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/ ME CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon' Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable ' * t 01tp (Elintmt (Eljcoittrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 12, 1949 Number 18 Last Rites For Lt. George Browning At Joanna Sunday Conferees Report $112,854,709 Money Measure Lt. T. Duckett Young Drowned In Virginia, Rites Held Sunday STATE TRACK MEET TO DRAW BIG CROWD HERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MRS. HAMM Mrs. Marion Hamm Honored As Joanna Mother of the Year Saturday afternoon the Joanna clubhouse was the scene of a de lightful joint meeting of the Joanna Men’s club and the Joanna Woman’s Funeral services with military honors for Lieutenant George Bla lock Browning, who was killed in action in Belgium January 4, 1945, will be held at the Blalock vault at Joanna Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The Rev. A. E. Holler, of Bates- burg, will be the officiating minis ter. Active pallbearers will be mem bers of the Clinton National Guard unit and the salute will be given by a firing squad from the ROTC unit of Presbyterian college. Flower girls will be Miss Mary Nancy Robertson, Mrs. Barbara Counts, Miss Betty Baker, Miss Doris Baldwin and Miss Jo Copeland. The honorary escort will be composed of Wilson Yates, Keith Purcell, Herbert Griffin, Bobby Duncan, Lt. Powell Way, A. C. Workman, Jr., Harry Baldwin, Rufus Sadler, Jr., Charles Yarborough, Eugene Pinson, Kelly Waites, Jr., J. C. Lambert, James Simpson, Alex Crawford, Hugh Ed ward Brock, and Otha Johnson. Lt. Browning was the son of Mrs Nellie Adams Browning of Newber ry, and the late James L. Browning of this city. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one sister, Miss Miss Helen Ligon of next year's revenue are accu rate. The conferees said the total Columbia, Mav 10—A $112,854,-1 Funeral services were held Tues- 709 state budget bill was recom- jay afternoon at 4 o’clock in Lau- mended to the legislature Monday, ren for First Lt Thomas Duckett PleaSCS Audience by a free conference committee that' „j „ i .. shied away from new taxes. Young, native of this county and aj| n C oncer f Here The 1949-50 spending bill is bal- former resident of Greenwood, who ( ^ anced, if tax commission estimates was drowned on a fishing trip Satur-1 Miss Eugenia Helen Ligon of day afternoon near Fort Eustis, Va., | Greenville, Jyric soprano, pleased , , . , ,t„ i a large audience with her concert is $60,000 under the amount the .state ■ ere e ab . . th hoat program given Tuesday evening in is expected to take in. thrown ^ wat€ . , / the college chapel under the auspices terian college Friday for the 22nd The senate wanted to spend $117,- ^ as . ^ 1 , nf hi< narents ot Clinton Music club and col-^annual South Carolina track meet. 940 ^?- Th ! m0n ’ were £ c^r«e of ?he Rev^T. C.Her accompanist was Mrs., The freshman meet and varsity «iurrt»T cook o! Laurens, ana the Rev. James > Roy Fowlkes, »1» of Greenville ar( , s , ated (or Fnday a(ter . ferees undershot both figures in or- Q vpr u 0 i ser 0 # Greenwood and large- Miss Ligon is a graduate of Fur- . t , ., ., , der to keep spend.ng within reve-, Oyerho^of G^nwoodj ^ lativ ‘ s ! univer5lty and Jui „ iard School noon w.th the vars.t, npals to fol- Interment followed in the Laurens of Music and ranked among the top h'\v Saturday at - p m | four contestants in national auditions The Clemson Tiger trackmen, un- Six Colleges to Compete In Extravaganza of the Year. Finals at 2 P. M. Saturday. Six college track teams will as semble on Johnson field at Presby- club. Walter Regnery, president o the men’s group, presided, and an Violet Browning of Newberry, and nue limits The committee said it deemed it j • • odTiPtcrv ‘inadvisable in the present situation ( ^ Young had a large family con- held this year in New York City defeated'in four dual meets this sea- to suggest new revenues for m “ j nect j 0n here. He was a nephew of and this state. She