men * Board has done is being nu!- 125 persons, is located at the corner in attendance, including guests. Roper. Mrs. Sara D. DeLoach, C. K li fjed and their efforts lost by re- oi Marion and Main streets in Jo- H:00 A. M.—Administration of Wright, and G. M McCuen, all of 8Ultin fi unfavorable publicity from an £u' O , Sacrament of Confirmation by His Laurens; Dr. Marshall W\ Brown. Proposed impractical bill. The Rev. William G. Doyle has Eminence, Bishop W r alsh. Phil Rod- Miss Norma Hallett, and W’ M ‘ I: 1S ?he general understanding been parish priest for the past two, dry,. Jr„ son of Mr. and Mrs. Roddy, Walker, all of this city; Joe Dclany. tha; the proposed law was drawn and one-half years. His churches Anita Soltis, daughter of Mr. and of Joanna; Mrs. Niles Clark Water- U P attorneys a-nd engineers of include groups in Abbeville. Green- Mrs. Steve Soltis. loo; Mrs. Hall Fleming, Enorec; and the CI ° w “ h the idea of forcing wood, Newberry, McCormick and Two other masses will be celebrat- Mrs. Carroll Gray, Gray Court. ’* Ihrmigh in South Carolina and Laurens counties. His itinerary in- ed by Rev’. Father Doyle and Rev. Mrs. McMillan is membersh.p • se ’t in 2 U P a s a model to be push- cludes ^masses each Sunday in Jo-j Father Madden of Myrtle Beach, at chan man, and at the executive meet- ed m other states, Daniel asserted. 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. ing she announced that final details tt is of course mfWractical to have W r . H. Regnery of Chicago, 111., were being completed for the annual air conditioning in ail manufacturing^ bene- taking anna, Greenwood and Abbeville. The following schedule has been an ron n I e( * ^° r exerc * ses Sunday: head of the Joanna interests, will be membersh.p week„ beginning Mon- a - eas > ar| d in those where it i 8:30 A. M —Dedicatiori by Rt. Rev.! present for the dedicatory services. Clemson Club In County Reorgonized j Blackwell, Ellison Join Armed Forces day, March 28. She added that pres- competition is rapidly ent members would be given the care c> ^ requirements, opportunity to renew for 1949-50 at "One very large mill in South Car- the final concert on Friday, March °^ na ^ as J us ! comp!e*ed installation 25, when Whittemorc and Lowe, duo- dir conditioning in all areas a here pianists, w’ill be presented as the 11 can used without adversly af- last attraction of the current season. Acting manufacturing conditions At that time, Mrs. McMillan said, 1 ,Viave had proposed bill be- workers would be at tables in the ,ore . South Carol.na Legislature from Yancey Poole, of Laurens, was According to M-Sgt -Edward Q. elected president last week at a re- i Ham, recruiting officer of the army organization meeting of the Clemson and army air force service in Clin- - _ „ co.lege club held in Laurens at the, ton, Ralph Eugene Blackwell, son of Laurens high school corridor, ready ana lyzed aijd--have a repor' Watts Mills community house. j Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Blackwell of this to reenlist present subscribers, and the!r engineers to the effect that if John Spratt o»f this city, John C.l c ‘ty. has been enlisted in the army a !so to sign up new members for the tdey are fo^-ed to change their own Bolt of Laurens, and S. C. Gambrell, t°r three years. ' next season. All new members will moder!1 a *r conditioning system to ot Owings, were elected vice-presi- 1 Lloyd Wesley Ellison, son oi Mr be admit ted free to the Wmtte.nore r «iu:rements o; the imprac- dents. C. P. Roper of Laurens, was, and Mrs. Adell Ellison of this city and Lowe concert, she said. |‘ oaI now under consideration elected secretary, and Maxcy Crews is now on ike waiting list and is ex- Mr - Feins announced that Clinton 11 wou!d cost this good mill at of Laurens, treasurer,. (pected to be called within the next school’s new auditor.um would a nul'.ion dollars extra t«' ’r ike Motion pictures of the Clemson- lew days. soun be‘Completed, and he urged all tne ‘■•hinges, and then t would be Boston game were shown. It was an-i ” — the officers to plan for a bigger drive unp^ctica!) to a large ex te it far nounced that pictures of the Gator . D a ' new m «nbers so that the county the;r manufacturing purposes, ’ He Bowl game will be shown at the vJintOn KeSIOGHt could be assured of four big-nam" adde d: next meeting. Lose? Mnfkpr attractions, two to be'held in Lau- " We haci 0, } e la W plant subsian- ~ I rens and two in