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Unveiled in 1911 - ■ «* Clinton's Monument Has 50th Anniversary Jan. 19 Next Thursday, Jan 19, marks the 50th anniversary of the un veiling of Clinton’s Confederate monument. The date was selected to commemorate the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee. In this 100th anniversary year of the start of the War Between the States, when observances will take place all over the country, it is interesting to note the history of the monument . a ii Here is a sketch of Clinton’s Confederate monument that appeared in a January 1911, Lssoe of The Chronicle. The lower step .(Including the four marble balls) has since been removed to widen traffic lanes on the square. President—Mrs. W. M. McCas- lan. Vice-President—Mrs. Penelope Kennedy. Secretary - Mrs A. E. Spencer. Treasurer—Mrs. A. V. Martin. Mrs. McCaslan had to give up the presidency after a few months, due to ill health, and Mrs. R Z Wright served as president. Mrs. A. M. Copeland was elected first vice-president, and Mrs. J. C. Davis was elected second vice-president. It was de cided to name the chapter in hon- of General Stephen D. lee, a cou sin of Mrs. Wright. General Lee was very appreciative of this hon or, and sent the chapter a photo graph and a sketch of his life. On March 16, 1907, the charter blank for signatures was present ed and thirty-seven enrolled as charter members of the chapter. These were: Mrs. Mary Emma Adams, Mrs Berchea York Barrow, Mrs. Julia McNeil Bailey, Mrs. Lydia Leake Bailey, Mrs. Sara Eula Burdette, Mrs. T. Craig Caldwell, Mrs. Lola C. Copeland, Mrs. Ruth S. Copeland, Mrs. N. Emily Davis, Mrs. W. Beatty Farr, Mrs Margaret A Hays, Miss Lyde Bertnard Henry. Also Miss Mary J. Henry, Mrs. Penelope Kennedy. Mrs Moora Adams King, Miss Mary Hunter Little, Mrs. A. V. Martin, Miss Ellene McCaslan. Mrs. Sepie J. McCaslan, Mrs. Lou Emma C. McCrary, Mrs. W. M. McMillan, Miss Tallulah Neville, Mrs. Vir ginia Aiken Neville, Mrs. R Z. Wright. Also Mrs. Marie M. Owens, Miss Maude Pearson, Mrs. Byrd D. Phillips, Mrs. J. M Pitts, Mrs. W. H. Shands, Mrs. Martha C. Spencer, Mrs. Annie Wright Todd, Mrs. John W. Turner, Mrs. Josephine Vance, Mrs. Geo. M. Highway Meeting Slated For Tuesday Plans for making Highway 72 (Wilmington, N. C. to Atlanta) a memorial to South Carolina’s statesman, James F. Byrnes, will be discussed at a meeting scheduled to be held Tuesday in Clinton. Representatives from cities and towns along the route are expected to attend the session, to be held in the conference room in Belk Auditorium on the Presby terian College campus, begin ning at 8:00 p. m. R. E Hanna, of Cheraw, pres ident of the Calhoun Highway Association, is arranging the meeting. Chief speaker will be Jesse Rutledge, of the staff of the S. C. Highway Department. The movement for building Highway 72 began in Clinton in 1921 with the late J. F. Jacobs as chief promoter. Mr. Hanna said plans ior making the route a multiple-lane super highway are to be con sidered The public is invited to attend I the meeting. Clinton (Eltrnnirlr Vol. 62 — No. 2 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 12, 1961 Kiwanians To Install New President Tonight R. Edward Ferguson will be in stalled as president of the Clin ton Kiwanis Club for the coming year at the club's initial 1961 meeting this Thursday night. Waldie Bushaw, a member of the Greenville Augusta Road club, and lieutenant-governor ofi Kiwanis Division Nine, will have charge of the installation pro gram. City Council In January Meeting The January meeting of City Council was held Monday night with Mayor Pro-Tern S. A. Pitts presiding and all councilmen present: Frank M. Boland, ward one; Pitts, ward two; B. Noland j Suddeth, ward three, Joe V. Ed wards, ward four; George W. Ferguson takes over f r o m | Bagwell, ward five; James Von Hollen, who served as j c ra j ne warl i s iy, president for 1960. Von Hollen be comes first vice-president, while J. Robert Cox steps up as second vice-president. Marvin Gault will serve another term as secretary- treasurer of the club and James Dr. Patte Awarded Store Closing Hours Announced By Cox Honorary Membership Dr. Edouard Patte, minister of music at Presbyterian Col lege, has