has a lovely voice son, are pre-meet favorites to cop creased appropriations. Henry M. Young and Mrs. T. J. Bla- and charming personality that quick- the team title. The Tigers are expect- But the conferees did do some juggling in order to keep their bud get report balanced. They proposed to raise a needed $390,000 by taking away from the cities the money they now get from motor transport fees. This money would be banked in th» state treasury instead. This step was taken, the confer ees explained in a statement, as an lock, a grandson of the late Mr. and ly win her audience. With each ed to be pushed by both Carolina and Mrs.' G. C. (Kit) Young, highly re- number she was Ibierally applawded' Presbyterian for top honors, though garded pioneer residents of" this and was generous with her encores. 1 both have been defeated by Clem- community. He also had a large The audience was invited to the son in dual meets. Carolina’s cinder- number of cousins in the city. college dining hall at the conclusion men nipped the Hosemen by six Lt. Young was the son of Ross D. ol the program where refreshments points in a dual meet, but the Blue and Lillie Ray Young, former Clin- were served by members of the Hose made a considerably better ton residents. He was a veteran oi Music club and all were given an'showing against the powerful Tiger World War II, having served with opportunity to meet the Greenville trackmen earlier in the season than the engineer corps on Ascension Is- artists. | did the Gamecocks alternative to keep from cutting off j land and also saw duty on Quadal- Miss Ligon’s program follows: Last year’s state meet saw three a proposed 2 1-2 per cent of the i canal , n the Philippines, Korea and Some Rival Has Stolen My True records fall as Carolina’s Norman »» t T.nx’o A a H V "' R i wlr c ♦rvi t nrVrJ Vi I me mens group, prcsiucu, aim ail - 7 ZX 9 rnnnti**’ chart* nf ctatP innnmp tfl* LcUI<li 111 xwiva auu ‘ excellent supper prepared by Vernon his grandmother, Mrs. M. E. Brown- sndre 01 bldie jntome - Australia. He was graduated from Love Away (Broadwood). Garner, Lester Hair, and Carl Fran-j ing of^this city zen, was served buffet style. Governor J. Strom Thurmond ofj ,, . a . . a . . South Carolina was a special guest h ^' grad , uated ,n the " lass of the club and made an address on »> > 9 «- He went overseas in Sep- better things for our state He enu- l! « 4 ' ? nd » a4 a«‘ n * com - merated many ol the industries mand <-' r °< ^ lre "' h "’“Gar com- which have recently come to South P a ny at the time of h.s death and a Carolina, but stated that there is member of the 84th Infantry divts- still plenty of room for further ex- lon * pansion and he is exerting every ef- U IJ fort to bring industries into the state.; LQSt RltCS Held He commended the progressiveness u C-,. »f the community, calling attention nere JUnaay ror to the factors which go to make up Mrs. J. L. Thornley a desirable place in which to live. ^ 7 Special honor of the occasion was Lt. Browning w^as a student at The hr T'J* hpe PP ^ P tl f p " 1 * rnmpnt University of South Carolina in the ven > Citadel when he entered service and branches of the state „o\ernment t Co suggested in the conferees’ report parallel closely the recommendations of the State Budget Commission. , ..... ...... , . . The Department of Public Welfare I ? dd,t i° n io J} ls ^ nd °" e daugd - fund, which both the Senate and. ter ’ Miss Elizabeth Ross Young, he House tried to boost considerably, ^ * s * u ™ ved b X his parents; two sis ‘Scooter - ’ Rucks took two and helped the Laurens high school and the The Heavens Are Telling (Beetho- establish another. No cindermen have undermined any records thus far this season in dual meets, but class of 1929. He married Miss Elizabeth Waller Arnold, of Greenwood, in 1930. In Come, Beloved (Handel). I’ll Be No Submissive Wife (Lee). 