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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 5, 1961
thirteen Sheriff* Deputies Sworn In Tuesday
companions turned around and
beaded back in tbe opposite di
rection.
Paul Riddle testified that they
saw tbe wrecked car but did not
investigate “to see if anyone was
hurt’’ and went on to a borne a
quarter mile from tbe scene of
tbe accident and reported it to
Laurens City police.
Sheriff Wier asked tbe youths
if they had any particular rea
son for throwing firecrackers at
the Coolu’ home'bnd replied that
they were throwing the fireworks
into the yards of 'their school
classmates. The Cooks’ daughter
attended tbe same school as the
youths, according.to their state
ment.
HERE FOR FUNERAL -
Major Ned S. Hays, of Lon
don, England, was called
this week because of the death
Of his father,. Dr. S. C. Hays.
Also here were Mrs. H. E.
Dernier, of New Orleans, La.;
Billy Owens, of Atlanta, Ga.; Lt.
T. E. Turner, Jr., of JJorer, N.
J.; Mrs. T. E. Turner, Mrs. J.
A. Johnson, of Macon. Ga.; Mrs.
W. R. Smith, of Gray, Ga.; Mr.
Mrs. John Glenn, of Spar
tanburg. ,
OFFICE SUrHJBS
CHRONICLE FUR. CO.
Here are tfte county’s 13 deputies named by new
Sheriff Ri Eugene Johnson as they were sworn in Tues
day in the court room at Laurens by Clerk of Court
Walter E. Dunlap, shown at right. Front row: Sheriff
Johnson. Leroy Keehle, Sam Reid, Wilbur Traynham,
James Stevens, Hannon G. Murrah, and Joe Jones.
Back Row: Ted Ward, W. P. Dagnall, Wilton Cooper
(partly hidden), W. C. Cole, C. D. Benjamin, Jr., (behind
hand), W. D. Bums, Wallace Abercrombie.—Photo by
Dan Yarborough.
PC And Wofford
To Meet Saturday
The Presbyterian College bas
ketball team will be seeking its
first win of the 19«1-«1 season
when the Hosemen journey to
Wofford for another Little Four
cage battle this Saturday night.
Wofford won an earlier en
gagement with PC, 80 to 74, in
last week’s Spindale, N. C., Ro
tary tournament, but it did not
count in the Uttle.Four league
standings.
The Blue Hose did drop an offi
cial conference clash, however,
when they entertained Newberry
here on Tuesday night. Newber
ry caught fire to win handily by
a 77 to 60 margin as forward
Carl Short poured in 39 points.
PC forward Joe Harvard led his
team with 17 points for the night.
Murdock With
Mutual Of Omaha
Durward Murdock has been
appointed Laurens County agent
for Mutual of Omaha, a benefit
health and accident association,
of Omaha, Nebraska. He will
also represent United of Omaha,
a life insurance company.
For the present, Mr. Murdock
states that lie will maintain an
office at his home. 306 Phillips
Street
He was formerly employed by
Belk’s Dept. Store in Clinton for
more than IS years and was with
Belk’s in Dillon for five years
previotts to moving to Clinton in
1945.
Sheriff Names His Force Of Deputies
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Laurens County’s new Sheriff
R Eugene Johnson, who succeed
ed Sheriff Caldwell W. Wier, was
sworn into office Tuesday after
noon by Clerk of Court Walter
E. Dunlap.
Johnson, in selecting his force
of 13 deputy sheriffs, named five
from the force of Sherif Wier and
eight new men.
Those with previous service
are: Leroy Keeble of Laurens,
chief deputy; Wallace D. Aber
crombie of Gray Court; W. D.
Burns of RFD 2, Laurens; Wil
ton Cooper of Laurens; and Sam
Reid of Laurens.
New men are: C. D. Benjamin,
Jr, of RFD 1, Clinton; W. C.
Cole of RFD, Laurens; W. P.
Dagnail of Laurens; Joe Jones of
RFD, Gray Court; Harmon G.
Murrah, Jr., of Joanna (James
Stevens of RFD, Laurens; Wil
bur Traynham of RFD 3, Lau
rens; and Ted Ward of Clinton.
Murrah will serve as deputy
during the day, and Cooper, who
has been serving as night office
deputy for only a short while,
will continue in that post, John
son said. The other 11 men iwi)l
be occupied with patrolling du
ties.
Sheriff Johnson has served as
magistrate of Hunter Township
for 14 years. He is a combat vet
eran of World War II and has
completed 19 years of National
Guard service. He is a farmer
and livestock producer of the
Hopewell community in lower
Laurens County. ‘
Bigger and better? Yes, and
you’ll want to reserve time on
your calendar to attend the
sparkling, dramatic and pictur
esque Aiken horse races and polo
games this season.
