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Volume LXV
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 25, 1945
Number 43
Pulpwood to Pulp to Paper
To Let Contract For
Joanna Expansion
Warren Edgar Owens,
Venerable Citizen,
Claimed By Death
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County Gets $869,300
In Three-Year
State Road Program
Pardons in
farce and thus
Funeral services were held here Laurens county was allocated, state s courts '
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from SPeO.SOO in the huge roads and bridg- treatment .n t
■— es construction program for 15.5 ei've l«»r the:
miles. Improvements in the’ citie-- of H ny .! a ns n
Laurens and Clinton will amount to Greenville cou
H‘k
dills need both skilled and unskilled men to convert pulpwood into
pulp and then into paper. A typical worker is shown here, supervising
a machine that washes pulp after it has rome from the “cooker” where
the hardening substances are removed from wood. Pulp and paper ia
<»ne of America's basic industries.
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r
BEAUTIFUL NEW
DIXIE-HOME STORE
OPENS THIS MORNING
1
Pvt. Lee R. Norris
Gets Bronze Star
Medal Posthumously
The formal opening of the Dixie-) Mrs. Julia E. Norris, of Route 1,
Home Super-Market, Clinton's first Clintop, has been presented the;
post-war food store, has been an- Bronze Star medal, posthumously,
Contract for a $1,500,000 comstruc-
tionn ^ program at Joanna Textile
] Mills company, Goldville, will be let | Warren Edgar Owens, 85, lifelong 1 A $42,000,000 three-year highway
at the company s .office on October f ... .. , f ;t s construction program for South Car-
30, it was learned yesterday from • ‘ ‘ , olina was approved last Thursday by
: Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc., of highly regarded citizens, died early the hlghway commissi oh. Final ap-
Spartanburg. last Friday morning at the home of a prova i Q f t h e inter-regional federal!
Among the contractois ^ubmi.iing daughter, Mrs. Ben H. Martin, in highways must be given by"the fed-!
bids for the 4-story addition to the^ggjgy^ where he had been spending fcra j public roads administration,
plant are: Fiske-Carter Construction severa i months. j LaurensXounty Gets $869,300
company of Spartanburg; Daniel
Construction company and Pojter-
S»hackleford, both of Greenville, and
C. M. Guest of Anderson.
The Joanna plant will be enlarged
by adding the 4-story annex of con
crete, brick and steel of 100,000
square feet, it ha> been announced
by W. A. Moorhead, vice-presidept
land general manager. The annex will
i provide floor space for revamping of
the machinery in the card room and
| weaving room. Approximately 200
I additional employees will be added
; to theJLIOQ-currently on the payroll.
Also included in the large con-
j struction program is 50 residences
'and a 12-unit apartment house,
i The Lockwood Greene firm is in
! charge of letting the contract for the |
mill annex and Willis Irwin of Au-
• gusta, architect, will award the con
tract for the houses,
jf., Contract for the new houses is also
expected to be let on the 30th.
COUNTY RED CROSS
CHAPTER ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
JOHNSON RAPS 1
PARDON SYSTEM
IN THIS STATE,
Jurist Floys Light Sen
tences Served, Speaks
On Other Issues;*
Sopth Carolina are a
-e sentenc’d by the
do not receive equal
length of time they
r crime. Judge J.
n!' Allendale told the
ty grand jury today
term of general ses-
.•ned in the county
as a t wo-wi
sions court
courthouse.
Comparing the varying
might be served by.
of murder life imprisonment in une
case, pardon after three years in
mother—Judge Johnston declared
if murder is not to be punished
I'mg ?0|Yns that
menl-JeriviiUxl
W E. OWENS
$144,900- witl| $724,400 to be spent
in rural areas. i
County Projects
- J* I
Approved are: Seven miles, includ
ing 156-foot bridge on Ware Shoals
route 39 from near 225 to U. S. 221
Laurens to Greenwood.
Route 10J from Gray Court to
Reeves gin
On U. S. 221, halt the cost ot En- »» life .mpnsonment, then the law
oree river bridge—Spartanburg line. 8 uu e c ‘ ,n S e ■
! Grade separation in Laurens on. stated the need for equal treat-
j U. S. 221. ment of all persons before the law,
Seven miles of new route 278 from an d illustrated his remarks by citing
Barksdale to Laurens, including 100 several cases in which the sentence
feet of bridge. ; served by a convicted person was not
I 1-5 miles of 296 from Mountville that handed by the trial judge.
