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# ' . * 7 t * /• 7 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If Yoi^Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI January 12, 1950 Number :2 $15,(24 PAID IN POLICE FINES DURING PAST YEAR Department Report Shows 2,299 Arrests In 1949 and 2,900 Days Given Law-Breakers. Dr. G. C. Albright Survives Fall In 36-Foot Old Well DOROTHA POWERS, NOTED VIOLINIST, TO APPEAR HERE IN CONCERT FRIDAY EVENING Friends here-of Dr. George C. AI- ' bright, Greenvill^dentist, will be in- . terested to know that his condition ; is reported as improving at the Gen- j eral hospital in that city. Dr. Albright survived a 36-loot j fall Into a well near Lowndesville ' last Wednesday. The fact that the well was dry was* what probably saved his life. Dr. Albright' and Dr. L. H. Mc- The report of the city police de-; Calla, also of Greenville,'were hunt- partment for December showed 125 ing on the old McCalla place at the arrests made. Fines collected for the j time of the accident. Dr. Albright month .amounted to $1,687.27. With i stepped in an old well and plunged the exception of 61 cases for violat-136 feet. He had a whistle which ing parking regulations, drunken-, he used to call his dogs and began ness led the docket with % .19 cases. | blowing it when he fell. His dogs In the recorder’s court 66 days were heard him and began circling the given law violators. \ well to- attract attention. In the Report for Year ; meanwhile Dr. McCalla had missed The department report for the 1 his companion and began calling year 1949 shows the total number ofi him - thirty minutes later he persons arrested reached 2,299. spotted ^he dogs circling the . well and then located Dr. Albright. Two or three hours later he was rescued The report showecLlhat 1364 cases for parking violators led the field in the 2,299 total. after a well digger was located and 'L For drunkenness there were <21 [^enWo^t oTthe weir He wasTush- °«„! rim . k J ha . r .f?f ^ to the Grenville hopj^y am- bulance where it was found he had suffered a fractured leg and a bruised back. He is expected to be a hospital patient several weeks, it was said. •Dr. Albright is the son of Mrs. G. C. Albright of Greenville, and paid $4,578,444 in fines, and were given 1591 days on the city streets and county chaingangs. . For disorderly conduct there were 114 arrests, 52 for driving under the influence of intoxicants. Other of fenses varied from 70 for fighting down to three for damaging private the late • Dr. George C. Albright of or public property. Thirty-two per sons were arrested for driving autos without license and paid $432; speed ing and reckless drivers, 64 in num ber, were fined $1105. A total of 2,900 days on street or gang work' were given offenders. For disorderly conduct there wer£ T24 arrests with fines of $2,032.74. The report shows a total of $15,- 624.16 was paid in fines for all of fenses during the year. Production Credit Group To Meet Here, Thurmond To Speak Clinton and Laurens. He is a neph ew of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shands of this city. Mrs. Ida Doster Passes At Columbia, Last Rites Here Mrs. Ida Belle Westmorland Dos ter, 74, of Columbia, died at her home last Thursday morning after a lingering illness. Mrs. Doster was the widow of Bishop Doster, who moved from Clinton to Columbia more than twenty years ago. While residing here he was employed by the C. N. & L. railroad. . _ _ Funeral services were held Friday morning from a Columbia funeral home. The services were conducted by her pastor, the Rev. E. R. Mason of Shandon Methodist Church, as sisted by the Rev. G. E. Meetze of the Lutheran Church of the Incarna tion. Interment followed here in the New Officers For County Community Concert Association TRUMAN SENDS S42 BILLION Robert E Wysm-411, well known- R| IDfiFT Tft fnMGDFW local insurance man, has been named J ^ I I president of the Laurens County Community Concert association^s#or j j the 1950-51 season. He succeeds] ] Melvin G. Feins of Laurens, who | headed the association last year. i i Mr. Wysor, chosen by associat oh! directors.at a recent meeting, will be j in charge of details of the concert j group’s four annual programs. Two] of these concerts, featuring piicrmi- nent performers, are- held in Clinton | ,,, u .. t « n and two in Laurens. W«hmgton. Jan. 9 - Preside. 