New stables are being built and
more horses are being moved into
the Aiken area. Those who have
a love for the equestrian sport
will thrill to the fast-paced as
sorted races and games.
Under skies almost continually
emblazoned by the rays of sun
shine on the rolling countryside,
these events begin an January
and continue through February
and March:
England and on the continent of
Europe.
The official opening of the sea
son was Thanksgiving Day, but
the excitement continues as ths
attendant crowds with horses
and buggies pursue tbe gaily
garbed riders at a more leisurely
pace.
So, why don’t ydti include a
trip to Aiken in your plans this
winter. More information may be
obtained from your service sta
tion and Chamber of Commerce
representatives.
You’ll love Aiken!
The polo games are played on
Sunday afternoons and the races
are held on well-publicized dates
For specific information, one
might contact Audley H. Ward,
executive secretary of the Aiken
Chamber of Commerce.
A recreational center for the
Southland and known as the
“sports center of the South,’’
Aiken attracts thousands of tour
ists with its year-round climate
averaging 64 degrees. Aiken pro
vides steeplechases, drag-hunts,
and other horse racing. There are
also plenty of golf courses for
visiting duffers.
Most of the sports activity
ties in closely with Augusta, golf
ing capital of the Southeast and
home of the famous Masters
Tournament, to which a select
list of the world’s greatest golf
ers are invited every spring.
Polo was first brought to Aik
en before the turn of the cen
tury by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
H. Hitchcock. The Hitchcocks
were ardent horse lovers. They
found that the fine terrain, sandy
roads and mild climate of Aiken
were ideal fbr fox hunting during
winter, as well as for condition
ing horses for the spring races.
So they opened up a winter home
on a 1,200-acre wooded area,
which later became known as
Hitchcock Park.
Soon, sportsmen from many
other states followed the Hitch
cocks’ example, and Aiken short
ly became one of the most fa
mous winter colonies in this
country. Among the more cele
brated horse enthusiasts visiting
Aiken are Crooner Bing Crosby
and his family.
President Eisenhower
spent much time visiting In the
Aiken-Augusta area and partici
pating in its sport life.
One of the more prominent
sports in the Aiken program Is
the exciting flat racing. Two
tracks are kept in excellent con
dition during th* late winter and
early spring for the training of
racing thoroughbreds.
Some of the finest racing hors
es in America have trained on
these tracks before going on to
win hundreds of thousands of dol
lars for their owners. The flat
tr* c ks, excellent temperature
and unsullied air do much to
produce some of the finest horse-
flesh in the country. Tom Fool,
1958 ‘Horse of the Year,” spent
much of his training time in Aik
en.
Probably one of the most color
ful of the Aiken sporting events
is ths Drag Hunt. This is a rep
lica of the old type of fox hunt,
accompanied by Ml the thrills
and ceremonies so well known In
Coroner’s Jury
Rules Cook Death
Due To Accident
Laurens—A coroner’s jury Sat
urday found that Robert E. Cook,
39, came to his death as a re
sult of an automobile accident
Mr. Cook was killed early
Christmas morning when his late
model Thunderbird overturned
into a small creek five miles
east of Gray Court and about
four miles from his home.
A large number of spectators
attended the inquest conducted
by Coroner Marshall Pressley in
Laurens County Courthouse.
Deputy Wilton Cooper; first of
six witnesses to testify, said that
he arrived at the wreck scene
about 2:15 a. m. and that the
pajama-clad victim was inside
the car and apparently dead.
Highway Patrolman J. L. Col
lins testified that be also went to
the site on the Wallace Lodge
Road. He said there was ice on
the road at tbe sharp curve
where the accident occurred.
Three teen-age boys testified
that they and two other youths
had driven by several houses in
the neighborhood throwing out
firecrackers shortly before the
fatal accident.
Paul Riddle, 16, said he was
driver of the car in which the
five youths were riding. He nam
ed the others as Joe Riddle, 13
David Riddle, 9; Ernest Duck
worth, 16, and Gerald Duck-
wdrth, 15.
Paul Riddle testified that he
and his companions had been by
the Cook home three times and
had thrown possibly 8 or 10 cher
ry bombs into the yard.
The youth testified that after
leaving the Cook home the third
time he saw car lights behind
and thought that it might be Mr.
Cook following them. He said he
was driving about 35 miles an
hour at that time but increased
his speed after seeing the lights.
The Riddle youth said that
they continued down tbe road
until they could not see the
lights behind them and then
turned around and headed in the
opposite direction. I.
Another one of the youths,
Gerald Duckworth, testified that
he was in the front seat. "We
were on our way to Frank Bobo’s
and noticed a car following us.
When it topped the hill and turn
ed the same way we did
speeded up.”
..Duckworth furthof testified
Hta* when the M g*«* M of the fol
lowing car went oat he and his
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