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I THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable * i *- * If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 9, 1949 Number 23 CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know Joanna School Has Closing Exercises; 3 Teachers Honored Closing exercises for Joanna school T|J RrlrlM \||W|jAY were held last Wednesday evening ■ ^ I in the school auditorium, which was filled to capacity. The program was in two parts. An operetta, “Why the Garden Quarrelled,” was presented by 81 pupils of grades 1 to 6 inclu sive in full costume, and certificates were awarded to those finishing all junior high school requirements. The invocation was offered by the Rev. James B. Mitchell, followed by a vocal solo by Mrs. Frances Giles, accompanied by Mrs. Gladys Nabors, both of the music department CLOSING PROGRAM AT ORPHANAGE Dr. E. T. Wilson of At lanta, and Dr. J. W. Jackson of Columbia, Speakers. Eleven To Graduate. Farmers Organize To Fight Weevil; Hopewell Group Leads (By C. B. Cannon, County Agent) Recently the farmers of the Hope well community met with the county Summary of 1949 Assembly Acts Listed JOANNA EMPLOYEES TO BE PRESENTED . SERVICE AWARDS Columbia, June 5—The smiling men who ambled out of the State , „ .1 House here last night, adjourning ag^ot, B. Massey, district agent, | six mont h s lawmaking labor, did and W. C. Nettles and L. M. Sparks, i things that “will result in lasting Jr., extension entomologists of Clem-, benefits to 5^ Carolina.” son college and discussed the possi- ~ bility of having a community-wide That s what Guv. J. S.rom Thur- boil "weevil control program for 1949. rn on d said in a farewell message. Many questions were asked the ■‘^ ere are rriajor t ^ in 2s they Clemson specialists following their de brief talks on boll weevil control. 1 Divorce—Ratified an amendment company will be honored at the thir l Following the discussions the com- Constitution making South anni/al service awards night on Sa'- Watches, Rings and Pins Will Be Given 124 With Long Service Records. — — One hundred and twenty-four em ployees of the Joanna Cotton MiJU W. C. BALDWIN William C. Baldwin, vice-president and treasurer of Baldwin Motor com pany, is one of the city’s well known young business men. Mr. Baldwin is the*son of Mrs. W. C. Baldwin and the late Mr. Baldwin. His father secured the local Ford agency in 1939 and Mr. Baldwin was associated with him in business un til his death in 1944, after which the son headed the business of which his mother is president. The Ford and Frigidaire agencies were operated from the same place on North Broad street until 1945 when they were sep arated and the Frigidaire agency moved to new quarters on South Broad, with another brother, Thomas E. Baldwin, as manager. A third brother, Harry Baldwin, is connect ed with the Baldwin Motor company. Mr. Baldwin is a graduate of Pres- byterian college and a member of the local alumni association. He is a member of the Chamber of Com merce and a past president of the organization. He is a member of the Kiwanis club and board of directors of the Community Hotel corpora tion, serving as treasurer. He is an elder in the First Presbyterian church and superintendent of its Bethany outpost Sunday school, and secretary-treasurer of the men's Bi ble class of his church. He has taken an active part in Boy Scout work, serving as a counselor of the local organization, and has given liberally of his time to civic activities in the lommunity. The seventy-fourth commencement! o exercises of Thornwell orphanage munity voted solid to undertake the Carolina the 48th state to legalize di- urday, June 11. at 7.30 o'clork Tha ,w. w ,will be ushered an Sunday morning! pnmmnnity-w.idp nodi control pro- vorce. Then they passed a regular celepration will be held in the aud - it hac hoon th«> fnctnm fnr the at H : 15 when the baccalaureate ser- gram. There will be approximately * aw g° vern divorce proceedings, torium of the Joanna school, an i r.ast vpvprai voarc fnr thp Tr.anna mon before the graduating class will 1 20 farmers with approximately 1800 Po11 tax—Set Nov. 2. 