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Whe Clinton Cigomcle
VoL 71 — No. 34
Clinton. S. C., August 20.1970
INDEX
Three. Sections, 20 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths 8-A
Hospital News 3-A
Editorials 2-B
Society 2-A, 3-A
Sports 7-A
Bank of Clinton, First
National Merger Proposed
BRIGHT LIGHTS — This time exposure photo
graph, taken by Betty Fryga, suggests a busy
dty night scene but it’s our own downtown Clin
ton.
City Council Strips Mayor
Of Authority Over Employee
Marvin N. DeYoung, engineer
for the Clinton Fire Depart
ment, was restored to his job
by action of Clinton City Coun
cil Monday night after Mr. De
Young had been relieved of his
duties two days previously by
Mayor Noland Suddeth.
Council also adapted a re
solution directing the Mayor
not to interfere with ‘the per
formance of M. N. DeYoung of
his duties."
Mayor Suddeth notified Mr.
DeYoung Saturday that he was
relieved of his duties as of the
notification Saturday morning.
At a special called meeting
Monday night. City Council first
voted 4-1 that Mr. DeYoung be
returned to his job. effective
Tuesday morning, without loss
of seniority but with the loss of
two days' pay. The motion said
Mr. DeYoung would be placed on
probation for six months. Tal-
madge Sanders made the motion
and it was seconded by George
Bagwell. Fred Bragg voted a-
gainst the motion. The other
four councilmen present voted
in favor of the motion. Council
man Truman Owens had a con
flicting meeting and was unable
to attend the special council
meeting.
After the vote, Mayor Sud
deth said he would relieve Mr.
DeYoung of his duties again
Tuesday morning.
In the lengthly discussion
which followed, Mayor Suddeth
said his action was based on
confidential information which
he could not devulge. However,
he said it was sufficient basis
for his action.
Council then adopted the res
olution directing the mayor not
to interfere with Mr. DeYoung's
perforance of his duties. The
motion was made by Mr. Sand
ers, seconded by Dewey Oxner
and again the vote was 4-1 with
Mr. T. D. Copeland
Dies At Age Of 92
C. E. NICHOLS
'Mr. Nick’
Dies At 68
C. E. "Nick" Nichols, 68, of
302 Hickory SL, died Tuesday.
He spent his early life in
Laurens and lived in Green
wood before moving to Clinton
in 1928. He was a son of Mrs.
Lillie Mulder Nichols of Green
wood and the late James Henry
Nichols. He was a retired photo
grapher and a member of Broad
Street United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Alva Wilson Nichols; a daughter,
Mrs. Amelia Richardson of
Clemson; a son, James Henry
Nichols of Kansas City, Mo.,
three brothers, Henry Nichols,
of Chester, J. Horace Nichols,
of Greenwood and Leon Nichols
of Newberry; and two grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Gray
Funeral Home. Burial was in
Rosemont Cemetery.
The services were conducted
by Dr. JosephM. GettysandRev.
J. Ben Cunningham.
The Pallbearers were Wil
ls ont Shealy, Hayne Workman,
Cab Blackwell, Bobby Simpson,
Herbert Todd, LynnCooper, Jr.,
Roland Tidwell and Thomas
Ramage.
The Honorary Pallbearers
were: Bobby Copeland, Ken
neth Baker, Tom Addison and
William D. Adair.
Thomas Duckett <
land, 98, at ZOfCi
died Saturday.
He war a lifelong resident
of Clinton and a son of the late
George Duckett andNancyJohn-
son Copeland. He was a re
tired merchant, farmer and
director and organizer of the
Citizens Federal Savings and
Loan Association, serving 60
years as a director.
Surviving are two sons,
Thomas Heath and Carol White
Copeland of Clinton; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
on Sunday in the First Pres-*
byterian Church conducted by
Rev. A. L. Bixler. Burial was
in the Rosemont Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Carroll
Copeland, Heath Copeland, Geo
rge Copeland, L Mac Adair, W.
Brooks Owens, James T. Ad
dison.
Honorary Pallbearers were
Elders of the church: J. B.
Templeton. G. Edward Camp
bell, W. P. Jacobs m-T. F.
Hollis, Dr. D. O. Rhame, Reese
Young, Robert Black, William partment.
Johnson, Leaman Jones, Dillard
Milam, Pierce Chandler, Geo
rge Cornelson, General Ansel
Godfrey, Tom Plaxico, C. W.