4 , Truman «em an unbalanced $42- The new president is a Presbyte- ; 439 000,000 budget today to a Con- r z 3 ?.. ^Tf dua J e L anc * v ^ eran ' gress clamoring for economy. H-* of World War II Othei association spending is "vital to our se- Champion Spender Would Have Govern-’ ment v Live $5 Billion Beyond Its Income for Year. members include: First- vice-president — John K. Taylor of Laurens; second vice- oresident—Mrs. Sara D. DeLoach \)f | |Laurens: secreTary^-Mrs. Huipmel tax increases he wants, the g 0 %- 5 Harley of Laurens; assistant secre- er n men t would live $5,133,000,00-' I tary-Mrs. D. O. Rhame of this city; b i its income in . the fiscal ye ar treasurer—Mrs. T W. Glenn of Lau-, st / rtinf , July j curity x x x and to the welfare 4K r our people." Unless Congress cuts the budge- | or gives Mr Truman the ••moderate’ The talk on Capitol Hill center rens. Directors: Laurens-Cecil RoP»;.j e d"mos'to-on cutting cxpindituIcV'? . A ^ B ~ ° “ ! Z CC .Z?’ C ^ instead ol increasing taxes. Some Wright, Mrs. L. S McMil.an an 'L m p m ners, however, expressed she;:- Melvin G. Feins; Clinton—Dr. Mar- llcism that any deep cuts will ac- shall W. Brown,-W. R Anderson and tually be made in this election year. W. M. Walker; Joanna—Joe Delany;| Republicans poured out criticism - ‘Waterloo—Mrs. Niles Ciark; Enoree and raised efies of “spendthift so- —Mrs. Hall- Fleming; Gray Court—| cialis^n/’ “juggling," "economi' Mrs. Carroll Grfay. : ,. ruin, 1 ’ <and ‘■bankrupltcy.’ , They Publicity chairmen: Mrs. G. B promised,to fight for spending slash- Sheppard of Laurens, and Mrs. J B es. Dorotha Powers, brilliant young violonist, will appear in concert Friday evening, January 13 at 8:15, ally recognized as a virtuoso of bril liance. Her Paris success was fol lowed with appearances in the mus ic capitals of Switzerland and the as the third number of the Laurens | County Community Concert associa tion. Arnold of this city. During the past year she tfas tour ed most of the country and has play- The young violinist, who has won ^ ed with many orchestras. Under the laurels on two continents, has a com- New Officers For Exchange Club Are Installed pletely American musical heritage^ Both her parents are musicians. Her baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos shO: ln( , hall las , Mond „ evening, the has been soloist with the New York r^, Symphony i| Senator Wherry of Nebraska, Re publican Senate leader, said “the President sugar-coats red ink wit i | flights into the great blue yonder." | On the other hand. Rep. McCor- , mack. House Democratic leadec. ‘ called the budget message "soundly ' conceived.” At .. t ~ V Rep. Price (D-Ill) said; "If it were VI L JJ' rrV'.h ' ' C "o' 'X' tack of peace in the worli ten Exchange club for the new year and , he Sovle , Unio „ we should a balanced budget.” Mr. Truman insisted the budget is one of soundness, prudence an i He said it is a financial expression of steps the government held in the Presbyterian college din ing hall last Monday evening, following officers were installed; for years*-—- Stockholders of the Clinton Pro duction Credit association will hold their annual meeting at Florida Street school, building here on Janu ary 21, at lolso a.m., according to an announcement by Rex Lanford, sec retary-treasurer of the assocaition. Five prizes of five dollars each will be given away to members present, the announcement states. One director is also to be elected. It is also announced that Gov. J. Strom Thurmond will attend the farmers meeting as guest speaker, j ^ >rat ^ er » S. A. Pitts, J. D. Boland and ^ V ipij n i s t and a full attendance is invited and j DiHani Adair. ' _ ... I In the spring of 1948 Dorotha Po- Philarmonic Symphony and the President R R Heilims- vme- father, Prof. J. Harold Powers, was Minneapolis Symphony during their president. A J. Merchant; secretary", 1 restraint - for thirty years,, until his recent re-J regular subscription seasons and with Bobby Plaxico; treasurer Gary Ho’- tirement, director of the music de- the Philadelphia Orchestra during CO mb, and the following new mem- partment at Central College, Mt. the summer at Robin Hood Dell. She-bers of the Board of Control: Van Pleasant, Michigan. Her mpUier, the has also appeared as soloist with the Jones, Tom Cooper and Shirley Tim- former Mary Brainard, taught piano orchestras of Evansville, Houston, mons. Canton, Huntington, Oklahoma Ci- j The new president spoke of tlic ty, Portland (Main), and Scranton, plans for the club