1950, as the families, neighbors, and co-workers Pnttnn \iuic r-nmnanv tn rocnonize be Poached in Thornwell MemorisT acres of cotton in the project. date for a referendum in which the are cordially invited to be present to cotton Mins company to reco ° mze church by ^ , Rev . E . T Wilson,' W. P. Dickson, leader for the com- p eo ^e caji vote for or against elim- pay tribute to* the group. D.D., pastor of Peachtree Road Pres- munity, appointed a committee of inst:n * the pell tax as a voting re- Loyal sprv j rc i^arcT gold pins will byterian church, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. three, with Clifford Smith as chair- quirement in general e.eetions. p rcsen t e d to 35 employees who Wilson is an alumnus of Presbyte- man of the committee, to investigate Clemency—Stripped from the gov- as of \i arc h 31 had completed 10 rian <^llege. I and obtain prices on car lot shpiment ernor, by ratifying a constitutional years of service Mary L Abram-:, long service by its employes, it was thought fitting at this time to make awards for faithful service to teach ers in the schools of the community. Watches engraved with the person’s name, the years of service and the name of the school were presented to Miss Mildred Workman, teacher of the second grade, G. N. Foy, su perintendent of the school, and Hen rietta Woodson, principal of Zion colored school On Friday night, June 10, at 8:30 of dust. All material used for boll amendment, all his previously-lib- t \ aom j Bishoo. Broadus Bledsoe. E.i- in the chapel, a choral program will weevil control will be material rec- eral clemency powers, leaving him telle Bodie. J L Brawley. B. R. be presented by children of the in- ommended by the South Carolina ex- authorized only to grant reprieves Boozer, Willie Mae Flow. Virginia stitution. 1 periment station. Extension circular and commute death sentences to Garner A R Johnson J H Mc- On Monday evening, the 13th, ?24 titled “Cotton Production and life imprisonment Guirt< w A Motes, R ’ F. Pitts, W. members of the senior class will pre- ^ ro1 ~ .^ ohn ^ R * cord Budfet M Puckett. Josephine Stevens. J R. sent two plays, “Mrs. O’Leary's; Wl11 ^ usec * as a 8 uicl e in the Budget—iAppropriated a record Surratt. Ruth Thomas. Viola Wise, Certificates to those completing the! Cow” and “A Good Girl In the weevil control program. The exten- $113,239,709 in a general appropria- P A Barrett. H E Black. Marlis requirements of junior high school Kitchen.” s ‘ on clrcu l ar has this to say about tion bill to run the state government Bledsoe. J E. Bodie. Syb 1 Brawley. were awarded boys as follows: Opal Joann Tompkins, lany, Betty Ann Tlu,...„„, j., _ , » . o.on • 1 u . . . Lannette Childers, Doris Syble We- Tuesday evening at 8:30 oc .ock, Plans are that trained extension current year’s budget, and .sup- nes Tinsley. Lucy Well'. Mad.re Sim - hunt Thomas Edward Boyce John * be 8 r3 d ua ‘‘ n 8 exercises proper will men will follow through this com- plement next year's appropriations. mon«, and Hugh R y J ne-; Clark Buchanan. Kenneth Gordon ** held at . ^ hich , time di P lo J n * s ’*' i 1 11 munity project by checking each Election laws—Skipped over bills Twenty-nine em Boyce. Martin Luther Bolick, Everett 1 1,0 Presented anti prizes and medals week the weevil infestation or other aimed at renovating general election ce i ve - ,’d Vernon Guyton, L. M. Long, and Carl awar(, ed. The address be.ore the insect damage and advise the farm- laws, and at reenacting primary law 15 veirs I Vf^ mgs tn apprectat, faithful service ill re- 1 of . L. Leonard Phillips. Citizens Federal B. Cr L. To Pay Usual Dividend A dividend for the six months pe- as follows graduates will be made by Rev. ers in applying their poison This be- to replace those stricken from the Abrams J A Bledsoe. J H Camii- James W. Jack>on, D.D.. pastor of ing the first time a weevil control law books in 1944 But a nine-mem- p l Darnell. Myrtle Fulmer, the First Presbyterian church, Co- program has ever been undertaken ber committee was appointed to stu- w C Gardner, B*-.'ue Hamm. J R*. lumbia. in this county on an organized com- dy the advisability of making elec- Harrelson, Julia Humphrey. Clar» To the closing exercises the public munity basis, the project will be tion law changes, reporting its find- Jenkins T. E Moore, T H Murphy, is cordially invited. (watched with interest and results be ings to the legislature next year—an W. W Niver, Nell Surratt. Josie This year’s graduating class is given from time to Ume election year. Boyre. M ze’.le B-idges. E P Clark, .composed of nine girls and two boys; ^ | Horse racing—Carried over with- j \i Daven riod January 1 to June 30, payable July 1, on the basis of 3 per cent per | annum, was authorized by the board of directors of the Citizens Federal Savings & Loan association at their regular monthly meeting held Tues day night. The dividend applies to| all classes of stock, investment and savings. Citizens has been in operation for 40 years and is the largest and old est association In the county. Since jits organization it has made it pos- A . . a sible for hundreds of families in this Clinton Article Ifl Charlotte Armstrong. Rozella Baker. Peggy Crawford. Dennis Dellinger. Hazel Driggers. Lobie Gay. Betty Gilbert. Laura Hillhouse. Frieda Sweatt. Josephine Thrower. Mac Williams. 