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Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 71—No. 1 s Clinton, S. C., Ian. 1, 1970
INDEX
Two Sections, 16 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths 3-A
Editorials 2-B
Hospital News 6-A
Society 2-A
Sports 4-A
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Virginia
Man Dies
In Wreck
One man was killed and two in
jured, not critically, when a trac
tor-trailer truck crashed into the
rear of a van truck on S. C. 72
about four miles south of Clinton
at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23.
Laurens County Coroner Mar
shall Pressley said the victim,
Cleveland Lester Saul, 47, of Rt.
2, Benton, Va., was dead at the
scene.
He was a passenger in a trac
tor trailer truck driven by Er
vin K. Bowles of Benton, the cor
oner said. Pressley said the trac
tor trailer was traveling north on
the highway.
A van truck, driven by Joe T.
Alexander of Charlotte, N. C.,
had stopped in the northbound
traffic lane when the lights on
the truck went out, the coroner
said.
The tractor trailer truckcame
over the top of a hill and struck
the left rear of the van, Pressley
said. Alexander was getting out of
the van truck to clieck the
headlights when the collision oc
curred, the coroner said.
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Arson Suspectex!
In House F'ne
Arson is suspected in con
nection with a fire Dec. 24 which
severely damaged a vacanthouse
on North Holland Street, accord
ing to a spokesman for the Clin
ton Fire Department.
The spokesman said ttio front
porch and front two rooms were
blazing when firemen arrived at
3:43 a.m. n Dec. 24. He said
damaged was confined to the
porch and two ro. ims.
The living room f a house n
S. Livingston Street suffered
smoke and w ater damage in a Dec.
27 fire which is believed to have
started around the chimney.
Firemen also extinguish a
grass fire near the bowling alley
on Dec. 2°.
We would like to express to all of our friends,
our subscribers and our advertisers Best Wishes
for a Happy and Prosperous New Year and hope
L that the New Year will bring lasting Peace
throughout the world.
For your many favors and friendly good will
we say “Thank You!”
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Your Chamber
Of Commerce
Means Business
(Editor's Note: This is another article in a series designed to
familiarize Chronicle readers with the Clinton Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors members and their activities).
Campbell, Sanders
Announce As Demo
Mayor Candidates
Clinton Mayor Pro-Tern
Talmadge Sanders and Carl
Campbell announced this week
they are candidates for the De
mocratic nomination for mayor
of Clinton.
They are candidates to fill the
balance of the term of the late
Harry C. Layton who died on Dec.
11. Mr. Layton had served as may
or since September, 1968, and the
two-year term expires Septem
ber, 1970. According to state law,
if a vacancy occurs over 60 days
prior to the next election, a spe
cial election must be called toe-
lect someone to fill the balance
of the term.
Clinton City Council set a spe
cial general election for Feb. 10.
The Democratic primary has
been tentatively scheduled for
Jan. 13 although the Clinton
Democratic Club had not offi
cially approved the date early this
week.
The primary filing deadline for
candidates was set by City
Council as noon Saturday, Jan. 3.
Sanders currently isamomber
of Clinton City Council. He has
served on council for eight years
as a representative from Ward 6.
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A native of Spartanburg, he has
resided in Clinton since 1932.
He is a graduate of Clinton High
School md h? attended Pres
byterian College. He served with
the 1< ical National Guard unit w hen
it was activated during World
War H.
ID is a section man in the
spinning room at the Bailey Plant
of Clinton Mills.
lie is a m amber‘of Davidson
Street BaptistChurchand is mar
ried to the former Betty'King.
They have three children, Terrv,
12, Elizatieth, 9, and Keith, 6.
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As miyor pro tern, Sanders
served as acting mayr during
Mr. Layt in's illness and since
Mi. Layton's death.
In announcing lus candidaov, he
said, I will lie in the office at
Cm Hall from 4 p.m. until6p.m-.
each dav for anyone who wants to
discuss any municipal problems.
I will have the tim ■ to devote
to the job and, ifVlected, I will
serve to tin best of m abilitv."
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Campbell is a native of Clin
ton. He retired from Clinton Mills
after being associated with that
organization for 28 years.
Croy, who is employed at Ho
ward’s Pharmacy.
Campbell said, “If elected, I
will work to the best of my
ability to serve all of the citi
zens of our community. I am
open to any suggestions about
ways we can improve our com
munity."
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GOP To Nominate
Mayor Candidate
On Friday Night
A city Republican convention
has been .scheduled for Friday
to nominate a candidate for mayor
of Clinton in the special election
Feb. 10.
Republican leaders met Mon
day night to organize precincts
and appoint delegates to the con
vention which will be held at 7:30
p.m. Friday in the Jacobs Press
office.
City Convention Chairman
Hugh Jacobs said, “There will be
a Republican candidate for
mayor."