in the coming year, among others. In Vancouver, Brit- It was announced that the State Con Miss Powers’ first musical train ing came from her parents. In her early' ’teens she headed her own ish Columbia, under Jacques Singer, | vent io n °f South Carolina Exchange family string' quartet which inelud- sty; introduced the Violin Concerto clubs would be held at Caesar’s ed three brothers, one of whom, Dud-| ol the American composer David Head on June 16, 17 and 18. v ley, is first ’cellist of the Chicago Diamond. ~ j T. C. Johnson, Jr, was presented Symphony. The young artist also During the past summer she ap- an ^ onor awa rd from the National studied in California and New York peared as solqist in the Bach-Maz- -f^hange club for his work in ob- First Presbyterian church cemetery, before beginning her professional art. series which opened the 1949. i, 1 " 1 " 8 r n * w ™^ b * r , s for lh , e ^ cal expected. '' . - Officers of the association, which makes production loans to farmers in Laurens and Newberry counties are: J. T. McCrackin, Newberry, president; J. F. Hawkins, Newberry, vice-president; Rex Lanford, secre tary-treasurer. Directors in addition to Mr. McCrackin and Mr. Hawkins are Wallace L. Martin of Gray Court, Lawrence F. Davis and Hugh Bonds Workman of Clinton. The ' association made . loans of $548,000 to farmers in Laurens and Newiberry conties in 1949, and has a membership of 1001 at present. Increase Reported In Violent Deaths For County In 1949 According to Sheriff C. W. Wier, there was an increase of 33 per cent In-violent deaths in the couhty dur ing 1949, as compared to 1948. The sheriff reported that eight persons died from traffic accidents, •while there were seven homicides, four drownings, two- suicides, one death caused by burns, one death ih- • volved in a train incident and one person killed in a cotton mill acci dent. , She is survived by one son» J. M. wers made her European debut in Doster, of Columbia, C. N. & L. rail- p ar j St France, where she, was gener- way conductor, and several nieces j — and nephews. County Auditor Begins Taking Tax Returns Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, county auditor, began, taking tax returns Tuesday for 1950, it is announced in today’s paper. She will continue her ought to take now "to build toward economic growth and the expansion of human freedom, in our own coun try and in the world.” It. Is pointed,-he said, toward a "budgetary balance in the next fo.v years.” "It is an honest, budget, wh meets the realities which face us, he said. That $5,133,000,000 deficit in sigh , for the coming fiscal year is th* difference betweeh. "Mr.' Truman > spending figure and a federal incorr ; he estimates at $37,306,000,000. The gap could, be even bigger i* Congress fails to boost postal ratei by the $395,000,000 Mr. Truman ret .- ommended. In the past the law - makers have no^ shown much en thusiasm for even smaller postal n - creases. / * The budget included billions for military and economic help to non- Communist nations. But national defense continued \ > be the biggest expense in the ne%v budget, as in years past.- And there was a new proposal, t > The Long Branch 4-H club boysj The anmul- stockholders- meeting ' d' a y. Hrresigned the pastorati“o? , the' ^lo^hangr-salt Sr mt^fres*! will set one acre of loblolly pme tree of the Bank of Clinton was held a R P church “ - -- - 1 ^ 8 Serving here as p’allbearers were i care g rt which recently has received Bershire Music Festival, presenting the following friends of the family:! the encouragement and-guidance of Mcfzart Violin Concerto in A ma- mee tmg F. M. Boland, W. C. Shealy, J. P. Zino Franescatti, the famous French jor, under the baton of Dr. Serge 1 club. George W. Clancy, of Win ston-Salem, N. C., was a visitor at Koussevitsky. Miss Powers owns the magnifi cent "Earl of Plymouth” Stradivari, dated 1711. Long Branch Boys To Plant Trees For Community School Bank of Clinton Stotkholders Hold Annual Meeting Blakely Accepts A. R. P. Pastorate In Greenville The Rev. W. M. Blakely, a. native' of this city, has accepted the pas- I torate of the Associate Reformed I Presbyterian church in Greenville, and preached his initial sermon Sun- n*t Janu- stedlings, as ary 17 on the farm of J^. P. druber, Clinton, Route 1. S. A. Harbut, Clem- son . college assistant extension for- T , loic . . u-. n. r at Mooresville, N. C.., water in large volume at economical uesday