! to route 39. i ’‘God Almighty has never yet made
Improvements in cities of Clinton one OW 1 good enough, wise enough,
and Laurens. or enough to undo the work of
In the contemplated program the 13 men. the 12 men of the jury, and
i highway department will be required i H 1 *' tria l J lK l2 e < l 11 ' said,
to match the appropriation bill of the Judge Johnson recalled a case in
federal government and spend the Beaufort some years ago in uhich he
funds as designated by the latter. | sentenced a white man convicted of
In cities on secondary highways r a P^ to 12 years in the state pemten-
, — , — , „ The annual -open meeting of the t h e pirst Presbyterian church, of the allocation is made according to tiary. By nightfall, he said, talk was
nounced for today (Thursday) at 8:30; ewarded her husband, Pfc. Lee R., Laurens County chapter of the which he was senior elder. The ser- t he federal road bill based one-third common in Beaufort that the man
a.m. The former Home Stores at the Norris, for meritorious service in American Red Cross was held at the vices were conducted by Dr. D. J. on are a, one-third on population, and would be out of prison by Jan. I of
corner of Musgrove street was closed combat. courthouse last Thursday evening. Woods, assisted byctfr. W. R. Turner one-third on road mileage. i a certain year, about a year after-
Saturday. Superintendent C. G. Cast- The presentation was made at an ! with Rev. A. C. Holler, chapter chair- and Dr. C. B. BettsT Interment fol- * ^
ler, of Columbia, has been in the city ( i n f orrn al and simple ceremony at man, presiding. A special guest was lowed in the adjoining church ceme- r\ n;l| nrf l Jnrnhc
•is’ home Saturday by Col. Mrs. Catherine Cleveland, general tery. A number of relatives, friends ur * u,,,ara ■JQ'-UDb
the past week directing the stock Mrs. Norris’ home Saturday by
arrangement and final opening plans. Wilbur J. Fox, commanding officer field representative
The store is a unit of the large 0 f Camp Croft.
and lifelong^Nacquaintances assem- Laid To Rest Here
Home Stores organizations with
headquarters in Columbia, and a
credit to a town much larger than
Clinton.
Joe H. Phinney, who has been
Principal business of the meeting bled for the last rites, with many
ward.
’•And.” said the judge, "he was
cut by that time. I don't know that
he ever served any time. Every
time I saw him he was at the Jef-
< 2 Urn ? g ,Sf A 9 March 10 16 Fleming and W. A. Moorhead, was
connected with the organization for a ^P nl ’ 1945 ’ in ^ A P enmne moun-; subm j tte< j an( j adopted as follows:
vuiiiicvicu WJIU LUC u KOi 1UI a tams o{ Italy. During an armdous -hairman- rwii P Rr,-
number of years, will be manager of h t Privaf4 , Fir - t piass Mr ‘ Holler » chairman, Cecil P. Ko-
combat period, Private Hirst Class, ^ vice-chairman; J. H. Wasson,
The citation accompanying the was election of chapter officers for flowers resting on the grave indica- | Fun eral services for Dr. John Dill- ferson hotel the superintendent
award follows 1 i the comin 8 y ear - The reP 01 ^ ot t he live of the love and esteem in which ar{ i j aco b8 Sr 72 who died last °* ^e penitentiary,
“For meritorious service in combat I nominating committee ’ consisting of on e of Clinton's “first citizens” was Wednesday ’ at Daytona Beach. Fla., 1 Speaking of the pardon board.
Messrs. Fred Taylor, Charles F. held. were held Friday afternoon from the Jud * e Johnson sa.d he was not cer-
Active pallbearers were; Dugas residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ja- tain ^hat he considered it wise to put
Copeland, T. Heith Copeland, Dr.; cobs on Calvert avenue, with Dr. w. ' nto *he hands of 14 laymen, all en-
George R. Blalock, Davis R. Holland, R. Turner in charge, assisted by Dr. > n a private business, the
the new store. Mr. Phinney is a na-! Norris disokwed* the^hizhest devo-i per ’ vlce " cd *. irma n; J - H. Wasson, John Sprattf d. W. A. Neville, Wm. D. J. Woods. Interment followed in power to cut down sentences imposed
tive of this city where he is well Uon to d ^ ^_ d 'j. k de termi-1 treas, i rer: Mlss BeauXort Copeland. 3r(fcRg 0yfm$ an(J , w Mltam ^ the Presbyterian church cemetery. b y the courts - ^ men on the board
known. D. A. Stone of Laurens, nation to fulfil his essential assien-, secretary. elders of the church formed the hon-, The services were attended by a are * ood m c n . a high type, but
be assistant manager, A. W. Brabham ments as a mountain infantryman' 0rary eSCOrt ' number of relatives and friends who the tim * f ° r the ‘ r
^ lll i+ be . P roduc e manager and Ray that he greatly aided in ^ success an a d n hfdH^vprsI t Mr - ° wens was born in Clinton pleasantly knew Dr. Jacobs during du "’ hc l s * id ;
Huitt of Columbia market manager. of his organization . 0 n one occasion, ™ an fMarch 19. 1860, and spent his entire his residence here until 1912 wnen
Cashiers will be Mrs. James John- ^ 7Z : was stated that officers of the Clin
son, Mrs. C. E. Cogburn and Miss ' 1 " ^ atta ? k Up ?" ^ rUfie t d ton branch would be elected at a
Mildred Manley. ^ attack were halted by
The new store is modern in every r | erceness of enem flre Private First
detail. It is lighted by a flood o ceil- |class Norris aware of the eat dan .