1 several loom as threats to set new May Night (Brahms). The Omnipotence (Schubert). Still As the Night (Bohm). Widmung (Schumann). marks. Carolina's Ray McKenzie has run the 100-yard dash m 9.8 seconds, just one second off the st..te -record set was set by the conferees at $330,- ters, Mrs. Carol Hart of York, and 000 more than the welfare/depart- Mr j‘ L ‘ ? ^ asse >; of Spartanburg; ment is getting in the current year. and one brother, George H. Young, The tree conferees committee act- j 0 k aurens - ed swiftly in what Chairman Ed-' ^ gar A. Brown frankly said was a I nCfll Officers move to try to bring final adjourn- ment of the legislature next week. Awarded Certificates A deficiency appropriations bill, Hester's Prayer (The Scarlet Let- by Hutt of Carolina in 1934. Carl ter—(Gianini). Pu’.kinen, of Clemson, is a possibil- Suicidio (La Giocanda — Ponctu- »ty to crack the 880 idle now held elli). by Franklin, of Clemson. The Last Rose of Summer (Martha One of the top scraps of the day -Fiotow). should come when Presbyterian‘< Je Veux Vivre (Borneo and Juliet Blake Watts squares off with Clem- l , Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Thornley, 76, .... paid to Mrs. Marion Hamm as the w j dow 0 j j 0 ^ n ^ <j«^ orn j e y > d j ed g a |_ asking for $1,300,000 more to pay town “mother of the year. ’ She was urda y morning at a Columbia hos- teachers for the current year, was escorted to the clubhouse by Go\er-|p^ a j following an extended period on the desk today, awaiting intro- nor and Mrs. Thurmond and Mrs. G. | declining health. duction tomorrow. N. Foy, president of the Woman si f unera i services were held m club, where she received her friends g un day afternoon from the Gray Rqu Scouts Plon and in turn was presented a gift of funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. » ^ ^ In Training School —Gounod). My Johann (Grieg). Into the Night (Edwards). My Hero (Straus). The Deaf Old Woman (Davis). Italian Street Song (Herbert). flowers. J. L. Delany, superintendent of the plant, complimented Mrs. Hamm on the flne contribution she has made to the community. Mrs. Hamm has resided in Joanna for a Forty peace officers of Laurens county received certificates last week for successful completion of a two- week special training course in Lau- County Entries P. L. Bauknight, and the Rev. L. E TwO-Day CampOree Wiggins ot Woodruff. Interment fol- “>0 71 lowed in Rosemont cemetery. Uuting Moy ZU-Z I Pallbearers were: W. J. Henry, Ar nold Cannon, Lee Add Blakely, J. H ■rens. In Five-Acre This was the third such course con ducted under sponsorship of the Lau- Cn¥¥/\n rens police department, headed by, 0 ” 00 '- on ' es ' ! Chief William T. Ivey, the Clinton son’s Bobby Thompson in the 440 run. Watts defeated Thompson ear lier, but both trackmen have made the course mJU 8 seconds. Bob Rayle, of Clemson, is the dis tance favorite along with Cliff Brown of Presbyterian. Rayle has defeatei Brown in the mile run, while Brown is unde eated in the two-mile jaunt with a 10:48 mark. Jack Doffert, of Clemson, is yet to j be topped in the lonv hurdles, white | his teammate. Julius Townsend, and „ „ . . ;v.niei wuuam i. ivey, me cunion ^ Wofford’s J r Rallou/ ar*. ratoM hicfU Boy Scouts of Laurens county po!^ department, headed by Chief Cotton growers of Laurens county u.,: hurdle! d * , , —. - noia cannon, i^ee Add tsiaxeiy, j. n „—,— -- ^ puuce aepanmem, neaaea oy cmer . ® - hieh hurdles period of 48 years and has been in- p lUs w B Qwens j j Cornwall, will attend a Camporee at Green- B B fiaiiard. and the Laurens coun- are reminded by County Agent C. B the p *. creasingly loved by the residents of j Eugene Bo stick and Edward Rav. wood State Park Frida y and Satur - ty sheriff’s office, with Sheriff C. W. Cannon that application blanks for G * 1 . in "; ia ’ * ^ the community as the years went by. The services were attended by a da > of next w , eek - Ma > 20 and 21 - Wier at the head. t he State 5-acre Cotton Improve- ,th ^ Preceding the talk by Governoi 0 f friends and relatives from Thurmond, the ladies group enjoyed here and elsewhere, with many love- an informal buffet supper io the front j y fl owe rs banked