akernoon in the bank ol- (to ac ; ce p t t he Greenville charge, su::-1 costs:” Water shortages, the Pres- flees with president R. P. Hamer cee ding the Rev. F B. Edwards, re- dent explained, are a threat in some- signed. presiding. • signed. (spots. President Hamer-gave a statement Mr. Blakely is a graduate of Pres- Congress could trim that prospec- ( of the year’s operation and tnanked i byterian college and took his theo-■ ti ve $5,133,000,000 deficit by enact- oent nenahv is annlirablex r in the demonstration- 1 the stockholders^ for their interest .logical training at the Erskine Theo- 1 in « the “moderate” tax increase Miss Culbertson calls attention to :v l rs - T - Sumerel, ts loc^l leader and -support the past year. The fi-* ] logical seminary at .Due West and ^ hich Mr Truman is plugging. The 1 tki. of the club and 15 cooperating with nancial statement as of De-ember 31] Union Theological seminary at Rich- li ^ ure als0 could be cut b y reducin' itinerary through January 31, and ester, will assist the county agent, after the March 1 deadline a 10 per ^ q Cannon, i 4 Vs Q it——I the fact fljat this is the year for re- ^ pr0 j ect turn of allS property, including real i ’ Theological seminary at Rich showed totql assets of $1,793,503.76.1 mond, Va. From 1938 to 1940 he estate, whith is required to be re- 1 °to ^ co ^ ende d b 'y se v; | served as pastor at Doraville. Ga. turned every four years. She also bl 8 bway ^° 8 from O ra to eral stockholders present. The bank He was called into active service in -alls attention to the fact that auto- ^' linton through the Long Branch paid a 3 per eent dividend-at the end 1940 with the rank ot tirst-lieutenant .aws auenuon io tne ract inaLauto , commun i ty . Gruber said that the of the mobiles must be returned like other property. ^ ■ ■■»i-——— ■■ ■ Dr. W. D. Simpson, Belk Stores Official, Of Greenville, Dies TELL IT TO THE WORLD IN 1950 •The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That,, in Clinton’s trade area, means to advertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents 7»f Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Gpldviile and the rural sections ‘of this community where your pros pective 1950 customers reside. The more people you tell, the more you will sell! What your old and new cus tomers read 3nd see, makes a lasting impression. The most successful Clinton firms in 1950 will be those who throughv effective advertising tell the buying public each week of\ changing prices, what they have to sell, the values they havi to offer, the services they are prepared to give. Advertising in THE OHRON- ICLE brings customers to your store. I . year as approved by the di- ( indome from the acre of,timber cut rectors and state bank board. I f 2 r f J uel - pulpwood or saw timber on The following directors wer e ra the demonstration in the future will e1ected: John T . Young, chairman, be used for improvement of the Long R . P . H amer, T. E. Addison. F. M. -Branch schooi. Mr. Gruber has two Boland s G . Dillard, John W. Fin- grandchildren James and Doris ney Sr w R pitts Sr j p Pra . I Dickson, in 4-H club work at the ther ; w w Harris, T. H. Copeland . | school, and for many years has been and H D Henry Greenville, Jan. 9.—Dr. William D. a supporter of 4-H club work. At a subsequent meeting of the Simpson, 75, retired physician and The one acre of idle land on which j :voard) the following officers were secretary - treasurer of the Belk— i the 1000 pine seedlings will be rg^i^oted for "the year’ R P Hamer Simpson compahy here, died early! planted will be put to good use by president , T £ Addison and John today after an illness of two months, j the club memoers and for a ^ood ^ Younu v'ice-presidents* F. \f Bo— He was a native of Monroe, N. C. purpose. The trees will conserve" the landj cas hier; H Y. McSw^bn] as- He retired from his medical prac— soil and render income .or the com— cashier* bookkeepers Misses tice at Abbevville in 1920 to enter, munity school by the club members Mar g aret Holland and Martha Ram- spending. The lawmakers have shown little hankering for a tax increase, but sounds of knife whetting have been • , , | audible at the Capitol for weeks. 7 anc a ^5' ^ e £ vin g i There are plenty of signs that Con- the mercantile field with his brother. Dr. J. M. Belk of Monroe, N. C., and located here in 1923. Funeral services were held- here at 11 a m. Tuesday with a committal services at Monroe at 4 p.m. Survivors include his widow, one son, W. H. B. Simpson, and one half- brother, W. H. Belk of Charlotte. who will be the “grown-ups" in the age; attorneyi R E Babb near future. Dendy Be Pastor Whitmire Church Summerville, Jan. 10.