ing lights and cooled by exhaust fans. 1
It has a white ceiling, with pale-
colored walls, modern oak and stain-
ger of this fire, courageously made
his way forward to eliminate the!
meeting to be held here soon.
Mrs. Holt, executive secretary of
the chapter, gave the following fig
ures in a resume of volunteer special
service work: Over 100 women and a
number of men in the chapter have
Johnson said that if he
life here.'He was a son of the late he moved to Atlanta. Many lovely J ,ere a legislator, he wo**1 intr<>-
Robert Spencer Owens and Nancy flowers were placed upon his mound. dute d b,n ‘ n the b ’ ate ^^slaturc
Blakely Owens, pioneer settlers in Pallbearers wpre Wm. Brooks Ow- to provide that, in certain types of
this community. His father was cap- ens . J* J- Cornwall, P. S. Bailey, Dr. l - a - sl ' v \ nt | ,t 1 man rt< - ei '| e a se *}"
tain of Co. F, 14th regiment, of the M. W. Brown. W. B. McDowell of of life imprisonment or death.
Confederate army. Shelton, and P. W. Smith, Bob Pea- the men could not be turned loose
Followi
cock and R. L. Whaley of Atlanta. without the consent of the trial
ng the death of Captain u ,u ^ ^ iu dze ”
ii WiHnu/ nnrl mnverl Dr - JaC ° bs WaS born ^ Clinton, the J U «* e ;
son of the late Dr. William Plumer Judge Johnsons plea for equal
and Americans to put aside bigotry.
less steel equipment. It will be op- ene !£ y em i 5!? beTne " t *' W D hile engaged contributed more than 200 hours of Owens. hi£ widow and family moved
crated altogether on a self-service ci a ss' Nords JJas^Mver^ woundS WOrk ' Ab ° h Ut fiv . e n ^ 0 " ,en have PU ! 1 ^ C secured^ u'osufon 0 !^! "derkTn Ja ” obs and ‘ Mar^ Jime 'bilUrdT^a- treatment before the law of all per
plan. Ir. ,. , in as much as 1,000 hours. Largest | en;5 secured 4 position a. a clerk in . p . { „„ vears he hid suns convicted of crime was part of
Roller-baskets are supplied in lib- acco d pilshLiefits jiTtly' wireiTuie "oTked C^re^ame" 1 'T^Crews" ' successfully headed the DiUard Ja- a * enerdl for s " uth Carolinians
^r ,se °‘ ft Su , c h h hi8 l h »
groceries, produce and dairy pro-: E oura8 , e fl " e r e8ard t 0 ;. U ’, e wel : ! knitted garments. 1938 sewn articles.
Suets, file tang meat counter mod-! 1 000 kit ba8s - o"”
ern in every respect, stretches across c t ^ ites nrmv ” two mont h s they made 1800 surgical
the back of the store; the long vege-■ y ' ^ dressings,
table bins are at one side, backed by [
mirrors, and the miscellaneous gro- Brotherhood GrOUD
i c 1 cxc . *
ceries are arranged in long aisles
throughout the rest of the store.
The attention of The Chronicle’s
readers is called to their opening
page announcement in the advertis
ing columns of today’s paper.
Elects Officers
Clinton Woman
Loses Brother
Charles C. Drummond, of Green
ville, died last Thursday in Laurens
at the home of his brother, Frank P.
Drummond, where he was visiting at
the time he was stricken.
