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Precinct Clubs To Meet Saturday Democratic and Republican precinct clubs in Laurens County have scheduled meet ings for Saturday afternoon. The clubs will meet at the usual places for such meetings, it was stated. Time is 3 p. m» The clubs will name officers at their biennial meetings in preparation for forthcoming elections in the county, state and nation. Clinton Democratic Clubs. Nos. 1 and 2 will meet at city hall and the Hampton Ave. School, respectively; Clinton Mill Club at the Community House; Lydia Club at Provi dence School; Joanna Club at the Club House. Other clubs in the area will meet at their us ual places: Hopewell, Long Branch, Renno, Shady Grove. County conventions will be Vol. 65 — No. 8 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 20, 1964 * * High School Boy Invites Senator Butch Rice, 15-year-old Clinton High School boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rice of Joanna, is shown here as he greeted U. S. Senator (Min D. Johnston u^jon his arrival to speak to the high school student body day morning. The young student asked the Senator to address his civics class, but the program was expand ed to include all the students. Butch took charge of the Senator upon his arrival and presided over the as sembly program.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Johnston Teds Students U. S. Government Is Good United States Senator OUn D. Johnston last Friday morning ad vised his Clinton High School student body audience to take more interest in government. “Study it,” he told them, “you will be the leaders of tomorrow." He told his predominantly teen-age audience that the Fed eral government is a good gov ernment and they shouldn’t criti- . dze it Just to be criticizing. Hie senator said the govern ment is not a "huge monster sitting in Washington with men acing tenacles reaching out like «n octopus to sap away the .Strength of our nation. "We have a good government and it works for the people ol the United: States more so than any other government on earth ever has worked for any given group of people.” Senator Johnston came to Clin ton at the invitation of 15-year- old Butch Rice of Joanna, Clin ton High School student. The Senator was asked to address the young students’ civics class, but the event was enlarged to include the entire student body. Butch met Johnston as he ar rived by car at the school, where he was greeted by school offi cials and others. Young Rice es corted the Senator to the ros trum and introduced him. Johnston expressed his pleas ure at being in Clinton and told the students they were fortunate to be in Clinton where they could enjoy the’cultural influences of Presbyterian College. He praised the smaller colleges because of closer contact between students, teachers and administrators. Referring to the tax reduction bill about to be passed by the Congress and the recent cutback in military expenditures and facilities, Johnston said it will mean much In stimulating busi ness throughout the country be- v Mates held on Monday, March 2. Committees For Grand Jury Given Ligon Scholarship Established At PC provisions and that it the Constiution. "Segregation,” he said, "la la the best interest of both races.” There are no laws on the statute books today relating ot segrega tion or integration, only an in terpretation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. "The colored vote will be a block vote,” Johnston said, 1 ‘sup porting the party that promises most” Johnston predicted that the Federal government soon will make loans available to college students at low interest rates. Pursuing his remarks on .the Federal government, the Senator told his teen-age listeners" that it "sounds good for people to., say let’s cut down on our Fed eral government.” But he said for every agency or department "there is a real need.” “Ask' them to be specific,” Johnston said, “when you see the dire prediction from some people about the government in Washington going to the dogs. We should be prepared to de fend our government and not, as so many people do, join the crowd to be against it just for the sake of being against some thing.” NOT PERFECT The senator admitted the government was not perfect. And he said the size of . the "limited democracy” has grown tremendously. But he said it has the power to "survive grave errors and shock.” The Rev. Cater Ligon Scholar ship Fund has been established at Presbyterian College in memory of a devout Presbyterian minis ter who served for more than a quarter-century in upper South Carolina, it was announced yes terday. Contributions to the PC endow ment are being made by family members to perpetuate in his name an annual scholarship grant for qualified ministerial students. Joined in the project thus far are: sons Langdon S. Ligon of Greenville, and the Rev. J. Frank Ligon of Black Moun tain, N. C.; daughters Mrs. Tom C. Ingerson of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. John K. Linn, former mis sionary to Japan now living in Hyattsville, Md.; and grandsons, Langdon S. Ligon, Jr., of Green ville, and