Clinton. He remind- , - a ‘ i y established m South Carolina, T" .7~ ' , ,, ed Mr s- McMillan that Clinton's au- but thc ' ,vild headlines that have re- *- ' d , I ? d , M't, R ’ N , R ‘ a L ltw ,f lder ditorium would be smaller than Lau- su,ted in l he Eastern papers from da'vV^ir^in^ 0 ? C th d ’H N 'Eh'’ renS ’’ and that * he and her wooers tn: - s ^ CiOUs b!!1 before our Legisla- , f - v n , act -*r ° f the death thc would have to limit the total num- tu r* hes so disturbed the owners that The regular monthly dinner-meet- voider" ^welcfer Vad^bet Xcty“new h^’ ^ ^ _n 2 of tile Men-of-the-Church of the quite ill and a patten, for several Lore ^ou"Z g L executive "*!>« Prosed 1,4 Wu S ner Ac- committee Presbyterian Men Hold Meet Tonight seating capacity of the new hall. First Presbyterian church - will be weeks at CharloUe ^lemorial^hos Be’oie adjourning, the executive s . - - held a, the church -.his evening at pi,at foltowng an operation. Euneral £ hZTkv OwCfga'for'h,°r' ^ 1, is announced b, officers that a “ C ° nCOrd ^ transcription of a talk made by Dr. ^ — • William Elliott, pastor of the High- fA ’ C • a land Park church, Dallas, Texas, upenmg Service At will be played The subject is Christ Mf PleOSOnt Churrh the Only Answer to Man’s Selfish- rieubunr V^nurCH ness.” Recorded music by the Phes- The byterian college choir will also be pi^ a “o 1 tbe \it. b£ . ard Pleasant Baptist church will be held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The equally as vicious and unnecessary ii.id is resulting in corresponding un favorable publicity for this state From our .rather' wide knowledge o. industrial operations throughout _ tne entire Southeast, we know be- ^ * ' . Vl J»d any question of doubt that the The many friends of Mr and Mrs.' textile manufacturers of South T. Heath Copeland will he interested olma as a whole have done C uro-i to know that their twin sons. Georg? progressive job of retiabibtatinz Copelond Twins Now At Home read THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then in the stores as prices chance and merchandise be comes more plentiful. BE WISE— READ THE ADS J As previously announced, bids for! the construction of the proposed 1 Clinton Community hotel will be opened here next Tuesday, March 22, at 2:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium by the board of direc- tors._ R. E. Hitchcock, of Athens, Ga„ is the architect. He states that more than a dozen contractors are expect ed to submit bids. The proposed hotel will be modern in every detail with a large lobby, coffee shop, banquet hall and other quarters on the ground floor. The second and third floors Will contain 41 rooms. If bids can be secured making it possible to finance the project, it is expected that the board of directors will proceed with thc construction. New Broadway To Open Soon pastor, Rev. B. L Wood. Sr., invited White and HeA * h Coll >ert, are now modernizing and building Manager J. Leland Young said yes terday that plans are being made to open the new Broadway theatre, un der construction for several months, in April. The theatre will be modern in every detail, one of the finest in the Carolinas. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL 'on Friday, accompanied by their nurse, M rs. Essie ^^tkins. ‘1‘ heir weight at birth was about ,24< pounds, and now they weigh proximately five pounds each. ap- City Schools Close Today and Friday The city public schools will closet today and Friday in order that the teaching staffs may attend the annual convention of thc South Carolina Ed ucation association being held in Co lumbia. i New subscribers to THE CHRCN-, ICLE will find much of interest in d U r| u k Mpmhprc its news and adverts,no /.»!.. T rl V - , DD IViemDerS Observe 4-H Week its news and advertising columns Don’t overlook anything. Welcome an dthanks to those on our hopor roll this week. A S. YARBOROUGH. Tampa, Fla. JOHN C. MARTIN. Joanna. v MRS. N. C. WILSON, Union. I Laurens county 4-H boys and girls observed National 4-H Club week March 5-13, with the theme, “Better Living for a Better World.” The ob- 1 servancc was directed by Miss Susan Hall, county home demonstration agent. FOOD = Is An Important^ Item With Housewives You. wilt find helpful Grocery and- Market News m THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the c:fy. Read the advertise nen'.s — they tell you about chamrrg prices each week and wh$re you can buy to. advantage.