upon her grave as rooms of the clubhouse. The music an expression of the love and esteem room, the lounge, and the reading ; in w hich she was held. a aV i room were decorated in red and Mrs T hornley was a native of games and ‘nter-troop competition. (barbecue dinner wit h E P RUev ot white gladioli, red Pickens county but had made her ^°h t tS a nH GreenviU<f . assistant U. S. district’at- according to W. P. Sheppard, Cam- : . paign and Activities chairman for The certificates awarded meant the the county officers had attended the sessions Activities of the camporee will in- ‘“V 1 ’' *? an affort ‘o improve them- elude demonstraiions in scoutcraft. f0 ( •'"'oremg the laws. The school came to a close with a sdyterian’s Walter accumulated 22 poinU ment Contest are availbale at his ‘ u a w,th F urman, is expected office. While the final date for fil- ^ c ° lle £ I s t veral po,n ^ along wUd ing the application is July 1, those .. A Holshouser ol Clemson, and who are interested are invited to on- h <H1S f^° v ®day of Wofford. H )ls- roll now. houser is undefeated in the shotput, Mr. Cannon points out that the 5- as is Loveday in the J a veUn throw. acre cotton contest was planned and Other strong fieldmen slated for the Supper was served from a prettily home in this city since 1^19. She was da y night and will cook their own ^ rney “ ’ h principal speaker ‘ R - “ be,ng conducted b y ^ Clemson Fur ^ an Jer^y Brown" of Clem ^ appointed table in front of the full- a dau g hter of the late Ri ch ard K. and meal ! for the entire sta y- Awards \ s t ressed th P , m Po rt a^e of fhe Extension Serv,c « lor the Purpose of J d D ewev R^dd^e h C * length mirror and was presided oyer, Bell Hurt HU1> and a member of the wid be given to the best troops af- * 1 . 0 l cer . a C * nt °* encouraging larger yields per acre of, - De _ e y R ‘ dd Jc of Presbyterian by Mrs. John Ross, Mrs. Do 1 lie Mae \f e thodist church at Pickens. Carr, Mrs. Joe Abrams, Mrs. Mary g be ^ surv i ve£ | by f W0 SO ns, L. O. Simpson, Mrs. Lavinia Cooley, Mrs. Thornley of this city, and Fant H. Rolfe Clark, and Mrs. Ella Hair. Mrs.: Thornley of Birmingham, Ala; a .ev inspection of campsiie. and'par- ^a?,,, colion’ anlTW ticipation in games and cont ests. ‘ V : g 5 £ iP Y? J?!’ T 1 ^ 62 * ar ® in establishing the better practices in undefeated in the high jump, hav- The public is invited to visit these ha ';’ e . g ° l I the use of good seed of improved va- in - cleared over six feet this season, activities. ! t°. ke ep up with the times and take neties better rulturaI npa P tu .„ nrn _ Presbyterians undefeated relay The Citadel boasts Burt Oppamier RolfeClark, and Mrs. Ella Hair. Mrs. | Thornley of Birmingham, Ala; a activities. advantageof science incnrnedetec r ‘ etieS ’ b€tter cultural pract ices, pro- lf ," eiea ’ e 2 Mildred Bowers served iced tea from daughter Mrs T aylor Martin, of I An entertaining campfire will g c me detet fitable fertiUzation. control of insects p a ^:^ ns ^ ngof ^ ooch - K ^ nM ' "rs™*'• Mr ?- h w .'sris.•suss.. •»c,.and and ^ har - w«u «• ssz?sxy„“i B S! a smaller table Music was furnished by Mrs. Fran- qj’ Concord, - N. C.‘ and one grand- j havc the afternoon preparing Ed" GroUT of°the U ra! “werV^ntro-! vesting and * innin « ces Giles and Mrs. Carson Nabors. A daughter . > - .camp Saturday activities will be- duced and ’ k b *° t \ d * 1 tr ° He says that the sooner a contes small receiving line was formed in ^ gin with a formal inspection imme- ^ 5 ^ i y .u Llrng the order that all might meet and chat -I diately after breakfast. Following L,. others. i tion of these suggested practiVes on ;‘ ,uriaea me cmderpath in 3:33 dxfith Mrs ThnrmonH the flrst ladv Student LOUHCll 1h e inspection demonstrations and rwL 5 members of the his demonstration field P that more hUS r , not having been pushed b atts or Henry Galloway, is top- seeded to take the mile relay run. tant enrolls and begins the apphea- The P^hy^ 1 ian runners have lion of these suggested nrartina* rm ^ inderpath in 3:33 tl