been awarded an hon orary membership in the Choral Conductor’s Guild of America. He recently received word of Following a meeting of the ^ c jt a tjon, which reads: “For Merchants Division Tuesday outstanding work in the field of morning at the Hotel Mary Mus- c j lora j music and for exceptional „—-— -. — contributions to the advancement announced opening and closing of choral Art hours of Clinton merchants. Stores will now open at 8:30 a m and close at 5:30 p. m. Clos ing times for Friday and Satur day are 6:00 p m. and 6:30 p. m These times become effective on Monday, January 16. Wednesday afternoon closing has already- been resumed Dr. Patte has been conductor of the Presbyterian College robed choir and a professor on the PC faculty since 1947 NEW RESIDENTS Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Britt ... ( and two-year-old son, Randy, are Quoting irom a January, Josephine Vance, Mrs. Geo. M new Clinton residents, and are issue of The Chronicle: j Wright, Miss Sallie L. Wright, j occupying a home at 100 Wood- “The local United Daughters of i M rs Nonnie D. Young. | row Drive the Confederacy have arranged a ■j'^ was y, e i ar g es t charter They formerly lived in Jack very interesting program for un-1 0 f an y c } la p{ er j n ^ sonv jn e pi a \i r Britt is con- veiling of the Confederate monu-j s t a t e U p to this time. nected with the ment on Thursday, Jan. 19, at (Continued on page 8) Company. which time the monument will be j presented to the city by Dr. P Jacobs, in behalf of the locaD Stephen D. Lee Chapter. Prof. A. E Spencer, President of Clinton’s for Joe P. Baptist Young People In Meeting Honight The Laurens Baptist Young People will have their monthly meeting tonight, January 12, at Calvary Baptist Church at 7:30. It is important that each church he represented at this meeting as the meeting places for the com ing year will be lined up. The me nu will be sandwiches and chips, Modernwood 1 and each church is asked to ! bring enough for its group. Business League, will act as Mas ter of ceremonies, and Dr. W. A Shands, Marshal The principal Mayor Joe P. Terry Claimed By Death Council fo Meet Monday The session was the first held after the death of Mayor J. P. Terry on January 5. Council adopted an appropriate resolution in respect to the memory of May or Terry, which is printed else where in today’s paper. Messrs. McCoy and Rainey, en gineers of Harwood Beebe Co., of Spartanburg, and J B. Temple ton and Baliey Dixon, officials of Lydia Mills, appeared before council in regard to a proposed sewer treatment lagoon to serve the southwest section of the city and Lydia Mills. A revised report by the engineers was read. Mr. Templeton stated that the mill wishes to share in the cost and use of the facilities on the basis as submitted by the engineers. Council will discuss the report and reach a decision in a few days, it was stated. The city's code of ordinances has been assembled by the city attorney, as required by law, and the collection was declared official and adopted by council. C. L. Richards was appointed a patrolman with the city police department as of Jan 1, upon recommendation of B B Bal lard. chief of police. Councilman Edwards refrained from voting on the motion by Craine, second- de by Boland. The other five members voted for the motion. Suddeth, chairman of the Po-j era * Building, lice Committee, stated that the These committees, appointed application of Richards was the 1 by the president, John Allen only one presented to him Thompson, Jr, to implement the Committee Members Plan Campaign Here are members of the Special Gifts Committee of the March of Dimes eam- paijfn in a meeting to plan activities, which are now underway. Seated are Mrs. Mary Leaman of Joanna; T. M. Youngblood and R. S. Truluck, co-chairmen of the com mittee; Mrs. Louis Murphy and Mrs. Fran ces Warner, of Joanna; standing; Dr. Fred E. Holcombe and A. C. Young, co-chair men of the over-all campaign; D. B. Smith; W. K. Waits, of Joanna; Judson Brehmer and Ted fh-evatte. — Photo by Dan Yar- lx) rough. May Call Mayor's Election TB Association Committees Slated To Report Tuesday Directors of the Laurens Coun ty Tuberculosis Association will hear full committee reports at