Anderson, HughS. Jacobs, Har
ry MCSween, A. A. Ramage, Jim
Von Hollen, Harry Nettles, J. R.
Swetenburg, Francis Blalock
and Robert Vance.
Mr. Bragg voting against the
motion.
The resolution said: “Be it
resolved that the mayor be and
he is hereby directed not to
interfere with the performance
of M. N. DeYoung of his duties
as an employee of the city of
Clinton and that M. N. DeYoung
hereinafter follow orders of the
Chief of Police and the Fire
Chief; and the Chief of Police
and Fire Chief are hereby dir
ected to report to the city coun
cil any failure by M. N. De
Young to follow instructions of
the City Council and by them or
failure otherwise to perform
his duties in a proper manner."
B. B. Ballard is Chief of
Police and W. C. Milam is the
Fire Chief, elected by members
of (?!mton’s
’s volunteer Fire De-
Mayor Suddeth’s term of of
fice will expire on August 31
and he will be succeeded by J.
C. Thomas on September 1. Mr.
Thomas, a Democrat, defeated
Mr. Suddeth, a Republican, in
last week’s municipal General
E lection.
Plans to merge the Bank of
Clinton with First National Bank
of South Carolina have been
approved by the board of dir
ectors of both banks.
The merger agreement was
announced jointly by R. P.
Hamer, president, Bank of Clin
ton, and W. W. Bruner, pres
ident, First National Bank of
South Carolina. They said that
the proposal is subject to the
approval of shareholders of both
banks and the Comptroller of
the Currency, U. S. Treasury
Department.
“We believe that the financial
needs of our rapidly growing
area can better be served by
the much larger resources re
sulting from the proposed mer
ger with the state’s third lar
gest banking system," Mr.
Hamer said, “Our lending limit
will be increased to over $1
million, and the bank will be
in a position to offer a broader
range of services to the people
of the Clinton area," he con
cluded.
First National Bank has
assets of $250,338,410, and it
operates 45 offices in 19 South
Carolina cities. Its current
. dividend rate is $1.40 per share
annually and is paid quarterly
at 35<? per share.
The Bank of Clinton was es
tablished in 1948 and has total
assets in excess of $4,000,000.
Mr. Hamer said that the Bank
of Clinton would operate as an
office of First National with the
same officers and employees.
Present members of the
Board of Directors of the Bank
of Clinton will become members
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of First National’s Clinton
Board, and members of the local
loan committee will be from the
Clinton Board. Other officers of
the Bank ofClintonare T.E. Ad
dison, Vice president, and Harry
Y. McSween, cashier.
Members of the Board of Dir
ectors are R. P. Hamer, T. E.
Addison, T. H. Copeland, A. B.
Godfrey, Harry Y. McSween, J.
C. Thomas, and J. Leland Young.
First National Bank of South
15 Pott
Reduced
Bond
4 Charged
In Break-In
At Lakeside
Four Laurens county men, in
cluding three from the Clinton
area, were arrested by a de
puty sheriff late Sunday night
at the Lakeside Country Club.
A large amount of merchandise
was recovered from a parked
car nearby. The merchandise
was identified as having been
taken from the club.
William Windson Graham, 21,
of Joanna; Douglas Franklin
Harvey, 22, of Laurens; James
Nonrille O’shields, 30, of Clin
ton; and Carroll Eustace, 24,
of Clinton, were arrested and
charged with housebreaking and
grand larceny. Bond was set at
$2,000 each.
Deputy Joe Jones made the ar
rests and said that entrance was
.made through a window.
The items were recovered
from a late model Oldsmoblle
parked at a picnic area ad
jacent to the Country Chib's
property off U. S. 78 between
Laurens and Clinton. They in
cluded $91 in change from vend
ing machines, cigars, cig
arettes, food, sporting equip
ment and beverages.
Beard Contest Planned
0
For County Tricentennial
The Laurens County Chapter of the Brothers
of the Brush will sponsor a beard contest in cele
bration of South Carolina’s Tri-Centennial.
There will be five different beard styles with
a prize for the winner in each category.
The contest will officially open on August
19 and will be judged by the National Barber’s
Association during the Laurens County Tri-
Centennial week, Nov. 8-14. Entries should have
at least twelve weeks of growth for a good beard.
Every community in the county is urged to
participate. Anyone interested in chartering a
Brothers of the Brush in their own community
may contact Mason G. Motes at 984-5961 in Lau
rens.