139 Arrests Made Here In May By Police Department H, F Gardner. J. out action until next year a bill to c Green. Sr'. Annie Harrelson. Jim legalize pari-mutuel getting on horse Hawkins. H E Hunmoutt. C W. and dog races at seashore resoru Johnson. J J. Mo*es. Lucille Nabors, Taxes—Made general tax in- w N Prater. W K Waits, ani creases. , Blanche Marshall. 1 ^ Education—Dickered with a vol- Fifty-three employees will receive The report of the city police de- umnioua report on South Carolina’s gold watches in recognition of 20 partment fnr the month of May public schools, made by the Educa- years of service Ada Abrams, Can:ie 'showed 139 arrests Fines collected tion Survey Committee, and tinker- Brown, W E Byars, E. A Boyce. W. .for the month amounted to $1,266 10, ed without effect with many ideas. E Brown. Clara Craft. J. H. Daven- I which ia below the usual monthly Most concrete action was appoint- port. Sr., J. L. Detany, J. E. Evans. • amount. . ment of court committees to study Nellie Gilliam. Claude Hawkins. As It reported from month to ways to cut down the tremendous Nora Hawkins, John E. Holaonback, month, the greatest number of ar- number of scattered school districts Aloha Jenkins Be-sie Lever J W rests. 31. were for drunkenness, for in the state Lovelace Beatrxe Mo£iy T. R. Laurens To Receive AAA Plaque For Safety Record (From The Laurens Advertiser) The city of Laurens is to receive an AAA safety plaque from the Car lins Motor Club, Inc., an affiliate of the American Automobile associ ation, according to a letter received by Chief of Police W. T. Ivey from Coleman W. Roberts, president of the motor club. The plaque, the letter said, is in recognition “of your splendid record” in going 1,226 days without a traffic fatality and 705 days without a hom icide. The days on both types of deaths were still piling up yesterday as neither of them had been broken. The presentation is to be made at the evening luncheon June 23 df the Laurens Exchange club which has cooperated with the police depart ment in promoting the safety record. Mr. Roberts was not clear in his letter whether or not he would pre sent the plaque in person but said that “We will be on hand to make the presentation.” community and other parts of the Couth Carolina Moaazine wh, c h flnes of $377 «0 were collected. Sute aid Hande i every county Morgan. S J. Morse. Delia Russell. , county to become home-owners. Its ^ p lj ? ! and 20 days given in recorder’s court. $40,000 flat, plus $6,000 for each of W T Simmons. W D Bev kom. C K. assets now total $1,852,945.63 as of By Ann C. Hatton Lewis P® 1, violating parking laws. 69 cas- its legislators, to spend on hospitals Chapman. Bessie Corley. F W. ! ^ a J SI- ♦ •» were made, with fines of $34 30. health centers and other public use- Crapps, C. A Dickey Elizabeth The association Is headed by the “Clinton—A Way of Life,” is the For fighting, 6 persons were ar- es But a last minute gubernatorial Duckey. Pearl Frady, W. L. Hair, 1 following officers and directors: B. 1 sub j ec t 0 f a ful-lcngth. interesting rested; violating the liquor law, 4; ^eto may prevent spending of the Dock Hawkins. J. \i Holaonback! ,Hubert Boyd, president; J. P. Pra-, f ea | Ure article in the June issue of ( drunkenness, 31; disorderly conduct. $2,584,000 until the next session of Rolfe Hughes, W. H Jenkins. G. W. 1 ther, vice-president; J. Sloan Todd. 1 the South Carolina Magazine just off driving under tne influence of the legislature enacts laws to say Lever. Maggie Marshall. May Dell I secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry the press. intoxicants, 3; speeding and reckless **ho can authorize its spending Moon. G. E Morse. Lottie Rowland Hunter, assistant sceretary-treasurer ; Mrs . Annie E Hatton Lewis ana- drivin * 6: operating auto without The veto forbade county delega- B L Saxon. E O. Shaver. Lois Stew- live of Clinton and now a resident Uc f ns *' 1; lar ^ n y- * ‘"vesti- lions to disburse it. _ _ artt w O Stetwart. P F Swygert Directors: B Hubert Boyd. J. Sloan ! Todd. J. P. Prather. W. W. Harris, W. H. Simpson, J. B. Hart, T. D. Copeland, T. H. Copeland and R. H. McGee. of Whitmire, is author of