their 7:30 p. m. meeting on Tues day, January 17, in the Friend ship Room of the Laurens Fed- Funeral services Terry, 62, mayor of Clinton, were Shands, Marsnui. auc y*„ address of the day will be deliv- conducted Sunday at 3:00 p m ered by Hon. M L. Bonham of Anderson, S. C. The Presbyterian College Glee Club has kindly con sented to furnish the music for the occasion. “The exercises will begin promptly at 10 a m. in Copeland Hall, and partly on the square surrounding the monument. The at Calvary Baptist Church by the Rev. J W. Spillers, pastor. The services were attended by a crowd that taxed the capacity of the church. Burial was in Rosemont ceme tery. Pallbearers were Leo Hea ther ly, Elmer Quien. Milford Wright, Claude Kernels, Jesse iSTTS. Si|l..n. 1-.W lv, r . John B.*- ■ ham, and Thornton Meadors. The honorary escort included members of the Moose Lodge of Clinton. Mr. Terry died suddenly early Thursday night at his home, 501 Elizabeth street He had been in Soldiers in City Hall at close of the exercises. “The following program will be carried out: “Music—A Southern Medley “Opening Prayer—Rev Harri- “^ng^Sing Me A Song of the - declining health for several C/ th years. ^Address-by Gen Bonham. A native of Greenwood, Mr. Music - Tenting on the Old Terry had lived here since 1927. Camp Ground. ■fcMarch to the Monument Dixon Addresses Club At College Bailey Dixon, assistant treas urer of the Lydia Cotton Mills, addressed the January meeting of the Business and Economics Club at Presbyterian College last Thursday night. He led a general discussion of the economic position of the tex tile industry at the present time. President Doug McDougald presided over the program Copt. Howard Byars Honored In Germany The mayor pro-tem was direct ed to notify the Board of Direc tors of Bailey Memorial Hospit al that the original plans for a sewer line to the hospital site will 1 tution, be followed .upon unanimous vote | Health of the council An invitation was presented from the Clinton Business and Professional Women’s Club to council members to attend a meeting of the club Tuesday night t« hear Charles B. Culbert-v j son of Columbia, state director of civil defense. planned program of work are as follows: Christmas Seal Cam paign, J. R. Noble and G E. Campbell, co-chairmen; Consti- Mrs. D O. Rhame; Education, George Cor- nelson; Historical, Mrs. R. H. Roper; Hospital Admissions X- Ray, D. F Patterson; Legisla tion, Mrs. Sarah D. DeLoach; Medical Advisory, Dr. D. H. Mc- Fadden; Patient Services, Mrs. D Wasson: and X-Ray Sur vey, Mrs L. R. Adams All 36 That Clinton voters will name a mayor in a primary (or pri maries) and a general election was practically a certainty this week No official move, however, has yet been made, it was learn ed yesterday as The Chronicle went to press. City Council will meet in a special session next Monday night and the business of calling a special general election is scheduled to come before the body at that time In the meantime. City Attor ney Cecil White will confer with South Carolina Attorney General Daniel McLeod in Columbia rel ative to the situation. The new mayor will succeed Joe P. Terry, who died last Thursday. Alumni, Friends 01 Presbyterian Contribute $53, ITS , I directors are assigned to a com- The monthly report of the po-1 miUee lice department on proceedings The Christmas seal Campaign m city court for the month of De- tolal of ^6.61 Jn January 6 cem >er was presented, showing re fj ects the genuine interest and I announced tod%v fines of $1,163 collected 1 A new record of $53,179.91 was contributed to Presbyterian Col lege's annual giving program by alumni and friends during 1960, resident Marshall W Brown Leading the list in payments of fines wert drunks and drunk concern oi Laurens County citi- I He said this total topped the According to Mr. White, South Carolina law requires the City Council to call a general elec tion in the event of the death of a mayor with more than 60 days left in the term to be served. Mayor Terry , had served a lit tle more than four months of his fifth two-year tyrm. Mayor Pro-Tern S. A. Pitts, councilman from ward two, is serving as acting mayor in the interim The city attorney also said that the City Democratic