—The Rev. W. H. Dendy, pastor of the Summer- Annuol Farm Outlook Meet At l™. ox..; Laurens Friday Fulton To Make Missions Address The First Presbyterian church is Whitmire. ^ hu , The annual outlook meeting vfill ville Presbyterian church, presented ^ held in the agricultural b( J ilding his resignation at the morning ser- in Laurens Fnd January l3 at 10 ■ vice Sunday, and will leave Febru- a m H A Woodle> agronomist from ary 1 to assume his new pastorate in C!emson college will talk Qn cro observing this week for World Mis sions with a series of special ‘ser and pastifre , production; L. M. Mr Dendy cam. here in June 1945, s ks assistant ex ten,ion entomol- - , ' rora "• hl ?, A ?• Ogist. will. dixeuss boll weevil and vices. On Monday evening, the 16th, degree from Presbyterian college in. d j sease con trol in cotton; L. B. Mas- a fellowship supper will be served Clinton, and his B\ D.«degree .rom sey d ; str j c t a g en t > w jn g j ve a br i e f Columbia Theological seminary in talk on the farm outlook echo _ Decatur, Ga. He has served as pas- ing an “ ou tiook” conference he at- tor in Anderson N. C., Courtland, tended in Washington a few weeks Ala ’’ and Rei dsville. ago; and Miss Gertrude-Lanham, ’ . 7 - j d i s trict home demonstration agent,' ' .will make brief comments on .the ADULT SCHOOL , ho me outlook. Anyone over 16 is cordially mvit-; The meeting is open to the public at the church at 7 o’clock to bring the obsrevance to a close,, after which Dr. Darby Fulton,» executive secretary of World Missions for the Presbyterian Church, U. S., will be the guest speaker. Officers have announcer that this meeting will take the place of the regular monthly session of teh Wo men of the Church scheduled for ! Monday afternoon. ed to the adult school Tuesday and and all fanners and others who are Friday evenings at 6:30 at Academy interested are cordially invited, says Street school. County Agent Cannon. more than five years as a line officer, he was released 'from active service in June 1946 with the rank of lieu tenant colonel. Since then he has been pastor of the Mooresville church. . • Mr. Blakely is the son of Mrs R. F Blakely of this city, and the late Mr. Blakely, He married Miss Sarah Wells of Sumter, and they have two and employees. He suggested Jan .-hildren. z' gress may pass up, instead of pass ing, a large part of the Truman "Fair Deal” program. The president still was silent* on just What kind of tax increase he wants. But he did nudge Congress again to advance the datd when to** cial 'security ta.xes ’ would jum:> from 1 4 to 2 per cent on employers SHADY GROVE SERVICE •• A. G. Hanna and R D. Culbertson* will be guest speakers at the Shady Grove Presbyterian church. Sunday. January 15, at 11 o’clock on "World Missions ’’ An invitation is'extended to the public. • 1951, instead of the start of 195'J The tax just went up this last Janu ary" 1 from I to 1 ijs per cent Mr. Truman .repeated a. v bid' for ..i payroll tax of'a quarter of 1 per cent on oth employers and work ers. to start bringing in the cash fbr a health insurance* system—whic t Congress has shown no signs of ap proving. / MEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL • If you waljt to keep up with the haooenings of this community, have THE CHRONICLE* enter your home each week. Welcome aqd thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: PIERCE MILLER. Mountville. , G B CHILDRESS. Kinards. MRS. A. D. SALTER, Clinton. * SGT CLYDE M SELLARS. San Francisco. Calif. TALMADGE LONG, Joanna. RCT. MILDRED E, SELLERS. Camp Lee, Va: MRS. DAVID ADAMS, West Clinton. Health Officer Assigned New Post Dr. W. E Baldwin, of Due West, director of the Laurens County Health cUrpartment, was named Last week to a similar post in Spartan-r burg county. Dr. Baldwin will di vide his time between the offices ot the ’Two counties until a' full tnpe director can be named, the state health officer announced. Kiwonis Club To Begin New Year The first meeting of the Kiwanis club for ,1950 will be helcl this eve ning at 7:30 at the college dining hall. The retiring president, C. C. Giles, will be succeeded by M. W. Brown,, and the dub will be organ ized for its work for the coming year