Thursday evening at the regular
meeting of the Wesley Brotherhood
of Broad Street Methodist church,
following the dinner, members heard! the following articles: 13 portfolios,
an interesting account of life as aj8 afghans, 88 kit bags, 10 coat hang-
prisoner of war of the German gov
The Junior Red Cross, which dur
ing the past year has been under the
leadership of Mrs. Barbara D. Mc
Alister, was reported to have a coun
ty membership of 8,251 children. The
Juniors made a gift during the past
year of $225 to the National Chil
dren’s fund and made and shipped
Blakely. He continued in this position .... .
until 1892. when at the age of 21, eobs Advert,tang Agency in Atlanta. self,ahne«
anH hie hmthpr Wm R The deceased is survived by one intolerance ana stniinness.
he and his brother, the late Wm. B. John Dillard Jacobs Jr of Speaking to the citizens of Green-
Owens, formed a mercantile partner- M,n> Jonn ulllJra Jcitoos, Jr., oi
Nashville
nf‘Rlakpl*^ Owens'BroiT' Thornweil JaroL ot Atlanta, and Dr.' !he S ran ‘l idT-'' Judge Johnson de-
ersh,p continued for W Willian, States Jacobs of Houston.
ernment by Joe McDaniel.
Officers for the new year were
elected as follows:
President—W. Roy Pitts.
Vice-President—Joe W. Leake.
Secretary-Treasurer—D. B. Smith.
The following committee was se-
1 ers, 2 scrap books, 6 clipping books,
6 joke books, 87 memo pads, 32 score
pads, 20 tallies, 52 crossword puzzles,
8 decks of playing cards, 2 books, 12
pairs bedroom slippers, 21 wash
cloths, 2 pillow covers. •
New Army Store To
Funeral services were held i n j jected to sell tickets for ladies night Qpg^ Here Fridoy
Greenville Friday morning, conduct-; be be M in November. E. M. Tim
merman, Joe W. Leake and Carl
ed by Dr. W. L.'Ball.
Mr. Drummond was a brother of
j.Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey of this city.
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Gillespie To Speak
For Baptists Sunday
—
The guest minister at the First
Baptist church Sunday will be Dr. J.
T. Gillespie, member of the North
Greenville Junior college faculty.
The public is invited to attend the
service.
Chaney.
T^ie program committee consists
of W. H. Simpson, D. B. Smith and
Rev. J. H. Kohler.
ship with Mr. Blakely under the
firm name
This partnership _ . ,
years, after which Owens Bros, with-, . e * as ’ a I s< ’ J T. r St r; tra ,
drew and entered business under their C , U f/" g ^ and J acobs
name. A little later A. M. Copeland, j ° 1 15 n
their brother-in-law, entered the . . . . J
firm as a third member and the bus- Annette MoOrnGod Wins
iness continued for several years.
In 1905 Mr. Owens disposed of his
two brothers. Dr. Vllb? c° u my “over the shoulders of
High Honor At Coker
dice or class prejudice is setting off
a stick of dynamite under the na
tion.
“We can't be a great people if our
passions are *fired by either class
l prejudice or race prejudice," he said,
j He flayed the practice of "doing
something for this group, something
mercantile interests and soon there- Nine upperclass leaders have been j for that group,” to gej. the labor
alter suffered a stroke which made selected to represent Coker college vote, the colored vote, the Czech
it necessary for him to give up a m m , 946 „ Who . s Who A S tu- 1 vote ’ the Catholic vote, the Irish
large part of his active duties. I dents in American Univi-rsities and v ‘«e.
In 1885 Mr. Owens was elected Colleges.’’ The Ji- Jl lg« urged citizens to take
mayor of Clinton. He bore the distinc- Included in the honored list is Miss a more active part in the affairs of
tion of being the youngest • citizen Annette Moorhead, daughter of Mr. their communities, to write their
ever elected to this office, 'fie was and Mrs. W. A. Moorhead of Gold-
ilways intejested in politics and good ville. Miss Moorhead is president of
Lutheran Pastor On
Sunday School Program
cording to an announcement in the, ac ^ s kindness for others,
advertising columns of today’s paper, l , ,, , ,
to which the Chronicles readefs’ at-! Mr. Owens throughout his long and
tention is directed. | honorable life was a staunch Presby-
The new concern will occupy the
representatives on important ques-
tiohs. “You are the state.” he said
"Too many of us in South Caro
lina. in the south and in America
are too prone to follow the line of
j lease resistance and leave ''matters
: entirely in the hands of elected rep-
! resentatives.”