Club may also call for a primary (or pri maries) as a prelude to a gen eral election. In that event, he said, City Council would set the date for a general election far enough ahead to allow for hold ing the primary (or primaries). Observers have pointed out that holding a primary is almost a foregone conclusion, since if only a general election were held the candidate with the highest number of votes would be elect ed, regardless of whether or not he obtained a majority. . With a primary, it is possible i U> name a nominee on the firgt ballot, regardless of the number of candidates, these same ob servers said, usually two pri maries being required if there are three candidates. With four or more candidates in the race, however, three primaries could J. P. TERRY j Category A designations will be* drivers, awarded to 54 USAFE officers Twenty-seven persons were ar- for outstanding i Air Force Supply duties, person- performance in rested for drunkenness, one was nel officials recently announced in Wiesbaden, Germany. Unveiling. Presentation to the town—by the Rev Dr Jacobs on behalf of Stephen D. I>ee Chapter. “Acceptance—by the Rev. J. E Mahaffey on apointment of Mayor McMillan. “Benediction — Rev. Harrison Fowler “All are cordially invited to at tend the exercises. “The Confederate monument is a very simple one in its struc ture. It is 25 feet high and is made of Winnsboro granite. Be sides the motto Lest We Forget’ the monument has on it the words Our Confederate Heroes, 1861- 1865’ and ‘Erected by the Stephen D Lee Chapter 1910 ’ The only or naments are the Confederate flags and five granite balls—four at the base and one on top of the monument. The monument complete cost $1600. “We regret not being able to print Gen Bonham's photo, but it was impossible to get it here in time However it is hoped that everyone who can be present at the unveiling will come to see and hear Gen. Bonham and to take two-year terms as city council- lie was a son of the late William j man ' A. and Elizabeth Murrah Terry,, He had formerly served as chairman of the Clinton-Newber- 1 n . , 0 "cen, were among 362 considered by the selection board for those who have demonstral- released, four cases were sus pended, with 75 days given on the, zens with the tuberculosis prob-> $50,000 goal and represented a be required before one of them i lem, Mr. Thompson observed ; He stated that a second appeal letter will be mailed on January 17 to the approximately 3,500 per sons who have not replied to the member of Calvary and was a Church. Mayor Terry had served four months of his fifth two-year term as chief executive of this city. He was first elected mayor in 1950. Prior to that he had served three Alumni 01 College Elect New Officers; Stewart On Board Presbyterian College alumni have elected a new trustee rep resentative and seven new offi cers to serve the PC Alumni As sociation for the coming year, it was announced today. J Wilton Stewart, of Fountain Inn. has been named one of three alumni representatives to the board of trustees, to succeed Janies H Wilson, of Fayetteville, N. C., in a three-year term. A member of the Class of 1930 at Presbyterian College, Stewart is president of the Stewart Supply Company of Greenville and Spar- y Natural Gas Authority. He | was clref’v in ' 'inventrd in se- urir, na . . al . o, lor lliis area and build ug the $3,000,000 gas system fo. (Tr.ton and Newber ry. He was joined in these endea- vors by former Mayor Wideman of Newberry. Mr. Terry was an employee of Clinton Cotton Mills for 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Davenport Terry of Clin ton; two sons, W. D. Terry of Clinton, and Joe P. Terry of Wil- liston; a foster son, C. S. Daven- ed exceptional their jobs. Capt. proficiency Howard W. in By public works and the others pay ing $340 Two drunk drivers were assess- 1 ed the usual fine of $100 each. Other cases and fines included: Fighting, 4, $53; carrying con- sharp increase over the previous record of $38,644 established in 1959 The number of donors also set a new mark by a side margin as 1,122 alumni and friends joined ars is one of the 54 being so hon- eealed weapons, 1, $52: violating ored He is married to the former the liquor law, 1, $27; disorderly Rachel Watts of Mountville. Mrs. 1 conduct, 3, $36; speeding and Byars is with her husband in Germanv part in the exercises. The beau-j tgn^m-g tiful monument is a fitting mem-i ma ji ballot vote of former orial of those who died for our | p(- students also chose these men Southland. Certainly we c a n , t0 tjggjj, serving immediately as spend a few hours to show that | eac j ers 0 f the Alumni Associa- we truly reverence the memory of j tion . Our Soldier Dead’.’’ The story was accompanied by a drawing of the monument and photos of Dr Jacobs and Rev. Mr. Mahaffey Dr. Jacobs was president of Thornwell Orphanage and pastor of the Presbyterian Church at the time, Mr. Mahaffey was pastor of the Methodist Church, and Rev Harrison Fowler, appearing on the program) was pastor of the Baptist Church. Organization of U. D. C. Chapter The following sketch tells of the organization of Clinton’s Stephen D. Lee Chapter, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy: On Febmary 16, 1907, a group of twelve women interested in or ganizing a chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy met at the home of Mrs. R Z. Wright. The following officers were elected Albei t W. Brice, of Greenwood, a partner of the H. D. Payne Company, to be president-elect. He succeeds Dill D. Beckham, ot Columbia, who automatically moved up to become president of the association. Brice was graduated in the Class of 1916; Beckman, in 1930. J. Hewlette Wasson, of Laur ens, Laurens County probate judge and attorney-at-law, be comes vice-president. A 1938 graduate of PC, he succeeds Dr. Delmar Rhame ’26 of Clinton in this capacity. The Rev. Neil E. TruesdeU ’31, pastor of the Aveleigh Presbyte rian Church of Newberry, is the new secretary-treasurer of the association replacing Brice. Two South Carolina alumni di rectors chosen for two-year terms To Be On TV Show Five representatives from the Clinton Camp Fire organization will take part on a WSPA-TV program from Spartanburg in port, U. S. Navy, stationed in tht! observance of the National Gold- British West Indies; four sisters, cn Jubilee. Miss Susan Terry, Miss Beatrice! They will appear on Jane Dal- Terry, and Mrs. J. C. Buzhardt, ton’s show at 1:05 on Wednesday, all of Greenwood; and Mrs. J. C. j January 18 Hayes of Anderson; and five grandchildren District Governor At Joanna Tonight J. T. Burdine, of Greenville, district governor of Lions Clubs, | will appear for his official visit to the Joanna Lions Club tonight (Thursday), club officials stated. The meeting will begin at 7:30| in the Joanna Club House. R. Carson Nabors is president of the Joanna Club. November mailing and that the association hopes to reach and pass last year’s campaign total of $8,521.92 en the previous year. Statistics show more than 26 per cent of the^PCmalumni (814 contributors) participated with gifts totaling $30,952.12. These compared with 1959 participa tion of 20.5 per cent (644 con- 2, one suspended. $39: damaging exercises of Newberry College in tributors) and $26,470. private or public property. 1, $27: June, college officials have an Contributions from 288 friends violating trespassing law, 3, all nounced. | amounted to $18,773.09, while 20 suspended; petty larceny, 6, 180 Mr Moose, field worker of the parents of current PC students days; all other offenses, 16, two South Carolina Lutheran Synod, suspended, 30 days, $195. ! is a former pastor of St. John's Two persons were taken in for Lutheran Church in Clinton, investigation or on suspicion and He is a graduate of Newberry released. 'College and the Lutheran South- A total of 74 arrests were made I ern Theological Seminary, Co- during the month ] lumbia received a majority But the holding of three pri maries is an almost unheard of event, and rules set up by the Democratic Club would govern the primary elections, it was reckless drviing, 6, $88; operat ing auto without driver's license Rev J. S. Moose To Get Honorary Degree The Rev J Shelton Moose will receive an honorary doctor of di vinity degree at commencement are Col. James A. Cheatham '32 of Columbia, commandment of the South Carolina Military Dis trict, and Thomas D. Todd ’48 of Laurens, vice-president of the Spratt Grocery Company. The new Georgia director is Earl C. Hollingsworth, Jr. '41 of Augusta, branch manager of Liberty Life Insurance Company; and the Rev. Allen C. McSween ’38, pastor of Greensboro's Star- mount Presbyterian Church, has been named to represent North Carolina. Both are for two-year terms. Four directors, elected last | year, have another year to serve. 