Each person entering the contest will be re
quired to purchase a button certifying that they
are members of the Brothers of the Brush. These
buttons will be on sale for $1.00 each at the Henry
Laurens Antique Shop in Laurens.
Proceeds from the sale of the buttons will be
used for Laurens County’s Tri-Centennial.
F ifteen of the 16 young negro
men charged in the fires and
firebombings in the Clinton area
in July were free late Saturday
after posting $5,000 bond each.
Lt W. R. Whitmire of the
S. C. Law Enforcement Div
ision (SLED) said Saturday that
on a court order from Judge
Francis B. Nicholson bond had
been arranged for 15 of the men.
Judge Nicholson, presiding at
a special term of General
Session Court in Laurens, fixed
the bond at $5,000 late Friday
afternoon.
A spokesman said Saturday
that one of the men charged
Willie James Young, was still
in custody in an area jalL The
16 men are charged with the
fires and firebombing that be
gan July 1 and climaxed with the
burnings on the night of July 16
and the early hours of July 17
of two businesses and damages
to five others in excess of$200,
000.
The men charged range
age from 17 to 25.
in
The 1970-71 school year will
start next week in School Dis
trict 56.
Teachers will report Monday,
Aug. 25, for in-service training
which will conclude Wednesday,
Aug. 26.
First graders will report to
their respective schools on
Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 8:30 a.m.
Second, third, seventh, eighth
and 10th grade students will re
port to their repsective schools
on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 8:30
a.m.
Fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth,
11th and 12th grade students will
report to their respective
schools on Friday, August 28,
at 8:30 t.m.
Students reporting on Thurs
day and Friday will be dis
missed at K) a.m.
Monday, August 31, will be
the first full day of school.
Students will have a holiday
Monday, September 7, for Labor
Day.
Under the district’s neighbor
hood school plan which has been
approved by the U. S. Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, this is the way students
are assigned this year:
All district students in grades
W through 12 will attend Clinton
High School All male students
In grades seven through nine will
attend Bell Street Junior High.
*AU female students in grades
seven through nine win attend
Martha Dendy Junior High.
Students in grades one through
six win attend 4
Carolina, which was established
in 1933, was combined with banks
in Charleston in 1948 and 1956,
and in Anderson in 1955. More
recent mergers were with banks
in Spartanburg in 1964, Lexing
ton in 1965, and Marion in 1966.
Earlier this year FirstNational
established a new office in Cam
den.
First National operates Aug
ust Kohn and Company, mort
gage banking firm, which was
acquired in 1965, and a travel
service, which began operation
in 1968.
Under the proposed merger,
Clinton will join the following
cities served by First National
Bank of South Carolina: Ander
son, Bamberg, Bennettsville,
Camden, Cayce, Charleston,
Clemson, Clover, Columbia,
Cowpens, Darlington, Denmark,
Jonesville, Landrum, Lexing
ton, Marion, Spartanburg, Sum
merville and Union.
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elementary
$55,571 UF
Budget Set
The budget for the United Fund of Greater
Clinton for 1970-71 as approved by the Board of
Directors, is $55,571.00, according to S- R. Han
son, chairman of the Budget and Admissions
Committee.
The budget was approved as recommended
by the Budget and Admissions Committee and is
about the same as the goal set for last year. One
new agency was added, Laurens County Council of
Senior Citizens, which brings the total number of
agencies to twenty-nine.
The twelve local agencies are to receive $53-
331.00 and include: YMCA, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Laurens County Red
Cross, Cancer Society, Crippled Children and
Adults Society, Mental Health Assn., Retarded
Children’s Assn., Council Senior Citizens and The
Salvation Army.
Allotted to the South Carolina Agencies will
be $1,902.00: S. C. Funds and Councils, Alston
Wilkes Society, Mental Health Assn., Cerebral
Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis Research, Florence Crit-
tenton Home and United Healt hand Medical Re
search of S. C.
Also included are ten National agencies
which will receive $338.00. Included in these are
USO, Travelers Aid, American Social Health and
National Crime and Delinquency,• • ,
Serving as officers of the United Fund are
Charles T Oakley, president; Mrs. Frank Sherrill
and Gen. A. B. Godfrey, vice-presidents and W.
R. Anderson, treasurer. Campaign Chairman for
the 1970-71 campaign is Alvin W. Hueble.