Turning to the condition of the
South, Judge John' n said that he
The Morrison Furniture company ^ n j3 an unreconstructed rebel
teriah and united with the First Pres- °f Columbia will open a store here 10 ^ outbl bt w, a> no ’ bult '^~
govermpentj senior class and glee'club and has
On October 27, 1885, Mr. Owens fe^ken an outstanding part in all ac
was married to -Miss Mary Gabriella tlvfties at Coker.
: Bailey of Greenwood. She preceded ;.
The Army Store will open here for b j m to tbe g rave on February 21, Mpw Furnit’lirP
business Friday morning at 8:30, ac- I 1927. Her life was characterized by _ _
To Open Here Soon
Kohler To Speak
To Winthrop Students
Rev. J. S. Moose, pastor of St.
John’s Lutheran church, was in Co
lumbia last week where he assisted
in a demonstration Sunday school
enlistment program conducted by the j app earance.
Lutheran churches of Columbia un-, ‘ ‘
der the direction of Secretary Av- s m ,t b 0 f
, ery of the Parish dhd School board recently
*“'• '7'""“, T 8 7- byter j an church here when only a in the near future in the building va- CI . ed by tho North but is st.ll treai-
S T t0 !' e r p’"\ y °WeQt ed Main lad - Sint ' e that time he had been one cated thls week b - v Home Stores. The od ,lke a cond i Uered
arnmnllt^HnP * of its most failhful and devoted mem- building will be put’in condition aJ, . , thl . s dli>rne> hv Clt # ed tbe
street and will carry a complete line when only 27 years of age he once for the new Occupants. long-established disparity in freight
of mens and boys wear, dry goods | j _ J. L w a ,.„n rates, discrimination against South-
^ : was elected a deacon in the church, W. A tlT^agly, of Columbia, will iati S ’
painted and re-arranged throughout,; and later at 0,6 age of 35 ’ was » r °- m ° Ve here aS mana g er of the busi
Also Connected with the firm
and — presents a very attractive ° K Johnson „t this city, re-
I of the Lutheran church.
Rev. J. H. Kohhler, pastor of Broad !
Street Methodist church, will speak
at the vesper services at Winthrop
college!'in Rock Hill Sunday evening.
There ^ill be no evening service
at Brofd' Street church in the pas
tor’s absence.
Copeland Now Student
At N. C. University
J, Isaac Copeland left last week
for Chapel Hill, N. C., where he is
now a student at the University of
North Carolina. Mr. Copeland re
cently resigned as librarian at Pres
byterian college for further study in
his chosen field.
SHOP
THROUGH ADS . . .
It will pay you, Mr. andJVIrs.
Consumer, to read carefully the
advertisements appearing each
week in THE CHRONICLE.
They tell you where to buy
wisely.
Shop in the advertising c6l-
w umns first—then in the stores.
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arrived in the city as it manager. r ‘4y he made and held many friends.
Charles W. Galloway, of Goldville, With his death another pioneer citi-
recently discharged from the Service, /en °f the community, and fast-
will be connected with the firm.
Homecoming Sunday At
Duncan's Creek Church
thinning older member of the First
Presbyterian church is gone, and
there are many to mourn his pass
ing.
The deceased is survived by three
♦ daughters, Mrs. Ben H. Martin and
The ahriual homecoming exercis- Mrs. W. M. Scott of Easley, and Mrs.
es at
church
Sunday, officers qf Ui<
yesteftiay. * ^ i number of grandchildren and great-
. In the morning Dr. D- J- Woods grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs: Owens
■will preach. At the afternoon service lost two boys, in inf^ficy, Rutledge
Dr. W. R., Turner will be the speaker. R. and Eugene J. Owens. In 1917 they
At the noon intermission .-{Heme lost a daughter, Virginia, wife of *Dr.
dinner will be served on the grounds. S. C. Hays. Their oldest Wm.
The publlt is cordially invited. Bailey Owens, passed away^Tl929.
7 ' • v .
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mines under the Guffey
Coal act, and the federal tax on
oleomargarine.
He said that he d d not want an
(Continued on page seven)
Acker Becomes New
Scout Executive
^ -sirs-
James Acker of Anderson, has ac-
cepted the position of field secretary
tor the Blue Ridge Buy Scout coun
cil for the Cjxeenviile district, which
includes the Clinton-Goldville area.
The announcement w s made yester
day by Horace S. W Miamson, ex-
ecutive secretary.
Mr. Acker has be* • approved for
attendance at the n<. unul tr,i nu iff
school for scout executives at Men-
denham, N. J . and will' begin his
training November 20, and will con
tinue for 30 days.
Following the'completion of the
course, Mr. Acker Will assume hts
, duties at the scout office.
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