In the special election Feb. 10,
the Republican candidate w ill face
the winner of the Jan. 13 Demo
cratic primary.
The special election was called
to fill the balance of the term of
the late Harry C. Layton.
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Bailey Memorial
Hospital Rate
Increase Slated
The room and daily service
rate at Bailey Memorial Hospital
will lit- increased $2 i>er day,
effective Jan. 1, 1970, according
to llnspit.il Administrator Fred
C raw ford.
Crawford said the rate in
crease is brought on by increas
ed costs of supplies and per
sonnel. He said the hnspital's
minimum w age will lx? mere tsed
'■n Fob. 1 from SI.30 to $1.47
per hour.
Mr. Crawfnrd said the room
and daily service charge includes
meals and nursing care.
He said that w ith the i ate in-
CLAUDE TRAMMF LL J. DA VII) W jRD
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Trammell To Retire;
Word Named Successor
Highways. Streets
Francis Blalock is chairman of
the Clinton Chamber ofCom-
merce's Highways and Streets
Committee. Other members of
the committee are Claude Crock
er, J. F. Jacobs Jr., and B. No
land Suddeth.
Specific projects for the year
include: Sidewalks to all city
schools; ring-road by-pass; re
moval of SCL Railroad track
downtown; interstate highway
signs for Thornwell, Presby
terian College and Whitten Vill
age; four-lane access road to In
terstate 26 from city limits; list
•downtown streets that need
widening; coordinated traffic
light for Broad Street and Caro
lina Avenue intersection; four
lanes for Highway 72 south, be
yond Clinton Elementary School.
A native of Clinton, Mr. Bla
lock is a graduate of Presby
terian College. During World War
II, he serves in the U. S. Army
in New Guinea and the Philip
pines.
He was a member of the local
National Guard unit from 1946
until 1965, serving as Battery
Commander, Battalion ppera
tions officer and Battalion execu
tive officer.
He is co-owner of Sunshine
Cleaners and is a member of
the board of directors of Citi
zens Federal Savings and Loan
Association.
He Is an elder of First Pres-
Commerce. He was chairman of
the local United Fund In 1961
and is a member of the Clinton
FRANCIS BLALOCK
Housing Authority. He is chair
man of the Laurens County Board
of Assessment Control.
Mr. Blalock is married to the
former Eloise Von Hollen and
they have two children: Bunky,
who is serving with the U. S.
Army in Korea; and Henry, 12.
The Clinton-Newberry Natural
Gas Authority Board recently a-
dopted a memorial resolution in
honor of the late Harry Layton.
Mr. Layton, who was mayor of
Clinton at the time of his death
on Dec. 11, was a member of
the Natural Gas Authority for
eight years.
The authority’s resolution pays
tribute to mK Layton who “hks
Natural Gas Authority Board
hereby gives formal Expression
of its grevious loss Is the &
Claude R. Trammell, Clinton
Mills and Bailety Plant Pay-
mjster, will retire Feb. 9, 1970
completing a career of over 44
years of continuous service.
J. David Word, Lydia Plant
Paymaster, will become Pay
master of allClintonMillsPlants
upon Trammells retirement,
Company Secretary W. C. Neely-
announced today. Word’s office
will be located in the Clinton
Mills Office on Academy Street.
Trammell, a life-long resident
of Clinton, joined Clinton Mills
as a part-time student employee
in 1919 at the age of 14. He be
came a full time employee in
1925 and was named Paymaster
in 1933.
Word joined Clinton Mills in
1932. In 1936, he began work
in the Clinton Mills Payroll Of-
of the Honorable Mayor Harry C.
Layton and does hereby note in
its records the passing from this
life of a man who was esteemed
by his associates, loved by his
friends and respected by all.*
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Sponsors Film
The Mountvllle Chapter of the
John Birch Society will present
the film, ‘More Deadly Than
War* narrated by Ed Griffin, at
the Mountvllle Grange Hall Fri
day, Jan. 2, at 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited to attend.
fice and became Lydia Paymaster
in 1948.
Both Trammell and W md are
members of the ClintonMillsOid
Timers Club and are Shiners.
A veteran "f World War II,
he is a memljer of Bothany Tem
ple Church of God.
He is married to the former
Anna Elizabeth Baker and they
have five children: Lester E.
Campbell, Carl Randolph Camp
bell and Charles Corbett Camp
bell, all of whom are employed
at The Torrington Company; Ben
D. Campbell, who is employed
with Greenwood Mills; and Gail
crease, private rooms will
cost S33 to $34 per day and
semi-private rooms will range
from $23 to $28 ptr day.
Mr. Crawford said, "Even with
the rate increase, we're still in
line with rates at comparable
hospitals in our area."