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Dailey Heads
Division For Clinton UF
Free Lunches
Available
Parents who wish to apply
for free or reduced price school
lunches for their children in
School District 56 must provide
certification as to family in
come, according to Superinten
dent R. P. Wilder.
Mr. Wilder said parents must
either provide copies of their
1969 withholding statement or
a statement from the employer
concerning present earnings.
He said either statement may
be given to the child’s home
room teacher.
It is also necessary to state
the number of members in the
family who are school age or
younger. the number given
should include the father and
mother.
Starts Next Week
School Opening Schedule
Given
schools on this basis:
Those residing in Area No. 1
wifi attend Clinton Elementary
School. Area No. 1 includes the
area south of Highway 76. It
reaches to within one mile of
Highway 56 on the eastern side
and to the district boundary on
the western side. The southern
boundary is Lake Greeofood.
Area No. 2 students will at
tend M. S. Bailey Elementary
School. Area No. 2 includes
the area north of Highway 76
and west of North Broad Street,
to the dlstrct line on the west
Area No. 3 students will at
tend Florida Street Elementary
School which last year was Clin
ton Jailor HighSchool. AreaNo.
3 includes the area north of
Highway 76 and east of N. Broad
Street The line for Area No. 3
follows North Broad Street onto
308 to Goodman’s Crossroad,
along 53 where it crosses 1-26
and becomes 314 which the line
follows to Highway 56 and from
there to the countv U^e.
Area No. 4 elemtary, students
will attend Joanna Elementary
School. Area No. 4 encompasses
an area stretching from the
black topcounty rood near the
did Hunter home end south of
the Intersection of
and 34.
there to ail St
and 66. The L
Untls
The Industrial Division of
the 1970 Greater Clinton United
F und campaign will have as its
Chairman, Mr. George Dailey.
Mr. Dailey is a native ■ of
Clinton, attended Clinton public
schools and is a graduate of
Presbyterian College. He is
currently employed by the Tor-
rington Company as plant che
mist at the Clinton Bearings
Plant.
A member of the Clinton Liens
Club and the S. C. Academy of
Science, Mr. Dailey is active in
civic work.
He is a member of Leesville
Southern Methodist Church
where he is also an avid church
worker.
Individuals who will be re
presenting the various indust
ries in the Clinton area and
working with Mr. Dailey are:
Clinton Mills - Calvin Cooper,
The Torrington Co. - Mr. Ellis
Huffstetler, Monsanto Co. - Mr.
Ken Beene, Greenwood, S.C.
Standard Plywood - Mr. Bob
Anderson, Jacobs Brothers -
Mr. Irby Chandler, Clinton
Paper Box - Mrs. Inez Led
ford, Ascoe Felts - Mr. Thorn
ton Stewart, Wometco Auto
matic Vending, Inc. - Mr. Jim
Addison, United Mills - Mr. T.
K. Reitzell.
RALPH PATTERSON
Patterson
Named CC
President
Ralph Patterson has been
named president of the Clinton
Chamber of Commerce. He will
fill the balance of the uneaptrof
term of Joe S. Holland.
Mr. Holland, owner of Plggty
Wiggly Supermarket in Clinton,
suffered a heart attack this sum
mer and notified the Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors
last month that under doctor’s
orders, he would have to re
sign as President of the
Chamber of Commerce. He was
retained as a member of the
Board of Directors.
Mr. Patterson, who was first
vice president ofthe Chamber of
Commerce, was elevated to the
presidency and Kenneth Fry-
fogle, president of Ascoe Felts,
Inc., was named first vice presi
dent Ratchford Boland was ap
pointed chairman of the Mem
bership Committee, a post held
previously by Mr. Patterson.
Mr. Patterson, a native of
Laurens County is owner of
Gray Funeral Home. He came
to Clinton five years ago. He is
a graduate of Laurens High
School and Wofford College and
is a lay leader in the Methodist
Church.
Spartan
Gets Death
Sentence
Two Spartanburg men were
found guilty in. the shooting
death of James Spearman of
Laurens on November 23, 1969.
Niles Crowe, Jr. was sent
enced to death in the electric
chair and Ms cousin, Horace
Wright, Jr., received a life
sentence in the trial that
ed three days. The two
both 27, were convicted,
shooting Spearman at the Good
Fellowship Club, above five
miles south of Lauren off U.S.
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five oa the
the road,
wlU go to
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