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WEATHER (Week of July 29-Aug. 5) High: 96 Low: 69 (Aug. 1) (Aug. 2) Rainfall: .31 in (July 31, Aug- 1) Soil Temp. Range: 83-87 Whe Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 32 Clinton. S. C„ August 6. 1970 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 7-A Hospital News 4-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 1-C, 2-C Are Arrested In Connection With Fires FIRST OF TWO—Clinton’s Matthew King cross es home plate Monday night after the first of two home run hits in the opening game of the Upper- state American Legion Championship Series. King’s first homer ignited a four-run Clinton scor ing spree which paved the way for a 5-3 win over Anderson. King iced the game with another home run in the seventh inning. Clinton Hosts Anderson Friday In Upstate Series r, BY ERNIE SEGARS The second game of the upper-state championship playoff between Clinton and Anderson American Le gion baseball teams was cancelled Tuesday night be cause of rain. Clinton holds a one game lead in the best of five that will continue tonight, Thursday, in Ander- The baseball park in Anderson was ntft andTlfthla a Wednesday night game. The teams will return to Clinton Friday night for what could be the final game if Clinton wins tonight Clinton Coach Sam Owens said Wednesday morn ing that the rain-delay may have helped Anderson considerably. He said, “The rain could have helped them rest their pitchers. They’ll be tough to beat.” He pointed out that Anderson played Rock Hill on Fri day, Saturday and Sunday of last week and then play ed Clinton on Monday, a schedule of four games in four days. Buzz Tedards. Clinton’s ace righthander who has won nine and lost only three, is expected to start the game for Clinton tonight. Game time is 7:30. FIRST GAME Matthew King hit two home runs and Tony Bowen drove in two runs with a double Monday night as the Clinton American Legion Baseball team won the initial game of the three out of five instate championship series at the Clinton Mill Ball park. Tommy Motes went the dis tance to pick up his eigth vic tory of the season. He has lost only one game. Motes struck out ten and didn’t walk a bat ter in his victory. Clinton scored first in the bottom of the fourth when King lined a home run over the right field fence to give the locals a 1-0 lead. Tedards then drew a walk, and Arnold Lletzsey was safe on a fielders’ choice. McNlnch drew a walk off Hug gins, the losing pitcher, to put runners on first and second. Bowen lined a double to left to score Lietzsey and McNinch, giving Clinton a 3-0 lead. Motes and Elrod then drew walks to load the bases. Tommy Shields hit a single back through the middle to drive in Bowen giving Clinton a 4-0 lead. Anderson scored two runs in the top of the fifth on singles by George Harris, Mike Boucbil lon, Danny Andrews, and Geo rge Gantt Anderson scored again in the seventh inning when Gamtt doubled in Bouc hill on, who had walked. King completed the scoring tor Clinton in the top of the eighth when he lined home run to right center, his second of the game. Anderson threatened in the top of the ninth when the first hitter was safe on a bunt single. The next batter hit a line drive against the left field wall that Billy Young flagged down after a long run. Motes struck out the next batter and got the last out of the inning when the' next hitter bounced out to King. Motes gave up ten hits, but several fine defensive plays got him out of trouble. In the second inning, Harris, Ander son’s catcher, hit a long fly to deep left center. McNinch climbed the enbankment and made a one-handed stab to take away an extra base hit Mc- N inch made another outstanding play in the top of the fourth when he went against the fence in deep right center to snare a long drive off the bat of Bean- non. In the top of the fifth, a sparkling double play from Lietzsey to King to Bowen got Clinton out of the inning. * * * Bike Racers Pedal Here Saturday Contestants in the 250-mile Olympic development bicycle race between Greenville and Charleston are scheduled to come through Clinton about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The contestants will come down Highway 76(Laurens High way) and will receive a police escort through Clinton. Sponsored by the SouthCaro- lina Tricentennial Commission and sanctioned by the Amateur Bicycle League of America, the race will offer winners trophies and merchandise worth approx imately $1,000. An estimated 100 cyclists are expected to participate in the event which is open to all amateur bicy clists. The initial 105 -mile Green- ville-Columbia leg will start at 9:30 a.m.Saturday,Aug.8,from Piedmont Exposition Park on Roper Mountain near Green ville, off Route 385. It con cludes at Midlands Exposition Park in Columbia Saturday af ternoon. After an overnight stop in Columbia, the cyclists win re assemble Sunday morning, Aug. 9, for the brutal Columbia-Ch arleston leg, to be interngjted only by a stop in Orangeburg, 75 miles from Charleston. Railroad Proposal Still Alive The recent placing of new cross ties under the CN A L tracks through downtown Clin ton is part of an overall tim bering program for the Uine, according to J. L. Williams, superintendent of the Florence Division of Seaboard Coastline Railroad. Mr. Williams told The Chronicle, This project in no way reflects on our efforts to come up with a plan to eliminate the