the “folksy” story on the city she calls home. Be ginning with the founding father, th? Local Textile Teams Named Cavaliers, Lions, In Contest The Clinton Cotton Mills baseball team became the “Clinton Cavaliers” here last Friday night in a naming contest that came to a close with L. A. Hunnicutt, local baseball fan, a: the winner. The team with its new name of Cavaliers, put on a royal show for the home fans as Crocker pitched a two-hitter to whitewash the Ware Shoals Riegels 7-0. The Lydia Mills team in the Mid- State league, was named the “Lions” in a similar naming contest in which Sara Blakely was the winner. gation or suspicion, 7. In recorder’s court a total of 300 days were given to law violators. ;Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, back in D the early 60's, she takes the reader; D€n W. v»rOUCn on a tour through the Clinton of yes- I u:- terday. and brings him up to date L0SeS M,S ^OthCr along with the citizens of the corn-' • , , . munity. Saluda. June 6 — Mrs. B _ _ _ Mrs. Lewis traces the growth of Crouch - Sr - 74 . the former Daisy oer one of the State Government Re- B F Sample. Mary Fuller, J. a! Thornwell orphanage, Presbyteriar. Norton, died Monday night at her o. gamzation Commission—to estab- Hart, and H H. Kelly l onstitution Report Set Swannie Wicker, Nettie Swygeff, Constitution—Gave $15,000 more L Wehunt, Pearl Williams. E F. to a committee studying ways to re- Rowe. Beulah Stroud. Mack Bond. \.se the ancient 1895 Constitution, Bertha Rice, Banna Singleton, i:k1 cut off a few members, and instruct-'W C Worthy. ed it to make a report to the next Sevep old-timers with a record of session. 25 or more years will be on hand to Government reorganization—Car- share in this honor. They include: W. ned over until next year a plan num- J L. Clark. P J. Fuller. W. L. Fuller, college and the State Training school, j osh a central purchasing agency to Plans for further benefits to the The Bardens Make Short Visit Here Dr. and Mrs. John G. Barden and sons, Lawrence and Milton, of Boone, N. C., were week-end guests of Mrs. Raymond Pitts, and were given a most cordial welcome by their many Clinton friends. Dr. Barden is a member of the faculty of Appala chian State Teachers college, having gone there five years ago from the Presbyterian college faculty. Jurors Named For Criminal Term Thirty-six jurors for the criminal teim of circuit court to convene in Laurens next Monday have been drawn by the jury commissioners. Judge Steve C. Griffith, of Newberry, is scheduled to preside. Jurors from Hunter township are: D. W. Dubois, W. S. Horne, Hal L. Baldwin, Jr., Robert L. Boyce, Sr., J. B. Hart, W. R. Trammell, William N. Prater, H. F. Goodwin, B. F. Os borne, Harry League, Clisby B. Tem pleton, Tom Plaxico and John D. Bragg. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULAKLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’a thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, 1 then In the stores as prices chance and merchandise be comes more plentiful. BE WISE- READ THE ADS Choral Program, To Be Given At Orphanage Friday Night The miisic department of the or phanage’ schools, under the direction of Mis? Luva McDonald and Miss Gloria Owens, will present a choral program, including choruses and folk songs, Friday evening at 8:15 ip the chapel. The public is invited. STUDENT OF YEAR Hub Hunter, son of John H. Hun ter, member of the graduating class at Clinton high last week, was chos en the student of the year by mem bers of the faculty and the class j presidents. Pictures of the first citizen, Dr. Ja- Mrs. Crouch was originally from state equipment and supplies, employees of Joanna will be ma ie cobs; his grandson, the late Dr. Wil--i ^ on . wa ^’ ^ be married B. W. Crouch Police Failed to get action, this public at this time, according to Wal- liam P. Jacobs; Dr. James W. Davis, in November, 1397. She was not only session on Gov. J. Strom Thurmond's te- Regnery. president. “beloved Clinton physician’’ in hisi a borne maker but a talented musi- recommended measure to replace the The program for Saturday night .s seventy-ninth year and still practic- c * ar ' - ’** State Constabulary with a smaller, as follows: ing, and old p>ortraits of Mr. and Mrs funeral services were conducted more highjy trained State Bureau Invocation Rev. James B Mitco- Mercer Silas Bailey, illustrate the ^ edne '* da - v afternoon from Saluda Investigation. e ll. story, along with a full-page picture 1 Presb ^ tenan church by the Rev.: Filibuster Carried on a three- Greetings — Waiter Regnery, preN- lay-out of life at Thornweil orphan- N enne th L. Hamilton. pa.