S. Cater Ligon of Char lotte, N. C. The Revi Richard Cater Ligon was a native of Abbeville County, saw active duty as a young man in the Confederate Army and was educated at Davidson and Erskine Colleges and Columbia Theological Seminary. He was for 26 years pastor of the Good Hope Presbyterian Church of Iva (1876-02), and also served nearby smaller churches during this time. He concluded his ministry t in the pastorate of Smyrna and Morris Churches in Newberry County (1002-06), and dlid at his Iva home in 1906. Family ties with Presbyterian College have been close through the years. Grandson Cater S. Lig on attended PC; and the late Joshua Wideman ligon, another son of the late Richard Cater Ligon, was a member of the class of 1901 and taught physics at PC from 1907 to 1911. Rev. R. E. Long To Lead Services Here For its third special preach ing service of the Lenten sea son, All Saints Episcopal Church of Clinton will present the Rev. Robert Edward Long of St. Luke’s Church, Newberry. At the special service on Wed nesday, February 26, at 8 o’clock, Mr. Long will speak on “Follow ing Christ,” with particular em phasis on the role of laymen in churches of all denominations. Mr. Long is a native of Ashe ville, N. C., attended the Char lotte scholos, and is a graduate of Davidson College and Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. The Wednesday evening wor ship service will be officiated by the Rev. John Rivers of All Saints, and the evening lesson will be read by Don Dubois. All interested persons of the Clinton area are cordially invited to attend this service and to en joy coffee .in the Parish House immediately following the ser vice. Laurens—The Laurens Coun ty grand jury, with Robert E. Farrar as foreman, recom mended Tuesday in its final presentment that records of “the county development board be audited along with other county funds and the otal cost not to exceed S3,000.” \ Grand jury committees for 1964 also were named in the presentment. They are, as fol lows, with the first member of each committee designated as chairman: Law Enforcement and Coun ty Jail—E. C. Abercrombie, V. A. Trammell and Fred Bishop. Court House and County Home—Roy L. Harris. Postell Hughes, Ernest B. Cook and Tommy Cox. Roads, Bridges and Chain Gang Camps — Tilman Morse, James Vanderford, Buford Weir and Silas M. Campbell, Education — Ansel Godfrey, Joe M. Parsons and Roy B. Compton. The presentation commended Judge T. B. Greneker for the time he spent Monday to "ad vise and enlighten” the grand jury. The grand jury also rec ommended the judge for call ing for prayer from Dr. Robert Cooper, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Monday and said "We hope each presiding judge in the future will do like wise.” cause of the increased consumer spending to be generated. "The budget,” he said, won’t be any more unbalanced than it has been in the past.” The civil rights bill before the Senate "will be the toughest fight we’ve ever had.” He didn’t pre dict the outcome of the bill as a whole or any part of it. But he said the bill goes too far in its liars and we have had traitors,” he said. "We have had men lack ing wisdom and we have had incompetents.” He said it has "overcome these weaknesses and survived.” Johnston, who said he was proud to be a Democrat, ex plained the makeup of the Fed eral republic and the system of .'checks and balances provided by the judicial, executive and legislative branches. He said "misunderstanding and poor publicity” have con tributed to a bad image of the government. The system of checks and balances, he said, minimizes the/ danger of too much powef ‘’being concen trated in the, hands of an indi- Retired Teodiers Meeting Scheduled Dapper Hosiery Co. Building on Henry Street Will Produce Seamless Hose —YartorMrh PkoU Dapper Hosiery To Reopen in March IB Workers To Attend Meeting Mrs. John McSween Passes in Greenville; Rites On Saturday There will be a meeting of retired teachers of Laurens County in the Friendship Room of the Laurens Federal Build ing and Loan Association on Monday, February 24, at 2:30 p. m. G. N. Foy, president of the county association, urges all retired teachers in the county to, be present at this important meeting. College Students On Deans' Lists Clinton students attending col lege have reached high scholastic attainments, according to infor mation from the respective col leges. Appearing on deans’ lists for the first semester were: Louise Speake, at Columbia College; "We have had thieves in Hurry McSween, Jr., atTheCita- government and we have had clel; Mimi Martin and Mrs. Linda Milam Law at Coker College. Mrs. Law completed require ments for a bachelor’s degree in social science. Funeral services for Mrs. Lina Crews McSween, 74, of 206 W. Maple St., Clinton, wife of Dr. John McSween, were conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Fourth Presbyterian Church by Rev. Ed ward L. Hopper. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. McSween died Thursday at a Greenville nursing home aft er a year’s illness. Dr. McSween served as pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Green ville for several years. Born at Durham, N. C., Mrs. McSween was a daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Crews and Cecelia Snead Crews. She was a graduate of Peace Junior College in Raleigh, N. C„ and Flora Mac donald in Red Springs, N. C. After her marriage to Dr. Mc Sween June 11, 1913, she and her husband liveu in Rowland, N. C., Dillon, Anfterson, and in Clin ton where Dr. McSween was president of Presbyterian College and in Greenville, Tenn., where he was president of Tuscalusa College. Since his retirement, Dr. and Mrs. McSween had lived at Clin- Rev. James A. Bowers, of Greenwood, president of the Tu berculosis and Health Associa tion of Greenwood-Laurens Coun ty, announced that the associa- will be represented at the Christ mas Seal campaign clinic this week. Mrs. M. M. Teague, execu tive director, and Mrs. H. W. Milam, office secretary, will at tend the one-day meet scheduled in Columbia. Both state and national staff members will discuss schedules, methods, and supplies for the 1964 Christmas Seal campaign. Mr. Bowers noted that the 1963 campaign has been most sue* cesful with the receipts totaling $19,283.50 to date. Figures of the same date in 1962 showed $16,- 870.18. The increase of $2,413.32 represents a 12Vfc per cent gain over last year. In discussing the campaign, Mr. Bowers attributed this suc cess to the increased interest and participation of volunteers in all phases of the association’s activities. He noted that over 300 volunteers had helped with the campaign under the direction of the chairman, John W. Drum mond of Ninety Six, and his co- chairmen, Mrs. J. C. Bolt of Gray Court, and Dr. D. H. Mc- Fadden of Joanna and Clinton. The Dapper Hosiery Company plant will • re-open early in March, C: W. Anderson, presi dent, stated early this week. Putting the plant beck into pro duction will mean the employ ment of approximately 50 work ers, with some of them to be employed by the C. W. Anderson Hosiery Co., a finishing plant here. The Dapper Company was closed last July because of the lack of demand for full-fashioned hose. The former machines will be replaced by 120 2-feed knitting machines to produce seamless hosiery. / Anderson stated that sales are exceeding* production at their Whitmire plant, which manu factures seamless hose, and that reaotlvaflon of the Dapper plant for is needed to supply demand their products. Anderson stated that Grubb, formerly at the Whitnhire plant, will be superintendent of the Dapper plant. Anderson said the new machin ery will begin to arrive about March 1 and that production will get underway in about a week or ten days. County Blood Bank Discussed At Meet Commerce Body To Seek New Members ton. vidual or group in government. "Radical elements in my Own lifetime have even likened t he threat of the Federal govern ment to that of a ofreign power,” Johnston said. He called the system a “limit- ment to that of a foreign (he students how they voted for representatives in Congress to act in the interest of the people. "The American people have always exercised long - range good judgement in the election of officials to operate our govern ment,” he said. Texaco, Inc., haa just given Presby terian Collegtf a grant of $1,600 under ■ • »_ aJ t _ 1 .J 4a a the company's national sid-to-educstion a. The program. The gift; made as an unre stricted contribution, will he used to help underwrite PC's scholarship pro gram, according to President Marc C. Weaning. Dr. Weening it shown here, College Gefo Tfeaco Grant second from right, accepting the check from C. T. Fitts, of Columbia, Texaco district sales manager. ’Looking on are: at left, M. Dillard Milam, of Clinton, head of H. D. Payne Co., local Texaco distributor; and at right, Ben Hay Hammet, director of alumni and public relations at Presbyterian Collage.—Yar borough Photo. Harriet Wilson Elected Music Sorority Head Miss Harriet' Wilson, soph omore at Furman University, has been elected president for the collegiate chapter of the in ternational professional music sorority, Mu Phi EpsUon. Miss WUson will attend the convention in August which win be held at Nebraska Uni versity. She is the daughter of Mrs. Virginia B. Wilson of this city. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clinton. Surviving also are two daugh ters, Mrs. George M. Webb (Car olyn) of Shelby, N. C., and Mrs. I. L. Donkle Jr<v (Jean) of Green ville; two sons, Dr. Allen C. Mc Sween of Greensboro, N. C., and William C. McSween of Green ville; two sisters, Mrs. Duncan McKenzie of Timmonsville, and Miss Eva Crews of Durham, N. C.; eleven grandchildren, and a number of nieces, and nephews. College Students At Home Following Fire Misses Celia Gasque, Louise Speake, Shirley Ann Timmons, Mary Harvey, Susan Workman and Mary Ellen Lawson have returned to classes after spend ing several days at home last week following the fire at Co lumbia College. Plans to establish a Red Cross blood program in Laurens Coun ty w£re discussed at a dinner meeting of industrial, medical and civic organization represen tatives in Laurens Monday night. James Wolfe of Clinton, chair man of the