CNAL tracks through down town Clinton. This is part of a timbering program which has been under way from Columbia to Laurens. It is a program of several years’ standing and does not mean that the tracks in that particular area will stay exactly where they are now. Mr. Williams last year showed Clinton Chamber of Commerce representatives a plan whereby the CN&L tracks might be eliminated from Clin ton’s downtown area. He said the proposal would be contingent upon the approval ofSeaboard’s Board of Directors and pur chase of the vacated land by the City of Clinton. The late Harry Layton, then Mayor of Clinton, indicated the city would definitely be interested in purchasing the vacated land. The proposal would eliminate one set of tracks by routing CN&L traffic over the remain ing Seaboard track. Rerouting the rail traffic would not les sen the number of trains com ing through downtown Clinton but it would free land which could be used for parking or other purposes in helping to aleviate the downtown traffic congestion. Mr. Williams said in an interview late last week We are trying to come up with a proposal which will meet our operating needs and at the same time help the people of Clinton. Each proposal which we have come tg> with thus tar involves a whale of a lot of money. Rizht now, we are trying to get the cost down to a reasonable range and that’s been the big hang-up thus far. But please -assure the peo ple of Clinton that we are still working on the proposal and we hope to come up with something in the near future. Two Clinton residents have been arrested in connection with a firebombing and an attempted firebombing in July. Willie B. Byrd of Livingston Street was ar rested in connection with the burning of Pitts- stable off Musgrove Street on July 15. Willie James Young of 539 Gary St. was ar rested in connection with the attempted burning of Pace's Grocery at the intersection of Broad Street and Highway 308 on July 16. Byrd and Young were being held in jail with out bond Wednesday morning. Announcment of the arrests was made Wed nesday morning by spokesmen for the Clinton Po lice Department, the Laurens County Sheriffs De partment and State Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The arrests are the first announced in connec tion with a series of firebombings last month in the Clinton area. Seven businesses were hit by firebombs and two rural stores were gutted by flames on July 16 and 17. No further information was available Wed nesday morning. Two Contested Posts Voters Select Mayor, Councilmen Next Tuesday JOEY SPILLERS Joey Spiders Dies In Wreck JOE B. (JOEY) SPILLERS Jr., 15, of 207 Gordon Stre-'t died Friday morning from in juries received in an accident near the Ballentine Ext., in Lex ington County on 1-26 West Other occupants of the car were Mike Ballew and Mike Lydia of Clinton. Lydia sus tained several abrasions but was not seriously hurt Ballew suffered a bruised leg, but he also was not seriously injured. Ballew and Lydia were re leased from the hospital after treatment for their injuries. Spillers was a student at Clin ton High School (10th) grade, a member of the Junior Varsity football team and a band lea der of “The Last Resort*. He was a member of Calvary Bap tist Church. He was a son of Joe B.and Barbara Rollins Spillers. Other than his parents he is survived by: one brother: Fred die Spillers of the home, his grandparents: Rev. and Mrs. J.W.Spillers, Clinton, and Mrs. O.R. Rollins, Clinton; Great- grandother: Mrs. Frank Bayne, Greenville. Funeral services were held on Sunday in Calvary Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Floyd Hellams. Burial was in Pinelawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were: Billy Rey nolds Jr; and selected members of the Jr. Varsity football team, and honorary Pallbearers were: members of the Jr. Varsity football team, coaches, and members of the band* The Last Resort*. Clinton voters go to the polls on Tuesday- August 11, to elect a mayor and six aldermen. The only offices that are contested are mayor and the alderman’s post from Ward 6. In the mayor’s race, Democrat J. C. Thomas will oppose incumbent Republican Noland Sud- deth. Thomas making his first bid for political of fice, served two terms as president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce and was active in the or ganizing of the United Fund in Clinton. He is the immediate past president of the Greater Clin ton Planning Commission. He has also served for ten years on the Laurens County Board of Educa tion. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton where he has served as deacon. Suddeth served as Clinton’s mayor from 1966-68 and was elected last February to fill the unexpired term of the late Harry Layton. The city’s first Republican mayor, Suddeth is a mem ber of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Laurens County Water Study Commission, and the former vice-chairman of the Clinton-Newberry Natual Gas Authority. He is also a member of the First Baptist Church. WARD 6 In Ward 6, Democratic incumbent Talmadge Sanders is opposed by Republican Robert L. Whit- sel. Democratic candidates Boyd Holtzclaw in Ward 1, S. .A (Chick) Pitts in Ward 2, Mrs. Nelle Howard in Ward 3, Dewey Oxner in Ward 4, and George Bagwell in Ward 5 are unopposed in the general election. Sanders, a veteran of eight years on City Council, is a section man in the spinning room at the Bailey