1 They are: George Dunlap '33 of Rock Hill and Hugh S. Jacobs '41 of Clinton, for South Caro lina; Jaseph E. Patrick ’37 of Decatur, for Georgia; andjs. Ca ter Ligon ’28 of Charlotte, for North Carolina Officers Raid Still In Renno Section County and state officers raided a still in a house in the Renno section Monday morning, confiscating 300 pounds of sugar, six cases of liquor and a quantity of corn meal. The raiding party, shown above, in cludes: (standing) Jacks Township Magis trate Robert N. Bigham, State Officer Mor ris, Deputy Sheriff Wallace Abercrombie and Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson; (sitting) Deputies Charlton Benjamin, Jr„ and Ted Ward.—Photo by Deputy Leroy Keeble. in support. This figure brought! stated. an increase of approximately one- The last Clinton mayor to die fourth over the 766 who had giv- in office was E. B. Sloan, who died in December, 1928, after taking office in September. His successor, the late H. Y. Abrams, was named in two primaries when four candidates were in the race. Preaching Mission At All Saints Church Episcopalians throughoot the Diocese of Upper South Carolina are making plans for simultan eous missions during the Epiph any season All Saints in Clinton is one of forty-four Episcopal Churches and Missions in the Diocese where such preaching missions will be held, according to Thomas B. Doyle, Jr., of Co lumbia, chairman of the Dio cese’s Division of Evangelism. On January 16, 16, and 17 the Rev. George Johnson, rector of St. Bartholomew’s, North Augus ta. and Priest-in-Charge of All Saints, Beech Island, will con duct the preaching mission at All Saints. Cementing on the Diocese wide preaching mission, the Rt. Rev. C. Alfred Cole, Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, stresses, “The 1961 Epiphany preaching mission is just a first step in a long range program of evangelism, of the Episcopal Church in the Upper Diocese of South Carolina.’’ Following the services each evening the congregation will be invited to go to the parish house for discussion led by the Rev. Mr. Johnson. Coffee will be served. On Monday and Tuesday mor nings at 8:45 Mr. Johnson will also conduct devotions over radio station WPCC. Other planned ac tivities in connection with the special event will be a 10:00 a. m. Holy Communion service on Monday and a 3:00 p. m. church school discussion. At 6:45 a stud- dents’ discusion will be held. The Rev. John Rivers, pastor of All Saints, is conducting spec ial services at the Church of Our Saviour in Rock Hill gave $3,470.70 in 1960 President Brown explained that gifts to the alumni giving program at Presbyterian College take the form of a 'living en dowment” in making funds im mediately available to help meet current operating expenses. He said it would take more than 31,000,000 in invested endowment to bring an annual return equal to the $53,195.81 contributed dur ing the past year. Annual gifts help meet such imperative cur rent expense items as faculty salaries, scholarships to worthy students and departmental im provements. The major area of designated gifts to the annual program found $20,339 42 earmarked for the Walter Johnson Club, alumni athletic organization This total and the 736 donors also repre sented new records. An equal , number of donors contributed the remaining $32,856.39 to the I960 program—most of this un designated—with many individ uals making duplicate gifts. “We are deeply grateful for, the generosity of our alumni and iriends,” President Brown said "Presbyterian College depends upon its annual giving effort as a major source of the funds ur gently needed to maintain a su perior program in Christian higher education.” MOVE INTO HOME Mr. and Mrs. Grady B. Edge and daughters, Misses Caroline and Helen, are now occupying their home on South Holland Street. Mr. Edge holds a position at Lydia Mills where they for merly resided. lype policy III