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t I THE CLINTON CHRONICLE * Thursday, January 7»1§6* — » . ■ firJY art- ■ me seem* M at Orlanil >. Fla., last wiH’k shou- ( hnton' people prior to arid during the Tangerine ■u! pame in which Presbyterian College met the strong ..idle renne.'stY State team. At the left are Mr. and Motel Deaths Are Caused By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Jury Finds By M. L. OUTZ, County Agent • Lawson Brothers^of Joanna, will Tree planting is well Ai Tangerine Bowl Game in Orlando Last Week Mrs. R. M. Turner taking a photo of Guard Rill Sease. In the center are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hay Hammet looking over a game program. Mr. Hammet is Public Relations and Alumni Director at ITesbyterian. At right are Mrs. Merlyn \V. Veren and Mrs. Vk Spooner, wives of the hack field coach and end coachNrespectively, as they cheered when PC scored.—Photos courtesy of Unit ed ITess International. MEET THE PC FACULTY .on.ni; ki! a combination of conditions which ho termed most unusual could have Parbor, monoxide poi- tV’ Michigan woman .. a mote ] near here existed in the gas-heated room of i Lourens County cor •uied here Thursday d Mr^ Bernard Rot •h .inu I.u H‘ Four Oaks Motel on Highway near Ware Shoals Hugh Edwards, Jr . (ireenwood is engineer, said there were in- \ear-old son. Richard, du ations that the. ventilator of the Mich were found heater was blockd ;md forced die be.! m the motel' car ^ H)n monoxide back into the # tint w ere ! m tht of Dec 22 mind the pajam ta r. the\ investigated ro resjxinse from re ar. the door report from autopsy inquest said that the a result f 3Ct . sely Burns said Mrs RoUa slacks over her pajamas. 'ide t'\ 'Ki< ra m an Mote! emj clad bodies after getting gK'attxi knoc k A partial read at the mother ana s m died of exposure ’o deadh carbon mo . noxide jxusomng A gas ex(x|: tuld th* jury that room He said his opinion was that the heater was placed on low. and that response a wind condition at the back of the motel created a condition whereby the ventilator was blocked r Their small dog was found in a TENTH IN SERIES semi-conscious state in the bath-1 room, and seemed to revive slightly ( w hen a bathroom w indow and a! door were opened The dog.’ whose barking had 1 draw n the motel's warnings on i three occasions during the night, i died three' days later at a Laureos animal hospital i . Motel owner John Hall testified | that the mother and son checked ! into their room at 5 45 p m Dec j 21, and had supper at T OO p m At 10:30 p m the dog began barking At midnight, the man ager said he knocked on the door to ask the Rottas to stop the dog's 1 noise He knocked again at 1 00 a m and at 5:00 a m but drew no he said , Three hours afterwards, he be-1 came suspicious and •with an em- New Subscribers ployee, Clifton R Harper, entered j Mrs Rotta. wife of a river boat the room and discovered the bodies.; cap’ain and her son were found checking the' heater, he found it ip on the same he'd, huddled stj) burning The pilot light re-1 together. Deputy Sheriff W mained on. he testified | wore Mr Harper told the panel that' when the Rottas checked into the room he had turned the gas on low MRS S. W. SUMEREL, LUTHER STURKEY, BOB NELSON, MRS WADE NELSON. WILLIAM SPOONE, JOE GIBBS, JR., Clinton MRS W T LONG, GORDON OXNER, Joanna MISS MARTHA PITTS, Rock Hill Lunch Room Menu For Week of Jan. 11 15 MONDAY Milk, barbecue hash on steamed! Cox Dr ,DR. ALEX STUMP Alexander Bell Stump, chair- WANTED 300 NEW CUSTOMER LOANS S10 to SI,000 waneg 110 FITTS ST. ( LINTON, S. (' S A M SK A WRIGHT. Mgr. — FH : 1913 In his opinion. Mr Edwards said man 'he biology department, is that the conditions in the room J one big reason why Presbyterian would be difficult to duplicate He: College has a broad reputation for termed it very unusual." i its pre medical preparation These conditions, he testified,! A dedicated researcher and a could have been due to the heater sound classroom teacher, he has pie. being turned on oto low .and to the j served as an inspiration to budding type of ventilator beind used. *plus scientific minds at PC for the past the wind conditions at the rear of the I J2 years Dr Stump has published a num ber of his. research papers in recog nized publications in the field of bi ology. And his associates paid him tribute in 1951 by electing him president of the South Carolina Aeademv of Science. rice, steamed cabbage, green peas, I corn bread, butter, raisin-peanut butter pudding. TUESDAY Milk, baked beef loaf, gravy, turnip greens, whipped potatoes, corn bread, butter, cheese-apple | crisp. WEDNESDAY Milk, potato-cheese salad, veg etable soup wUh beef, corn bread, butter, fruit