county Red Cross chapter, was authorized to ap point a committee to work out plans for the program. On hand to explain the proj ect were American Red Cross workers Miss Ruth Lockman, a district representative of Ashe ville, N. C.; John Kirby, admin istrative director of Columbia; and Ben Crum of Columbia, manager of the Richland County chapter. A county the size of Laurens requires 1,600 pints of, blood for the first year at a cost to the chapter of $2,300, the group was told. After six months, the quo ta would be adjusted to the wnounr-npcttedf ~- The directors of the Chamber of Commerce hove called a meeting of the entire membership to meet at Hotel Mary Musgrove on next Tuesday morning, February 25, at 10:06 a. m. The purpose of the meeting, President Francis Blalock states, is to initiate a drive for on in crease in the number of business houses and individuals holding membership in the Chamber of Commerce for 1984.-A proposal to increase the membership fee by $5,000 a year (from $25 to $30) will also be voted on at the meeting. I President^ Blalock pointed oat that the increase in membership and the raise In the fee is neces sary to finance the proposed ad ditional activities of the civic body. All members are urged to at tend the meeting. PG Alumni Assn. Meeting Here Today The board of directors of the Presbyterian College Alumni Association will hold its special winter meeting today (Thurs day) on the PC campus. Association President Tom Addison of Clinton will preside over the meeting designed to make plans for the operation of the organization during 1964. Special emphasis will be given to the annual giving program and to preliminary planning ♦ for Homecoming next fail. Art Exhibit At Potto Residence Creative work by members of the Presbyterian College com munity are being shown at the second annual fine arts exhibit of the PC studio this Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. ‘ Professor Edouard Patte, spon sor of the studio sitauted in his residence at 301 South Adair St., has announced the exhibit will re- ,main open between the hours of 4:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. during the three days. The public is cor dially invited to attend. A total of 50 entries, by stu dents and faculty members, are on display. They include 46 can vases, of which 40 are in oil and six in , water color, and four sculptures. Clinton-Lydio Clubs To Heor SAL Agent A special meeting of the Lydia and .Clinton Women’s Clubs will be held Tuesday evening, Febru ary 25, at 7 o'clock at the Clinton Community House. L. A. Cantarda of Atlanta, On., traveling passenger agent for the Dr. Carter Named To Science Fund Panel Dr. K. Nokm Carter, chairman of the Presbyterian College Chemistry department, has been named to a special selection pan el to help distribute funds for the National Science Foundation. The partel will select a limited number of institutions to receive matching grants from the Foun dation for undergraduate scien tific, equipment. Decisions are made from among a larger group of colleges and institutions mak ing application for the grants. Dr. Carter will be in Washington next Monday and Tuesday to meet with other panel members. The Presbyterian College Chemistry department received a matching grant of $5,680 from th National Science Foundation when this program was inaugu rated in 1962. Davidson St Members Visit Connie Maxwell The ladies of the Davdison Street Baptist Church baked 25 cakes for the children of Connie Maxwell Orphanage in Green wood and a number of the mem bers visited the children and presented them with thecakes on Thursday evening. Merchants Asked To Display Flags Saturday Local merchants are asked by members of the American Legion. Seaboard Railroad, will speak to ] Auxiliary to display their United the group. All members Intreest- States flags Saturday, February ed in going to the World's Fair 22. 1® honor of the birthday of are arced to attend. {Georgs Washington.'" Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Senator Johnston, and Robert E. Johnson, Jr. Johnson Is Appointed To Air Force Academy A 17-year-old Clinton High School senior has re ceived an appointment to the U. S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo. ' Robert E. Johnson, Jr., has been selected for the appointment by Senator Olin D. Johnston. The announce ment was made here last Friday hy the Senator himself when he came here to address the student body of the high school. Young Johnson is the son of Mr .and Mrs. Robert E. Johnson of Clinton. A versatile student at Clinton , High, he is presdent of the Student Council, a member _ of the National Honor Society, the Key Club and the Block C. Club. He is a member of the football team, the tennis and track teams. Dr. Davis To Speak At 1st Presbyterian The First Presbyterian Church iwill have as guest speaker Sun day morning, February 23, Dr. Grier Davis, president of Mon- treat Association and Montreal College. He is a former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ashe\ iville, N. C.‘ AA Meeting Is Slated for The regular Alcoholics held at the Street, from of be —