with Mrs. Thurmond, the flrst lady of the state. In addition to the two honor guests, the executive board of . . . v the Woman’s club and Mrs. Walter NOfTlOu lOT iCOr Regnery were in the receiving line. At High School Masonic Meetings Listed By Secretory Campbell Lodge No. 44, A.F.M., will hold a regular communication meeting May 17. On Thursday, May 19, the Master Mason degree will be conferred. On May 27 the Wil liam Plumer Jacobs Chapter No. 54 will confer Royal Arch degree M.E.GJ4.P. Hugh N. Layne, of Roebuck, will preside. All members and their companions and visitors will be welcome, according to V. P. Adair, secretary. Clinton City Gets $11,122 Liquor Tax Donny Wilder has been elected by the Clinton high school student body as president of the student counci’ s“^ >u ^ f u I s roi ™' Fir' ™' d Games will follow the lunch period % , B ““"'‘I Ste *; * art, J. V. Lowe, Howard Watkins, W. opposition. until the breaking of camp later in the afternoon. Mr. Sheppard will be director ot A. Patterson and Horace P. Horton. H. R. Jones of this city, and Dep- the Camporee and will be assisted ^ «’■ F th PlttS ° f Joanna ’ vw f-„^n oi♦ rwwere included in the group receiving group receiving certificates from the sheriff's office. for the 1949-50 session. He was also by Carroll Pitman, local field scout elected president of the rising senior 'executive. This activity for the _ class. Boy Scouts of this area is under the Other officers named by the stu- supervision of the Laurens, district Army Enlistments dent council are: Billy Somerville, committee of the Blue Ridge' council. 1 ' vice-president; Myrtice Rhodes, sec retary-treasurer. Eighth grade students elected to serve on the council for the next four years are Kenneth Baker, Mary Sue Darr, and William Coats World War I Vets Plan Laurens Reunion Sought By Ham M-Sgt. Edward Q. Ham. the local USA-and USAF Recruiting Ser geant, announced yestreday that of cotton. Mr. Cannon also reminds farmers Lniironc Wine that prizes totalling $5,000 are avail- ^ ms able for the state, district, and coun- Highest Rating ty prizes in 1949 with a sweepstakes . prize of $1,000 to any grower in the ^ JO'Cty Contest state who tops the present record of ^ — 8,275 pounds of lint cotton on five (From The Laurens Advertiser) acres now he.d by J, Harvey Neely i Laurens has won the highest rat- of Chester county . ing in its class in the United States * for pedestrian safety in 1948, accord- U. D. C. Chapter Has to an annrunc ^ m ^nt received la • i n r yesterday by Chief of Police W. T. Memorial Program jivey fromfLl. George Hurteau of the state highway" patrol. South Caro- „ i t i -j - , Honoring the men who fought and Iina representative in the National „ . , i rTbrc. r T d 1 veterans of Co. D, Lloyd W. Ellison, son of Mr. and died in the War Between the States, P edestria rc Protection contest, spon- Frances Elliett has been elected as 118tl\^Infantry, and those who were Mrs. Howard Ellison of this city, exercises were held Tuesday M iv so rs of the safety program vice-president of the rising senior members at any time prior to the enlisted in the U. S. Army for three; 10, at the Confederate monument on According to "the notice, Laurens class, Betty Jean Sumerel, secretary, war, will hold a reunion in Laurens years on May 9, and is now station- the square. A parade headed by the placed first for cities between 5 000 and Wallace Abrams, treasurer. ; on Saturday. June 4. The meeting ed at Fort Jackson for preliminary ROTC band of Presbyterian college and UM>00 population with a score Officer* for theorising junior class is to be held at the armory in Lau- training. and composed of U. D C. members, of in a possible 1,000. The next are. President, John Davis; vice- rens and will last from 3.:00 pm Sgt. Ham also stated that he will marched up Broad street to the mon: highest contestant had a score of 811 piesident, Ted Mears, secretary, through that day Plans are being be in Clinton on Tuseday and Friday ] ument. The band gave several selec- or ^ ^ ess than Laurens. A total of Ruby Jo Darr; treasurer, Truman made for a Dutch barbecue supper of each week for interviewing appli- tions and Rev. J H Darr offered 360 cit ‘es were in the class wens. | and with a minimum of speechmak- cants for enlistment in Army or Air' prayer. Chief Ivey said yesterday that he Rising sophomore class. President, ing. . | force. Effective May 1 the score on | Later the group marched to the wanted to express his appreciation The city of Clinton and incorpor ated towns in I^aurens county receiv- . __ 1Ilai oLjuivwiauui ed $68,526.25 from the alcohoUc li- Frank Young; vice-president, Bobby | Every ex-member of the company J the General Classification Test was First Presbyterian church cemeterv to his officers and the public gener quors tax last year, it was announced Cason; secretary, Mary Catherine is urged to attend. Each one is re- lowered from 90 to 80, he said, to ‘ - — - — 7 ”* * -• this week from Columbia. The alio- Anderson; treasurer, Terry Thomas. cation is based on population. Rising frsehman class: President, Clinton received $11,122.36; Lau-l-James McElhannon; vice-president, rens, $13,443.26; Cross Hill, $1,023.82; Jolene McGee; secretary, Ann Hel- Gray Court, $782.15; and Waterloo, lams; treasurer, Charles Oxner. $292.36. | Civil Court Begins In Lourens'Monday . The term of civil court will con vene in Laurens on Monday, May 16, with Judge Steve C. Griffith of New berry, presiding over the term. Thirty-six petit jurors have been drawn for the term by the jury com missioners. Hunter township jurors follow: Eu gene C. Prater, J. D. Hairston, C. E. Dunaway, R. J. Copeland, 4 r -. VV. E. Henry, John H. Fulmer, W. C. Gard ner, C. K. Tompkins, George J. Sin- eath, C. L. Braswell, J. C. Smith, John D. Jeanes, and Luther J. Brock. quested to notify Chas. F. Fleming, permit those men with high physical AUTOMOBILES.... are becoming mere plentiful, many prices are being changed in the industry and new mod els offered. You will find interesting and helpful “automobile news” each week in the advertising columns of . ; . THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Palmetto Bank, Laurens, of his in tention to be prseent NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL qualifications to enlist in the U. S. ! Army, 7' he minimum score for Air Force remains at 90. Tojo' Transferred To State Pen For less than 4c a week you can i have THE CHRONICLE delivered in | Sheriff C. W. Weir stated several your'home. Where can you get so days ago that he had transferred much news and helpful information Grovef Tojo Pulley, held first in the for so little? ; city jail here and then In the Lau- Welcome and thanks to those on rens jail, on a charge of possessing where Dr. W. R. Turner made a his- ^ or cooperation in making torical address. A number of school record possible children decorated the graves of i —— ' . Confederate soldiers with flowers. A salute was fired and taps completed the program. At the conclusion of the exercises, members of the chapter joined for a dutch luncheon at the Hotel Coffee shop. ■ our Honor Roll this week: ' MRS. KENNETH LABARGE, MRS. HENRY RUSS, City. burglary tools, to the state penitenff- a^y, Columbia, for safe keeping. Pul ley is under a federal warrant for j violation of the national firearms act, ^ and since his arrest by local officers Mrs. Fred W. Mitchell of Ashe- more than two weeks ago has been ville, N .C., spent last week with her i questioned by officers from several brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and states as a suspect on various major Mrs. Dennis Sowers. .crimes. GAMES THIS WEEK III I ■■ M , Central Carolina League Friday—Clinton at Watts. Saturday—Watts at Clinton. Tuesday—Clinton at Ware Shoals. King Cotton League Friday—Joanna at Ninety Six. Saturday—Ninety Six at Joanna. MM-State League Saturday—Ottaray at Lydia. Wednesday—Newberr yat Lydia. 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 rhamge and merchandise be comes more plentiful. BE WISE— READ THE ADS