Plant of Clinton Mills. Whitsel, making his first bid for public of fice, is assistant overseer in the Spooling Depart ment at Clinton Mills. Polls will open at 8 a.m and close at 7 p.m. There will be three polling paces—Ciinton No. 1 (City Hall); Clinton No- 2 (Armory); and Clinton Mill (Clinton Mill Community House.) B. NOLAND SUDDETH MARK BALLOT CORRECTLY Improperly marked ballots have cost some voters their vote in recent Clinton general elec tions. To make certain your vote counts in next Tuesday’s general election, carefully read the instructions on the ballot. To vote a straight party ticket, make a cross (X) in the circle under the name of the party for which you wish to vote. Nothing further need or should be done. To vote a mixed ticket—for can didates of different parties—do NOT make the cross mark in the party circle at the top. Instead, make a cross mark in the voting square opposite the name of each candidate on the ballot for whom you wish to vote. If you wish to vote for a candi date not on any ticket, write the name of the candidate opposite the name of the office. Council Adopts New Policy On Press Info Clinton City Council Monday night adopted a policy under which all police or fire infor mation must be released to the press by the chief of police or the assistant chief in the absence of the chief. The action was taken follow ing a highly speculative article which appeared in The State newspaper about series of fire- bombings in the Clinton area last month. Mayor Noland Suddeth said, ‘We are certainly not trying to withhold any information but we want to make sure that reporters gather their infor mation from an authoritatize source. The information will be available but it should come from a source which has a)’ of the facts at his disposal.* In other actions Monday Tricentennial Parades Set In Ciinton, Laurens The Laurens Community Theatre will spon sor a parade in Laurens on Thursday, November 12, and in Clinton on Friday, November IS. AH entries must be patriotic or historical. (Such as old cars, horses, wagons, floats, cas- tumes.) Churches, plants, schools, organizations and individuals ape urged to participate in the Tri- Centennial celebration. Prices will be given for the beat entries, cos tumes, and beards. For more information call Mrs. Libby Motes, 984-4739 or 984-5961. night, City Council: Referred to the Planning Commission and Housing Authority a request that State wide Homes, Inc., build 74 low- rent housing units in Clinton. Council asked the Planning Commission and Housing Auth ority to investigate the pro posal to see if it conflicts with current Housing Authority plans to construct low-rent housing in Clinton. The Housing Auth ority and Planning Commission are to make recommendations Ho council concerning the matter. Unanimously adopted the land use proposal and prelim inary thoroughfare plan which were presented last week at public hearing sponsored by the Planning Commission. In requesting that council adopt the two proposals, Planning Commission Chairman Ed Campbell pointed out that there was some opposition at the hearing to the proposed belt- line route. He suggested council adoqjt the preliminary thorough fare plan with the exception of the location of the proposed beltline. The exact location of the beltline route between Highway 72 North and Highway 72 South has not been det ermined. The land use plan and pre liminary thoroughfare plan are part of the long-rangi plann ing survey being conducted by Wilbur Smith and Associates, under contract to the State Development Board through City Council. The land use plan will serve as the basis for zoning proposals which will be presented by the Planning Commission in the near future. Appointed Mayor Suddeth to serve on the board of dir ectors of the Upper Savannah Development District Employed the accounting firm of Harris, McMillan and Hudgens to make the annual city audit The audit is to be completed within six weeks of the close of the city’s fiscal year, Aug.31. Authorized Mayor Sud deth and City Attorney Cecil White to negotiate for purchase of the necessary property and rights of way for a sewer la goon notheast of Clinton. M rs. Jacobs Dies At 45 Mrs. Elizabeth Lunsford Sims Jacobs, 45, wife of Hugh Shockley Jacobs of 512 Walnut St, died Tuesday. She was a native of Rock Hill: a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Sims of Rock Hill. She was a grad uate of Winthrop College and a member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving also are a daugh ter, Miss Edna Shockley Jacobs of the home; a son, Hugh Sho ckley Jacobs Jr. of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Charles New of Spartanburg and Mrs. Ammie Hall Sims and Mrs. James Rufus Bratton of Rock Hill; and a brother, Robert Erwin Sims of Rock Hill. Funeral services Wecfcesday at 5 p.m. at First Presbyter ian Church. Burial in the church cemetery. Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON Wonder how many bushels of Irish potatoes I have stuck on the end of kerosene cans? Customers would bring their one or five gallon cans to the store for kerosene and the cap for the spout would be lost An Irish potato akuA ped on the end would take care of thia. Aa a de livery boy, I had to be very sene can was not placed near any of the packages of groceries, aa a drop or to a package of sugar or other food. Vi stores now deliver groceries but I chi the homes in CHnton that