Betty. THURSDAY Milk, chili con came with pinto beans, cole slaw, salad dressing, carrots, corn bread, butter, apple Miss Lora Owings—Miss Lora ^Valeria Cox, 70, of the Friendship Baptist Church community of Laurens County, died suddenly at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Clyde Cook, in the Green- pond community at 4:15 p. m. last Wednesday. She had been in declin ing health for the past two years. She was the daughter of the late 1,-0. F. and Essie Martin Cox and was a member of Friendship Bap- 1 list Church. She was a member of 'j the WMS and the Ladies’ Sunday School Class of the church. Surviving besides Mrs. Cook are j one brother, J. H. Cox, of Enoree; and another sister. Miss Blanche of Owings and Clinton. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 4:30 p. m. at Friend ship Baptist Church by the Rev. Olin F. Hutchinson, the Rev. Win- gard Berry and the Rev. George F. Cox. Burial was in the church cem etery. hold their annual beef cattle produc tion sale on March 11. I’ve seen (nost of ‘the cattle that will be of fered for ^ale and I .believe this is the best gtoup they have offered. Approximately 50 registered Here- fords will be sold. About 18 of The 50 will be bulls. t C-W-S Guano Company of'Clinton, sponsored a soybean contest in Lau rens County last summer. It is sur prising how many beans can be made without much effort. None of those in the contest cajne below 25 bushels per acre, and none ex pected to win the prize, so the beans received normal treatment, except W. P. Dickson who used more fer tilizer than normal. He had fer tilized for pepper, but planted soy beans. His yiejd was 56.9 bushels per acre. J. H. Pitts, manager of C-W-S, tells me he bought more tfean $24,000.00 worth of beans this past season. It looks as if we might grow more in Laurens County. Fourteen thousand grape plants were delivered to Laurens County on December 21. These plants will cover approximately 30 acres. Grape growers will mpke money if they do a reasonable job of cul tivating and caring for their vine yards. Henry Taylor of Fountain Inn, told me he sold $750.00 worth from 2 acres. He says he made $500.00 clear. E M. Davis of Cross Hill, did as well or better than Hen ry. Jerome Finley of Mountville, Bolt Brothers of Trinety Ridge, and many others did as well. Grape and peach production go together since the same equipment can be used for both. < While on grapes, let me tell' you about T. B. Sumerel of Rt. 1, Clin ton. He has 7 or 8 acres of scup- pernong and muscadine grapes, all of bearing age. A visit to Mr. Sum erel’s vineyard in July, August or September to see the ripe fruit hanging is surely worth your time. underway throughout the state, Millions of pine trees arc to be planted. Ac cording to our list, there are 14 tree planters in operation in the county. Thsoe who have the machines are Capers Knight, Honca Path, W. C. Wright, Ware Shoals, SCS, Laurens; J.'H. Thomason, Mountville; George Wasson, Rt. 3, Laurens; Wm.* R. Pitts, Clinton: and Garrett and Gar rett, Fountain Inn. Do you remember the young calf given away at the Holstein sale tins summer? That calf was won by Da- vid Waldrep of Newberry County. Mr.v Waldrep'sold the calf to Pam Watts of Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. I was by to see Pam and the calf the other day, and-Pam has done an outstand ing job of feeding and caring for the calf. If she continues to feed and care for tHe calf, it will weigh 1,300 pounds by the time it is two years old. We're living in a land of plenty. Yes, right here in Laurens County. So many people throughout the world are starving for food and are in need of shelter and clothing. In Lauren?, County there are many acres of land lying out unused. In crowded countries a family might live on a plot of ground no bigger than our front lawns. Probably ev ery family in Laurens County could produce enough food in their leisure time to feed an extra family. Let’s not make the mistake of becoming lazy and complacent just because our stomachs are full. The future is bright for those who possess the initiative and the willingness to »vork hard to improve and produce. Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST Phone 794 Laurens, S. C. If the wind were blowing in a certain manner, he said, it could have closed the draft, which runs from the heater through the motel wall He said that smut or soot found on the right side of the heater in dicated the wind had blocked the ventilator and forced the carbon FRIDAY Rice and beef balls, with tomato tomato gravy, candied or baked sweet potatoes, green beans, egg noodles, biscuit, butter, orange. "Tee Time At Lakeside" It will be nice to see the golfers back on the course now that foot ball has gone. Lots of the fellows Last Day Today BELOVED INFIDEL Jan. 7 t.REGOin FK( K and DEBORAH KERR Friday-Saturday Jan. 8-9 BIGGEST FUN-MOVIE'S COMING WHEN, 4 A COMES AUVE! Here's the Perfect Fun-ami-Music Entertainment on the Screen! ,0 SMASH |Q| HIT 4 I SONGS! d £»**• 't Ft TER v^vaoN* Pllllfj) aw « khk m I niUiul MCtrStlmor. VcHtltfntlV.r jrft**! inn uf srau w nuimrni ADMISSION THIS PICTURE CHILDREN 25c — ADULTS 60c moAmm Alex Stump came to Presbyterian sat b - v ^ TV ' or were awa y each in 1947 from the Flora Macdonald Saturday the past fall watching , monoxide back into the room "Had College faculty, where he spent 11 'h^ir favorite team in action the heater been wide open, he tes-1 years — including one (1942 43' on 1 1 Actlon lbls week ' eIl<1 a tified. "I don't think this condition leave-ot absence for service w ith a handicap Tournament on a ur< ay would have existed 1 personally, lArmy medical detachment in ? n( * 3 , a J 1 n0W !? i think the heater being placed so low the Pacific Theater during World. J 0 ' 6 /, ™ Junday^ Entrance fee will and the wind condition at the back 1 War II of the motel created the condition.” 1 He received his training at the "These vents <the type used by ( University of Virginia, obtaining the motel) so far as 1 kpow are not from that institution his BS degree approved by the American Gas As- in 1930, his MS in 1932 and his PhD sociation Their code requires that in 1934 A native of Emmorton, Md„ the vent go above the chimney he is married to the former Sallie l The heaters had been installed in ; Allison of Pine Bluff, N. C„ and December by a Ninety Six firm they have four daughters. Though he attended the inquest j 1 at the court house, Mr Rotta did! not take the stand. He watched the; proceedings intently. I The inquest was conducted by i i Acting Coroner Lucille Watts Sher-1 iff C. W Wier questioned the wit-{ 1 nesses IF YOU DON T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 COMING NEXT WEEK Monday-Tuesday Jan. 11-12 2a Cl N E N/l A, S C O P EE COLOR by DE LUXE STEREOPHONIC SOUND HOPELM STEPHEN BOKD mPM MARTHA IM DIANE BAKER BRIAR AHERNE ROBERl EVANS. - AND ■ ■' LOUIS MOAN AS DAW) *AVA«e I0AN CRAWFORD Wednesday-Thursday Jan. 13-14 JAMES STEWARTYERA MILES from WARNER BROS, technicolqr* »MERVYN UROYm*. • ROMWLKEX «J JOHN msi • KB&WUWr affflADWK ( TTueoJrne be $1.00 for each day The new • Handicap will be used and lots of the fellow's will be moan ing and groaning, but I got your | score cards to prove it. Some play 1 better than you think. I hope to have the men a team match with another club in the very near future. I’ll try to get it on a Wednesday or Saturday. '*' Remember your new rule—Lost Ball and Ball Out of Bounds is only one stroke now. Miss Anderson Laurens — Miss Josie Anderson, of 219 W. Main St., died Sunday at 11 a. m. at a local hospital follow- I ing a brief illness. Miss Anderson, native and life- ! long resident of Laurens, was a daughter of the late Harry W. and Amelia -Richardson Anderson. She i was a member of the First Metho dist Church | Surviving is a brother, E. O. An- j derson, of Laurens. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3:30 p. m. at Kennedy Mortuary by the Rev. Victor Hick man. Burial was in Laurens City ; Cemetery. John W. Simmons Gray Court—John W. Simmons, 66, farmer arid lujpberman of the Dials community of Laurens Coun ty, died suddenly at his home at 6:15 a. m. last Wednesday. He was the son of the late H. Y. and Sallie Hellams Simmons and had lived in the Dials section all of his life. He was a lifelong member of Dials Methodist Church, a mem ber of the Schroder Masonic Lodge of Gray Court and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lau ra Hellams Simmons; two sons, Pete Simmons, of Gray Court, and H. Y. Simmons, of Greenville; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, of San Antonio, Tex.; Miss Jean Simmons, of Columbia, and Miss Judy Simmons of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Eula OxCings, of Rock Hill; Mrs. Lowrie Burdette and Mrs. Ena Harris, both of Green ville, and Mrs. Will Smith, of Foun tain Inn; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 3:30 p. m. at Dials Methodist Church by the Rev. M. B. Lee. Burial was in the church cem etery. HOWARD SMITH - J. W. ABRAMS r ON THE SQUARE IN CLINTON . PHONE 101 Prescription Specialists The Hearing Aids Store Products OLTonuirrow For Better Health Today There's Nothing . Absolutely Nothing **• . u £ V i - Like Having Money In The Bank So — why don’t yoti start a BANK Sav ings Account today. Only a small deposit is needed to open your BANK Savings Account si M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers -~vV *