->tor, assist- ^eek closed session filibuster in the ident of Joanna Cotton Mills Co. age. Mr. Bailey founded the Clinton ed tbe Pev - George R Cannon. Senate in an effort to prevent con- Music by Joanna children under and Lydia Cotton Mills and Bailey's j £ 3stor Pau * s ^ etboc *‘ st cburc h. fir mation of Governer Thurmond’s the direction of Mrs. Fram es Gilei Bank. Mrs. Bailey was the former! ^ a uda - Interment followed in Travis appointment of Miss Faith Clayton and Mrs. Gladys W Nabors, Joanhi Miss Rosanna Lydia Abrams. jcemetery, Saluda to the Industrial Commission. Hei Foundation staff The author is the daughter of Mrs Besides her husband, survivors in- enemies and Thuimond's succeeded Introduction of speaker—Rev H. R. H. Hatton and the late Mr. Hatton c uc f e three daughters. Misses Per- in delaying a \ >te on confirmation Felder Bauknight. - rin e and Mabel Crouch of Saluda, until next year Address-^Dr J Owen Sm *h pa>- .md Mrs. Floride Wallace of Sumter: Grits—Pawed a measure making tor Buncombe Street Methodist I WO Keal estate bales I two sons, Carlisle Crouch of Roanoke, the commissioner of agriculture re- church. Greenville k 1 j _ k i _ „ J _ w | \ a., and B. W. Crouch. Jr. .of Clin- sponsible to see that makers of corn Presentation of awards to 10-yeir fViaae /Vionaay ' j ten; and three grandchildren. meal and grits enrich their prod- group W K Waits ~ ucts - Present a tin of awards to 15-year — group—J. L. Delany. Presentation of awards to 20-year The following legal sales were Hrinnw WIMa* made Monday, salesday in Laurens. | [f® 11 n y Wilder 10 by Clerk of Court Vic R. Fleming: Edit The Sentinel Citizens Federal Savings & Loan 1 association vs. T. L. Ellison. Joanna Cotton Mills company, et al, defend ants, sold to Joanna Cotton Mills company for $4,363.00. Citizens Federal Savings & Loan association vs. Tillman Anthony Walker Resigns Donny Wilder has been named ed- PoStOrOte group—P. B. Mitchell. Induction to Old-Timers dub J B Hart. Benediction—Rev. L. W. Brown itor of The Sentinel. Clinton high _. 0 w , , school student publication, for the ,. Th . e n ' V a ‘ ke: '. past u r / °' coming year. Donny has served as' 1 ' 6 L *'' d,a Mllls Papist church „ sports editor of the pape- .several years past, recently resigned OPENS DRY GOODS STORE George Espieg, circulation mana- the work WaIker has accepted Friends of Mrs. W M Chaney, of Marter, defendant, bought by the ger, has been named as business the P astorate of ,he Grove Station this city, will be interested to know _i 4.<* * »i inn nn manager Baptist church at Piedmont, and she has opened a new. dry good; Betty Jean Sumerel is the new as- with Mrs ' Walker left tnis Week for store in St. Leonards. Md Mrs. H. M. sistant editor, having been elevated i new h0r ? e - J ,, Chaney, a resident of that city, u from feature* editor 1 ~ he man y friends of the Wa.kers manager of the store. Other members of the staff will be in K the COm . mu " Uy a „ nd ? Se * I announced with the opening of the ! Wl11 regret to know they hav ‘\ new session in September, Editor'- eft the Clty ' Wilder stated. • plaintiff for $1,470.00. 1 NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Keep up with the news of this entire community by reading THE CHRONICLE. It is the favorite newspaper in hundreds of homes — lead at leisure by all members of the family. We invite you to become a subscriber. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: 1 MRS GEORGE A FOGLE, L. Clinton. ' WILTON LANFORD, Oteen, N. C. MISS BERNICE STROUP, West Asheville, N. C. Copeland Graduates At Clemson College Poppy Day Sole Totals $165.60 Mrs. B. B Ballard, chairman of the George Pringle Copeland, son o! recent Poppy day sale in the city for Mrs. Edna Clayton Copeland, of th:s the American Legion auxiliary, has city, was a member of the. gradual- J announced a total of $165 00 as the :ng class at Clemson college on Sun- arpount of the street sales. In behalf of the auxiliary, she ex pressed thanks to all who contributed cay. in any way to the annual observance Oxner ht Kinards J. E. Gardner, of Joanna, also was, a member of the class, and Van C. on behalf of disabled veterans and their families. Four hundred and eighty-eight se niors received diplomas. FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find help'ul Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from lead mg food stores in the cuty. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can buy to advantage.