PC RECEIVES GULF GRANT—
A cash grant of $2,500 has been re
ceived by Presbyterian College from
the Gulf Oil Foundation for unfe-
strietd use as part of Gulfs national
program for aiding colleges and uni
versities. The foundation this year
ttistribiited more than $3 million to
higher education institutions in the
United States and its territories. The
gift presentation to PC shows Busi
ness Manager G. Edward Campbell
S i President Marc C. Weersing re-
ving the $2,600 check from J. H.
Griffith of Greenville, district man
ager for Gulf Oil, and Jack Gresham
of Clinton, the district
tive.—(Yarborough Photo)
byterlan Church and is a past
president of the Clinton Lions
Club and Clinton Chambers of
served on this board most faith
fully .over the years.” It also
says, "The Clinton - Newberry
RESOLUTION HONORS MAYOR
TALMAt>GE SANDERS CARL CAMPBELL
Sponsored by CC
Legislative Forum
Slated Tuesday
The Clintnn Chamber uf Com
merce will sponsor a legislative
forum next Tuesday morning,
Jan. 6, at Hotel Miry Mjsgrove.
The forum will feature reports
from the Laurens County Legis
lative Delegation and from a re
presentative of U. S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond's office.
Giving reports on w hat they ex
pect from the upcoming session
of the SouthCarolina General As
sembly will be State Sens. John
D. Long of Union and Robert Lake
of Whitmire; State Reps. Paul
Culbertson and Davis S. Taylor,
both of Laurens.
Gerald Smith, a member ofSen.
Strom Thurmond’s staff, is to
give a brief report on national
legislation which may be of par
ticular interest to businessmen
and civic leaders.
The meeting, which will start
at 10 a.m., will be a general
membership meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce. All
Chamber of Commerce members
and their guests are invited to at
tend.
linton, Today And Tomorrow
(Editor’s Note: The following letter was one of three which tied
for third place in the recent‘Clinton, Today and Tomorrow’ contest.
The first and second place prize winning letters have been pub
lished previously. The other two thirdplace letters will be published
in the near future.)
Housing
I think one of Clinton’s great
est needs is a building code ,
which is enforced bv a building
inspector. There also needs to be
some way of condemning or re
doing houses which are not Pt
to be lived in. There are still
houses being lived in in Clinton
which have no indo ir plumbing.
Not only’^s that inconvenient for
ttie occupants but it presents a
health prob.jm is well because
these people come in contact
with the"entire community. House
owners who rent these houses to
people should l>e made to install
the neccesary plumbing or should
not be allowed to rent the houses.
I think this ties in with the low-
cost housingplan which isa must!
I think the mm on our police
force are all good men, bu* 1
don't think they are all qun’i-
fied to be law enforcement offi
cers. There should be a wav to
give them some sort of train
ing before they became officers.
This would make them' l .er pre
pared to do their job and :o deal
with the people. There are a lot
of unsolved crimes in Clinton.
Maybe this would cut down on
some of it.
With the college, Thornwell
Oiphanage, and Whitten Village
here, we need a bus station which
can at least offer a place to
sit down. The present bus sta
tion is such one wbuld almost
rather walk.
Can anything be dane about the
trains which tie up traffic for as
much as 22 minutes at a time?
I would like for my town to have
the courage to accept new ideas
and methods without discarding
the old proven ways too readily.
Clinton has a great potential
for growth. However, a town
cannot grow in one way only.
Industry, culture, agricuttnre,
education, social--all go hand-
in-hand or it becomes unbalanc
ed. I don't want Clinton to be
come unbalanced. I don't like a
large town, though. I like a fairly
small personal town.
Nancy Phillips
1106 Elizabeth Street
Clinton, S. C.
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Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON
Last October I attended the Homecoming
meeting at Langston Baptist Church, some seven
or eight miles north of Clinton, and did this bring
back memories to me.
Members of Robt. S. Owens Camp of Confed
erate Veterans met here each year for their annual
reunion for years before the turn of the century,
until there were no members left. I attended
these meetings from 1902 until 1922.
This is a rather small building but it is with
out a doubt the cleanest and most modern of any
small church that I have ever seen. Tlie windows •
are spotless, all woodwork is white and the fioor is
carpeted from wall to walk Benches eve very com- ■-•
fortable, and rest rooms for men ami women are “•
very modern. The building is heated with oil and :
is air conditioned. It has electric lights, but there
is still three reflector type oil lamps for emergency
use.- It also has a modern piano and an old fash-'’
ionecF organ that was bought in 1896, and thM htt J
recently been put in first class condition. My pray
ers are that Langston may continue to
and this section of Lauren* County
(As we come to the close of the
like to express our thanks to
have so kindly informed us
our column. If we have t
ories to any of you, we are
for all our readers a >eyoua
word of approval would M
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